Semafor CEO Justin Smith says his company hosted close to 100 events in 2025. His ambition is to build a Washington, DC-based event that's supposed to rivals the annual Davos gathering in Switzerland....
Yuval Noah Harari was a speaker at the 2026 World Economic Forum Chris Jung/NurPhoto via Getty Images The author of "Sapiens" Yuval Noah Harari said AI is going to cause two crises for every c...
Active AI users got promoted more quickly at Cisco, the company found. David Espejo/Getty Images Cisco said that employees recommended for promotion used AI more often than those who weren't recommend...
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...
Doctor Who , Daredevil and The Last of Us director Peter Hoar has reflected on Disney+ ditching its lucrative co-funding deal for Doctor Who, and admitted that ultimately "something went wrong." Hoar ...
Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, said vocational skills will be in high demand in the AI era. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images Alex Karp, the CEO and cofounder of Palantir, doesn't have a technical ...
Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI In my early 30s, I was working long hours as the editor in chief of a magazine, juggling deadlines and the looming "should we have kids?" question — all wh...
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...
FG Trade/Getty Images CEOs are struggling to turn AI investments into returns, according to a new PwC survey. Having a strong AI foundation is more likely to boost returns, the results showed. But onl...
Amazon has revealed a first look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft in the new Prime Video Tomb Raider series. The image, below, was released to coincide with the start of production. Turner, famous for p...
White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett (left) and former Fed Gov. Kevin Warsh are leading prediction market odds for the likehood of becoming President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Rese...
"There's enormous issues for our economy and for our democracy that have got to be dealt with," Sanders said. "And I feel we're not ready to do that." Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty I...
Proposed policy changes could lead more consumers to turn to private or personal loans. Tatiana Maksimova/Getty Images New caps on student-loan borrowing could prompt more Americans to turn to private...
Kiefer Sutherland was arrested after allegedly assaulting and threatening a ride-share driver in Hollywood, according to local police. The Los Angeles Police Department said Sutherland "entered a ride...
I went to NRF 2026. Jordan Hart/Business Insider AI dominated this week's discussions at Retail's Big Show, a leading industry conference. I attended for the first time and saw retail leaders showcase...
HBO's new Harry Potter series will be scored by Hans Zimmer, the award-winning composer behind Interstellar, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Gladiator and countless other blockbusters. Zimmer will work with ...
Matthew McConaughey has heard his iconic “alright, alright, alright” catchphrase repeated back to him since it first left his lips in 1993, and a recent trademark filing from the actor will help ensur...
Director Zack Snyder has shared the first photo he took of Henry Cavill as Superman, snapped 15 years ago. Snyder is currently documenting his time spearheading the now defunct DC Extended Universe in...
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...
An Allegiant flight attendant. David Becker/AP Flight attendants at ultra-low-cost carriers earn a base pay of between $22 and $68 per hour. Allegiant cabin crew earn higher base pay than those at Uni...