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• NATO is looking to Ukraine for ways to kill drones without wasting expensive missiles

  26-12-2025 13:24 via businessinsider.com
  NATO has identified interceptor drones as a promising new tool for air defense.Artur Widak/Anadolu via Getty ImagesNATO militaries are seeking air defense tools that are more affordable than expensive missiles.They are turning to cheap interceptor drones, weapons increasingly popular in Ukraine.Ukraine has used the interceptors to fend off worsening Russian drone attacks.NATO militaries are looking for cheaper ways to defeat hostile drones without having to expend vastly more expensive missiles.
  
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• Gold domes, historic statues, and nods to state flags: Photos show what the capitol looks like in every state

  05-01-2026 15:51 via businessinsider.com
  add captionFaina Gurevich/ShutterstockEvery US state has a capitol that houses its state legislature.Many state capitols are domed buildings similar to the US Capitol, but others are more unique.Maryland's State House is the oldest capitol in continuous legislative use in the US.A state's capitol can tell you a lot about its history and government.Many state capitols feature references to their locations, like Kansas' statue of a Kansa warrior atop its dome, or the New Hampshire State House, whi
  
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• I visited Grocery Outlet. It was weird, but I saw why it's a go-to supermarket for some shoppers.

  05-01-2026 15:31 via businessinsider.com
  California-based Grocery Outlet has opened more stores in the Eastern US over the past few years.Alex Bitter/BIGrocery Outlet is opening new stores, especially in the Eastern US.The chain touts its low prices and "treasure hunt shopping experience."I visited a Grocery Outlet store in Maryland to see what shopping at the chain is like.One grocery chain is expanding using a business model that's somewhere between Aldi and T.J. Maxx.Supermarket chain Grocery Outlet promises low prices, and it has a
  
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• A dietitian shares 3 New Year's weight-loss trends to avoid, from intermittent fasting to trendy supplement stacks

  05-01-2026 15:24 via businessinsider.com
  Maddie Pasquariello, a registered dietitian, warned against popular social media diet trends that become popular in the new year.Sophia SaharaJanuary is a popular time for joining gyms and starting new diets.Maddie Pasquariello, a registered dietitian, warned against New Year's social media diet advice.There are more sustainable ways to lose weight than skipping meals or using unnecessary supplements.You spent the year committed to regular workouts and cutting back on ultra-processed foods. Then
  
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• Energy stocks are surging after the Venezuela mission. Analysts say oil majors have a long road ahead.

  05-01-2026 15:17 via markets.businessinsider.com
  Energy stocks soared after the US raid on Venezuela.JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty ImagesEnergy stocks surged after the US seized Venezuela's leader and took control of the oil-rich nation.Shares of Halliburton, Baker Hughes, and Chevron jumped more than 5% in Monday's premarket.Analysts said it would take years to harness Venezuela's energy potential, but it could boost the US.Energy stocks soared Monday morning as investors wagered the US raid on Venezuela would pay off handsomely for the oil i
  
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• I visited Niagara Falls on the American and Canadian sides. Both had huge perks, but I still had a favorite.

  05-01-2026 15:14 via businessinsider.com
  I visited Niagara Falls in both the US and Canada.Emily PogueMy husband and I visited Niagara Falls on both the US and Canadian sides.My favorite experience was on the American side, but there was more to do on the Canadian side.For the best trip, I recommend spending time on both sides of the Falls.When researching a trip to Niagara Falls, you'll notice there's a fairly heated debate about whether the Canadian or American side is better. But during a trip to both sides in June, I found that eac
  
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• Hedge funds' 2025 report card: How Citadel, Point72, and Millennium stack up against smaller rivals

  05-01-2026 15:12 via businessinsider.com
  Hedge funds managed strong returns in 2025 despite uneven markets and geopolitical stress.Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty ImagesBig-name hedge funds mostly had strong years, led by managers such as Michael Gelband's ExodusPoint and D.E. Shaw.It was a choppy year for funds, which battled markets strained by geopolitical stress from tariffs and international conflicts.Most funds still trailed the S&P 500's 16.4% return on the year, however.Artificial intelligence spikes and sell-offs, mark
  
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• I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 2 years ago. It's completely changed the way I travel, but I haven't let it stop me.

  05-01-2026 14:47 via businessinsider.com
  I won't let type 1 diabetes stop me from doing what I love.Jenna SchererTwo years ago, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 39, and it changed everything.On a trip to Mexico with friends last December, I'd hoped to be the same go-with-the-flow traveler.The reality was much more challenging, but I won't let this disease rob me of my joy.It was a bright, sunny day in Tepoztlán, Mexico, when my friends and I trekked to an ancient Aztec temple at the top of Tepozteco Mountain.But by th
  
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• Maps show the scale of the Caribbean air travel chaos — and how airlines are adding extra flights to rescue passengers

  05-01-2026 14:31 via businessinsider.com
  American Airlines added 43 extra flights, including some on a Boeing 777-300, the largest plane in its fleet.Massimo Insabato/Archivio Massimo Insabato/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty ImagesThe US raid on Venezuela caused huge travel disruption in the Caribbean.Airlines are adding dozens of extra flights to help passengers get to their destinations.Two maps show the scale of flight cancellations and the additional recovery flights.Almost 1,000 flights to and from the Caribbean were canceled on Sat
  
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• My mom encouraged me to put my $50,000 savings on the line. It turned into a company I sold for $22 million.

  05-01-2026 13:31 via businessinsider.com
  Jaclyn Johnson bought her company two years after selling it.Courtesy of Jaclyn JohnsonJaclyn Johnson is the founder of Create & Cultivate, which was acquired for $22 million.Exiting had always been her goal, but she bought the company back after two years.She felt a strong kinship with the community she had created.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jaclyn Johnson, founder and chief creative officer at Create & Cultivate. It has been edited for length and clarity.I wa
  
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• My son had to do a family tree for a school project. I went on a genealogy deep dive to learn about a side of the family I never knew about.

  05-01-2026 12:58 via businessinsider.com
  Isobella Jade (center)Courtesy of Isobella JadeI never knew much about my father's side of the family. This became a bit of an issue when my son had to work on a family tree for a school project. I used Ancestry.com to research our family history and have learned so much about our ancestors. I recall feeling embarrassed when my son asked me about my father's side of the family for a social studies project when he was in 6th grade. I didn't know much about my dad's side of the family, besides my
  
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• 'Big Short' investor Michael Burry says markets are missing a trick as the Venezuela raid just 'changed the game'

  05-01-2026 12:53 via businessinsider.com
  Michael Burry, the investor of "The Big Short" fame.Jim Spellman/Getty Images; Tyler Le/BIMichael Burry says markets aren't pricing in the longer-term impacts of the US raid on Venezuela.The "Big Short" investor wrote on Substack that the "game just changed" for global energy.Burry said the US economy stands to benefit while China, Russia, Canada, and Mexico may lose ground.Michael Burry says the US raid on Venezuela is a much bigger deal than the markets' muted reaction suggests.The investor of
  
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• Are you a software engineer? Tell us what you think about vibe coding

  05-01-2026 11:55 via businessinsider.com
  Engineers face a whole new set of AI vibe coding tools.AndreyPopov/Getty ImagesVibe coding has upended software engineering, strapping developers with a suite of new AI tools.OpenAI and Tesla alum Andrej Karpathy, who coined the term, recently said he's "never felt this much behind."Are you a software developer? Take our vibe-coding survey below.Software engineering is changing — and we want to hear from those navigating the moment.Programmers today find themselves with a whole new suite o
  
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• How Paloma Partners, the legendary fund that seeded D.E. Shaw, is reinventing itself after redemptions and executive exits

  05-01-2026 11:50 via businessinsider.com
  Ravi Singh was a top prime broker at Goldman Sachs before joining Paloma.Paloma PartnersPaloma, the legendary firm founded by billionaire Donald Sussman, has had a choppy run.The $1.5 billion manager believes it is now on stable footing and is looking to fundraise and hire.Business Insider spoke to CEO Ravi Singh about the firm's plan to diversify beyond systematic trading.The last 18 months have been Paloma Partners' second attempt at reinventing itself.The first try began in May 2023. Billiona
  
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• Venture funds don't often make their top lawyer a partner. Menlo Ventures just did.

  05-01-2026 11:30 via businessinsider.com
  Deborah Carrillo.Menlo VenturesDeborah Carrillo has become a partner at Menlo Ventures after five years as general counsel.Her promotion suggests a shift in the role of the legal department at venture capital firms.Carrillo manages compliance, fund structuring, and risk assessment at Menlo Ventures.Deborah Carrillo made a classic lawyer pivot. After a decade at a white-shoe firm, she left to join one of her clients, the venture capital firm Menlo Ventures.What came next is far less common. Menlo
  
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• The 'Godfather of SaaS' says he replaced most of his sales team with AI agents: 'We're done with hiring humans'

  05-01-2026 11:11 via businessinsider.com
  SaaStr founder Jason LemkinJason LemkinSaaStr, a network of B2B executives and founders, replaced most of its sales team with 20 AI agents.SaaStr founder Jason Lemkin said he trained up agents after two high-paid human employees resigned.AI agents are seen by many as a means to increase productivity, but risks remain.Jason Lemkin, known to some as the Godfather of SaaS, says the time has come to push the limits of AI in the workplace.In practice, Lemkin, the founder of SaaStr, the world's larges
  
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• I'm a 69-year-old startup founder and former PayPal and Intuit CEO. I bike to work, take midday naps in my closet, and use index cards to stay organized.

  05-01-2026 11:05 via businessinsider.com
  Bill Harris reveals his daily routine rooted in "simplicity."Bill HarrisThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Bill Harris, the 69-year-old startup founder of Evergreen Wealth and former CEO of PayPal and Intuit, based in Miami. It's been edited for length and clarity.I'm the founder and CEO of Evergreen Wealth, an RIA registered investment advisory. We provide our largely high-net-worth clients with investment management and financial advice, using AI to enhance our services.I sp
  
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• I download dozens of new apps every year. Here are my favorite social media alternatives to TikTok and Instagram.

  05-01-2026 11:05 via businessinsider.com
  sankai/Getty ImagesI'm a reporter covering social media for Business Insider.Last year, I downloaded dozens of apps — from dating apps to new social networks — on my phone.Here are the apps I'm actually using, as well as a few new ones I plan to test out more in 2026.Dating apps, AI social networks, drama-clad "tea" apps — you name it, I've downloaded it.In 2025, I tested out dozens of apps on my phone while reporting on social media for Business Insider.Like many other interne
  
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• Ex-Google engineer shares 5 tips for landing a Big Tech job, from referrals to technical interviews

  05-01-2026 11:04 via businessinsider.com
  Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesMaddy Zhang spent over four years at Google, after internships at Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft.On "A Life Engineered," she shared five tips for getting a job in Big Tech."Because there's so much competition, it's honestly an employer's market," she said.Big Tech can seem impenetrable. This Google alum has some tips for getting your foot in the door.Maddy Zhang spent over four years working as a software engineer for Google, touching both the search and adver
  
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• Fake records and forged signatures: Marines say recruiting pressure fueled a culture of fraud

  05-01-2026 11:00 via businessinsider.com
  Matt Rota for BIRecruiting new Marines can be so challenging in parts of the US that some recruiters have resorted to fraud to meet their monthly goals.Business Insider obtained a 2023 Marine Corps investigation into one area of the Rust Belt that found widespread rule-breaking, including fabricated police records and fake medical notes. Two recruiters who were fired as part of the probe spoke to Business Insider about the pressures of recruiting and what drove them to fake records. One of them,
  
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• Meet Dario Amodei, Anthropic's outspoken CEO

  05-01-2026 10:56 via businessinsider.com
  Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei attends the Viva Technology show at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on May 22, 2024 in Paris.Chesnot/Getty ImagesDario Amodei is Anthropic's often outspoken leader.Amodei has rankled some in the industry with his warnings about how AI could upend society.Amodei, his sister, and five others had previously worked at OpenAI before leaving in 2021 to start their rival.Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei doesn't mince words.He's rankled some rival tech CEOs by boldly predic
  
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• Read the emails an AI startup founder sent Mark Cuban before securing his investment

  05-01-2026 10:45 via businessinsider.com
  Mark Cuban in season two.Craig Sjodin / GettyAI startup founder Adam Joseph made a successful pitch to billionaire Mark Cuban.Instead of appearing on "Shark Tank," Joseph sold Cuban on his business through a series of emails.Here's what Joseph wrote to Cuban before the famous entrepreneur decided to invest.Startup founder Adam Joseph has never appeared on "Shark Tank," but he knows how it feels to be on the hot seat in front of Mark Cuban.Joseph managed to get Cuban's attention and an investment
  
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• Welcome to the new, sorta socialist era of American capitalism

  05-01-2026 10:11 via businessinsider.com
  Carl Godfrey for BIThis is the first story in Business Insider's new series "The Future of Capitalism." The series looks at ways Americans' confidence in capitalism has been eroding, and what related changes in our economy mean for your work and wealth.To believe in American capitalism has long meant believing in a mostly laissez-faire approach from the government — it sets the rules of the game, but it doesn't have a piece on the board. Markets pick winners and losers, not Washington. The
  
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• An NYU professor who hates that students' work reads like McKinsey memos held AI oral exams to 'fight fire with fire'

  05-01-2026 08:16 via businessinsider.com
  An NYU business school professor turned to AI-powered oral exams to test student understanding.whitebalance.space/Getty ImagesAn NYU professor turned to AI oral exams after student work began resembling McKinsey memos.He used an AI agent to scale oral exams, a format long viewed as too time-consuming to run.The experiment comes as universities reassess how to test students fairly in the AI era.The assignments looked brilliant. The understanding didn't.That's when an NYU business school professor
  
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• The CEO of $2 billion AI training startup says that humans will stay involved in data creation for decades

  05-01-2026 07:29 via businessinsider.com
  Matt Fitzpatrick said that a big industry misconception is that synthetic data will take over in a few years.FINN PartnersHuman feedback remains essential for AI training, says Invisible Technologies' CEO.Synthetic data can't replace humans because there are too many kinds of tasks for AI to accomplish.Data labeling startups continue to hire specialized workers as tech giants seek high-quality data.Artificial intelligence won't be training AI anytime soon, says the CEO of a data labeling startup
  
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• Here's what the smartest people in foreign policy, business, and economics are saying about Trump's raid on Venezuela

  05-01-2026 07:23 via businessinsider.com
  President Donald Trump speaks at a podium about his January 3rd raid on Venezuela. Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, and Stephen Miller stand behind him.Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty ImagesDonald Trump on Saturday said that the US had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.The raid elicited strong but divided reactions from business figures and foreign policy analysts.Some say Maduro's removal offers economic opportunity; others say it could escalate global conflict.President Donald Trump on
  
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• Denmark urges Trump to stop threatening to annex Greenland

  05-01-2026 07:03 via businessinsider.com
  Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Trump has no right to annex Greenland.Associated Press, Alex Wong/Getty ImagesThe leaders of Denmark and Greenland urged the US to stop its threats of buying Greenland.The Danish prime minister said the US "has no right to annex" Greenland.Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of controlling Greenland, for security reasons and for its resources.Denmark and Greenland are once again calling on the US to stop eyeing Greenland as land for sale.In a statem
  
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• Oil prices swing after Trump's Venezuela raid as investors eye global supply

  05-01-2026 07:00 via businessinsider.com
  President Donald Trump said that US oil companies would invest billions of dollars in Venezuela after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.Federico Parra i/AFP/Getty ImagesOil prices swung between gains and losses on the first trading day since the US strike on Venezuela.The US captured Venezuelan President Maduro, and President Trump touted billions in potential oil investment.Any rebound in Venezuelan production could deepen an ongoing decline in oil prices.Oil futures flu
  
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• Mary Steenburgen, 72, says Jane Fonda's advice has reshaped the way she approaches aging

  05-01-2026 06:03 via businessinsider.com
  Mary Steenburgen and Jane Fonda.Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for the Hammer MuseumMary Steenburgen, 72, says Jane Fonda, 88, taught her a lesson about aging with intention.Steenburgen says Fonda's advice shaped how she spends time with the people closest to her."With not wasting time on people that aren't in my life for the right reason, for being honest with myself about life," she said.Mary Steenburgen, 72, says her perspective on aging changed after a conversation with Jane Fonda, 88.Speaking
  
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• Elon Musk dined with Donald Trump during a very busy weekend for the president

  05-01-2026 06:02 via businessinsider.com
  Elon Musk had dinner with Donald Trump during a busy weekend for the president.Tom Brenner For The Washington Post via Getty ImagesElon Musk had dinner with Donald Trump amid a packed weekend for the president.Trump hosted meetings at Mar-a-Lago as his administration announced a US military operation in Venezuela.Musk wrote in a post on X that he had "a lovely dinner" with Trump and first lady Melania Trump.Elon Musk joined Donald Trump for dinner during a packed weekend for the president, who w
  
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