‘House of the Dragon’: Will Larys Strong double-cross Queen Alicent?

What kind of game is Larys Strong playing? From his introduction in House of the Dragon, the second son of poor old Lyonel Strong immediately comes across as a Littlefinger-type character. Played by Matthew Needham, he lurks on the fringes watching and listening, trades information, and proves he can be horribly ruthless (you know, the…

Is this the most secure hard drive platform around today?

Data security technology company ClevX has released a self-encrypting drive platform that can turn almost any hard disk drive (HDD) or solid-state drive (SSD), both internal and external, into a super secure, encrypted drive.  ClevX DataLock BT Secured comprises of a small chip, a Bluetooth antenna, and specific software. All that’s needed to get up…

The bull case for stocks is still alive, but it’s on increasingly shaky ground, DataTrek says

Getty Images / Bryan R. Smith There is still a bull case that suggests further upside for the stock market, according to DataTrek.The upside case hinges on inflation and rates decelerating considerably over the next six months.“If the market thinks real rates may be peaking now then stocks should rally in anticipation of declines over…

The online shopping frenzy pushed warehouses into Pennsylvania’s once quiet Lehigh Valley. Unhappy locals are pushing back.

An anti-warehouse sign overlooking a plot of land that would be used for new warehouses. Kelsey Neubauer/Insider On a hot evening in late August, residents of a small community in eastern Pennsylvania packed into the local firehouse for a meeting that could change the face of their quiet, rustic home. An Atlanta developer named Core5…

A flight attendant broke his ankle in 2 places after being thrown to the ground by severe turbulence as his plane flew through a storm

The incident occurred aboard a Norwegian Boeing 737 (Note, this picture is not the plane involved). NurPhoto / Contributor / Getty A flight attendant was badly hurt when his plane was hit with turbulence during its descent. The attendant broke his ankle in two places during the July 2021 incident on a Norwegian flight. Turbulence…

My logistics company operates warehouses in 2 of the sector’s hottest markets. We made 8 figures in revenue last year thanks to the boom in e-commerce.

Brendan Heegan. Courtesy of Brendan Heegan This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brendan Heegan, the 45-year-old founder of Boxzooka. Insider has verified his business’ growth with documentation. The following has been edited for length and clarity. As a third-party logistics- and fulfillment-service provider, Boxzooka was deemed by government bodies to be an…

Warehouse giants like Amazon and others are desperate for more robots, but human workers worry they make the job more dangerous

A robot sorting and stacking bins at an Amazon fulfillment center in Eastvale, California, on August 31, 2021. MediaNews Group/The Riverside Press-Enterprise via Getty Images As a new workday dawns in the warehouse, workers take their places around the floor to start their shifts. So, too, do their mechanical counterparts: Robots roll away from the…

Amazon has changed how warehouses work in America. Some unions are using it as a chance to organize.

Amazon workers at the LDJ5 Amazon Sort Center rallying in support of the union on April 24 on Staten Island, New York. Chris Smalls successfully organized the JFK8 Amazon Fulfillment Center across the street, making it the first Amazon plant to unionize. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Images The first thing Daniel Olayiwola typically does when he clocks…