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Ukraine wants its naval drones to detain commercial vessels in the Black Sea rather than destroying them, a commander in Kyiv’s military intelligence agency told Business Insider.Ukrainian naval drones have been used to attack vessels by striking them at the waterline and exploding. The targets were primarily Russian warships, although…
This World Cup will be the largest gambling event in US history. According to a PwC survey, 58% of Americans who plan to watch the World Cup will also plan to place a bet on a game.If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’re considering one yourself.An expanded field…
Cody Berman’s first entrepreneurial venture was a disc golf manufacturing company he started with a friend at 19.The business was not a financial home run, the now 30-year-old told Business Insider, but it taught him skills he would use for years: “I learned how to market, how to network, how…
After a long day selling multimillion-dollar condos in downtown Miami, Maile Aguila retreats to her five-acre farm about 30 miles south. The place is a far cry from the city’s soaring high-rises, where uber-rich buyers enjoy access to perks like indoor lap pools, private padel courts, and spacious balconies overlooking…
Polaroid is taking another shot at AI — this time by targeting the massive data centers powering the technology.The 89-year-old camera company recently unveiled a billboard at Brooklyn, New York’s iconic Coney Island Beach that reads: “Go jump in some water before the data centers drink it all up.”Polaroid is…
Fintech company Slash is touting a new product that doesn’t quite fit in line with its usual offerings — an AI-coded shooter game.In an X post on Tuesday, the San Francisco-based company wrote that one of its employees racked up a hefty AI coding bill building a video game.”We encouraged…
One AI startup just sued the US government for cutting its access to Anthropic’s top models.On Tuesday, legal tech company Legion filed a suit in Washington, D.C. over a government order requiring Anthropic to keep its models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 away from foreign nationals.Earlier this month, Anthropic said…
The British Army’s new AI-powered system has shortened war planning cycles at the corps level from 72 hours to just one hour, its Chief of the General Staff, Gen. Roly Walker, said on Tuesday.”Now, I said last year that ASGARD would help us sense twice as far, decide twice as…
After boarding the train, we like to settle into our seats and sleep for a few hours until the sun comes up.We usually purchase coach seats, which include a tray table, an electrical outlet, and a footrest.These seats recline far enough and have plenty of legroom. I’m 5 feet, 4…
Why did Bill Gates have so many meetings with Jeffrey Epstein?According to the Microsoft founder, Epstein had something few other people could offer: connections to billionaires planning where their money would go when they died.The ultrawealthy sex offender had pitched himself as someone who could help bring enormous sums of…
