Ben Berkley
Managing Editor, The Hustle, The Hustle

Digits: Apple details its bad apples, and more newsy numbers

Plus: Esports lags, Bitcoiners pack their bags, and more.

Ben Berkley • 10 hours ago

Having a terrible time landing a new job? You’re not the only one

Want a new gig? Be prepared for it to take a while.

Ben Berkley • 10 hours ago

People love stealing stuff from Target

Organized retail crime is crushing US retailers.

Ben Berkley • 10 hours ago

Digits: Apple details its bad apples, and more newsy numbers

Plus: Esports lags, Bitcoiners pack their bags, and more.

Ben Berkley • 10 hours ago

Having a terrible time landing a new job? You’re not the only one

Want a new gig? Be prepared for it to take a while.

Ben Berkley • 10 hours ago

People love stealing stuff from Target

Organized retail crime is crushing US retailers.

Ben Berkley • 10 hours ago

Wanna be a scarecrow when you grow up? Sorry, drones are taking that job

As AI draws more headlines, drones remain a hotbed of automation innovation.

Ben Berkley • May 18, 2023

Steph Curry’s offseason: Saving Under Armour and joining the billionaire’s club?

Don’t bet against Curry scoring a seat in LeBron James and Tiger Woods’ 10-digit fraternity.

Ben Berkley • May 17, 2023

Vice Media goes broke as the news continues to break

It’s been a hard year for outlets that once sat at digital media’s cool kids table.

Ben Berkley • May 16, 2023

The air ambulance industry is looking up

Improving tech and an aging population paint a rosy picture for airlift providers.

Ben Berkley • May 15, 2023

Reminder: Winning the lottery only works if, y’know, you actually claim the money

Why $2B in lottery prizes goes unclaimed in the US every year — and what happens next.

Ben Berkley • May 15, 2023

The AI giveth and the AI taketh away

A roundup of the latest gifts and rifts surrounding AI.

Ben Berkley • May 11, 2023

Top bosses want you back in the office — like, right now

Execs’ return-to-office push isn’t walking on eggshells anymore.

Ben Berkley • May 9, 2023
burnout retreats

How many zeros would you shell out to feel less zeroed out?

Widespread burnout is driving the expansion of specialized clinics. Very, very expensive specialized clinics.

Ben Berkley • May 8, 2023

Where business is headed in 2023: Highlights from 3 reports

Where business is headed in 2023: Highlights from 3 reports

Ben Berkley • May 4, 2023
limo

Stretch limos are going, going, going, gone

“The bigger the better” has given way to “the longer the wronger.”

Ben Berkley • May 4, 2023
dog and bones

Man’s best friend may be getting a new best friend — and it’s AI?

Companion is a smart device billing itself as “your dog’s automated, always-available playmate.”

Ben Berkley • May 2, 2023
money wagered by year

DraftKings versus FanDuel — Who are you betting on?

Online sportsbooks are trying to move odds in their favor for their own high-stakes arms race.

Ben Berkley • May 1, 2023
water

After billions of years of the same ol’, same ol’, has water finally been disrupted?

A startup promises to make water “more biologically adaptable”… OK. Sure. Thanks?

Ben Berkley • April 28, 2023

Oh, cool. AI is expected to bring about a spam renaissance

Advances in AI also mean advances in scamming, bringing about a new set of tools for gaining and exploiting subjects’ attention.

Ben Berkley • April 26, 2023
person looking at phone

The next big app is here — until it isn’t

Chart-topping social apps like BeReal don’t always have a long shelf life.

Ben Berkley • April 26, 2023
CEO working

Hey, CEOs… You good?

Feeling a little worn down?… You are? Aw, man. We thought so. Still, so sorry to hear that. Hang in there, pals.

Ben Berkley • April 25, 2023
increase in skilled trade program enrollment

Degrees of separation: As college enrollment drops, trade school sign-ups rise

Six figures of debt and no job? Minimal debt and a job with an above-median salary? The latter’s appeal is growing.

Ben Berkley • April 23, 2023
Taco Bell sign

Taco Bell’s innovation team could probably solve all the world’s woes if we asked them to

One doesn’t simply stumble into creating a Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Tacos Supreme.

Ben Berkley • April 19, 2023
scientist

Is egg freezing ready for a high-tech upgrade?

A startup hopes its delicate automations can improve an error-prone manual industry.

Ben Berkley • April 17, 2023

It’s a pretty great time to get a PhD in AI

Companies are promising riches to lure top young minds in AI out of academia.

Ben Berkley • April 16, 2023

As material costs go rogue, will recycling old buildings go in vogue?

Could used building materials save the construction industry from stratospheric new material costs?

Ben Berkley • April 13, 2023
laser zapping weeds

Why pull weeds when you can zap them with AI-powered lasers?

An agtech startup hopes farmers find salvation in its high-tech, weed-eliminating machine.

Ben Berkley • April 12, 2023
fortune cookie

AI Roundup: Guessing passwords, conjuring images out of peoples’ minds, and… writing fortune cookies?

The latest in AI’s awesome and outright terrifying climb toward world domination.

Ben Berkley • April 12, 2023

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