Apple's Tim Cook announced he's stepping down, effective September 1, 2026.Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty ImagesTim Cook posted a farewell letter reflecting on his time as Apple CEO.Cook is stepping down, effective September 1.The Apple veteran wrote about his successor, reading customer emails, and feeling "a gratitude that I cannot put into words."Tim Cook …
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis (pictured right) pushed back hard against Steve Yegge's claims about Google's internal AI adoption.Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFormer Googler and software veteran Steve Yegge made a striking claim about the search giant's internal AI adoption.Yegge said there is a big gap in AI usage between the Google DeepMind team and the …
A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max.Kevin Carter/Getty ImagesUnited Airlines pilots diverted their plane when a beeping noise raised fears of a bomb on board.The flight, from Chicago to New York, made an emergency landing in Pittsburgh on Saturday.After landing, a bomb squad swept the plane and found "negative results."A United Airlines flight was diverted, and passengers were …
Global oil and jet fuel prices have spiked since February amid the ongoing war.Mario Tama/Getty ImagesOil prices surged after peace talks between the US and Iran stalled on Sunday.President Trump said that peace talks would resume, but Iran said it would not participate.Brent crude oil futures rose by 7% when markets opened Sunday at 6 …
Sarah Israel's dad was a McDonald's executive and kept tons of memorabilia from the 80s.Courtesy of Sarah IsraelSarah Israel, 40, found boxes of McDonald's memorabilia from the '70s and '80s.Her dad, a McDonald's executive, collected pins, a burger lamp, and branded items.She felt nostalgic, and thousands online shared the same reaction.This as-told-to essay is based …
Vanessa Gordon lives under one roof with her multigenerational family in East Hampton, an expensive neighborhood in New York.Jeremy Garretson for BIThis essay is part of The New American Home, a series that examines multigenerational houses.After 13 years of marriage, I became a single mom of my two young kids. I knew my life was …
The author and her family went on a trip to Paris this past December.Courtesy of Kris Ann ValdezMy family of five took an 8-day trip to Paris with my in-laws.We made a few rookie mistakes, including staying too far from the city center.However, we also did a few things right, like scheduling rideshares in advance.On …
Chicago-based Jump Trading.Jump TradingStar quants Yiming Zhang and Darko Kirovski are leaving systematic trading powerhouse Jump Trading.The influential researchers worked in the HFT's vaunted Jump Core Strategies group.Jump Trading had a record quarter in the first quarter of 2026, amid market turbulence.Two top researchers at Jump Trading Group are leaving the quantitative trading firm.Yiming Zhang …
The author lets his daughter walk to school on her own.Courtesy of José R. MendozaI grew up in El Salvador, where I was given freedom at a young age.Now that I'm raising my kids in the US, I want them to have independence, too.I let my 8-year-old walk to school alone, and I taught her …
Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNJ Transit hiked train fares from $12.90 to $150 per trip for the FIFA World Cup.The New Jersey governor criticized FIFA's lack of funding for World Cup transportation costs.MetLife Stadium is set to host more than 78,000 fans, but only 40,000 train tickets are available for each match.Soccer fans heading to FIFA World Cup …
