Finance
The US Navy’s next-gen missile breaks cover. It fits inside an F-35 and can threaten enemy aircraft over 280 miles away.
The US Navy has unveiled a new developmental air-to-air missile that can fit inside its F-35 stealth fighter jets and threaten enemy aircraft from over 280 miles away. Through multiple lines of effort, the Pentagon is pushing for a greater air-to-air reach as China fields increasingly long-range…
Thomson Reuters built its own AI model off Chinese tech to rely less on Claude
The Canadian data and legal giant Thomson Reuters wants to rely less on costly AI from Anthropic — and it turned to a Chinese open-source model to do it. Thomson Reuters launched its first AI model, Thomson-1, on Monday, and it’s based on Snowdon, which was built by “realigning” an open-source Qwen…
Sam Altman said scrolling through his inbox without AI makes him feel productive
Sam Altman says scrolling through his inbox makes him feel productive even though AI could do it faster. On an episode of David Senra’s podcast, released Sunday, the OpenAI CEO said that even with Codex available, he still defaults to working through email manually. “I should not be scrolling…
Workers are rewriting their LinkedIn histories to add AI skills. Here’s what they’re dropping.
Workers are retrospectively adding AI skills to their LinkedIn profiles — while remote-work and DEI language is falling out of favor. That is the finding of a new National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, which analyzed monthly snapshots of 29.4 million US LinkedIn profiles. Nearly a…
The software engineering hiring rebound has a catch: It’s leaving early-career engineers behind
After years of layoffs, businesses are hiring more software engineers — but the rebound is spread unevenly. As of the first quarter of this year, nearly 70% of US software development job postings on Indeed were for senior-level roles, rather than mid- or entry-level. That’s up from 55% in early…
I’ve gotten over a dozen Amazon drone deliveries. The 35 seconds of noise are worth the convenience, novelty, and fun.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tamara Hancock, who lives in the greater Phoenix area — one of the first areas to have access to Amazon’s Prime Air drone delivery service, which is expanding to 500 US cities by the end of the year. She’s used the service over a dozen times
I’m Kristin Cavallari. I work from my kitchen counter, love leftover lunches, and hate the carpool line — here’s my typical day.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 39-year-old Kristin Cavallari, a reality TV star and entrepreneur based in Franklin, Tennessee. It has been edited for length and clarity. I live and die by my schedule. My three kids, who are 10, 12, and 14, are my first priority. Next comes…
A struggling Brooklyn bakery was months from closing. Then a Meta engineer made it go viral.
Shuayb Qureshi didn’t know many people in New York, and his work at Meta made it hard for him to find new friends. So, on a whim, the now-31-year-old software engineer started posting videos on Instagram. “I’m like, maybe I can record myself doing some sort of stuff like that, talking to…
Genesis wants to move like a startup. Hyundai gives it the muscle to scale like an auto giant.
Genesis is, by now, a nearly 20-year-old name. When Ted Mengiste joined the Hyundai brand five years ago as an executive director of sales operations, he described the internal workings of Genesis as “ground floor.” His team was about 37 people, Mengiste told Business Insider, and along the way, he…
‘The Odyssey’ actor John Leguizamo says his wife helps keep his ego in check
John Leguizamo said his wife makes sure the glitz of his Hollywood career doesn’t go to his head. Speaking on the “Wild Card with Rachel Martin” podcast, Leguizamo reflected on more than two decades of marriage and the role his wife plays in supporting both his personal and creative life. “My wife…