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Meta Shuts 3 VR Studios and Lays Off Hundreds of Devs as It Pivots From Virtual Reality and the Metaverse to AI

Meta is laying off around 10% of staff at its Reality Labs division as part of sweeping cuts set to affect more than 1,000 people. This includes the closure of a number of VR-first studios, such as Tw...

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I raised $500,000 at 21 by selling a share of my future earnings. It's how I solved having great ideas but no capital.

Kirill Avery is the CEO and founder of Alien. Courtesy of Kirill Avery Kirill Avery sold a percentage of his future earnings to fund startups like Alien and Human. He used a SAFE agreement to raise $5...

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Microsoft explains how it plans to keep energy prices down for Americans from its data center buildout

Donald Trump and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Microsoft unveiled a five-point plan to reduce AI data center impact on US communities. The company aims to reduce rising ut...

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Asus says it’s dropping the RTX 5070 Ti as the memory shortage squeezes supply

On Thursday, Hardware Unboxed reported that Asus is winding down production of its RTX 5070 Ti, saying, Asus "explicitly told us this model is currently facing a supply shortage and, as such, they hav...

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Jamie Dimon defends JPMorgan's tech spending to avoid getting 'left behind'

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. Noam Galai/Getty Images Jamie Dimon defended JPMorgan's spending, especially on tech, during Tuesday's earnings call. He said the bank would stay ahead as it competes a...

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BlackRock is now $14 trillion after a record-breaking year. The firm has an ambitious fundraising plan for 2026.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has gone all in on private markets Ben Whitley/PA Images via Getty Images BlackRock hit $14 trillion in assets after bringing in close to $700 billion in net inflows in 2025. ...

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Delta is buying Boeing 787s for the first time. Here's why United and American may feel the pressure.

Delta's 787 order reinforces its push for premium long-haul revenue. Delta Air Lines Delta is the last of the legacy carriers to order the popular Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The 787-10 variant offers impr...

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Read Jerome Powell's letter to senators following his testimony about renovations to the Fed building

Jerome Powell, a particularly mild-mannered speaker, slammed recent attempts to intimidate his department. Li Yuanqing/Xinhua via Getty Images The DOJ is probing Jerome Powell over his congressional t...

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Brands that skimp on social media marketing do so at their own peril

Learning app Duolingo has 17 million followers on TikTok where its mascot Duo is a social-media celebrity. Isa Foltin/TikTok via Getty Images Social media is more important than ever for US retail sit...

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Warren Buffett said he would have spent $100 billion without blinking — and cash is like 'oxygen' but 'not a good asset'

Warren Buffett is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Nati Harnik/AP Warren Buffett didn't like Berkshire having so much cash and would have happily spent $100 billion. He compared cash to "oxygen"...

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Russian oil firm says it will keep its Venezuela assets after US military operation

Russia and Venezuela maintain a strategic partnership spanning energy, defense, and diplomacy. Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images Russia's state-owned Roszarubezhneft says its Venezuelan oil assets belong t...

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Verizon says it'll credit customers $20 after its service outage lasted over 9 hours, but you have to claim it

Verizon was down for tens of thousands of customers for most of the day on January 14, 2026. Paul Squire/Business Insider Over 170,000 Verizon customers reported a service outage on Wednesday. The out...

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Nike was the fastest-growing shoe brand on StockX last year — and it wasn't because of a sneaker

Nike released the ReactX Rejuven8 in early 2025. Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Nike was the fastest-growing shoe brand on StockX in 2025. It wasn't a sneaker that fueled a 5,...

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Goldman Sachs breaks down what the doomsayers get wrong about the US economy in 8 charts

Arturo Holmes/Getty Images In 2026 outlook, Goldman Sachs says US economic and stock market risks are overstated. The firm underscored US strength and projects continued growth. US stocks are in good ...

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Bobby Kotick Claims Activision, Call of Duty, and Consoles Are Doing So Poorly It Proves He Was Right to Sell Activision Blizzard to Microsoft for $69 Billion

Former Activision boss Bobby Kotick has made a number of claims about the state of his former company, Call of Duty, and the console market as part of a response to a lawsuit. Kotick, who left Activis...

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With the RTX 5070 Ti Reportedly Dead, the RAM Crisis Has Officially Hit Graphics Cards

Due to increased demand for hardware from AI data centers, 2026 was already going to suck for anyone looking to upgrade or build a gaming PC. Now it looks like things are getting even worse, as the RT...

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Luxury retail giant Saks files for bankruptcy

Saks Global, which owns the iconic Saks Fifth Avenue department store, has filed for bankruptcy. Jimin Kim / SOPA Images/Reuters Saks Global has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The luxury ...

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Why AI is becoming the hottest cost-cutting tool in corporate legal departments

Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI In-house legal teams are moving faster with artificial intelligence. Teams now have access to tools that draft legal documents and compare terms across deals. The efficiency ...

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2026 Is Going to Suck for PC Gaming

It’s been about a year since AMD and Nvidia released the Radeon RX 9070 XT and GeForce RTX 5090 , respectively, and this would usually mean that gaming PC prices would start to normalize a bit. And wh...

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Ford is so desperate for mechanics it's giving some of them free tools and Carhartt gear

Ford can't find enough mechanics to service its new cars. It's trying to create a pipeline of young workers with Carhartt. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Ford and Carhartt entered into a three-pronged p...

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