This Dad Lost His Job and Started Making a Breakfast Staple at Home. It Was So Good He Sold $85,000 Worth From His Kitchen.
Six years ago he’d never made a bagel. Now he’s baked more than 1.5 million of them.
The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
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Bluesky says its recent outage was caused by another DDoS attack
This is the latest large-scale DDoS attack to hit the social networking site this year.
McDonald’s Lost Money When Workers Missed Shifts. Here’s the ‘Crazy Beneficial’ Solution That Finally Fixed It and Saved $35,000 a Month.
A new app makes it easier for McDonald’s employees to get to their jobs.
Peacock is raising prices across all of its streaming plans
The cheapest ad-supported “Select” plan is increasing from $7.99 to $8.99 per month.
She Grew Up in a Log Cabin in Canada. Now She’s Booking Wild Parties for the Ultrarich.
Olivia Ferney is setting Guinness World Records for clients who think nothing of spending six figures on a single night.
This CEO Runs More Pro Sports Teams Than Anyone in the World — Here’s Why He Doesn’t Measure Success In Wins
The CEO of Diamond Baseball Holdings oversees more professional sports teams than anyone in the world. Here’s why his winning strategy has nothing to do with the final score.
Where’s the Beef? Not on American Picnic Tables This Summer.
Beef has always been a summer staple. Now, for the first time in years, Americans are actually buying less of it
Anthro Energy breaks ground on factory that could pave the road to solid-state batteries
Battery materials startup Anthro Energy has broken ground on a Louisville factory to make electrolytes, including those for solid-state batteries.
Warp’s new system is an out-of-the-box software factory for AI development
On Tuesday, Warp introduced Warp Factories, a new infrastrructure system designed to make building AI software factories as easy as possible.
OpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT for teens — years after teens started using it
ChatGPT for Teens adds age-appropriate safety measures, parental controls, and learning tools designed to steer teens away from harmful content — and from using AI to cheat on their homework.