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Facebook’s decision to ban employee movement to China was probably easier to make than it would be for other tech giants like Apple and Google. Facebook has become the first major technology company known to have put a ban in place on its employees traveling to China as the spread of the coronavirus worsens. That’s according to a report from Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter. Read Full Story

Photo by Kevin Sullivan/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images The BBC News at 10 aired footage of LeBron James during a news segment about the unexpected death of Kobe Bryant on Sunday. Bryant was one of the nine people who died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. The BBC apologized for the incident later in the segment, saying: "In our coverage of the death of Kobe Bryant, in one section of the report, we mistakenly showed pictures of another basketball player, LeBron James." BBC News at 10 journalist Paul Royall tweeted that the mistake was down to "human error." Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . The BBC has apologized for using footage of LeBron James instead of Kobe Bryant during a news segmenton the former LA Lakers player's unexpected death. Bryant, a five-time NBA champion, died in a helicopter crash at age 41 on Sunday alongside his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna "Gigi" Bryant....

Phil Ellsworth/ESPN Images Esports viewership is on the rise. Thanks in part to streaming services such as Twitch, the number of esports fans globally is anticipated to surge 59% over the next four to five years. See the rest of the story at Business Insider See Also: THE SVOD SHAKEOUT REPORT: A massive media shakeout is on the horizon — here are the key trends, players, and how we think it will play out Comcast is looking to fuel broadband subscriptions with streaming incentives EU plans more protectionist antitrust rules, data sharing in policy shake-up

We are more aware than ever before. More aware of victims of violence, or a natural disaster. More aware of insane wealth or grinding poverty. It gets beamed to us, regularly. We’re even more often exposed to social hijinks, sports stars or business moguls. We’re aware that people run a marathon, or fast for a week. That they start a business or meditate every day. They know how to code, or to take pictures. But there’s a difference between hearing about it and experiencing it. There’s no excuse for being uninformed. But when it matters, there’s also no good reason for being inexperienced. There’s often a piece of glass between us and the world as it’s delivered to us. That glass magnifies awareness, but it doesn’t have the same impact as experience does. It can’t. Our awareness has been stretched wider than ever in history, but often at the cost of taking away a lifetime of experiences.

“Facebook will work together to reelect Trump, and Trump will work to protect Facebook so that this situation cannot be changed, and it makes me very concerned about the outcome for 2020.” Facebook is a platform where conspiracy theories are rife. But the latest conspiracy theory puts the social network at the center of it. As Bloomberg reports , billionaire magnate George Soros used his time at Davos to claim that Facebook is conspiring with Donald Trump to make sure the U.S. president is reelected in November. Read Full Story

But Amazon Music has a way to go before it catches up to Spotify. Amazon announced today that its Amazon Music streaming service now has 55 million subscribers worldwide. More good news for the company: Amazon says subscriptions to its Amazon Music Unlimited service increased by 50% last year. Read Full Story

robypangy/Getty Images Another Italian town is trying to entice new residents to its community by offering renovation-project homes for €1 ($1).  Bisaccia, in Italy's Campania region, has suffered from mass emigration and earthquakes (the last one was in 1980) and has put 90 abandoned homes up for sale, according to CNN . Cheap Italian homes are not a new concept, but CNN reports Bisaccia has an edge on competing towns as it has no minimum restoration investment or completion time limits for buyers. Visit Insider's homepage for more details. Another picturesque Italian town is selling homes for €1 ($1) to attract buyers willing to dive deep into renovations . The latest town of Bisaccia, which sits in the southern Campania region and just over 80 miles from Naples, is putting 90 homes on the market for $1 that are definitely in need of some TLC, in an effort to get people to move there. See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: 5 things about the ...