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• NBA star Jaylen Brown says there's a downside to wealth that people don't talk about

  18-08-2026 12:03 via businessinsider.com
  
  Jaylen Brown said his success and wealth had an impact on his interpersonal relationships.Mitchell Leff/Getty ImagesNBA star Jaylen Brown said wealth and fame changed how people around him treated him.Those changing dynamics left him feeling isolated and unable to turn to others for help.Over time, Brown said he developed a sense of stoicism to cope.NBA star Jaylen Brown said that getting rich came at a cost to his relationships.On Monday's episode of the "Boardroom" podcast, the basketball play
  
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• Best robot lawn mowers (2026)

  18-08-2026 12:01 via businessinsider.com
  
  When you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn moreThe best robot lawn mowers keep your lawn looking groomed and save you hundreds of hours mowing yourself. Don't be surprised if your neighbors stop by to ask about your new gadget.Jill Waldbieser/Business InsiderThe best robot lawn mowers keep your lawn looking groomed and save you hundreds of hours mowing yourself. Don't be surprised if your neighbors stop by to ask about your new gadget.Whether you hav
  
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• This doctor turned a stroke at 24 into a $75 million bet on smart rings. Read his pitch deck.

  18-08-2026 12:00 via businessinsider.com
  
  Dustin Freckleton tests Happy Health's smart ring against traditional sleep-testing equipment.Dustin FreckletonHappy Health says it has raised $75 million since 2019.The startup builds an AI-powered smart ring to help doctors diagnose sleep apnea.Dustin Freckleton founded the company after having a stroke in medical school.At 24, Dustin Freckleton suffered a stroke during his first year of medical school that left him temporarily paralyzed on one side of his body and searching for answers.Nearly
  
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• The stock market's Goldilocks moment has one big problem

  18-08-2026 11:50 via businessinsider.com
  
  Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe bond market is not feeling the stock market's record-setting Goldilocks moment.Fixed-income investors are instead feeling spooked about the prospect of central-bank tightening around the world. Sign up for First Trade, Business Insider's daily markets newsletter.The word "Goldilocks" is meme-ing out in US markets right now.It's a reference to how recent economic data has been neither too cold nor too hot. The labor market and consumer spending have bee
  
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• I make over $250k as a Meta AI researcher. Publishing research helped me land the job.

  18-08-2026 11:43 via businessinsider.com
  
  Ruiyu Li is a research scientist at Meta.Ruiyu LiRuiyu Li, a research scientist at Meta, makes over $250k and focuses on AI and machine learning.She said working in eight AI labs in college and grad school allowed her to publish research.Li said she developed a niche by focusing on AI video generation and large-scale AI systems.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ruiyu Li, a 26-year-old AI researcher at Meta, based in Menlo Park. Her identity, employment, and salary (which incl
  
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• A chief strategist at a $31 billion firm says to stick with the AI power bottleneck — and shares 3 stock picks

  18-08-2026 11:35 via businessinsider.com
  
  Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesAlger Investments' Brad Neuman recently told BI that the firm continues to bet on AI-power stocks.Data centers are expected to use 25% of US electricity by 2030, up from 10% today, Alger projects.He highlighted three stocks to play the trade: GE Vernova, FTAI Aviation, and Bloom Energy.A few months back, semiconductor stocks were hardly the only ones to take it on the chin when investors got spooked about a potential pullback in hyperscaler spending.Stocks across the AI
  
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• 3 arguments for and against AI watermarks

  18-08-2026 11:27 via businessinsider.com
  
  Anthropic is watermarking AI-generated text. The news divided techies.OJO Images/Getty ImagesAnthropic's invisible Claude watermarks are dividing tech over transparency and privacy concerns.Supporters say watermarks could expose undisclosed AI use and curb AI training on AI slop.Watermark critics say the tech can flag lightly edited human work and create compliance risks.Anthropic's move to place invisible watermarks within Claude-generated text is dividing the tech community.Claude models launc
  
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• Gen Z friendships have entered their nickel-and-diming era

  18-08-2026 11:15 via businessinsider.com
  
  Getty Images; BISome Gen Zers will Venmo-request you for half an avocado.Venmo and Zelle may have made bill-splitting math easier, but they haven't made etiquette clearer.An etiquette expert shared the best way to approach bill-splitting and handle friends who don't pay back.When Joanne Wang went out for dinner to celebrate her 24th birthday, she expected to split the meal evenly. She was spending the evening with a new friend, so she figured they would each pay for their own order. When her fri
  
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• I was obsessed with looking rich and overspent in my 20s. Then one HR meeting exposed how little I knew about money.

  18-08-2026 11:08 via businessinsider.com
  
  Haley Sacks, known as Mrs. Dow Jones.Courtesy of Daniel RandallThe following is a book excerpt from "Future Rich Person" by Haley Sacks, aka Mrs. Dow Jones.When she got a dream job at age 25, she didn't have basic adult money skills or investing knowledge.The moment she stopped avoiding her finances and took control, her whole life shifted.In this book excerpt from "Future Rich Person," author Haley Sacks, creator of Mrs. Dow Jones, shares how an embarrassing 401(k) conversation sparked her mone
  
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• Is ChatGPT dropping more f-bombs lately? Users think so.

  18-08-2026 11:00 via businessinsider.com
  
  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesChatGPT suddenly got more profane this month, users say.The chatbot has used swear words on and off for a while. Lately, people are noticing an uptick.Business Insider spoke with users who suddenly started seeing the f-bombs rain.ChatGPT, wash that mouth out with soap.Noticing more swear words on ChatGPT recently? It's not just you. Users flocked to social media this week and last after finding the chatbot to be unusually potty-mouthed — thou
  
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• Uber COO is ‘tempted to say’ the company will have fewer employees in five years

  18-08-2026 10:45 via businessinsider.com
  
  Uber chief operating officer Andrew Macdonald previously said it's getting harder to justify money spent on AI.Sam Barnes/Sportsfile for Collision via Getty ImagesUber COO Andrew Macdonald thinks it's possible the ride-hailing company will have fewer employees in five years.Macdonald said AI could augment and potentially replace some roles.He also said Uber may end up needing more workers to seize on an AI-enabled future.Uber President and COO Andrew Macdonald is "tempted to say" the ride-hailin
  
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• These café owners started a shop with credit cards and a $30,000 loan. They say it's worth it to run a business in NYC.

  18-08-2026 10:44 via businessinsider.com
  
  Ilia Penzin and Liliia Penzina at their café, T.O.L.K., in Bushwick.Paola Chapdelaine for BIIlia Penzin and Liliia Penzina run T.O.L.K., a café in Bushwick, NYC, facing financial hurdles.T.O.L.K., opened in 2025, serves as both a coffee shop and art gallery, promoting local artists.Despite financial struggles, Penzin and Penzina remain hopeful, aiming to expand their NYC business.Ilia Penzin and Liliia Penzina call their café and art gallery their baby."A big baby," Penzina
  
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• Mamdani is going to town on the annoyance economy

  18-08-2026 10:14 via businessinsider.com
  
  Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Mark Lennihan/AP Images; Alyssa powell/BINavigating New York City's economy can feel like a gauntlet of minor indignities. Selling ice cream, for some reason, requires two different permits. Want to quit your gym? You may have to send a certified letter by mail. Oh, and before you haul your belongings to that storage unit, you'd better read the fine print real carefully to see how much of a tease that teaser rate is.Zohran Mamdani is sweating this kind of sm
  
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• Balaji Srinivasan's attempt to build a 'techno-optimist' commune got shut down. Now he's trying again in Kazakhstan.

  18-08-2026 09:34 via businessinsider.com
  
  Balaji Srinivasan asked tech optimists to apply to the school in a Monday X post.Bloomberg/Getty ImagesBalaji Srinivasan said his Network School has reopened in Kazakhstan.Network School offers tech founders coworking, accommodation, and expedited visas in Astana, he said.Its relaunch comes after the school clashed with Malaysian authorities over legal immigration and permits.Balaji Srinivasan's experiment in building a techno-optimist society hit a wall in Malaysia. Now, he's started fresh in C
  
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• The $500 longevity body scanner from Spotify's cofounder is coming to the US

  18-08-2026 09:00 via businessinsider.com
  
  Neko Health founders Hjalmar Nilsonne and Daniel Ek. Ek co-founded Spotify in 2006.Neko HealthSpotify cofounder Daniel Ek has built a body scanner meant to screen for hidden health issues.It costs $500 to get your body scanned at Neko Health, and they do not take insurance.The first US clinic is opening in New York City in September.Spotify cofounder Daniel Ek built his audio empire on the premise that music should be instantly playable, with no waiting around for songs to buffer or download. No
  
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• I quit my job in media while pregnant and battling an autoimmune disease. It led me to start my own company.

  18-08-2026 07:01 via businessinsider.com
  
  Alex Taylor left a leadership role in media and started a women's health supplement brand.Alex TaylorAlex Taylor worked as the editor in chief of Clique, a group that owned Who What Wear and Byrdie.Intense stress led to an autoimmune diagnosis, and she decided to quit her job to reduce stress.She went on to launch the women's health supplement brand, Perelel.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Alex Taylor, the 39-year-old cofounder of women's health supplements brand Perelel. I
  
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• Taking out a Russian soldier costs twice as much as hitting the Kremlin's infrastructure, Ukraine says

  18-08-2026 06:50 via businessinsider.com
  
  A Ukrainian soldier prepares the Bliskavka attack drone in Donetsk.Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty ImagesUkraine said its June data shows it costs about $3,000 to take out a Russian soldier.Meanwhile, it costs far less to strike an infrastructure facility with a drone, it said.Kyiv said its data comes from over 230,000 battlefield reports processed a week.Ukraine has calculated the average cost of its drone strike missions against Russia, and killing or wounding personnel ranks at the to
  
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• Andreessen Horowitz could make close to $1.5 billion from OpenRouter's potential sale to Stripe

  18-08-2026 04:55 via businessinsider.com
  
  OpenRouterIllustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesStripe is set to acquire OpenRouter, a leading AI model marketplace, for over $8 billion, sources say.VC firms A16z and Menlo Ventures may see at least $2 billion in returns from the deal.AI model startup OpenRouter is led by Alex Atallah.Stripe's multi-billion-dollar pursuit of AI model marketplace startup OpenRouter isn't just creating one of the biggest AI acquisitions of the year; it's minting venture capital fir
  
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• Uber COO says there's a downside to being at the top

  18-08-2026 02:44 via businessinsider.com
  
  Uber COO Andrew Macdonald said large companies with new ideas move more slowly than startups as employees get "fat" on the resources.Zed Jameson/Bloomberg via Getty ImageUber is one of the largest ride-hailing companies in the world, with more than 200 million users.Uber COO Andrew Macdonald said that kind of scale makes innovating at the company harder.The executive said Uber has a program called "Growth Bets" to incubate new business ideas.At the top, it's hard to know where else to go.In an i
  
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• AI proptech startup EliseAI is in talks to raise a new round of funding at a $3.7 billion valuation

  18-08-2026 01:34 via businessinsider.com
  
  EliseAI's technologyBusiness Wire/APAI housing and healthcare startup EliseAI is in talks for a new round of funding.The new round could value the company at as high as $3.7 billion, sources say.Previous investors Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners are in talks to lead the round. The latest multi-billion dollar AI startup isn't for writing code or generating images. It's for answering your landlord.New York-based property and housing management company EliseAI is in talks to raise
  
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• Fidji Simo says she believes AI can 'cure all diseases,' agreeing with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei

  18-08-2026 00:28 via businessinsider.com
  
  Fidji Simo, who was diagnosed with an incurable illness in 2019, said she believes AI has the potential to cure all diseases.David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently said AI labs need to deliver on promises like curing diseases.Fidji Simo, cofounder of ChronicleBio, agreed and said AI needs more data to get there.Simo was diagnosed in 2019 with a condition known as POTS, which has no cure.Fidji Simo, the former OpenAI executive who cofounded the biomedical
  
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• Where to watch It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 18

  18-08-2026 00:01 via businessinsider.com
  
  When you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn morePatrick McElhenney/FXXThe gang is back for an eighteenth season. We've rounded up everything you need to know about where to watch It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, including global streaming options.If you don't want to read any further: the latest season will air on FXX (and FX) in the US, which is available through live TV services. New episodes will also land on Hulu. International Always Sunny Fans
  
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