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Scientists say they've finally found a world orbiting Barnard's star, the closest single star to the sun.

This rocky planet, discovered with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile, is smaller than Earth, and flies around its tiny cool star every three days. Barnard's star is six light-years away from us, in the constellation Ophiuchus. The only closer stars are the trio

• Bill Gates' ideal tax system would leave him worth 62% less, but still a billionaire.
• He warned that excessive taxes would deter people from starting businesses and curb economic growth.
• The Microsoft cofounder said the rich should pay higher taxes and give the rest to good causes.

Bill Gates

Amazon is slashing prices ahead of its October Prime Day on smart home devices.

JD Vance (weird guy) and Tim Walz (the guy who calls him a weird guy) will debate tonight in New York at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.

• Amazon's return-to-office mandate is a move to cut head count, says Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom.
• Bloom told BI the policy may harm areas like AI, where recruiting top talent is challenging.
• Most tech companies, including Google and Microsoft

It was a messy Monday if you were a Verizon customer or wanted some PS5 gaming in the evening. First, Verizon mobile customers reported outages across the US on Monday. At around 9:30AM ET, hundreds of thousands of users flagged problems with their mobile service on Downdetector. Reports spiked at almost 105,000 at 11:20AM. Issues included the inability to send texts and a lack of cellular service

• Amazon made a big bet on nerdworld when it decided to back Critical Role's animated series.
• In 2019, the crew's Kickstarter broke records with a $11.3 million fundraising round.
• Now, "The Legend of Vox Machina" is back for a third season

DeepL, the Cologne-based AI translation unicorn, today launched its first tech hub in the US, in New York City. The move follows the company’s increasing growth and investment in the US market, where it already counts customers such as Coursera and Morningstar. DeepL opened its first US office, in Austin, Texas, earlier this year. The New York tech hub will focus on research, product innovation

Serve Robotics has announced a pilot partnership with Wing Aviation to expand the range of its autonomous food delivery without requiring restaurants to install new equipment to accommodate drone pickups.

Serve, which was spun out of the app-based

• Business Insider health correspondent Rachel Hosie loved weightlifting but hated running.
• Doing cardio and strength training is linked to longevity, so she tried what's known as hybrid training.
• She made running a habit by not pushing herself too hard and making it as enjoyable as

• US port workers are on strike following the expiration of their labor contract Monday night.
• The work stoppage at East and Gulf Coast facilities is set to impact a host of consumer products.
• Here's an overview of the items that could be most affected.

US port workers with the International

• LiquidStack has secured a $20 million Series B extension from Tiger Global.
• The startup has launched various cooling technologies for data centers.
• Check out the 13-slide pitch deck it used to secure the fresh funding.

LiquidStack, a Texas-based startup developing technologies to cool down data centers, has secured a $20 million Series B extension from