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Tina Woods is the CEO and founder of Collider Health, and she DJs as "Tina Technotic."Jon Tonks for BIThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 61-year-old Tina Woods, the CEO and founder of Collider Health, an organization developing public-private partnerships for healthy aging and longevity. It's been edited for length and clarity.As a 61-year-old CEO moonlighting as DJ "Tina Technotic" I am not one of those executives with a strict bedtime or daily routine.A few years ago, as I was finishing writing my book, "Live Longer with AI," and starting hormone replacement therapy for menopause, I decided to enact some lifestyle changes aimed at improving my longevity. I learned how to DJ, to keep me in the groove while recovering from foot surgery, and I also started practicing a low-key form of intermittent fasting. Now I enjoy more all-night dance parties than I did before surgery!Biohacker Bryan Johnson would probably not approve of my all-night raves, but they bring me such joy and are a big part of my own personal longevity protocol. While stepping out of the routine energizes me and fuels my creativity, there are still a few things I do just about every day to help anchor me and drive results.I start the day with tea and coffee, plus newsMy morning ritual usually starts with a cup of Earl Grey tea followed by a proper oat milk latte. I like to turn on BBC Radio 4 and listen to what's happening in the world while I'm caffeinating. Even though a lot of what we hear every day is bad news, I think it's important to feel connected to what is reverberating around the world and tap into the zeitgeist.News, coffee, and Earl Grey set the tone for the day.Jon Tonks for BICleaning the house each morning gives me time and space to thinkMost people in my circle have a house cleaner, but I consider housecleaning an integral part of my morning, and I usually do a bit right after the coffee hits.I have a schedule for which rooms get cleaned every day, with special emphasis on high-use areas like the bathrooms and the kitchen. I enjoy it, the physicality of polishing a window or scrubbing something — and I find the movement provides a great time to get new ideas, because my mind is able to free-associate more than when I'm at my desk.I am ruthless about long meetingsDuring the day, I am on a lot of scheduled Zoom calls, chatting with interesting folks around the world, cementing partnerships, or planning longevity events like the recent JoyScore experiment I piloted in San Francisco in December, alongside my DJ partner and Longevity Rave cofounder Yukari Takehisa. We are partnering with wearable brands, longevity spaces, in talks with The PlayaAI Foundation (from Burning Man) and also various resorts around the world to see how we might better measure how joy, longevity, and health are so interconnected.Woods got a skin age scan at the Collagen Clinic London in January 2026.Jon Tonks for BIIn the old days, I would say yes to a meeting at four in the morning, knowing it was important for my job advancement. But now I can afford to be a little bit more ruthless, and I try to avoid any and all pointless meetings — of which there are many in this world. If someone invites me to a meeting that's an hour long, I say, "Well, listen, I've got half an hour."Of course, being a good business leader is also about knowing when you do need the time to have a more expansive meeting, and creating that flex in your schedule. Even though I have a packed schedule, I always make time for people with interesting ideas. I'm intrigued by the unusual and the underdogs, the people who are the mavericks, and so I will always make time for those people, whether they be students with new and unusual proposals, someone wanting to start a new company, or another entrepreneur asking me to join their board.Tech has replaced personal assistants and staffersI use a ton of technology to…

Tesla CEO Elon MuskReutersElon Musk is looking for tech talent to work on Tesla's latest AI chip.On X, he told job seekers to list the toughest technical hurdles they've overcome in 3 bullets.The approach is a way to focus on results and avoid "the noise of the job market," a recruiter said.Elon Musk wants to see your results, not your résumé.The Tesla CEO this week requested that people who want to work on the company's Dojo3 AI chip email three bullet points describing the "toughest technical problems you've solved."Musk's just-the-facts approach, outlined in a post on X, reflects a focus on problem-solving over fancy résumés or cover letters."He's basically just trying to cut through the noise of the job market," said Michelle Volberg, a longtime recruiter who is the founder of Twill, a startup that pays tech workers to recommend peers for key jobs.She said that résumés or LinkedIn profiles don't always make it clear to employers where a person's skills lie. Asking a job seeker to lay out a trio of battles won can help hiring managers get to the meat of someone's abilities, Volberg told Business Insider.It's a way of thinking that she expects more employers will adopt."Elon is showing the way that the job market is going to go," she said.Already, some tech companies are eager for job candidates to demonstrate their abilities by highlighting how they arrived at an answer. It's part of what appears to be a show-your-work ethos in Silicon Valley, where hefty spending on AI projects and a hangover from the pandemic-era staffing boom are driving hiring austerity in all but the hottest areas.The AI effectVolberg said that hiring managers at large companies have told her that they're sick of relying on résumés so tailored to a job opening that they reveal little about candidates themselves. Asking job seekers to identify a small number of concrete problems they've solved can help overcome that challenge and help bring clarity for hiring managers, she said."They don't want to see fluffy résumés that have been written by ChatGPT," Volberg said.Bullets over bona fides is, of course, a departure from the conventional approach of stuffing a résumé with bolded job titles, years of experience, and skills.Asking applicants to summarize the value they would bring by sharing vignettes of success can elevate technical accomplishment over pedigree or background, she said. It's an example of what some HR types call "skills-based hiring."Musk's no-frills call for applicants appears to build on his prior statements about being open to candidates from nontraditional backgrounds. For years, the billionaire has said that people didn't need a college degree to work for Tesla. Musk has said that he's more focused on evidence of "exceptional" ability or achievement.He also requested bullet points in 2025 when he oversaw efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency group to remake swaths of the US federal government. A nearly year-old post on X said that DOGE was seeking "world-class" software engineers, product managers, and data scientists, among other roles.An application portal linked to the post contains a field instructing applicants to include two or three bullets "showcasing exceptional ability," and to upload a résumé.A focus on outcomesVolberg said the bullet method is similar to guidance that her company already gives job seekers: Focus less on adjectives and more on outcomes.From a hiring manager's perspective, she said, the central question is whether a candidate can make their job easier by solving real problems.The corollary, Volberg said, is fakers beware: "If you say that you've solved these three things, you'd better be able to talk about them in detail."She said that it's often immediately clear to tech recruiters whether someone has actually done the work they…

Spain deployed EF-18 fighter jets to Lithuania last month to support NATO air policing operations.Joan Valls/Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesBusiness Insider visited an air base in Lithuania where Spain has deployed fighter jets.The jets are deployed in support of NATO's air policing mission to protect the Baltic states.Spanish pilots have just 15 minutes to scramble their jets when responding to a potential threat.ŠIAULIAI AIR BASE, Lithuania — The fighter pilots quickly grabbed their gear and stormed out the door of the small command building as alarm bells wailed from a loudspeaker. The countdown had started.The Spanish pilots and the support crew piled into two vans, which swiftly shuttled them down snow-covered roads to the hangars. The powerful EF-18 jet engines roared to life, and with pre-flight checks complete, the fighters taxiied out onto the runway.As the planes took off into the frigid January sky, the air base fell silent.Fighter pilots from the 15th Wing of the Spanish Air Force deployed to NATO's forward edge have just 15 minutes to get airborne once a quick reaction alert mission is activated, usually in response to a nearby aircraft flying without identification or purposefully dodging international regulations.Fighter jets are frequently sent out on very short notice to intercept Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea. NATO’s Air Command recorded more than 500 such rapid-response launches, known as scrambles, across allied airspace last year as part of air policing missions and other operations.At Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania, Business Insider observed Spanish fighter jets taking off for what began as a training sortie. Once they were airborne, though, the flight became an "alpha scramble," meaning they were tasked with responding to something suspicious — potentially a real threat. Lt. Col. Fernando Allen, the commander of the Spanish detachment, could only say that the target was an unidentified aircraft. Recent NATO scrambles have intercepted Russian aircraft, including fighter jets and surveillance planes.Allen said that he and his fellow airmen are deployed to Lithuania "to make safe skies for partner nations and allies."Life on alertNATO launched the Baltic Air Policing mission in 2004 following the accession of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia into the alliance. Member states take turns deploying fighter jets to Šiauliai and two other bases in the region on a four-month rotational basis.The mission is to protect the airspace above and around the three Baltic states — often referred to as NATO's front lines — amid anxiety over Russian activities in and near allied skies.Spain's 15th Wing deployed at the start of December to Šiauliai Air Base, where it is contributing to the air policing mission and the Eastern Sentry operation that NATO launched in September after Russian drones violated Polish airspace.The Spanish detachment arrived with just over 200 personnel and 11 EF-18M fighters, upgraded versions of the American-made F/A-18 Hornet that only Madrid operates. The jets are armed with air-to-air missiles and equipped for round-the-clock operations, including night flights, with pilots using night-vision goggles.A Spanish EF-18 on the tarmac before takeoff at Šiauliai. Some elements of the image have been obscured for security reasons at the request of the Spanish Air Force.Jake Epstein/Business InsiderAlpha scrambles follow a step-by-step procedure. Control centers are monitoring the airspace 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If crews detect an unidentified radar track or an aircraft failing to follow international rules, they relay the information to one of NATO's combined air operations centers.When commanders decide to launch an alpha scramble, the pilots receive an order to take off and must be airborne within 15 minutes. They normally complete the task well ahead of time.The scramble alert can come in at any moment, so…

Florian Gaertner/Getty Images; Tyler Le/BIOpenAI quietly scaled its robotics project over the past year.Around 100 workers collect data around the clock to teach robots how to perform household tasks.OpenAI previously explored robotics, but shut down its last program in 2020.Last year, Sam Altman posited that the world hadn't yet had its "humanoid robots moment" — but, he said, "it's coming." In the background, his AI company has been gearing up to make that happen.OpenAI quietly built up a humanoid robotics lab over the past year, insiders with knowledge of the program told Business Insider. The lab operates out of the same building as the company's finance team in San Francisco, and employs around 100 data collectors. They're teaching a robotic arm how to perform household tasks as a part of a larger effort to build a humanoid robot.OpenAI explored robotics during its early years and built a robotic hand capable of solving a Rubik's Cube. The company closed the project in 2020; a company spokesperson said at the time that it had chosen to "refocus the team on other projects."The inner workings of the new robotics lab haven't been previously reported.One person with knowledge of OpenAI's strategy said the company is working on several new hardware projects, including robotics, that are in the early phases of development, and so far, none are core to the company's mission.Last week, OpenAI put out a request for proposals from companies that manufacture in the US that could act as partners for the company's push into consumer devices, robotics, and cloud data centers. The company did not specify how much it intends to spend or provide a timeframe for the work.A representative for OpenAI declined to comment.The lab has more than quadrupled in size since it launched in February 2025, insiders said.In December, the company told employees it plans to open a second lab in Richmond, California. A December job posting for a "robotics operator" with the company's contracting agency lists Richmond as the location.The lab has a humanoid robot that multiple people described as "iRobot-like" on display, but the bot is mostly collecting dust, and few have seen it in operation. The vast majority of the work in the lab is focused on teleoperating robotic arms.OpenAI has data collectors using 3-D printed controllers, called GELLOs, to operate two Franka robots. These metal arms have pincers at the end and perform household tasks like putting bread in a toaster or folding laundry.The robots are made by Franka, a German robotics research company.Friso Gentsch/picture alliance via Getty ImagesWhen the data collection program began in February, work focused on teaching the Franka robot how to put a rubber duck in a cup. Since then, it has shifted to increasingly more sophisticated tasks.OpenAI's lab offers a rare glimpse into how one of the world's most influential AI companies is approaching robotics.Competitors like Tesla put on flashy demos and often train with full humanoid robots controlled by motion capture suits and virtual reality headsets. OpenAI is taking a quieter path, scaling contractor-driven data collection to train robotic arms on basic tasks.Both approaches show how far leading AI companies remain from building functional household robots, and how much of that work still relies on human labor.The race for dataWired reported last fall that OpenAI had begun hiring robotics engineers. The company has at least a dozen engineers on the project, according to a review of LinkedIn profiles.In December, a project supervisor said that the lab needed to increase productivity and efficiency to get more hours of functional data, people with knowledge of the program said. Over the past few months, the lab has nearly doubled expectations for data collection, they said.OpenAI has previously invested in other robotics companies, including Figure, 1X, and…