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Drones 101: The Future of Drones for Consumers, Businesses, and the Military

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Drones are taking off! FILE PHOTO: A UPS drone makes a Flight Forward medical delivery on WakeMed Health & Hospitals’ ...

Elon Musk says it’s ‘very hard to give away money effectively’ if you care more about the outcomes than the optics of philanthropy

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Elon Musk on August 13, 2021 at a press event on the grounds of the Tesla Gigafactory near Berlin. Patrick ...

Buy Now Pay Later Report: Market trends in the ecommerce financing, consumer credit, and BNPL industry

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Buy now, pay later solutions are continuing to grow in popularity as people seek alternative methods of financing. The BNPL ...

‘You, the Russian people, are not our enemy,’ President Joe Biden says while also asking Russians to oppose Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a speech at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, March 26, 2022. Petr David ...

Elon Musk says the US has ‘very, very ancient leadership,’ believes there’s ‘a serious issue with gerontocracy’ in many countries

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Elon Musk says he is a free speech absolutist. Jae C. Hong/AP Elon Musk told Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner ...

Elon Musk says people might download their personalities onto a humanoid robot Tesla is making, which he says could be in ‘moderate volume production’ next year

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Elon Musk REUTERS/Mike Blake Elon Musk recently sat down with Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Insider’s parent company, Axel Springer. Musk ...

Bargain-bin store will open second location, offer same $10 deals on high-end products

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Treasure Hunt Liquidators is opening a second store after immense success at its Raleigh location. Powered by WPeMatico

Bargain-bin store will open second location, offer same $10 deals on high-end products

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Treasure Hunt Liquidators is opening a second store after immense success at its Raleigh location. Powered by WPeMatico

Clarence Thomas and Ginni Thomas are one of DC’s most controversial political power couples. These other pairs have influenced Washington for years.

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Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, right, and wife Virginia “Ginni” Thomas arrive for a State Dinner with Australian Prime ...

Elon Musk — officially the world’s richest man — says he thinks ‘Putin is significantly richer than me’

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Elon Musk Patrick Pleul/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk said he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is richer than he ...

Maryland judge tosses state’s congressional map, calls it an ‘extreme partisan gerrymander’ in a setback for Democrats

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Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland shows a proclamation he signed on November 5, 2021, in Annapolis calling for a special ...

Elon Musk renews calls for Russia’s president to be stopped: ‘We cannot let Putin take over Ukraine’

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Elon Musk was prompt to respond to Mykhailo Fedorov’s plea to provide Starlink terminals in Ukraine. Susan Walsh/AP Elon Musk ...

Elon Musk discusses the war in Ukraine and the importance of nuclear power — and why Benjamin Franklin would be ‘the most fun at dinner’

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Mathias Döpfner speaks with Elon Musk at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin. Jason Henry Mathias Döpfner, the CEO of Insider’s parent ...

Trump’s mood ‘soured’ after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp revealed he had already decided to appoint Kelly Loeffler to the Senate before consulting with the president: book

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Businesswoman Kelly Loeffler speaks after she was introduced by Gov. Brian Kemp at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on ...

The Biden administration plans to give Americans 50 years and up an option to get a second booster shot: report

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Nurse Samantha Reidy gives Alan Kramer, 74, a cancer patient, his Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 booster shot at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, ...

Stacey Abrams was ‘terrified’ of blowing the moment during her 2019 State of the Union response to Trump: book

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Stacey Abrams delivers the Democratic Party’s response to then-President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address from Atlanta on February ...

GOP Sen. Ben Sasse says he won’t support Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court because ‘we disagree on judicial philosophy’

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Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska questions Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing on March 22, 2022. ...

Take a closer look at Russian oligarch’s $700 million superyacht that is one of the largest in the world

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Roman Abramovich, owner of Chelsea FC, next to his superyacht called Eclipse Alexander Hassenstein – UEFA/UEFA/Ali Balli/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Roman ...

Raising interest rates won’t fix the real reason behind inflation: price-gouging and corporate greed

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Meat is one of the many food products that have had sharp price hikes in recent months. Giselleflissak/Getty Images Paul ...

A protective gear shortage has forced Ukrainian volunteers near Kyiv to share a bulletproof vest to deliver vital aid to injured civilians

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Dilapidated and partially collapsed buildings in the city of Bila Tserkva, located about 50 miles south of Kyiv. Courtesy of ...

THE DIGITAL HEALTH ECOSYSTEM: The most important players, tech, and trends propelling the digital transformation of the $3.7 trillion healthcare industry

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Business Insider Intelligence This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence,  Business Insider’s premium research service. ...

The student-loan-payment pause saved 37 million borrowers $195 billion, the Fed says. But Biden is on track to end that relief on May 1.

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Students graduating in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images The student-loan-payment pause saved 37 million borrowers $195 billion, the New York ...

I toured a $7.5 million penthouse in a Miami area popular with the Russian elite, and I get why they chose to park their money in this paradise

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A glimpse of the penthouse’s formal dining area and living room. Hillary Hoffower Sunny Isles Beach is known for luxury ...

Durham startup raises another $125M, will increase hiring and expand products

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Company leaders think Policygenius could become the largest distribution platform for term life insurance in 2022. Powered by WPeMatico

Durham startup raises another $125M, will increase hiring and expand products

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Company leaders think Policygenius could become the largest distribution platform for term life insurance in 2022. Powered by WPeMatico

3 charts show the best investments to make going into aggressive Fed rate hikes, Russia’s war, and a worldwide energy shock

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Fed rate hikes, Russia’s war, and soaring energy prices have upended equities, crypto ...

The idea of finding a career with ‘purpose’ is a lie and you should focus on finding tasks that you love, according to this influential researcher

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Marcus Buckingham is head of research, people, and performance at ADP Research Institute. D Dipasupil / Stringer / Getty It’s ...

How to keep your screen on when your laptop is closed

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Hollis Johnson/Business Insider You can keep your screen on when your laptop is closed by altering the laptop’s power settings.  ...

6 ways to troubleshoot a Bluetooth headphones delay in Windows 11

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Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images Bluetooth headphones can suffer from delays in Windows 11, but there are ways to troubleshoot ...

Russia signals change in war plans as ‘first stage’ siege in Kyiv slows

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Firefighters work at site after Russian attacks struck a shopping mall, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 21, 2022. Diego Herrera ...