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I left my job to run the family business. We generated $255 million in revenue last year, but I don't want my daughters to take over.

David Heacock left his job to run the family business. Courtesy of David Heacock David Heacock's grandfather founded a machinery business in Alabama. His dad told him not to work in the family busines...

3dBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

Germany news: Majority see Trump as threat to nation

A new poll finds more than 60% of Germans see the US president as a major threat. The news came as the nation vows to aggressively "strike down" cyber attacks from other parts of the world. Follow DW ...

2dDeutsche WellePolitics

Iran closes airspace to commercial flights for hours as tensions with US remain high over protests

The airspace closure came as some personnel at a key US military base in Qatar were advised to evacuate, including the embassy in Kuwait, which also ordered its personnel to “temporarily halt” going t...

Jan 15EuronewsPolitics

Harvey's CEO explains his early tactic to get customers: telling lawyers how bad their arguments were

Harvey's CEO reveals an early tactic that helped him win customers for his legal AI startup. Harvey Harvey's CEO says showing lawyers what was wrong with their arguments helped him grab attention fast...

Jan 19Business InsiderTechnologyImpact

Naya Connect is a modular mechanical keyboard system for the indecisive

Naya has already shipped one successful Kickstarter for a weird keyboard. The Naya Create was an ergonomic split deck with four swappable controller addons: a touchpad, a trackball, a rotary encoder, ...

Jan 14The VergeTechnologyImpact

THEN AND NOW: Vintage photos show how department stores have changed

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...

Jan 15Business InsidereconomicsImpact

I'm the CEO of Crunch Fitness. I stay fit on a busy travel schedule with a morning protein shake and Pilates classes.

Jim Rowley, CEO of Crunch Fitness, said he stays sharp by avoiding a monotonous routine, but he always makes time for exercise and a morning protein shake. Courtesy of Crunch Fitness Crunch Fitness CE...

1dBusiness InsiderHealthImpact

Game of Thrones Star Emilia Clarke Was 'Really Pissed' at Show's Language Expert Who Thought She 'Sucked' at Dothraki, He Insists She Was Never Supposed to Be Good at It

Emilia Clarke has admitted feeling "really pissed" at the expert who developed Game of Thrones' fictional languages, after reading that he thought her Dothraki pronounciation "sucked." David J. Peters...

Jan 14IGNEntertainmentImpact

Life is Strange will bring the Max and Chloe story to an end in new game

A little over a decade ago, Life is Strange burst onto the scene with a unique blend of teen drama and interactive storytelling. That first game told the story of Max Caulfield, who had the supernatur...

6dThe VergeEntertainmentImpact

Show HN: The Hessian of tall-skinny networks is easy to invert

It turns out the inverse of the Hessian of a deep net is easy to apply to a vector. Doing this naively takes cubically many operations in the number of layers (so impractical), but it's possible to do...

Jan 15Hacker NewsTechnologyImpact

I chased my dream of playing in a touring heavy metal band — and still climbed the corporate ladder

In 2010, Jason Myers was working remotely for a marketing startup while on tour with his band, Icarus Witch. Tom Size Jason Myers went from being a marketing rep to a senior exec — all while pla...

5dBusiness InsiderEntertainmentImpact

A couple bought a house with a finished basement for their daughter and her husband to live in. It's helped the newlyweds save $20,000 for their own home.

Caroline Navarrete and her husband have made her parents' basement their home. Caroline Navarrete Caroline and Gabriel Navarrete live in the basement of Caroline's parents' home. Her parents bought a ...

Jan 16Business Insiderreal_estate

I raised $500,000 at 21 by selling a share of my future earnings. It's how I solved having great ideas but no capital.

Kirill Avery is the CEO and founder of Alien. Courtesy of Kirill Avery Kirill Avery sold a percentage of his future earnings to fund startups like Alien and Human. He used a SAFE agreement to raise $5...

Jan 14Business InsidereconomicsImpact

I'm the CEO of a tourist company in Greenland. Trump's interest in the island boosted business, but now some customers are postponing trips.

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...

3dBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

Ye apologies for antisemitic remarks in full-page ad — and reveals what Reddit taught him about manic episodes

Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, issued an apology in The Wall Street Journal's print edition. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Ye, formerly known as Kanye West , took out a full-page ad in WSJ to apologize fo...

13hBusiness InsideraccidentsImpact

Anna Kendrick says she was 'really jealous' watching her friends go to college

Anna Kendrick says she felt insecure about not going to college. Taylor Hill/FilmMagic Anna Kendrick says she felt "insecure" about skipping college to pursue acting. Her father was a teacher,...

1dBusiness InsiderEntertainmentImpact

Syria: Did Washington "abandon" the Kurds?

Syria's government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces agreed a new ceasefire on January 20 as Washington said the SDF's purpose in fighting Islamic State group jihadists was largely over. Th...

5dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

YouTube is reaching a 'tipping point' in convincing advertisers it really is TV

Mr Beast and Rob Gronkowski attended YouTube's 2025 Brandcast event, where it pitched an audience of ad buyers in New York City. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images YouTube's pitch for TV advertising budge...

Jan 19Business InsiderTechnology

A cute frog game that remixes Nintendo’s best

While playing Big Hops , a new 3D platformer starring an adorable frog, I kept feeling like I was breaking the game - and, like with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom , breaking it is kind of ...

Jan 17The VergeEntertainment

‘Get Grok Gone’: Advocacy groups demand Apple and Google block X from app stores

Two open letters are directed at Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. | Photo: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images X is awash with nonconsensual sexual deepfakes that blatantly violate Apple's ...

Jan 15The VergeTechnologyImpact
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