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Commuting choppers have a shot this week in New York to prove that they can actually work for everyday commuters. Loading audio narration… A railroad strike in the city’s suburbs has left Long Island without rail service, and the 8 million people who live there without easy access to New…
At Anthropic’s developer conference last week, I ran into Guillermo Rauch, CEO of AI startup Vercel. We started chatting, and the first company he mentioned wasn’t Anthropic; it was Google. Loading audio narration… Overall, demand for AI is off the charts, he said. But Google’s models, in particular, are in…
Nobody likes seeing headlines about Big Tech layoffs, but some smaller companies are taking advantage of access to a fresh pool of top-tier talent. Loading audio narration… Paul Jaeschke, chief product officer at PitchBook, told Business Insider that the private-market data platform was “definitely a beneficiary” of recent cuts across…
This interview is based on a conversation with tattoo artist Blake Benson, 29, of Tennessee. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I bounced around a lot in my childhood and teenhood, doing stuff I shouldn’t have at a young age, like drinking alcohol.After I was…
Private credit, just recently one of the hottest asset classes for institutional investors to park their money, is losing ground to other strategies, according to a new report from Canoe Intelligence.Private credit accounted for 6.8% of institutional investors’ alternative-asset holdings in the fourth quarter of 2025, down from 9.7% December…
YouTube star MrBeast is stepping up his charm offensive with Madison Avenue as his company ramps up efforts to win a larger share of traditional TV ad dollars. Loading audio narration… Beast Industries is hosting a breakfast for top brand and ad executives and creator-economy insiders at Penthouse 45, a…
Black-car rides, paid memberships, and other offerings for affluent consumers are paying off for Uber, Instacart, and other gig-based services. Loading audio narration… Despite rising gas prices and consumers trimming their budgets, many people are still spending on ride-hailing and food delivery, according to companies’ latest earnings results. Uber, DoorDash,…
Big Tech’s AI spending is surging, though not necessarily because companies are building significantly more capacity. Loading audio narration… This week, industry executives pointed to the same underlying issue: sharply rising component costs, especially for memory chips, are inflating capital expenditures spent on data centers and other equipment.”We are increasing…
As a former group fitness coach, I was trained to track my goals in numbers: calories in, hours trained, kilograms lifted. Numbers don’t lie. Loading audio narration… However, tracking them was messy. I bounced between MyFitnessPal for meals, Apple Watch for workout duration, and the Notes app for lifting logs.…
In early 2023, when Elon Musk began attacking OpenAI in public, Sam Altman sent him a text. Loading audio narration… He was upset.”i am tremendously thankful for everything you’ve done to help—i dont think openai would have happened without you—and it really fucking hurts when you publicly attack openai,” Altman…
