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☆ The US military isn't ready for the coming drone war
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

The Department of Defense is working on initiatives to face the drone threat, but the US military doesn't yet appear ready to confront this ever-evolving challenge, especially on the scale seen in Ukraine. AdvertisementA US military MQ-9 Reaper drone waits for take-off at Kandahar Air Base in Afghanistan on March 9, 2018. US military leaders have repeatedly stressed there's no silver bullet to defeat small drones in battle. Shellie HallStudents there spend several weeks learning how to identify, engage, and defeat small drones. The drone threat draws certain parallels to fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, where hidden bombs posed a tremendous threat.

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The Major Supreme Court Cases of 2024No Supreme Court term in recent memory has featured so many cases with the potential to transform American society. In 2015, the Supreme Court limited the sweep of the statute at issue in the case, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In 2023, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked efforts to severely curb access to the pill, mifepristone, as an appeal moved forward. A series of Supreme Court decisions say that making race the predominant factor in drawing voting districts violates the Constitution. The difference matters because the Supreme Court has said that only racial gerrymandering may be challenged in federal court under the Constitution.

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☆ Democratic senator aims at Amazon's labor practices with first federal bill regulating quotas
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The bill, called the Warehouse Worker Protection Act, is the first attempt to police warehouse quotas at the federal level, after similar laws have passed in states including California, New York, Washington and Minnesota. The legislation would require employers to be more transparent about workplace quotas and potential disciplinary consequences, and provide workers with at least two business days' notice of any changes to quotas or workplace surveillance. Wendy Taylor, a packer at an Amazon warehouse in Missouri, said during Markey's press conference on Thursday that she and others are "fighting for quota transparency." Taylor blamed Amazon's "inhumane work rates" for the injury, and added, "Amazon workers provide same-day shipping, but we can't even get the same-day care we deserve." WATCH: Amazon's worker safety hazards come under fire from regulators and the DOJ

Persons: Democratic Sen, Ed Markey, Markey, It's, Wendy Taylor, packer, Taylor, Amazon's Organizations: Democratic, Amazon, Health, Education, Labor, Pensions, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, OSHA, U.S, Attorney's, U.S . Department of Justice, DOJ Locations: California , New York, Washington, Minnesota, U.S, Missouri

☆ We allow our kids screen time at home, and they go to a tech-free school. It's a good balance.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Melissa Petro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But at our son's tech-free school, there isn't so much as a smart board — and that's just the way we like it. We let our kids use screens at home, but they don't overindulgeLike most Waldorf schools, Otto Specht suggests limited media exposure at home. But in our house, our kids have free rein when it comes to screen time. AdvertisementSome people argue that it's necessary to introduce kids to technology because it makes them "workplace-ready." In the meantime, let's let kids be kids.

Persons: —, Daniel Tiger's, Oscar, that's, Otto Specht, Melissa Petro's, Melissa Petro, Minecraft, He's, let's Organizations: Service, Business, Waldorf Schools, Otto Specht School, Waldorf, Disney

☆ 86% of expats report being stressed out, but study suggests they may also cope better with burnout
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Ernestine Siu | In Ernestinesiu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Globally mobile employees often have... a mental and physical feeling of being healthy, capable, and energetic – and a strong sense of meaning and purpose. So why do globally mobile individuals score higher on vitality despite reporting higher stress and burnout levels compared to local counterparts? Globally mobile employees emerge as a highly valuable and resilient segment of the workforce. Despite facing unique stressors associated with their situation, they exhibit distinct skills and a high level of motivation, resulting in higher vitality. 2024 Cigna Healthcare Vitality Study

Persons: Ernestine Siu It's, Wendy Sherry, Sherry Organizations: Healthcare, Global Health, International Health, Cigna, Cigna Healthcare, Financial Locations: United States, Singapore, U.S, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Kenya, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, China, Hong Kong, Asia, Middle East, Africa, UAE, Europe

☆ My daughter was born with profound hearing loss in one ear. We decided not to go through with a cochlear implant.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Alexis Vogelzang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

When my daughter was 3 months old we found out she had significant hearing loss in one ear. We chose not to go through with a cochlear implant because there were no guarantees. Our world shifted when we received the diagnosis that our 3-month-old daughter had significant hearing loss in her right ear. Related storiesThere was no guarantee that the cochlear implant would restore our daughter's hearing to normal levels. AdvertisementOther individuals who received cochlear implants as children reported hearing loss in their better ear following the surgery.

Persons: —, Chase Organizations: Service, Food and Drug

☆ The top 20 fast-growing, high-paying jobs in the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

BI looked at employment projections and median annual wages to create a ranking of similar jobs. 5 on this list of high-paying and fast-growing jobs. AdvertisementSpoiler alert: Software developers tops Business Insider's list of the top 20 high-paying and fast-growing jobs in the US. To get the top 20 job titles, Business Insider looked at jobs projected to see employment increase between 2022 and 2032 and had median annual wages greater than the median annual wage for all jobs in the US, which was $48,060. AdvertisementWe only looked at jobs with specific annual wage estimates.

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☆ Special Education, Inc.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Meghan Morris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

AdvertisementNate Smallwood for BITo some, private equity's business model appears antithetical to special education. (The average public school district in Pennsylvania, where New Story operates the most schools, spends about $23,000 per child across all types of public education. "Private equity has no place in education — especially special education," Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio told BI. For instance, two Pennsylvania education directors left in spring 2023, according to records obtained by BI — one after just months in the role. AdvertisementNickie Coomer, a Colorado College education professor who has written about the privatization of special education, told BI that this data gap is a major regulatory hole, one that private-equity companies are happy to exploit.

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☆ Routine jobs raise the risk of cognitive decline by 66% and dementia by 37%, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Having a routine job with little mental stimulation during your 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s was linked to a 66% higher risk of mild cognitive impairment and a 37% greater risk of dementia after the age of 70, according to the study, when compared with having a job with high cognitive and interpersonal demands. Attending college, for example, reduced the impact of a repetitive job by about 60% but didn’t fully negate the risk. Routine jobs that were not classified as “cognitively protective” often involved repetitive manual and mental tasks, such as is typical of factory work and bookkeeping. “Most people in routine jobs in our sample included housekeepers, custodians, construction workers and mail carriers,” Edwin said. More cognitively demanding jobs were not based on routine tasks, even though repetition was required at times.

Persons: ”, Dr, Trine Edwin, Edwin said, Richard Isaacson, Isaacson, ” Edwin, Edwin, It’s, ” Isaacson Organizations: CNN, Oslo University Hospital, American Academy of Neurology, “ Locations: Norway, Florida

☆ U.S. wage growth is cooling, but some jobs are still seeing relatively big annual raises
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Among them, it's highest in the legal profession: Indeed found that average workers saw their paychecks grow at a 5.7% pace in March 2024 versus a year earlier. Strong wage growth doesn't necessarily translate to a high salary, though. By comparison, software developers make $66.40 an hour and $138,110 annually on average, according to BLS data. For example, workers in accommodation and food services saw annual earnings growth peak at 16.1% in December 2021, according to ZipRecruiter data. By comparison, it found that those in the information sector saw growth peak at 7.8% in September 2022.

Persons: Julia Pollak, Allison Shrivastava, Pollak Organizations: Maskot, Workers, Finance, it's, CNBC, U.S . Bureau of Labor Statistics

☆ Could decaf coffee cause cancer? Experts weigh in
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Here’s what experts and the FDA say about this clause in the modern context, and what you should know about the safety of decaf coffee. “There is more information on the toxicity of methylene chloride and the levels at which it causes this toxicity,” she added. Then there is the Swiss Water Process, which decaffeinates the beans by soaking them in warm water. The Clean Label Project, an organization that tests consumer products for hidden industrial and environmental contaminants, has detected methylene chloride in several brands of coffee. What you can do nowWhether or not the FDA eventually bans methylene chloride is a decision that could take years.

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☆ Latino immigrant workers died on the Baltimore bridge. More will likely rebuild it
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | Gloria Pazmino | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

More than two-thirds of Hispanic construction workers in America are foreign born. Working without a safety netFor the workers paid to rebuild the bridge, the job will be grueling — and dangerous. CNNWork-related deaths among foreign-born Hispanic or Latino workers rose to their highest level in 2021, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Fourteen percent of all work-related fatalities in 2021 were foreign-born Hispanic or Latino workers, and most of them worked in construction. The agency’s reports also “consistently show” that Latino and/or immigrant workers are less likely to report employer health and safety violations.

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☆ Fire at Istanbul nightclub kills dozens during renovation work, state media says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Tanem Zaman | Hande Atay Alam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —At least 29 people have died in a blaze which started during daytime repair work at a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, state media reported Tuesday. A further eight people were injured, with seven of those in serious condition, the Istanbul governor’s office said. ET), state media reported, at a 16-story block on Gundogdu Street, a busy part of Istanbul’s Gayrettepe neighborhood. The blaze started during renovations at the site, which is located underground, says Anadolu, the Turkish news state agency. Arrest warrants for five people have been issued, including three people who managed the nightclub and one responsible for the renovation, Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc wrote on X.

Persons: Yilmaz Tunc, ” Organizations: CNN, Besiktas, Turkish Locations: Istanbul, Turkey, Istanbul’s Gayrettepe, Anadolu, Turkish

New rankings of business, education, engineering, law, medical and nursing programs will be unveiled on April 9 as part of the 2024 edition of Best Graduate Schools. Finally, U.S. News will again update its annual rankings of graduate programs in public affairs, public health schools and programs, and computer science. That last ranking, referred to as the Most Diverse Medical Schools, takes into account Black, Hispanic, Native American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander enrollment. Prospective students seeking such information, along with the full rankings, should access the subscription-based U.S. News Graduate School Compass. The full law school rankings and data will be free to all users.

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☆ What kind of 'Barbie' are you? Here are the Barbieland jobs that most real-life women hold, according to government data
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Ana Teresa Solá | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In the "Barbie" movie, the narrator says, "Barbie has a great day every day." As women's participation in the labor force has increased over the years, the group continues to face hurdles along the way. "We have the tightest labor market for women in the past 20-something years," Bustamante said. "As the labor market gets tighter and tighter and tighter, women's employment rises faster than men's," Pollak said. "To think of just the scale of construction employment and women are still such a marginal piece of that sector," he said.

Persons: Margot Robbie, Barbie, Julia Pollak, R, Bustamante, Pollak, " Pollak Organizations: Mattel, Warner Bros, U.S . Bureau of Labor Statistics, Roosevelt Institute, Census, National Women's Law, Warner Brothers Pictures Locations: New York, U.S

☆ Dollar General's brand is showing some cracks and may be a warning sign ahead of earnings
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Christina Cheddar Berk | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

In collecting this data, the firm saw a deterioration in the Dollar General brand last year. As of Monday's close, Dollar General's stock is up more than 57% from a 52-week low of $101.09 reached in mid-October. Their research found that consumers felt the cleanliness of Dollar General's stores, a top five driver of satisfaction, lagged key peers Dollar Tree and Family Dollar, and fell 2% further in February. Until November, shoppers rated Family Dollar and Dollar General's product offerings more or less on a par with each other. In addition to Dollar General's own challenges, all dollar stores are likely being hurt by weaker spending among low income consumers.

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☆ I lived in Finland for 3 years. Even as an international student, I got a taste of why it's the happiest country in the world.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Mahmudul Islam | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Finland has a reputation for being the happiest country in the world. AdvertisementFinland has been dubbed the world's happiest country for six consecutive years by the World Happiness Report. But happiness in Finland doesn't mean everyone is smiling from ear to ear or that there's a carnival atmosphere on every street. The holy grail of going to school in Finland was receiving free educationI loved my time living and going to school in Finland. AdvertisementBecause of this support from public institutions, Finns enjoy free healthcare and free education from elementary school through university, among other benefits.

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☆ For those without college degrees, more paths are opening to better-paying jobs
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York CNN —For decades, not having a college degree has often been a barrier for workers seeking a higher-level, better-paying job. That means the lack of college degrees can’t be ignored, since Blacks and Hispanics are least likely to have a bachelor’s degree. “[D]espite the limited progress to date, our analysis shows that, for those who embrace it, skills-based hiring … yields tangible, measurable value. Skills-based hiring boosts retention among non-degreed workers hired into roles that formerly asked for degrees,” they said. The tool is aimed at lower-wage workers without college degrees.

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Lorenzo Montoya, of the New Mexico Occupational Health and Safety Bureau, conducted a six-month investigation of the shooting and whether managers affiliated with Rust Movie Productions complied with state workplace safety regulations. Photos You Should See View All 60 Images“Rust Movie Productions identified a hazard,” Montoya said. “They adopted firearms safety policies, but they totally failed to enforce them, train their employees on them, practice them, reference them. Prosecutors say Gutierrez-Reed is to blame for unwittingly bringing live ammunition on set and that she flouted basic safety protocols for weapons handling. Rust Movie Productions paid a $100,000 fine to resolve the state workplace safety findings.

Persons: ”, Alec Baldwin, armorer Hannah Gutierrez, Reed, Halyna Hutchins, Lorenzo Montoya, Gutierrez, Montoya, ” Montoya, “, Gabrielle Pickle, Baldwin, Hutchins, Joel Souza, Rust Organizations: SANTA FE, New, New Mexico Occupational Health, Safety Bureau, Rust Movie, Gutierrez, Prosecutors Locations: SANTA, New Mexico, Santa Fe

☆ The FDA reportedly identified quality-control issues at a Neuralink animal lab shortly after Elon Musk said the startup was cleared to start human tests
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Neuralink had said in May 2023 that it had been cleared by the FDA to begin human trials of its technology, which has since implanted its first brain chip in a person. The company's site in Texas did not have the same issues, Reuters reported, citing FDA records. An FDA spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider ahead of publication. A spokesperson for Neuralink did not respond to a request for comment from BI or Reuters. Musk said the company kicked off human trials earlier this year and successfully implanted its first chip in a patient.

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☆ The jobs where you don't need a bachelor's degree
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Project management saw its share of postings noting a bachelor's or higher slip from January 2019. "I think that points towards some of that potential for skills-first hiring to maybe even impact some of those knowledge worker type of sectors," Stahle said. The new Indeed report noted sectors with big percentage point declines over the last few years for mentions of bachelor's degree or higher in postings. AdvertisementStahle pointed out to BI that software development also saw the share of postings noting a bachelor's or higher fall amid tech layoffs. "It's interesting that the layoffs have happened, but many of the tech employers have still continued to cut in their other job postings," Stahle said.

Persons: —, Cory Stahle, Stahle, we've, they're, isn't, it's Organizations: Service, Business, Employers, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Without ever clicking a mouse or touching a screen, Mark selected this command on his computer simply using signals from his brain. “I figured I had two choices: I could wallow in self-pity, or I could pick myself up by the bootstraps and do what I could to help,” Mark said. Synchron’s brain implant, the one Mark has, is called a Stentrode and consists of a stent with electrode sensors that can detect electrical brain activity. That external transmitter sits right above the internal transmitter and carries the signal from Mark’s brain to the computer almost instantaneously. Earlier this month, Musk also said Neuralink’s first human trial participant can control a computer mouse with their brain.

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☆ Fewer jobs require a college degree. Here's what employers are looking for instead.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

That's according to a new report from career-site Indeed analyzing educational requirements in US job postings since January 2019. As employers shift from formal educational requirements to skills-first hiring, job seekers might want to think about their skills. Even with a shift away from college degree requirements, there could be assumed credentials and levels of education, per the new report. "There's a lot of sectors where it's really common for jobs to not include any educational requirements whatsoever," Stahle said. Controlling for occupational mix, the percentage of job postings that require a college degree has only fallen by 3.6 percent over that period."

Persons: —, Cory Stahle, Stahle, haven't, it's, there's, Raman, we've, they're Organizations: Service, Business, Labor, Delta Air Lines, IBM, BI, Burning Glass Institute, Harvard Business School, LinkedIn, Employers

☆ Workers at Elon Musk's Boring Company have reportedly faced chemical burns from sludge while building tunnels
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Some workers at The Boring Company experienced injuries including chemical burns, Bloomberg reported. AdvertisementSome workers at The Boring Company have dealt with chemical burns and close-call accidents during the construction of the Las Vegas tunnel system, according to a recent report from Bloomberg. Bloomberg reported that OSHA fined The Boring Company $112,504 last fall after it found eight "serious" violations. A spokesperson from The Boring Company did not respond to requests for comment from Business Insider or Bloomberg. The Las Vegas tunnel is used to ferry people back and forth on Teslas from the Las Vegas Convention Center to other nearby attractions.

Persons: —, Musk Organizations: The Boring Company, Bloomberg, OSHA, Boring, Service, The, Company, Las, Conventions, Resorts, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, The Boring, Business, Las Vegas Convention, SpaceX Locations: Las Vegas, Hawthorne , California, Vegas

The funeral of a renowned transgender activist in a New York cathedral elicited a denunciation of the event by a senior church official, who called the mass a scandal within one of the preeminent houses of worship in U.S. Catholicism. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York condemned the funeral of Cecilia Gentili, which was held in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan and drew a large audience on Thursday. Gentili was known as a leading advocate for other transgender people, as well as sex workers and people with HIV. Photos You Should See View All 33 ImagesThe cathedral held a Mass of Reparation following the funeral at the direction of Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, Salvo said. “New York’s LGBTQ+ community has lost a champion in trans icon Cecilia Gentili," New York Gov.

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