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[ad_1] Bill Stewart, the owner of LI Toy and Game on Long Island, New York, estimates that he gets “screwed over” by return shenanigans twice a month. Customers falsely claim an item he shipped wasn’t as described or doesn’t work, or they send back something in much worse condition than how he released it. Recently, a customer returned a Scooby Doo Mystery Machine model kit after two weeks with the box open, the toy half assembled, and pieces missing. Given the condition, there was no way for him to resell it. “Went right into the trash,” Stewart says. “The kid…
[ad_1] In the ultra-competitive world of artificial intelligence, dealmaking sometimes must be a frantic, around-the-clock affair.The recent deal between AI startup Windsurf and Cognition, which took place over a single weekend sprint, was no exception.To sum it up: The industry’s most successful AI startup, OpenAI, was initially set to acquire Windsurf, which makes an AI coding assistant, in a $3 billion deal. But the deal fell through, and Google swooped in to hire away its CEO and some of its top executives. That left the company’s remaining executives scrambling to figure out what to do next and to break the…
[ad_1] We asked BI readers: Have you experienced the “Gen Z stare”? Well, the results are in — and the majority of respondents said they had.We heard from a lot of you, with 241 readers weighing in.59.3% of respondents said that they had experienced the “Gen Z stare.” That compared to 40.7% who said they hadn’t. The results from BI’s reader survey on the ‘Gen Z stare’ Business Insider The TikTok-viral observation about Gen Z quickly ignited a debate on social media, with no shortage of opinions. Some have argued that it’s simply the latest example of the generational blame…
[ad_1] OpenAI’s latest experimental model is a math whiz, performing so well on an insanely difficult math exam that everyone’s now talking about it.”I’m excited to share that our latest @OpenAI experimental reasoning LLM has achieved a longstanding grand challenge in AI: gold medal-level performance on the world’s most prestigious math competition — the International Math Olympiad (IMO),” Alexander Wei, a member of OpenAI’s technical staff, said on X.The International Math Olympiad is a global competition that began in 1959 in Romania and is now considered one of the hardest in the world. It’s divided into two days, during which…
[ad_1] My daughter recently went on a Girl Scout camping trip. They went rock climbing and hiking and had a weekend full of adventures. Much to my delight (although less to hers!), cellphones were off-limits for the weekend. It was supposed to help the girls get to know each other better. I’m also sure it was easier on the staff not to worry about girls dropping, breaking, or losing their phones while they were out exploring. On a more practical note, the cell service wasn’t any good where they were camping anyway.What I didn’t expect was how difficult it would…
[ad_1] 2025-07-19T19:04:47Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Astronomer said CEO Andy Byron has resigned following his viral appearance at a Coldplay concert.The tech company announced the resignation on Saturday in an X post. Earlier this week, a viral video appeared to show Byron and the company’s head of human resources, Kristin Cabot, embracing during the concert and then…
[ad_1] Days after AI coding startup Windsurf announced that it’s being acquired by Cognition, Windsurf startup Jeff Wang took to X to offer more details about the drama and uncertainty around the deal. Windsurf was previously reported to be in acquisition talks with OpenAI, but that deal fell apart, with Google DeepMind instead hiring the startup’s CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and some of its top researchers. Google would reportedly license Windsurf’s technology as part of the $2.4 billion deal — but not take an equity stake in the company. This looked like the latest in the trend of…
[ad_1] All I have ever wanted to do is work hard for a good future. I was born into and raised by people who struggled to set goals and provide for their kids, so I knew I wanted something better for my own when I decided to settle down. Unfortunately, to give my son the best future possible, I had to give up any concept of retiring.I was 27 when my partner and I, freshly married, decided to start our family. We’d done the entire checklist that we had been told would promise success. We both went to college, we…
[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Maddy DeVita, 26, a private chef and content creator based in New York City. It has been edited for length and clarity.For me, the spring of 2022 was spent applying to pretty much every job under the sun that I was remotely interested in. I had been working at a global health nonprofit since graduating from college during the pandemic, but realized that, despite always thinking I’d go into medicine, I actually wanted to work in food. My cover letter was sparse — I didn’t have any professional experience, I…
[ad_1] 2025-07-19T14:02:01Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Glenview is a Gilded Age mansion built by millionaire Wall Street banker John Bond Trevor in 1877. Visitors can tour the historic home located in Yonkers, New York. Glenview appears as Mrs. Astor’s house in HBO’s “The Gilded Age.” For a limited time, fans of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” can see…