California judge: Uber and Lyft have to classify their drivers as employees

Uber and Lyft are expected to appeal Monday's ruling, and have argued that reclassifying drivers as employees could wreak havoc on their businesses. | Continue reading


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A Hong Kong real-estate tycoon wants to build a new city in Ireland

Nextpolis would house 50,000 emigrants from Hong Kong on a 31.07 square mile site located between Dublin and Belfast. | Continue reading


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TikTok and ByteDance could be using – and abusing – user data

Governments around the world are cracking down on TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, in a campaign to counter Beijing. | Continue reading


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TikTok and Twitter are starting to talk about a possible combination

The two tech companies had "preliminary" talks that may or may not lead to a deal, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday night citing sources. | Continue reading


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How the American West became the most unequal 'billionaire wilderness'

Author Justin Farrell explains how Teton County turned into a billionaire wilderness, and what that means — not just for Wyoming, but for America. | Continue reading


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Tech Jobs Aren’t Recovering

Tech firms could theoretically be hiring anywhere in the work-from-home era, but data from jobs site Indeed shows it's not turning out that way. | Continue reading


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Nikola discloses its only revenue source: building solar panels for its founder

The electric vehicle maker installed $36,000 worth of solar panels for executive chairman Trevor Milton. | Continue reading


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'Your tweets are a blight': Elon Musk got roasted in a poem written by AI

The poem, entitled "Elon Musk by Dr. Seuss," was generated by OpenAI's GPT-3 and references the Tesla CEO's 2018 Twitter debacle with the SEC. | Continue reading


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Trump barrs US companies from doing business with TikTok and WeChat

Trump's order declares TikTok a national emergency, following his threat to ban the viral video app from the US over national security concerns. | Continue reading


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Apple's App Store Polices Mean Xbox Game Streaming Not Allowed

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US offers $10M bounty on hackers meddling in the presidential election

State-backed hackers from Russia, China, and Iran have already been detected trying to interfere with the 2020 election. | Continue reading


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Three of Bon Appétit’s Test Kitchen stars of color quit over pay discrepancies

The three stars are leaving the Test Kitchen amid months of turmoil, and their departure leaves the future of the famed video channel in question. | Continue reading


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Trump administration unveils plan to wall off China from the US internet

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the new "Clean Network" initiative is aimed at keeping US data safe from China. | Continue reading


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Arm's conflicts in China will complicate Nvidia's reported efforts to buy it

The strife between Arm and Arm China signals a bifurcation of semiconductor supply chains, as part of a battle between US-aligned nations and China. | Continue reading


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L'Oreal USA could require employees to hand over medical history to work home

L'Oreal is perfectly within its rights to request medical records from its employees who are requesting accommodations to work from home. | Continue reading


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Internal report shows DHS collected messages of protesters, including Telegram

The DHS report included protesters' communications via the Telegram messaging app, discussing where to take the protests and how to avoid officers. | Continue reading


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300k cargo ship workers still trapped at sea by the coronavirus pandemic

Shipping unions say there is a "humanitarian crisis" as an estimated 300,000 cargo ship workers remain trapped on board during the pandemic. | Continue reading


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USDA official identifies some seeds sent around US from China

An official with the USDA said 14 species of seeds were identified as herbs and plants like hibiscus, mint, and sage. | Continue reading


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Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US operations

Trump will reportedly order China's ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok's US operations. Microsoft appears to be interested in picking it up. | Continue reading


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The pandemic has forced people online: These startups help you control your data

The number of US consumers handing over their personal info surged by 60% between March and June. | Continue reading


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If you've ever wondered how a startup founder mulls a giant acquisition offer

A 2012 exchange between Instagram cofounder Kevin Systrom and investor Matt Cohler provides a rare glimpse into the mind of a startup founder. | Continue reading


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The specially trained officers are the "biggest guys, like the jocks in a football team," former Border Patrol agent Jenn Budd told The Guardian. | Continue reading


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Emails released as part of Congress' show how ruthless Steve Jobs could be

In the emails, Jobs told subordinates to "cut off" a developer critical of Apple and said Apple's iBooks would be the only bookstore on iPhones. | Continue reading


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Newly-released emails reveal how Google hoped to pay $50M for YouTube

A series of leaked emails reveal how Google executives noodled on the idea of buying YouTube, and thought they could do it with just $50 million. | Continue reading


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Impacts of Google's decision to extend remote work to July 2021

Google is extending its remote work policy through at least July 2021 –– likely setting a new precedent for other major US companies. | Continue reading


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New York must pay Uber/Lyft drivers unemployment benefits

The ruling is the latest legal victory for drivers as they seek benefits and labor protections typically guaranteed to traditional employees. | Continue reading


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Terrified of AI taking over world, most scared of DeepMind AI project

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who has repeatedly warned of the dangers of artificial intelligence, said he was most worried about Google's AI. | Continue reading


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Airbus' self-flying plane just completed taxi, take-off, and landing tests

Airbus finished the tests in June after its first autonomous take-off in December, paving the way for pilot-less passenger flights in the future. | Continue reading


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Bernie Sanders slams Elon Musk's opposition to stimulus package

"Another government stimulus package is not in the best interests of the people imo," Elon Musk said on Twitter on Friday. | Continue reading


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KFC will test 3D printed lab-grown chicken nuggets this fall

The 3D-printed chicken nuggets will mimic the taste and appearance of KFC's original chicken nuggets — at a fraction of the environmental cost. | Continue reading


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Amazon invested in startups, gained proprietary info, then launched competitors

Dozens of investors and entrepreneurs told The Wall Street Journal that Amazon made products that directly competed with them after investing. | Continue reading


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Lawmakers in charge of grilling FAAG companies own thousands of their stocks

The CEOs of Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and Google will give highly anticipated testimony before the House Judiciary Committee Monday. | Continue reading


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German scientists hosting pop concert for 4k to study how coronavirus spreads

A fog machine is even expected to be harnessed to try to help scientists visualize how the coronavirus could spread by aerosols. | Continue reading


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Some US investors of Bytedance are considering buying a majority stake in TikTok

The possible deal, reported by The Information, comes as Bytedance grapples with a potential US ban of TikTok as tensions with China grow. | Continue reading


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China Houston consulate: Docs burning after US told it to shut down

China said the US ordered its consulate closed in an "unprecedented escalation," with witnesses saying they saw papers being burned in the courtyard. | Continue reading


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Eric Schmidt is working to launch a university that would rival Stanford and MIT

Dubbed the US Digital Service Academy, it would offer degrees and coursework for digital skills like cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. | Continue reading


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Get a sneak peek into the most trusted social media platforms of 2019

In the 2019 Digital Trust Report, Business Insider Intelligence evaluates consumer perception of seven major social networks – Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, Snapchat, and Pinterest – across six different pillars: Security, Legitimacy, Community, User Experience … | Continue reading


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Icelandair firing all its flight attendants, shifts their work to pilots

Flight attendants are key part to maintaining in-flight safety, and it's not clear how a pilot could assume their new roles with a few days' notice. | Continue reading


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NYPD sergeants union chief appeared on Fox News with a QAnon mug

Mullins refused to say whether the mug was his or whether he endorses the QAnon conspiracy in a Friday call with Business Insider. | Continue reading


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Merkel says coronavirus exposes leaders who rely on 'fact-denying populism'

'We are seeing at the moment that the pandemic can't be fought with lies and disinformation, and neither can it be with hatred and agitation.' | Continue reading


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Trump says EU was formed to take advantage of USA

"They know I know that, but other presidents had no idea," President Donald Trump said Tuesday during a lengthy monologue. | Continue reading


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Apple excluded an app for Hong Kong's pro-democracy election from the App Store

PopVote said Apple ignored multiple messages as it tried to be approved on the App Store for use in last Sunday's primaries for pro-democracy parties. | Continue reading


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Google is facing a lawsuit for tracking people even when they opt out

The lawsuit accuses the search engine giant of violating wiretap law and California privacy law by recording what users are looking at in apps. | Continue reading


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Airbnb is getting ripped apart for asking guests to donate money to hosts

Airbnb hosts have seen billions of dollars in revenue vanish in recent months as travel has ground to a halt because of the pandemic. | Continue reading


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More Zuckerberg family office workers say they saw misconduct, racism

Undermining earlier denials, 3 workers said "under penalty of perjury" they witnessed Zuckerberg's security boss engage in racism and harassment, including using the N-word and calling Black Lives Matter a "terrorist organization." | Continue reading


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US rejecting Beijing's claims to most of South China Sea – 'predatory' moves

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that "the PRC's predatory world view has no place in the 21st century." | Continue reading


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No one can seem to agree on how much Uber and Lyft drivers get paid

Two recent academic studies on how much Lyft and Uber drivers earn per hour came to wildly different conclusions. | Continue reading


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Robinhood installed bulletproof glass after frustrated traders kept showing up

Frustrated traders occasionally show up at Robinhood's headquarters in California, which led the company to take precautions, a new report said. | Continue reading


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