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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Break out the sad trombone at Oklahoma: The Pride of Oklahoma marching band has been benched.The marching band wrote on social media that budget constraints forced it to stay home instead of traveling to Philadelphia for Saturday’s game between No. 13 Oklahoma and Temple.The Saint Joseph’s pep band pinch-hit for OU and led “ Boomer Sooner ” for the game at Lincoln Financial Field.The Pride of Oklahoma wrote the band would still travel to all Southeastern Conference road games this season. The full band will travel to Texas and the pep band will travel to South Carolina,…

TOKYO (AP) — When he closes the book on 2025, Ryan Crouser will have six official shot put attempts on the books. And one world championship.Talk about quality over quantity.Nursing an excruciating elbow injury all season, the 32-year-old American cut his practice down to near nothing, got on the plane for Tokyo hoping for the best and walked out with his third straight world title Saturday. He joined Switzerland’s Werner Günthör as the second man to win three straight shot put titles at world championships. This was the latest and most unlikely triumph for Crouser, who also has three straight…

Apple introduced the world this week to its thinnest phone yet.With a depth of 5.6 millimeters, the iPhone Air rests on a fingertip in its debut clip. It was the star of the show at Apple’s “awe dropping” fall event, where it emphasized the phone’s “impossibly thin” yet durable design.”It does seem like it’s going to fly away when you’re holding it,” CEO Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal after unveiling the phone.The iPhone Air’s predecessors varied in depth, shape, and height. The OG iPhone, known for its rounded edges, is a whopping 11.6 millimeters, while the iPhone 6…

Emily Fontaine engages with VC firms, startups, and portfolio companies every day, she told Business Insider, and she knows what she wants from them.As IBM’s global head of venture capital, Fontaine leads IBM Ventures, which partners with companies working on everything from quantum computing to artificial intelligence to cybersecurity. She said she wants to connect with 800 startups worldwide this year.”We’ve got a really good formula for that,” Fontaine said on how she decides whether to invest. “Our mission is super clear: accelerate enterprise innovation with emerging technologies that are delivering real business value.”Fontaine said she evaluates investments based on…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Exhausted and finally able to catch her breath, Jess Smith sat down for a celebratory postgame meal out with her family when two preteen boys at a nearby table began analyzing all the winning plays by the Golden State Valkyries from earlier in the day.They impressed the president of the WNBA’s newest team with their knowledge, discussing the highlights just like they surely would Stephen Curry and the NBA’s Warriors.“They were pronouncing the players’ names correctly, they were talking so passionately about how skilled our players were,” Smith said. “You could tell they watched the whole…

2025-09-13T09:03:02Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link 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. A growing number of the world’s richest entrepreneurs are using their wealth to fight aging. They’re taking supplements, abiding by fitness routines, and investing millions into research. BI rounded up a list of 8 entrepreneurs actively seeking the fountain of youth. These days, a big topic at the diplomatic…

TOKYO (AP) — America’s two big-name sprinters, Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles, both walked off the track Saturday with reason to think they might have found what’s been missing over a less-than-perfect 2025.What a place to find it — at the world championships in Tokyo, a metropolis that’s been waiting four long years for a chance to cheer on the world’s fastest stars.Both defending world champions won their preliminary heats in the 100 meters. Those results should surprise nobody but they still brought bursts of joy — both from the runners and from the loud sellout crowd that was absent…

During the winter of 2024, Rachel Martin came to a startling realization: She spent most of her free time staring at screens. “I couldn’t really think of hobbies or things that I did that took a break from the digital world,” she said.With pastimes like watching television, playing video games and creating digital art, Martin, 33, sometimes spent more than 12 hours per day looking at screens. She longed for an analog alternative.After some trial and error, she found one: journaling with fountain pens and specialty inks. “It’s quite a cool tactile experience,” she said, and one that unexpectedly turned…

Elon Musk’s xAI laid off at least 500 workers on its data annotation team on Friday night.The company sent out emails notifying employees that it was planning to downsize its team of generalist AI tutors, according to multiple messages viewed by Business Insider.”After a thorough review of our Human Data efforts, we’ve decided to accelerate the expansion and prioritization of our specialist AI tutors, while scaling back our focus on general AI tutor roles. This strategic pivot will take effect immediately,” the email read. “As part of this shift in focus, we no longer need most generalist AI tutor positions and your…

Dr. Ramneek Dosanjh got married young. But before long, she says her marriage dissolved into a cycle of control and domestic violence.”Within a week of meeting and dating, tells you they love you and they will marry you, you know, it all seems dreamy,” Dosanjh told CBS News.It got worse, she says, when she tried to leave.”You just don’t know if you can sustain living that way,” said Dosanjh, who then chose to get an order of protection against her then-husband.The toll on her health started to show. “I had abnormal stress tests,” Dosanjh said. “I had to have a…