Facebook quietly ditched 'It’s free and always will be' slogan from its homepage

Digital law expert José Antonio Castillo thinks this is Facebook acknowledging its platform isn't free, as users pay when they hand over their data. | Continue reading


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Uber made nearly $500M from a 'safe rides fee' – money went to company

"This fee supports the increased costs associated with our continued efforts to ensure the safest platform for Uber riders and drivers," Uber said at the time. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

FCC investigating Apple, Samsung phones for emitting too much radiation

The iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 — and Samsung's Galaxy S8, Galaxy S9, and Galaxy J3 — emitted more radiation than they should have in an independent test. | Continue reading


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It is difficult to see how WeWork will ever be profitable

The sheer scale of WeWork's future lease commitments have investors' eyes popping out on stalks. | Continue reading


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KFC rolls out first plant-based fried 'chicken' with Beyond Meat

On Monday, the chicken chain announced it is debuting Beyond Fried Chicken in partnership with Beyond Meat. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

TX police issue explosion warning ahead of SpaceX test

Sheriffs gave a notice to residents of Boca Chica on Saturday that warns an "overpressure event" may break windows, so they should vacate their homes. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Police are trying to arrest their way out of a mass shooting epidemic

The arrests won't fully or permanently stop a person determined to inflict mass death — and the US is nowhere near close to tackling the root causes. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Former Facebook news curator reacts to its latest plan to tackle news

A member of Facebook's erstwhile Trending team reflected on his experience and what he thinks the company should do differently this time. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

SV founders and venture capitalists keep accepting money from horrible people

Jeffrey Epstein was a tech investor. Saudi Arabia has pumped billions into WeWork and Uber. Silicon Valley has become morally bankrupt. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Google refused to call out China over disinformation about Hong Kong

Google said it disabled 210 YouTube channels linked to a disinformation campaign about Hong Kong. However, it stopped short of blaming China. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

A rectal surgeon said you're probably wiping your butt wrong

After using the bathroom, you should gently pat your behind — if you use toilet paper at all. Steer clear of baby wipes too. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Tesla's “Project Titan” Covered Up Solar Panel Fire Risk

Project Titan was supposed to quietly replace defective solar panel connectors and optimizers across the country. Then Walmart sued. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Locked Tesla stolen in 30 seconds in London with fob relay trick

Teslas have electronic car keys which emit a "friendly" radio signal reaching around two meters. Thieves often amplify it to trick cars into opening. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

The Amazon is burning at a rate not seen since we started keeping track

The Brazilian Amazon has experienced more than 74,000 fires this year, whereas last year's total was around 40,000. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Wildfires are blazing through the Amazon rainforest in record numbers

The unprecedented surge in wildfires has occurred, as right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro vowed to develop the Amazon region for farming and mining. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

NYU Professor Calls WeWork 'WeWTF'

Scott Galloway is a professor of marketing at NYU's Stern School of Business, bestselling author and well-known tech industry pundit. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Walmart slams Tesla with a lawsuit claiming solar panels caught fire at 7 stores

The retail giant says it has leased or licensed roof space at more than 240 stores for solar energy systems, to be supplied by Tesla. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Apple's 'The Morning Show' one of most expensive TV shows ever: report

Two seasons of the Apple TV Plus original TV series, "The Morning Show," reportedly costs $300 million. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Governments around the world consider taxing red meat to curb climate change

A recent study found the measure could prevent almost 6,000 deaths a year and save nearly $850 million in healthcare costs. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Public companies sign declaration on company's values

CEOs in the Business Roundtable have agreed that a public company exists to serve all stakeholders, including customers, employees, and shareholders. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Tesla is offering solar panels to rent after installations took a dive

Customers will be able to rent panels starting from $50 per month in six US states. Musk said it's 'like having a money printer on your roof.' | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Truckers can't pay off their fuel cards – signs for more trucking bankruptcies

Pilot Flying J told Business Insider that there's been some "weakness" in the credit market of their fuel card business. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Twitter ran paid ads from China's state news criticizing Hong Kong protests

The posts describe the protests as violent and destructive, and portray Hong Kong citizens as being in favour of ending them. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Alibaba Billionaire Joseph Tsai Buys Brooklyn Nets for $2.35B

Joseph Tsai is also taking control of Barclays Center, the 19,000-seat arena in Downtown Brooklyn that the Nets call home, he announced August 16. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Peter Fonda the star of the counter-culture classic 'Easy Rider' dies at 79

Born into Hollywood royalty as actor Henry Fonda's only son, Peter Fonda became a movie star in his own right. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Keurig's at-home soda machine was doomed from the start (2016)

The company was hoping that the $370 machine would give the company a new avenue for growth beyond coffee. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Armed forces in Kashmir are detaining children and molesting women amid blackout

The report, published Wednesday, was compiled from conversations with hundreds of Kashmiris after India cancelled their political autonomy. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Amazon sells a $19000 DIY tiny-home kit that takes only 2 days to build

Tiny houses have cropped up in popularity as housing prices are rising and minimalistic downsizing is becoming more trendy. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

World's First Solar Road Not Performing as Expected

Covering 2,800 square meters, Normandy's solar road was the first in the world, inaugurated in 2016 in Tourouvre-au-Perche, France. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Google has a culture problem that's destroying it from the inside

Google has faced issue after issue across the last several years, and it sounds like a major reason for that is the company's culture. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Facebook collects audio voice chats on Messenger, pays contractors to listen

The company reportedly didn't disclose to users that it was sharing any collected audio from Messenger voice chats with third parties. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Samsung phones with graphene battery tech would charge in 12 minutes

Samsung announced in 2017 that it's developing new graphene battery technology, and it's now rumored to arrive by 2020. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Apple Card bills can't be paid online if you lose your iPhone

Apple is new at this credit card thing, and it shows: there's no way to pay your Apple Card bill online, only on your iPhone. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

A Tesla Model 3 owner implanted her car's key into her arm

Amie DD documented the 11-month process on YouTube, and even showed viewers the greusome insertion process. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

“Kids were terrible for a career”

"They strain your marriage. They make you way poorer," wrote Eric Bahn. "But they're also the best decisions I've made in my life." | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Steve Jobs made predictions in the 80s/90s about the future of technology

Although his later work at Apple influenced the way things turned out, he still offered a slew of predictions that are shockingly accurate today. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Pepsi briefly became the 6th largest military in the world

In the late 1980s, the Soviet Union wanted to have Pepsi on hand permanently. But paying was an issue, so Moscow came up with a creative solution. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

NYC's $15 minimum wage hasn't brought restaurant apocalypse – they're thriving

A new study suggests that increasing pay for restaurant workers, who make up the bulk of low-wage earners, may not harm businesses. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

A Danish bank is offering mortgages at a 0.5% negative interest rate

Denmark's third-largest bank said this week that customers will now be able to take out a 10-year fixed rate mortgage with an interest rate of -0.5%. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Can Uber ever be profitable? Yes. Here's how

Uber didn't lose money last quarter. It added over $5 billion in cash. Investors may have misunderstood what's really going on. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Airbnb host offers $4,600 mock interviews for a job at Amazon

The Seattle "experience" was listed by a host identified as Nick. Nick appears to be Nick Dimitrov, the cofounder of Amazon Game Studios. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Airbnb host offering the 'experience' of a mock Amazon job interview for $4,600

The Seattle "experience" was listed by a host identified as Nick. Nick appears to be Nick Dimitrov, the cofounder of Amazon Game Studios. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Famous companies that started out as side hustles

Some of the biggest tech companies, like Facebook, Apple, Twitter, and Instagram, have all started as side hustles. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Oh Samsung

Samsung's Note 10 does not feature a headphone jack, falling in line with other manufacturers in phasing out the onetime industry standard. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Iran is reportedly jamming ship GPS navigation systems to seize them

Ships report "GPS interference, bridge-to-bridge communications spoofing, and/or other communications jamming with little to no warning," US military says. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Trump's executive order on alleged social-media bias reportedly drafted

President Trump has repeatedly claimed that social media companies are biased against him, and a new Executive Order reportedly aims to address that. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

GrubHub Registers 23,000 Domains of Reataurants

The food delivery company said it acquired the domains and set up the sites as a service to customers. But some say they didn't know about it. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago

Instagram’s lax privacy practices let a trusted partner openly flout its rules

More than a year after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook is still struggling to protect user data. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.de | 4 years ago