Kunal Trehan is stuck in Dubai after a work trip.Courtesy of Kunal TrehanKunal Trehan is a 42-year-old from Cheshire, England, who was in Dubai for a work trip.He was sitting on the beach when loud explosions started, and then he found out his flight was canceled.He is paying about $670 a night to continue staying …
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos visited the White House on Thursday, and shortly after announced his company was no longer going to try to buy much of Warner Bros. Discovery. The two events were not connected, he says.Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesNetflix shocked the media world when it walked away from the Warner Bros. Discovery bidding war last …
A yacht sails past a plume of smoke rising from the port of Jebel Ali, in southern Dubai.Fadel SENNA / AFP via Getty ImagesThe US and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran on Saturday.Iran's retaliation involved strikes across six Gulf nations.Photos taken during and after the strikes showed damage to a luxury hotel in …
Jack Dorsey used Goose, Block's AI code editing tool, while creating his Bluetooth mesh messaging app Bitchat.MARCO BELLO/AFP via Getty ImagesThis post originally appeared in the BI Today newsletter.You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here.The first Block fallsThe AI-driven job apocalypse is no longer a hypothetical.Block CEO and cofounder Jack Dorsey gutted …
The lines of passengers in Dubai airport on Saturday before the airport was hit.Courtesy of Jaiveer CheemaDubai International Airport was damaged in an attack on Saturday.The airport said four staff members sustained injuries.A passenger told Business Insider they'd received a missile warning before the incident.One of the world's busiest airports was just evacuated after a …
Anthropic's Claude has seen an influx of users defecting from ChatGPTpicture alliance/dpa/picture alliance via Getty ImagesAnthropic's stance against the Pentagon and OpenAI's resulting agreement is shifting the chatbot wars.As some ChatGPT users posted about canceling, Anthropic's Claude over took ChatGPT to hit No. 1 on the App Store.OpenAI said its Pentagon agreement emphasizes human oversight …
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg at a 2026 Prada runway show in Milan.Alessandro Garofalo/ReutersThis post originally appeared in the BI Today newsletter.You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here.Zuck's latest momentIt was the question on everyone's mind: Why is Mark Zuckerberg sitting front row at Prada's fashion show?He and his wife, Priscilla Chan, …
Lincoln County, Kansas is paying remote workers $4,500 cash to move to there.d3sign / Getty ImagesSome companies are keeping remote work policies even as other firms call people back to the office.Companies like Atlassian, Dropbox, and Deel report increased job applicants and retention rates.Some firms also credit work flexibility with boosting employee satisfaction.You might not …
The US military has long-standing ties with Scouting, with many bases hosting Scout troops.Gunnery Sgt. Jonathan Wright/US Marine CorpsThe Pentagon will keep ties with Scouts, as long as the group complies with military directives.Scouts will end DEI initiatives and seem poised to ban transgender youth, per Pentagon requests.The move is part of a larger federal …
The NTSB says an anti-collision system called ADS-B In could have prevented the DC air crash.Heather Diehl/Getty ImagesA bill that would have implemented NTSB safety recommendations failed in the House.Opponents cited cost and security concerns with broadcasting aircraft positions to avoid collision.The bill's advocates say a Republican counter-proposal lacks the monitoring system pilots need.Lawmakers appear …
