French sailors end Calais port blockade
AFP from Business Insider Calais (France) (AFP) – Protesting French seamen ended their blockade of the northern port of Calais in the early hours of Monday, after stranding thousands of cross-Channel ferry passengers on a busy bank holiday weekend in…
why you never want your city to host the Olympics
These photos show why you never want your city to host the Olympics By Brad Reed From BGR Earlier this summer, my hometown of Boston made national headlines after its citizens waged a successful campaign to kill the city’s bid…
the infuriatingly sad story of global warming
These gorgeous photos perfectly capture the infuriatingly sad story of global warming By Chris Smith From BGR Global warming is a hotly debated topic around the world, as many people are still not convinced Earth’s climate is being affected by…
working flying car prototype
This working flying car prototype is absolutely stunning By Jillian D’onfro From Business Insider Flying cars might not be science fiction for long. Stefan Klein and Juraj Vaculik, cofounders of a company Slovakian startup called AeroMobil, have created a beautiful…
This is how teens’ digital behavior is changing
By Cooper Smith From Techcrunch Teens don’t account for a huge chunk of the US population, but they still get lots of attention. Marketers and brands know that teen behavior often says a lot about where shopping trends, media consumption,…
We talked to the man who knows more about Alibaba’s beginning than any other American
By JILLIAN D’ONFRO From Business Insider The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is expected to start trading on the New York Stock Exchange on September 19. Most people know next to nothing about the huge company (which employs more people than…
group exposes the extravagant excess of Swazi royals
This WikiLeaks-inspired group exposes the extravagant excess of Swazi royals By Ben Winsor from Business Insider TOP IMAGE: A Meme from the SwaziLeaks Facebook profile. The Kingdom of Swaziland has a total population of just 1.2 million people, 60% of…
Russian hackers stolen more than 1B usernames and passwords
By Lisa Eadicicco A Russian gang is said to have stolen more than one billion internet credentials, possibly making it the biggest heist of its kind, according to a new report from The New York Times. Milwaukee-based security firm Hold…
Qatar’s purchase of billions of US weaponry — and support for Hamas — shows how awkward foreign policy can be
By Armin Rosen From Business Insider Qatar recently cemented an enormous weapons deal with the United States. But this week, the tiny, resource-rich Gulf kingdom with outsized geopolitical ambitions — and a seemingly bottomless pocketbook — might be setting itself…
These expensive pants will wirelessly charge your smartphone
By Chris Smith From BGR With the increasing number of mobile devices that can be wirelessly charged, it’s no surprise that more companies are thinking about how they can incorporate this technology in their products. Starbucks has recently announced that…
