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Learn moreEven when I lived in a tiny city apartment with a galley kitchen, I wasn't willing to forgo having a stand mixer. KitchenAid Artisan Mini 3.5-Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer The smallest of the best KitchenAid stand mixers, this model is the perfect size and strength for occasional bakers, new cooks, and those with petite kitchens. I was trying to knead a stiff dough for hand-pulled noodles and left the stand mixer running on high for about 10 minutes, rendering my stand mixer unusable. The KitchenAid Mini is roomy enough for most baking tasks, but petite enough to fit in a cabinet for storage. As mentioned before (and in our guides to the best KitchenAid and best stand mixer), the Mini is the smallest KitchenAid model, but it's actually not the cheapest.

Persons: KitchenAid, Lauren Savoie, it's, I've, I'd, You'll, It's Organizations: Business, Shop Locations: Kansas, New York City

☆ People are going crazy over how this self-checkout pronounces 'organic bananas'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Alexandra Bacon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

TikTok users are reveling in how a Stop & Shop self-checkout pronounces "organic bananas." AdvertisementThe robotic voice of a Stop & Shop self-checkout has the internet cracking up in how it pronounces "organic bananas." The company even commented on the video, saying: "We just feel really passionately about ~organic bananas~." The comments on the organic bananas video spurred the user to post more TikToks of the self-checkout pronouncing different products. "Organic bananas" has, at least, provided some respite from self-checkout security and given social media users a laugh.

Persons: —, Everett, bok choy, They've Organizations: Service, Business

☆ Early on in the war, IDF gave clearance to allow 20 civilian deaths for every low-ranking Hamas suspect, intelligence sources said: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewDuring the early weeks of the Israel-Hamas war, the Israel Defense Forces established a ratio for the number of civilian deaths in Gaza that would be permissible for every Hamas militant killed, according to a new report. At one point during the early weeks of the war, the system identified up to 37,000 Palestinians, according to four of the intelligence sources, The Guardian reported. Two of the sources told the outlets that in the first few weeks of the war, the IDF allowed up to 15 or 20 civilian deaths for every low-ranking Hamas militant assassinated. Related storiesThat number could increase to up to more than 100 civilians if the IDF were targeting a single senior Hamas official, the sources said. Advertisement"Unfortunately, in the last day there was a tragic case of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent people in the Gaza Strip," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said of the strike, according to CBS News.

Persons: —, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Service, Israel Defense Forces, Islamic, Guardian, Business, IDF, Hamas, UN, New York Times, CBS News Locations: Israel, Gaza, Tel Aviv

☆ Inside Smashmallow, Silicon Valley's Failed Marshmallow Startup
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

"We wanted a marshmallow to have a little bite to it, not just be a foamy air," he says. Jon Sebastiani, Smashmallow founderSmashmallow had a killer brand — but the product was still basically being made one batch at a time, on kitchen counters. If Smashmallow couldn't produce enough marshmallows, Tanis wouldn't get its dough. The thing is, even though Smashmallow failed, Sebastiani didn't. "In that industry, a snackable marshmallow is a Smashmallow, like a copy machine is a Xerox," says Kwasniewski.

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☆ Intuitive Machines stock has surged 300%. How Wall Street reads the moon-fueled rally
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

NASA TVMuch like Intuitive Machines' spacecraft, its stock has been flying to the moon the past week. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Intuitive Machines stock trading around its IM-1 moon mission. Only a handful of Wall Street analysts cover the $1 billion space company. Along with Canaccord Genuity analyst Austin Moeller, Sullivan and Sheppard were unanimous in their reads that retail, not institutional, investors are driving the current Intuitive Machines' rally. Intuitive Machines and NASA leaders showcase a mockup of the company's Nova-C lunar lander during a presentation on May 31, 2019.

Persons: It's, We've, Cantor Fitzgerald's Andres Sheppard, Sheppard, Josh Sullivan, Canaccord, Austin Moeller, Sullivan, Aubrey Gemignani, NASA Canaccord's Moeller, they'll, Moeller Organizations: NASA, Wall, CNBC, Wall Street, FactSet, Payload Locations: Texas, U.S

☆ A former Vice exec is launching an AI platform that can visualize entire stories, scripts, or poems from the text
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

He started Lore Machine with Moises Sanabria, the company's chief prompt officer, and Kutlu Mizrak, who is in charge of natural-language processing. Lore Machine turns text stories into images, ensuring consistency in style for the different characters, locations, and recurring elements. Stable Diffusion vs Midjourney) depending on their preferences and their values. Lore Machine is currently in beta, and being used by screenwriters, artists, novelists, graphic novelists, and animators, with a waitlist of over 12,000, the company said. Campion said he expects Lore Machine to be publicly available in early 2024.

Persons: Thobey Campion, Campion, Moises Sanabria, Kutlu Mizrak, Machine's, it's, Phil Gelatt, Lore Machine's, Lore, Samuel T Organizations: Business, Machine, Hollywood, Lore Machine

AdvertisementAdvertisementWalmart employees say working with anti-theft technology at self-checkouts has led to some tense confrontations with customers. The seven former and current Walmart employees Insider interviewed had direct experience with the company's anti-theft self-checkout technology. Athenia Camacho, a former Walmart employee, detailed the process in a recent TikTok video. Walmart prohibits employees from accusing customers of stealing, even if theft is suspected, the seven people who spoke with Insider said. Another Walmart employee in Missouri said she was told to approach customer confrontations with the mindset: "Don't blame the customer.

Persons: —, they're, we're, Joe Pennington, Athenia Camacho, Camacho, Jeffrey Greenberg, SAMUEL CORUM, Dominick Haar, Patti Leroy, Leroy, Dominick Organizations: Walmart, Service, Employees, Universal, Getty, SCO Locations: Arkansas, Florida, Miami , Florida, Doral, Illinois, Missouri, AFP, Southern Illinois, Kentucky

☆ A how-to repair company wants to fix one of summer's biggest problems: McDonald's broken ice cream machines
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

McDonald's ice cream machines are so prone to breakdowns that they've spawned thousands of memes. Now, iFixit, a how-to repair company, wants a copyright exemption to repair them. McDonald's ice cream machines have a history of breaking down. This isn't the first time an outside group has tried to fix McDonald's ice cream machines. Startup Kytch introduced a device in 2019 to help franchise owners troubleshoot their ice cream machines so they could repair them.

Persons: iFixit, —, Taylor, We've, we've, Elizabeth Chamberlain, Chamberlain, McDonald's Organizations: Service, Copyright Locations: Wall, Silicon, McDonald's

☆ Ukrainians are testing out a jerry-rigged mine-clearing machine made from a farm vehicle with spinning metal chains
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Ukrainian engineer is trying a novel method of mine-clearance: adapting a farm excavator. Video shows whirling chains strike the ground as the digger moves forward, blasting hidden mines. The design takes inspiration from the WWII-era Sherman Tank, some of which were also kitted out with spinning chains to clear mines, Reuters reported. A commander speaking to The Post also said that Western-supplied mine-clearing equipment has proved a disappointingly easy target for Russian artillery to strike. On Monday, the US announced a new $200 million aid package to Ukraine, which includes de-mining equipment.

Persons: Sherman, Vitalii, Volodymyr Ozoryan, Oleksii Reznikov, Alexander Lobov, Ukraine's Organizations: Service, Reuters, Defense, Guardian, UN, Washington Post, US Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Wall, Silicon

☆ Employees Are Secretly Using ChatGPT to Get Ahead at Work
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

And he's kept right on using Bing to do his job even after his company issued a policy barring the staff from using AI. Those secretly using AI on the job — experts call it "shadow IT" — appear to be legion. Luke doesn't know whether his employer is OK with him using ChatGPT, since it hasn't issued an official policy, and he's not about to ask. Even when employers block access to AI tools at work, employees are pulling up apps like ChatGPT on their personal devices. By failing to create clear guidance on AI, companies are effectively empowering the covert users at the expense of everyone else.

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☆ Many people need their laptops for working from home, play, and everything in between. Here's how to find the right deal for you.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Dell Technologies | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Many consumers and business owners need laptops that can serve their home and work needs. Instead, we need to find the right balance, as we often need our devices to pull double or even triple duty: carrying out work, home use, and gaming. The Alienware m15 R7 Gaming Laptop boasts extra thin dual fans that ensure the laptop won't overheat, smooth and vivid graphics, and immersive sound. For gamers who want less of the frills, but the same thrills that Alienware promises, look to Dell's G Series gaming laptops. The G15 Gaming Laptop offers smooth graphics, speedy loading times, and a Game Shift mode that boosts its fan speed with the push of a few buttons.

☆ Germany to buy Airbus civil helicopter and convert for combat, Business Insider reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, March 18 (Reuters) - Germany's Defence Ministry wants to buy 82 Airbus (AIR.PA) H-145M civilian helicopters and convert some of them into combat helicopters to replace its Tiger combat fleet, Business Insider reported, citing military internal documents. Germany last year shifted its defence policy after Russia invaded Ukraine, committing 100 billion euros ($107 billion) to modernize the Bundeswehr, Germany's armed forces. The Defence Ministry was not immediately available for comment. The H-145M helicopters are approved for military use but are not designed as combat aircraft and the Bundeswehr has concerns about the machine's combat suitability and crew protection, which the ministry has ignored so far, the report added. ($1 = 0.9376 euros)Reporting by Riham Alkousaa; Editing by David HolmesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ CNH Industrial buys Augmenta to boost crop treatment accuracy
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MILAN, March 13 (Reuters) - Italian-American vehicle maker CNH Industrial (CNHI.MI) has acquired U.S. company Augmenta, valuing its strategic partner at $110 million, in a bid to help farmers harness technology to increase the effectiveness of crop spraying. CNH, a maker of farm machinery and construction equipment sees so-called precision technologies as a key competitive feature in its agriculture business, its largest one. The group, whose revenue topped $25 billion in 2022, has said it was pursuing an estimated contribution from precision technology components of $1 billion to this year's net sales. CNH already owned a 10.5% stake in Augmenta through its venture capital arm CNH Industrial Ventures. The deal, which will be funded with available cash, is expected to be closed in the first quarter, CNH Industrial said.

☆ OpenAI makes a ChatGPT-like tool called Codex that can write software. Here's why Codex won't replace developers and will instead create more demand for their skills.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( Thomas Maxwell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The same company is also behind Codex, a tool that automates the writing of software code. Codex is similar, except that instead of writing English sentences, it writes software code. Tell Codex what type of software problem you're trying to solve, and Codex will suggest a solution with a string of code. Similarly, Codex further simplifies certain software engineering tasks. "Then we'll have more engineers, and more software engineering.

☆ A stock trader who returned 440% in 2022 explains the software program he built to automatically buy and sell risky penny stocks for optimal profits
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-04 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

He fed the computer 20 years worth of stock data to determine the relationship between data points. And I certainly would not suggest to people that you can just easily make 440% in the stock market. The program trades stocks ranging from pennies priced under $1 a share to large-caps and makes about 20 to 50 trades a day. About 20 minutes later, the market price rose and hit the sell order price of $0.3449 and the position closed. About 17 minutes later, the market price declined and hit the buy order price, and the position closed.

☆ Military tech is racing towards a dangerous AI future, and Russia's war in Ukraine is paving the way, drone experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Currently, the drones are guided at launch by a human operator, according to independent Russian outlet Novaya Gazeta Europe. But more advanced drone technology is enabling what Rogers calls "on" the loop of control. "In the case of the systems that we have seen used, there's still a human operator authorizing the use of force," she said. Under pressure and potentially under fire, a drone operator may take the machine's prompt less as a suggestion and more as an infallible instruction. In a fully autonomous future of drone warfare, he asked, will drone AI be programmed "to avoid those who are waving a white flag?"

☆ Explainer: What is driving tensions ahead of Brazil's presidential election?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Anthony Boadle | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gestures during a military parade to celebrate the bicentennial independence of Brazil, in Brasilia, Brazil September 7, 2022. ELECTRONIC VOTINGBrazil adopted electronic voting machines in 1996 to end widespread fraud involving paper ballots. THIN PAPER TRAILStill, some election experts say the lack of a paper record for each vote does limit opportunities to conduct audits if the election is contested. Voters punch their choices into electronic voting machines at 477,000 voting stations across Brazil. Last year, Congress voted down Bolsonaro's proposal to reintroduce a paper record for each vote cast.

☆ An employee at an Illinois food manufacturer lost a finger after getting it stuck in a machine, the labor department said
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-27 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A worker at an Illinois food manufacturer lost their finger after it got stuck in a machine, the DOL said. The DOL cited Hearthside Food Solutions and asked it to pay $231,625 in penalties. In a press release, the Department of Labor said Friday that it has cited Hearthside Food Solutions 20 times "for exposing workers to amputation and other serious hazards." In the citation, OSHA asked Hearthside to pay $231,625 in penalties for three violations related to the carton-closing machine. Hearthside Food should immediately re-evaluate its training and safety procedures at all of its facilities."

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