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A minor ChatGPT update is a warning to founders: Big Tech can blow up your startup at any time
Sam Altman's company introduced a new beta feature for ChatGPT subscribers on Sunday, which allows them to upload PDFs. The chatbot analyzes the files and allows users to start asking questions about them.
But the update also creates a wider problem. Some startups have built their businesses around ChatGPT's lack of interactivity with PDFs. Now that ChatGPT can interact with them, what can these other startups offer that ChatGPT can't? Read more
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German-Israeli Shani Louk is confirmed dead, 3 weeks after Hamas captured her and paraded her through Gaza in her underwear.
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A mob that stormed a Russian airport hunting for Jews got its marching orders from Telegram. Then the channel lost control.
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These are the elite special force units Israel could send into Gaza to clear Hamas' labyrinth of tunnels and rescue hostages.
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I'm a Google engineering exec who has conducted over 1,000 interviews. Here are the 4 mistakes I've seen even the best candidates make.
Daniel Rizea is a director of engineering at Google who has conducted over 1,000 interviews. He says most candidates make similar mistakes regardless of tenure or experience. Being tired and not preparing for behavioral questions are two mistakes Rizea sees often. Read more
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A 72-year-old Uber driver who earned $80,000 last year explains how he avoids burnout and why it's become harder to make money on the app
A full-time Uber driver for over three years spoke to Insider on condition of anonymity for fear of professional repercussions. He said that engaging with customers — at least the ones who are willing to talk — is the key to getting through long work shifts. Read more
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Elon Musk, Jamie Dimon, and Ray Dalio just issued fresh warnings about the US economy. Here's what 10 experts recently said about recession risks.
Jeremy Grantham, Leon Cooperman, David Rosenberg, and others have also voiced concern about a recession, citing challenges ranging from steeper borrowing costs and ballooning public debt to the Israel-Hamas conflict and American consumers running short of cash. Read more
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'Is everyone alive?' Witnessing the bombardment of Gaza through my family's WhatsApp group.
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Video shows Israeli armored vehicles clearing paths into Gaza ahead of a likely ground invasion.
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Israel is preparing for a ground invasion of Gaza. Here's why it hasn't happened yet.
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Xi Jinping's onetime political rival, former Chinese premier Li Keqiang, is dead at 68
Li Keqiang, China's former premier, died Friday of a heart attack in Shanghai, according to state media. Li was China's top economic official for a decade.
Japanese officials are putting bounties on all bears after an extreme surge in deadly attacks
Bears in Japan have been descending on urban areas this year due to a food shortage, experts say. One region said it will subsidize bullets for hunting and reward hunters who capture bears.
"I moved from Argentina to Maine for a safer life. After the recent mass shooting, I don't know what to do."
"Our priority is keeping our kids safe; the shooting in Lewiston is making us doubt our ability to do so."
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We left Florida because it got too hot, too crowded, and too expensive. Now we live in South Carolina, where it's harder than we thought to make friends.
Ryan and Jami Wilson moved out of Florida with their children in 2021. They said traffic was terrible and they couldn't even go to the beach anymore.
The founder of Chinese property developer Evergrande — who was once Asia's second-richest person — is no longer a billionaire
Hui Ka Yan is now worth $979 million. His net worth has taken a 98% tumble since peaking at $42 billion in 2017, per Bloomberg.
Forget Tesla – this $13,000 tiny car is Japan's best-selling EV
The Sakura — developed jointly by Nissan and Mitsubishi — launched last year and has quickly become a phenomenon in its home country, winning Japan's car of the year in 2022.
How much do Uber and Lyft drivers really make? It varies wildly depending on tips, car expenses, and how they calculate profits.
Over the last few years, studies have come to a wide range of conclusions about drivers' hourly pay, from as low as between about $9 and $12 an hour to as high as between about $23 and $28 an hour.
These findings run contrary to the pay figures that ride-hailing companies have provided. In the past year, Uber and Lyft have said their typical driver earns about $35 and $36 an hour, respectively. Read more
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An 85-year-old Israeli woman shook hands with a Hamas militant after being freed. Her husband is still being held hostage.
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Israel releases video of captured Hamas militant saying the group offered $10,000 and an apartment for each hostage taken to Gaza.
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China's quiet campaign to win over Middle Eastern countries has run into a problem Beijing isn't really ready to deal with.
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Investors are repeating a big mistake they made before the 2008 crash and financial crisis, top economist says
David Rosenberg drew several parallels between the two periods and underscored why he was convinced there was trouble ahead. He noted that stocks and homes were pricier today relative to incomes and profits than at the peak of the mid-2000s bubbles. He added that credit card and auto-loan delinquencies were on the rise, and there were dangerous amounts of debt in the shadow-banking sector. Read more
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Who's funding Hamas?
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Israel is now fighting on 3 fronts as airstrikes and violence escalate across the Palestinian territories, Lebanon, and Syria.
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Israeli doctors saved the life of Hamas leader, whom they now blame for the October 7 terrorist attacks, when he was in prison, reports say.
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The founder of Lululemon is spending $100 million to try to beat the super rare disease that's destroying his muscles
Chip Wilson, the founder of Lululemon, was given the diagnosis of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, or FSHD, in 1987 when he was 32 years old, Bloomberg reported. By 2022, he had launched a venture philanthropy fund named Solve FSHD, which aims to find a cure by 2027. Read more
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Why Jordan and Egypt are saying 'no' to accepting Palestinian refugees from Gaza.
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I spent 4 hours running for my life at the Nova festival. A man in a white pickup truck rescued me, but I never learned what happened to him after he returned for more people.
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US redirects Navy carrier strike group, deploys high altitude defense missile system and patriot battalions to the Middle East amid escalations by Iran in the Israel-Hamas war.
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A recession will hit next year, hammering stock prices and home values, Wall Street veteran predicts
"I think we're going to get the recession a year from now. The Fed's done or close to being done. We're going to get the inflation down, but it's still a year away because we have not gone into that maturity wall yet," Simplify's Harley Bassman said. Read more
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‘Super commuting’ is on the rise — and that spells big trouble for mid-size cities
Super commuters, as researchers have dubbed them — those who average at least three hours traveling to and from the office each day — are reshaping the geography of American work.
The winners will be the big cities that best accommodate the needs of jet-setters when they're at the office, and the quieter locales that cater to their lifestyles when they're at home. The losers will be mid-tier cities like Cleveland and Syracuse that have long served as regional hubs for large employers. Read more
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They gave up big city life to buy an abandoned $10,000 house in Japan and renovate it. They say they'll never take on a project like that again.
Gilles Beaufils, 56, and his wife ditched Tokyo city life to renovate an abandoned house in rural Japan. He estimates they spent less than $10,000 buying the abandoned property on Kyushu island.
Warren Buffett's Japan trade felt like a gift from God, Charlie Munger says: 'It was awfully easy money'
Buffett's idea to borrow money in Japan at rock-bottom interest rates and invest it in high-yielding stocks was inspired, Munger says.
My family travels 15 hours from Saudi Arabia to shop at Costco in the US. Here are 9 things we always fill our suitcases with.
Tasmiha Khan and her family fly over 5,000 miles from Saudi Arabia to Chicago to shop at Costco. They buy Kirkland Signature croissants, fruit bars, and more.
Bill Gates' former assistant is the world's 5th-richest person — and he's close to overtaking the Microsoft cofounder
Steve Ballmer joined Microsoft in 1980 as Bill Gates' assistant, became CEO in 2000, and retired in 2014 with a 4% stake that's worth a fortune today. Read more
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I'm married to a cruise doctor. Our 10-year-old son has been to 43 countries and leaves school for 8 weeks at a time.
Barni was born in 2013 and has spent most of his life living on cruise ships. His dad, Gergely Tóth, is the doctor on the cruise. Barni's mom, Krisztina Rakos, told Insider that his school has been understanding of his lifestyle and the benefits it comes with.
Billionaire businessman says young Indians should work 70 hours a week
Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy said that young Indians need to grind out 70-hour workweeks if they want to see their country realize its economic potential.
I'm fleeing Florida after almost 40 years because 'Rolls Royces, Range Rovers and Maseratis took over' and my home insurance skyrocketed
One longtime resident said he's moving because of climbing property taxes, unaffordable insurance, and an influx of newcomers changing the community.
I'm a car dealer who only sells electric cars. This is what everyone else is getting wrong — and the advice I give prospective EV buyers.
Alex Lawrence is a 49-year-old entrepreneur and the CEO of EVAuto, an all-electric used car dealership in Bountiful, Utah. He's trying to disrupt the car-buying process by creating a much better in-person experience. Here is his advice for car buyers shopping electric. Read more
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The Russian military is executing soldiers who won't follow orders and threatening to execute entire units if they retreat, the White House said.
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Russia is promising prisoners a $31,000 payout if they get injured, soldier says. It's likelier than they realize.
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North Korea is sending massive amounts of munitions to Russia and is on track to be one of its biggest weapons suppliers, UK intel says.
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Thanks for letting me work from home. Sure, you can monitor my DMs.
Would you trade some privacy for the chance to WFH? Those who are allowed to sign in from home at least some of the time are more willing to let their employers sift through emails and chat messages, according to a recent survey. Read more.
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Married billionaire Eric Schmidt reportedly invested $100 million in a company run by a 29-year-old entrepreneur said to be his girlfriend
The former Google CEO invested $100 million in Steel Perlot, a startup incubator led by Michelle Ritter, who is said to be his girlfriend, Forbes reported. According to his bio on the company's website, Schmidt, who is 68 years old and worth $19 billion, per Forbes, serves as its chairman. Read more
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Ukraine came close to assassinating the leader of Russia's entire military when he visited the front lines, report says.
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Russia tried to field an elite series of 'storm' units but ended up stuffing them with convicts instead, UK intelligence says.
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Ukraine is turning to improvised FrankenSAM-style air defenses to survive another winter of Russian barrages: official
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An American mom living in Norway explains the country's obsession with tacos — which she said first felt like an 'abomination' but she now enjoys
Commenters also reacted strongly to Norwegian tacos, calling them inauthentic and closer to perhaps a Tex-Mex interpretation.
Capital is leaving China at the fastest pace in more than 7 years, sending the yuan lower
The yuan is less than 1% from its lowest point of the year as investors continue to flee Chinese markets.
New York City has lost 100,000 apartments because people in rich neighborhoods keep combining units
More New Yorkers want to combine apartments. Without new homes getting built, it's exacerbating a housing shortage.
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Putin's new nuclear-powered cruise missile, one of his so-called 'super weapons,' is unnecessary but not totally useless, nuclear weapons expert says.
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Russia is buying engines from China's AliExpress to make 'quick and dirty' drones that are proving lethal, Ukraine says.
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Russia has likely suffered up to 480,000 soldiers killed or wounded in the war against Ukraine, says UK Ministry of Defence.
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A couple built a small house in rural Thailand for $22,500. They don't have debt, but that doesn't mean the lifestyle is easy.
Living a rural life taught Ryan and Damo the importance of tracking all household expenses and finding new ways to generate income, they told Insider.
A 59-year-old man bought his first pool table after a $2.9 million lottery win. Now, he's representing England in the sport.
Neil Jones used part of his $2.9 million lottery prize in 2010 to buy a pool table, kickstarting his pro career. He will soon captain an England team in an international pool competition.
A woman who's lived on cruise ships for over 10 years shared 2 things she's not allowed to do on board
Christine Kesteloo, a former cruise director for over a decade, became a "wife on board" in 2020 as her husband works as a staff chief engineer for Holland America.
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Russian soldiers are getting hard drugs delivered to their trenches in Ukraine to escape boredom, report says.
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Ukraine says it took out almost 50 Russian tanks in one day as Russia made failed attempt to capture eastern city.
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Where's the Su-57? The war in Ukraine is what fifth-generation fighter jets were made for, but Russia's Felon has largely been missing in action.
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Kacey Musgraves went to Iceland's Blue Lagoon to relax and ended up having a chaotic experience with 'brutal' winds and rough water
On Thursday, Musgraves shared photos and videos from her recent trip to Iceland's Blue Lagoon. She said she expected a peaceful atmosphere but actually experienced high winds and rough waters.
An American soldier stole a 300-year-old painting during World War II. It made an unusual journey back to Germany.
Art Recovery International recovered the artwork after a Chicago resident informed the company their uncle owned a "stolen or looted painting."
I moved from the US to Scotland to live out my 'Outlander' fantasy 3 years ago. Now I've found my very own Jamie Fraser and give tours of the Highlands.
After falling in love with the show "Outlander," Hailey Beaupre decided to give up her life in her small town in Connecticut to live out her dreams. She says living in Scotland is better than she ever imagined.
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Russia moves its combat dolphins closer to the frontline to defend against Ukrainian special forces, report says.
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An 87-year-old deal is keeping a lid on the naval war in Ukraine — for now.
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Russia claims key Crimea bridge is fully repaired, but actually it remains limited and a huge 'security burden,' UK intelligence says.
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