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Every year, when the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 31, many of us like to take part in the collective delusion that we will magically become an entirely new person. Someone who wakes up at 6 a.m., drinks untold gallons of water a day, hits their 10,000 steps and glows from the inside, from both inner peace and green juice. Someone who journals, calls their mother and finally writes that novel.We know, of course, that many New Year’s resolutions flame out, but that’s also the point — transformation is kind of a drag. It happens slowly and unevenly, with plenty…

Tony Stark relied on his ultra-polished, tech-heavy “Iron Man” suit to achieve his superhero feats.Jack Buser, the global director for games at Google Cloud, thinks AI will help game developers in the same way.”There will always be holdouts, just like every technological revolution, but it’s becoming so common now,” Buser told Business Insider. “We’re seeing a major shift.” Buser and other tech industry leaders have said that implementing AI could transform how people work. In the gaming industry, the tech could help streamline operations, resulting in cost cuts, faster production times, or help developers tackle an array of tasks.”It’s like…

2025-09-20T21:39:33Z 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. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday making changes to the H-1B visa program. US employers hiring foreign skilled workers must now pay a $100,000 application fee. The majority of H-1B applications are for professional, scientific, and technical services. Some employers may struggle with the new $100,000…

2025-09-20T23:17:03Z 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. President Donald Trump issued an order imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications. The Indian government, whose citizens hold the most H-1B visas, raised concerns about the fee. The Indian government said disruption from the order is likely to have “humanitarian consequences.” President Donald Trump’s surprise executive…

As the saying goes: when one door closes, another opens.President Donald Trump on Friday changed the rules of the H-1B visa program, which provides skilled foreign professionals permission to work in the United States.His executive order, which raised the visa application fee for new applicants from under $10,000 to $100,000, scrambled stakeholders around the world. Tech giants such as Amazon and Microsoft issued travel advisories to their visa-holding staff, warning them to stay in the US or return to the country within 24 hours.In the midst of the chaos, some immigration specialists pointed to a possible side door for qualified…

Palmer Luckey says he learned the hard way that relying on Silicon Valley talent can be a trap.The founder of Oculus VR and Anduril Industries recalled how, after Facebook (now Meta) acquired Oculus in 2014, his other company’s hiring funnel narrowed almost exclusively to Bay Area engineers.Many, he said, were “very mercenary-minded” and more interested in résumé building than mission.”After moving to the Bay Area, I found that I could only hire people who already were in the Bay Area,” Luckey said in an interview with Lulu Cheng Meservey on her YouTube channel on Monday.”We ended up with this pretty…

Leaders across industries are encouraging employees to increase their AI usage — but it’s becoming costly, and there are risks as people upload sensitive information into an array of large language models.Requesty wants to help companies bring down the expense and mitigate against any AI perils.Originally founded as a data analytics startup, London-based Requesty pivoted this year to focus on infrastructure. Its technology sits as a gateway between AI providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Grok, and developers who are building AI-powered applications for tasks like coding, booking travel, scanning invoices, and translation.Thibault Jaigu, Requesty’s cofounder, describes the company as a…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Wen-Hsing Huang, a 25-year-old software development engineer at Amazon from Taiwan, who is now based in Seattle. Business Insider has verified Huang’s employment history with documentation. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I always knew I wanted to study and work in the United States. When I was 18, I dreamed of making $200,000 a year working in Big Tech when I graduated.Over time, I began to question whether I wanted my career dictated by a visa. I realized how little control I had over external factors: the economy,…

As hype around generative AI continues to rattle the software sector, more specialized software companies may be among the most resilient players and the most underappreciated.RBC Capital Markets wrote on Wednesday that vertical software — tools specifically designed for industries such as healthcare, insurance, and industrial design — could weather AI disruption in the near term and benefit from it in the long run.These software vendors benefit from deep domain expertise, regulatory knowledge, and workflows that are difficult to replicate, the analysts wrote in a note to investors.”Vertical software is one pocket of software that is likely to be viewed…

Chinese social media users on Weibo, a Twitter-like platform, have mixed views on Tesla’s new budget-friendly models.On Tuesday, Tesla announced affordable versions of the Model Y and Model 3. Unlike the premium versions, the standard models won’t ship with key features like leather seats, a radio, a rear screen for passengers, and the “Autosteer” feature of Tesla’s Autopilot software.The “Model Y Standard” and the “Model 3 Standard” cost $39,990 and $36,990, respectively. Both cars are about $5,000, or around 10% cheaper than their premium versions, and will be available starting next month.Some Chinese social media users, however, said they weren’t…