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When I moved into my 9-square-meter, or about 97-square-foot, micro-apartment in Paris’ 17th arrondissement in October 2025, it was supposed to be temporary.I was leaving an unsustainable living situation as an au pair, and needed affordable, emergency housing. By chance, I found an available apartment that was within my small budget.Within two weeks of discovering the tiny studio, I was moving in with the same three suitcases full of clothes I had first moved to Paris with, plus a few dozen books I’d accumulated over time.After settling in, my intent was to stay in the apartment until I found something…

Raja Rajamannar believes artificial intelligence poses one of the biggest threats marketers have ever faced. He also thinks it could usher in marketing’s next great opportunity.The former chief marketing and communications officer of Mastercard, who spent nearly 13 years leading the brand, said marketers who fear AI are looking at only half the story.In an interview on Business Insider’s upcoming “CMO Insider” podcast, Rajamannar argued that AI could ultimately elevate the profession rather than diminish it.”This is the golden era that we are about to enter as far as marketing is concerned,” he said.The prediction comes at a time when…

The countdown to the FIFA World Cup is on, and people and businesses across the country are looking for ways to cash in on one of the world’s biggest sporting events.Millions of fans are expected to travel to host cities, fueling demand for everything from restaurants and entertainment to places to stay.Airbnb is betting on it. The company is offering $750 to first-time hosts in any of the 16 World Cup host cities across the US, Canada, and Mexico who rent out their homes by July 31, 2026. In a May press release, Airbnb said that since it began its…

LGBTQ+ consumers are shifting their brand loyalties based on companies’ diversity, equity and inclusion policies, according to new research from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The findings released Wednesday found that nearly 72% of LGBTQ+ consumers say they buy fewer products from companies they perceive as “reducing diversity and inclusion commitments.” Nearly 70% also said they have refused purchases from those businesses at least some of the time.The five companies those respondents most frequently linked to reduced spending were Target, Walmart, Amazon, Chick-Fil-A and Home Depot.On the other hand, HRC’s survey found nearly 70% of LGBTQ+ consumers are also rewarding…

A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. More than a decade ago, Carlos Rodriguez Sr., executive chairman of Driftwood Capital, a Miami-based real estate and hospitality investment firm, started acquiring properties in Brevard County, Florida. There was not a lot of demand after the space shuttle program was canceled in 2011, and there…

Memes have become a fixture in how we communicate. We’re reacting with GIFs in work Slack channels and sending memes in the family group chat.Klipy, a GIF and meme content startup, thinks that we’ll be sending even more of those with a boost from AI.The startup recently raised $3.8 million from Google’s AI Futures Fund and venture capital firms to grow its platform. Klipy lets people create content, like GIFs, stickers, or video clips that can easily be shared on messaging platforms or other apps.”We raised because we are seeing insane growth in developers and in creators,” Givi Beridze, Klipy’s…

Carvana’s new vehicle franchise for Stellantis includes personalised displays and a vehicle “playground” for consumers for each of its core U.S. brands.Courtesy CarvanaDALLAS — Carvana is aiming to bring its online strategy for selling used vehicles to sales of new cars and trucks. But don’t expect the company to actually sell you a vehicle at one of its seven Stellantis franchised dealerships.Instead, the online vehicle retailer said it intends to use such dealerships as service locations, test-drive centers and potentially “playgrounds” for consumers to decide what vehicle they would like to buy through Carvana’s online platforms, marking a stark contrast…

The WNBA is expanding its footprint to CNBC.CNBC parent Versant announced Wednesday that the business news network will simulcast 11 WNBA games this season. The matchups will also air on Versant’s USA Network. Last September, Versant and the WNBA announced an 11-year media rights agreement that includes both regular-season and postseason games. As part of that deal, USA Network will air at least 50 games annually.Coverage on CNBC begins Wednesday night with the defending champion Las Vegas Aces taking on the Phoenix Mercury at 10 p.m. ET. That game is the second of a doubleheader that kicks off with the…

For any problem in an incarcerated person’s life — from not getting enough toilet paper to extreme physical abuse — the grievance system is the primary way to speak out. But in the vast majority of cases, those efforts go nowhere, according to an analysis of federal data by The Marshall Project and NPR. Michelle Mildenberg Lara for The Marshall Project hide caption toggle caption Michelle Mildenberg Lara for The Marshall Project A federal prison doctor first found the mass on Terri McGuire Mollica’s uterus in 2016. According to a lawsuit, the fibroid was small, and could be removed with…

Pylon CEO Marty Kausas had to make a difficult choice: scale back token spending, or stomach a $1.4 million bill.Kausas said that his AI software company was fast approaching 150 employees on its Anthropic plan earlier this month, a point where the bill would more than triple. That realization got Kausas to declare the era of unlimited spending over — and he decided to set ceilings for tokens, the units of data that determine how AI is priced, for some of his non-technical employees.Pylon’s VP of finance is now exploring “where we should set caps,” Kausas said. “This is just…