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Davos attendees are getting scammed by 'fake VIP passes' for the USA House

Scammers are selling fake VIP passes to the USA House. INA FASSBENDER / AFP via Getty Images Scammers are duping attendees of the World Economic Forum with fake VIP passes for the USA House. "Our ...

6dBusiness InsidercrimeImpact

Show HN: The Analog I – Inducing Recursive Self-Modeling in LLMs [pdf]

OP here. Birth of a Mind documents a "recursive self-modeling" experiment I ran on a single day in 2026. I attempted to implement a "Hofstadterian Strange Loop" via prompt engineering to see if I coul...

Jan 16Hacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Kodak’s collectible Charmera is a terrible camera I somehow don’t hate

It’s so cute you may overlook the Charmera’s many limitations. Like trading cards, Lego figures , and even the coveted Labubu , you don't know exactly what your Kodak Charmera camera is going to look ...

Jan 16The VergeTechnologyImpact

I escaped a cult and was homeless and desperate. Chris Martin gave me a piano, and I became a successful musician.

Jean-Philippe Riopy at his piano Courtesy of Greg Williams At 18, Jean-Philippe Rio-Py escaped a brutal cult that wrecked his childhood. He suffered hardship in his 20s and early 30s, but was determin...

Jan 16Business InsiderEntertainmentImpact

Goldie Hawn, 80, credits one thing with making her relationship with Kurt Russell last 42 years

Goldie Hawn says her relationship with Kurt Russell works even without marriage. Greg Doherty/Getty Images for St. Regis Goldie Hawn says freedom is why her relationship with Kurt Russell has lasted 4...

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Grok stops users from making sexualized AI images after global backlash

Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images Grok will no longer be allowed to create AI photos of real people in sexualized or revealing clothing, after widespread global backlash. "We have implem...

Jan 15Business InsiderTechnologyImpact

Show HN: See the carbon impact of your cloud as you code

Hey folks, I’m Hassan, one of the co-founders of Infracost ( https://www.infracost.io ). Infracost helps engineers see and reduce the cloud cost of each infrastructure change before they merge their c...

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Tech executives bet big on AI. Their workers are being tasked with proving they were right.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI This post originally appeared in the Business Insider Today newsletter. You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here . First came efficiency. Then came i...

Jan 15Business InsiderTechnologyImpact

They quit, traveled, and rethought their lives — meet the adults taking gap years

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI In my early 30s, I was working long hours as the editor in chief of a magazine, juggling deadlines and the looming "should we have kids?" question — all wh...

Jan 19Business InsiderlifestyleImpact

My boyfriend and I broke up hours before the international trip we'd planned together. I still went by myself.

Instead of going on a trip with my partner, I headed to a new country all by myself and don't regret it. Leanna Coy I was supposed to go on a trip with my boyfriend, but we fought before our flights a...

Jan 13Business Insiderlifestyle

Gavin Newsom is heading to Davos with plans to call out Trump

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is headed to Davos. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to call out President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum. Newsom has been a vocal...

Jan 16Business InsiderPoliticsImpact

'Big Short' investor Michael Burry sounds alarm on AI bubble that's 'too big to save'

Michael Burry Jim Spellman/WireImage Michael Burry says AI is a bubble so big that it will tank the market and economy when it pops. The "Big Short" investor said the government will try to he...

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Citi CFO says a credit card cap would have a 'deleterious' impact on the economy

Citi reported fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday. Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images Citi's CFO Mark Mason said Trump's proposed credit card cap would have a 'deleterious' impact on the economy. ...

Jan 14Business InsidereconomicsImpact

I'm set to inherit my childhood home abroad. I'm not sure it will be worth the headache.

Katarina Polonska and her husband are both set to inherit properties abroad from their parents. Courtesy of Katarina Polonska Katarina Polonska lives in Canada but is set to inherit her childhood home...

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I was celibate for a year, and then I met someone 10 years younger. Our 3-month fling changed everything for me.

The author had a fling with a younger man. Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images After a difficult breakup, I was celibate for a year — until I met someone 10 years younger. I felt safe with this y...

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7 mistakes you should never make during a job interview, according to a business-etiquette expert

When it comes to interviewing, there are several etiquette mistakes that should definitely be avoided. Lee Charlie/Shutterstock Business Insider asked an etiquette expert about the mistakes candidates...

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The Biggest Magic: The Gathering Crashers and Climbers This Week - January 22, 2026

It’s a new year for Magic: The Gathering , and it’s shaping up to be a busy one with no fewer than seven sets on the roadmap . Still, if you’re looking for great cards from 2025 and before, there are ...

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Student-loan borrowers behind on payments are getting a major break, the US education secretary says

Education Sec. Linda McMahon said that wage garnishments for defaulted student-loan borrowers are on pause. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Education Sec. Linda McMahon said that wage garnishments for d...

Jan 16Business InsiderPoliticsImpact

A fallen billionaire's bulletproof Mercedes sold at bankruptcy auction for $63,000. Here's how it went down.

Joe Buglewicz for BI Business Insider took a deep-dive look at the bankruptcy auction of an armor-plated Mercedes. The auction was entirely online, and people placed 115 bids without kicking the tires...

Jan 17Business InsidereconomicsImpact

Elden Ring: Nightreign Patch 1.03.2 Buffs All the Worst Nightfarers

Elden Ring: Nightreign just got a big balance patch, and even if you're not someone who's great at parsing patch notes, you might want to tune into this one, because basically every character that's b...

Jan 15IGNEntertainmentImpact
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