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☆ ‘Fat Bear Week’ Has a New Champion After Voting Scandal
  + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Allison Prang | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Fat Bear Week has a new furry champ who is believed to be one of the biggest brown bears on the planet, but not after a voting scandal ensnarled the results. The latest winner of the competition, in which people vote for their favorite fat bear located in the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, is a bear known as Bear Force One, or bear number 747. The winner of the competition, put on by Explore.org and the National Park Service, was announced Tuesday night.
☆ Tesla Recalls Nearly 1.1 Million Cars Over Window Pinching Concerns
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Allison Prang | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Tesla is recalling almost 1.1 million of its electric vehicles over concerns that a closing window could pinch a passenger before it retracts. The recall applies to certain of its Model 3 vehicles for 2017-22 along with Model Ys for 2020-21 and Model S and Model X vehicles for 2021-22, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said.
☆ Twitch to Ban Users From Streaming Unlicensed Gambling Content
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Allison Prang | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Twitch said it would ban users from streaming unlicensed gambling content on its platform in an effort aimed at protecting its users. The streaming platform, which is owned by Amazon.com Inc., said it won’t allow live streaming gambling sites that are only licensed in countries that don’t have enough protection for consumers. Twitch cited sites such as Stake.com, Rollbit.com, Duelbits.com and Roobet.com that it will ban from its platform, noting it may identify others as well.
☆ Kittyhawk, Google Co-Founder Larry Page’s Air Taxi Startup, Is Winding Down
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Allison Prang | Andrew Tangel | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Kittyhawk, a startup backed by Google co-founder Larry Page that was working on developing air taxis, said it is winding down its business. “We’re still working on the details of what’s next,” the company said Wednesday in a two-sentence post on LinkedIn.
☆ FDA Warns Against Cooking Chicken in NyQuil. For Real.
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Allison Prang | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The Food and Drug Administration is warning people against social-media challenges involving medicines, such as cooking chicken in NyQuil. The Food and Drug Administration is warning people not to abuse nonprescription drugs as part of social-media challenges, including cooking chicken in NyQuil. The regulator issued a warning cautioning the public that social-media challenges where people misuse nonprescription medications can be dangerous or even fatal. It pointed to a recent challenge where people cook chicken in NyQuil or similar medications.
☆ An Anti-ESG Activist Investor Presses for Changes at Apple and Disney
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Allison Prang | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
An activist investor who has been a sharp critic of so-called environmental, social and governance, or ESG, investing is urging Apple Inc. and Walt Disney Co. to not engage in political discussions and to make employment decisions without taking into account traits like race, sex or political opinions. Vivek Ramaswamy , who recently launched Strive Asset Management, said Disney should no longer take public positions on political issues that aren’t related to the company’s core business. The letter cited how Disney Chief Executive Bob Chapek took a stance on Florida’s parental rights in education bill.
☆ Much of Puerto Rico Is Without Power as Hurricane Fiona Spreads to Dominican Republic
  + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Allison Prang | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Hurricane Fiona has knocked out power for much of Puerto Rico and caused overflowing rivers and flash floods. Weather officials warned Puerto Rico could see landslides and mudslides amid life-threatening rain stemming from Hurricane Fiona, which has knocked out power for much of the island and prompted overflowing rivers and flash floods. The National Weather Service in San Juan on Monday pressed residents to move to higher ground immediately, noting that heavy rainfall would “only aggravate the current situation,” particularly for the southern and western half of Puerto Rico.
☆ Auto and Transportation Industry News
  + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Mike Colias | Benjamin Katz | Nora Eckert | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
BusinessThe obstacle course around space launches, staff shortages and severe weather jams up airspace over some of the most popular vacation spots in the U.S.—and cascades problems across the rest of the country. “It’s been a cluster and a half.”
☆ Most of Puerto Rico Is Without Power as Hurricane Fiona Ripples Through the Caribbean
  + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Allison Prang | Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Weather officials warned Puerto Rico could see landslides and mudslides amid life-threatening rain stemming from Hurricane Fiona, which has knocked out power for much of the island and prompted overflowing rivers and flash floods. The National Weather Service in San Juan on Monday pressed residents to move to higher ground immediately, noting that heavy rainfall would “only aggravate the current situation,” particularly for the southern and western half of Puerto Rico.
☆ Joanna Stern — Senior Personal Technology Columnist at The Wall Street Journal
  + stars: | 2007-06-29 | by ( Joanna Stern | Allison Prang | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Joanna SternJoanna Stern is an Emmy Award-winning journalist who has spent the better part of two decades covering gadgets and apps, and helping people make smarter tech decisions. Her documentary “E-Ternal: A Tech Quest to Live Forever” won the 2021 Emmy in the category of outstanding science, technology or environmental coverage. Ms. Stern is a CNBC contributor and often appears on national television and radio programs. Before joining the Journal in 2013, she was the technology editor at ABC News and before that a reviewer and editor at The Verge. She graduated from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., and lives in New Jersey with her wife, sons and dog.
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