Mark Zuckerberg’s first stop on his tour of the US is Dallas, Texas
Mark Zuckerberg’s first stop on his 2017 tour of the US is Dallas, Texas. The billionaire Facebook CEO helped plant fruits and vegetables in a community garden in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas...
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Spray this invisible, edible coating on produce and it will last five times...
From the time a farmer harvests strawberries or green beans, they will last – at best – three weeks before they start to rot. It takes a week or two to reach the grocery store and then your fridge,...
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San Francisco biohackers are wearing implants made for diabetes in the...
Paul Benigeri, a lead engineer at cognitive enhancement supplement startup Nootrobox, flexes his tricep nervously as his coworkers gather around him, phones set to record the scene. He runs his...
View ArticleObama: Here’s what surprised me most about being president
With one week left in office, President Barack Obama talked to CBS’s “60 Minutes” about his eight years in Washington. The interview, which aired on Sunday, gave a wide-ranging look at Obama’s biggest...
View ArticleDraymond Green mocks LeBron James for seemingly flopping to sell a hard foul...
LeBron James and Draymond Green brought back memories of the 2016 NBA Finals with another dust-up after a hard foul. In the second quarter of the Cavaliers and Warriors second and final meeting of the...
View ArticleTopjurist Peter Wakkie weer op vrije voeten na dag van verhoor in Madrid
De Nederlandse topadvocaat Peter Wakkie is weer op vrije voeten. De politie in Madrid heeft dinsdagnacht om 00.30 uur het verhoor beëindigd en heeft hem vrijgelaten. Dat meldt de woordvoerder van...
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A nightclub shooting mars life in Mexico’s Mayan Riviera, where a quieter...
The final night of a high-profile electronic music festival was marred by gunfire that led to five deaths early on Monday morning in Playa del Carmen, a town on the Mayan Riviera, a popular tourist...
View ArticleEen boete voor het niet uitzingen van het volkslied en 4 andere bizarre...
In Europa wordt veel gemopperd op de soms absurde regels uit Brussel. Maar in de Verenigde Staten kunnen ze er ook wat van. Zo kan je in de staat Massachusetts een boete krijgen als je halverwege het...
View ArticleGrote stroomstoring Amsterdam treft paar honderdduizend huishoudens,...
Een grote stroomstoring in Amsterdam treft honderdduizenden huishoudens. Het treinverkeer van de NS rond Amsterdam Centraal is uitgevallen. Verkeersborden op de wegen werken niet. Rijkswaterstaat...
View ArticleTrump implies he’s glad Democrats are boycotting his inauguration: ‘We need...
President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t seem concerned that more than 50 Democratic lawmakers are boycotting his inauguration ceremony. In an interview with Fox and Friends set to air Wednesday, the...
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Mankind is facing an apocalyptic moral test, says evolutionary psychologist
Evolutionary psychologist Robert Wright sounded bleak in a couple of recent columns: “Given the growing prospect that humankind, having reached the brink of a global community, will dissolve into...
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With the new Mustang, Ford has created a high-tech muscle car
The times, they are a-changin’ for the iconic Ford Mustang. For decades, the pony car was all about straight-ahead, tire-burning performance and affordable style. But for the 2015 edition of the...
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Ford CEO predicts that in 15 years most cars for sale will be electrified
In less than 20 years there will be more electrified vehicles on the market than traditional gas-powered cars, Ford CEO Mark Fields told Business Insider during a recent interview. “Our view is that...
View ArticleTrump’s attitudes toward the EU and NATO could lead to ‘unprecedented changes...
If President-elect Donald Trump’s recent statements on the European Union and the NATO are any indication, his administration could bring unprecedented changes to longstanding alliances between...
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I forgot one thing on my trip to Japan — and now I have to apologize to every...
Ten days ago, I traveled to Tokyo to help Business Insider launch its latest international edition. On Monday, Mediagene, our Japanese partner company, arranged a packed day of press conferences and...
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Here are all the lawmakers skipping Trump’s inauguration
It looks like A-list celebrity performers may not be the only ones skipping President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. While several political figures, including George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton...
View ArticleTrump’s education secretary appeared to get stumped on a key question during...
Betsy DeVos, the woman President-elect Donald Trump chose to lead the US Department of Education, sparred with some lawmakers during her confirmation hearing on Tuesday. At one point, DeVos appeared...
View Article10 things you need to know in markets today
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know in markets on Wednesday. HSBC CEO Stuart Gulliver said trading operations that generate about 20% of revenue for the lender’s investment bank in London may...
View ArticleRecordomzet voor ASML, dat nu echt stappen lijkt te maken met nieuwe...
ASML heeft afgelopen kwartaal meer omzet behaald dan in de voorgaande periode, en overtrof daarmee voor de tweede keer op rij de eigen verwachtingen. De Veldhovense chipmachinefabrikant wist ook de...
View ArticleObama shortened prison sentences for hundreds of drug offenders in his final...
It seems everyone is talking this week about WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning, whose 35-year prison sentence was commuted on January 17 by President Obama. But Manning, who stole secret...
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