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[ad_1] 2025-07-24T13:10:01Z 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. The Gilded Age was a period of enormous wealth for some and extreme poverty for others. Photos show how the poor lived in cramped tenements while the rich built multiple mansions. The Gilded Age’s wealth inequality eventually led to reforms in the Progressive Era. All that glitters is…

[ad_1] A New York startup that has built an AI agent for handling admin tasks in the construction industry has raised $40 million in funding.Trunk Tools takes unstructured construction industry data — such as documents, drawings, blueprints, and schedules — and turns it into structured datasets to feed into its AI.Construction workers can then ask the AI a question in layperson’s language, such as, “Does this door require electricity?” and the AI provides an answer, along with the source material.”So it’s a ChatGPT for your job site,” Trunk Tools’ CEO, Sarah Buchner, told Business Insider.In the last 18 months, Trunk…

[ad_1] Google announced on Thursday that it’s launching a new AI feature that lets users virtually try on clothes. The tech giant is also rolling out updated price alerts and teased an upcoming feature that will let users explore shoppable outfits and room inspiration using generative imagery. The official launch of the virtual try-on feature comes two months after Google first began testing it. The feature works by allowing users to upload a photo of themselves to virtually try on a piece of clothing. The feature is launching in the United States today, letting users try on apparel items in…

[ad_1] Contract review remains a slow, manual process that strains legal teams, forcing lawyers to sift through dense language, flag risks, and translate legal terms. In fact, the problem is so prevalent that for the past several years, Tokyo-based LegalOn Technologies has had an open door to that market: its AI contract review software for legal teams is today used by 7,000 organizations across Japan, the U.S. and the U.K., the company claims, and it leads the Japanese market, with 25% of all public companies in the country using its platform. LegalOn’s AI contract review tool, Review, identifies risks and…

[ad_1] Do you hear that? The groans. The thuds of heads hitting desks. That’s the sound of workers mourning their choice to study English, psychology, or anything other than computer science, as a hiring war in tech escalates and AI engineers write their own tickets.As Big Tech and startups race to dominate the next frontier of artificial intelligence, they’re offering money, perks, and equity to a limited pool of technical talent who will join them.Tech salaries range from eye-popping to borderline obscene. At OpenAI, technical staff can pull in up to $530,000 a year, according to data from federal filings.…

[ad_1] Analysts on the Street are impressed by Google parent Alphabet ‘s second-quarter results, with a handful raising their estimates on the stock. Alphabet on Wednesday exceeded top- and bottom-line estimates , and saw its overall revenue jump 14% year over year — higher than the 10.9% Wall Street expected. The company also expects more AI-related spending, lifting its capital expenditures forecast for 2025 due to “strong and growing demand for our Cloud products and services.” The robust results quelled investors fears that the search engine giant’s artificial intelligence strategy is flailing compared with peers, particularly as chatbots such as…

[ad_1] Facebook Tweet Email Link Uber is piloting a new option for its US app that will allow female passengers to request women drivers, coming after the company has long grappled with preventing sexual assault on its platform. The feature, called Women Preferences, will launch in a pilot stage in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Detroit in the next few weeks, Uber said in a blog post on Wednesday. It marks the first time the popular ride share app is bringing this option to its service in the United States after launching it in 40 other countries. Uber joins Lyft…

[ad_1] Facebook Tweet Email Link UnitedHealth Group confirmed Thursday that its Medicare program is under investigation by the US Department of Justice and that it is working with the agency. The health insurer, which has been in upheaval since the murder of one of its top executives late last year, said in a statement it reached out to the Justice Department after media reports about the investigations. “The Company has now begun complying with formal criminal and civil requests from the Department,” it said. “The Company has full confidence in its practices and is committed to working cooperatively with the…

[ad_1] Wall Street ratings were a mixed bag after Tesla’s second-quarter financial results. Tesla on Wednesday reported a second straight quarter of declining automotive sales , which came in at $16.7 billion for the period, down from $19.9 billion in the same quarter last year. The company also missed on top and bottom lines. Shares of the electric vehicle maker plunged 6% in premarket trading, piling on its roughly 17.7% year to date loss. Tesla has struggled in key markets such as China and Europe and notably lost market share to Chinese companies that have released lower cost EV models.…

[ad_1] 2025-07-24T11:02:31Z 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. Tesla shares fell 6% in pre-trading after reporting a 12% revenue drop in second-quarter results. The stock rose slightly before the closing bell, before retreating on Thursday. Alphabet, Chipotle, IBM, and Hims & Hers Health also saw notable premarket moves. Tesla’s, Alphabet’s, and IBM’s second-quarter earnings are on…