TikTok's Factory Line of Terrors

TikTok's Morocco-based moderators complain of severe psychological distress. They say they were offered little help to protect their mental health. | Continue reading


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Walmart says it will let managers pause automatic delivery

The memo was sent to store managers on Saturday two days after Business Insider published an in-depth look on Walmart's excess inventory issues. | Continue reading


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James Howells wants 2 robot dogs help find Bitcoin dump 2022-7

James Howells threw out 8,000 bitcoins on a hard drive in 2013. Now he has an $11 million business plan to recover it involving two robotic dogs. | Continue reading


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Ex-Google Engineer Says AI Bot Is 'Racist,' Google Ethics a 'Fig Leaf'

Blake Lemoine said the bot's apparent biases — from racial to religious — should be the headlining concern. | Continue reading


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U.S. Bank used customer data to create sham accounts to inflate sales numbers

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined U.S. Bank $37.5 million for using customer data to open sham accounts and new lines of credit without permission. | Continue reading


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The First 10 Apple Employees

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The Night the Lord of the Skies Got Away

In 1985, US agents had a chance to stop Mexico's top drug lord. Years later, evidence from that night proved valuable in a way no one could predict. | Continue reading


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2 Reasons the US is in a major housing shortage, construction can't get done

Spikes in material costs have added $18,500 to the price of an average new single-family home. Plus, the industry is struggling to hire. | Continue reading


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Inflation and record-high rents have almost a third of Gen Z living at home

At the start of the pandemic, Gen Z got sent home from college and a lot of young workers lost their jobs. Now many are staying put. | Continue reading


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IG and FB feeds are about to be swarmed by accounts users don't follow

Instagram is facing a growing backlash as it works to compete with TikTok, but the company is pushing ahead on controversial changes. | Continue reading


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Meta cracks down on low performers, staffers feel like a 'witch hunt'

Meta executives' recent comments suggest the company plans to heighten performance expectations and "transition out" those who fall short. | Continue reading


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Ukraine Seeking War-Crimes Charges for JPM, Citi Leaders: Govt Advisor

Oleg Ustenko told CNBC that Ukraine's justice and security services were gathering data on Western banks he says are financing the Russian state. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 1 year ago

Russia says it is pulling out of the International Space Station from 2024

Russia will focus its efforts on building its own space station, Roscosmos director general Yuri Borisov said. | Continue reading


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The quest to find $181M in Bitcoin buried in a dump

James Howells of Newport, Wales, shares his $11 million business plan to recover a hard drive with 8,000 bitcoins on it from a dump. | Continue reading


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Air Conditioning Hacks

With temperatures soaring, residents must find creative ways to operate their air conditioners. But experts say some tips are best to avoid. | Continue reading


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Economist says home prices are primed for a 2008-style crash

"We're going to see something very similar to what we saw during the Great Financial Crisis," said José Torres of Interactive Brokers. | Continue reading


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See a resume landed me a Google internship without even applying

Canisha Chakadya got a Google internship after sharing her résumé at Google's "Top Black Talent" program. She said that being well rounded was key. | Continue reading


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Startup Beats Musk's Neuralink to Human Trials

The startup implanted a 1.5-inch device into the brain of an ALS patient at Mount Sinai West medical center in New York on July 6, Bloomberg reported. | Continue reading


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Vimeo Is Cutting Jobs

The video streaming site currently employs just over 1,200 workers. Vimeo went public on the New York Stock Exchange in May 2021. | Continue reading


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Shopify is canceling some students' internships via email

Shopify rescinded offers for some fall internships and paused recruiting for other intern roles. It recently laid off about 50 people. | Continue reading


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Inst

How a bizarre obsession with the most sought-after handles on social media spawned a deadly campaign of terror. | Continue reading


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Australian Woman Asked About Abortion by US Border Official

Madolline Gourley told Insider she still hasn't heard from US Customs and Border Protection about the incident. | Continue reading


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Judge in Musk vs. Twitter Trial May Be Musk's Worst Nightmare

Kathaleen McCormick is not likely to side with the world's richest man in his Twitter battle, Columbia Law professor Eric Talley told Insider. | Continue reading


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Musk could face prison time for non-compliance with Twitter lawsuit court orders

"Could they fine Musk $100 million a day until he complied? Yes they could. If you want to get the attention of the world's richest man." | Continue reading


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Elon Musk accuses Twitter of rushing its lawsuit along at 'warp speed'

Elon Musk asked the court to reject Twitter's request for a speedy trial as the company tries to force him to complete their $44 billion deal. | Continue reading


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Coinbase shutting down affiliate program

Embattled crypto exchange Coinbase will be temporarily shutting down its affiliate-marketing program on July 19. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 1 year ago

College misled them on job prospects and loaded them up with debt

For student-loan borrowers, proving they were defrauded by a school is difficult and can prevent debt relief. Biden wants to change that. | Continue reading


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Elon Musk's 76-year-old dad says he's had another child with his stepdaughter

The revelation came shortly after Insider reported Elon Musk quietly welcomed twins last year with one of his top Neuralink executives, Shivon Zilis. | Continue reading


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Nearly Half of Gen Z Prefers TikTok and Instagram over Google Search

A Google executive said the company's data shows TikTok and Instagram are a threat to Google Search with Gen Z, and Google is working to keep up. | Continue reading


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Gen Z hates working from home

Young workers dislike the isolation and lack of mentorship so much that they're quitting remote jobs in favor of office gigs | Continue reading


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Starbucks closes 16 stores LA, Seattle, others: 'challenging incidents'

Starbucks says the closures are in advance of moving the stores to new locations where conditions will be safer for customers and employees. | Continue reading


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Instacart announces executive leadership changes amid valuation drop

The executive moves come a year after Fidji Simo was named CEO, replacing Apoorva Mehta. Instacart's valuation has faltered in recent months. | Continue reading


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Stripe Migrated Its Largest JavaScript Codebase to TypeScript

A Stripe team of four engineers migrated the code to TypeScript in just one year, Andrew Lunny, a staff software engineer, told Insider. | Continue reading


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Amazon is quietly developing cancer vaccines in partnership with Fred Hutchinson

The cancer vaccine project is the latest indication of Amazon's growing interest in the healthcare sector. | Continue reading


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Texas GOP [threatened] law firm that planned to reimburse abortion travel

In the letter, The Texas Freedom Caucus said it will impose civil and criminal sanctions on law firms that pay for abortion or abortion travel. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 1 year ago

Uber used a 'kill switch' to block law enforcement from accessing company data

Uber execs blocked authorities from accessing company data at least 12 times during European office raids, documents leaked to the Guardian reveal. | Continue reading


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Morton's flooded with fake reservations after defending anti-abortion justice

Morton's SVP and COO Scott Crain warned managers of a "massive wave" of backlash for the chain's remarks after Brett Kavanaugh's dinner, per Politico. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 1 year ago

Former nurse at startup Cerebral says they handed out medicines like 'candy'

Workers and internal documents suggest the SoftBank-backed online mental-health provider put growth ahead of patient safety. | Continue reading


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I'm a flight attendant for Lufthansa – we’re on the verge of collapse

"My private life has been nonexistent; I simply can't plan anything anymore," a Lufthansa flight attendant told Insider. | Continue reading


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Tesla employee of nearly 5 years was sacked over the phone while on vacation

In a sworn declaration filed in a Texas court, Roosevelt Jointer, a former Tesla supervisor, said he had no idea he was about to lose his job. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 1 year ago

Facebook keeps deleted data, gives it to law enforcement

Facebook created a tool in 2019 that let staff access deleted Messenger data and share it with law enforcement, according to the newly filed lawsuit. | Continue reading


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Remote Working in Software Development

a16z's Marc Andreessen said remote work means people no longer are forced to live near offices in major cities, which could transform civilization. | Continue reading


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Rivian, Amazon, and Apple are snapping up laid-off employees from Tesla

Former Tesla workers may not be on the job market for long after Elon Musk laid off 10% of salaried staff. | Continue reading


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Elon Musk had twins last year with one of his top executives

Court documents show that Elon Musk and a 36-year-old Neuralink executive, Shivon Zilis, are the parents of 8-month-old twins. Musk now has nine known children. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 1 year ago

Tesla sued by 15 Black employees alleging racial harassment

A new lawsuit filed on June 30 said Tesla's factories have been "systematically turned into a racially hostile work environment." | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 1 year ago

Chinese real-estate developers accepting crops as down payments for properties

"We are helping farmers with love, and making it easier for them to buy homes," said Central China Real Estate. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 1 year ago

Germany Faces Collapse of Entire Industries on Russian Gas Supply Cuts

"We aren't dealing with erratic decisions but with economic warfare, completely rational and very clear," said Germany economy minister Robert Habeck. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 1 year ago

An 'Island' of Disgusting Changed the Course of the Thames River in London

Thousands of discarded wipes flushed down toilets end up on the river Thames banks, forming a mass dubbed 'wet wipe island.' | Continue reading


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