Alistair Barr is global tech editor at Business Insider. Before that, he was a Big Tech team leader at Bloomberg, following a reporting career at The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Reuters and MarketWatch. Alistair won a Gerald Loeb Award in 2007 for coverage of short selling and was a finalist in 2013 for scoops on the Facebook IPO. Got a tip? Reach out using the secure messaging app Signal (+1 415-341-4927) or via email on abarr@businessinsider.com.
The startup is asking investors to ignore the cost of AI model training, according to The Information. That's "not kosher," an accounting expert says.
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2024-10-09T09:00:02Z
The winner of the autonomous ridesharing race could be the company with no driverless vehicles.
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2024-09-27T09:00:02Z
The company is spending heavily on AI and AR technology. Is the CEO still focused on efficiency? A big hint was dropped at Meta Connect this week.
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2024-09-23T19:21:30Z
Intel is the only US company that knows how to make cutting-edge semiconductors. Without this, America is vulnerable.
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2024-09-18T09:00:02Z
Modern work has changed forever, helped by technology such as Amazon's cloud services. Getting biblical about in-office attendance is outdated.
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2024-09-11T09:00:02Z
TV antennas offer free access to live NFL games and more. Young, tech-savvy viewers favor this cheap alternative to streaming, satellite, and cable.
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2024-09-10T01:17:06Z
Apple's iOS 18 supports an incredible 28 iPhone models. The company may be trying to retain users and buy itself time to introduce new AI features.
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2024-09-06T23:50:14Z
Google's status as a verb is slipping among Gen Z, who prefer 'searching' over 'Googling', signaling a shift in how the internet giant is perceived.
Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch says "frontier content" can help website owners survive amid the rise of AI models and chatbots.
AI token prices have collapsed as AI models become more prevalent and converge in terms of performance. That's good for users and bad for others.
AI data centers use way more electricity than traditional cloud facilities. This is sparking a surge in demand that is rippling across the grid.
Generative AI's high development and operational costs are expected to leave software profit margins "structurally" lower
Meta's new AI bots, Meta-ExternalAgent and Meta-ExternalFetcher, scrape web data and may bypass robots.txt rules.
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2024-08-15T09:00:02Z
Discover how other priorities and an early Tesla email prompted a car nut to cancel his Tesla Cybertruck order.
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2024-08-14T09:00:02Z
Google is a monopoly. Now the US government is considering remedies. There's one wild idea that just might work.
The executive has been using Google's Performance Max, Smart Bidding, and Gemini. These are their findings.
The bank surveys its interns on their technology habits and views. What they said about AI customer service is another warning for the tech industry.
When you build a lot of new AI data centers, it's very hard to undo that if end-demand turns out to be weaker than expected.
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2024-07-24T17:21:39Z
With the IPO market set to rebound, startups should make certain hires and enhance financial transparency, Silicon Valley lawyer Louis Lehot said.
Business Insider drove the 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser for a week. We also showed it to a longtime fan of this legendary vehicle. Here's what we found.