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• A professor warned that AI is making students dependent on Big Tech's algorithms for knowledge.
• Anthropic data shows students already use AI to write, edit, and even solve assignments directly.
• Kimberley Hardcastle of Northumbria University

• US consumers are feeling the pinch of tariffs on small orders shipping into the US.
• The tariffs are also complicating international shipping, customers are finding.
• Problems at UPS have compounded the issue, they say.

Rich DeThomas never thought ordering wine from Italy would be this

Vacuums haven't exactly been the picture of "buy it for life" since they stopped making 'em like the Electrolux canister clunker that my grandma used in the '70s — and that my mom still uses to this day for certain situations.

So, why don't vacuums last as long anymore? Their designs and capabilities are ever-evolving, but the materials used to make them aren't keeping up with the innovation, it

• In these wellness-obsessed times, fitness networking events are a welcome alternative to boozy dinners.
• Business Insider's Kim Schewitz attended two events for VCs and founders with the slogan "sweat over small talk."
• Sweating with strangers broke the ice, and she found she

• Oscar Cecena Fujigaki was laid off by LinkedIn in May.
• Rather than diving into the job hunt, he decided to finish the science fiction novel he'd spent years on.
• He's now struggling to land a tech job, but he doesn't regret taking time off to finish his book.

This as-told-to

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Hannah Neeleman, 35, the cofounder of Ballerina Farm, a 328-acre Utah farm, lifestyle brand, and farm goods store.

Neeleman has 21 million followers across Instagram and TikTok, where she

• Guardant Health has the first FDA-approved liquid biopsy that can spot colon cancer.
• Co-CEO Helmy Eltoukhy tells Business Insider the story of how they used Silicon Valley strategy to build it.
• This article is part of "Transforming Treatments," a series on medical innovations that save time, money, or discomfort.

At first, cancer is a quiet disease

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Astronomers say the water that fills Earth's oceans — and the stuff you use to brew your morning cup of coffee or tea — may be older than the sun itself. 

A team of researchers used a giant Chilean telescope, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, to make an unprecedented detection of a rare form of so-called "heavy water" in a young star system about 1,300 light-years away in space. It is the first

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Every time a TV show dramatizes a grisly true crime story, it faces a dilemma. Is it possible to retell a tragedy without exploiting the victims and their families? Not only that, but can you recreate these deaths without sensationalizing, or even glorifying, the killer responsible?

These questions have created a genre that's at war with itself, one that's aware of both its ethical dubiousness and

Apple's iPhone 17 has finally caught up with the Pro models in almost every way that users will notice. It has a camera that's almost as good as the one on the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max. Battery life is excellent. The display is so much smoother and nicer than before, thanks to Apple's 120Hz ProMotion tech.

It's the iPhone that makes the most sense for most people.

So, why am I not excited?

Despite