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[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Joshua and Kelsey Harville, a 35-year-old Realtor and 29-year-old nurse in Fort Worth, Texas, respectively.Business Insider has heard from dozens of millennial dads who are trying to take on a greater share of parenting responsibilities than previous generations. To share your story, please fill out this quick form.The following has been edited for length and clarity.Joshua Harville: Raising a child can feel like a full-time job on top of a full-time job. My wife Kelsey and I tag-team hours in the day between her work as a full-time nurse and my…
[ad_1] It’s a good time to be a trader-in-training.Whether you’re learning about currencies, derivatives, stocks, or bonds — sometimes markets are, well, slow. Not this year.From Trump’s tariffs to the rise of AI, major shifts in how business gets done have fueled market volatility—and record revenues for banks—creating an ideal environment for aspiring traders to see fast-moving markets in action.”We’ve been incredibly busy,” said Goldman Sachs partner Jennifer Roth. “The markets have been volatile, so it’s exciting to be on the trading floor,” added Roth, the bank’s global cohead of emerging markets and foreign exchange.BI spoke with Roth and Steven…
[ad_1] Julius AI, a startup that describes itself as an AI data analyst, announced it has raised a $10 million seed round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Horizon VC, 8VC, Y Combinator, the AI Grant accelerator participated in the round along with several high-profile angel investors, including Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas, Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch, and Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson, among others. Founder Rahul Sonwalkar launched Julius after graduating from Y Combinator in 2022, and pivoting away from the logistics startup he’d been building during the accelerator program. Julius is designed to act like a data scientist by analyzing and…
[ad_1] The data breach at Tea, the viral app that allows women to post anonymous reviews of men, was bigger than initially reported and included private messages.Last week, the app acknowledged that it had experienced a data breach of about 72,000 images, including users’ photos and driver’s licenses.Now, a Tea spokesperson tells Business Insider that the company “recently learned that some direct messages (DMs) were accessed as part of the initial incident.””Out of an abundance of caution, we have taken the affected system offline,” the spokesperson added.Security researcher Kasra Rahjerdi told BI that he was able to access more than…
[ad_1] Harmonic, an AI startup co-founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, announced Monday the beta launch of an iOS and Android chatbot app where users can access its AI model, Aristotle. With this launch, the company aims to broaden access to Aristotle, which Harmonic claims to offer “hallucination-free” answers for questions involving mathematical reasoning — a bold claim given the reliability problems of today’s AI models. Harmonic is focused on creating “mathematical superintelligence” or MSI; the startup eventually wants to help users with all fields that rely on math, including physics, statistics, and computer science. “[Aristotle] is the first product…
[ad_1] The logos of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tether outside a cryptocurrency exchange in Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. David Lombeida | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe crypto market’s bullishness may be tipping into speculative frenzy, if the latest MicroStrategy-style copycat is any indication.On Monday, a little-known Canadian vape company saw its stock surge on plans to enter the crypto treasury game – but this time with Binance Coin (BNB), the fourth largest cryptocurrency by market cap, excluding the dollar-pegged stablecoin Tether (USDT), according to CoinGecko.Shares of CEA Industries, which trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker VAPE, rocketed more than…
[ad_1] Industrials are in the spotlight, emerging as the top sector in 2025 – and a few names happen to offer the prospect of upside and dividend income. Year to date, the industrials sector is up 17%, overshadowing even the high-flying tech sector, which is up 13%. A couple of factors are behind industrials’ rise: For starters, the U.S. economy has remained solid even as the Trump administration has been rolling out its tariff announcements. Further, the trade policy is expected to boost U.S.-based manufacturing. In addition, Bank of America’s Industrial Momentum Indicator shows a continuing rebound. “The BofA Industrial…
[ad_1] With demand for AI-powered browsers on the rise, Microsoft on Monday launched a new feature in its Edge browser called Copilot Mode, which allows users to browse the web while being assisted by AI. The idea is that the AI can become a helper that can understand what the user is researching, predict what they want to do, and then take action on their behalf. How well it works in practice remains to be seen, but Microsoft notes that Copilot Mode is still considered an experimental feature. It’s also opt-in by default during these tests and is currently free…
[ad_1] I never thought I’d find myself arguing about dryer sheets with my mother-in-law at midnight, but that’s my new reality.A few years ago, my husband and I moved in with his parents because the rent in Houston was eating into our savings. A “temporary stay” at my in-laws was supposed to be a temporary solution. We estimated six months, tops. Now it’s three years, two career changes, and many “Are you still there?” jokes from my sister.Although we’re saving money, it comes at a cost, as I’ve learned you can’t hide in a multigenerational household.It’s not easy living with…
[ad_1] Anthropic says its rolling out new weekly rate limits for Claude to curb usage among subscribers who are running its AI coding tool, Claude Code, “continuously in the background, 24/7.” Anthropic says the rate limits also aim to stop a handful of users who are violating Claude’s usage policy by sharing accounts and reselling access to Claude Code. The new rate limits will go into effect August 28 for subscribers to Anthropic’s $20-per-month Pro plan, as well as its $100 and $200-per-month Max plans, the company said Monday in an email to subscribers and a post on X. We’re…