The AAA said that pricesDan Kitwood/Getty ImagesNations across the world are taking steps to mitigate the impact of oil price spikes.These include flexible working arrangements and reducing non-essential journeys.Countries heavily reliant on Middle Eastern oil are particularly vulnerable to the war's impact.Governments around the world are urging people to cut back on energy use amid …
Alistair Barr (right) winning the Oscar ballot at a friend's partyAlistair Barr/Business InsiderA version of this story originally appeared in the BI Tech Memo newsletter.Sign up for the weekly BI Tech Memo newsletter here.I tried something different at my friends' annual Oscars party this year: I outsourced my ballot to Anthropic's Claude.It beat around the …
The author stayed in a roomette and a bedroom on the California Zephyr, an overnight Amtrak train.Joey Hadden/Business InsiderI booked a $400 roomette for a 15-hour ride on Amtrak's California Zephyr in January 2025.Then I booked a $2,200 bedroom for a 53-hour trip on the same overnight train in February 2026.The bedroom was a larger …
The author's son rides his bike around the neighborhood without parental supervision.Tatsiana Volkava/Getty ImagesWhen my son was 5 years old, I left him home alone for the first time.At 8, I now let him roam the neighborhood freely on bikes with his friends.As more families in the neighborhood allow their kids to roam, we are …
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 04: Elon Musk arrives at federal court on March 4, 2026 in San Francisco, California. Musk is on trial in a civil case for allegedly manipulating Twitter's stock price prior to his purchase of the company in 2022.Josh Edelson/Getty ImagesElon Musk misled Twitter investors ahead of his 2022 purchase of …
College students enjoying spring break, before getting back to work.Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesA version of this story originally appeared in the BI Tech Memo newsletter.Sign up for the weekly BI Tech Memo newsletter here.Time is running out for college students to apply for 2026 summer internships.Some students may be overlooking a major opportunity: landing an internship …
The author (not pictured) struggled to go back to work after giving birth.Maskot/Getty ImagesI returned from maternity leave; my performance review went from "exceptional" to "successful."That same year, I struggled to be both a good mom and a good employee.It took time for my body to heal after giving birth, and I wish I had …
Mark Cuban says he is using AI to fight the wave of AI-generated email spam flooding his inbox.Nicola Gell/Getty ImagesMark Cuban said he bought a Mac Mini to fight a surge of AI-generated emails.He said he is training AI to auto-unsubscribe from spam flooding his inbox.Cuban believes AI outreach is a trial phase, and response …
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President Donald TrumpSaul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Department of Education announced an agreement to transfer student-loan borrowers to the Treasury Department.The transfer will begin with defaulted student-loan borrowers' accounts.It's Trump's first step toward moving federal student loans out of the Department of Education.The Trump administration took its first step toward transferring the student-loan portfolio out of the …
