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[ad_1] Apple’s iPads are excellent tablets, but shopping for a new iPad can be a bit confusing. Unlike the brand’s iPhone series, Apple doesn’t name its new iPads with simple, sequential numbers. This makes it challenging to determine which iPad models are the newest versions. That’s why we’ve put together a roundup of Apple’s current collection, with details on all the latest iPads across the lineup.The newest iPads are the 11th-generation standard iPad (A16) and the M3 iPad Air models, which Apple released in March 2025. The brand also offers iPad Mini and iPad Pro models that were released in…

[ad_1] Teenagers are calling it: Lululemon leggings and Stanley cups are over.Three years ago, both these brands were beloved among teenage girls, in particular, according to investment bank Piper Sandler’s semi-annual Taking Stock With Teens survey. This fall, upper-income teens said they were among the top trends that are “on the way out.”Piper Sandler surveyed nearly 11,000 teens in 47 states between August 8 and September 22, 2025, to get a window into what young Americans are wearing, eating, and buying. While brands like Nike, Starbucks, and Chick-fil-A maintained their dominance over their respective categories for the past year, others…

[ad_1] It takes a lot of computing power to run an AI product — and as the tech industry races to tap the power of AI models, there’s a parallel race underway to build the infrastructure that will power them. On a recent earnings call, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang estimated that between $3 trillion and $4 trillion will be spent on AI infrastructure by the end of the decade — with much of that money coming from AI companies. Along the way, they’re placing immense strain on power grids and pushing the industry’s building capacity to its limit. Below, we’ve…

[ad_1] As the government shutdown drags on, federal layoffs have started.Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought posted on X around noon Eastern time on Friday, “The RIFs have begun.”He’s likely referring to a pre-shutdown memo from The Office of Management and Budget directing federal agencies to “consider” terminations for employees working in programs that are “not consistent with the President’s priorities.” The memo didn’t give specifics on which agencies or roles would be impacted. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt previously told reporters that layoffs will “likely” be “in the thousands.”Business Insider has spoken with two…

[ad_1] I woke up on a random Tuesday with a chunk of hair stress-shed onto my pillow, a pit of nausea in my stomach, and my mind already racing. This was becoming a daily routine.I’d lived in Auckland, New Zealand’s biggest city, for almost my entire life. In 2020, my partner and I had moved into a small unit in the city, which we loved at first — but now, after a few years, we were starting to feel hemmed in.The city, the work, the noise … it was all too much. We had a conversation later that day and…

[ad_1] Prezent, a startup that offers an AI-powered presentation builder to enterprises, said today that it has raised $30 million in funding led by Multiplier Capital, Greycroft, and Nomura Strategic Ventures, with participation from existing investors like Emergent Ventures, WestWave Capital, and Alumni Ventures. The Los Altos, California, startup, which is now valued at $400 million, has raised over $74 million to date. It plans to use the new capital largely for acquisitions. The company has also made its first acquisition, buying Prezentium, founded by Deepti Juturu, a services-led presentation company that operates in the life sciences vertical. In an…

[ad_1] Instagram head Adam Mosseri said AI will change who can be creative, as the new tools and technology will give people who couldn’t be creators before the ability to produce content at a certain quality and scale. However, he also admitted that bad actors will use the technology for “nefarious purposes” and that kids growing up today will have to be taught that you can’t believe something just because you saw a video of it. The Meta executive shared his thoughts on how AI is impacting the creator industry at the Bloomberg Screentime conference this week. At the interview’s…

[ad_1] Bari Weiss wants to know what every CBS News staffer does and what they would like to change.The new editor-in-chief of CBS News sent an email to her new colleagues on Friday morning, telling each of them to send her a note by the end of Tuesday detailing how they spend their working days, as well as what’s “working” and what is “broken” at the storied broadcast network.”I want to understand how you spend your working hours — and, ideally, what you’ve made (or are making) that you’re most proud of,” Weiss told newsroom employees in the memo, which…

[ad_1] Tech stocks remain on fire, as the Nasdaq-100 hits another new all-time high today. Oracle’s stock has climbed a remarkable 373% over the past three years, driven primarily by the artificial-intelligence boom. As investors flock to the cloud giant and the stock is in price discovery mode after a variety of recent headlines, I want to use options to create an income stream on this nearly $1 trillion non-Magnificent Seven name. The giant software company that Larry Ellison founded and still controls has had an incredible 2025 (up 82% year to date), experiencing a massive increase in new business…

[ad_1] Earlier this week, OpenAI launched a way for developers to build apps within ChatGPT, allowing users to prompt the assistant to perform tasks and answer questions directly related to the participating apps.  Several companies have launched their interactive experiences, including Spotify, allowing listeners to ask ChatGPT to create playlists, recommend songs, and more.  When you mention Spotify in your ChatGPT prompt, you’ll have the option to connect your account. A button that says “Use Spotify for this answer” will appear at the bottom of the page. Connecting your account allows the AI to access your data, such as your…