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Elon Musk says he’s happy to lose one lunar milestone if it helps him win the bigger prize.The SpaceX chief said in a post on X on Monday that he would congratulate Blue Origin if it lands on the moon before SpaceX, as his company focuses on a more ambitious goal: building a “self-growing city” on the moon.”What really matters for the future is being able to land millions of tons of equipment and people to build a self-growing city on the moon,” Musk wrote. “In this respect, perhaps we are be more the tortoise than the hare for now,”…
Vibe coding everything is just not worth it, says an Andressen Horowitz partner.On an episode of the “20VC” podcast released on Monday, A16z general partner Anish Acharya said that companies shouldn’t use AI-assisted coding for every part of their business.He said that software accounts for 8% to 12% of a company’s expenses, so using vibe coding to build the company’s resource planning or payroll tools would only save about 10%. Relying on AI to write code also carries risks, he said.”You have this innovation bazooka with these models. Why would you point it at rebuilding payroll or ERP or CRM,”…
2026-02-10T02:13:44.038Z 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. Salesforce cut part of its workforce earlier this month. Staff in teams across marketing, product, and data were let go. The cut involved fewer than 1,000 roles, according to a person familiar with the matter. Salesforce made cuts to its workforce at the beginning of this month.The cut involved…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s most populous state said Monday it was stepping up health screening at schools and recommended the use of face masks for students and staff as the country confronts a growing measles outbreak.The decision by Mexico state followed similar measures announced last week in the western state of Jalisco, site of the country’s largest outbreak, where masks are now required in the schools of its capital Guadalajara, Mexico’s second-largest city.Through Feb. 6, there were 2,143 confirmed measles cases nationwide and nearly 6,000 suspected cases. Jalisco was home to more than half of Mexico’s confirmed cases, but…
2026-02-10T01:30:21.020Z 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. Salesforce has appointed new leaders in an executive shake-up. Six new hires and promoted executives will lead businesses like Agentforce and Slack. The executives replace five high-profile leaders who have announced departures since December. Salesforce has hired or promoted six new leaders, replacing five high-profile leaders who have announced…
Raj Jegannathan, who was once tasked with managing Tesla’s sales and service team in North America, announced his departure from the company on Monday.Jegannathan, Tesla’s vice president of IT, took over the sales organization shortly after Troy Jones, the former vice president of North America sales and service, left the company in July. During his time on the team, Jegannathan worked to incorporate more AI tools in sales and service team workflows, five people with knowledge of the issue told Business Insider.”A comprehensive end-to-end understanding of the business has been essential—enabling the team to harness AI effectively to achieve meaningful…
Health officials in Washington, D.C., are warning that people may have been exposed to measles in locations across the city.DC Health said in a statement that it “was notified of multiple confirmed cases of measles whose carriers visited multiple locations in the District while contagious.”Among those locations is the annual National March for Life rally, which took place on the National Mall on Jan. 23 and had several high-profile speakers, including Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson.4 times as many measles cases in a few weeks than US typically averages in a whole year: CDCOther locations include:Basilica…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Catherine O’Hara died from a pulmonary embolism, with cancer as the underlying cause.A Los Angeles County death certificate issued Monday lists the pulmonary embolism, which occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery in the lungs, as the immediate cause of the actor’s Jan. 30 death at age 71. Rectal cancer was the long-term cause.The oncologist who signed off on the certificate indicated that he had been treating O’Hara since March of last year, and last saw her on Jan. 27. She died at a hospital in Santa Monica, California.AdvertisementAdvertisementThe beloved Canadian-born comic actor and “SCTV”…
On Monday, Databricks announced it reached a $5.4 billion revenue run rate, growing 65% year-over-year, of which more than $1.4 billion was from its AI products. Co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi wanted to share these growth numbers because there’s so much talk about how AI is going to kill the SaaS business, he told TechCrunch. “Everybody’s like, ‘Oh, it’s SaaS. What’s going to happen to all these companies? What’s AI going to do with all these companies?’ For us, it’s just increasing the usage,” he said. To be sure, he also wants to distance Databricks from the SaaS label, given that…
By Maria TsvetkovaNEW YORK, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Two-thirds of nurses who walked out of major hospitals in New York City a month ago have reached preliminary agreements with their employers and may end the strike this week, the union representing 15,000 striking nurses said on Monday.The strike at three healthcare networks – Montefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian – led to staffing shortages and a state of emergency declared by New York Governor Kathy Hochul to allow out-of-state and foreign staff to cover for striking nurses.The state of emergency, which took effect on January 9, was set to expire on…