Elon Musk 'making the rules' in space with rapid expansion of Starlink Internet

European countries should stop helping Elon Musk take over the space industry, the head of the European Space Agency told the Financial Times. | Continue reading


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Southern Africa is not a hotbed of variants, just good at sequencing them

President Biden said southern Africa's transparency should be "encouraged and applauded," but so far his thanks has taken the form of travel bans. | Continue reading


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Restaurants Can't Handle the Demands of To-Go, Online Orders

Americans are consuming much more food than before the pandemic and putting more pressure than ever on service workers. | Continue reading


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Sheldon Whitehouse fighting to end the dark money plaguing the Supreme Court

"Democrats have been overlooking the Supreme Court for a long time and are now getting a wake-up call," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said. | Continue reading


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The Metaverse will rival the real world within 10 years

Experts say when AR glasses replace cell phones in 10 years, there'll be a turning point in the metaverse — "and it will not be good for humanity." | Continue reading


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Singapore-based Grab is set to make its Nasdaq debut in largest-ever SPAC merger

Founded as a ride-hailing service, Grab has since expanded to include delivery, shopping, and more. It's set to make its Nasdaq debut on December 2. | Continue reading


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The FAA disclosed over 2k flight records associated with Jeffrey Epstein's jets

Domestic flight records associated with Jeffrey Epstein's private jets, provided by the FAA, reveal more than 700 previously unknown flights. | Continue reading


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BioNTech has started developing a new Omicron version of its Covid-19 vaccine

The German biotech, which makes COVID-19 vaccines with Pfizer, said Monday it doesn't want to "waste any time" and is working on an "adapted" vaccine. | Continue reading


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There's an easy way to tax billionaires that would work

Congress should tax the personal loans that wealthy Americans take out to avoid paying taxes on their wealth. | Continue reading


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An 'extraordinary' Roman villa with epic Trojan War mosaic in England

A Roman villa containing a rare mosaic depicting scenes from Homer's Iliad poem about the Trojan War, unearthed beneath afield in Rutland, England. | Continue reading


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Omicron cases are mild so far

"We really just need to hold tight to see how this plays out and what our next move is," an epidemiologist at UTHealth School of Public Health said. | Continue reading


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Germany's new government plans to give millions of people a 25% pay rise

Olaf Scholz, leader of the Social Democratic Party, said that the increase would lead to salary increases for 10 million people. | Continue reading


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Six other students who watched "Squid Game" were sentenced to hard labor and their teachers may be sent to remote mines, Radio Free Asia reported. | Continue reading


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Kanye West's $90 Yeezy Gap hoodie sold more in a day than any in Gap's history

Gap's collaboration with Kanye West's Yeezy brand remains a bright spot for the 52-year-old retailer. | Continue reading


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The Rise and Fall of Clubhouse

The app is a new "Athenian agora," a major investor said, but growth has crumbled as COVID-19 lockdowns ease and creators and users go elsewhere. | Continue reading


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Mark Zuckerberg reignited anger over Hawaiian land appropriation

In 2017, Zuckerberg sparked outcry for suing Native Hawaiians over their land. But his own properties reveal a longer and even more troubling history. | Continue reading


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Rep. Kevin McCarthy went on for almost three hours ahead of the House vote on the Democrats' social spending plan, the Build Back Better Act. | Continue reading


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Up to 16M Amazon Customers' data scraped and sold to 3rd party sellers

Wired reports the Chinese firm scraped the data via Amazon's own system and sold it, which was likened to Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal. | Continue reading


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A German shepherd dog is selling a Miami mansion previously owned by Madonna

The trust of Gunther VI, a German shepherd, originates from one of his ancestor's wealthy owners. The trust is worth nearly $500 million, per AP. | Continue reading


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A 2nd person has been 'naturally' cured of HIV without medical intervention

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UN responds to Musk dare with $6.6B plan to tackle world hunger

The world's richest person said he'd sell billions in Tesla stock and donate the proceeds if the UN could show how it would address world hunger. | Continue reading


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See Inside a 958-Foot Cargo Ship

In the video, second mate Bryan Boyle shows the machinery that keep the ship moving, as well as the crews' living quarters on the ship. | Continue reading


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Tesla is reportedly shipping new Model 3 and Model Y vehicles without USB ports

One Reddit user said they rang Tesla's support team and were told that the lack of USB ports was down to a chip shortage. | Continue reading


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Second Person 'Naturally' Cured of HIV, Scientists Say

The unnamed woman living in Argentina was diagnosed with HIV in 2013. Doctors have sequenced billions of her cells, and found no trace of the virus. | Continue reading


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Facebook Employees Are Now More Willing to Leave, Tech Recruiters Say

Long considered one of the best places to work, Facebook has lost some of its cachet through scandals and aging technology, recruiters say. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 2 years ago

The Rise of 'Antiwork'

"I think that it has a lot to do with Gen Z," one antiworker said. "They just don't put up with employers' crap anymore." | Continue reading


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Democrats want to give a tax cut to the top%, 6x bigger than any other bracket

An analysis from the Tax Policy Center shows a huge tax cut for the 1% who make between $500,000 and $1 million dollars. The top 0.1% see taxes go up. | Continue reading


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Americans have been quitting more than ever for half a year

The Great Resignation is gaining steam. September was just the latest month of record quits in a streak of millions resigning half a year long. | Continue reading


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Green Berets prepared to carry 'backpack nukes' on one-way missions

"The instructors had told us we had about 30 minutes to clear the blast radius. ... We never really believed that," a retired Green Beret said. | Continue reading


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Expensify's IPO could make nearly all 140 employees paper millionaires

Of Expensify's 140 employees, 40% had options worth $1 million on its IPO day. The rest could become millionaires, too, from an unusual stock grant. | Continue reading


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Logistics Startup EasyPost (YC S13) Is Planning IPO Next Year

Before taking EasyPost public, CEO Jarrett Streebin is planning two to five acquisitions to build it into a more user-friendly suite of software. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 2 years ago

MoviePass cofounder has bought the company back and is planning a relaunch

MoviePass cofounder Stacy Spikes was ousted from the company in 2018. The movie ticket subscription startup went bankrupt in 2020. | Continue reading


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Peloton CEO and CFO Address Employees on Stock Drop

Peloton's CEO and CFO told employees that the company's sales slowdown is a chance to go "back to the basics" after the pandemic-driven surge. | Continue reading


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Mailchimp Employees Shocked When Their Health Benefits Ended

Mailchimp employees tell Insider they fear lapsed benefits, reduced pay, and they've been warned off using Slack as the Intuit deal closed. | Continue reading


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Facebook Internal Researchers Found App Is Bad for 360M Users

Facebook's internal research found compulsive use hurt sleep, work relationships, or parenting for about 12.5% of users. | Continue reading


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Mmhmm gives employees $800 extra instead of office space

Mmhmm, videoconferencing startup founded by Evernote creator Phil Libin, recently raised $100 million in a Series B round led by SoftBank. | Continue reading


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Flailing 'moonshot projects' cost Google billions for Alphabet. Facebook Meta

We're seeing "history repeat itself" as Meta spends $10 billion on the metaverse — Alphabet's "Other Bets" have sunk $24 billion in operating losses. | Continue reading


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Facebook's 'Meta' Name Faces Trademark Battle with a Startup

Arizona-based Meta PC told Insider it filed for the "Meta" trademark in August, and Facebook's announcement came as a "shock." | Continue reading


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COP26 Climate Summit Lines So Long Officials Missing Meetings: Report

Entry to the UN's COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, is chaotic and long, according to people stuck in the queues. | Continue reading


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Zillow is shutting down its home buying and laying off 25% of its employees

"The most difficult part of this decision is that it will impact many of our colleagues," Zillow CEO Rich Barton said in a statement. | Continue reading


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Dirty Politics at Work

The claimed the stunt was to remind Virginians of the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally and the "Republican Party's embrace of those values." | Continue reading


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Starlink struggling to fulfill orders for its kits because of microchip shortage

SpaceX's Starlink says chip shortages have delayed production of its satellite internet kits and impacted its ability to complete orders. | Continue reading


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Billionaire Munger responds to criticism of his mostly windowless mega-dorm

Critics have blasted Munger's plans as resembling a prison more than a dorm, as over 90% of the building's 4,500 students would have windowless rooms. | Continue reading


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Why Pine Nuts Are One of the Most Expensive Nuts in the World

In the remote forests of Northeastern China, local harvesters climb trees as high as 100 feet to reach this region's most valuable product: pine nuts. | Continue reading


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Merriam-Webster added 455 new words to the dictionary, here are the oddest ones

The new additions, including whataboutism and FTW, are related to internet slang, the coronavirus pandemic, politics, and pop culture. | Continue reading


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Zillow has listed 93% of the hundreds of Phoenix homes it owns at a loss

Insider's analysis of 224 Zillow-owned homes for sale in Phoenix points to challenges for the real-estate giant, one of the country's biggest iBuyers. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 2 years ago

Coinbase user lost $11.6M in 10 minutes, falling for a fake-notification

A Coinbase user bought 200 bitcoin, then got a fake notification from a scammer and lost $11.2 million, the US Attorneys Office in Los Angeles said. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.com | 2 years ago

Facebook's problem isn't its brand – it's Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook is trying to draw a line between its social media and its "metaverse" business — but with Mark Zuckerberg in charge that could be difficult. | Continue reading


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