Facebook's bold new publishing deal has the potential to disrupt an entire...
On Wednesday morning, Facebook rolled out its long-rumored deal that lets content publishers like NBC News and The New York Times post their articles directly to Facebook's iOS app.This is a major deal...
View ArticleA big change is happening in drug development, and it could change medicine...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Drug manufacturers have begun amassing enormous troves of human DNA in hopes of significantly shortening the time it takes to identify new drug candidates, a move some say is...
View Article‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ is easily the best movie of the year so far
There’s a scene in "Mad Max: Fury Road" where you’re watching Tom Hardy’s titular character rise slowly out of the sand.You hear every little speck of sand shaking loose from his body from his head...
View ArticleChinese translations of the new 'Avengers' movie were so screwed up that...
Joss Whedon's "Avengers: Age of Ultron" has just opened in the world's second biggest film market, but the film's Chinese subtitles have already caused irritation among some of the country's...
View ArticleWorld-famous explorer David Attenborough describes his most amazing adventure
Sir David Attenborough, the world-famous nature host, recently found himself in a bat cave in Borneo, dangling from a rope 300 feet (91 meters) above the ground, as a drone hovered around filming...
View ArticleWe're about to enter a new era in medicine
We know more about how the human body works — how we live and die — than we ever have before.We've mapped the human genome, the blueprint that's largely responsible for who we are, and scientists are...
View ArticleNintendo is bringing its classic gaming competition back from the dead (TYO)
Nintendo is trying to drum up hype before next month’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, the world’s biggest showcase for all the big consumer games coming out in the next year. So, in the lead-up to that...
View ArticlePeople around the world are misusing their iPhone because they’re afraid of...
There's a rumor that iPhone home buttons break easily, and it's causing millions of people to use an obscure accessibility feature called AssistiveTouch to avoid pressing them.We first encountered this...
View ArticleThis is our first image of Pluto and all 5 of its moons in one shot
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has snapped its first-ever family portrait of the Pluto system, capturing the dwarf planet and all five of its known moons.New Horizons, which is speeding toward a...
View Article'Assassin's Creed’ finally drops its lame excuses and adds more female...
Blockbuster games rarely feature women as protagonists, and those that do often feature hyper-sexualized characters like Lara Croft. It's a sad truth of the video game industry: games that cost tens of...
View ArticleWhy the director of 'Thought Crimes' thinks we should all be more careful...
HBO's newest documentary "Thought Crimes" tells the story about how an addiction to dark fetish sites led Gilberto Valle to eventually be labeled by the media as the "Cannibal Cop." His cannibalistic...
View ArticleCelebrity trainer Tony Horton says people starting his workouts have the most...
Celebrity trainer Tony Horton is best known for his very successful P90X at-home fitness program.It was followed by P90X2, P90X3, and a number of smaller programs. Many have found success with the...
View ArticleApply now: Business Insider is hiring a video game reporter
Do you have strong opinions on Nintendo getting into mobile games? Did you spend last Thanksgiving trying to convince your family to play "Papers, Please?" Do you consider /r/games a second...
View ArticleEveryone's obsessed with 'knolling' their stuff and putting the photos on...
No matter how cluttered your Instagram feed may be, photos of objects neatly laid out against stark, neutral backgrounds are bound to draw your attention.Items that are photographed from above and...
View ArticleGoogle's answer to the Apple Watch is getting better, but it's still not...
There's a lot of misguided hype surrounding smartwatches following the launch of the Apple Watch. Smartwatches are not meant to be as functional as smartphones, nor are they meant to replace...
View ArticleWhy you won't see Mel Gibson in the new 'Mad Max' movie
Before he starred in "Mad Max" in 1979, Mel Gibson was unknown to the rest of the world. Then, "Mad Max" became a box-office smash. It grossed $100 million worldwide and held the Guiness world record...
View ArticleAre you using the hidden triple-click shortcut on the iPhone?
When I triple-click my iPhone home button, the colors on the screen invert. Check it out:This dazzling trick is one of several functions that can be assigned to the iOS accessibility shortcut (see:...
View ArticleThe CEO of IBM just made a bold prediction about the future of artificial...
Last week, Ginni Rometty, the chairman and CEO of IBM, stood on stage in front of a packed room and announced that she was going to make "a bold prediction.""In the future, every decision that mankind...
View ArticleFox's star-studded fall show 'Scream Queens' isn't out for months, but it's...
If you’re walking the streets of New York and happen to come across someone dressed like a frat boy who also has a knife sticking out of his back, do not be alarmed: Fox is just trying to remind you...
View ArticleNetflix is not completely ruling out broadcasting live sports (NFLX)
“Never say never.”That was the response Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s content boss, gave to the question about whether the world’s largest subscription streaming service will ever stream live sports.It’s a...
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