The video game industry’s problems are crystallizing inside Microsoft’s Xbox.A fresh round of layoffs at the tech giant’s games division shows how those pressures are coming home to roost as…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with CJ Gustafson, founder of Mostly Metrics and CEO of Mostly Media. It has been edited for length and clarity.When I walk…
Researchers at Sysdig, a cybersecurity firm, say they found a warning sign of where agentic AI is headed.The Sysdig Threat Research Team believes it has found the first documented evidence of agentic ransomware, where a large language model orchestrated a…
Rolls-Royce cars have never been more expensive. While a new Rolls-Royce starts at around $370,000, many buyers spend hundreds of thousands, even millions, more on customizations. Some owners, like the car influencer Supercar Blondie, pay aftermarket companies more to modify…
Most pet parents have playfully told their fur babies that they need to get a job and contribute to life’s daily expenses. Well, now’s your chance to make that dream a reality. Purina announced July 6 that applications are officially…
If you really love your car, you probably want to keep it in tip-top shape for as long as possible. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the average age of a car on U.S. roads is almost 13 years old, so many people are doing everything they can…
If you’re prepping for summer travel, I recommend checking out this eight-piece luggage set from Calpak.It includes everything you need to stay organized while traveling — a 28-inch suitcase, a 20-inch carry on, three packing cubes, a laundry bag, a shoe bag, and a luggage tag.I love that the roller…
Disney’s leadership team, under CEO Josh D’Amaro, wants to ensure the company remains an entertainment powerhouse as tech evolves and frenemies like YouTube emerge.Since taking the top job in March, D’Amaro has…
This interview is based on a conversation with John Nuar, 34, who lives in Canton, Michigan. Nuar built a home to live in with his father with dementia, where he…
FIRE is ultimately about being set for life. You build a portfolio big enough to cover your expenses, and then your one job is to not blow it up. But here’s the tension worth talking more about. The moment you…
Even as an avid air traveler, I didn’t know what to expect when I embarked on this 52-hour cross-country train ride from Chicago to Emeryville, California.I’d booked a roomette for the trip aboard Amtrak’s California Zephyr, which is said to…
California is the US state with the most people moving out, with an estimated 229,077 people leaving for other states from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025, according to the latest Census data. New York was second with 137,586…
At age 54, one of the top soccer players in history is still thinking about how she should have listened to her mom as a young athlete.”She told me all the time to stretch,” Mia Hamm told Business Insider. “As…
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Chikara Kennedy, the 43-year-old CEO of Chikara Power Coaching, who lives in Mexico. Business Insider has verified Kennedy’s income and employment with documentation and edited her words for length and clarity.Before…
Larry Gadea wants the people who work for him to stay up to speed on AI. That might mean doing some homework.The founder and CEO…
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The World Cup is delivering drama, controversy, and halftime entertainment straight out of science fiction.Sunday’s showdown between Brazil and Norway featured a surreal cameo from Atlas, the humanoid robot built by US robotics firm Boston Dynamics.The ultra-flexible robotic biped kicked…
I didn’t expect my kids getting older to make me think so much about my parents.When my kids were little, my wife and I were…
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Vivienne Yang, a 31-year-old Taiwanese national who lost her job and had to leave the US because of her visa status, leaving behind her apartment and two cats. It has been…
Hyundai confirmed to Business Insider that it will stop selling the Korean-built, standard Ioniq 6 in the US.The retro-styled sedan never matched the success of its crossover sibling, the Ioniq 5 (which has been on a sales tear this year;…
The Trump administration wants American parents to open federally-backed investment accounts for their children, and billionaire CEO Michael Dell plans to sweeten the deal.Dell said he and his wife, Susan Dell, will gift $250 to the first 25 million qualifying…
My grandmother is a pianist. As often happens, the pendulum swung the other way with my mom, who neither had an interest in taking piano lessons nor in making her kids do so. I vowed to throw the pendulum back…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Marta Milans. It has been edited for length and clarity.I got married in 2021. I got pregnant naturally shortly after, but sadly, it was an ectopic pregnancy. My doctors found out…
I’ve sampled a variety of classes for overnight train travel in the US and Europe, from private cabins to seating carriages. However, this was my first time spending two consecutive nights on the same train, so I thought it would…
For Yolanda Vega, a social worker who runs a Head Start program in Queens, New York, winning tickets in a city-run lottery to see Brazil face off against Morocco was the highlight of her summer.”It’s a big thing for me…
I was writing the week’s menu on the Miele fridge in our Spanish apartment when I noticed the freezer temperature indicator flashing two dotted lines. I had no idea what it meant. So I pulled out my phone, opened Claude,…
It’s a union love story, baby.Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift officially tied the knot in an exclusive wedding at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Friday. Fans from across the globe rushed to congratulate the couple on their…
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Silicon Valley loves the story of the 20-something dropout who builds a billion-dollar company from a dorm room. It’s a great story. It’s also mostly wrong. A study published in…
As temperatures climb, it’s normal for your air conditioner to work harder. But if your electric bill suddenly jumps, the weather may not be the only culprit. Before assuming you…
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on MyPerfectResume.com. For many professionals, workplace success is not just about doing the job well. It also involves managing how they present themselves, what…
Companies have spent the past two years racing to deploy chatbots, coding assistants, and AI agents to their workers. Two new reports, however, suggest that deploying AI tools is the…
For years, fast-food chains fought to steal customers from one another. Increasingly, their biggest competition may be coming from the grocery aisle.As inflation-weary consumers rethink what counts as a good…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mary Jane Copps, a communication coach known as “The Phone Lady.” Copps has spent two decades coaching people at the workplace on how to be better communicators. The essay has been edited for length and…
