It took Larry and David Ellison two years to assemble a media behemoth.Now that they’ve bought Paramount, and are about to add Warner Bros. Discovery, the hard part starts: First,…
Data centers are drawing protests and city hall spats across the country. You wouldn’t have known it Saturday night in downtown Washington, DC.When I arrived at Data after Dark, a “pro-data…
John Kenney is the second real estate agent to take a stab at selling 317 Matterhorn Drive, a rustic, two-bedroom cabin in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The getaway sits in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, about a 30-minute drive from Dollywood,…
Disney is laying off employees for the third time since CEO Josh D’Amaro took the top job in mid-March.The Mouse House is cutting several hundred employees across teams, including tech and HR, a person familiar with the move confirmed to…
Entertainment mogul Ari Emanuel said he doesn’t let himself procrastinate in the morning.On Tuesday’s episode of “Aspire with Emma Grede,” the executive chairman of WME Group and CEO of TKO Group Holdings, which oversees WWE and UFC, spoke about his…
OpenAI’s new AI agents are meant to help people get work done. Instead, their first job may be to explain that they’re not a Chinese AI lab, a small fashion retailer, or Elon Musk’s Grok.At its DevDay event on Tuesday, OpenAI unveiled Dots, a fleet of always-on AI assistants that…
Artificial intelligence is getting a presidential rebrand.Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday directing federal agencies to replace “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” with “Super Intelligence” and “SI” in official communications, websites, reports, and policy documents, wherever legally permitted.“The word super is the best word of all, and it’s the…
Paramount Skydance’s streaming chief is out as it closes in on its deal with Warner Bros. Discovery.Cindy Holland told staffers in a memo obtained by Business Insider on Tuesday that…
Not all cars age the same. Some models hold on to most of their value years down the road, while others shed more than half in the same period. Knowing…
If OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stands at the center of the AI boom, what he says about the technology can blaze a trail for the rest of the industry.At OpenAI’s DevDay conference on Tuesday in San Francisco, Altman announced the…
Food prices have climbed roughly 25% since 2020, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. If your weekly grocery bill feels like a second mortgage, you’re not imagining it. Families are scrambling for any legitimate way to cut costs without…
OpenAI is throwing its hat in tech’s shiniest new ring.On Tuesday, the company unveiled a new product called Dots, its answer to the rise of “always-on” personal agents like Instinct and Meta’s Muse. OpenAI’s version will run on its frontier…
When I get on a call with Breanna Stewart, she tells me she can’t wait to go to sleep.The star forward is coming off a six-game winning streak at the FIBA World Cup in Germany, where she helped Team US…
Finance Newsletter
Subscribe for News and Alerts
Get the latest Finance, business, and many more news and tips directly to your inbox, join our newsletter now to stay updated.
Finance
View More
Amazon is making New York City traffic more dangerous, according to new data compiled by an advocacy group.Vehicles that deliver Amazon packages across the city received over 14,000 citations for violations between July 2020 and June 2025, including blocking emergency…
The US task force leading the military’s response to the drone threat is ready to spend billions of dollars on contracts for counter-drone technologies, betting…
Anthropic’s IPO math is staggering.The AI lab generated nearly $4.6 billion in revenue last year — about 12 times its 2024 total — while recording…
Business & Startup
View MoreMarkets
View More
Happy Threshing Day!OK, it’s not actually Threshing Day, but Tuesday is the day Rebecca Yarros released her new “Fourth Wing” book titled “Threshing Day.”No, it’s not book four in the “Empyrean” series, which readers have been anxiously awaiting since “Onyx…
Two more leaders have left Good Good as the YouTube golf collective works through the aftermath of an ad scandal that cost it major partnerships.Logan…
I’m an American college student with a passion for flying airlines that most people have never heard of. When I found a $123 economy ticket…
Investing
View More
Latest News
View More
Retiring at 63 can create an income gap if you delay Social Security. One option is to use 401(k) withdrawals as a temporary bridge, which could allow you to claim a higher monthly benefit later. To determine whether this strategy…
AI’s reputation is in hot water. Can influencers save it?OpenAI has been ramping up its creator marketing efforts as AI safety concerns take center stage.The company isn’t asking influencers to assuage fears that a rogue AI could destroy humanity. Instead,…
However, I didn’t think the material — made from 72% cotton and 28% nylon — was super breathable. It was thin but slightly rough on the skin, and I felt my underarms sweating after only a few hours.Despite this, I…
In 2012, two months before my 35th birthday, I engineered my layoff from a 13-year career in investment banking. At the time, it felt like the riskiest thing I had ever done. Was I really going to blow up my…
USA TODAY Network / ReutersFor some Gen Z daters, romance ends where the receipt begins. A Sept. 22 study from Zelle found that 52% of Gen Z daters have ghosted, blocked or unfollowed someone at least once to avoid paying…
At the center of the debate over AI-driven catastrophe, there’s Anthropic. At the center of Anthropic, there’s Jared Kaplan.The Anthropic cofounder sounded the alarm on AI late last year: No one knows what will happen if frontier developers get AI…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ishansh Gupta, 29, who lives in Munich. The following has been edited for length and clarity.Growing up in India, I knew I wanted to live in the US one day. I…
Amazon wants former employees back, including some it laid off.The company is reaching out to eligible former employees about open roles across Amazon, including in its cloud-computing and AI businesses, according to recruiter emails obtained by Business Insider and a…
Now might be the perfect time to launch that business you’ve been dreaming about.Americans filed more than 3 million applications to start businesses in the first six months of 2026, up 16.5% from a year earlier, according to US Census…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s win against DoorDash is just one battle in his bigger war on delivery companies.The $131.5 million settlement accomplished what former mayor Eric Adams’ administration had begun. Now, regulating companies like Amazon, DoorDash, and Uber Eats has become…
Most Popular
Shopping at Target may cost less this holiday season. On Sept. 29, the retailer said it is cutting prices on select home items, apparel and accessories, building on more than…
In front of a crowd of about a thousand people, Natalie May stepped onstage to talk about something she’d barely even spoken to close friends about — her vagina.Her husband…
What happens to your old toothbrush when it’s ready to be put to pasture? The American Dental Association suggests replacing your toothbrush every three or four months, or sooner if…
My husband and I met as teachers.When we were introduced, I instantly respected him. I was drawn to our shared desire to teach and help young people, and to our…
As snow-topped mountains and frozen streams gave way to red canyons and flowing brooks on the train from Colorado to Utah, I knew Salt Lake City must be close.In January…
In the 1950s, the retired California educator Ethel Andrus sought affordable health insurance for retired teachers over 65. Every insurer she approached decided the risk was not worth taking. Andrus saw this as a problem to solve. By the time Medicare was signed into…
