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I test TVs from every major brand, and year after year, the best Sony TVs stand out for their excellent picture quality. They’re not cheap, but in return you get some of the most polished, accurate images you can buy. If you care about how movies and shows are supposed to look, Sony’s high-end sets are worth the extra spend.Right now, my top pick is the Bravia 8 II OLED. It’s the best Sony TV for people who want the most refined, high-end picture possible, and it goes toe-to-toe with top OLEDs from LG and Samsung. In some areas —…

BULVERDE, Texas (AP) — A 15-year-old student who shot and injured a teacher at a Texas high school and then fatally shot himself appeared to have been struggling academically before coming to the campus armed with a gun he brought from home, authorities said Tuesday.The shooting Monday at Hill Country College Preparatory High School in Bulverde is still being investigated, the Comal County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Detectives seized several electronic devices from the student’s home, and they are being examined to learn more about the student’s actions and a possible motive, the sheriff’s office said.No other injuries…

To build the autonomous machines of the future, sometimes your model needs a model.  Companies developing self-driving cars, robots manipulating the physical environment, or autonomous construction equipment collect thousands, if not millions, of hours of video data for evaluation and training.  Organizing and cataloging that video is now a job for humans, who have to watch all of it. Even fast-forwarding, that doesn’t scale. NomadicML, a startup founded by CEO Mustafa Bal and CTO Varun Krishnan, wants to solve problems for customers who have 95% of their fleet data sitting in archives. The challenge becomes harder when looking for edge…

Runway is moving beyond building AI video models and into shaping what gets built on top of them.  The AI video generation startup has launched a $10 million venture fund to invest in early-stage companies building across AI, media, and world simulation, the company’s founders told TechCrunch. It’s also rolling out a Builders program offering seed to series C startups free API credits, a move that suggests Runway wants to create an ecosystem around what it calls “video intelligence.” Runway has become one of the leading players in AI video generation, with its tools used across film, advertising, and marketing.…

Oracle started laying off staff on Tuesday as the company seeks to cut costs.Employees started receiving notifications early Tuesday. The cuts appear to have affected employees globally, but the full extent of the layoffs could not be immediately learned.”After careful consideration of Oracle’s current business needs, we have made the decision to eliminate your role as part of a broader organizational change,” copies of the notification email viewed by Business Insider stated. “As a result, today is your last working day.”An Oracle spokesperson declined to comment on the layoffs.The cuts are the latest example of Big Tech companies reducing head…

Linx Security has raised $50 million in Series B funding from many of the same early investors who helped turn Wiz into one of the biggest cybersecurity successes of the past decade. Loading audio narration… The New York-based startup founded by Israel Duanis and Niv Goldenberg in 2023 counts Index Ventures, Cyberstarts, and Insight Partners among its backers, mirroring the core group that funded Wiz in its early days. Wiz’s founders are also angel investors.”My story with Wiz started 25 years ago when I slept in the same tent with Assaf Rappaport in the Army,” Israel Duanis, CEO and co-founder…

With now more than 100 million cameras in the field, Amazon-owned Ring is ready to take advantage of its sizable footprint with the launch of a new app store that will expand its cameras’ capabilities. Focused initially on areas like elder care, workforce analytics, rental management, and more, the store will allow developers of all sizes to tap into Ring’s ecosystem to reach customers. First announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, the app store arrives alongside Ring’s expansion beyond smart doorbells and cameras for people’s homes to those aimed at businesses. But the new store is also enabled…

Oracle started laying off employees on Tuesday, according to two affected workers and several social media posts. Loading audio narration… The cuts appear to have affected employees globally, but the full extent of the layoffs could not be immediately learned. More than a dozen people posted on LinkedIn on Tuesday to announce they had been impacted by the layoffs.Affected roles appear to include staff in Oracle’s cloud computing business, per LinkedIn posts reviewed by Business Insider. Several of the employees who posted were software engineers.An Oracle spokesperson declined to comment.Oracle employed around 162,000 full-time employees as of May 2025, according…

Apple is celebrating 50 years since its founding this week, and it’s seen a number of innovators pump out iconic products over the decades.Its storied past is marked with major milestones that changed the landscape of the tech industry. Along the way, Apple has become known for its workplace culture of innovation and secrecy.Two former leaders at the heart of some of Apple’s most memorable projects looked back on their time at the tech giant.From working in the Steve Jobs era to maintaining a level of mystery around secret products, they spoke to Business Insider about their years of experience…

Messy breakup? Instagram might make it a lot harder to move on.Instagram is testing a new subscription that gives paying users access to several features, including the ability to view another user’s Story in stealth mode.Other perks include creating audience lists beyond “Close Friends” and extending a Story by an additional 24 hours. Instagram Stories are photos and videos that expire after 24 hours. Currently, the creator can see who views them.”Our hope from these tests is to understand what’s most valuable to people in a premium feature set,” an Instagram spokesperson said in a statement to Bloomberg. The company…