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• Robinhood has rolled out 'tokenized' stocks and ETFs. Here's what to know about the crypto-like assets.

  08-07-2025 18:08 via businessinsider.com
  A pop-up kiosk for Robinhood along Wall Street after the company went public in New York City.Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesRobinhood stock surged last week on news that the brokerage would offer tokenized stocks to users in Europe. Tokenization is the act of creating a digital representation of an asset on the blockchain. The technology could allow for more seamless trading, but investors should be aware of unique risks. Robinhood stock surged last week after the company announced that users in Eur
  
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• Zohran Mamdani's most popular policy proposal is raising taxes on millionaires and corporations, new poll finds

  11-11-2025 12:23 via businessinsider.com
  Mamdani's most popular proposal, according to the poll, is raising taxes on millionaires and corporations.Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesA new YouGov poll found that Zohran Mamdani's main policy proposals are popular nationwide.The most popular proposal is raising taxes on millionaires and corporations.But even his controversial proposal to open city-run grocery stores earned majority support.Zohran Mamdani won a hard-fought race for mayor of New York City last week. Now, new polling shows that his a
  
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• Teachers fear AI could weaken critical thinking — Mark Cuban says it can do the opposite and build better leaders

  11-11-2025 12:16 via businessinsider.com
  Mark Cuban says AI can sharpen students' minds and create future leaders — not lazy thinkers.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesMark Cuban says kids who learn to use AI will "be best equipped to lead" in the future workplace.Most teachers fear AI weakens critical thinking — but Cuban says it sharpens it instead.Professors warn that students are outsourcing thought to AI, risking an "atrophy" of reasoning.Many teachers worry that AI could make students lazy thinkers. Mark
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg says researchers at his philanthropy don't want more lab space or head count: 'They just want GPUs'

  11-11-2025 11:59 via businessinsider.com
  Zuckerberg and Chan said they're more focused on computing power than lab space.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for WSJ. Magazine Innovators AwardsZuckerberg and Chan said that their philanthropy is investing more in computing power than adding square footage in its labs.The couple recently announced that their philanthropy is shifting its focus to AI-driven science.When it comes to GPUs, Chan said they plan to get to "the 10,000 range."Forget lab space and head count. The currency of modern re
  
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• The 3 skills a new Goldman managing director says aspiring technologists on Wall Street need

  11-11-2025 11:51 via businessinsider.com
  Dan Popescu was promoted to the role of managing director at Goldman Sachs, part of its new 2025 class of MDs announced last week.Courtesy of Goldman SachsDan Popescu is a newly promoted managing director at Goldman Sachs.He says top AI talent needs skills in AI, finance, and software development.His AI engineering team builds and uses tools across the asset-management group.One of Goldman Sachs' newly promoted managing directors says the firm's AI hires need a trifecta of skills to ace the job.
  
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• I quit my job at Microsoft to pursue comedy. Pursuing my passion wasn't always glamorous — but here's how I did it.

  11-11-2025 11:47 via businessinsider.com
  Austin Nasso quit his Microsoft job in 2021 to pursue stand-up comedy.Austin NassoAustin Nasso left his Microsoft software engineer job in 2021 to pursue stand-up comedy full-time.Nasso learned 3 key things from "The 4-Hour Workweek" that influenced how he pursued his career.Nasso said following your passion isn't always glamorous, and you need to be able to monetize it.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Austin Nasso, the 30-year-old comedian and cofounder of Tech Roast Show,
  
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• A financially independent couple with 14 rental units shares the strategy they use to lock in lower interest rates

  11-11-2025 11:45 via businessinsider.com
  Ali and Josh Lupo, founders of The FI Couple.Courtesy of Ali and Josh LupoAli and Josh Lupo use seller financing to secure lower interest rates on rental properties.Seller financing allows buyers to negotiate terms and bypass banks, reducing costs and time.The couple finds deals through networking and targets baby boomer sellers seeking steady income.Ali and Josh Lupo bought their first property, a duplex in upstate New York, in December 2018.At the time, they were chipping away at six-figure st
  
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• The West is starting to wake up to the drone threat — and just how unprepared it is, DroneShield CEO says

  11-11-2025 11:41 via businessinsider.com
  An Airbus A319 from Brussels Airlines flies over a sign that reads 'No Drone Zone' placed near the Brussels-National Airport in Steenokkerzeel, Belgium.Thierry Monasse/Getty ImagesDrone disruptions in the West are growing, as is the variety of their targets.A counter-drone CEO said the West must "expand our thinking" on threats and defenses.Drones in Ukraine and drone disruption in the US and Europe have sparked a new urgency for counter-drone systems.The West needs to see the bigger picture whe
  
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• I got married 10 years ago. When I look back on my wedding gifts, I'm surprised by what stood the test of time.

  11-11-2025 11:37 via businessinsider.com
  The author and her husband still love and use pottery from a friend, as well as hand-painted wine glasses received as wedding gifts.Courtesy of Laura LeavittI've been married 10 years, and I still remember opening our gifts.I'm surprised by what we still use and treasure after all these years.It's a reminder that no matter what plans you have, life changes— often, in a beautiful way.I remember opening our bounty of wedding gifts vividly. Ten years ago, right after our wedding, my husband a
  
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• Rage and ruined holidays: how the Marriott-Sonder meltdown unraveled into chaos for customers

  11-11-2025 11:33 via businessinsider.com
  Guests experienced chaos and mismanagement at Sonder's properties.Paul Strack, April WallogaMarriott ended its licensing agreement with Sonder, a short-term rental company.On Sunday, it told its guests staying at Sonder properties to vacate as soon as possible.Guests scrambled to find new accommodations, paying hundreds for last-minute bookings.Steve McGraw booked with Marriott in November, excited to spend a joyous 17 days in New York City with his daughter and newborn, premature granddaughter.
  
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• Visa is diving deeper into the creator economy with new AI-powered financial tools

  11-11-2025 11:30 via businessinsider.com
  TikTok star Khaby Lame is helping promote Visa's tools for creators.Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Getty ImagesVisa is partnering with startup Karat Financial to launch AI-powered financial tools for creators.They target emerging creators, offering advice and automated payment solutions.The effort also includes an AI agent that can assist in evaluating brand deal offers.Credit card giant Visa is deepening its relationship with the creator economy.At Web Summit in Lisbon on Tuesday, Visa is set to ann
  
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• A tech investor up 139% since April details the part of the AI trade that's driven her dominance — and shares her top stock pick

  11-11-2025 11:30 via businessinsider.com
  The New York Stock Exchange stands in lower Manhattan on October 29, 2025, in New York City.Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesAI networking stocks are a red-hot theme within the broader AI trade this year. Funds that invest in the space, like the Spear Alpha ETF and the iShares Future AI & Tech ETF, are up big."The core performance improvement is coming from how chips are connected together," Ivana Delevska said. Three years after the release of ChatGPT, the broader AI theme is still the hottest tra
  
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• Why Trump's push for a 50-year mortgage could backfire

  11-11-2025 11:15 via businessinsider.com
  Donald Trump teased a 50-year mortgage over the weekend, with the FHFA director adding that the administration is working on a plan. Roberto Schmidt/Getty ImagesTrump's idea for a 50-year US mortgage probably won't help the US housing market in the long run. A longer mortgage term might make monthly payments a bit cheaper, but it won't address housing supply. It could actually backfire by pushing up home prices over time, housing experts say. Donald Trump has a new idea to boost the US housing m
  
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• A partner at Goldman Sachs shares the biggest mistake people make when looking for a mentor

  11-11-2025 11:13 via businessinsider.com
  Pompey said seeking the most senior mentor isn't a good strategy.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for GlamourAsahi Pompey said it's not always wise to seek mentorship from the most senior person.The Goldman partner advised looking for someone who has the time to actually know you and your work.In Goldman's annual intern survey, 84% of respondents said they expect workplace mentorship.When it comes to mentorship, it's not always wise to aim high.Asahi Pompey, Goldman Sachs' global head of the Off
  
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• I quit a $250,000 job, thinking it would be easy to find another one. After a year of unemployment, I wish I could go back and shake myself.

  11-11-2025 11:12 via businessinsider.com
  Jesse Tervooren says being a good worker became her identity during her decadelong HR career.Jesse TervoorenAfter quitting a $250K HR job, Jesse Tervooren is coming up on a year of unemployment.Time away from work helped her become a more present mother and rethink her relationship with money.She is now seeking a job that aligns with her values and promotes a healthy work-life balance.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jesse Tervooren, a 39-year-old former HR executive based i
  
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• I'm 82 and still working because my 401(k) ran out. Despite my health conditions, I like teaching young people.

  11-11-2025 11:05 via businessinsider.com
  David Hugo Barrett still works as a substitute teacher at 82, partly out of financial necessity.Timothy Wolfer/ BIThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with David Hugo Barrett, 82, who works as a substitute teacher in Maryland. Barrett still works despite two disabilities that impact his mobility, as he wouldn't be able to comfortably pay his bills without the extra income. The following has been edited for length and clarity.Aging isn't something that can be taken lightly. People say
  
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• Sora thrilled me when it was first released. Now, I'm bored with it.

  11-11-2025 11:02 via businessinsider.com
  Videos of myself and colleague Peter Kafka, made with Sora (Peter would like it to be known that the video of him is where he's signing a song about poop).SoraSora 2, the video app from OpenAI, launched more than a month ago.At first, I was totally addicted to it. Now, it's open to the public after having a waitlist earlier.But I've barely opened it lately — and my friends have all stopped posting, too.No one — except maybe Sam Altman — loved Sora 2 as much as I did when it fir
  
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• OpenAI used to prevent Microsoft pursuing AGI. Now, the software giant is free to compete, Mustafa Suleyman says.

  11-11-2025 11:00 via businessinsider.com
  Mustafa Suleyman joined Microsoft last weekLeon NealMicrosoft recently formed a new superintelligence team under Mustafa Suleyman.A renegotiated OpenAI deal lets Microsoft independently pursue artificial general intelligence.The team will build a "world-class, frontier-grade research capability in-house," Suleyman tells BI.In the race to build powerful artificial intelligence, Microsoft has had its hands tied behind it back for years. Now, the software giant is free to compete, according to top
  
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• Boomers are discovering DoorDash — and fueling gains for the delivery app

  11-11-2025 11:00 via businessinsider.com
  Baby Boomers might be giving DoorDash a boost in business, according to data from Morning Consult.Illustration by Emily Dulla/Getty Images for DoorDashDoorDash was the fastest-growing brand of 2025, according to a Morning Consult survey.Baby boomers have turned to the brand this year, the survey showed.Demand for food and grocery delivery has remained steady even as consumers cut spending elsewhere.DoorDash appears to be getting a boost from an unlikely group: baby boomers.The delivery service t
  
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• Sam Altman's eye-scanning Orb startup wants to hit a billion users. It's less than 2% of the way there.

  11-11-2025 10:17 via businessinsider.com
  Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images; BISam Altman's startup, Tools for Humanity, has raised hundreds of millions of dollars on a futuristic premise: using eyeballs to establish that someone is human in the age of AI.At the center of the plan is the Orb, a polished, volleyball-sized metal sphere that scans irises to generate a "World ID." The ID functions like a digital passport, distinguishing humans from machines on the internet.After stepping in front of the device's glowing gaze — thereb
  
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• Gen Z's hottest new job: Nannying for billionaires

  11-11-2025 10:07 via businessinsider.com
  Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BIWhen Cassidy O'Hagan looked out over the crystal blue water in the Maldives last December, she felt like she'd made it. The 28-year-old was staying in an ultra-exclusive resort, in her own private villa. And for her, this was work.Nannying for ultra-wealthy families has brought the Colorado native to places she never dreamed she'd go: winters in Aspen, summers in the Hamptons, trips to Puerto Rico, India, and Dubai, and traversing European waters on what she calls a
  
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• I went to Netflix House, the streamer's new bet on IRL experiences with a 'One Piece' escape room and 'Stranger Things' game

  11-11-2025 09:00 via businessinsider.com
  Netflix House Phialdelphia opens on Wednesday.Lauren Edmonds/Business InsiderThe first Netflix House opens its doors at Pennsylvania's King of Prussia Mall on Wednesday.The entertainment venue has immersive experiences based on Netflix TV shows and movies.Two more Netflix House locations are set to open in Texas and Nevada.If you've ever wanted to hunt down the infamous Devil Fruit in Eiichirō Oda's odyssey-esque manga "One Piece," now's your chance.The first Netflix House is set to open th
  
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• Cursor courted top engineers by flying across the world to meet them and making up dinners — even after they said no

  11-11-2025 08:01 via businessinsider.com
  Anysphere cofounders, left to right: Aman Sanger, Arvid Lunnemark, Sualeh Asif, and Michael Truell.AnysphereCursor's CEO said the team flew across the world and made up dinners to court top engineers.The startup will "do anything possible to get the most talented people," Michael Truell said.Truell also said that Cursor uses a two-day on-site work trial to test candidates' skills and fit.When most companies get turned down by a job candidate, they move on.Cursor flew across the world to win them
  
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• Alex Karp says the left's 'Mamdani wing' and the 'woke right' are the biggest threats to Palantir

  11-11-2025 07:16 via businessinsider.com
  The biggest threats to Palantir come from the woke left and woke right, Palantir CEO Alex Karp says.Roy Rochlin/Getty ImagesAlex Karp has his sights set on major threats to Palantir.That's the "woke left" and right-wing conspiracy theorists, he says.On a November earnings call, Karp said Palantir is "the first company to be completely anti-woke."Palantir CEO Alex Karp says the biggest threats to his defense tech company aren't competitors in the field, but the "woke left" and right-wing conspira
  
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• I'm a single mom who took my kids to Europe for the first time. The Marriott-Sonder fiasco derailed our dream vacation.

  11-11-2025 07:04 via businessinsider.com
  Jessica Barnes took her children on their dream vacation to Europe, but their first stop was ruined by the Marriott-Sonder breakup.Jessica BarnesJessica Barnes, a Canadian software professional, was on a dream vacation in Barcelona with her children.After a day of sightseeing, her family returned to the Marriott-Sonder hotel and found out they had to leave.The hotel chain ended its licensing agreement with Sonder on Sunday, booting out guests on short notice.This as-told-to essay is based on a c
  
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• Ukraine says nearly 300 Russian troops died of drugs or bad food in the last 2 years

  11-11-2025 06:59 via businessinsider.com
  Veterans of the Russian special forces lay flowers at a monument to Russian military special forces servicemen in October.OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty ImagesUkraine said on Monday that at least 32 Russian troops died of food poisoning in the last 2 years.Drug abuse also took the lives of 255 Russian soldiers in that timeframe, Ukrainian intelligence said.The non-combat deaths were from Russia's Central Military District, according to HUR.Ukraine's military intelligence agency said on Monday that
  
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• Google Brain founder Andrew Ng says everyone should still learn to code — but not the 'old way'

  11-11-2025 06:35 via businessinsider.com
  Andrew Ng says everyone should learn how to vibe code.Pier Marco Tacca/Getty ImagesAndrew Ng urged everyone to learn coding using AI-assisted 'vibe coding' tools.AI-powered coding has lowered barriers to coding, he said.He joins tech leaders like Nvidia and Klarna CEOs in touting vibe coding tools like Cursor.Everyone should learn to vibe code, according to Andrew Ng."The bar to coding is now lower than it ever has been," Ng said in a talk at Snowflake's "Build" conference on Monday. "People tha
  
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• Dakota Fanning, 31, knows what she wants from this 'next decade'

  11-11-2025 06:15 via businessinsider.com
  Dakota Fanning says entering her 30s brought about a mental "shift."Jason Mendez/WireImageDakota Fanning says that entering her 30s brought her clarity on her goals."Every year that goes by, you're more in tune with who you are and with what you want and don't want," she said.The actor said she always wanted to have kids and hopes "this next decade" will bring that into her life.Dakota Fanning grew up in front of the cameras. Now in her 30s, she's rethinking what success and fulfillment really m
  
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• Pilots are sounding off to passengers as travel stress from the government shutdown reaches fever pitch

  11-11-2025 06:04 via businessinsider.com
  Flight woes across airports in the US have prompted some pilots to make in-cabin announcements to their passengers — to sound off, and reassure them.CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty ImagesIt isn't just passengers who are mad about tarmacs turning into parking lots for planes.In viral videos, pilots got on the mic to talk to passengers about flight delays.The government shutdown has led to mass absences among air traffic controllers and rampant cancellations.The surge in flight delays and ca
  
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• I've lived and worked in 5 countries. After becoming an empty nester, I built my dream retirement in a new city.

  11-11-2025 01:14 via businessinsider.com
  Jessica Khine lives in Penang, Malaysia as an empty nester.Jessica Khine.Jessica Khine has lived and worked in various countries, including the UK, Japan, and Singapore.After being laid off in 2018, she decided to move to Malaysia to join her daughter, who was studying there.Now, she lives in Penang as an empty nester, enjoying the city's vibrant culture and community.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jessica Khine, a 63-year-old retiree living in Penang, Malaysia. It has bee
  
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