KPMG cuts workers in US advisory division as demand slows for services related to regulatory risk advisory, customer operations and financial services. Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images KPMG cut some 400 US consultants amid slowing demand in key sectors. Employee attrition rates have been lower than expected. KPMG is still hiring for AI transformation, focusing on engineers. Big Four firm KPMG laid off about 400 consultants in its US advisory division on Wednesday. The cuts focused on ...

Microsoft CFO Amy Hood JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images Microsoft reported quarterly results on Wednesday. The company said it expects headcount to decrease in its next fiscal year. Microsoft stock suffered its worst quarterly stock performance since 2008 earlier this year. Microsoft expects headcount to decrease in coming quarters, CFO Amy Hood said during an earnings conference call with analysts on Wednesday. "We continue to evolve how we operate to increase our pace and agility, and t...

Ford booked a $1.3 billion tariff refund on its earnings on Wednesday. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Ford flagged a one-time $1.3 billion tariff benefit in its quarterly results. The announcement comes a day after GM reported a roughly $500 million tariff benefit. Still, car companies expect to pay billions on other tariffs levied on imported vehicles and parts. Ford just got a big tariff-related boost. The automaker said on Wednesday that it booked a $1.3 billion one-time tariff-related benef...

A United plane reported a near-collision with a drone on Wednesday morning. Al Drago/Getty Images A United Airlines crew reported a near-collision with a drone over California on Wednesday. ATC tapes reveal the pilot said the drone was at 3,000 feet and "red" and "shiny." Regulators have strict rules for flying UAVs around airports, as an incident could be catastrophic. The pilots of a United Airlines Boeing 737 on Wednesday reported a near-collision with a drone during approach into San Di...

Jerome Powell has been chair of the Federal Reserve since 2018. FOMC Wednesday was Jerome Powell's last meeting as chair, but he confirmed he'll remain on the Fed as a governor. April's FOMC decision had four dissents, the most in more than two decades. The Iran war and other supply shocks continue to foil the Fed's inflation goals. After eight years, Jerome Powell is clocking out. The Federal Reserve opted to hold rates steady at its third meeting of 2026, which was Powell's last as head o...

Jasmine Bhatti is the CEO of Navi Nurses. Caitlin O'Hara for BI Jasmine Bhatti's alternative to traditional home health has grown an average of 80% year over year. She says the keys to her growth has been using fractional staff and delaying full-time hires. Navi Nurses hit $7 million in revenue last year. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jasmine Bhatti, CEO of Navi Nurses. It has been edited for length and clarity. Since I was in college, I always knew I wanted to make ...

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcomed King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the White House for a state visit. Alex Brandon/AP King Charles and Queen Camilla are in the US for a state visit. Queen Camilla and Melania Trump have worn coordinating and complementary looks throughout the trip. A style strategist said their fashion choices indicate alignment and "visual diplomacy." Throughout King Charles and Queen Camilla's state visit to Washington, DC, first lady Melani...

US Marines based in Okinawa, Japan train with drones. Cpl. Joaquin Dela Torre/US Marine Corps Even top Marine units are struggling to operate under drone threat in training The Corps is racing to catch up as counter-drone solutions lag behind for the entire military Some Marines are turning to fiber-optic drones to cope with federal regulations limiting training Hostile drones are challenging even highly trained US forces, which have struggled to contend with constant surveillance and attac...

Donald Trump's tariffs haven't spurred a rebound in US manufacturing, according to an AT Kearney report. Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images Tariffs haven't driven a rebound in US manufacturing, a new report from AT Kearney found. A year after Donald Trump's Liberation Day tariffs, US manufacturing imports have grown. Companies have moved production away from China to countries such as Thailand and Vietnam. A year after Liberation Day, tariffs haven't led to a manufacturing renaiss...

The author's son enjoyed meeting Mickey Mouse at Disneyland. Courtesy of Nicole Findlay I recently took my 9-year-old son to Disneyland for a weekend, and we had a great time. A few things in particular made the trip a huge success, including the Lightning Lane Multi Pass. However, next time we go, I'll make sure not to try to pack too much into each day. Disneyland is fun at any age, but 9 is pretty magical. A few weeks ago, my little family of three strolled down Main Street. We passed ol...

Meta will report earnings for Q1 after the closing bell. Yves Herman/Reuters Meta Platforms earnings are on deck. Wall Street has been eyeing a new phase of growth for the social media titan driven by new AI capabilities. Analysts are also bullish on Meta's AI model, Muse Spark, the first model from Alexandr Wang's team since the company invested billions into Scale AI to bring Wang in house. Headed into the call, analysts are looking for updates on AI capex, as Meta is among the most prolif...

After visiting Dolly Parton's Dollywood theme park for the first time, I found that it compared to Disney in some interesting ways. Megan duBois I've been to Disney World more than 100 times and only recently made my first trip to Dollywood. Dolly Parton's Tennessee theme park had impressive live entertainment and photo opportunities. I appreciated the specialty food and how the park highlighted the singer's history in multiple ways. I've lived close to Disney World for my entire life. I've...

The Instagram account "Emy Adventure" first appeared in November and has gained over a million followers. Courtesy of Sachin Raoul Emy Adventure is Gen Z and Gen Alpha's new Instagram obsession. Emy, the plush toy, has been taken on wild adventures and gained over a million followers since November. The creator behind Emy said the idea is to inspire people to get outside. The internet can't get enough of this weird plush toy. An Instagram account called "emyadventure1" first appeared in Nov...

Monaco has the highest life expectancy in the world. PhotoLondonUK/Shutterstock Life expectancy varies across the world, largely due to environmental factors. The World Bank Group ranked life expectancy in different countries around the world. Monaco and San Marino reported the highest life expectancies, while Nigeria and Chad had the lowest. Jeanne Calment was the oldest verified person to have ever lived, passing away at 122. She was born in 1875, just a decade after the US Civil War ende...

Warren Buffett is the former CEO and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. Johannes EISELE / AFP via Getty Images Warren Buffett's cash pile is a boon, Tom Russo said ahead of Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting. The veteran investor shed light on how Buffett managed the firm from his Omaha office. Greg Abel should take care not to harm Berkshire's reputation as a trusted acquirer, Russo said. Warren Buffett's cash hoard is a blessing, not a curse, and Greg Abel must be careful with his more hand...

Justin Baldoni arriving at a court appearance in Manhattan in February. John Nacion/Getty Images Blake Lively is seeking more than $200M in damages in her coming trial against Justin Baldoni. In court on Tuesday, a lawyer for Baldoni took Lively to task for her "pie in the sky" damages math. Lively's claims include $35 million in damages for a never-made "It Ends With Us" sequel or prequel. At a court hearing on Tuesday, a lawyer for Justin Baldoni blasted Blake Lively's hope for more than ...

Mackenzie Young left his job at Google to pursue a career in electronic music. Courtesy of Mackenzie Young In 2025, Mackenzie Young took a buyout from his job working as a software engineer at Google. He liked working in software, though over time he grew interested in pursuing a career in music. Young, now 26, attended an electronic music festival and thought, "This is what I want to do." Mackenzie Young, 26, lives in White Lake Township, Michigan, and quit his job as a software engineer a...

Ukrainian soldiers prepare a drone for launch in the Kharkiv region. Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images Ukrainian startups are racing to meet NATO standards to unlock exports and overseas business. Europe and the Middle East are eyeing Ukraine's battle-tested defense tech. A Ukrainian accelerator is preparing firms for certification and coproduction. Ukrainian arms makers are racing to align with NATO standards, aiming to unlock export and coproduction opportunities in the West, a company ...

Courtesy of Nicole Sirotin, Nathan LeBrasseur, and Morgan Levine; Alyssa Powell/BI Business Insider's Rising Stars of Longevity 2026 keep it simple when it comes to staying healthy. They stick to the basics like eating and sleeping well. One said exercise is more powerful than any supplement stack. We asked some of the top doctors, scientists, and investors in longevity for their approach to living a long and healthy life — and there wasn't an expensive supplement or unregulated peptide in ...

Snap's CEO Evan Spiegel said more than two-thirds of his company's new code is generated by AI. Bloomberg/Getty Images Snap's CEO, Evan Spiegel, said his company is leaning heavily into AI to build new code. He predicted that other companies would "reallocate" resources away from software engineering. It comes as companies rush to implement AI coding, while simultaneously competing for attention. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel says AI is moving so fast, it's already reshaping how his company operate...

Elon Musk took the stand in the OpenAI trial and faced nearly three hours of cross-examination from OpenAI's attorney. Bloomberg/Getty Images Elon Musk took the stand and faced nearly three hours of cross-examination from OpenAI's attorney. Musk's interactions with Shivon Zilis were scrutinized during the court proceedings. Exhibits show that Musk once saw himself as a potential OpenAI CEO. Elon Musk was grilled for nearly three hours by OpenAI's lawyer on his second day of testimony in a h...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Bloomberg/Getty Images Google has not yet put ads in its Gemini AI app. That could change. Chief business officer Philipp Schindler said on Wednesday that Google was open to the idea. "If done well, ads can be really valuable," he said. Google has so far not put ads in its Gemini AI app, but it's not ruling it out. Google is currently focusing on ads in AI Mode — its AI-powered, conversational version of Search — but this could eventually carry over to the standalo...

Elon Musk was on the witness stand for the second day in his high-stakes case against Sam Altman. Karl Mondon / AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk testified for a second day in his blockbuster civil trial against OpenAI. He told a jury about how he reacted to Microsoft's $10 billion investment in OpenAI. In a text to OpenAI CEO, he blasted the move as a "bait-and-switch," Musk testified. "What the hell is going on?" That's what Elon Musk told a federal California jury Wednesday he texted Sam Al...

Kenneth Branagh on the set of "Thor." Marvel Studios "Thor" director Kenneth Branagh declined to direct a sequel. He still has ideas for how he'd tackle one. He told BI his treatment would be similar to "Logan," James Mangold's moody take on Wolverine. "Part of me would love to finish my relationship with that character," Branagh told BI of Thor. When Kenneth Branagh was pitching himself to direct the first "Thor" movie in 2008, he envisioned a story with gravitas. After spending years forg...

King Charles has made several visits to the Oval Office over the years. HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images ; Samir Hussein/WireImage King Charles III has met 10 US presidents, from Dwight Eisenhower to Donald Trump. Richard Nixon tried to set Charles up with his daughter Tricia, and he grew close to Nancy Reagan. On Monday, Charles visited Donald Trump during the first British state visit to the US since 2007. For decades, royal family members and US presidential families ha...

Elon Musk was called as the first witness in the civil trial pitting him against Sam Altman. Bloomberg/Getty Images Courtroom exhibits show Elon Musk once pitched "Freemind" for OpenAI's name. In emails with Sam Altman, Musk framed the name as a "philosophical counter" to Google's AI lab. Altman wasn't totally sold and offered up the name "Axon" or "something related to Turing." Newly-revealed courtroom exhibits in the blockbuster case between Elon Musk and Sam Altman show how OpenAI nearly...

Codex with GPT 5.5 is instructed not to reference goblins, ogres, or pigeons. Donald Iain Smith/Getty Images OpenAI included a line in Codex's instructions restricting references to goblins, gremlins, trolls, and ogres. The line appears four times in the code, and has spawned scores of memes about "goblin mode." Sam Altman wrote on X that Codex was having a "goblin moment." What do gremlins, raccoons, and pigeons have in common? They're all explicitly referenced in the instructions for Code...

The US and its allies and partners struck over 13,000 Iranian targets and intercepted almost 2,000 ballistic missiles and drones. US Marine Corps photo A Pentagon official said the cost of the US war against Iran is about $25 billion so far. Much of the spending has gone toward munitions, as well as daily operations and equipment replacement. Operation Epic Fury has had broader cost impacts, including on the energy sector. The US war against Iran has cost about $25 billion since Operation E...

Michael Jackson was portrayed by his nephew, Jaafar, in "Michael." Mike Guastella/Ron Galella Collection/Getty Images; Lionsgate Actors often transform into real-life musicians for biopics.  Some actors go through physical transformations to play musicians. Jaafar Jackson trained for years to portray his uncle, Michael Jackson, in "Michael." Musical legends have been portrayed on the big screen for decades, in biopics that range from transformative to highly mediocre. Actors hoping to accur...

The author is American, but raising her child in Denmark. Courtesy of Rebekah Joy Portraits I'm raising my son in Denmark, but still feel like an outsider. Motherhood made cultural differences feel more intense and personal. I want my child to belong, even as I'm still finding my place. I was sitting in my cargo bike outside my son's børnehave (kindergarten) on an especially bitter February morning in Copenhagen, crying over forgetting his Fastelavn costume at home. Fastelavn, for the unini...

Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI This post originally appeared in the Business Insider Today newsletter. You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here. No pressure, but five companies carrying the market report earnings over the next 48 hours. Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft all report today after the bell. Apple closes things out on Thursday. In total, more than $15 trillion in market capitalization is telling investors how they're doing. Their massive size isn't...

Amtrak has a new ad designed to convince Americans to shift their "car-first mindset". Amtrak Amtrak wants to convince more travelers to ditch their cars for the train. A new ad campaign spoofs luxury car ads to hammer home the point. Amtrak's marketing spotlights its NextGen Acela high-speed trains. Amtrak wants to shift America's "car-first mindset". Its newest marketing technique to convince Americans that taking the train is better than driving: mimicking advertising tropes from luxury-...

Jimmy Donaldson, a.k.a. MrBeast, is the world's top YouTuber. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Prime Video A version of this post appears in the CMO Insider newsletter. You can sign up for Business Insider's weekly marketing newsletter here. MrBeast is coming to Madison Avenue. The YouTuber's company, Beast Industries, is on the hunt for a VP of agency partnerships, CMO Insider can exclusively report. This person will be responsible for serving as the "primary bridge between the MrBeast ecosy...

Stacy Mitchell opened a magazine shop in Portland, Maine. Courtesy of Stacy Mitchell Stacy Mitchell is a 36-year-old in Portland, Maine, who has always loved magazines. In 2025, she opened a magazine shop, hopeful that she'd be able to pass on her love of magazines. People have been either very excited about the opportunity to buy magazines or confused. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Stacy Mitchell, owner of Bold Magazine Shop. It has been edited for length and clarit...

Volvo CEO Håkan Samuelsson said Western automakers faced "huge competition pressure" from Chinese rivals. James Cheadle/Getty Images Volvo's CEO told BI he was open to building EVs from its Chinese parent company, Geely, at its US plant. Håkan Samuelsson said the decision would depend on Geely navigating strict US regulations on Chinese EVs. Geely's top-selling EV costs about $9,700 in China, but the company has been blocked from the US by high tariffs. The US is missing out on cheap Chines...

Jerome Powell's term as central bank chair ends in May. Sophie Park/Getty Images It's the fourth Fed day of the year — and it's set to be Jerome Powell's swan song. The Federal Open Market Committee will announce its April interest rate decision at 2 p.m. ET. Powell's term ends on May 15, making this meeting his last, pending the confirmation of Kevin Warsh, Trump's nominee to be the next Fed chair. The meeting also comes amid a new development in the Department of Justice probe into the Fed...

University of Washington computer science professor Dan Grossman said AI makes it so you have to worry less about "the pesky details" of code. Matt Hagen/University of Washington Before AI, getting all the tiny details of code right mattered a lot more. University of Washington computer science professor Dan Grossman said it's just one of the things that's changing. Ultimately, Grossman is bullish on the future of CS and the need for computer engineers. University of Washington computer sci...

The Biohack Miami event in San Francisco took place at Shack15, a social club for founders and entrepreneurs. Tess Martinelli Biohacking is the trend of optimizing your physical and mental health for longevity. I went to a biohacking event to test out the buzziest longevity technologies. From red light therapy to neurofeedback, not all remedies are created equal. Don't be concerned, but I'm 24, and I'm already worrying about aging. I religiously reapply sunscreen throughout the day and keep...

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei actively not holding hands. Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images Sam Altman once said, "compute is destiny," and the AI market this year may be proving him right. Rival Anthropic has been signing its own big AI compute deals recently. How these deals will be paid for is still unclear. Big AI changes make this even harder to predict. In early December, Anthropic's CEO, Dario Amodei, suggested that some rivals were overextending themselves in AI compute. "There are...

Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI Making it in real estate requires a certain degree of blind optimism: a belief that, despite the market's ups and downs, the buyers will come knocking, the home inspection will come up clean, and both parties will shake off the jitters and sign on the dotted line. Never does that faith flow more freely than in the weeks leading up to the busy spring selling season in March and April, when better weather tends to coax buyers and sellers out of hibernation and into a ...

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Bloomberg/Getty Images Amazon could start selling Trainium AI chips to external customers within two years. The company disclosed that its Trainium AI chips now have $225 billion in revenue commitments. Amazon is investing aggressively in its AI business with $200 billion in capex planned this year. Amazon says it could begin selling its Trainium AI chips to external customers within two years, putting the cloud giant in closer competition with Nvidia. During Wednesday...

GM told Business Insider it's making another several hundred million-dollar investment in US manufacturing. John F. Martin for General Motors GM is investing $340 million in two facilities to build its popular gas cars. EV sales "didn't go as quickly as we thought it was going to," an executive told Business Insider. Overall, the company has invested $6 billion in US facilities in the past 12 months. General Motors is making a fresh $340 million investment in its US plants. The latest inves...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Bloomberg/Getty Images Google's subscription business saw its strongest quarter yet. YouTube and AI features tied to Google One were the biggest drivers. Subscriptions are becoming an increasingly important business for Alphabet. Google said it now has 350 million paying subscribers across its services — another boost to what is becoming an increasingly important part of the search giant's business. The company's subscriptions business grew 19% year over year in th...

Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images Microsoft reported third-quarter results on Wednesday. CFO Amy Hood sent an internal memo to employees thanking them for "increased pace." The company has introduced sweeping organizational shifts and mandates to work faster and leaner. After Microsoft reported quarterly results on Wednesday, CFO Amy Hood sent an internal memo to employees highlighting "increased pace" and "tighter, more accountable squads." "Thank yo...

Last fall, when the Trump administration took issue with Jimmy Kimmel, Disney took him off the air for several days. This time around, Kimmel has continued to broadcast. Randy Holmes/Disney via Getty Images The second round of Trump administration attacks on Disney, ABC, and Jimmy Kimmel has played out differently than the one we saw last fall. This time, Kimmel has stayed on the air. And Disney says it doesn't think Trump's FCC will take away its broadcast licenses. But Trump's threats will...

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the app's newest features are all focused on saving users time. Bloomberg/Getty Images Uber is turning its app into a personal assistant with several new features. Users can now book hotels and ask for a specific drink or snack during their Uber ride. The features take Uber closer to "super app" status. Uber's newest features make the app feel less like a ride-hailing service and more like a personal assistant. The tech company unveiled several new tools on W...

Michael Jackson had the best-selling album two years in a row with "Thriller." BSR Agency/Gentle Look via Getty Images Billboard, using data recorded by Nielsen Soundscan/Luminate, tracks each year's best-selling album. Since 2015, streaming has been incorporated into music metrics through the use of album-equivalent units. Many classic albums don't appear on the list, having been outsold by lesser-known records. Each year, one album taps into the hearts and ears of the public on its way to...

Gas prices hit a fresh 2026 record on Wednesday, according to AAA. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images Gas prices climbed north of $4.22 on Wednesday, per AAA. That's the highest since 2022. California drivers are nearing $6 a gallon, while Oklahoma has the lowest average price in the US. Prices quickly climbed this week as tensions in the Strait of Hormuz persisted. On Wednesday, the average price of regular gas in the US climbed to over $4.22 per gallon, according to AAA. That's the ...

As an American mom, I know building a village in the US is tough. At times, I wish we'd take notes from countries like Sweden. Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI My husband and I had our first fight about childcare before our baby was even born. His small company offered four weeks of paid leave, and he'd be the very first employee to use it. The details were fuzzy, but my position was unequivocal: TAKE ALL OF IT. He still hesitated, wondering aloud why the company, or his coworkers, should subsidize...

Bloomberg/Getty Images Wall Street is getting ready for Amazon earnings after the closing bell. The key metric for investors will be revenue in the AWS segment, as Amazon has been pouring money into its cloud and AI capabilities in recent quarters. Also key to this quarter's results will be any news of Amazon's chip developments. CEO Andy Jassy is hugely bullish on the initiative, so much so that he took a rare shot at Nvidia when talking about the project in his letter to shareholders earli...

Meenu Bhasin (l) and Melanie Underwood each operate their own cooking company, and have found ways to use AI for operational help. Cayce Clifford and Marissa Alper for BI Meenu Bhasin and Melanie Underwood operate solo cooking companies, with some help from AI. They said AI helps them research ingredients, plan events, and develop social strategy. The chefs said AI can't replace the human touch in teaching and tasting. An hour before a recent private cooking class, chef and solopreneur Meen...

I grew up in an anti-cruise family. After taking my first river cruise as an adult, I can't stop talking about it. Mary Kearl I grew up in a family that loved to go on big trips, but refused to travel by cruise ship. I went on my first river cruise at 40 with my family and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Though I'm still not sure if I would go on an open-ocean cruise, I've become a river cruise convert. My parents are so anti-cruise that when we visited Alaska for my 21st birthday, ...

Former NFL wide receiver Devin Hester sports the "Mr. 57" jacket, designed for the 57th pick of the 2026 draft. Kraft Heinz A version of this post appears in the CMO Insider newsletter. You can sign up for Business Insider's weekly marketing newsletter here. Kraft Heinz is rewriting its sports sponsorship playbook. The food giant is deprioritizing the "logo slap" and leaning into quirky stunts, Todd Kaplan, Kraft Heinz North America's CMO, exclusively tells CMO Insider. As the NFL Draft got...

Simmons (left) said she's looking for candidates who follow up right after the interview. Courtesy of Kristina Simmons; Willie B. Thomas/Getty Images Kristina Simmons is a former chief of staff at Khosla Ventures. Today, she runs her own VC firm. She said the biggest mistake candidates make in job interviews is being inauthentic. A candidate not asking questions during a job interview is also a red flag, she said. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 38-year-old Kristina Si...

The author says taking her children on solo trips gives her a chance to bond with each of them one-on-one. Courtesy of Sandra Lee. When my daughter turned 9, I booked a sleepover for the two of us at a museum. Now, I make sure to take each of my kids on a trip for their birthday, without their sibling. I love the chance to connect with my kids on these unique getaways. "I wish we did this every day", said my son as we played a game of UNO at the hotel after a swim in the pool, both of us s...

Dipendra Malhotra, Citi's head of wealth technology. Citi Citi is betting big on AI in its wealth unit, including unveiling a new AI-powered advisor. The bank's head of wealth technology said that agents are still limited by their memory, though. AI tools will eventually, he predicts, help sustain more continuous relationships with clients. Citi recently added a high-profile new wealth advisor to its team — and she's AI-generated. Last week, Citi unveiled "Citi Sky," a 24-hour AI-powered we...

Andy Cabasso oversees 37 AI agents. Andy Cabasso Andy Cabasso manages growth operations at productivity platform ClickUp. He manages 37 AI agents that handle tasks like scheduling, analytics, and meeting follow-ups. Cabasso personalizes agents with fictional personalities to enhance engagement and task execution. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andy Cabasso, a growth operations manager at productivity platform ClickUp. He is based in New York. The following has been ed...

Leah Solivan. Audrey Anne Photography This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Leah Solivan, the 46-year-old founder of Taskrabbit and an investor and entrepreneur from the San Francisco Bay Area. It's been edited for length and clarity. I run a venture firm called Precedent.vc, I'm finishing a book, and I have four kids. Balance isn't a word I'd use — I prefer logistics. I have a rhythm that helps me stay sharp and mostly sane. I've been told that my superpower is controlling c...

Fans of South Korean K-pop boy band BTS throng around the Tokyo Dome before the start of the band's BTS World Tour "Arirang" concert, in Tokyo, Japan, April 17, 2026. Issei Kato/Reuters Hybe's Q1 revenue hit a record $473M, driven by BTS's comeback and artist portfolio growth. The Grammy-nominated group is back after an extended hiatus due to South Korea's mandated military service. Hybe says it expects more growth across its portfolio, with new releases from groups like TXT. Hybe, the mega...

Eric Zakariasson, an engineer at Cursor, said that AI is enabling product managers to build prototypes more easily. Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images A Cursor engineer says AI tools let product managers build prototypes without backend systems. But engineers should set "clear expectations" to improve the workflow, says Eric Zakariasson. His comments come as the role of product managers and engineers shifts in the AI era. While product managers are spinning up prototypes with AI-assist...