Boring Company has submitted a proposal for 6.2-mile underground system in Miami

The North Miami Beach Loop would have seven stations and cost up to $220 million to construct, according to plans seen exclusively by Insider. | Continue reading


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England's oldest pub, serving alcohol for 1,200 years bankrupted due to Covid-19

The Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St Albans, Hertfordshire, survived war, famine, and the Black Death but the financial damage from COVID-19 ended its run. | Continue reading


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Meta agrees to pay $90M to settle user tracking lawsuit

The lawsuit alleges Facebook used plug-ins and cookies to track users' visits to other websites containing "like" buttons in 2010 and 2011. | Continue reading


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Salesforce ties exec pay to DEI

Salesforce will tie executive pay to ESG goals like diversity and inclusion, marking its latest effort to address criticism over its DEI efforts. | Continue reading


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IBM executives called older workers 'dinobabies'

Internal emails released in a discrimination lawsuit on Friday show IBM's plans "to oust older employees from its workforce," the plaintiff alleged. | Continue reading


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Crypto and NFT owners targeted in kidnappings, home Invasions, robberies

Cryptocurrencies have a fundamental weak spot that criminals are preying on, and the crypto culture's love of flaunting wealth and success is making the job easy. | Continue reading


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3 strategies a college student used to turn $3,000 in extra scholarship money into a $150,000 passive income stream backed by Mark Cuban

Shaan Patel used $3,000 in extra scholarship money to start Prep Expert, a digital course company that helps students raise their SAT and ACT scores. | Continue reading


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Animal-rights group: monkeys in experiments for Neuralink suffered extremly

In a draft complaint, the group accuses researchers of nine Animal Welfare Act violations involving monkeys used in Neuralink brain-implant studies. | Continue reading


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Silicon Valley's Workforce Is Fleeing for Crypto, Web3, Recruiters Say

"I've never seen a change happen this quickly," one recruiter said as many make the jump from Meta and Google to join crypto and Web3 endeavors. | Continue reading


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Just to screw with Elon I bet

The Biden administration wants to make sure there's a powerful electric-car charging station every 50 miles on major US highways. | Continue reading


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Vitamin D could be a piece of Covid's 'complex puzzle,' Israeli scientists say

Vitamin D helps bolster the immune system to tackle viruses that attack the lungs, the researchers said. | Continue reading


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Meta's vision for the metaverse is an 'old idea' that's 'never worked'

Meta's new metaverse business lost more than $10 billion in 2021. Former Evernote CEO Phil Libin says the company's metaverse vision is "uncreative." | Continue reading


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More than 1k Dutch residents plan to throw rotten eggs at Jeff Bezos' superyacht

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Car companies charging you monthly fees for add-on features like heated seats

How would you feel about paying $10, $20, or $100 per month to access features already built into your car? | Continue reading


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Meta is stopping virtual groping by creating safety bubbles around avatars

A Meta executive said the new Personal Boundary feature would create "more personal space" and make it "easier to avoid unwanted interactions." | Continue reading


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A lone US hacker is claiming responsibility for crippling North Korea's internet

"If they don't see we have teeth, it's just going to keep coming," the American hacker said. | Continue reading


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Bloomberg accidentally publishing a story headlined 'Russia Invades Ukraine'

The story appeared on Bloomberg Friday afternoon. Bloomberg said it prepares headlines "for many scenarios," adding: "We deeply regret the error." | Continue reading


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Google is trying to salvage its failing Stadia game service

Insiders say Google has shifted its gaming ambitions to focus on deals with names such as Peloton in an effort to save Stadia's underlying technology. | Continue reading


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Where Amazon's first 21 employees are now (2020)

Nearly all of the company's earliest 20 employees have since left the company for other ventures like philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and retirement. | Continue reading


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IRS working with startup ID.me that stores 'inferred citizenship' of some users

Observers worry how much information ID.me collects and how willing the company seems to be to share it with authorities when asked. | Continue reading


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Biden’s admin blocks a court decision forgiving a disabled man student loan

Ryan Wolfson achieved the rare feat of obtaining student-loan forgiveness through bankruptcy. He's had trouble holding a job because of his epilepsy. | Continue reading


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Apple will face more fines for avoiding App Store ruling, Dutch regulator says

The tech giant is fighting regulatory efforts around the world to force it to open the App Store to more competition. | Continue reading


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Microsoft's Mixed Reality Mess

Microsoft scrapped plans for what would have been the HoloLens 3 augmented reality goggles, as employees depart for rivals like Meta. | Continue reading


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Trudeau moved to secure location as thousands in Canada protest vaccine mandates

The "Freedom Convoy" began as a protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates for truckers who travel over the US-Canada border. | Continue reading


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A robot bartender will be on duty at the Winter Olympics

The games will operate a "closed-loop" policy, separating Olympians and staff from the local population. | Continue reading


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The unlikely way Jeff Bezos became one of the first investors in Google (2018)

Jeff Bezos met the Google guys 4 years after founding Amazon, a momentous meeting detailed in the book "The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon," | Continue reading


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An Entrepreneur Says She Cofounded the Fintech Petal

Petal, the credit-building fintech startup, has been quietly fighting claims from a woman who says she came up with the idea. | Continue reading


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Social media app just for 'females' intentionally excludes trans women

Users submit a selfie to confirm they are "female" before using the app. The CEO said she didn't mind being called "transphobic," a "bigot," or a "TERF." | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 2 years ago

Student who made millions from his expressionless selfies says he feels confused

Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali initially sold his selfies as NFTs as a joke, and his collection has now reached a trade volume of more than $1 million. | Continue reading


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Impoverished Afghan women receive emergency aid in crypto as Taliban limits cash

The founder of a coding school for women in Herat is sending Binance payments to her neediest students amid a cash crunch and collapsing economy. | Continue reading


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Elon Musk is sucking up to China, and it points to a dark future for Tesla

In China, Elon Musk morphs from swashbuckling rogue to government flunky, even opening a showroom in the region where Beijing is committing genocide. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 2 years ago

31-year-old whose NFTs earned over $3M is one of highest-selling female artists

Itzel Yard's first NFT sold for about $1,000, and she's since sold artwork for as much as $500,000. | Continue reading


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Tesla owner blew up Model S with dynamite rather than pay $22K to repair it

The car was not covered by a warranty but still required permission from Tesla to repair — so Tuomas Katainen decided to do something different. | Continue reading


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TikTok Content Moderator Sues, Says She Has PTSD from Job

The employee alleged in a class-action suit that she viewed "thousands of acts of extreme and graphic violence" including child rape and cannibalism. | Continue reading


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US Army testing a universal vaccine hopes will target all coronavirus variants

Very early human clinical trials of the vaccine are wrapping up and results should be expected "this month," the army said in a press release. | Continue reading


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Founder of Black Girls Code has been ousted as head of the nonprofit

In a statement, Black Girls Code's board said that founder Kimberly Bryant remains on staff as it investigates the allegations. | Continue reading


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Better reportedly want to give laid-off employees only one week of severance pay

A source told Insider Garg only increased it because he feared violating a law requiring 60 days' notice or pay when companies conduct mass layoffs. | Continue reading


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The secret lives of OnlyFans ghostwriters, who say job includes catfishing fans

Insider spoke with former staffers at Unruly, an OnlyFans management firm, who shared details of the job: "You're basically a professional scammer." | Continue reading


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It's time to stop worshipping tech billionaires

Elon Musk was named Person of the Year. We are outsourcing important public policy decisions to unaccountable businessmen, says columnist Noam Cohen. | Continue reading


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SpaceX is launching human muscle cells into space to uncover secrets in aging

The laboratory-grown muscle cells, sent into space via SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, will go through experiments on the International Space Station. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 2 years ago

Sen. Joe Manchin says he won't back $2T social spending bill

The moderate Democratic senator said during a Fox News interview that he will oppose President Joe Biden's signature bill. | Continue reading


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I'm an American Airlines Pilot – Here's Why There's a Shortage

"I've been flying with American Airlines for 30 years, and I've never seen anything like this. The surreal has become real," Dennis Tajer said. | Continue reading


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Over 1000 Microsoft employees shared salaries in a leaked spreadsheet

On average, software engineers across business units at Microsoft earned a median pay package of $185,000. | Continue reading


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Scientists develop sleeping bag to stop astronauts' eyeballs from squashing

A study found the sleeping bag created a vacuum which sucked body fluids from the head towards the feet, the BBC reported. | Continue reading


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Amazon Music wants to overhaul the company's controversial performance review

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Better.com's CEO is 'taking time off effective immediately'

An internal memo seen by Insider says Better.com has engaged an independent third party to "do a leadership and cultural assessment." | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 2 years ago

Code to flood Kellogg with bogus job applications after strikers sacked

Redditors and TikTokers have stepped into the Kellogg strike dispute, including one who wrote code to flood its hiring website with fake applications. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 2 years ago

Year study of global wealth demolishes the myth of ‘trickle-down’

The bottom 50% of the world holds 2% of wealth, while the top 10% holds 76%, according to a huge data set that leading economists compiled for years. | Continue reading


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