Athletes of the future won’t necessarily cross finish lines or score goals. Some may, in fact, be professional e-sports players who rack up virtual wins. Aware of the huge popularity of video gaming, the International Olympic Committee and the Global Association of International Sports Federations, or GAISF, hosted a forum in July about e-sports and…
Indonesia's flagship airline has asked to cancel a $5 billion order of 49 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets, saying its customers have "lost trust" in the plane model after two Max 8s crashed within five months of each other. "We have sent a letter to Boeing requesting that the order be canceled," Ikhsan Rosan, a…
BY THE TIME Chinese censors finally allowed a James Bond film to be shown in a mainland cinema, in 2007, the franchise was more than four decades old. Only thanks to rampant piracy were Chinese familiar with the British spy, commonly referred to by his codename, Ling ling qi. Chinese leaders would do well to…
President Trump declared on Thursday that the United States should recognize Israel’s authority over the long disputed Golan Heights, delivering a valuable election-eve gift to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but jettisoning decades of American policy in the Middle East. Mr. Trump’s announcement, in a midday Twitter post, came after persistent pressure from Mr. Netanyahu, a…
Nintendo is the latest player in virtual reality. Earlier this month, the company announced its new Labo: VR Kit, cardboard that video game players can mold into game accessories, like a bird and camera among others, and then use them with Nintendo’s flagship Switch console. The new Labo kit comes in two versions. The full…
An Amazon Air plane called CustomAir Obsession crashed on February 23. All three people on board were killed. The Boeing 767 cargo jet, operated by Atlas Air and contracted by Amazon, had been approaching Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The cause of the crash is still unknown. In conversations with Business Insider in the weeks…
CHINA’S PRESIDENT, Xi Jinping, is due to land in Rome on March 21st. His itinerary will include a state dinner, accompanied by a performance by Andrea Bocelli, an Italian opera star. Even more enjoyable for Mr Xi will be welcoming Italy into his “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI), a programme of infrastructure projects that spans…
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday announced a national ban on all military-style semiautomatic weapons, all high-capacity ammunition magazines and all parts that allow weapons to be modified into the kinds of guns used to kill 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, last week. “What we’re banning today…
Square CEO Jack Dorsey said he wants to hire a few cryptocurrency engineers and a designer, to conduct work that will contribute to advancing an accessible, Internet-based financial system that benefits the greater community. The new employees be able to work from wherever they want, report directly to Dorsey, and can even be paid in…
The pilots of the doomed Lion Air flight that crashed into the Java Sea last October frantically searched the aircraft's manual to try to find a way to keep the plane under control before the crash, cockpit voice recordings show. The first officer reported a "flight control problem" two minutes into the flight, and the…
