Finance
America has been experiencing a productivity boom for the past five years, and economists are debating what’s driving it. Loading audio narration… Stanford University economics professor and leading remote-work researcher Nicholas Bloom has one theory: remote work is playing a major role.In a LinkedIn post on Tuesday, Bloom shared a…
The US Army’s notoriously tough Ranger School at Fort Benning, GA, is adding a new challenge for students — a bayonet assault course designed to prepare troops for the brutality of close combat and teach them to hold their own when high-tech warfighting goes dark. Loading audio narration… Army officials…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tayler Ktestakis, a 28-year-old stay-at-home mom based in Utah County, Utah. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… When I started posting about my side hustle journey on social media in 2025, I set a goal to pay…
Cisco is cutting “fewer than 4,000 jobs” as the networking giant restructures its business to focus more heavily on artificial intelligence, according to a memo from CEO Chuck Robbins published Wednesday. Loading audio narration… The layoffs, which affect less than 5% of Cisco’s workforce, come as the company reported stronger-than-expected…
Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao says AI now writes 90% of the company’s code — and it’s changing what white-collar workers do all day. Loading audio narration… Rao, on an episode of Patrick O’Shaughnessy’s “Invest Like the Best” podcast published Wednesday, described a workplace inside Anthropic where AI systems increasingly handle…
Spirit Airlines’ collapse left travelers without nonstop options on more than a dozen routes across the US and Latin America, but competitors are already moving to fill much of the gap. Loading audio narration… The now-defunct budget airline abruptly ceased flying in the early hours of May 2 after years…
Peacock is dipping its toe into micro dramas by teaming up with ReelShort, Business Insider has learned. Loading audio narration… NBCUniversal is bringing 10 micro dramas from category leader ReelShort to its flagship streamer’s mobile app starting on Thursday, two people familiar with the initiative told Business Insider. The company…
An OpenAI executive told a federal jury Wednesday how Elon Musk once called him a “jackass” during a heated clash over AI safety. Loading audio narration… Joshua Achiam, OpenAI’s chief futurist, recalled the “pretty tense exchange” during testimony in the California civil trial between Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.”He…
Meta made some big splashes in the AI talent war, but the tech giant’s AI chief isn’t thrilled by the narrative that his team is a bunch of mercenaries. Loading audio narration… “This is one of, I think, the larger, I would say, like narrative violations or maybe like differences…
Tensions are high in AI. Loading audio narration… The leaders of AI don’t seem to be on the best of terms. Feuds abound, from Sam Altman and Dario Amodei to Altman and Elon Musk — the latter of which is playing out in court.Meta’s chief AI officer, Alexandr Wang, has…
