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[ad_1] TechCrunch Disrupt isn’t just about showcasing the startups of tomorrow — it’s also about surfacing the boldest ideas shaping technology today. Thanks to the support of our partners JetBrains and Greenfield, the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 program, happening October 27–29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, brings two must-see sessions that put AI front and center. Monday, October 27 — Builders Stage 1:40 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. PTWho’s Defining AI’s Future in 2025? The AI Disruptors 60 UnveiledPresented by Greenfield Partners We’ve seen it with the internet, and again with mobile: moments when technology reshapes everything. Now it’s AI’s turn —…

[ad_1] Waymo’s self-driving cars include a valuable resource for law enforcement: a bunch of cameras.Police have long sought data from tech companies, like Amazon and others, during their investigations. Now they are doing the same for self-driving cars. Waymo installs 29 cameras in each robotaxi, prompting some to question how much access authorities have to footage captured during rides.During an interview on the “Hard Fork” podcast published on Friday, Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana said the company adheres to a legal process.”On the question of when and how law enforcement gets access to our data, we make that publicly known,” Mawakana…

[ad_1] 2025-08-29T19:07:20Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. What are the hottest spots for a business dinner in New York City? A new listing from expense management platform Ramp names a few. Take a look at 10 popular spots for business dinners in the city. Where do you go out to eat in New York when…

[ad_1] Now is the time for investors to rebalance their portfolios, according to Wells Fargo. The firm suggests reallocating from stocks into select bonds since equity valuations have soared. The S & P 500 closed over 6,500 for the first time on Thursday, but slipped lower on Friday . “Even as the S & P 500 Index makes new all-time highs, investors may want to trim equity allocations to position portfolios ahead of the volatility we expect in the coming weeks and months,” Paul Christopher, head of global investment strategy at Wells Fargo Investment Institute, wrote in a note Tuesday.…

[ad_1] Updated 2025-08-29T18:29:12Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Abercrombie & Fitch was founded as a store for outdoor gear in the late 1800s. The retailer was hugely popular with 2000s teens, and it’s making a comeback with Gen Z shoppers. Growth has slowed in 2025, however, and tariffs could get in the way of its…

[ad_1] From Labubu to Luckin Coffee, Chinese retail chains are betting big that American consumers can revive the growth they’re losing at home — and relying on cultural relevance and competitive pricing to make it happen.A Business Insider analysis of top Chinese brands shows how they’re expanding their empires by opening brick-and-mortar stores beyond their borders.Some of these brands may be looking to replicate the phenomenon of Labubu dolls, which have swept social media this year and have fans going to extraordinary lengths to snag one.Business Insider found that in New York City alone, 20 Chinese retail chains have opened…

[ad_1] When David Singleton was CTO of Stripe, interview questions were hand-crafted — and there were no Expo markers needed.For candidates looking for engineering jobs, tools like LeetCode have become a right of passage in the hiring process. The platform’s practical questions often are used to weed out first-round applicants, saving time and preventing questions from getting leaked.At Stripe, Singleton crowd-sourced interview questions from high-achievers at the company. Engineers also didn’t have to write out their code on a whiteboard, he said on “The Peterman Pod.”When Singleton began at Stripe in 2018, the handwritten technical interview was still popular, and…

[ad_1] (Check out Carter’s worthcharting.com for actionable recommendations and live nightly videos.) Railcar leasing company, GATX Corp , is judged likely to move immediately higher. The four identical charts herein depict a stock toying with the prospect of breaking out from a well-defined, 9-month range. The stock’s relative strength to the Industrials Sector is impressive and recent price-volume correlation is bullish. We’re buyers here… An advance here and now, up and out of the range in which the stock has been mired – a breakout – would imply a move to the $185+/- level. Identical chart 1 of 4 Identical…

[ad_1] Meta says it’s changing the way it trains AI chatbots to prioritize teen safety, a spokesperson exclusively told TechCrunch, following an investigative report on the company’s lack of AI safeguards for minors. The company says it will now train chatbots to no longer engage with teenage users on self-harm, suicide, disordered eating, or potentially inappropriate romantic conversations. Meta says these are interim changes, and the company will release more robust, long-lasting safety updates for minors in the future. Meta spokesperson Stephanie Otway acknowledged that the company’s chatbots could previously talk with teens about all of these topics in ways…

[ad_1] Jett Jasper, 37, never wanted to live by himself. So when he moved from Kauai, Hawaii, to Washington, DC, for a job in political communications, he knew he’d need to find roommates.”I’m a people person. I like to talk to people,” Jasper told Business Insider. “I’m a communicator, so having roommates, I feel, is always a plus versus a negative.”But moving across the country without knowing anybody is a big undertaking, and he didn’t want to go through the inconvenience of finding and screening roommates himself.He found the solution in co-living, an arrangement where strangers rent individual rooms but…