Meta is laying off around 10% of staff at its Reality Labs division as part of sweeping cuts set to affect more than 1,000 people. This includes the closure of a number of VR-first studios, such as Tw...
Department stores, then and now. Bettmann/Getty Images ; Kamil Krzaczynski/Getty Images Department stores have changed dramatically over the last 100 years. Department stores once sold necessities. No...
Bobby and Sofia Castro, center, have changed the way they approach money with their children by increasing transparency — and responsibility. Courtesy of Bobby and Sofia Castro Bobby and Sofia C...
AI czar David Sacks Alex Brandon/AP White House AI czar David Sacks criticized the possibility of a California wealth tax. If the tax is ultimately approved, he said it will be "the beginning of s...
Las Vegas saw a decline in visitors last year. Westend61/Getty Images Crazy Horse 3 in Vegas said it's seen a 55% increase in dancer auditions, including first-timers. Las Vegas tourism declined last ...
The turn of the century saw a rise in labor movements as industry grew largely unregulated. Bettmann/Getty Images Trump has credited a 19th-century US president for inspiring his aggressive approach t...
Palmer Luckey says Meta's VR layoffs cut bloated in-house game studios that were quietly undermining the industry's ecosystem. David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images Oculus founder Palmer Luckey...
Avala Global was launched by Divya Nettimi in 2022. imagedepotpro/Getty Images Divya Nettimi's $2 billion Avala Global has lost more personnel, Business Insider has learned. The firm returned 22.1% la...
US President Donald Trump delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump gave his 70-minute-long speech in Dav...
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. Noam Galai/Getty Images Jamie Dimon defended JPMorgan's spending, especially on tech, during Tuesday's earnings call. He said the bank would stay ahead as it competes a...
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has gone all in on private markets Ben Whitley/PA Images via Getty Images BlackRock hit $14 trillion in assets after bringing in close to $700 billion in net inflows in 2025. ...
Luisa Zhou's parents taught her the importance of working hard. Courtesy of Luisa Zhou Luisa Zhou's immigrant parents taught her to work hard and seek security. She ran out of paid time off after help...
Joe Buglewicz for BI Business Insider took a deep-dive look at the bankruptcy auction of an armor-plated Mercedes. The auction was entirely online, and people placed 115 bids without kicking the tires...
Companies rushing to adopt the same AI tools risk losing their competitive edge, independence, and long-term resilience, a think tank CEO says. APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images The CEO of a digital economy t...
The author has a corporate job but also freelances as a writer and teaches mahjong. Courtesy of the author Freelance writing for various media outlets and teaching mahjong helped me generate over $30,...
Magic: The Gathering has kicked off 2026 with a return to Lorwyn, and Lorwyn Eclipsed might be the most excited I've seen the community since, well, Edge of Eternities (the last Universes Within set)....
Casper Frank Møller, CEO and cofounder of Raw Arctic. Raw Arctic Raw Arctic, co-led by Casper Frank Møller, offers a range of adventure tours in Greenland. US interest in Greenland and geopolitical te...
Disney's stock is casting a shadow over CEO Bob Iger. Variety/Getty Images; Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI A sluggish Disney stock threatens to dent CEO Bob Iger's legacy. The stock is far below its all-ti...
Jerome Powell, a particularly mild-mannered speaker, slammed recent attempts to intimidate his department. Li Yuanqing/Xinhua via Getty Images The DOJ is probing Jerome Powell over his congressional t...
Millions are at risk of losing health insurance without Affordable Care Act subsidies. The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Images 1.4 million fewer Americans enrolled in ACA marketplace ...