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Police officers stand outside a polling station in Las Vegas on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. In recent years, election administrators have formed closer working relationships with local law enforcement. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images When Chris Davis first started working in law enforcement over 30 years ago, elections would come and go relatively unnoticed. “Election Day was something, as a police officer, you may not even realize was happening,” he said. “It wouldn’t even come up on roll calls.” Davis is now chief of police in Green Bay, Wis. And…

For a brief moment toward the midpoint of the AI-generated film “Hell Grind,” I caught myself experiencing something unexpected: genuine emotion.As the male lead, Roco, gazed at a photo of his recently kidnapped love interest, he flashed back to memories of them growing up together in an orphanage. The sadness and yearning felt real.The sensation didn’t last.Mid-flashback, Roco and his AI-generated costars began laughing in an eerily synchronized fashion, their eyes peeled wide open. As I sat in New York’s Metro Private Cinema this week, scooping up handfuls of popcorn, the uncanny valley of AI came roaring back. Roco, the…

Ask a tech worker how AI has changed their jobs, and chances are they’ll answer with a single number: hours saved.In interviews with Business Insider, Big Tech software engineers, product managers, and data scientists described using AI to compress hours of work into minutes. They use it to draft documents, summarize months of meetings, review code, automate reports, and more.Faster doesn’t always mean easier, however. One Amazon data scientist said AI is adding hours to his workweek as he builds the automation systems that should eventually save him time. Another Amazon employee said any time saved is quickly redirected to…

I was 38 weeks pregnant when I stopped being able to walk, at age 28, with my first child of five. I remember the exact moment, standing in a long hallway, where I couldn’t race back to my class where 30 high school kids sat waiting for instruction. I grabbed a rolling chair from a nearby classroom and inched my way back from the bathroom, sitting.I’d developed a painful pelvic bone condition, and I thought for sure I’d be sent home to bed for the rest of my pregnancy.But that’s not what happened next. Instead, I got a call from…

Private companies penalized for their student-loan collection tactics may be making a comeback.As President Donald Trump transfers federal student loans from the Department of Education to the Treasury Department, defaulted borrowers will be routed through the Treasury’s “Cross-Servicing program,” which uses private contractors to collect federal debts. Two agencies in that system, Pioneer Credit Recovery and Transworld Systems, were previously sued or fined by federal watchdogs for “misleading” or “abusive” practices.Lawmakers and administration officials in Trump’s first term pushed to terminate contracts with private collectors over high costs and accusations of predatory behavior. Former President Joe Biden ended their contracts…

Steve Cohen’s $50.7 billion hedge fund has continued its strong run of returns with a 2% gain in May, a person close to the firm tells Business Insider.That gain puts Cohen’s firm at 10.5% for the year, following a 17.5% gain in 2025, when the manager outperformed its main rivals in the multistrategy space, namely Millennium and Citadel.May was generally good for big-name managers, people close to the firms told Business Insider. Millennium was up 2.4%, pushing its 2026 gains to 6.1%. Balyasny is now positive for the year thanks to a 1.4% gain last month. Citadel also gained 1.4%…

When far-right influencer Nick Shirley posted a viral video in January alleging fraud at Minnesota daycares, he showed his 1.6 million followers on X something else too: a gray hoodie emblazoned with the Polymarket logo.Polymarket had made other appearances in the 24-year-old’s content, like in a series of man-on-the-street interviews about the “current state of America” posted in December.The first post came after Shirley began receiving money from Polymarket’s chief marketing officer, Matthew Modabber. The second came after he had taken in a total of $3,100 from Modabber, according to records reviewed by POLITICO.This daycare “Creative Minds Daycare” was SHUTDOWN…

“60 Minutes” is done shedding correspondents — at least for now.Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim announced on Friday that they’re staying at the storied news program after a tumultuous few weeks. Four “60 Minutes” correspondents have left or been fired as Bari Weiss, the top editor at CBS News, remakes the organization.”We don’t want to see 60 Minutes die,” Stahl, Whitaker, and Wertheim said in a memo, which was viewed by Business Insider.The correspondents’ decision to stay comes three days after fellow veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley was fired following a dispute with new executive producer Nick…

Kelly Ortberg, chief executive officer of Boeing Co., during a media event at the Boeing Delivery Center in Seattle, Washington, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. M. Scott Brauer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesRENTON, WASHINGTON — Boeing will begin building new 737 Max airplanes on July 6 at a final assembly line it’s opening north of Seattle, CEO Kelly Ortberg told CNBC on Friday.  The new 737 Max final assembly line in Everett, Washington, will serve as a catalyst for increasing Max production to 52 jets per month — a pace that’s expected to begin next year. Boeing is currently building 47 Maxes…

Partiful likes to throw a party. It’s in the name.The events app, which has become the way Gen Z plans just about everything, threw a party during the New York Tech Week conference this week.”You might be wondering, ‘Why is Partiful throwing a party?'” Shreya Murthy, Partiful’s CEO, told the crowded room of Tech Week-goers.In part, it was to celebrate the startup’s first major leap toward actually making money as a social app: ticketing.Partiful recently rolled out paid tickets for events. The startup will now generate revenue from service fees added to ticket sales. Hosts earn the bulk of the…