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Paramount Skydance just made a key hire to help advance its AI push. Loading audio narration… Barak Turovsky, who oversaw Google’s AI language product for seven years, is joining David Ellison’s company as the head of consumer AI, product chief Dane Glasgow told tech staffers on Monday afternoon.Turovsky most recently worked at General Motors and has held positions at companies including Cisco, PayPal, SAP, and IBM.Hiring Turovsky will help Paramount “supercharge” the company’s transformation as it uses AI to “meaningfully drive” growth, Glasgow told employees in an email, which was obtained by Business Insider.Turovsky “will be responsible for growing our…

Keara Callahan thought she was doing everything right. She went to college, earned a degree in economics, and landed a well-paying government job as a tech consultant. Loading audio narration… But she still felt something was missing. Watching endless TikTok videos of young people traveling and living freely only deepened that feeling.In 2024, after breaking up with her longtime boyfriend and moving back in with her parents, Callahan quit her corporate job — a decision she wasn’t too sure about at the time.”I’m very risk-averse, but I put in my notice and decided to pursue social media full-time,” Callahan, 28,…

I started working at Google in 2021 as an associate product marketing manager in its London office. It was my dream role, and I landed it after interviewing 10 times. Loading audio narration… Three years later, I left to pursue an MBA in artificial intelligence from Wharton with the goal of creating a portfolio career. I had no idea what that would look like at the time: only that I wanted to create more career options going forward.The higher education space is changing with AI and the creator economy, so I understand why some people might feel it’s not as…

Software developers, who typically earn high pay, will likely still be needed in the era of artificial intelligence.The Bureau of Labor Statistics published new median annual wage data for May 2025, showing how much hundreds of occupations typically pay. Business Insider used these estimates with projected employment changes from 2024 to 2034, previously released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to develop a ranking of fast-growing, high-paying jobs.Using the two datasets, we ranked occupations with a median annual wage of at least $75,000 and that are projected to experience job growth over the decade. We ranked them using a geometric mean…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lauren Behfarin, founder of Little Room Supply. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… When I became a mom 12 years ago, everything changed. I’d been working in IT, but suddenly that career didn’t feel like a good fit. I was existing in the world of newborns, and I wanted to be able to work from home with my daughter.That’s when I started my career as an interior designer, focused on children’s spaces. As a mom, I understand what works in these spaces and why it’s important…

A demonstrator holds a sign saying “PROTECT MINORITY VOTING RIGHTS” at a March 2025 rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Legal Defense Fund hide caption toggle caption Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Legal Defense Fund Weeks after further weakening the Voting Rights Act, the U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped weighing in on a legal question that could severely limit enforcement of the law’s remaining protections for minority voters. In a brief, unsigned order on Monday, the high court announced it is sending cases about Mississippi and North Dakota state legislative maps back to lower courts…

When my wife and I set out to buy our first house nearly a decade ago, we were looking for a fixer-upper. Something with “good bones.” Loading audio narration… More than just a house, our first real-estate purchase would be a strategic investment — and as an attorney with a very corporate, back-office career on Wall Street, I’m all about strategic investment. I was buying a house with my head, not my heart.One listing ticked all of our boxes. Historic and in a perfect location, the house had a fairly large yard, plenty of cosmetic work to do, and the…

The Internal Revenue Service building is seen in February 2025 in Washington, D.C. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images President Trump is moving to dismiss a $10 billion lawsuit he filed against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns, according to a court filing. That could pave the way for a big settlement with the government he leads even as ethics watchdogs and Democrats in Congress are trying to intervene. Trump and the Trump Organization sued the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department in January demanding $10 billion over the leak of his…

The planned mass layoffs at Meta, which have loomed over its employees for weeks, are now just days away. Loading audio narration… Since Meta first announced the coming layoffs on April 23, employees have been working in a state of limbo, unsure of who among them will end up out of work.Meta said at the time in an internal memo that it would cut about 10% of its 78,000 employees and about 6,000 open roles on May 20. Meta said the job cuts would help the company run “more efficiently” and offset investments.”I know this leaves everyone with nearly a…

Higher mortgage rates, rising gas prices and continued economic uncertainty over the war with Iran are all still weighing on potential homebuyers. Builders, however, are feeling slightly better about their businesses, seeing a potential late spring surge.After a sharp drop in April, homebuilder sentiment in the market for single-family homes rose 3 points in May to a readout of 37 on the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. Housing economists had expected the index to remain unchanged month over month. Still, anything below 50 on the index is considered negative sentiment. The index stood at 34…