Unemployment declining faster in states that are cutting off $300 benefits

Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri said that federal benefits helped in the past, but the payments now "worsened the workforce issues" that the state faced. | Continue reading


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Chinese fighter pilots battling AI aircraft in simulated dogfights

One experienced pilot said that as he battled the AI, it would study his moves, throwing them back at him in later rounds. | Continue reading


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Insane life of former fugitive and eccentric cybersecurity legend John McAfee

John McAfee's genius has led him down some dark roads. Here's the story of how he went from renowned security CEO to eccentric fugitive. | Continue reading


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The Game That Was Copied to Create Candy Crush Saga

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Amazon warehouse destroys 130k items per week, some are unused, a report says

ITV filmed undercover footage showing laptops, TVs, jewelry, headphones, books, and face masks being loaded into crates marked "destroy." | Continue reading


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US Navy set off a 40k-pound explosive to test its new supercarrier

The massive explosion triggered about 100 miles off the coast of Florida registered a 3.9 on the Richter scale, the equivalent of a small earthquake. | Continue reading


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Coober Pedy, the Australian mining town where residents live underground

Originally an opal mining town, many of Coober Pedy's residents live underground to escape the region's immense heat. | Continue reading


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The Battle of the Burgers

We tried a burger and fries from East Coast burger sensation Five Guys and West Coast cult favorite. Here's our favorite. | Continue reading


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Amazon attacks social-media firms over its fake-review problem

Amazon said that "bad actors" used social-media platforms to sell fake product reviews and that the platforms needed to spend more to stop it. | Continue reading


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Blade, the Uber for helicopters, had a fake spokesperson for three years

The helicopter service Blade had a fake spokesperson named Simon McLaren for three years. The company's CEO posed as McLaren in media interviews. | Continue reading


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SpaceX Threatened with Arrests

Cameron County District Attorney Luis Saenz accused SpaceX of intentionally ignoring warnings about the closings, KGRV reported. | Continue reading


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Amazon executives are worried they'll run out of people to employ

Amazon's hourly staffers quit so frequently that executives are worried the company will run out of hirable workers, The New York Times reported. | Continue reading


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Airbnb Payouts for Blood Cleanup, Counseling, Bullet-Hole Repair

Airbnb spends $50 million a year on guests and host payouts, which has included costs related to finding dismembered body-parts, Bloomberg reported. | Continue reading


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Potatoes for McDonald's fries are reportedly grown on Bill Gates' farmland

Bill Gates is the largest private owner of farmland in the US. According to new NBC research, he owns 269,000 acres across 18 states. | Continue reading


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Apple suppliers in China have links to forced labor programs

The suppliers, which provide Apple with crucial parts like iPhone glass, have used thousands of forced laborers, The Information found. | Continue reading


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1953 book by Wernher Von Braun had man titled “Elon” who leads humans to Mars

A book written in 1953 by the German American engineer Wernher Von Braun predicted a person called "Elon" would lead humans to Mars. | Continue reading


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London and Switzerland seeking to dodge G7 global minimum tax

The tax targets tech giants like Google, but the City of London and Switzerland worry their finance sectors will be caught up as well. | Continue reading


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GameStop's 3rd Hire from Amazon

GameStop is reshaping its executive suite around former Amazon employees as activist investor Ryan Cohen oversees a company-wide "transformation." | Continue reading


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Several Magic Leap Executives Set to Depart in Leadership Shake-Up

Magic Leap is losing its CTO, COO, and chief patent officer as the augmented reality company prepares to launch its next product, Insider has learned. | Continue reading


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Bans on TikTok, WeChat rescinded -commerce secretary to investigate foreign apps

Former President Donald Trump aggressively sought to ban TikTok in the US during his presidency, but Biden has now abandoned those efforts. | Continue reading


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US authorities have recovered a 'majority' of the ransom Colonial Pipeline paid

The Department of Justice says it tracked down millions of dollars' worth of cryptocurrency paid last month to attackers likely based in Russia. | Continue reading


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A woman with HIV had Covid for 216 days. The virus mutated 30 times inside her

Scientist detected 32 virus mutations in the woman's body, including some seen in variants of concern. It's unclear if she passed on any of them. | Continue reading


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Y Combinator entrepreneurs say they were kicked out of the accelerator

Prolific CEO Katia Damer and Dark CEO Paul Biggar said they were kicked out for criticizing misogyny and members' efforts to skip COVID-19 vaccine lines. | Continue reading


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Apple is upping AirTags' privacy measures, will alert you if strange ones nearby

When Apple announced the tracking tags in April, privacy advocates warned about how they could be used in nefarious ways. | Continue reading


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Google Removes Diversity Head over Shocking ‘If I Were a Jew’ Blog

Kamau Bobb, the global lead for diversity strategy and research, wrote in a 2007 post that Israel had "an insatiable appetite for vengeful violence." | Continue reading


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The G-7 will reportedly back a global minimum tax

A global minimum corporate tax rate would stop companies from moving to a different country to get a better tax rate. | Continue reading


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The Dream of the Truly Driverless, Autonomous Car Is Officially Dead

Human oversight on autonomous technology like driverless cars causes bloated costs, which is the opposite of what these systems were supposed to do. | Continue reading


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Anti-vaxxer deputy dies from Covid-19 complications after mocking vaccine on FB

"I have an immune system," said one of the social media posts that Daniel 'Duke' Trujillo had shared shortly before his death from COVID-19. | Continue reading


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Big companies are redesigning their offices in response to Covid-19

As firms redesign offices for the return to work, WeWork says it is introducing touch-free coffee makers that work by scanning a QR code. | Continue reading


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Startup turned down an acquisition from Hershey's to try for an IPO

Mid-Day Squares said no to Hershey's and yes to working toward an IPO. The Canadian brand is set to enter the US market this year. | Continue reading


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A rogue killer drone 'hunted down' a human target without being instructed to

The KARGU-2, a deadly attack drone, autonomously attacked a human during a conflict in Libya, according to a UN report seen by the New Scientist. | Continue reading


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Unredacted Google Lawsuit Docs Detail Efforts to Collect User Location

Google misled phone makers into hiding privacy settings users liked in order to collect more location data, according to newly unredacted documents. | Continue reading


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'Greater Idaho' took one step closer to being a real thing

The Greater Idaho movement proposes a new border in which more than 70% of Oregon's land would be incorporated into Idaho. | Continue reading


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Google made it nearly impossible for users to keep their location private

Google misled phone makers into hiding privacy settings users liked in order to collect more location data, according to newly unredacted documents. | Continue reading


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Matt Gaetz: Americans have an 'obligation' to take up arms against SV companies

Conservatives including Gaetz have long accused technology companies of being ideologically biased against them. | Continue reading


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Google Announces Shopify Partnership, Sellers' Products on Google Apps

Shopify sellers would be able to show products across Google's platforms, Google said, but it didn't say how or when this would happen. | Continue reading


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DHS will reportedly introduce the US' first cybersecurity regulations

The Department of Homeland Security will require pipeline companies to report cyberattacks to federal authorities, sources told The Washington Post. | Continue reading


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German delivery operator Gorillas plans its US debut in New York this month

The year-old startup delivers goods to consumers in under 10 minutes from micro warehouses. Delivery by its cycling fleet will cost less than $2. | Continue reading


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Insiders say Oracle Cloud is led with a 'culture of fear' and execs are leaving

Current and former Oracle employees and executives say the cloud unit's top boss gets results by "beating down" employees emotionally. | Continue reading


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Sen. Warren wants to bar members of Congress from trading individual stocks

Members of Congress love buying and selling stocks. Insider's weekly congressional financial report details how lawmakers invest and make money. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 3 years ago

Senator Warren wants to bar members of Congress from trading individual stocks

Members of Congress love buying and selling stocks. Insider's weekly congressional financial report details how lawmakers invest and make money. | Continue reading


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America's housing crisis is the result of classist credit guidelines

The way we score credit and underwrite borrowers is putting low-income Americans at a disadvantage when they try and buy property. | Continue reading


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Venmo is blocking some payments mentioning Palestinian relief funds

Venmo said it was trying to avoid running afoul of US sanction laws. But users say Venmo blocked transactions to legitimate charities. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 3 years ago

Wells Fargo onboarding an active crypto strategy for its wealthy clients

Darrell Cronk, president of Wells Fargo Investment Institute, said the firm is in the final stages of evaluating and adding an active crypto strategy. | Continue reading


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Millennials are buying fixer-uppers because it's the only way to afford a home

BofA's sixth survey on millennial home improvement found 82% were more likely to buy a fixer. After that, they have to take out loans for DIY work. | Continue reading


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Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about $9B

The negotiations could signal Amazon wants to expand its Prime streaming library with MGM's array of content, which includes the James Bond franchise. | Continue reading


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Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes

Uber claimed a $4.5 billion global operating loss in 2019 for tax purposes, despite bringing in $5.8 billion, an Australian research group found. | Continue reading


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Suez Canal will be widened by 131 feet to avoid a repeat of the Ever Given chaos

The Suez Canal Authority said this week it plans on widening and deepening parts of the waterway to improve the movement of ships in the area. | Continue reading


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