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In 2018, Claire Stapleton helped spearhead a walkout of around 20,000 Google employees. The protest was a response to a New York Times story detailing how the company had paid multimillion-dollar exit packages to executives accused of sexual misconduct.Now she’s back with a memoir, “Don’t Be Evil,” that pulls back…
Here’s a question worth asking before next tax season: If artificial intelligence is now doing most of the grunt work on your return, why isn’t your bill going down? The work really is getting easier. TurboTax’s maker says its software now automates data entry for about 90% of tax forms…
After years of investors shunning hardware, Silicon Valley is getting physical.Robotics has become one of the hottest bets in tech as investors look beyond software for the next wave of AI. Physical AI startups — companies building machines that can act in the real world — raised a record $16.3…
Student-loan borrowers could lose their Social Security checks if they fall behind on their loan payments. Democratic lawmakers want to put an end to that practice.On Monday, Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Ed Markey introduced a bill to prevent older student-loan borrowers and borrowers with disabilities from facing Social…
This intern season, fetching lattes for bosses is out. Teaching bosses how to use AI is in.When Jasreen Toor interned at the agentic human resource company Eightfold AI this summer, her day wasn’t filled with answering phones or taking notes. Instead, she spent most of her time building and then…
The young class of AI founders has gone hardcore, with sober lifestyles and 996 schedules.Sleep, however, remains an open question.There are two competing sleep cultures in Silicon Valley. The biohackers say that rest helps optimize performance. The hustlers say that founders should work through the night. To sleep or not…
Actor Hayden Panettiere has died at 36, her representative told Business Insider on Monday.”It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden. She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her —…
Uber and Lyft were just not meant to be, says Travis Kalanick.In an Andreessen Horowitz interview released on Friday, the former Uber CEO said he has no regrets about how he handled a potential acquisition of Lyft.”I wouldn’t do anything different. And it’s easy to say now, but I got…
Law Roach is careful not to let client relationships get too personal.Speaking on SiriusXM on Saturday, the celebrity stylist said he tries to keep clear boundaries with the people he works for.”I always had a rule not to become friends with clients,” Roach said.He described his relationship with Zendaya as…
How much does it cost to go to an SEC school? We looked up the numbers for all 18 schools and ranked them on cost of attendance for one year, including tuition, room and board, food plans, activity fees and more. All the information was gathered from each school’s official…
