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Media giants are trying to solve their engagement issues as free streamers like YouTube take viewers.
  • Audiences have increasingly shifted toward free streaming services like YouTube this year.
  • Paid streaming services have seen their viewership growth slow as they raise prices.
  • Netflix and Disney are experimenting with creative ways to win viewers.

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Stickerbox is among the companies that raised the most money in 2025.
  • Retail startups have raised over $390 million in 2025, led by Gopuff's $250 million round.
  • Venture capital funding for startups has tightened since the surge in fundraising following the pandemic.
  • Retail startups span instant delivery, pet health, AI devices, cannabis retail, and luxury goods.

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In 2025, I interviewed four tech industry professionals about how to break into AI.
  • AI jobs are hot right now, and some in the tech industry are pivoting their careers to get them.
  • In 2025, the Business Insider reporter Charissa Cheong asked 4 tech workers how they broke into AI.
  • They all shared the same, simple piece of advice: Get your hands

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren said over the summer that she didn't use AI. "Yeah, that's changed," she told Business Insider this month.
  • More and more lawmakers are beginning to use AI themselves.
  • That includes some who told Business Insider just months ago that they hadn't gotten into it.
  • "I use it, despite the fact that I think it's going to destroy us," said one senator.

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A ride-hailing driver wearing a white patterned shirt holds his right hand up to his face while driving a car. In the seat behind him, a passenger holds up a smartphone.
Ride-hailing drivers face increased competition for earnings as well as the growth of driverless taxis.
  • Gig workers have been facing declining earnings and the rise of self-driving cars.
  • Some have told Business Insider that they're looking for an alternative way of making money.
  • Fill out our survey if you've left gig work or are considering it — or

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Reed Duchscher, CEO and founder of Night.
Reed Duchscher, CEO and founder of Night.
  • Reed Duchscher, MrBeast's former manager, says we won't see another MrBeast-scale creator soon.
  • As social algorithms focus on individual interests, it's harder for creators to achieve a broad reach.
  • Influencers who stick to a niche are well-positioned to sell products to fans, even if they're less famous.

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Amanda Luther is a managing director and senior partner at BCG.
  • Amanda Luther, a senior partner at BCG, starts her day at 7 a.m.
  • Luther leads AI strategy for clients and says she spends the bulk of her days in internal meetings.
  • She travels between two to four cities a week, and takes meetings on the way to the airport.

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Barbara Brown, 83, teaches chair yoga classes at nursing homes.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Barbara Brown, 83, who works as a yoga instructor in Richmond, Virginia. Brown said her work has been fulfilling, given that many of her classes are at nursing homes. Though she needs to work to supplement her Social Security, Brown said she has no intention of


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The festive NBA games just keep coming on Prime Video. Next is Toronto Raptors vs. Golden State Warriors. We're expecting an evenly-matched contest between two talented sides.

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Alby Churven's Y Combinator application went viral on X.
  • Alby Churven founded Clovr, a front-end vibecoding startup. He's 14 years old.
  • Churven told Business Insider that his age gave him a "wow factor," but also limited his "legitimacy."
  • "The benefits of starting young is that you don't have as much pressure on you financially, so you can just build things," he said.

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