Happy New Year, big tech! France starts taxing Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon

Tech giants will now pay more tax in France, after the country decided not to wait for the rest of the EU to introduce the measure. The so-called GAFA tax targeting major digital firms comes into force on January 1. The French government hopes to raise €500 million ($ 572 million) with levies specifically aimed […]

The 15 wildest photos from an apocalyptic year in tech

Scott Mahaskey It’s been a wild year for tech, marked by scandal, political clashes, and bizarre product launches. From Mark Zuckerberg’s Congress grilling to the mass Google protests, some of the drama has been captured in candid detail on camera. Business Insider has compiled some of the wildest pictures from an apocalyptic year in tech. […]

Our favorite (and least favorite) tech of 2018

Enlarge / The Apple Watch series 4. (credit: Valentina Palladino) Farewell, 2018. You brought us Facebook scandal after Facebook scandal, vastly more devices with Alexa and Google Assistant than anyone needs, a nosedive for net neutrality, endless political and regulatory challenges for Chinese smartphone makers, and oh so many notch-equipped smartphones. We’re ready for about […]

International money transfers hit $613 billion this year — here’s what young, tech savvy users value most about them

This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about Business Insider Intelligence, click here. Current subscribers can read the report here. Business Insider IntelligenceRemittances, or cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) money transfers, hit a record high of $ 613 billion globally in 2017, following a […]

10 things in tech you need to know today

Athanasios Gioumpasis/Getty Images Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday. Facebook could be quietly building a cryptocurrency for WhatsApp. According to Bloomberg, the Silicon Valley tech giant is reportedly trying to build a “stablecoin” pegged to the value of the dollar. Amazon accidentally sent 1,700 Alexa recordings to the […]

10 things in tech you need to know today

Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday. TIP: Use Hair Price Calculator and Turn Your Tresses to Cash Internal Facebook documents show it gave tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft privileged access to user data, which Facebook has not previously disclosed. Documents obtained by The New […]

The 29 tech companies with the best company culture in 2018

Comparably Comparably, a website that rates companies across a number of different areas, released its 2018 Best Company Culture list. Of the 50 businesses on that list, 29 were tech companies. Below, we’ve compiled the list of 29 companies in tech with the best company culture below.  Good company culture is one of the most […]