Finance
Here’s how SpaceX imagines its massive Terafab chip factory will look
Elon Musk is calling it the “most valuable building on Earth by far.” SpaceX on Thursday released several renderings — complete with panoramas and wide angles — of Terafab, the 100-million-square-foot semiconductor factory it’s building in rural Texas. The imaginings, which could change, feature a…
DOGE’s ‘Wall of Receipts’ doesn’t add up, government auditors say
The savings claimed by the erstwhile Department of Government Efficiency don’t add up, a government watchdog said Thursday. In a new report, the Government Accountability Office, an independent congressional watchdog, said it audited the savings DOGE published on its “Wall of Receipts,” an online…
Sadie Sink has become one of young Hollywood’s best-dressed stars. Here’s a look at her style through the years.
Sadie Sink at the "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" premiere on July 27, 2026. Brianna Bryson/Getty Images You might recognize Sadie Sink as her “Stranger Things” or “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” characters. In real life, the 24-year-old actor is chic both on and off the red carpet. She often wears…
Cable TV is dying — and can still be a very good business.
What do you do if you’re a big media company that owns a bunch of cable TV networks? In many cases, you try to get rid of them. Just this week, Disney dumped its half-ownership of A&E and other networks for $1.2 billion, Versant CEO Mark Lazarus doesn’t have that option: The bulk of his
Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II. Here’s where the plane is now.
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, features over 200 aircraft and spacecraft on display, but Enola Gay remains one of the most prominent — and controversial — objects in its collection. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima…
Jeff Dean’s new startup pitch deck slides are an insane flex
There are pitch decks, then there are Jeff Dean pitch decks. Google’s departing chief scientist shared slides for his new AI startup, Discovery Loop, on X on Wednesday — and they include a list of achievements any founder would be envious of. One slide lists products the founding team helped build…
Silicon Valley’s latest meme obsession: A years-old picture of Chamath Palihapitiya in a chunky turtleneck
Silicon Valley has found its joke of the summer and, like the enormous white sweater at the center of it, it just keeps growing. An image of Chamath Palihapitiya, the founder of venture fund Social Capital, wearing a chunky white turtleneck, has taken over tech circles on X. The picture, which…
Satellite images show Russia added more anti-drone nets to its submarines at a Pacific base thousands of miles from Ukraine
Russia has expanded its use of anti-drone nets to protect submarines at a major naval base on the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from Ukraine and the country’s arsenal of attack drones, according to new satellite imagery analyzed by Business Insider. The new images, collected on Tuesday by the…
I interviewed Wolfgang Puck for a school project when I was 10. Now I run his kitchen at Spago.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ari Rosenson, the vice president of food and beverage for the Los Angeles and Maui operations at Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining. It has been edited for length and clarity. When I was in the fifth grade, we had to write a biography on someone for…
Soldiers have to plan out every step just to reach Ukraine’s deadly ‘zero line.’ A sergeant said it’s like ‘Mission Impossible.’
Getting to Ukraine’s deadly “zero line” to fight is so difficult and dangerous that every step requires careful planning and coordination. It often feels like “Mission Impossible,” a Ukrainian sergeant told Business Insider. When moving toward the zero line, the forwardmost part of the front line…