Monthly Archives: September 2022

The Bank of America Preferred Rewards program can get you bonus credit card rewards, waived fees, and more — here’s how to qualify

Insider’s experts choose the best products and services to help make smart decisions with your money (here’s how). In some cases, we receive a commission from our our partners, however, our opinions are our own. Terms apply to offers listed on this page. The Bank of America Preferred Rewards program can be extremely lucrative if…

Mysterious blasts at a base in Crimea were missile strikes meant to bring the war closer to home for Russians, Ukrainian military chief says

An infrared overview of Saki Airbase showing the extent of fire after attack, in Novofedorivka, Crimea, on August 10, 2022. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS Questions have been swirling about explosions at a Russian base in Crimea since early August. Russia called them accidents, while others suggested Ukrainian special forces may have been involved. Ukrainian military…

Low-cost startup airline Breeze is adding 8 new routes to Las Vegas from $29 one-way — see the full list

Breeze aircraft at Las Vegas. Breeze Airways Breeze Airways is adding eight new nonstop routes to Las Vegas in its latest network expansion. The carrier will operate its amenity-heavy Airbus A220 aircraft on each route. The news comes as Breeze, which only started flying in May 2021, continues to grow its transcontinental route map. Breeze…

Germany is buying robots that look like Russian tanks to practice fighting the real thing

A Russian T-90 tank in Moscow’s Red Square on May 6, 2010. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images The German military recently received robotic vehicles designed to resemble Russian tanks. The delivery comes as Germany revitalizes its military amid heightened tensions with Russia. “They are designed to be consumable robots,” the founding director of the firm…

Mitch McConnell refuses to comment on the investigation into Trump taking classified documents to Mar-a-Lago

Former President Donald Trump, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Drew Angerer/Getty Images, Joe Maiorana/AP Photo Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to comment on the investigation into documents at Mar-a-Lago. He has refused to comment on the matter before — seemingly upsetting some Republican counterparts. Trump has repeatedly bashed McConnell. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell…

AI in Insurance: How three forward-looking insurers are infusing AI into their front, middle, and back offices

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to drive consumers online, the pressure for incumbent insurance companies to adopt digital technology is intensifying. Incumbent insurers have been pushed to accelerate their use of mature AI deployments over the past year to meet changing customer expectations and better compete with tech-centric firms. For context, consumers are now twice as…

How Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin Academy provides financial inclusion and breaks down barriers of inequity

The Bitcoin Academy at Marcy Houses. Inkling Agency Insider profiled Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin Academy at the conclusion of its program for Marcy Houses in Brooklyn. At the end of the courses on Wednesday, Marcy residents who enrolled in the Academy and opted into a grant each received around $1,000 in bitcoin. We spoke…