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This photo shows an exterior view of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit building from 2002 in Washington, D.C. Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge who has been sidelined for three years over questions about her competency is asking the Supreme Court to throw her a lifeline. Judge Pauline Newman is 98 years old — and she wants a chance to hear cases again. Her story shines a light on the aging judiciary, where the average age of federal jurists is 69. Lifetime tenure…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Natalie Gilbert, a 30-year-old data scientist at AT&T whose father, Mazin Gilbert, was a researcher at the company’s Bell Labs division. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… Growing up, I was super naive about what AT&T was.What I knew about the company came through the lens of my dad, who was working on speech recognition. He worked with people like Yann LeCun, who was developing the capability to detect handwriting and convert it to text, and Dennis Ritchie, who created the C programming language.My dad’s…

For some AI startup CEOs, hiring is about finding people who can evolve alongside rapidly changing technology moreso than pedigree.Amid an increasingly brutal job market for white-collar workers across sectors, three CEOs and cofounders of AI startups in San Francisco recently shared with Business Insider what they’re looking for in candidates and how AI is reshaping those expectations. Rather than focusing solely on the résumé or job description, these companies say that they most value genuine excitement about AI and often screen candidates based on how well they can embrace new tools.From testing whether applicants instinctively use AI to solve…

Artificial intelligence is shining new light on the $400 billion world of strategy consulting, and it might be tarnishing the allure of high-paid business strategists. Loading audio narration… That’s not the conclusion you might reach when listening to all of the consultancies that say they’re doubling down on AI, which they say will make their legion of consultants faster, better, and more effective. But behind the curtain, demand for management consultants — a small, but flashy segment in the broader consulting space — isn’t what it used to be. In the age of LLMs, the advice they offer is becoming…

An American flag is seen outside the Supreme Court, in Washington, D.C., in November. This week, the high court will hear oral arguments for a case that could change who gets to be a U.S. citizen. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP At a recent U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing on birthright citizenship, Republican lawmakers argued that the legal principle granting automatic citizenship to nearly everyone born on American soil is not just a constitutional or immigration issue: It’s also a matter of fraud and national security. “The question before us today is a simple one: Is American citizenship…

The Crook family is trying to ignore one thing hanging over their approaching Hawaiian vacation: the fact that it might not happen. Granted, it wouldn’t be the first time they’ve changed plans this year. They initially wanted to go to Cancún, but they scrapped that idea due to unrest in Mexico in February. They instead pivoted to Maui, but the getaway is on the books in pencil, not pen. They intentionally booked accommodations with lax cancellation policies, and if they wind up dropping their flights, at least they’ll get to keep the airline credit. “Everything’s kind of hedged,” says Colin…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rich Ruohonen. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I started curling when I was about 12 years old. My dad taught my brother and me. Curling was a demonstration sport back then. I played in college and in law school, but not at a level close to what I play now. I’ve been playing pretty competitively for the last 25 years.I made my first men’s national championship team in 1998 and then again in 2001. I’ve been to the last 21 out of 23 national championships;…

Jetsetting has gotten less glamorous — and that’s not expected to change even as President Donald Trump reinstates pay for Transportation Security Administration workers.Trump on Friday directed Homeland Security to start paying TSA workers after Congress failed to agree on a path to end the partial government shutdown and fund the Department of Homeland Security.The DHS said its agents could start seeing paychecks again as soon as Monday, but if you thought that would mean shorter airport security lines, you might want to pack a snack.The airline industry is facing an assembly of problems — war, rising costs, staffing shortages, to…

Bank of America has agreed to pay $72.5 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit alleging the bank facilitated financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation, according to a Manhattan federal court filing released Friday evening. Loading audio narration… The deal, which requires sign-off from a judge, would pay “all women who were sexually abused or trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein, or by any person who is connected to or otherwise associated with Jeffrey Epstein or any Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking venture, between June 30, 2008 and July 6, 2019, inclusive,” the filing said.Lawyers have said they are aware of “at least…

When Kimberly Storin joined Zoom as chief marketing and communications officer in April 2025, she did her own research to learn what users thought of the brand. Storin said she discovered a strong affinity for Zoom compared to its competitors. Still, many of the platform’s features are not well known.That insight inspired a campaign and commercial titled “Zoom Ahead,” created by Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost’s production company, and featuring former SNL cast member Bowen Yang. In the spot, Yang plays a tyrannical head of IT who is powerless to prevent employees from declaring their love of Zoom.Zoom extended the…