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A users group that says it isn't affiliated with Tencent, the popular app's Chinese owner, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking to block an executive order that would bar transactions with WeChat.

The regulator is moving to bolster the database's privacy protections after critics attacked it as a potential target for hackers.

The California Independent System Operator ordered rolling blackouts last Friday for the first time in 19 years. The blackouts serve as an important reminder that for all the growth in renewables, natural gas is required...

With about half the U.S. workforce engaged in remote work, cybersecurity experts say threats are on the rise thanks to weak Wi-Fi passwords and shared devices.

The rapid adoption of remote work and automation could accelerate inequalities already in place for decades. Economists say the resulting 'K' shaped recovery will be good for professionals--and bad for everyone else.

The media says municipal bonds, our favorite plays for safe, tax-free dividends, are facing a surge in defaults.

Mark Lennihan/AP WordPress is adding in-app purchases to its previously free iOS app after claiming Apple prevented it from making updates until the change was made, The Verge reported Friday. WordPress' founding develop...

Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images Millionaires and billionaires are known for dropping big on yachts, mansions, and cars. But some have more eccentric taste and unique spending habits. Nicolas Cage likes rare artifacts and ex...

David Pecker is stepping down as chief executive of American Media, publisher of the National Enquirer, ending an era for the supermarket tabloid which played a key role in a campaign-finance scandal that sent Donald Tru...

Bryan Bedder/Getty Images/The New York Times Billionaire Bill Ackman's portfolio was up 42.4% at the end of July, outperforming the broader market through the same time period. In the second quarter that ended in June, A...

Stocks behind the fortunes of the world's richest people are still hitting all-time highs despite malaise around the broader economy.

Screenshot/Markets Insider Famed short-seller Andrew Left is shorting the stock of Chinese online education provider GSX Techedu. Left told Business Insider that he thinks the company is exaggerating its profitability, a...

FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images The COVID-19 pandemic could be over within the next two years, according to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO). Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a press conference on ...

A record 46 companies with at least $1 billion in assets have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this year, the Financial Times reported, citing BankruptcyData.com. The previous record was 38 billion-dollar businesses durin...

Shell spent billions of dollars developing a floating gas terminal five football fields long. The pandemic is posing a new problem: How to get workers safely back on site to start it back up.

The nation's $1.5 billion wine industry, which employs about 290,000 people domestically, is reeling after a series of pandemic-induced shocks, including successive bans on the sale of alcohol totaling some 14 weeks.

Tesla makes a lot of noise about its self-driving abilities, and contender Lucid is claiming it will go further with its Air. But is this really all hype, and will we ever really be able to sit back and let the cars do a...

Warner Bros. and DC announced that Gotham Knights will be its next video game in the Batman series. It's an open-world action role-playing game.

We're at risk of creating a new hierarchy of power: where the data literates reign over the data illiterates.

Tech companies that have thrived during the pandemic must help those who are suffering the most to reskill for the 'new normal' economy.

Companies were already careless about data security before COVID-19. Now, with budget cuts and staff cuts, the situation is only getting worse.

While resale businesses are experiencing strong demand, supply-side constraints are tricky to navigate.