The author (not pictured) had an easier time being present before she was a parent. Thanasis Zovoilis/Getty Images In my 20s, it was easier to find peace and a moment of stillness for myself. Now,
The top note in a new perfume called Miami Split comes from an unexpected place: a banana processing plant in Ecuador. The fragrance is extracted from banana-scented water, a byproduct of washing fruit, that was
Designers love to experiment, but there’s one particular object where they tend to get especially creative and even weird: lighting. Picture a ceramic lamp sculpted into a car, a fixture and shade cast in metal
It was the shock that the design world didn’t see coming, but should have. In mid-April, Anthropic, the maker of Claude, launched a stand-alone design tool called Claude Design. No matter that Google had already
Rumination is one of the most overlooked risks to effective leadership. It’s also one of the most common and most contagious. When leaders engage in rumination, it quietly erodes their well-being, judgment, and the psychological climate of their teams.
The breakup between Evelyn Ha and Ben Pasternak is the subject of an all-out online information war. Photographs via TikTok; YouTube; BI An influencer and a tech entrepreneur had a violent, and now very online,
Alex, Mitchell, and Sean Virzi each paid about $13,000 for their first hair transplant. Vitri Triplets Alex, Mitchell, and Sean Virzi each paid roughly $13,000 for hair transplants in 2020. The 33-year-olds all got second
AI is transforming the world of work—and many people are unhappy about that fact. KPMG’s 2025 American Worker Survey found that 52% of workers worry that AI will take their jobs, with that figure rising
A few weeks ago, I stood on a stage at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB), looking out at the Class of 2026. The air was thick with a very modern kind of tension. While
In an article a couple of weeks ago, I argued that the failure of enterprise AI was not really about enthusiasm, adoption, or even model capability. It was architectural: large language models were never built
EV companies like Rivian are still facing a state-by-state fight to sell their cars without third-party dealerships. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images EV makers want to sell their cars directly to consumers without
Student-loan borrowers are facing a maze of confusing rules as President Donald Trump’s repayment overhaul goes into effect. Hannah Latham for BI; Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI This is the second story in Business Insider’s new
Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, and Jeff Housenbold are making their pitch to advertisers on May 12. Craig Barritt/Getty Images for TIME YouTuber MrBeast is wooing Madison Avenue at a swanky invite-only event. MrBeast and his
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“Challenges with memory and thinking have emerged as a leading health issue reported by U.S. adults,” associate professor of neurology Adam de Havenon of the Yale School of Medicine has reported. A 2025 Yale Study, authored
Starbucks’ Green Dot Assist is one of many AI “assistants” designed to help in-store staff with recipes, policies, and guest interactions. Illustration by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images AI “assistants” are transforming fast food
Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI Gregg Bayes-Brown helped develop the AI policies at a former job in biotech research, but even as a rule maker, he says he couldn’t afford to not be a rule breaker.
For years, leaders advanced by outperforming others, knowing more, producing more, delivering more. Performance earned authority. That equation has changed. Artificial intelligence now generates ideas, analyses, and strategies in seconds. What once set strong performers
Poppi cofounder Allison Ellsworth said she’s teaching her children how to value and grow their money. Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Poppi Poppi’s cofounder Allison Ellsworth said she’s teaching her children how to invest. She put
Ruth Barry and her husband moved to California to be close to his family, then decided to go back to Germany. Robert Rieger Ruth Barry, a Scottish baker, met her American husband in Berlin. After