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The US Army has merged two formations into a new Pacific-focused command built to move fast, operate with limited support, and effectively bring drones, electronic warfare, and long-range fires into a future fight.The command, shaped by years of experimentation, including drills with regional allies, is meant to give the Army…
Ukraine is repurposing reconnaissance and attack drones to move supplies to the front lines because sending soldiers on these missions has become increasingly deadly.Bringing supplies like water and ammunition to soldiers near the front lines is critical for militaries to stay in the fight. But those routes are now so…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Maahir Sharma, a 24-year-old software engineer based in Dublin. It has been edited for length and clarity.”Are you an AI?”That wasn’t a question directed at me. It was directed at an AI agent I’d built to call hotels and negotiate room…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Taylor Mitchell of Greenville, SC, who turned her financial life around by driving affiliate sales for Walmart and other retailers. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I was a young mom when I started a link-in-bio online storefront selling…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Astha Chaturvedi, 38, the founder of Mouri Living. Her words have been edited for length and clarity.After a decade in Big Tech and at McKinsey, I was working at Ripple in San Francisco when I decided to build my own startup.I…
Perched on the side of a hill near the Himalayas is a whimsical house made of mud, stone, and straw that two brothers built by hand.Ansh and Raghav Kumar, a pair of architect siblings from New Delhi, moved to a remote town in India to escape the noise and chaos…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Victoria Lee Jones. It has been edited for length and clarity.As my son Connor was getting ready to turn 2, I knew I wanted to redesign his room to teach him independence. As a single mom who also runs a business,…
Vibe coding is addictive: build one app with AI, and suddenly, you’re tokenmaxxing your way through all the free credits.That’s exactly what happened to me weeks after my experiment with building an Asana-inspired dashboard for my team.This time, a friend asked me to build a Pinterest-style web app to help…
Six months ago, my husband and I uprooted our lives, moving to a little town on the coast and away from the metropolis of Johannesburg, where I spent the last 32 years. Hermanus, South Africa (my new home) is small — a population of 100,000, compared to Johannesburg’s 6 million.In…
Allison and Stephen Ellsworth built Poppi from nothing and sold it to PepsiCo for just under $2 billion last year.They told Business Insider this week about the risks they took and sacrifices they made along the way, and shared how they’re stopping their newfound wealth from spoiling their children.Starting from…
