Finance
For thousands of Meta employees, it’s now the AI way or the highway.As 8,000 Meta employees were reading their layoff notices on Wednesday, 7,000 others opened a very different email. They had been selected to join a new AI initiative spun up directly by CEO Mark Zuckerberg — and it…
SpaceX’s IPO filing this week wasn’t about rockets. Or Starlink. Wall Street already understands those businesses. Launches are booming. Satellite internet is scaling profitably. Those stories are mature enough to model in spreadsheets.The real pitch — the thing meant to justify the next decade of valuation growth — is something…
Is there a fan base more loyal and dedicated than those who pledge their allegiance to Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza?Sure, the Swifties track Taylor’s every Easter egg, and BTS Army has helped the boy band break Guinness World Records, but the Mexican Pizza devotees could still give them a run…
Just north of New York City, one unique home features a design more reminiscent of fairytales than modern concrete jungles.Dubbed Villa Keen after its original owner’s name, the nearly 100-year-old Irvington, New York, home is described by its realtors as a “Cinderella” castle. The 3,500-square-foot house sits on a roughly…
AppLovin lost its bid to buy TikTok, and now it is taking its social media aspirations into its own hands.The adtech firm quietly released a new app this month called Gist that feels a bit like a hybrid of TikTok, its sister app Lemon8, and the Chinese app RedNote. Gist’s…
It’s the first long weekend of the summer, and there’s no better way to celebrate than by firing up a grill.Ahead of Memorial Day weekend, we asked three private chefs how to manage stress when hosting cookouts or barbecues during summer holidays.”Nothing really brings people closer together than some great…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brandon Axelrod. It has been edited for length and clarity.I’m in debt because I’m in my first year of oral and maxillofacial surgery residency in Manhattan. My current total is over $400,000 across 10 to 12 different loans, plus accruing interest.I…
Are you a Gen Zer paying your own rent for the first time? A millennial buying more groceries than ever after having a second kid? A boomer getting set to enjoy the finer things in retirement?Our quiz can show you if your spending looks like that of your peers, or…
Microsoft is hitting Ctrl+Alt+Delete on its leadership structure.As Big Tech’s elder statesman reinvents itself for AI, it’s forcing a rethink of how its most powerful executives are organized. BI’s Ashley Stewart has a full breakdown of how CEO Satya Nadella is reshaping Microsoft’s upper echelons, the people who are rising…
Merav and Michal Mor do almost everything together.The identical twins studied at the same university, both pursuing PhDs in physiology on heart health, each with a slightly different focus. For fun, they even decided to start competing in triathlons together.Both became fascinated with understanding metabolism to fuel peak performance. They…
