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Robot drivers will ultimately outperform humans on safety, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said on Tuesday in Davos.”If you think about the world 20 years from now, your Uber is going to be driven largely not by a human being, but by a robot driver — a piece of software on top of a car,” Khosrowshahi said, adding that vehicles are becoming increasingly sophisticated and more like “computers on wheels.” Robot drivers will ultimately outperform humans on safety, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said on Tuesday in Davos.”If you think about the world 20 years from now, your Uber is going to…

Growing up between two cultures shaped Sally Tian’s perspective on the world.Tian was born in Guangzhou, China, and lived there until she was 10, when her family moved to Vancouver. At 15, she returned to China to attend an international school before heading to Toronto for college, where she later started her career in management consulting.”I thought, ‘I’m going to fulfill the immigrant dream. I’m going to get a great corporate job and all that,'” Tian, now 30, told Business Insider.However, the predictability of her days left her wanting more, and after three years, she moved to Beijing in 2020…

On a Monday morning in early December, I met Gina Jaguttis as we loaded our surfboards into the camp van just before sunrise. We only got to talking on a choppy boat ride that took us a mile off the coast of Bali, Indonesia.The 26-year-old real estate project manager from Munich came to the surf camp to improve her skills on the water. I came to talk with adventurous travelers about their big ideas, from new businesses to life after layoffs.At our camp’s bonfire that night, she began to tell me why she made a second solo expedition to the…

A favorite tool of President Donald Trump has been costing Americans, according to new study.The brunt of US tariffs — 96% — have been paid by US buyers, research from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a German think tank, found, while about 4% of the tariff burden was paid by foreign exporters.”American importers and consumers bear nearly all the cost,” the researchers said of the tariffs.The study, published Monday, said that the $200 billion increase in customs revenue that the US government raised in 2025 was a “tax paid almost entirely by Americans.”The research contradicts Trump’s messaging that…

Flying commercial isn’t always the best option for Davos attendees, and many are arriving by private jet.Marc Benioff’s Gulfstream G700 is one of the latest jets to touch down near the alpine resort. Flying commercial isn’t always the best option for Davos attendees, and many are arriving by private jet.Marc Benioff’s Gulfstream G700 is one of the latest jets to touch down near the alpine resort.The Salesforce CEO’s plane flew over 14 hours from Hawaii to Friedrichshafen, Germany, according to data from JetSpy. It touched down shortly after 11 a.m. local time on MondayIt’s perhaps the swankiest jet to arrive…

China’s population is shrinking — and the decline is accelerating.The country’s population fell for the fourth year in a row, falling by 3.39 million to 1.405 billion people in 2025, according to new data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics.Its birth rate hit its lowest level on record — 5.63 per 1,000 people — since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, while the death rate climbed to 8.04 per 1,000 people. The number of babies born in the country dropped to 7.92 million, down from 9.54 million in 2024.The United Nations predicted in 2024 that China’s population…

2026-01-19T17:32:51.179Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads 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. Elon Musk said this month that the AI revolution will make saving for retirement “irrelevant.” We asked if you agreed — and it was a clear “no.” Retirement and AI experts previously said it’s best to keep saving. Earlier this month, Elon Musk suggested that people don’t need to…

If you have been hoping for a $2,000 tariff rebate check, it may not come. President Donald Trump gave mixed messages about the issues in a recent interview with The New York Times.”You’ve promised $2,000 checks to Americans based off of your tariff revenues. When can they expect those?” Times reporter Katie Rogers asked.”I did do that? When did I do that?” Trump said. “Yeah, I’m thinking. Well, I did $1,776 for the military.”When Tyler Pager, another Times journalist, followed up, asking when the checks would come, Trump replied that “the tariff money is so substantial.” Every time Katherine publishes…

YouTube is close to reaching a tipping point in TV advertising.Google has been coveting lucrative TV ad budgets for more than a decade. But despite stats showing that an increasing amount of YouTube viewing takes place on TV sets in the living room, its ad sellers faced a hurdle. Many advertisers and agencies classified YouTube as “online video” or “social media,” treating it as a separate part of the media plan from TV.With TV ad spending expected to reach $167.4 billion globally in 2026, per ad giant WPP Media, these budget classifications were holding YouTube back from capturing a crucial…

Stellantis North America COO and Jeep CEO Antonio Filosa speaks during the Stellantis press conference at the Automobility LA 2024 car show at Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California, November 21, 2024. Etienne Laurent | AFP | Getty ImagesDETROIT — Five years after the transatlantic automaker Stellantis was formed through a merger, the business hasn’t necessarily panned out as investors hoped.U.S. shares of the company — created through a $52 billion combination of Italian American automaker Fiat Chrysler and France-based Groupe PSA on Jan. 16, 2021 — are down roughly 43% in the past five years. Italian-listed shares…