George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, testified in the first day of impeachment hearings on Wednesday that the president's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was hurting US-Ukrainian relations with "politically-m… [+1147 chars]
A professional gaming team owned by the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks is getting blasted by artists for holding a design contest without a cash prize and telling graphic designers to "get a job" when they asked for compensation for their work. On November 11, Bucks … [+2695 chars]
The US Army is partnering with Microsoft to develop a mixed reality heads-up display for the dismounted soldier, and Business Insider recently had the chance to put this device to the test at Fort Pickett in Virginia. Microsoft was awarded a $480 million con… [+3440 chars]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York called on White House aide Stephen Miller to resign on Tuesday after the Southern Poverty Law Center published a report showing Miller appearing to promote white nationalism and anti-immigrant ideas through the right-… [+2504 chars]
To say that it's been a rough year for Silicon Valley investors would be putting it lightly. Since their shares started trading on public exchanges, companies like SmileDirectClub, Uber, Lyft, and Slack have seen their valuations sink to mere fractions of th… [+2818 chars]
Sanders and Warren aim to sharply curb the economic power that the super-rich have amassed in recent decades and use their money to fund new programs.
The House of Representatives launch public hearings Wednesday into whether President Donald Trump should be impeached. The move marks a historic inflection point in Trump's rollercoaster presidency. If the House votes to impeach him, he will be the fourth pr… [+3684 chars]
Apple is launching a new MacBook Pro that brings significant upgrades to the two areas you probably interact with the most: the keyboard and the screen. Apple has finally taken the wraps off its long-rumored 16-inch MacBook Pro, which comes with a larger, hi… [+1805 chars]
One of the hottest startups in trucking tech just got a new stack of a cash. Convoy, started by ex-Amazonians Dan Lewis and Grant Goodale in 2015, just raised $400 million in Series D funding. Generation Investment Management, a sustainability investment fi… [+4205 chars]
Hedge funds are in danger of playing second fiddle to private equity in their biggest investors' portfolios. A new study from EY released today surveyed 62 institutional investors with $1.8 trillion in combined assets and found they are replacing their hedg… [+3101 chars]
