Monthly Archives: October 2022

I drove a $2 million electric supercar and it felt like a fighter jet. Take a closer look at the Pininfarina Battista, which can hit 60 mph in under 2 seconds.

The Pininfarina Battista. Tim Levin/Insider I drove the Pininfarina Battista, a wickedly fast and outrageously powerful electric supercar.  The Italian firm will only make 150 Battistas, and each start at 2.2 million euros.  It packs 1,900 horsepower and can hit 62 mph in less than two seconds.  Much like the rest of the automotive world,…

Super-rich keeping flying private despite surging fuel costs making charters even more expensive

VistaJet’s membership swelled by 25% during the first half of 2022. Getty Images Surging fuel, inflation, and labor costs have sent private jet charter prices up significantly. The increase has failed to dampen demand from wealthy customers, two executives told Insider.  COVID-19 and the summer chaos in commercial aviation has made going private more attractive. …

Wall Street is worried something is about to break in markets. Here’s where Jamie Dimon, Cathie Wood and 5 other top experts think the rupture will come.

(Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images) Wall Street is worried about building signs of stress in markets and the financial system. Whipsawing assets, economic strains and dysfunction in the UK are raising red flags. Here’s what Jamie Dimon, Cathie Wood and 5 other experts say about where things could break.   Concerns that markets are near breaking…

Who’s watching ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘The Rings of Power’? New numbers shed light on the audience for both shows

HBO/Amazon New Nielsen data suggests that “The Rings of Power” is struggling to attract a young audience. A third of the audiences for both “Rings of Power” and “House of the Dragon” is watching the other show. Both shows have more male viewers, Nielsen said, unlike the “vast majority” streaming content. Two big-budget fantasy shows…

I stayed at Margaritaville’s latest RV resort hotel in a popular tourist town and now I understand why the Camp Margaritaville destination is almost always booked out

Brittany Chang/Insider In September, Camp Margaritaville RV Resort and Lodge Pigeon Forge celebrated its grand opening. When I visited the property, I was shocked by how peaceful yet fun the Lodge and RV park were. The Margaritaville empire wants to open 30 to 50 more RV parks through the next five years. For better or…

History of Google tablets: Nexus and Pixel slates – and a look to the future

Google’s hardware division announced a move away from tablets in 2019, concentrating its efforts into laptops instead. The news came from Rick Osterloh, senior vice president of devices and services at Google. Hey, it’s true…Google’s HARDWARE team will be solely focused on building laptops moving forward, but make no mistake, Android & Chrome OS teams…