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It rarely hurts to have Batman on your side. Michael Burry may have the next thing after Ben Affleck revealed he’s also skeptical of the AI boom.The Hollywood star, speaking on the latest episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, echoed the investor’s skepticism of grand claims around AI and Big Tech’s massive investments in the nascent tech.”I think a lot of that rhetoric comes from people who are trying to justify valuations around companies, where they go: ‘We’re going to change everything in two years, there’s going to be no more work,'” Affleck said.”Well, the reason they’re saying that…
A Georgia-based food company has recalled thousands of pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products, which were sold in seven different states, after determining the products may have been contaminated with listeria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced.Suzanna’s Kitchen, headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, recalled roughly 13,720 pounds of its ready-to-eat grilled chicken breast fillet products, according to the Food Safety and Inspection Service, a branch of the Department of Agriculture.The recalled products were produced on Oct. 14, 2025, and sold in 10-pound cases containing two 5-pound bags of cooked grilled chicken breast fillets with rib meat, health officials said. They were sent…
Protein just got a big boost from U.S. health officials.The latest federal dietary guidelines tell Americans to “prioritize protein foods at every meal” and advise increasing daily intake — up to double the amount of previous recommendations.“We are ending the war on protein,” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a White House post on social media.The guidance — including a new food pyramid — emphasizes red meat, whole milk and other animal sources of protein, while downplaying plant-based offerings.But top nutrition experts question the protein push, saying Americans already consume more protein than they need, and there’s no…
Billionaire tech bros like Sam Altman and Elon Musk like to think they operate on the futuristic fringe.On at least one subject that is trendy in tech circles, however, they are way late: basic income.Nearly six decades ago, Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for a form of basic income not unlike what AI leaders today suggest could be the salve to mitigate AI’s impact on the workforce.King wrote in his 1967 book, “Where Do We Go From Here?” that a guaranteed annual income could ultimately create “widespread economic security.””Personal conflicts between husband, wife, and children will diminish when the unjust…
Meta’s decision to cut more than a thousand jobs in Reality Labs and wind down parts of its metaverse strategy has reignited fears that the company is quietly backing away from virtual reality.Oculus founder Palmer Luckey says that interpretation is wrong — and misses a deeper problem the cuts may actually solve.In a series of posts on X on Monday, Luckey said that Meta’s Reality Labs layoffs, which The New York Times reported were roughly 10% to 15% of the division’s 15,000 employees, do not signal retreat.Meta still employs the largest VR workforce in the world, he said, dwarfing competitors “by…
As GLP-1 medications normalize smaller appetites and higher protein intake, national restaurant chains are quietly redesigning their menus — offering customers scaled-down portions at lower prices, whether they’re on the drugs or not.Once exclusively a treatment for diabetes, GLP-1 drugs such as Zepbound and Wegovy, which suppress appetite and slow digestion, have become a mainstream weight-loss tool. The drugs’ rise has coincided with a broader wellness and health-focused shift that seems to emphasize protein, forcing restaurants built on abundance and bottomless refills to rethink how much food consumers actually want.Smoothie King is among the restaurants that capitalized on this movement…
2026-01-19T07:49:32.280Z 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. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke said companies undervalue founders’ experience and leadership. Lütke said he elevated the founders of Shopify’s acquisitions during the pandemic. He said that he asks potential hires: “Have you started a company before?” Don’t put your best employees on the “skunk work team,” says Shopify’s CEO.On…
(Corrects to show in paragraph 1 that it was a drop of 3.39 million, not 339 million)BEIJING, Jan 19 (Reuters) – China’s population fell for a fourth consecutive year in 2025, dropping by 3.39 million to 1.405 billion, a faster decline than 2024, official data showed on Monday.The total number of births in China dropped to 7.92 million in 2025, its lowest in decades, from 9.54 million in 2024. The number of deaths rose to 11.31 million from 10.93 million in 2024, figures from China’s National Bureau of Statistics showed.China’s population has been shrinking since 2022 and is ageing rapidly,…
Sequoia Capital is reportedly joining a blockbuster funding round for Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, according to the Financial Times. It’s a move sure to turn heads in Silicon Valley. Why? Because venture capital firms have historically avoided backing competing companies in the same sector, preferring to place their bets on a single winner. Yet here’s Sequoia, already invested in both OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI, now throwing its weight behind Anthropic, too. The timing is particularly surprising given what OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said under oath last year. As part of OpenAI’s defense against a high-profile lawsuit by…
2026-01-18T15:30:01.253Z 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. After a bruising pullback from pandemic-era highs, tech hiring is settling into a more sustainable phase, according to a new study on top jobs from Indeed. Postings for tech roles are down 36% from early 2020, but job listings for some specialized technical occupations are still higher than pre-pandemic…