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☆ Young Michigan voters reveal deepening political problems for Biden seven months after start of Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“All roads to the White House go through Michigan,” Gray said. “Michigan is up for grabs, and I did not think I would be saying this right now. “And that starts with calling for a cease fire, for listening to his student voters across the country.”A sign in the encampment at the University of Michigan in May 2024. Younger voters were critical to Biden returning Michigan to the blue column in 2020; exit polling showed Biden winning 61% of voters aged 18-29, to just 37% for Donald Trump. Both hope a break from campus protests and demonstrations will give younger voters time and space to see a bigger picture.

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☆ 'Intellectual influencers' will soon be taking over your social-media feeds
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Audiences are favoring authentic and knowledgeable content creators over follower count. It's the "intellectual influencers," or "thought leaders," who are likely to thrive. AdvertisementNya Étienne, who is a journalist and TikTok content creator, refers to this concept as the rise of "the intellectual influencer." People want 'edutainment'This new breed of influencer could outlast all the rest and may soon be dominating social media feeds. AdvertisementBack when posting on social media was novel, the audience of an aspiring content creator would grow exponentially simply because they were entertaining to watch.

Persons: —, Nya, Katya Varbanova, Varbanova, who's, Dubuisson, Keith Lee, Kaye Putnam, Putnam, they're Organizations: Service, YouTube, Matter Communications Locations: Bazaarvoice, Boston

☆ Borussia Dortmund stuns PSG to reach Champions League final
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Borussia Dortmund continued its “incredible” run in this season’s Champions League, reaching the final after stunning Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in the semifinal second leg on Tuesday. Valerio Pennicino/UEFA/Getty ImagesDortmund’s run in the Champions League is at odds with its domestic form. In Europe, though, Die Schwarzgelben have found a way to win matches and the semifinal second leg was the perfect demonstration of just that. Kai Pfaffenbach/ReutersFor Dortmund, it is a full-circle moment, given its last Champions League final in 2013 was also held at Wembley Stadium. For longtime servant of the club Marco Reus, the Champions League final will also be his last opportunity to play for Dortmund.

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☆ An alleged plot to assassinate Zelenskyy gives an alarming look into how deeply Russia can penetrate his inner circle
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewUkraine's security service, the SBU, said on Tuesday that it had foiled the latest Russian plot to assassinate Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top officials. Among those allegedly involved in the planned assassinations were senior members of Ukraine's government protection service. Last year, the Ukrainian president said he was aware of so many plots against his life since the start of the war he'd lost count. Related storiesAccording to SBU, the men involved in the latest plot were working as part of a network of agents for the Russian FSB security service. It's alleged that the plotters had planned to kill Budanov by Orthodox Easter (May 5) and the mission was "supposed to be a gift to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin's inauguration."

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☆ Definely, a London legal tech startup founded by a blind lawyer, just raised $7 million with this 10-slide pitch deck
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewDefinely, a London-based legal tech startup, has raised $7 million in Series A funding, the company said Wednesday. Founded in 2020 by former colleagues at a Magic Circle law firm, Definely is a subscription product that helps lawyers read, edit, and draft legal documents through a plug-in. Currently available through Microsoft Word, Definely uses artificial intelligence, including natural language processing, to make cross-referencing documents easier for legal professionals. Reading legal documents can be a lengthy and complex task with phrases and terminology often scattered between different sections of contracts.

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☆ I worked at SpaceX where Elon Musk was a cubicle away. At Elon's companies, it's add value or leave.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Jamie Killin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Vincent Peters worked in military compliance when he was poached to work at SpaceX. So I graduated on medical leave, couldn't be deployed, and continued on medical leave for another six months before being discharged. I was introduced to people on the SpaceX Mission team, and ultimately, they asked me to interview with them for a job at SpaceX. AdvertisementThat mentality is how I started working on Starlink. In 2020, I asked to help and was allowed to work on their projects in addition to my work at SpaceX.

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☆ I ended up being a caretaker for both my baby boomer parents. My Gen Z friends were surprisingly understanding.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Ivannia Morton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I've always known that my parents were older than the parents — and occasionally even the grandparents — of my peers. Having older parents than my peers was both rewarding and challenging while growing up. Almost any child with older parents, regardless of the generation they were born into, can tell you they've imagined what taking care of their parents would look like. To my surprise, many of my Gen Z friends knew exactly what I was going through. You rarely tell the "outside" — be it your extended family or friends, what's going on "inside" — or in the home.

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☆ Kidnapped in Mexico: I Am One of the Missing Who Survived - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Manuel Bayo Gisbert | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

Scroll In June 2020 I was kidnapped by armed men and heldfor ransom. Photographs and text by Manuel Bayo Gisbert I was kidnapped by armed menand held for ransom. In Mexico we say that when you see or experience something painful it can make us sick with horror. I turned to the families of the missing people of Mexico. In Mexico, We Harvest Pain and DeathOn Aug. 19, 2023, three years after I was kidnapped, my uncle Fernando Bayo was taken by four armed men in Acapulco.

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☆ I worked at SpaceX. It was the most ruthlessly efficient company I've ever worked for.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Jamie Killin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

This is an as-told-to essay based on a transcribed conversation with Vincent Peters, founder of Inheritance AI and former SpaceX employee discussing his career path and experience at SpaceX. I was introduced to people on the SpaceX Mission team, and ultimately, they asked me to interview with them for a job at SpaceX. What it's like working at SpaceXSpaceX is the most efficient company I've ever worked for. AdvertisementThat mentality is how I started working on Starlink. In 2020, I asked to help and was allowed to work on their projects in addition to my work at SpaceX.

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☆ A Boeing 787 full of passengers was stranded in Canada's deep north after a burning smell forced an emergency landing
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An Air France plane diverted after a burning smell was detected in the cabin. The airline had to cancel a different flight to reroute a Boeing 777 to rescue the passengers. AdvertisementAir France has been working to get passengers back on track after their plane made an emergency landing in the deep north of Canada on Tuesday. The Boeing 777 was scheduled to fly from Montreal to Paris, but that flight was canceled. Nearly 11 hours after the passengers had landed in Iqaluit, the 777 departed for New York.

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A number of private equity firms have been considering a buyout of Peloton as the connected fitness company looks to refinance its debt and get back to growth after 13 straight quarters of losses, CNBC has learned. A number of other private equity firms have been circling Peloton as an acquisition target, but it's unclear if they have held formal discussions. Last week, Peloton announced a broad restructuring plan that's expected to reduce its annual run-rate expenses by more than $200 million by the end of fiscal 2025. Last week, Peloton announced CEO Barry McCarthy would be stepping down as it issued a disastrous earnings report that missed Wall Street's expectations. One source close to the company said Peloton isn't expected to have any issues refinancing its debt.

Persons: Barry McCarthy, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Interactive, CNBC, JPMorgan Locations: New York

☆ I tried the app TikTokers could embrace if a ban becomes reality — I'm not convinced it will attract Gen Zers
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The app's founder, Edison Chen, described it as "a space for the older generations to feel more comfortable" in an interview with D Magazine last year and somewhere "the parents of TikTok users can express themselves." AdvertisementThe spokesperson said that since the House voted on a TikTok ban, Clapper has seen 30,000 new users. While the app heavily leans on Gen X and Y, the spokesperson said Clapper is adjusting its strategy "to appeal to younger audiences." It would remind me a bit of early Vine, but a lot of content I'm being served seems to be reposted old clips scraped from YouTube and other platforms. On Clapper, I'm watching without really thinking.

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☆ Whoopi Goldberg revealed what one 'Sister Act' star did after her mother died
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewWhoopi Goldberg revealed that her "Sister Act" costar, Maggie Smith, consoled her after she learned of her mom, Emma Johnson's, death in 2010. Goldberg recalled the touching moment in her new memoir " Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me ," released Tuesday. AdvertisementMaggie Smith as Mother Superior and Whoopi Goldberg as Deloris Van Cartier in "Sister Act." "I explained to Maggie Smith what was going on and apologized for having to fly home as soon as I could. "That's when this magnificent woman, Dame Maggie Smith, went from being my backstage company to being my friend through the rest of the night," she said.

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☆ Security Guard Injured in Shooting Outside Drake’s Home in Toronto
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Joe Coscarelli | More About Joe Coscarelli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A man identified as a security guard for Drake was wounded in a shooting outside of the rapper’s Toronto mansion around 2 a.m. on Tuesday, the police said. The man was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound, Inspector Paul Krawczyk, a member of the gun and gang task force, said at a news conference at the scene on Tuesday morning. The suspects fled in a vehicle and remain at large; the police did not offer a description but said the shooting had been captured on video. The shooting occurred outside the gates in front of Drake’s 50,000-square-foot mansion on Park Circle Lane in the North York neighborhood known as Bridle Path in Toronto, but did not involve the rapper, the authorities said. Drake was previously permitted to build fences twice as high as allowed by city law, citing a need for increased security.

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☆ Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Brad Plumer | Nadja Popovich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +17 min

Uses Electricity They’re delivering solar power after dark in California and helping to stabilize grids in other states. Peak demand average daily generation, by fuel type Peak demand 25k 25k megawatts megawatts Imports 20k 20k 15k 15k Gas Solar power Batteries Solar power 10k 10k Wind 5k 5k Hydro Nuclear 0 0 12a.m. Peak demand average daily generation, by fuel type Peak demand 25k 25k megawatts megawatts Imports 20k 20k 15k 15k Gas Solar power Batteries Solar power 10k 10k Wind 5k 5k Hydro Nuclear 0 0 12a.m. Ga. Ga. Texas Texas La. By The New York TimesMost grid batteries use lithium-ion technology, similar to batteries in smartphones or electric cars.

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Indeed, starting at $499, the Pixel 8a is less expensive than the base $699 Pixel 8 and $999 Pixel 8 Pro. AdvertisementGoogle Pixel 8a: FeaturesThe Google Pixel 8a in "Aloe" (left) and "Bay" (right). The Pixel 8a's cameras aren't the same as the Pixel 8's — they're actually the identical cameras from the Pixel 7a. AdvertisementGoogle Pixel 8a: PriceThere are two storage options for the Pixel 8a models, 128GB and 256GB, with the higher storage option only available in the "Obsidian" colorway. Storage Pixel 8a 128GB $499 256GB $559AdvertisementThe Google Pixel 8a is available for preorder now from the online Google Store, Best Buy, Amazon, and carriers like Verizon.

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☆ Ali Partovi learned to code in a war zone. Now, he's trying to build a new kind of venture fund.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. But amid the chaos, there was one solid thing in Partovi's life, one thing he knew he could always put in order: computer code. Related storiesNow, Partovi has reached the top echelon of seed investors, ranking 13th on Business Insider's Seed 100 list. 'Neo Scholars'Through his seed-stage fund Neo, Partovi has amassed a formidable portfolio of early-stage investments, including Ramp, Deel, Vanta, MosaicML, and many more. As these "Neo Scholars," as they're known, graduate or drop out to build startups, Neo backs them with money from its investment fund.

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☆ In China, Ruled by Men, Women Quietly Find a Powerful Voice
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Alexandra Stevenson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In bars tucked away in alleys and at salons and bookstores around Shanghai, women are debating their place in a country where men make the laws. Others gathered to watch films made by women about women. China’s leader, Xi Jinping, has diminished the role of women at work and in public office. There are no female members of Mr. Xi’s inner circle or the Politburo, the executive policymaking body. He has invoked more traditional roles for women, as caretakers and mothers, in planning a new “childbearing culture” to address a shrinking population.

Persons: China’s, Xi Jinping Organizations: Communist Party Locations: Shanghai

☆ Thousands of Ukrainians have been sent to Russian prisons. Ukraine says they’re being held as bargaining chips
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

The Ukrainian government says there are thousands of people like Dima, civilians arrested by Russia who have been held in arbitrary detention for years. In the early weeks of the war, Russian troops took over their home, parking their tank in the garden and stealing anything of value. Following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia opened a second pre-trial detention facility in Simferopol, SIZO No. Detained civilians, however, are stuck in limbo. Mariana Checheliuk's photos were among those displayed by relatives of detained civilians at a recent protest in Kyiv.

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☆ 'The Circle' used an AI player to create a bot witch hunt — and soon, we might all be defending our humanity online too
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Max is the first AI contestant on "The Circle" — he's literally a chatbot. Max is pretty boring, but having an AI in the game turned it into a robot witch hunt. But bringing an AI player into the mix reflects some of the future online trials we're likely to face — and some that are already happening. Netflix"The Circle's" AI player is Max, a chatbot masquerading as a 26-year-old veterinary intern from Wisconsin who describes himself as an "animal whisperer with a knack for making bad pottery, no cap." AdvertisementMaybe the funniest part about Max is that they gave him his own apartment, complete with throw pillows of his human face.

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Great Barrier Reef, Australia CNN —As the early-morning sun rises over the Great Barrier Reef, its light pierces the turquoise waters of a shallow lagoon, bringing more than a dozen turtles to life. CNN witnessed bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef in mid-February, on five different reefs spanning the northern and southern parts of the 2,300-kilometer (1,400-mile) ecosystem. “It’s a die-off,” said Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, a climate scientist at the University of Queensland in Australia and chief scientist at The Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Our destination is Lady Elliot Island, a remote coral cay perched on top of the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef. — Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort Guano miners once stripped Lady Elliot Island of its topsoil.

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☆ I fell in love with someone 21 years after he dumped me by text
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Nicola Prentis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

He ended the relationship by text message and I never heard from him again. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe text message left me in a heap of tears in a backpacker hostel in Adelaide, Australia, in 2003. I was still reeling when, half an hour later, he'd taken his backpack and sent that devastating text message. AdvertisementWhen I left, I resisted the urge to send a text re-contextualizing his "Thanks for the good times" message.

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☆ This is the moment Trump changed American politics
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Being elected president shortly after surviving the publication of the leaked “Access Hollywood” tape in 2016 is the moment in which Donald Trump defied political gravity. The ‘Access Hollywood’ tape reexaminedTrump’s 2016 victory in the Electoral College seems only more improbable in the retelling. It is worth revisiting the earthquake the “Access Hollywood” tape set off in the 2016 campaign. Return of the tapeNow, the “Access Hollywood” tape is back. Video Ad Feedback Trump asked if he stands by comments from 'Access Hollywood' tape.

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☆ Marine moved from the U.S. to Brussels with her family—our mortgage is under $3,000/month: Take a look inside
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Jessica Van Dop Dejesus | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

My husband Martin and I met in Brussels in 2012, when I literally stepped on his toes at my neighborhood farmer's market. We ultimately chose Brussels, the capital of Belgium and the administrative center of the European Union. Take a look inside our apartmentWe live in a street-level duplex in a building with only three apartments. She loves that she and her family can host dinner parties in the dining room. Federico CampanaleThe bedrooms, laundry room, storage, and bathroom are on the bottom floor.

Persons: Martin, we'd, he'd, Jessica, Jessica van Dop, I'd, Federico Campanale, it's, We've, Saint Gilles Organizations: NATO, Washington , D.C, Pentagon, Marine Corps, European Union Locations: Brussels, Netherlands, Washington ,, Europe, Rotterdam, Belgium, Saint Gilles, Puerto Rico, Western New York, Our, Saint, Eastern, Puerto Rican

☆ The Bleak Life of a Deposed President and His Wife, Held Captive
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Elian Peltier | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Held captive by his former security guards in an isolated wing of his house, the deposed president of Niger paces a bedroom with no direct daylight, cut off from the world and unable to talk to his lawyers, according to people with direct knowledge of the conditions of his detention. Nine months since he was toppled in one of the coups that have recently wracked West Africa, Mohamed Bazoum is lingering in detention with no end in sight. The military junta that deposed him is seeking to strip him of presidential immunity, paving the way for him to be prosecuted on charges such as treason, for which the penalty could be life imprisonment, his lawyers said. His only visitor is a doctor, who brings him food once a week. Many of Mr. Bazoum’s closest allies — his cabinet members and advisers — have been thrown into jail or forced to flee Niger.

Persons: Mohamed Bazoum, Hadiza, Bazoum’s, — Locations: Niger, West Africa

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