ImageMichael E. Horowitz, the Justice Department’s inspector general, has maintained a reputation for being above the partisan fray.CreditCreditTom Brenner/The New York TimesWASHINGTON — Inside a London office building in early June, three investigators for the Justice Department’s inspector general took a crucial step toward clearing the political fallout from the Russia investigation: They spent two…
This story requires our BI Prime membership. To read the full article, simply click here to claim your deal and get access to all exclusive Business Insider PRIME content. "Jeopardy James" Holzhauer won $2.5 million an iconic game show where contestants usually play it safe. He told Business Insider why he made huge wagers at…
IN THE HISTORY of the music business, many artists have not had control over their own careers. What has recently made the topic into major news is that Taylor Swift has discussed her torrid experience in the industry. The pop star has a long record of challenging that powers that be, and while her latest…
[For more coverage of race, sign up here to have our Race/Related newsletter delivered weekly to your inbox.]DETROIT — Twenty-four hours a day, video from thousands of cameras stationed around Detroit, at gas stations, restaurants, mini-marts, apartment buildings, churches and schools, streams into the Police Department’s downtown headquarters.The surveillance program, which began in 2016, is…
In a new interview, the Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates called the Apple cofounder Steve Jobs a wizard who was able to "cast spells" that "mesmerized" people.Gates said Jobs was capable of being an "asshole" but was unrivaled when it came to picking and motivating talent. Without Jobs, the Apple we know today would not have…
IN THE GRAND finale of #NEXTgen, an event held last month at BMW’s headquarters in Munich to show off the German carmaker’s vision for the future of mobility, Harald Krüger, its boss, unveiled the Vision dc Roadster. The staid 53-year-old mounted the futuristic, angular motorbike as if he were ready to ride off into the…
Few sports teams are asked to carry so much meaning on their shoulders as the U.S. women’s soccer team. Fewer still do it so effortlessly, and with so much success.ImageMegan Rapinoe, center, holds up the World Cup trophy at the end of the tournament.CreditCreditPhilippe Desmazes/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesLYON, France — The chant was faint…
Amazon's motto may be "customer obsession," but it has another infatuation — speed. Amazon's brand identity has long rested on the promise of getting parcels to customers as quickly as possible. Last month, the company announced that its Prime service was offering one-day shipping on more than 10 million products. Read more: eBay is trolling…
Politics|Biden Stresses Ties to Obama, Apologizes for Remarks on SegregationistsImageFormer Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at a campaign event in Sumter, S.C., on Saturday.CreditCreditMeg Kinnard, via Associated PressSUMTER, S.C. — After spending weeks under fire for his decades-long history on race and civil rights, Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Saturday gave the most forceful…
YouTube has been struggling to monitor the hate speech, child exploitation, and other incidents affecting the platform's most vulnerable creators and users. But some analysts say YouTube may not have much incentive to take drastic measures to fix the problem because the issues have failed to meaningfully affect the platform's advertisers and revenue. YouTube would…
