Remember David Ellison’s warm relationship with President Donald Trump?The Paramount Skydance CEO seems to wish you wouldn’t.Ellison courted Trump as he sought approval from the Department of Justice for his…
When my husband and I bought our house in 2019, the real-estate agent knew the house two doors down from us would eventually be up for sale.My husband and I…
As the US and Europe tighten their supply chain regulations, apparel retailers face an urgent task: map and trace the many layers of their supply chains to gain full visibility into what’s happening — not only at their direct suppliers,…
From the time our three kids were little, our family has always prioritized low-cost travel. We’ve visited the free museums of New York City, hiked in Yosemite, and enjoyed several lay-on-the-beach vacations in Mexico. So when our oldest child graduated…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ayana Lage, author of “Missing Me: A Memoir of Postpartum Psychosis and the Long Road Back.” It has been edited for length and clarity.A little more than a week after giving…
For the next few months, visitors to Miami Beach will be able to park for a dollar at several lots across the city. From Aug. 1 through Oct. 31, parking in Miami Beach will cost $1 per hour for up to 3 hours per parking session at municipal lots, garages…
Palantir CEO Alex Karp took a victory lap over the company’s explosive growth, saying it managed to boost its commercial business using a “miniscule and shrinking” sales team.In the shareholder letter accompanying Monday’s second-quarter results, Karp said it was another case of Palantir ignoring the norms of growing a business.”On…
There’s a lot to love about Costco. The one-stop bulk shop has a generous return policy and hands out plenty of yummy samples at its warehouse stores. Followers also love…
Michael Burry looks to be in the chips after a timely bet against semiconductor stocks.The investor of “The Big Short” fame said in a June 30 post on Substack that…
When I was 6 years old, and tensions were high, my mom told me, “One day, your kids will be your future karma.”I immediately yelled back, “Well, I won’t have any kids then!”Feeling smug, I thought I’d outsmarted my mom…
OpenAI says Apple got some of its facts wrong — and says it has the receipts to back it up.In a Tuesday blog post, OpenAI called Apple’s July complaint accusing the ChatGPT maker of stealing trade secrets a “careless, aggressive…
There are a lot of things about parenting that are unpleasant drudgery. There’s the obvious ones: diapers, cleaning bottle parts, picking up Legos, listening to “Wheels on the Bus” over and over.As kids get older, you’ll also discover so many…
Getting good returns on AI spending is the hottest enterprise topic of the day, and AI consultants have a neat cost-saving hack.Business Insider has reported extensively about how users should route their tasks to the right AI models to get…
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To free, or not to free?That is the question for paid streamers like Netflix, as free services, and YouTube in particular, attract TV viewers.Hollywood giants Disney and Paramount Skydance are exploring adding free tiers to their subscription services to build audiences, grow…
I thought I would hate living in a high-rise apartment. I grew up in the woods of northern Minnesota, watching deer and the occasional bear…
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K-pop’s biggest stars, from BTS to Seventeen, have danced routines that Youngjun Choi choreographed. Now, the top choreographer is betting that AI can help anyone with an idea, a phone, and no dance training to create the next hit K-pop…
President Donald Trump promoted yet another product this week: “great grass” from the company he said replaced the White House lawn free of charge.Speaking to…
Good, potentially very lucrative things will come to the AI investors who wait, if you ask Jon Gray.Gray, the president and chief operating officer at…
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A record number of people are living past 100 years. It’s also why preserving brain health is more important than ever.Because people are living longer, neurologists estimate over double the cases of dementia by 2050, according to a 2022 Lancet…
Family trips, at least for me at this stage in my life, are very kid-centered. We are big multigenerational travelers, but on a recent trip, I left one generation at home. My 9-year-old wasn’t happy about this — he loves…
Kirk McKinney was riding bikes near his Massachusetts home about six years ago when he came across a goldmine: A dump filled with plenty of junk, sure, but also speakers and electronics.”Someone had thrown away this perfectly good pair of…
This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with 33-year-old Cristina Estupiñán of New Providence, New Jersey. Her identity and background have been verified. This story has been edited for length and clarity.I got a Bachelor of Arts degree in computer…
Meta is expanding its massive data center project in Richland Parish, Louisiana, to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity, making it one of the largest data centers in history, the company announced Monday. The expansion pushes Meta’s total investment in the…
Lily Meglio’s days are busy, but she never dreads going to work. On most days, the door to Lily’s opens at 10 a.m. Meglio, 22, straightens merchandise, places orders, and helps customers who are often surprised by her age at…
The race to build useful humanoids is coming down to the hands.1X, which builds the home humanoid NEO, unveiled a new robotic hand last week that it says matches or exceeds human performance. The company said the hand can pour…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Antons Davis, the 40-year-old founder of Touch of Humane and Osmo, and a former Nvidia employee, based in the Bay Area. It has been edited for length and clarity.I’m a founder,…
A new open-source AI model from China is drawing comparisons to DeepSeek, the LLM that shook Silicon Valley.Developers, investors, and AI executives have spent the past week praising GLM-5.2, an open-source model built by Beijing-based Z.ai, for coding and agentic…
When Aubrey wrapped up a big work project earlier this year, her manager emailed her with an unusual request. In her presentation to the senior leadership, could she highlight how Claude, the AI chatbot, helped her?Aubrey, a New York-based healthcare…
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Alex Karp’s crusade against frontier AI labs continues.During Palantir’s second-quarter earnings call on Monday, the CEO and cofounder reiterated his view that leading AI labs could absorb enterprises’ data, intellectual…
The creator of Walmart’s internal vibe-coding tool is leaving the company for AI start-up Pydantic.In a memo reviewed by Business Insider, Michael Pfaffenberger wrote to colleagues that he was leaving…
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Team Name: Musgrave Dunn & AssociatesFirm: Merrill Wealth ManagementSenior Members: Travis Musgrave, Timothy Dunn, Valerie MarshallLocation: Lexington, KYTeam Custodied Assets: $1.4 billionBackground: Travis Musgrave attended the University of Kentucky as…
Between a flash flood warning and running late for dinner plans in Manhattan, I figured I’d have just enough time to snap a photo in a photobooth.The photos weren’t for…
The Hugging Face CEO is making a case for open-weight AI models — with a warning for the US.Clément Delangue said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” show on Monday that China is winning the AI race because the country is “more open science…
