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TikTok’s deal with Oracle and Walmart lets it cling on to its most valuable asset — its algorithm
TikTok’s recommendation algorithm is considered its “secret sauce.” Photo by Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images ByteDance’s deal with Oracle ...
Jack Ma’s Ant Group raises its funding target to $35 billion, likely making it the largest IPO ever
Thomson Reuters Jack Ma’s Ant Group seeks to raise its funding target to $35 billion through its initial-public-offering, according to ...
Global stocks slide as France, Spain, and the UK record thousands of new COVID-19 cases
Brendan McDermid/Reuters Global stocks fell on Monday, as surging cases of COVID-19 in Europe rattled investors over the largest regional ...
10 things in tech you need to know today
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AOC considering impeachment, Schumer weighing Supreme Court expansion in wake of Mitch McConnell’s ‘blatant, nasty hypocrisy’
Democratic Congresswoman from New York Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer listens during a press conference in ...
How to watch the 2020 virtual Emmy Awards tonight
When you buy through our links, we may earn money from our affiliate partners. Learn more. ABC The 72nd Primetime ...
Instagram is working to open up messaging to third parties
Hi! Welcome to the Insider Advertising daily for September 21. I’m Lauren Johnson, a senior advertising reporter at Business Insider. ...
Suburbia is an ever-changing ‘microcosm of America’ that could dominate the upcoming election
The home of Kimberly Fasking, 48, in the suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama. Kimberly Fasking Suburban voters constitute approximately half of ...
Joe Biden told Senate Republicans to ‘follow your conscience’ on nominee vote to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat
Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia about the Supreme ...
The Tour de France bikes, ranked
Jumbo-Visma rides Bianchi. Tim de Waele/Getty Images The 107th Tour de France got rolling in Nice on August 29 and ...
Here are some of the biggest revelations that came out of the leaked FinCEN reports
JP Morgan Chase & Co sign outside headquarters in New York Reuters Thousands of leaked documents from the Financial Crimes ...
British officials issue warnings about ‘a tipping point’ and second lockdown if COVID-19 rules are not followed
Britain’s Secretary of State of Health Matt Hancock arrives in Downing Street, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), ...
GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski confirms she opposes a vote to confirm a Supreme Court nominee before the election
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) speaks to members of the press as she arrives at a weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon ...
Americans are rallying against Trump and other lawmakers who are pushing for Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement
Protesters outside Mitch McConnell’s Kentucky home. Jon Cherry/Getty Images People all over the country are mobilizing against lawmakers who are ...
Nancy Pelosi won’t rule out impeachment to block a Trump Supreme Court nominee
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks with reporters during her weekly news conference on September 18, 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images House ...
Job diary: I’m a professional mermaid who makes upwards of $250 for an appearance. Here’s how I turned my passion for cosplay into a business.
Gabrielle Rivera as Nymphia, the Nautilus Mermaid, near the Golden Gate Bridge, Brandi Rollins Gabrielle Rivera is a 25-year-old professional ...
A group of retail industry insiders is taking a cue from Alibaba and creating a new shopping day to jumpstart the holiday season
A journalist takes a picture of a screen showing real-time data of transactions at Alibaba Group’s 11.11 global shopping festival ...
White House bars FDA commissioner from testifying before House committee
President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, speaks during a media ...
Millennials are flocking to Colorado because they see it as a quarantine haven — here’s what they’re saying about life in the Centennial state
Blaine Harrington III/Getty Images Colorado is emerging as a top destination for millennials who are looking to relocate during the ...
Trump tells supporters ‘you’ll never see me again’ if he loses to Biden
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images At a campaign rally in North Carolina Saturday, President Donald Trump told attendees they’ll never ...
The top 10 coding languages recruiters are looking for right now — and how to learn them online for free
Coding bootcamp company Coding Dojo analyzed recent job postings to find which engineering languages are the most sought after. Shutterstock ...
Apps are tracking WhatsApp users’ online activity, including whom they’re likely talking to and when they’re sleeping
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Engagement with anti-vaxx Facebook pages more than trebled from July to August, analysis shows
A protester holds an anti-vaccination sign as supporters of President Donald Trump rally to reopen California as the coronavirus pandemic ...
Restaurants need to brace for 18 more months of extreme challenges — and the election is about to make things worse
A restaurant remains open in Bristow, Oklahoma. Nick Oxford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Restaurants are going to be facing ...
A striking new photo of Jupiter shows the Great Red Spot is shrinking – and other storms are growing
This photo of Jupiter, captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on August 25, 2020, provides astronomers with new information about ...
One stock market signal suggests the US presidential race is tightening, Goldman Sachs says
Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images The trading activity of certain stocks is sending a signal to investors that the upcoming Presidential election ...
Far-right conspiracy theorists say 94% of US COVID-19 deaths don’t count because those Americans had underlying conditions. That’s bogus.
Patient Doreen Mount is comforted by a radiologist in the X-ray department at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital in Blackburn, ...
Mohamed El-Erian warns that stocks could tank if the Fed’s liquidity ‘engine’ stops running, cites disconnect between prices and fundamentals
Reuters/Lucy Nicholson Economist Mohamed El-Erian says markets may falter as the Fed’s liquidity “engine” becomes less and less powerful, and ...
The Tesla Model 3 might have the new Polestar 2 EV beat on paper, but the Polestar won me over — here’s why
Tesla Model 3 versus Polestar 2. Tesla and Kristen Lee/Business Insider I’ve tested both the Tesla Model 3 and the ...
Trump supporters staged a rally at a Virginia polling center during early voting, intimidating voters, election officials say
(File image) A supporter of President Trump waves flags outside of McKenzie Arena, where U.S. President Donald Trump is holding ...
