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Learn moreIt's time for UFC 301, which will see Brazilian Alexandre Pantoja defend his title against Australian Steve Erceg. ET / 3 a.m. BST (Sun) / 10 a.m. AWST (Sun)How to watch UFC 301 in the USAs usual, UFC 301's main event will stream tonight at 10 p.m. Shop at ESPNWhere to watch UFC 301 everywhere elseIf you're not in the US, you can catch the fights in the UK via TNT Sports. Canadian UFC fans can purchase the PPV fight through most major TV services, as well as through UFC Fight Pass for $65. UFC 301 Fight Card: Pantoja vs. ErcegMain card - 10 p.m.

Persons: Alexandre Pantoja, Steve Erceg, Aldo, Jonathan Martinez, we've, ExpressVPN, José Aldo, Anthony Smith, Vitor Petrino, Michel Pereira, Ihor Potieria, Paul Craig, Caio Borralho, Brito, Jack Shore, Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Iasmin, Myktybek, Joaquim Silva, Drakkar Klose, Mauricio Ruffy, Jamie Mullarkey, Dione Barbosa, Ernesta, Ismael Bonfim, Vinc, Alessandro Costa, Kevin Borjas Organizations: Business, UFC, ESPN, TNT, US, TNT Sports Locations: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ExpressVPN, Canada

☆ Crater offers new clue near-Earth asteroid is really a piece of the moon, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The space rock, known as 2016 HO3, is a rare quasi-satellite — a type of near-Earth asteroid that orbits the sun but sticks close to our planet. Astronomers first discovered it in 2016 using the Pan-STARRS telescope, or Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System, in Hawaii. Scientists call the asteroid Kamo’oalewa, a name derived from a Hawaiian creation chant that alludes to an offspring traveling on its own. Kamo’oalewa specimen: A connecting puzzle pieceStudying crater impacts on the moon can also help scientists better understand the consequences of asteroid impacts should a space rock pose a threat to Earth in the future. There’s no other place, no other planet in our solar system with a moon like our moon.

Persons: they’ve, Giordano Bruno, Yifei Jiao, ”, Erik Asphaug, Kamo’oalewa, “ You’d, Asphaug, ” Jiao, ” Asphaug, Renu Malhotra, China’s, Patrick Michel, Noah Petro, Artemis III, Petro, “, ” Petro, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, Survey Telescope, University of Arizona’s, Laboratory, Tsinghua University, University of, London, NASA, Arizona State University, University of Arizona, National Centre for Scientific Research, Reconnaissance, Artemis Locations: Hawaii, Beijing, “, France

☆ Elon Musk says he picked Tesla robotaxi's August 8 launch date because it's a lucky number in China
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The date, Elon Musk says, was chosen partly because it is a "lucky number in China." AdvertisementTesla CEO Elon Musk might've been hoping for some much-needed good fortune when he picked the robotaxi's projected August 8 launch date. "I did partly pick it because 8/8 is a lucky number in China!" The date, Musk added, was also chosen because it is the birthday of his triplets. Musk fathered the triplets — Kai, Saxon, and Damian — with his first wife, Justine Musk.

Persons: Tesla, Elon Musk, —, Elon Musk might've, Michel de Guilhermier, Musk, — Kai, Damian —, Justine Musk Organizations: Service Locations: China

☆ Patti Astor, Doyenne of New York’s Avant-Garde Scene, Dies at 74
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Penelope Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Did she know any artists? “Yeah,” she said, “I know a few.”The place was just eight by 25 feet, and the idea was to make a gallery by artists, for artists. The first show there was an exhibition of pencil drawings by Steven Kramer, Ms. Astor’s husband at the time; all 20 of the pieces sold, at $50 each, which seemed like a promising beginning. Mr. Scharf, who had already turned all of the appliances at Ms. Astor’s home into his signature outer-space critters, was offered the next show. He was also given the opportunity to name the place for its duration.

Persons: Patti Astor, Lee Quinones, Lady Pink, Freddy, Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf, Jean, Michel Basquiat, Richard Roth, Astor, Bill Stelling, “, Steven Kramer, Astor’s, Scharf Organizations: Fun, Mudd Locations: Manhattan, Hermosa Beach, Calif, TriBeCa

☆ Trump is now out of options to delay Monday's start of jury selection in his hush money trial: legal experts
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Former President Donald Trump has run out of legal options to delay Monday's start of his Manhattan hush-money trial, legal experts predict. Trump's lawyers struck out 0-3 this week, when three Manhattan appellate judges rejected three separate emergency delay bids during arguments on Monday, on Tuesday, and Wednesday. Barring an unforeseen, nonlegal emergency, jury selection in Trump's first of four criminal cases will begin as scheduled on Monday morning in Supreme Court in lower Manhattan, experts said. Ditto the US Supreme Court, where Trump could ultimately end up, given that all three appellate efforts raise Constitutional issues, Schechtman said. AdvertisementBut though Trump's lawyers failed to stop the trial, their efforts may not be wasted down the road.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Trump's, Barry Kamins, Trump, Juan Merchan's, I'd, Paul Shechtman, Schechtman, Michel Paradis, it's, Paradis Organizations: Service, Business, New York, Getty, Trump, New, Columbia Law School Locations: Trump, Manhattan

☆ Trump is now out of options to delay Monday's start of jury selection in his hush-money trial: legal experts
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump struck out 0-3 during three visits this week to a Manhattan appellate courthouse. Former President Donald Trump has run out of legal options to delay Monday's start of his Manhattan hush-money trial, legal experts predict. Barring an unforeseen, nonlegal emergency, jury selection in Trump's first of four criminal cases will begin as scheduled on Monday morning in the Supreme Court in lower Manhattan, legal experts say. But even if Trump wins — and that's a long shot — it's highly unlikely any of these three appellate decisions would stop or even pause the trial, legal experts also say. Ditto the US Supreme Court, where Trump could ultimately end up, given that all three appellate efforts raise Constitutional issues, Shechtman said.

Persons: Trump, —, Donald Trump, Trump's, Barry Kamins, Juan Merchan's, I'd, Paul Shechtman, Shechtman, Kamins, Michel Paradis, it's, Paradis Organizations: Service, New York, Getty, Trump, New, Columbia Law School Locations: Manhattan, Trump

☆ The wreckage of the Titanic was found nearly 39 years ago during a secret US Navy mission to recover nuclear submarines
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Gabbi Shaw | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But the dive initially had nothing to do with the Titanic at all — it was a secret mission to find the wrecks of two nuclear submarines, the USS Scorpion and the USS Thresher. The USS Thresher sank in April 1963, and the USS Scorpion followed five years later, in May 1968. They remain the only nuclear submarines the Navy has ever lost, reported the United States Naval Institute. Xavier Desmier/Gamma-Rapho/GettyWith 12 days left in the mission, Ballard found the Titanic using a hunch that the ship had split in two and left a trail of debris. Correction: July 18, 2023 — An earlier version of this story misstated when the USS Scorpion disappeared.

Persons: —, Robert Ballard, Jean, Louis Michel, Ballard, Bettmann, Getty Ballard, Ronald Thunman, Xavier Desmier Organizations: Service, Titanic, Navy, New York Times, Business, USS, Geographic, National Geographic, US Navy, United States Naval Institute, Soviet Union Locations: American, French, Soviet

☆ A graffiti ‘takeover’ roils downtown Los Angeles
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Leda Abkenari | Leda Joy Abkenari | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Climbing up abandoned, unfinished floors and tightrope walking across balcony ledges, backpacks clanging with cans of alkyd and acrylic, a collective of Los Angeles graffiti artists have transformed their craft beyond urban aesthetics to champion community issues. (The Los Angeles City Attorney confirmed to CNN that, as of April 3, criminal charges have been filed against 23 individuals, for violations including trespassing and possession of vandalism tools.) ENDEM's tag, pictured here adorning the walls of the 3rd Street tunnel in Downtown Los Angeles. And as a result of that, they’re on the streets,” Hutchinson told CNN, noting that the homeless population in Los Angeles is continuing to grow. (“This has strained our deployment,” LAPD Chief Michel Moore said during a February meeting of the Los Angeles City Council.

Persons: tagger ENDEM, “, Keith Haring, Banksy, Endem, ENDEM, ” ENDEM, Oceanwide, ” Roger Gastman, Roger Gastman, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, “ You’ve, ” Hutchinson, Hutchinson, Mario Tama, Michel Moore, ”, Blair Besten, ” Besten, Gastman, — we’re, We’re, it’s, ” Gastman, It’s Organizations: CNN, Oceanwide Holdings, Los Angeles City Attorney, Oceanside, Los Angeles Urban Policy, Los Angeles Housing Services Authority, LA, Plaza, LAPD, Los Angeles City Council, Downtown, Oceanwide Locations: Angeles, Downtown LA, Germany, New York City, Downtown Los Angeles, Oceanside, LA, Los Angeles

☆ Meet the woman who engineered Russia's wartime economy and helped secure another term for Putin
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Russian central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina has played a key role in stabilizing Russia's sanctions-hit economy. It's also aimed at the woman behind him: Elvira Nabiullina, the country's central bank governor, who plays a chief role in keeping Russia's wartime economy ticking. At the time, she was the first woman to lead a Group of Eight, or G8, central bank. In 2015, Euromoney, a finance trade publication, named Nabiullina Central Bank Governor of the Year. In December, she issued a warning that Russia's economy was at risk of overheating.

Persons: Elvira Nabiullina, —, Putin, It's, Nabiullina, Daniel McDowell, McDowell, wined, Christine Lagarde, Nabiullina —, Richard Portes, Portes —, Portes, Anders Åslund, Åslund, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Franz Kafka, Yaroslav Kuzminov, Kuzminov, Nabiullina's, Alan Harvey, Herman Gref —, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina, Maxim Shemetov, Michel Camdessus, she's, isn't, Sergei Aleksashenko, Alexei Makarkin, Vladimir Pesnya, Nabiulina, let's Organizations: Ukraine, Service, Russian, KGB, Syracuse University, Kremlin, International Monetary Fund, US, London Business School, Moscow Times, Bloomberg, Higher School of Economics, —, Moscow State University, SNS, USSR, Industrial Union Board, Gref, Central Bank Governor, Nabiullina Central Bank Governor, Banker, Central Banker, IMF, Monetary Fund, Financial Times, Government, Political Technologies, Wall Street Journal, RBC, Politico Europe Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia, Brussels, Nabiullina, Swedish, Moscow, Ufa, Central Russia, Tatars, Crimea, Euromoney, Europe, steadying

☆ Angry Farmers Are Reshaping Europe
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Roger Cohen | Ivor Prickett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was recognized in 1957 with a designation of origin, similar to that accorded a great Bordeaux. “The mash adds a little fat and softens the muscles formed in the fields to make the flesh moist and tender,” Mr. Sibelle explained with evident satisfaction. But if this farmer seemed passionate about his chickens, he is also drained by harsh realities. Mr. Sibelle, 59, is done. He and his wife, Maria, are about to sell a farm that has been in the family for over a century.

Persons: Jean, Michel Sibelle, Mr, Sibelle, Maria Organizations: European Union Locations: France, Bresse, Bordeaux

☆ How Diddy got to be one of hip-hop's biggest businessmen
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Madeline Berg | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

AdvertisementFederal officials raided the Los Angeles and Miami homes of Sean Combs on Monday. Despite media speculation, neither Mr. Combs nor any of his family members have been arrested nor has their ability to travel been restricted in any way. Within the first two years of the partnership, annual sales grew from 75,000 to 400,000 cases, according to a lawsuit Combs filed against Diageo last year. "She recognized that she was powerless, and that reporting Mr. Combs to the authorities would not alter Mr. Combs's status or influence but would merely give Mr. Combs another excuse to hurt her." AdvertisementIn a separate lawsuit filed in November, Joi Dickerson-Neal alleges that Combs drugged and assaulted her in 1991.

Persons: Sean, Diddy, Combs, He's, —, Sean Combs, Casandra Ventura, Ventura, Cassie, Rodney Jones Jr, Lil Rod, groping, Aaron Dyer, Mr, Craig Mack, Faith Evans, Mase, B.I.G, Forbes, Sean Jean, they'd, DeLeon, He'd, Mark Wahlberg, Ciroc, Ethan Miller, Zack O'Malley Greenburg, Jay, — he's, he's, Kerry James Marshall, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Jean, Michel Basquiat, Joi Dickerson, Neal, Jane Doe Organizations: Service, Federal, Federal Homeland Security, AP, Business, Bad Boy Records, Uptown Records, East, Bad, Arista Records, Global Brands Group, Diageo, of, Hulu, Combs Enterprises Locations: Los Angeles, Miami

☆ Diddy is one of hip-hop's richest and most powerful businessmen. Take a look at his net worth and web of influence.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Madeline Berg | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewFederal officials raided the Los Angeles and Miami homes of Sean Combs on Monday. Despite media speculation, neither Mr. Combs nor any of his family members have been arrested nor has their ability to travel been restricted in any way. Mr. Combs is innocent." Within the first two years of the partnership, annual sales grew from 75,000 to 400,000 cases, according to a lawsuit Combs filed against Diageo last year. "She recognized that she was powerless, and that reporting Mr. Combs to the authorities would not alter Mr. Combs's status or influence but would merely give Mr. Combs another excuse to hurt her."

Persons: —, Sean Combs, Combs, Casandra Ventura, Ventura, Cassie, Rodney Jones Jr, Lil Rod, groping, Aaron Dyer, Mr, Diddy, Craig Mack, Faith Evans, Mase, B.I.G, Forbes, Sean John, they'd, DeLeon, He'd, Mark Wahlberg, Ciroc, Ethan Miller, Zack O'Malley Greenburg, Jay, — he's, he's, Kerry James Marshall, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Jean, Michel Basquiat, Joi Dickerson, Neal, Jane Doe, Sean Jean Organizations: Service, Federal Homeland Security, AP, Business, Bad Boy Records, Uptown Records, East, Bad, Arista Records, Global Brands Group, Diageo, of, Hulu, Combs Enterprises Locations: Los Angeles, Miami

☆ Then and now: The cast of 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' 20 years later
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

It's been two decades since "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" first came out in theaters. The movie has been back in the spotlight following the release of Ariana Grande's new album, "Eternal Sunshine." Business Insider has taken a look at what the cast has done since the film came out. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Advertisement"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" premiered in theaters 20 years ago, in 2004.

Persons: It's, Ariana Grande's, —, Michel Gondry, Joel, Jim Carrey, Clementine, Kate Winslet Organizations: Service, Business

☆ Belgium or Brooklyn? 5 Bold New Places to Eat in Brussels.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Alexander Lobrano | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Brussels, long the realm of stuffy French restaurants packed with gray-flannel-suited diplomats, has suddenly gone bold and bright. These exciting talents are transforming the city’s old-fashioned bistros and cafes with spices from places like Korea, Latin America and Morocco, and “putting a vivid modern spin on homey local comfort food dishes,” explained Michel Verlinden, a Brussels food writer and restaurant critic for Le Vif, a major Belgian weekly. At the same time, they’re making the most of local produce like cabbage, carrots, endives and, bien sûr, brussels sprouts. Brussels may be the capital of Europe, but it feels more like Brooklyn or Marseille gastronomically. Casual, creative and multicultural, it’s a city that’s equally at home with bulgogi and duck breast — even together in the same dish.

Persons: thrall, ”, Michel Verlinden, Le Vif Locations: Brussels, Gaul, Europe, Korea, Latin America, Morocco, Belgian, brussels, Brooklyn, Marseille

☆ Alaska's ice road oil truckers are in a boom, and causing a backlash
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Kevin Williams | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

With various North Slope oil production projects just ramping up, the years ahead look very promising for trucking in Alaska. Among the new North Slope activities is the ConocoPhillips Willow Project, which the Biden administration approved last year. A Doyon Drilling Inc. oil rig stands on the North Slope in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, U.S., on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMeanwhile, the Pikka oil project by Australian company Santos is also taking shape on the North Slope, 50 miles west of Deadhorse. Most of the North Slope oil infrastructure (supplies, machinery, parts) is supplied by trucks that have to traverse the 414-mile Dalton Highway (Alaska Route 11).

Persons: Daniel Acker, Jeremy Miller, Carlile, Biden, Willow, Santos, Miller, Matt Jolly, Jolly, Joe Michel, Michel, Dalton, Jomo Stewart, axel, Stewart, Scott Kawasaki, Ashley Carrick, Kawaski, Kawasaki Organizations: Parker, Trans, Trans Alaska Pipeline System, Bloomberg, Getty, Transportation Systems, ConocoPhillips Willow Project, ConocoPhillips, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Alaska West Express, Alaska Trucking Association, Caelus Energy, Fairbanks Economic Development Corp, Kinross, Food, Getty Images Bloomberg, Getty Images, Fairbanks, Kawasaki, Alaska Department of Transportation, Anchorage Daily News Locations: Prudhoe Bay , Alaska, U.S, Trans Alaska, United States, Alaska, Anchorage, Australian, Deadhorse, Prudhoe Bay, Dalton, Alaska West, North, Wawa, Harrison Bay , Alaska, Fairbanks, Fort Knox Alaska, Kinross, Tetlin , Alaska, Tetlin, Kinross Alaska, Getty Images Alaska

We'll also guide you step-by-step on how to use a VPN to watch UFC 299, no matter where you are. ET / 3 a.m. GMT (Sun) / 11 a.m. AWST (Sun)How to watch UFC 299 in the USUS viewers can watch the main event of UFC 299 on ESPN Plus tonight at 10 p.m. UFC PPV + Annual ESPN+ Membership (Bundle) ESPN+ is the home of UFC PPV events, meaning that fans need to purchase a subscription in addition to buying the one-off cards. Where to watch UFC 299 everywhere elseIf you're not in the US, you still have a few options to watch UFC 299. In Canada, UFC 299 will be available as a pay-per-view through most TV providers and directly via UFC Fight Pass.

Persons: Sean O'Malley's, Marlon Vera, There's, Dustin Poirier, Benoit Saint, Denis, We'll, ExpressVPN, O'Malley, Vera Main, Sean O'Malley, Kevin Holland, Michael Page, Gilbert Burns, Jack Della Maddalena, Petr Yan, Curtis Blaydes, Jailton Almeida, Katlyn, Maycee Barber, Mateusz, Rafael dos Anjos, Pedro Munhoz, Kyler Phillips, Philipe, Michel Pereira, Michal Oleksiejczuk, Robelis, Josh Parisian, CJ Vergara, Assu Almabayev, Joanne Wood, Maryna Moroz Organizations: Business, Kaseya, UFC, ESPN Plus, ESPN, TNT Sports, Amazon, Apple, PlayStation, Samsung, BT, BT Sport, League, LG Locations: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Switzerland, Asia, Africa, Brazil

☆ Some fans are calling out Jhené Aiko and Big Sean over Ariana Grande's album 'Eternal Sunshine.' Here's the drama, explained.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewSome fans of Ariana Grande are calling out Big Sean and Jhené Aiko following the release of her new album, "Eternal Sunshine." Grande admonished her fans in an Instagram Stories post on Saturday, just one day after the album hit streaming sites. "Eternal Sunshine" is Grande's seventh album and her first one since 2020, prompting substantial fanfare from her fans. Business Insider's Callie Ahlgrim reported that the album's name derives from Michel Gondry's 2004 film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." Big Sean has been romantically linked to both women — and Grande's album shares the same name as a song from Aiko's 2014 album, "Souled Out."

Persons: —, Ariana Grande, Big Sean, Jhené Aiko, Grande, Callie Ahlgrim, Michel Gondry's, Dalton Gomez, Grande's, . Big Sean Organizations: Service, Big, Business Locations: .

☆ Can the woolly mammoth really be resurrected? Scientists take a small step closer
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The stem cells will also make it easier for conservation scientists to study the Asian elephant’s unique biology. An Asian elephant stem cell line stained in different colors to highlight different elements. Courtesy ColossalEngineering a woolly mammoth hybridThe elephant stem cells also hold the key to the mammoth’s rebirth. The research team at Colossal has already analyzed the genomes of 53 woolly mammoths from ancient DNA recovered from fossils. The number of modifications needed to make an Asian elephant resistant to the cold would be broadly similar, he said.

Persons: George Church, Ben Lamm, Eriona, Eriona Hysolli, John Davidson “, ”, Hysolli, Oliver Ryder, Ryder, ” Ryder, Christopher P, Michel “, Ben’s, Lamm, “, That’s, We’ve, tramping, Colossal Organizations: CNN, Harvard University, Church, Dallas, Biosciences, Colossal, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Colossal Biosciences, Christopher Locations: Dallas, ”, Siberia

☆ ‘Dune’ Fans, Here’s a Documentary That Will Blow Your Mind
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Alissa Wilkinson | More About Alissa Wilkinson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

This week sees the release of “Dune: Part Two,” the second installment in Denis Villeneuve’s eye-popping adaptation of the 1965 Frank Herbert novel. Perhaps you’ve seen the Lynch version, which I find kind of charming in its flawed state. But if you’re heading to “Dune: Part Two” this weekend, you owe it to yourself to be acquainted with another “Dune” adaptation that doesn’t technically exist and, somehow, is also larger than life. I’m speaking of the “Dune” we glimpse in Frank Pavich’s 2014 documentary “Jodorowsky’s Dune” (streaming on Max). It chronicles the “Dune” adaptation that never happened, the bright dream of the avant-garde filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky (who did make “El Topo” and “The Holy Mountain”).

Persons: Denis Villeneuve’s, Frank Herbert, David Lynch, you’ve, Frank Pavich’s, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Jodorowsky, Michel Seydoux, Léa Seydoux, Pink Floyd, Salvador Dalí, Dalí, Christopher Walken, Gloria Swanson, Mick Jagger, Udo Kier, David Carradine, Orson Welles, Paul Atreides, Timothée Chalamet

☆ AB InBev profits rise despite ongoing hit from Bud Light boycott in U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Hiking beer prices led Budweiser owner Anheuser-Busch InBev to profit and revenue growth last year, even U.S. sales of staple brand Bud Light were curbed by boycott action. The world's biggest brewer on Thursday recorded annual revenue of $59.38 billion, up 7.8%, but shy of analyst expectations of $60.48 billion, according to an LSEG-compiled consensus. Core profit (EBITDA) rose 7% annually to nearly $20 billion, also just under a forecast of $20.1 billion. The company became embroiled in a social media-driven boycott of its core Bud Light brand in the middle of last year. It also weathered wider beer industry struggles from higher input costs and a squeeze on consumer spending.

Persons: Light, Bud Light, Michel Doukeris Organizations: Budweiser, Anheuser, Busch InBev, InBev Locations: U.S

☆ The Authorities Don’t Need A.I. When Your Neighbors Will Narc on You
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Annalee Newitz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Prisoners living under these towers never know whether the guards are looking at them, but they have to assume that they are being watched. This setup, Foucault explained, is a powerful metaphor for modern civilization: Our lives are circumscribed by a fear that invisible authorities have us in their sights. Two new books about state surveillance in the 21st century, one focused on China and the other on the United States, make it clear that Foucault was right. In China, as Minxin Pei explains in “The Sentinel State,” a centralized Communist government uses new tech to extend a centuries-old system of bureaucracy that rewards intelligence gleaned from informants and spies. And in the United States, Byron Tau’s “Means of Control” documents how a federal democracy formed shady alliances with private companies to collect data on its citizens.

Persons: Byron Tau, Minxin Pei, Michel Foucault, ”, Jeremy Bentham, Foucault, Byron Tau’s “ Organizations: Alliance of Tech, American Surveillance, Byron Tau THE, “ The Sentinel State, Communist Locations: China, French, United States, “

☆ How Many Tribeca Pediatrics Does a City Need?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Steven Kurutz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In 1994, Dr. Michel Cohen, a 35-year-old Moroccan-French émigré, opened Tribeca Pediatrics in a storefront on Harrison Street in Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood. Dr. Cohen had tousled brown hair and wore thick-framed eyeglasses and clothes by brands such as Commes des Garcons, Paul Smith and A.P.C. He rode around the neighborhood on a bicycle and made house calls to newborns and their vulnerable parents, as if TriBeCa were a quaint village and he a country doctor. Rather than a sterile medical building, Tribeca Pediatrics’s street-level office was actually the front half of Dr. Cohen’s loft apartment, where he lived with his artist wife, Jeannie Weissglass, and three young daughters, who would run in and out while he saw patients. Cheery and bright, with vintage wallpaper from Secondhand Rose and toys in the waiting area, the practice was “low intervention,” the phrase Dr. Cohen used to describe his approach to medicine.

Persons: Michel Cohen, Cohen, Garcons, Paul Smith, Jeannie Weissglass Organizations: Tribeca Pediatrics, TriBeCa Locations: French, Manhattan’s TriBeCa, Tribeca

☆ Opinion: I grew up in Russia and Ukraine. Here’s what I say when people ask where I’m from
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Opinion Sasha Vasilyuk | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

She grew up between Ukraine, Russia and the United States. CNN —While for most of the world the war in Ukraine has been going on for two years, for my family it’s been 10. It was after that trip that I began writing a novel called “Your Presence Is Mandatory” that spans from World War II to the war in the Donbas. The world where Russia plays the role of the big sister to Ukraine has been shattered. And so, now when people ask me where I’m from, I say I’m from Ukraine and Russia.

Persons: Sasha Vasilyuk, Christopher Michel, Vladimir Putin’s, Putin, Tucker Carlson, It’s, “, who’d, Ukraine —, I’m, it’s Organizations: CNN, Russian, Soviet Locations: Russia, Ukraine, United States, Russian, Soviet, Donetsk, Berlin

☆ I've been living abroad since 2021. After dating in places like Spain, France, Scotland, I never want to date in the US again.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Evan Lambert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In any case, lockdowns eventually ended, vaccines were finally released, and I became a digital nomad in the summer of 2021 — and then, I began to date men abroad. Here's what I learned after dating guys in Scotland, France, Spain, and Argentina. Still, the guy was more present during our relationship than any of the men I'd dated back in the US. I had to check my privilege after dating in ArgentinaWhile dating in Argentina, I faced a bit of a reality check. To acknowledge this privilege — and balance it out — I began addressing Americans' "travel privilege" in my writing and engaging more with local communities abroad.

Persons: they'd, I'm, lockdowns, —, bonnie, I'd, Evan Lambert, Michel Organizations: Service, Scotland —, Mont Saint, US, Western Unions Locations: United States, New York, Scotland, France, Spain, Argentina, Edinburgh, Scottish, America, Mont, Central Park

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Adrian Kempe scored twice in the third period, including a short-handed go-ahead goal with 3:10 to play as the Los Angeles Kings rallied past the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Sunday night. The Kings won their third straight to finish off a four-game road trip by beating the Penguins on a night Pittsburgh honored franchise icon Jaromir Jagr, who had his No. Crosby practically willed the Penguins to victory last Thursday in their first game without Guentzel, scoring twice in a win at Chicago. The comeback put a damper on “Jaromir Jagr Day" in Pittsburgh. Penguins: Continue a four-game homestand on Tuesday night against the New York Islanders.

Persons: — Adrian Kempe, Jaromir Jagr, Sidney Crosby, Kempe, Pittsburgh's Rickard Rakell, Tristan Jarry, Jagr's, Cam Talbot, Jake Guentzel, Jarry, Crosby, Talbot, Jagr, —, of Famer Mario Lemieux's, Michel Briere's, ___ Organizations: PITTSBURGH, Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Kings, Penguins, Pittsburgh, Boston, Los, The Penguins, Eastern Conference, NHL, Chicago, of Famer, Paints, Columbus, New York Islanders Locations: Angeles, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles

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