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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Aaron Cannon, the 37-year-old founder of Outset, who resides in San Francisco with his wife and three-year-old son. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I decided to start my company while I was on paternity leave.It’s very woven together: starting a family and starting a startup happened along a similar timeline. I definitely have a lot of people who think that’s a little insane. It is. I have wistful moments thinking about, “Man, what if I could do all this when I was 25 and single?”Then I quickly remind myself that…
When outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles occur despite highly effective vaccines being available, it’s easy to conclude that parents who don’t vaccinate their children are misguided, selfish or have fallen prey to misinformation.As professors with expertise in vaccine policy and health economics, we argue that the decision not to vaccinate isn’t simply about misinformation or hesitancy. In our view, it involves game theory, a mathematical framework that helps explain how reasonable people can make choices that collectively lead to outcomes that endanger them.Game theory reveals that vaccine hesitancy is not a moral failure, but simply the predictable outcome…
2025-12-25T13:16:29.477Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Elon Musk appears to be feeling the joy this holiday season. The Tesla CEO posted to X that he’s making an edit to the company’s “mission wording.” In the name of joy, “Sustainable abundance” will be replaced by “amazing abundance,” Musk wrote. Elon Musk wants to bring more joy…
2025-12-25T10:31:01.220Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. AI giants like OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google DeepMind are competing for top talent. These companies are offering huge pay packages for the best and brightest. They are also paying top dollar for new talent through internships, fellowships, and residencies. In the race to develop AI, the humble internship…
Nike has Tim Cook to thank for its warm, festive glow this Christmas.The sneaker giant disclosed in a filing that Cook, a longtime member of Nike’s board and its lead independent director, bought shares in Nike worth about $3 million.Cook’s purchase of 50,000 shares almost doubled his holdings in the company to just over 105,000 shares, or about $6 million.Nike’s stock jumped 4.64% at the close of trading on Wednesday.Cook’s investment sends a signal of support to Nike CEO Elliott Hill, who is in the middle of a plan to turn around the struggling sportswear giant. “You buy with your…
The odds of anyone sitting through a two-minute film trailer while scrolling through TikTok are abysmal, a challenge that studios are grappling with in the age of short-form content.”When you see a trailer nowadays, it just fades into the background because most people are just scrolling,” Amid Mohamed, a 17-year-old based in Dubai, told Business Insider.That’s why companies like Viral Cartel Inc., the digital marketing and creative agency Mohamed founded in 2024, when he was just 16, are becoming a go-to tool for studios trying to break through on TikTok. Viral Cartel Inc. helps studios generate hype around their films…
LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) — Like many retirement communities, The Terraces serves as a tranquil refuge for a nucleus of older people who no longer can travel to faraway places or engaging in bold adventures.But they can still be thrust back to their days of wanderlust and thrill-seeking whenever caretakers at the community in Los Gatos, California, schedule a date for residents — many of whom are in their 80s and 90s — to take turns donning virtual reality headsets.Within a matter of minutes, the headsets can transport them to Europe, immerse them in the ocean depths or soar them…
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has chosen Westminster Abbey as the site of his Christmas Day speech on Thursday, reflecting the idea of pilgrimage that is expected to be a theme of the annual address to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.The central London landmark, known for the lavish coronations and royal weddings it has hosted for more than 1,000 years, is also the focus of an annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Edward the Confessor, which lies at the heart of the church. Edward, a monk-like monarch, was canonized as a saint in 1161.The monarch’s annual holiday message…
Nvidia is investing more in the AI boom with new hires from and a licensing deal with AI hardware startup Groq.Groq confirmed in a blog post on Wednesday that it has “entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Nvidia for Groq’s inference technology” and said the company will continue to operate independently.The startups is known for its Language Processing Unit, which is a custom chip designed for AI inference, namely, the process by which a trained AI model makes predictions or decisions. Groq was valued at about $6.9 billion as of three months ago and raised around $750 million in…
A Texas father and son are both back home and getting to spend Christmas together after they were hospitalized recently.Spencer Tutt, 33, experienced a seizure and a heart event late last month after running a 10K trail run, an event he’d spent the last six to seven months preparing for.”This is the first time I ever had any complications,” Tutt, a police officer and longtime runner, told ABC News. “I felt more winded than I think I have in the previous years running, but I had no idea what was going on.”Texas Children’s Hospital – PHOTO: Spencer Tutt and his…