Feast your eyes on what could be the world's most expensive mega-yacht
The Admiral X Force 145 is not your everyday mega-yacht. The 465-foot vessel takes luxury to eye-popping new heights.Not only is the yet-to-be-built boat huge; its lavish interiors are punctuated by...
View ArticleTHE ROBOTICS MARKET REPORT: The fast-multiplying opportunities in consumer,...
Robots have been a reality on factory assembly lines for over twenty years. But it is only relatively recently that robots have become advanced enough to penetrate into home and office settings. In a...
View ArticleGEORGE SOROS: The US needs to befriend China or all hell is going to break loose
The US needs to befriend China or else all hell is going to break loose, argues George Soros in a new article for The New York Review of Books."Both the US and China have a vital interest in reaching...
View ArticleSixth mass extinction is here: US study
Miami (AFP) - The world is embarking on its sixth mass extinction with animals disappearing about 100 times faster than they used to, scientists warned Friday, and humans could be among the first...
View ArticleThe 7 worst housing markets in the world (XHB)
The global housing market continues to make a strong recovery.But the boom is not being felt everywhere.According to the Global Property Guide for the first quarter of 2015, home prices rose in 25 of...
View ArticleGoogle acts to curb 'revenge porn' from search results
Washington (AFP) - Google said Friday it was taking steps to remove from search results "revenge porn," or sexually explicit images of people posted without their consent.The Internet search giant said...
View ArticleVenture firm sued by Ellen Pao issues diversity report, but forgets diversity...
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a prominent venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, released a diversity report — except that it missed out on the whole point of diversity.Tristan Walker, the CEO...
View ArticleBrazil's Neymar out of Copa with four-match ban
Santiago (AFP) - Brazil captain Neymar was sensationally thrown out of the rest of the Copa America after being hit with a four-match ban for headbutting a Colombian opponent.South American football's...
View ArticlePresident Obama's former CIO says the government will end up regulating the...
It's easy now to open up an app on your phone and do anything from ordering takeout to calling an Uber or posting status updates.But the moment we need to do anything related to the government, we're...
View ArticleThe 10 best jobs for millennials right now
According to research from Pew, there are approximately 75 million millennials — those between the ages of 18 and 34 — in the US right now.This group is known for a lot of things. One of them: job...
View ArticleGREECE IS DOWN TO THE WIRE
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Greek government is once again working to revise its proposals for economic reforms so that it might finally strike a deal with its creditors on...
View ArticleITALIAN HEDGE FUNDER: 'Never, ever marry an American woman'
Italian hedge fund star Davide Serra told a married female New York Times reporter that the advice he gives to his friends is to "never, ever marry an American woman." From The Times:"Never, ever marry...
View ArticleThis startup is getting frat guys across America to wear short shorts — and...
Men's short-shorts may seem like an unlikely product for an ecommerce startup.But for Chubbies cofounders Kyle Hency, Rainer Castillo, Preston Rutherford, and Tom Montgomery, it was the most natural...
View ArticleClosing all of your apps doesn't actually save your iPhone's battery
There's a huge misconception that a lot of people have about using the iPhone. And once you learn the truth, it might change your life.I see it every day. People are standing in line to get coffee or...
View ArticlePolice are reportedly closing in on the two escaped New York fugitives
Police have descended on the town of Friendship, New York, where there were sightings of two convicted murderes who escaped a maximum-security prison two weeks ago.New York state police spokesman told...
View Article9 brilliant business books you can read in an afternoon
It's no secret that reading can help you get ahead. The most accomplished people tend to love to read.However, starting a new book can seem daunting and overly time-consuming. The good news is there...
View ArticleThe fate of Obamacare could reside in the hands of one of these 2 people
The fate of the Affordable Care Act is in the hands of the Supreme Court once again — and whether it lives as is or crumbles might depend on a justice who believes the heart of the law to be...
View ArticleMillennials' banking habits could make Wall Street obsolete (GS, ONDK, LC,...
Half of millennial consumers would consider swapping Google or Apple in for their current financial services provider, according to a study provided to Business Insider. It's a trend that could crush...
View ArticleAfter a disappointing Airbnb stay, I realized there's a major flaw in the...
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View ArticleHere's how much it would cost to build a real Jurassic Park
One of the underlying motives in "Jurassic World" is the need to create a profitable dinosaur park. This is what pushes the creation of dangerous hybrid dinosaur Indominus Rex.Now, it makes sense why...
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