Author: News Room
On Sunday, the New York Times published an explosive interview with “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley, his first since he was fired from CBS News last week. In it, Pelley detailed a series of serious allegations — most notably, that editor in chief Bari Weiss “was putting a thumb on…
President Donald Trump’s $100,000 visa fee for H-1B applicants has hit a new legal roadblock.A federal judge at a US District Court in Massachusetts ruled Monday that the fee violates the Constitution’s Administrative Procedure Act.Judge Leo Sorokin found that the fee is “unlawful,” according to his ruling. Sorokin said the…
In 1944, the Wall Street Journal reported that even industry experts couldn’t settle on a definition for supermarkets. Most agreed the stores had several departments — including produce, meat, and dairy — and the grocery areas were self-service. The Super Market Institute put the minimum sales volume at $200,000 a…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Astha Chaturvedi, 38, the founder of Mouri Living. Her words have been edited for length and clarity.After a decade in Big Tech and at McKinsey, I was working at Ripple in San Francisco when I decided to build my own startup.I…
OpenAI said a world where everything is automated would be dangerous.In a blog post on Monday, CEO Sam Altman and OpenAI’s chief scientist, Jakub Pachocki, said they were “clear-eyed about the risks” of AI, despite the productivity benefits it brings.”Entirely automating everything is not the future we want,” the duo…
Tools for Humanity, the eyeball-scanning startup co-founded by Sam Altman, is laying off employees, according to an internal email viewed by Business Insider.The company has struggled to show how its iris-scanning “Orb” can generate revenue and win over regulators, despite a $2.5 billion valuation and millions of sign-ups. Investors like…
If there was one phrase the company wanted people to remember from WWDC 2026, it was Apple Intelligence, its very Apple-y branding for its suite of AI features.Apple said its new AI software, which has undergone a broad overhaul, is being threaded through every product — including its phone-based digital…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Clea Barry, 44, an interior designer who moved from Kansas City to Chiang Mai, Thailand, with her husband and three kids in 2022. It has been edited for length and clarity.My husband and I met 20 years ago, and our shared…
All eyes are on Apple as the company spent Monday trying to answer the question that’s hung over the company since 2024: Can it finally deliver on the future it promised?At its 2026 Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, the iPhone maker unveiled Siri AI, a long-awaited overhaul of its voice…
Starbucks isn’t just launching another drink. With its latest Refreshers debut, announced Monday, the coffee giant is expanding one of its fastest-growing businesses as it races to win customers long after the morning coffee rush ends.Beginning July 14, Starbucks customers will be able to order any Refresher drink blended, the…
