Media, AI: Content Mill Business Insider will use AI content generation
Is laying off over 20% of staff as it switches to AI content generation.
AI: AI could eliminate half of white collar jobs within years
Unemployment could hit 20%. This may happen far faster than many realize, and devastate entry level white collar workforce.
Economy: Los Angeles to demand $30/hour minimum wage in hotel industry
Economic illiteracy runs rampant in government.
Business, Nutrition: Another vegan restaurant chain is bankrupt
When only 1% of the population claims to eat "vegan", the concept of vegan restaurants cannot meet long term business success.
Economy: Tariffs will not bring jobs back to the U.S.
Instead they will bring robots and automated factories - duh.
Nutrition: Plant-based meat products fading away
Poorly positioned and marketed, ultraprocessed fake meat products have faded from view.
Business: Unintended consequences of laws
Higher hourly wage law resulted in lower annual income for affected workers.
Automation: UPS lays off 244, replaces with automation
UPS will eliminate 244 union jobs when Portland site closes for automation – oregonlive.com
Business: Meta (FB, IG) puts laid off workers on a “do not hire list”
Even high performers are being let go because they did not have enough low performers to meet head count reduction targets.
Amazon ends 2-day Prime shipping for many
The Amazon Prime brand was built on 2-day shipping. In 2024, Amazon quietly stopped the service for many, without an announcement, while raising Prime member fees.