How Amazon, Facebook, and Google CEOs think about M&A – Business Insider
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said, "We're buying market position — not technology," about the company's acquisition of Ring. Associated Press This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Documents made public Wednesday as part of a Congressional antitrust hearing give insight into the concerns of tech's most…
Powerful people in tech and Hollywood who have supported Kamala Harris – Business Insider
Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. Scott Olson/Getty Images On August 11, Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris as his choice for vice president on his 2020 ticket.Harris, a Democratic senator for California, has also held positions as district attorney for San Francisco and attorney general for the state. She has homes in both LA and San…
Trump admin proposes ending Michelle Obama healthy school lunch rules – Business Insider
Home » International » The Trump administration proposed scrapping Michelle Obama’s healthy school lunch policy on her birthday Foto: Kevin Dietsch - Pool/Getty Images Michelle Obama at Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017. On Friday, Michelle Obama celebrated her 56th birthday. That same day, the USDA announced proposed rules that would roll back one of her…
China’s ‘reopening’ still more restrictive than US quarantines – Business Insider
The railway police are on duty in the waiting room on April 7,2020 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Getty Images China eased coronavirus travel restrictions in Wuhan this week, ending a 76-day quarantine, with a drop in the country's new daily cases signaling the lockdowns have helped slow the spread of the virus.But life in Wuhan…
Fred Perry pulls polo shirt over far-right Proud Boys association – Business Insider
Fred Perry pulled sales of a black-and-yellow polo shirt in the US and Canada in September 2019 because it was worn by members of the far-right Proud Boys group, it said Thursday. The British company described the association as “incredibly frustrating,” adding that the company is “in no way affiliated with the Proud Boys.” The…
China calls Trump’s proposed Microsoft-TikTok cut state-sanctioned robbery – Business Insider
President Trump said on Monday TikTok has a deadline of September 15 to sell its US business or it will be "out of business in the United States."Trump also said a "substantial portion" of the any sale of the app should go to the US Treasury.He wasn't clear whether that cut should come from the…
The 30 most attractive US employers for computer science students – Business Insider
Apple is the second-most-attractive US company for computer science students. REUTERS/Mason Trinca Employer-branding company Universum shared its latest annual rankings of the most attractive US employers for college students for 2020.According to their findings, computer science students are hoping to work for tech giants and video game companies. Google remained as the most attractive employer for…
Tommy Tuberville defeats Jeff Sessions in Republican runoff for US Senate in Alabama –...
The former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville defeated former Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the Republican primary runoff for Sessions' old US Senate seat in Alabama.The race largely played as a fight over which candidate was more loyal and would best serve President Donald Trump, who won the state by a margin of 27 percentage…
Wildfire smoke likely killed over 1,200 people in California – Insider
Wildfire smoke has likely killed more than 1,200 people in California this year, according to Stanford researchers. That's because smoke contains harmful particles that can enter the lungs and bloodstream, raising people's risk of heart attacks, strokes, and premature death. The analysis only looked at people over 65 in California, so its estimate of smoke-related…
TikTok parent company ByteDance spreads Chinese propaganda: report – Business Insider
Reuters ByteDance, the company that owns the viral video app TikTok, is working closely with China's government to facilitate human rights abuses in China's western autonomous region of Xinjiang, according to to a new report by The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). The report, titled "Mapping China's Tech Giants," looked at the way major Chinese…
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See the First Eerie NASA Images of DART’s Asteroid Crash Site – CNET
On Monday, the world watched as a little NASA spacecraft called DART met its explosive end. This box, slightly bigger than an oven and winged with solar panels, had been fated to die since it left Earth in November. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test's mission was simple: Crash into a large asteroid so scientists can see whether…
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Abstract quantum physics illustration.Scientists trained a machine learning tool to capture the physics of electrons moving on a lattice using far fewer equations than would typically be required, all without sacrificing accuracy.A daunting quantum problem that until now required 100,000 equations has been compressed into a bite-size task of as few as four equations by…
Superhot blob of gas discovered orbiting Milky Way’s black hole at ‘mind-blowing’ velocity –...
Home News The orbit of the newly discovered rapid hot spot around Sagittarius A* superimposed on top of the first image of the supermassive black hole captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration. (Image credit: EHT Collaboration, ESO/L. Calçada (Acknowledgment: M. Wielgus)) (opens in new tab)Astronomers have detected a blob of hot gas whizzing…
