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Spotify is increasing its push beyond music and podcasts as the company on Monday announced a new fitness category partnership with Peloton Interactive. The deal will make more than 1,400 Peloton classes available to Spotify Premium subscribers across most of its global markets, embedding fitness content directly into Spotify’s existing audio and video ecosystem, according to the companies. The offering includes strength training, Pilates, barre, yoga, meditation and more.”As we continue to forge a path deeper into wellness, our work with Spotify is just our latest move to expand our reach and capture new revenue streams through Peloton’s unmatched experience,…

Your running club is going to be abuzz this week. Loading audio narration… A sub-two-hour marathon was long considered an almost impossible feat.But on Sunday, Kenyan long-distance runner Sabastian Sawe and Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha finished first and second at the London Marathon, breaking records in a competitive race by reaching the finish line in under 2 hours.Both runners, as well as Ethiopian long-distance runner Tigist Assefa, who broke the record for the fastest female marathon runner, were wearing the same sneakers: Adidas’ Adizero Pro Evo 3, dubbed the new “supershoe.”It’s also set to retail at a super-price: The sneakers, set…

Sam Sidhu, CEO of Customers Bank.Courtesy: Customers BankNearly half an hour into a conference call on Friday to discuss first-quarter results with analysts, Customers Bank CEO Sam Sidhu revealed something unusual — up until that point, he hadn’t actually been speaking.”The prepared remarks you heard on my behalf today were delivered by my AI clone, not read by me,” Sidhu said, calling it a potential first for a public company earnings call. The point of the stunt, he said, was to underscore a broader shift happening as Customers Bank, a $25.9 billion asset lender catering to startups and small businesses,…

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, March 27, 2025.Brendan McDermid | ReutersDETROIT — As America’s largest automakers prepare to report first-quarter earnings results this week amid rising oil and commodity costs due to the Iran war, they find themselves traversing different terrains.General Motors is on the smoothest track, and Wall Street analysts are expecting it to continue on its current path. Ford Motor is on a bumpy road as it detours from CEO Jim Farley’s turnaround plan. And Stellantis is off-roading, going through some tough terrain, but it has its Jeep…

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby (L) and American Airlines CEO Robert Isom listen as U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks to reporters outside the White House on October 30, 2025 in Washington, D.C.Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesUnited Airlines CEO Scott Kirby confirmed on Monday that he approached American Airlines about a potential merger, a possibility American rejected.”I approached American about exploring a combination because I thought we could do something incredible for customers together,” Kirby said in a statement. He said he shared his “big, bold vision” because he was confident it could win regulatory approval.American rejected the idea and…

Intellia Therapeutics, building exterior and company sign, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.Spencer Grant | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesIntellia Therapeutics said its Crispr-based treatment for a rare swelling condition met its goals in a late-stage trial, marking a milestone for the field of gene editing and putting the company on track to seek approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The company’s treatment uses Nobel Prize-winning technology Crispr to edit DNA and turn off the gene that controls production of a peptide that’s overactive in people with hereditary angioedema, causing them to experience potentially life-threatening swelling attacks. Intellia’s treatment is…

Jamie Hodari is looking for his replacement after selling Industrious, the coworking company he cofounded in 2012, to CBRE for $800 million last year. Loading audio narration… Hodari, 44, became a senior executive at at CBRE after the acquisition in charge of its building operations and experience division. He oversees the management and operations of more than 8 billion square feet of space worldwide and about 95,000 employees.For the past year, he has also remained the CEO of Industrious, but is now seeking a successor to run the platform, which has grown to 200 locations around the world. The role…

The rapid rise of prediction markets has involved a tacit agreement of sorts from participants. It’s assumed — if not expected — that there’s some degree of shenanigans going on, whether that means insider trading, market manipulation, or something else. Loading audio narration… But that doesn’t mean people have to like it. Just look at the growing legion of online sleuths scouring the Polymarket blockchain for suspicious activity around wagerable events.Every time Trump makes a sudden political or military decision, the internet is flooded with examples of trades that appear suspicious, based on timing and size. Raising awareness of these…

Disney employees are enchanted with AI — and a handful of super-users are tapping chatbots tens of thousands of times a month. Loading audio narration… In recent months, some Disney tech staffers have gained access to an “AI Adoption Dashboard” that shows AI usage across coding tools Cursor and Claude in tokens used and requests made, two tech employees told Business Insider. Similar dashboards have appeared at major companies like Meta and JPMorgan.Screenshots of the dashboard viewed by Business Insider show AI usage by about 4,800 product and tech employees across Disney Entertainment and ESPN in a nine-workday span during…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rhiannon Bell, vice president of user experience for Google Search, based in San Francisco. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I had an interesting start to my career. I’m from a small town in Wales called Aberystwyth and I didn’t finish high school.I remember when the internet came out, I was like, “what is this magical thing?” I worked in a local cafeteria and had access to the university computers, so I taught myself HTML and JavaScript. I started understanding more about design and topics…