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Google Is Going To Pay To Run Its Buses In San Francisco

It looks like Google and the city of San Francisco have struck a deal when it comes to the operation of the search giant's buses that help employees commute from the city to Google's offices in...

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Three Minnesota Brothers Spent 95 Hours Building A 10-Foot-Tall Snow Shark

Record-breaking cold is hitting the Midwest, but that hasn't stopped three Minnesota brothers from creating a truly amazing snow sculpture. It took Trevor, Austin, and Connor Bartz a total of 95 hours...

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'Small Town Shallow Pockets': Here Are The Crude Names Data Companies Use To...

Last month, a Senate Committee report lambasted "data brokers" for preying on the poor by selling information that highlights which segments of the population are most financially vulnerable.On the...

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Apple Is 'Actively Seeking' Candidates To Diversify Its Extremely White, Male...

Apple is moving to diversify its board in response to mounting shareholder criticism.Bloomberg reports that Apple, a notoriously homogeneous company at its highest levels, recently added language to...

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This Safe Driving Ad From New Zealand Will Give You The Chills

What if two drivers could share their final thoughts in the seconds before a horrendous car accident?A new ad from the New Zealand Transport Agency makes this dialogue happen. A man pulls out into an...

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The 10 Greatest Risks To Global Stability In 2014

The Eurasia Group is out with its annual Top 10 Risks of 2014, and it seems that for the first time since 2008, geopolitical fears top economic ones."The realities of a G-Zero order, a world of...

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'Downton Abbey' Premiere Draws Record 10

'Downton Abbey' Premiere Draws Record 10.2 Million Viewers. That’s up 22% from the Season 3 debut and a series high for the show.Join the conversation about this story »

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Australian University Forced To Take Back 400 Scholarships That Were...

An Australian university was forced to apologize to 400 students after it mistakenly offered them scholarships, which have since been withdrawn, ABC News reports.One University of Queensland...

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Samsung Has Two New Incredibly Powerful Galaxy Tablets

Samsung announced today that it has four new high-end tablets aimed at the enterprise and professional market. They're called the Galaxy NotePRO and Galaxy TabPRO tablets, and they come in variations...

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Amazon Says It Has 20 Million Prime Members (AMZN)

Amazon has confirmed that it has 20 million subscribers to its Prime service, Ben Schachter at Macquarie reports in a new note.Amazon had been hammered by the press for never giving out specific data...

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Jerry Seinfeld Hints At ‘Huge’ Project With Larry David During Reddit AMA

Since collaborating on hit show "Seinfeld," Larry David went on to create and star in HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" while Jerry Seinfeld is in the midst of the second season of his show "Comedians In...

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There's A Huge Economic Debate About 2013 — And Paul Krugman Is At The Center

Students of economics looked to 2013 with particular glee because, as luck would have it, the year was poised to settle the longstanding debate between two colliding schools of thought about monetary...

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This Map Shows How People Around The World Think About America

The Pew Research Global Attitudes Project tracks public opinion around the world on a number of subjects. In early 2013, they asked people in 39 countries whether they had a favorable or unfavorable...

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Yale Professor Found Dead In Jail Cell Reportedly Died From A Meth-Induced...

Deceased Yale University professor Samuel See — who was found dead in a New Haven, Conn. jail cell in November — died from a heart attack caused by methamphetamine he consumed, the New Haven...

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Why Analysts Are Freaked Out By Twitter's Stock

At the end of November, for no apparent reason, Twitter's stock went on a massive run. It hit $73.30 on December 26, an 88% increase from its low point on November 28th.It's fallen back to $66 after a...

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ESPN Aired A Bizarre Puff-Piece Promoting Tim Tebow's Abilities As A Quarterback

During "Sunday NFL Countdown," ESPN broke from previewing the NFL playoffs to air a 5-minute segment on Tim Tebow's quest to get back to the NFL as a quarterback (see video below).For the segment,...

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JetBlue Has Stranded Passengers In Barbados, And There's Little It Can Do To...

With a string of abysmal weather around its biggest airports during the holiday travel season, JetBlue has been dealt a rotten hand this week.After canceling hundreds of flights, the airline has...

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Here's The Problem With Marc Andreessen's $100 Billion Case For Snapchat

Social Media Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.A BIG...

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Soon, Your Smartphone Screen Will Be Able To Kill Bacteria

Corning announced a new antimicrobial cover version of its popular Gorilla Glass, the sturdy glass used in many smartphone touchscreens.According to Corning, this is the first EPA-registered product of...

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The Murray-Ryan Budget Deal Is A Setback For The Medicaid Expansion

The Murray-Ryan deal includes a change to an obscure Medicaid policy called disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments that will make it much more difficult for supporters of the Medicaid expansion...

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