Crumpled up losing lottery tickets sit in a wastebasket at a liquor store in California. The Powerball jackpot has surpassed $1 billion. The next drawing is on Monday. Juliana Yamada/Los Angeles Times...
As a social drinker, alternating boozy beverages with N/As helped me have fun while cutting back on alcohol. Julia Pugachevsky I wanted to drink less in 2025 than I did the previous year. I kept track...
ESPN Unlimited officially arrived on the streaming scene last year. The new service, which starts at $29.99/month on its own, hosts ESPN originals with the addition of all of ESPN's linear networks. A...
Hi HN, I’m a solo dev building a clinical search engine to help my wife (a resident physician) and her colleagues. The Problem: Current tools (UpToDate/OpenEvidence) are expensive, slow, or increasing...
I made a web game inspired by Geoguessr and Wordle, where you get shown a 3D model of a random human protein each day, and you have to triangulate its gene name using similarity clues. My background i...
"Bluey" is consistently one of the most viewed shows on Disney+, though the streamer's viewership share has leveled off. Disney Disney's streaming subscriber count has grown, but its US viewer...
Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, is retiring at the end of this year. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images R360's Barbara Goodstein says Berkshire Hathaway's coming shake-up is an opportunity for ...
Avatar creator James Cameron has said he’ll hold a press conference and tell the world what he would have done with Avatar 4 and 5 if he doesn’t get the chance to make the movies. Or, the legendary wr...
A screening for leading short-drama app ReelShort's 'Wings of Fire.' Tiffany Rose/Getty Images for ReelShort Soapy micro dramas gained popularity in the US but face a reckoning in 2026. Big questions ...
The author stayed at the Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach, a five-star hotel in South Florida. Joey Hadden/Business Insider I spent one night at the five-star Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach during a tri...
Job coaches say you shouldn't lie in interviews, but you don't need to go into too much detail about why your last role didn't work out. Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images If you get fired from a job,...
Brick is a $59 gadget designed to help cut down on phone screen time. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider I've been using Brick, a $59 gadget designed to help cut down on phone screen time. It acts...
Matt Damon took getting in shape for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey seriously — and that included slimming down to his high school weight for the role. "I had a beard like yours for like a year," he ...
China's large military exercise around Taiwan comes after tensions with Japan and a major US arms sale. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters China's military is conducting massive war games all around Taiwan. The e...
A car sits buried in mud after flooding Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, in Wrightwood, Calif. Wally Skalij/AP Photo An atmospheric storm caused heavy rain across Southern California over Christmas. The Nati...
2025 has been one of the strongest years for anime in ages, building on what is clearly a new Golden Age in the Japanese animation industry. With widening viewership, more access to anime on streaming...
Often cited as one of the world's most valuable media franchises, Pokémon is a household name that's been a Nintendo staple since the Game Boy. The beloved series is home to hundreds of amazing creatu...
Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Nati Harnik/AP Warren Buffett rocked the business world in 2025 by announcing he would step down as CEO. The Berkshire Hathaway boss penned two of his fa...
Jim Franck, 81, is a homebuilder in Oregon who has no plans to stop working, despite being financially comfortable. Brooke Herbert for BI This interview is based on a conversation with Jim Franck, 81,...
The Humble Bundle January lineup has officially arrived to kick off 2026, and if you've been hoping to stock up on some new PC games to keep you busy, it's offering up a great selection. Leading the p...