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Do you know the difference between Miss USA and Miss America?They’re the two biggest pageants in the country, and both involve a sash and crown. But that’s where most of their similarities end.From eligibility requirements and prize packages to swimsuit versus talent competitions, here are all the differences between Miss…
It’s hard to put a price on good advice, but Nikita Bier can: $15,000.Bier, who stepped down as X’s head of product earlier in August after a little more than a year in the role, is selling one-on-one video consultations through Intro, a marketplace for expert advice.Intro advertises Bier’s sessions…
The dog days of summer don’t mean the US and Canada are easing up their trade war.After talks between the sides fell apart, more tariffs were enacted or threatened over the weekend and on Monday. BI’s Kelsey Vlamis and Truman Dickerson have a list of some of the more popular…
On the seventh day, he locked in.For some workers, toiling on a Sunday to get ahead for the week can feel like an imperative or maybe a nice way to feel set for the Monday morning barrage of messages and calls.Yet it also comes at a price, said executive coach…
The national debate over Flock Safety’s license-plate reader technology has turned a website built by a former software engineer into a sensation.Hundreds of thousands of people a day are visiting “Have I Been Flocked?” — the database created in October 2025 by Cris van Pelt as he grew disillusioned with…
Sandra Bullock, 62, said she felt that she had lost her partner, Bryan Randall, long before he died of complications from ALS.On Monday’s episode of the “Smartless” podcast, the actor spoke about the toll of caring for Randall as his health declined.Bullock and Randall, a photographer, began dating in 2015…
As trade tensions between the US and Canada boil over, Mark Carney pointed out one area where the two countries’ interests are closely intertwined: icebreakers.On Monday, the Canadian Prime Minister said that cooperation on the specialized vessels was a “reminder of one of the many, many, many things that the…
For decades, China’s internet economy has been a gated-off party. Now, some of its biggest companies are cracking the door open to outsiders.While China has long since invited foreign businesses to set up shop within its borders, its internet has been closed off. Dominated by a handful of local players…
The brains may come from the US, but the body could very well be Made In China.At Physical Intelligence, a San Francisco-based startup, cofounder and researcher Sergey Levine is building the models, or brains, designed to provide intelligence for a range of robots — be they warehouse robots or humanoid…
It’s almost time to crown the next Miss USA.The famous pageant has had a tumultuous few years, including rigging accusations and two queens giving up their crowns. Thom Brodeur, who was named the new CEO and president of Miss USA in September 2025, has been working to usher in a…
