New Cars Cost Too Much. Jeff Bezos Is Backing a $24,950 EV Truck With Hand-Crank Windows to Fix That.

The Slate has hand-crank windows, no radio and no paint job. It also costs half the price of the average new car in America.

Forget Forty Thieves — Anthropic Says Alibaba Used 25,000 Fake Accounts to Steal Its AI

Anthropic sent a letter to Congress accusing Alibaba of running 28.8 million fake conversations with Claude to train a competing AI for free.

Restaurant Franchises Have Found One Ingredient That Makes Customers Switch Brands. New Data Proves It Works.

McDonald’s, Arby’s and Zaxbys are all piling on the protein in a market where customers just can’t get enough.

Target’s Strategy Will Rise or Fall on the 2% Difference

The retailer’s turnaround won’t be decided by the boldness of its strategy, but by whether thousands of daily decisions point the same direction.

Elon Musk Isn’t a Trillionaire Anymore

Musk’s fortune fell alongside SpaceX shares.

The CEO of Dave’s Hot Chicken Says Speed Is No Longer the Point of Fast Food: ‘It’s Not 1999’

Jim Bitticks of Dave’s Hot Chicken says speed is dead in fast food. Here’s what really matters to customers.

Saying ‘Please’ and ‘Thank You’ to AI Sounds Crazy. It Might Actually Work.

A new survey finds 86% of office workers are being polite to their AI tools — and most say it actually changes what comes back.

Snap Bet $2,195 on the Future of Smart Glasses. Meta Answered With a $244 Version.

A week after Snap launched its pricey $2,195 AR glasses, Meta is going the opposite direction with a $244 version.

Mountain Dew Is Charging 5 Cents for a Can — Here’s the Strategy Behind the Stunt

The iconic soda brand is dropping 1,948 commemorative bundles for a nickel each — a nod to its 1948 origins.

Computer Science Grads Have a New Dream Job — And It’s Not Working for Meta, Apple or Google

A growing number of college graduates in computer science are recentering their ambitions.