Brian Niccol said he wanted Starbucks to feel like the coffee shop from "Friends." Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said a fictional café guided his vision of what his s...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Pennsylvania opened its first federally funded EV charging station on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. ✓ The station supports l...
Kiana Mei started her business at the age of 15 in high school. Now, she's fully committed to life as a young entrepreneur. Aditi Bharade Kiana Mei was 15 when she started her business, selling origam...
Steve Carroll and his family are chasing Mosaic status and 350,000 points as part of JetBlue's "25 for 25" flight challenge. Courtesy of Steve Carroll Steve Carroll and his son visited 25 uniq...
Alix Earle, who rose to social media fame at the University of Miami, at a Miami event. Udo Salters Photography/Getty Images Miami has become a creator hot spot, punching above its weight among social...
The Xenomorph from the Alien film franchise is one of the coolest, most nefarious movie monsters ever hatched, with its acid blood, mouths-within-mouths, and diabolical claws. It pretty much single-ha...
Video game console sales cap out each generation at around 250 million, so how will the console manufacturers break through that barrier? By learning a crucial lesson from the videotape format war, on...
The author took just a backpack on her two-week train journey through Europe, and she had everything she really needed. Joey Hadden/Business Insider I traveled by train through four European countries...
Marvel and DC have a lot riding on 2026. After a year that ranged from decent to disastrous, it’s tough to argue that “fatigue” isn’t a factor, but true believers are holding firm that next year will ...
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A screening for leading short-drama app ReelShort's 'Wings of Fire.' Tiffany Rose/Getty Images for ReelShort Soapy micro dramas gained popularity in the US but face a reckoning in 2026. Big questions ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ US banks are rebuilding core financial infrastructure behind the scenes. ✓ The rebuild enables cash, custody, and funds t...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Two decades ago social media promised to connect people with pals far and wide. ✓ Twenty years online has left people tur...
You'd think it would be enough for filmmaker James Wan to have two hugely successful horror franchises under his belt with Saw and Insidious (both co-created with writing partner Leigh Whannell). But ...
Koury Angelo/Bravo; Roy Rochlin/Getty Images; Swig Drinks; Alyssa Powell/BI In 2025, Mormonism was at the center of mainstream popular culture. Reality shows, along with brands like Swig and Crumbl, h...
LG is preparing to debut three new flagship 5K UltraGear gaming monitors, including one with a true 5K resolution. The company has announced that during CES 2026 next month, it will show off the monit...
📋 Key Facts ✓ T-Mobile provides up to $1,100 trade-in credit for iPhone 17 Pro on Experience Beyond plan ✓ iPhone 17 available for free...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Jimmy Kimmel is set to give the 2025 Alternative Christmas Message for U.K. network Channel 4. ✓ The message will air on ...
Media giants are trying to solve their engagement issues as free streamers like YouTube take viewers. John Wilson/Netflix Audiences have increasingly shifted toward free streaming services like YouTub...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Actors Diane Keaton, Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, James Ransone, Rob Reiner, and Michelle Trachtenberg died in 2025. ✓ M...