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[ad_1] 2025-08-05T16:44:16Z 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. I’ve worked at Costco for 20 years and love searching the aisles for new items each month. This month, Costco is getting a head start on fall with Halloween costumes and cute accent rugs. I’m excited to try the Bakery Street Dubai-style chocolate cakes. I’ve been a Costco…

[ad_1] If 94-year-old media mogul Rupert Murdoch has any health problems, President Donald Trump could be among the first to know.Trump and Murdoch struck a deal to delay any depositions for the president’s lawsuit over a Wall Street Journal article that reported Jeffrey Epstein received a bawdy birthday letter bearing Trump’s name in 2003.The agreement, details of which were filed in court Monday night, said that neither side would engage in discovery — including depositions — until a judge decides whether to dismiss the case on legal grounds.In the meantime, Murdoch is supposed to give Trump “a sworn declaration describing…

[ad_1] When Cloudflare accused AI search engine Perplexity of stealthily scraping websites on Monday, while ignoring a site’s specific methods to block it, this wasn’t a clear-cut case of an AI web crawler gone wild. Many people came to Perplexity’s defense. They argued that Perplexity accessing sites in defiance of the website owner’s wishes, while controversial, is acceptable. And this is a controversy that will certainly grow as AI agents flood the internet: Should an agent accessing a website on behalf of its user be treated like a bot? Or like a human making the same request? Cloudflare is known…

[ad_1] The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act, known as the EU AI Act, has been described by the European Commission as “the world’s first comprehensive AI law.” After years in the making, it is progressively becoming a part of reality for the 450 million people living in the 27 countries that comprise the EU. The EU AI Act, however, is more than a European affair. It applies to companies both local and foreign, and it can affect both providers and deployers of AI systems; the European Commission cites examples of how it would apply to a developer of a CV…

[ad_1] Google’s AI note-taking app is now open to younger users, having previously been limited to users 18 and older. The tech giant announced that NotebookLM is available to Google Workspace for Education users of any age and for consumers ages 13 and up. The removal of age restrictions is intended to provide younger students with access to the AI research tool, allowing them to better understand their class materials. Now, students can access features such as the ability to convert notes into podcast-like Audio Overviews, visually summarize ideas with interactive Mind Maps, and more. NotebookLM recently released Video Overviews…

[ad_1] Despite delivering a solid earnings beat, American Express (AXP) has slid 9% over the past month. On July 18, the company reported stronger-than-expected EPS and revenue, outperforming analyst estimates across the board. The stock initially began to recover after the report, but got caught up in the broader market sell-off triggered by Friday’s disappointing labor data and the downward revisions to May and June jobs numbers. That said, Monday’s bounce didn’t look like your typical dead cat rally — and many names, including AXP, are showing signs of real strength as the market shakes off that knee-jerk reaction. All…

[ad_1] When I moved to Washington, DC, for graduate school after a few years abroad, I expected to feel at home.After all, I’d loved attending college on the East Coast, and I enjoy discussing international affairs and visiting museums. Living in the city wasn’t what I’d imagined, though.I missed the wide expanses of nature and the relaxed work-life vibe I’d experienced in other countries like Italy and Nepal. At DC happy hours, I lost patience with conversations centered on work and yearned to trade my business-casual flats for sneakers.After three years, I gave up on DC in 2020 when my…

[ad_1] Ray Dalio fears America is headed for a debt crisis — and keeps finding ever-more colorful ways to warn people about it.The US debt has roughly tripled over the past 20 years to around $37 trillion, and annual interest payments now stand at around $1 trillion.On an episode of the “Modern Wisdom” podcast released this week, Dalio said that America’s debt headache is “like being on a boat headed to rocks.”Even though the politicians can see the danger, he said, they’re “arguing about how to turn” as they’re worried about angering voters by raising taxes or cutting benefits. He…

[ad_1] A group of Tesla shareholders sued the company and CEO Elon Musk, alleging they weren’t forthcoming about problems with its robotaxi.The proposed class action lawsuit, filed in a Texas federal court Monday, says Tesla misled investors, failed to disclose problems with its long-in-the-works robotaxi service, and “overstated the effectiveness of its autonomous driving technology.””There was thus a significant risk that the Company’s autonomous driving vehicles, including the Robotaxi, would operate dangerously and/or in violation of traffic laws,” the lawsuit said.Tesla debuted a test of its robotaxis — fully autonomous cars available through a ride-hailing service — on June 22.There…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jaspar Carmichael-Jack, the 23-year-old CEO of Artisan. It’s been edited for length and clarity.When I was 7, I had a candy shop in my bedroom. It wasn’t really a company, but we technically made revenue. When I was 13, I started buying and reselling domains.I didn’t even apply to any universities. I knew in high school I wasn’t going to go.I started an app for booking cleaners after finishing high school in London. It turned out to be a terrible, tarpit idea, but I learned a lot about how to…