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[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jasline Ang, 38, an artist and cofounder of Studio Qiling in Singapore. The following has been translated and edited for length and clarity.I trained with Goyard in France, where they can actually fail you as an artisan.That was when I was 26, in my second job after graduating from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore with a diploma in fashion design.My first job was with an independent tailor, where I worked for one-and-a-half years. Then, a friend working at Goyard’s then-distributor in Singapore approached me as they were…

[ad_1] At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, Box CEO and co-founder Aaron Levie takes the Disrupt Stage for a candid conversation on what invention really looks like inside a public company, what AI is changing (and not changing) in enterprise software, and why staying sharp means questioning everything — even your own best ideas. The evolution of a cloud original Box launched before “the cloud” was a buzzword and outlasted a wave of competitors that couldn’t scale or adapt. Aaron Levie’s perspective — as both a visionary founder and a long-term public company…

[ad_1] 2025-09-25T21:42:13Z 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. Peter Friedlander has been named head of TV at Amazon MGM Studios, replacing Vernon Sanders. Friedlander is a former Netflix exec who previously led scripted TV for the US and Canada. He oversaw hits like “Stranger Things” and “Bridgerton,” and worked at Playtone before Netflix. Amazon MGM Studios…

[ad_1] When I met my husband 17 years ago, he was a California native living in Texas. He told me early on in our relationship that he was hoping to move back home at some point. At the time, the thought of moving to a new place felt exciting.Three years later we got married and I was transitioning from a career in marketing to freelance writing, which would allow me to work from anywhere. The idea of new adventures and a fresh start sounded incredibly appealing.At the time, my optimism drowned out the practical considerations. I’m very connected to my…

[ad_1] Costco’s move to extend operating hours this summer is paying off big.”We estimate these incremental hours added about 1% to weekly US sales since implementation. This has been very well received by our members,” CEO Ron Vachris said during the company’s fourth quarter earnings call Thursday.The company beat expectations with full-year revenue of $269.9 billion, or 8.1% over last year.CFO Gary Millerchip also said that the extended hours and other new perks led a higher share of shoppers to upgrade their memberships.Costco finished the quarter with 81 million paid memberships, of which 38.7 million were executive tier. Within the quarter’s 1.4…

[ad_1] President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Thursday giving his approval for a sale of TikTok’s US business to a buyer consortium.Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the deal would value TikTok US at “around $14 billion.”The exact make-up of the new consortium has not yet been revealed. Trump said on Thursday that Oracle and Larry Ellison would be part of the deal, which would include “four or five world-class investors.””Oracle is playing a very big part,” Trump said on Thursday.He added that Michael Dell and Rupert Murdoch would be involved in the deal.Vance referred to the…

[ad_1] Microsoft has cut off the Israel Ministry of Defense’s access to some of its tech and services after an internal investigation found the organization appeared to be using its tech to store surveillance data on phone calls made by Palestinians.   The tech giant announced on Thursday that it made the decision to “cease and disable” certain subscriptions from the Israeli military. This affects subscriptions to Azure cloud storage and certain AI services.   “We do not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians,” Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith wrote in a blog post. “We have applied this principle in every country around the world, and we have insisted on it repeatedly for more than two decades. This is…

[ad_1] Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI is escalating its fight with OpenAI.Musk’s company filed a new lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, accusing the ChatGPT creator of poaching staff and stealing confidential technology.The complaint, filed Wednesday, claims OpenAI has engaged in a “deeply troubling pattern” of recruiting former xAI employees to gain access to trade secrets related to Grok, xAI’s flagship chatbot.”OpenAI is not merely soliciting or hiring a competitor’s employees,” Musk lawyers wrote in the complaint. “OpenAI is waging a coordinated, unfair, and unlawful campaign: OpenAI is targeting those individuals with knowledge of…

[ad_1] Patient investors with a long-term horizon can look at the rapidly growing quantum computing market for opportunities, according to Bank of America. Quantum computing stocks have been a volatile play this year amid concerns that the risky technology is still in its infancy, while the stocks may have risen too far, too fast and sport high valuations. Still, Wall Street is bullish on the field long term, given its potential advancements across industries — from pharmaceuticals to finance to security — and for the potential to deliver outsized returns once commercialization ramps up. Bank of America forecasts the quantum…

[ad_1] Amazon agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle claims that it knowingly misled customers into renewing their Prime subscriptions after a Business Insider investigation revealed executives knew how confusing the cancellation process was and shelved proposals to fix it.The Federal Trade Commission announced the “record-breaking” settlement on Thursday, which includes a commitment from Amazon to pay $1.5 billion in refunds to impacted customers and make changes to the Prime cancellation process. The additional $1 billion fine is “the largest ever in a case involving an FTC rule violation.”The settlement came just days after Amazon’s trial in Seattle began.The FTC’s…