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Nearly every parent knows you can be literally anywhere with the kids — out to dinner, at the park, sitting around the living room, or packed in the car — and they’ll come up with questions you can’t answer.Until recently, my parental refrain was, “Let’s Google it.”Growing up with Google…
In April 2025, I sat contentedly at my full-time job as a publishing associate — until I got a foreboding feeling I couldn’t shake.One minute, I was joyfully dealing with Netflix celebrities. Next, my instincts were screaming that something was wrong. I couldn’t explain it, but the feeling haunted me…
In a serious near-peer conflict, Western countries can’t count on their homelands remaining safe while their militaries fight overseas, a top NATO commander told Business Insider.Air threats are more numerous and can reach much farther than when the West last fought a major war against a similarly capable adversary, Sir…
Moyan Chen was laid off from her role as a data scientist at Meta in May after just under a year on the job. The 24-year-old, who lives in New York City, isn’t sure what she wants to do next. Business Insider has verified her identity and former employment. The…
Americans across the country are rallying against the AI-inspired data center boom. Now, an increasing number of local lawmakers are backing them up, issuing restrictions, imposing moratoriums, or outright banning construction. Data centers have become a major source of contention in the United States, where tech leaders, developers, and investors…
When I arrived in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, I was completely in awe of the architecture, specifically the mix of modern buildings and Buddhist temples.Besides the unique architectural designs in the capital, however, the part of my trip that stood out to me most was visiting the Gobi Desert,…
OpenAI said it’s “committed to learning” after a coalition of states launched an investigation into how the tech startup’s products impact users.An OpenAI spokesperson said in a statement that it’s taking the states’ concerns “seriously” and will “engage constructively with their offices.””Today’s ChatGPT includes a more protective experience for minors…
“What is an RTO?”That was Together AI CEO Vipul Ved Prakash’s response when asked by Business Insider whether he had ever had to send a return-to-work (RTO) memo to push employees back to the office of the cloud compute startup.”People generally like to come in,” said Prakash. “We’ve never enforced…
A recent AI experiment involved feeding weeks of handwritten puppy potty logs into ChatGPT. My wife and I tracked every pee, poop, walk, and accident for our puppy Oliver, creating a new breed of KPI: Key Potty Indicators.ChatGPT extracted the data from our scribbled notes and turned it into a…
America is reaching peak testosterone.In 2026, interest in the hormone is everywhere, from T-maxxing trends on social media to the US government’s MAHA campaign. Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) use has quadrupled in the past three decades, up to as many as 11 million Americans.For some of them, the treatment may…
