“Actually, I would like to add an extra flight to my trip,” said no one, ever.Well, until Starlink came along, apparently.During SpaceX’s Tuesday earnings call, the company’s president, Gwynne Shotwell,…
Is the economy still K-shaped?The label came into vogue to describe an economy where the rich keep pulling ahead while the poor fall further behind. Recent comments from business executives…
With age comes certain privileges, including lower property tax bills. More than one-quarter of states offer some type of property tax exemption to those who are 65 or older. A property tax exemption is a specific type of property tax…
I think the Tyson rotisserie chicken-breast strips and Motor City Pizza Co. pizzas are two of the best things to buy at Costco.Stacy Boe MillerI’ve been shopping at Costco for 15 years, but my needs have changed since my kids…
Net worth: $23.5 billionSource of wealth: Marriott InternationalThe Marriott family’s legacy traces back not just to hotels, but also to root beer. In 1927, John Willard “J.W.” Marriott began selling A&W root beer at a small shop in Washington, DC;…
On a cold morning in Dallas shortly before Christmas last year, CEO Colin Webb watched one of his robots work an eight-hour shift alongside warehouse workers. The wheeled machine, equipped with two robotic arms, spent the day packing beauty products into pouches as part of a pilot.A few miles away,…
Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro just confirmed that the company is taking a close look at moving into free streaming.”We’re exploring a free product for consumers, one that will allow us to accomplish several goals and hopefully do that efficiently,” D’Amaro said on Wednesday morning during Disney’s earnings call.Business Insider reported…
I sat on my gray couch in my California home, surrounded by plain white walls and a fiddle-leaf fig plant. Before turning on Netflix, I grabbed my phone, clicked on…
Four McKinsey & Co partners sit down around a table. One wears Chanel jewelry and a pantsuit; another a casual, billowy shirt. Several hands sport Oura rings, silently tracking their…
I grew up in the 1980s and early ’90s, when Esprit’s bright colors and bold lettering made the brand instantly recognizable. Growing up as a girl can be hard, and wearing the right thing mattered.When a friend told me Costco…
Every time a star investor implodes, Warren Buffett looks a little smarter.Leopold Aschenbrenner, 24, a Columbia valedictorian and former OpenAI researcher, was the toast of Wall Street after building a $45 billion hedge fund in under two years, and notching…
Roughly one-third of 33 recent US combat casualties evacuated from the Middle East were carrying bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics, the Joint Staff’s top medical officer said Monday, offering an early warning about a military threat that’s already complicating the…
Ads designed to influence AI agents rather than human consumers are emerging as a new marketing channel. They’re also opening up a new brand safety battleground.The big outstanding question: Once the AI platforms get wise to brands advertising to their…
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AMD says it has a major advantage in the AI chip race against Nvidia: being more open.AMD has long promoted this strategy through its open-source ROCm software, used to program AI chips. Since ROCm is available as open source, it’s…
McDonald’s tried a new value menu. Customers aren’t loving it.The fast-food giant’s comparable US sales growth slowed to 0.8% during its second quarter, a slower…
OpenAI is clapping back against Apple’s lawsuit.On Monday, the AI company published a blog post titled “Apple is getting this wrong,” accusing the iPhone maker…
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OpenAI has a rogue AI agent problem.In a Tuesday blog post, the AI lab self-reported two more security lapses, unrelated to its July hacking incident on the AI company Hugging Face.The incidents occurred while external parties — the UK government’s…
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SpaceX wants to turn Starlink Mobile into a full-fledged mobile carrier, and it expects to hit the Big Three wireless giants in the process.During SpaceX’s first earnings call since its June IPO, President Gwynne Shotwell said the company plans to…
The AI world is looking to D.C. for clarity.On Tuesday, staffers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and other tech companies convened in Washington to review the administration’s new framework for reviewing advanced AI models. Now, the rest of the industry eagerly…
Walgreens is continuing to close some locations amid its multiyear turnaround program – however the closures may be fewer than expected. The drugstore chain, acquired by private equity firm Sycamore Partners in August 2025, has closed about a dozen locations…
More than 40 companies have laid off employees so far in 2026, continuing the trend of significant workforce reductions across a broad range of industries, including tech, media, finance, and retail.Some, including Block, Coinbase, and Standard Chartered, have cited the…
Expect to see even more Lime scooters and bikes zooming around major US cities.Wayne Ting, Lime’s CEO, told Business Insider on Tuesday that the company is focused on getting more of its vehicles on the roads where it already operates…
McDonald’s sales growth came in slower than expected when the company released its second quarter earnings on Tuesday, with leaders pointing to execution lapses they say hampered its push to promote value deals aimed at lower-income consumers. CEO Chris Kempczinski…
Krakenimages.com / Shutterstock.comSeniors enjoy discounts for just about everything. Did you know that can even include the cost of higher education? Some schools think it’s a smart idea. Whether through a state-supported program or school-based initiative, there are plenty of…
The Justice Department said OpenAI and one of its subsidiaries discriminated against US workers by unfairly favoring workers with temporary visa status during the hiring process.On Tuesday, the Justice Department announced that OpenAI and Statsig, a subsidiary software development company…
While we’re all used to hearing about how new cars lose 20% of their value the moment they leave the showroom, they aren’t the only culprits. In today’s world of rapid-fire tech updates and “fast furniture,” your net worth is…
The Pentagon’s counter-drone task force and software company Kaizen Laboratories have developed a new online marketplace built to help users find and acquire systems for defending against uncrewed aerial systems.The “Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Marketplace” is a catalog that military, federal…
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David Ellison and his billionaire father may need to get their checkbooks ready.Paramount Skydance is expected to need to pay Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders more than $1 billion in so-called…
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One notable detail to emerge from the brewing legal battle between Apple and OpenAI isn’t about trade secrets at all — it’s about workplace culture and internal AI use.In a…
Microsoft is retiring a peer-feedback tool as it overhauls employee reviews, according to an internal message viewed by Business Insider.The tool, called Perspectives, allowed employees to request input on their…
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Hannah Valentine, 25, cofounder of Drop Soda Market, a monthly vintage market. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.I graduated from Lindenwood University with no student loan debt. After scholarships, my tuition cost…
