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[ad_1] George Clooney’s kids are growing up away from Hollywood, and that’s exactly how he wants it.In an interview with Esquire published on Monday, the actor spoke about family life and his decision to raise his kids in France.”You know, we live on a farm in France. A good portion of my life growing up was on a farm, and as a kid I hated the whole idea of it. But now, for them, it’s like — they’re not on their iPads, you know? They have dinner with grown-ups and have to take their dishes in. They have a much…

[ad_1] Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says his company has a different view on LiDAR and its relevance to achieving autonomous driving than Tesla.”Our view is that it’s definitely beneficial, and our approach to sensors has been that we need to rapidly build our foundation model as fast as possible,” Scaringe told The Verge’s “Decoder” podcast in an episode that aired Monday.Scaringe told guest host and journalist Joanna Stern that there is a “real benefit” and that he “wouldn’t rule out” including it in a self-driving vehicle’s multi-sensor system.The debate over LiDAR started during an earlier development period, when the models…

[ad_1] Jony Ive has 15 to 20 ideas for OpenAI’s family of AI devices, and they will likely be nothing like an iPhone, he told CEO Sam Altman at the startup’s DevDay conference on Monday.Ive criticized smartphones and tablets — some of the very devices he made famous — during the talk and said he hopes these new AI devices will make humans happier and less anxious.”When I said we have an uncomfortable relationship with our technology, I mean that’s the most obscene understatement,” said Ive, Apple’s former chief designer.”We have a chance to not just redress that, but absolutely…

[ad_1] Google’s Play Store is in for an overhaul.On Monday, the Supreme Court denied Google’s bid to temporarily block parts of a lower court ruling in its legal fight with Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite.The Alphabet-owned company had sought to pause orders from the Northern District Court of California that required it to open its app ecosystem to rivals, stop restricting third-party downloads, and allow developers to steer users toward cheaper payment options outside Google’s billing system. For Android users, this would mean being able to access apps directly from developers outside the Play Store, at price points chosen…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Girik Malik, an applied scientist at Amazon Web Services. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Business Insider has verified his employment and academic history.When I completed my Ph.D. in AI at Northeastern University in 2023, the AI job market was a world away from the red-hot AI talent war Big Tech companies are waging now.I secured a job as an applied scientist at Amazon after interning there in the summer of 2022. This was before the company implemented a hiring freeze for the rest of that year.Today,…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Katie and Alan Donegan, who retired at 35 and 40, respectively. The couple is originally from the UK and has been nomadic since 2020. The essay has been edited for length and clarity.Alan: Katie and I retired in 2019 and have been running financial independence workshops around the world since. One of our biggest time commitments is a free 10-week course that we run each year as we travel, teaching people the basics of saving and investing. Katie: When you’re on your journey to financial independence and early retirement, there are…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Carey Bentley, 35, the CEO of Lifehack Method. It’s been edited for length and clarity.A decade ago, I was deep in the corporate grind of brand management in Los Angeles. This meant long hours, endless meetings, and constant stress. I worked 12-hour days, chasing approvals, but I felt unfulfilled.With an autoimmune condition that flares under stress, a vacation to Steamboat Springs, Colorado — where my phone wouldn’t stop pinging — was the breaking point.I launched a side business while I was still working for my company. It was originally supposed…

[ad_1] OpenAI told the world about its internal workplace tools last week, and since then, the market has been freaking out about whether the AI startup will someday compete with the SaaS industry with its own software tools.So, at OpenAI’s big DevDay conference on Monday, I headed straight to a presentation by Scotty Huhn, who is part of a team that builds tools that help OpenAI’s Sales, Customer Success, and Operations teams do their jobs more effectively.Huhn walked a packed crowd through three OpenAI software tools: GTM Assistant, OpenHouse, and Support Agent.He made clear these are internal tools at the…

[ad_1] OpenAI is building its own version of an app store, a move that could threaten industry stalwarts like Apple and Google.At its DevDay event on Monday, the AI giant announced it’s bringing apps inside ChatGPT — which CEO Sam Altman said now has 800 million weekly users. OpenAI also unveiled an app software development kit (SDK) that allows developers to build their own apps for ChatGPT. These features all allow ChatGPT to function more like an app store.The first time users mention an app in ChatGPT, they’ll be prompted to connect and choose what data to share. Users can…

[ad_1] 2025-10-06T21:20:46Z 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. Firefly Aerospace plans to purchase defense analytics company SciTec for $855 million in cash and equity. The company anticipates that the deal will close by the end of 2025. Firefly hopes the acquisition will give it an edge in Trump’s Golden Dome plans. Firefly Aerospace, the Texas-based company…