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Commanders reveal $3.7b deal to bring team back to DC
The Commanders have pledged to shell out $2.7 billion for the new development, while taxpayers will be on the hook for about $1 billion.
Can the Las Vegas Sphere actually make money?
Its parent company just struck a deal to stave off financial problems related to MSG Networks, but a big issue remains: the Sphere’s costs are...
The Simon Abundance Index 2025
Saying 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT costs millions of dollars, CEO says
Saying "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT has cost OpenAI "tens of millions of dollars," the company's CEO said on social media last week.
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Michigan’s new tool to boost college enrollment: $50K prizes. Will it work? | Bridge Michigan
Tuition discounts haven’t worked. Nor has mostly free community college. Now, the state is trying sweepstakes to get more teens to fill out financial aid forms. Similar incentives have had mixed success.
Drone delivery is no longer a pie in the sky
Drone startup Zipline is delivering Walmart packages in the Dallas area.
Pawnee City offering $50,000 incentives to entice potential residents
Pawnee City, a little more than an hour southeast of Lincoln, has launched a program to reinvigorate the rural town of around 900 people.
Amazon Photos puts Amazon shopping in your photo album.
Former Microsoft and now Amazon exec Panos Panay announced that Amazon has added the photo library feature everyone was asking for: shopping links. The image storage service’s search uses image recognition to analyze your photos and surface products it thinks you’re searching for, then pop up a lens icon over them so you can buy them on Amazon.
It’s unclear from the help page whether turning off the Tag Photos feature will shut this down if you’d like to opt out -- we’ve contacted Amazon for more info.
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Why Some of Us Never Switched Back to Regular Eggs
When $2 eggs jump to $5, suddenly $7 eggs don’t seem so crazy. Economics has a name for that.
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Michigan’s auto industry boondoggle: billions in subsidies, 287,000 jobs lost
State’s manufacturing workforce keeps shrinking
Cloudflare is luring web-scraping bots into an ‘AI Labyrinth’
Cloudflare has a new AI-generated “honeypot.”
Steinway Exclusive Access: Note by Note The Making of Steinway L1037
Independently produced by award-winning filmaker, Ben Niles, Note by Note follows the creation of a Steinway concert grand, #L1037, from forest floor to concert hall.
Drones Will Do Some Schlepping for Sherpas on Mount Everest
The devices will be used to airlift heavy, dangerous loads normally carried by mountain guides. They might even deliver a hot meal or two.
Michigan spent millions lowering college costs. Enrollment has barely budged | Bridge Michigan
Last year, Michigan invested well over $100 million in student scholarships. Even so, the rate of high school grads going to college is still below pre-pandemic levels.
Future Of Work Predictions: Get Ready To Work Less
With the rise in the demand for the 4-Day Work Week, being assessed on tasks completed – not hours spent working, the message is clear: People want to work less.
Japan’s birth rate dropped to its lowest in 125 years
The number of new babies born dropped 5% last year....
How a Tiny Village Transformed China’s Economy by Proving Incentives Matter
"Work hard, don't work hard—everyone gets the same. So people don't want to work," said Yan Junchang, a farmer in the village of Xiaogang who spearheaded a movement in 1978 that revolutionized China's backward economy.
Michigan electric vehicle maker to close two locations after pocketing $900,000 subsidy
Company returning production to South Carolina
Can’t Decide? This $247 Coach Will Make the Call
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DoorDash took $80 billion in orders and subscriptions in 2024, but still operated at a loss
What’s eating all the profits?...
Perplexity's Super Bowl 'tweet' increased app installs by 50% | TechCrunch
Perplexity's Super Bowl contest managed to move the needle on its app's downloads. Unlike OpenAI and Google, the AI search engine chose to forgo an
Ranked: U.S. Industries Where Companies Make the Most Profit
A snapshot of which sectors earn the most profit, based on the latest data. Spoiler: #1 is not Big Tech.
Walmart’s reign atop the revenue leaderboard poised to pass to Amazon, barring an epic quarter
The retailer would need the kind of sales surprise it’s delivered only once in the past decade to keep its title as top of the top line....
Public Choice Doesn’t Require Us to Assume People Are Evil - Econlib
Public Choice, the economist James M. Buchanan explained, is built on the “homely” proposition that politicians are just like the rest of us. We call this “behavioral symmetry.” They have their own interests, and they try to satisfy those interests. Furthermore, we can understand people’s behavior in the voting booth and the bureau using the […]
Why do taxpayers pay billions for football stadiums?
Cities want football teams. Owners want stadiums.Watch how NFL rule changes made linemen gigantic: http://bit.ly/2BSOf5nSubscribe to our channel! http://goo....
Bunny Ears
When you're getting ready for the new school year, some loose ends take more time to tie up than others. That's why Instacart's got your back to school.
Just how many ads are there on ad-supported streaming apps, really?
We watched 12 shows on six platforms to find out how much of your life you give up to save a few bucks each month....