Laptop infected with the most dangerous viruses sold at auction for $1.345M

Whoever the buyer is, they have an eye for computer viruses. The malware running on the laptop is responsible for $95 billion in financial damage. | Continue reading


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Future US carriers are 'going to use steam'

Trump can't stand the new electromagnetic catapults the Navy's has on its carriers, so he's is talking about telling the service to use steam instead. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

The 'vaccine court,' where the US govt pays people that were harmed by vaccines

Vaccine court is funded by a 75¢ cent tax on every childhood vaccine administered in the US. Most cases stem from bad needle jabs. | Continue reading


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The Pentagon has its own island off New York to prepare for a giant cyber attack

DARPA ferries specialists to Plum Island, a restricted site in the Long Island Sound, to train for a worst-case cyber war scenario. | Continue reading


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Mind-blowing facts that show just how expensive San Francisco is

San Francisco is one of the wealthiest and most expensive cities in America, thanks to its booming tech industry and proximity to Silicon Valley. | Continue reading


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Books Warren Buffett thinks everyone should read

In interviews and shareholder letters, legendary investor Warren Buffett reveals his top book recommendations. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

The FAA is investigating 2 airports over their decisions to bar Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A has long drawn backlash over its donations to charitable organizations that oppose same-sex marriage. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

The Mona Lisa Was Brought to Life by Deepfake AI from Samsung

To develop the software, the Samsung researchers used a huge trove of celebrity videos along with a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN). | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Guillory settled dispute over YC's Cruise at $1bn in 2016, it's now worth $19bn

Jeremy Guillory is now acknowledged as a cofounder of Cruise. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Elon Musk was paid more in 2018 than the next 65 highest-paid CEOs combined

Tesla CEO Elon Musk was reportedly paid nearly $2.3 billion last year. The next-highest CEO made $129 million. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Pentagon has its own island off New York to run cyber war games

DARPA ferries specialists to Plum Island, a restricted site in the Long Island Sound, to train for a worst-case cyber war scenario. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

The most common ancestry in every U.S. state

Using individual-level Census survey data, we found the most common self-identified ancestry in each US state and DC. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

MoviePass' parent company lost over $266M in 2018

MoviePass' parent company, Helios and Matheson Analytics, reported a loss of over $266 million last year in its annual filing to the SEC. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Mountain View reportedly cracking down on a growing RV camp outside Google's HQ

Staggering rent prices in Mountain View, California have forced some residents into more temporary dwellings, like vans or RVs. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Facebook banned 2.2B fake accounts in Q1 2019

There were nearly as many fake Facebook accounts taken down in the first three months of 2019 as there are legitimate accounts on the social network. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Huawei has developed its own operating system for phones, laptops

Huawei currently uses Android's operating system for its smartphone devices and Windows for its laptop and tablets. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Tesla may need investment from company like Apple, experts say

Tesla's stock price has plummeted by over 30% since the beginning of this year, reaching levels it hasn't hit since the end of 2016. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Baby tiger sharks eat land-based birds, according to a new study

A new study has found that tiger sharks regularly eat "backyard" birds, including doves and sparrows. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Most male managers are afraid to have one-on-one meetings with female employees

The best way to advance at work is to have a mentor, but a report from Sheryl Sandberg's LeanIn reveals a new obstacle to women's careers. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Two dead after YouTube conspiracy video claims drinking bleach cures autism

YouTube has played host to hundreds of videos where devotees of 'Miracle Mineral Solution' — actually a type of bleach — claim it has healing powers. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Exercise makes you happier than money, Yale and Oxford study says

Yale and Oxford researchers say exercise is more important to your mental health than your economic status. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Huawei has been developeing a 'plan B' phone OS in case of ban

Huawei has been working on a "plan B" mobile operating system in case things go sour with Google. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Why Google's $400 Pixel 3a convinced me to never again buy a $1000 smartphone

Google's latest smartphone is just $400, and it's marketed as a "budget" device. But the phone is actually Google's best in years. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Facebook CTO is so shaken by content on site that he cried in interview

Executive Mike Schroepfer teared up during a New York Times interview when discussing the pressure he's under to sufficiently monitor Facebook. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

What's really behind X, Google's most mysterious company

From Internet-delivery balloons and energy solutions to health sector ventures, here are some of the projects the elusive company has worked on. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

'Full employment' may be increasing economic inequality

The rise of involuntary part-time work makes the headline employment stats look good, but it increases inequality in the long run. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Trump admin notified over 570k employers saying they may have illegal workers

The Social Security Administration's "no-match letters" warn employers if their workers' names and Social Security numbers don't match. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

UBiome's founder repeatedly presented herself as years younger than she actually was in the latest sign of trouble at the embattled $600 million poop-testing startup

Cofounder Jessica Richman presented herself as years younger than she actually was, in an apparent effort to be included in articles showcasing young founders. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

UBiome founder presented herself as years younger than she was

Cofounder Jessica Richman presented herself as years younger than she actually was, in an apparent effort to be included in articles showcasing young founders. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

To Ban or Not to Ban? That Is the Free Speech Question

The Trump administration is collecting screenshots and links to the tweets and posts social-media giants take down over violations of their user agreements. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Wells Fargo banker helped launder millions of dollars for drug cartels

Money laundering organizations recruited people who would open bank accounts for the cartel's drug money, according to US investigators. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Freelance Services Marketplace Fiverr Files for a US IPO

The Israel-based Fiverr filed an F-1 on Thursday for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

SAT adds 'adversity score': lets colleges track a student's wealth and privilege

New York nonprofit College Board will include an adversity score in its SAT that will measure socioeconomic and educational privilege. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Nasa located the crash site of Israel's failed moon lander, and it's not pretty

NASA found the Beresheet moon lander's crash site via its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The agency posted images of the area on Wednesday. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

A pair of googly eyes could radically change how people spend their money

A simple pair of googly eyes could convince people to donate more money, according to at least one study. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

SF first city to ban facial recognition software use by police

The ban does not affect use of the technology by the federal government at airports and ports, nor does it limit personal or business use. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

A false rumor on WhatsApp started a run on a London bank

Metro Bank's stock dropped 9% this morning. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

"The Matrix" at 20: Many scientists still think we're living in a simulation

The Hollywood blockbuster "The Matrix" just celebrated its 20th anniversary. Many scientists think we're probably living in a simulation. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Uber's IPO didn't leave any money on the table but it may haunt Uber & its execs

Uber's debut on the public markets was a disappointment to the company and investors. But it could end up being costly too. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Pitch decks that helped hot startups raise millions

The best pitch decks weave data, vision and storytelling into a captivating presentation. Here are the decks that startups have used to get funded. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Programmers are constantly pressured to overwork themselves

A program that pays employees $20/hour to contribute to open source projects on their off time has a smart work/life balance twist. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Levi's found a way to make hemp feel like cotton

Levi's debuted a soft cotton-hemp blend, and its head of innovation expects to have 100% cottonized-hemp garments in five years. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

The US government just officially recognized the Satanic Temple as a religion

There's a new religion in America. The Satanic Temple has earned the same tax-exempt status as a church by the IRS. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Bezos wants floating colonies in space with weather like Maui all year long

Bezos discussed his hope of building O'Neill colonies, spinning cylinders in space that would replicate gravity and sustain human life. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

Trump tariff increase, trade war will sucker punch China economy

After struggling earlier this year the Chinese economy just found its footing. Trump's 25% tariffs could reverse all of that and knock it down again. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

1M species could go extinct (UN report)

A new United Nations report on the world's biodiversity found that between 500,000 and 1 million species face extinction due to habitat destruction. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

From a financial perspective, 30 is the new 20

Camilo Maldonado came from Colombia to the US as a child and was raised in poverty by his widowed mother. After getting an MBA at Harvard and working on Wall... | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 5 years ago

A former Netflix creative director got $1.6M for water in a tallboy can

Liquid Death is water for straight-edge punks who don't drink alcohol or soda. Now, he got funding from Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and more to take it... | Continue reading


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