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☆ Russia and China's 'unfriendly' space behavior is 'concerning' and could threaten US satellites, defense analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Ella Sherman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russia and China are investigating ways to disable US satellites, raising defense concerns. China is testing satellite grappling technology that can move objects in space without debris. AdvertisementRussia and China appear to be actively looking into ways to watch and potentially incapacitate US satellites in space, and defense analysts are concerned. AdvertisementThe potential grappler satellites China could be testing have an "unfriendly" connotation as they are capable of hijacking and moving objects like satellites in space "without generating any debris." In a February hearing, US Space Command leader Gen. Stephen Whiting described the pace of China's space expansion as "breathtaking."

Persons: —, Gen, Stephen Whiting, Whiting, Matthew Glavy Organizations: Service, Washington -, Strategic, International Studies, CSIS, Space Command, US, Marine Corps Locations: Russia, China, Washington, Beijing

☆ My parents gave my twin sister and me radically different names. It helped us keep our individuality.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Even though my name caused some issues while growing up, I'm glad it's completely different from my sister's. Our parents couldn't agree on namesPart of the reason my sister and I have such different names is that our parents had different opinions on popular names versus unique names. I'm glad I was given a completely different name from my twinOver the years, some people have asked why our parents gave us such different names. For example, in Good To Know's round-up of the 500 best twin baby names in 2023, names like "Aida and Ava" and "Gabriella and Isabella" topped the list. SJ Strum, a baby-name expert based in the UK, told me she's noticed that rhyming twin names have decreased in recent years.

Persons: —, I've, Aimee, it's, I'd, couldn't, Amy, Emma, Mikhaila, Mikhaila Friel, Mikhail, Michaela, Mickey, I'm, We've, Aida, Ava, Gabriella, Isabella, SJ, she's, Strum Organizations: Service, Business, National Records of, National Records Locations: Glasgow, Scotland, Russia

☆ 'Madame Web' is a spectacular failure — and a sign we officially have superhero fatigue
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewIf "Madame Web" is a predictor of the future of Sony's Spider-Man Universe, the road ahead doesn't look very promising. The reviews are in, and "Madame Web" is no critical darling, nor will it satisfy Spidey fans. 'Madame Web' suffers from a weak script and poorly defined charactersTahar Rahim as Ezekiel Sims in "Madame Web." Superhero fatigue is at an all-time high, and 'Madame Web' doesn't make a solid case for the genre(L-R) Celeste O'Connor, Dakota Johnson, Isabela Merced, and Sydney Sweeney in "Madame Web." AdvertisementAt the end of "Madame Web," Cassie says that the best thing about the future is that it hasn't happened yet.

Persons: —, SJ Clarkson, Dakota Johnson, Cassandra Webb, Cassie, Ezekiel Sims, Tahar Rahim, Beyoncé's, Martha Stewart's, Ezekiel, selfishly, He's, Ezekiel regurgitates, Celeste O'Connor, Sydney Sweeney, Adam, James Gunn, Peter Safran, Jared Leto, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Eddie Brock, Hardy, Matt Smith's, cackled, there's, Kraven, Hunter, Aaron Taylor, Johnson, Bad Bunny, he's, Olivia Wilde Organizations: Service, Marvel Comics, Business, Sony Pictures, Sony, Marvel, DC Comics, Warner Bros, Discovery's DC Studios, Rotten Locations: New York, Peruvian, Isabela Merced

☆ Michael Oher: ‘The new film ‘Blindsided’ challenges the blockbuster’s take on the life of ex-NFL star
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

A new CNN documentary releasing on Thursday sheds light on the strained, complex relationship between former NFL player Michael Oher and the Tuohy family. This narrative is captured in “The Blind Side,” which followed a 2006 book of the same name by Michael Lewis. Oher sits on the beach during an NFL game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Buffalo Bills in 2010. A Tennessee judge terminated the Tuohy’s conservatorship over Oher in September. Tuohy sold his company for $220 million.” Oher declined to be interviewed for the CNN documentary, citing pending litigation, while the Tuohy family also declined an interview.

Persons: Michael Oher’s, “, Max, Michael Oher, Sean, Leigh Anne Tuohy, I’m, ” Quinterio Franklin, Oher, ” Anthony Burrow, ” Burrow, ”, Michael Lewis, Sandra Bullock, Oscar, SJ, ” Quinton Aaron, ” Oher, don’t, Jim Rome, Nick Wass, Joseph Crone, Oher’s Briarcrest, Nate Hale, Oher’s, ” Hale, Tuohy Organizations: CNN, NFL, Hollywood, Bowl, Briarcrest Christian School, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans, Carolina Panthers Locations: Memphis , Tennessee, Eads, Memphis, “, Hollywood, Tennessee, Oher

☆ A Trucking Giant Is Bankrupt, and Finger-Pointing Begins
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Peter Eavis | More About Peter Eavis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

ArcBest, he said, took in $529 per shipment in the first quarter, versus $339 at Yellow. Mr. Jindel said Yellow was a laggard “largely because of mismanagement.”Yellow did not respond on Monday to a request to speak about its management record. One company hoping to pick up business from Yellow is Saia, a less-than-truckload company near Atlanta. The company’s stock has more than doubled this year, and is up 25 percent just since the end of June. The trucking industry plays a critical role in the U.S. economy, transporting nearly three-fourths of all freight tonnage in the United States, according to the American Trucking Associations, a trade group.

Persons: Satish Jindel, Jindel, “, ” Frederick Holzgrefe Organizations: Yellow’s, SJ Consulting, American Trucking Associations Locations: Atlanta, U.S, United States

☆ The US economy's brief moment of slowing inequality might be on its way out
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Income inequality has narrowed in the US, with low-wage workers receiving raises during the pandemic. This trend has been tapering off, though labor market competition has benefited wage growth. This was thanks to pre-pandemic minimum wage legislation, coupled with higher raises for lower wage workers in the tumultuous years that followed. Although low-wage workers have slightly narrowed the gap, corporate profits have boomed, allowing those at the very top to stay separated from the rest. In June 2022, low-wage workers saw 7.2% wage growth from the prior year, falling to 6.5% in June 2023.

Persons: It's, David Autor, Ford, Autor, Harry Holzer, John LaFarge Jr, SJ, Georgetown University's, Holzer, Biden, " Holzer Organizations: Service, National Bureau of Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank, Dallas, MIT Department of Economics, American Bar Association, Public, Georgetown, Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public, Federal Reserve Bank of, Economic Policy Institute Locations: Wall, Silicon, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

☆ Oreo-maker Mondelez faces Nordic backlash over Russia business
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

OSLO, June 12 (Reuters) - Mondelez International (MDLZ.O), facing a widening corporate boycott in the Nordic region over its continued presence in Russia, said late on Sunday it had asked to meet with the Norwegian government to protect its local business. Airlines SAS and Norwegian Air, railway group SJ, hotel chain Strawberry, retailer Elkjop, shipping group Fjord Line and the Norwegian Football Association were among those announcing in recent days that they would stop selling Mondelez products. Although some Western companies sold their Russian assets after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine last year, others such as Mondelez have stayed despite pushback from employees in other countries. Nordic companies said their decision stop selling Mondelez products was based on an announcement this year by Ukraine's National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption to blacklist the snack maker and other groups. Mondelez said it maintained "limited" activity in Russia while halting investment and advertising, and had condemned the war.

Persons: Mondelez, Terje Solsvik, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Mondelez, Airlines SAS, Norwegian Air, SJ, Norwegian Football Association, Ukraine's National Agency for, Coop Norge, Thomson Locations: OSLO, Nordic, Russia, Norwegian, Norway, Sweden, Ukraine, U.S

☆ Montana's House just voted to censure its first openly transgender lawmaker after protests and days of not letting her speak
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Montana House of Representatives voted to censure its first transgender legislator. State Rep. Zooey Zephyr was censured days after protestors interrupted the legislature because the House speaker wouldn't recognize her on the floor. In doing so, Zephyr will not be allowed on the House floor or gallery for the remainder of the legislative session. State Rep. SJ Howell, a Democratic legislator who is nonbinary, spoke in support of Zephyr on Wednesday and said the protests on Monday were unsurprising. Now, after Zephyr's censure, a similar problem could occur for Montana Republicans as Zephyr increasingly gets placed into the spotlight.

☆ People are ticked that delivery drivers complained about stingy tips in a viral New York Times article. Here are the 5 main reasons people don't think they should tip more.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Food delivery drivers are struggling to make ends meet, according to a recent New York Times article. While many delivery drivers said they benefited from larger tips during the beginning of the pandemic, some said this generosity has since faded. Why should sushi delivery drivers earn 10 times as much as pizza delivery?" (3) Drivers should be tipped based on how difficult their delivery wasSome commenters argued that food delivery drivers' tips should be based on how far — and what weather they had to endure — to make the delivery. "Someday, all of these gig workers will be too old to keep this kind of hustle up.

☆ Werner CIO Looks to Outfit Company Trucks With AI-Enabled Tech
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +4 min

Mr. Mahon was hired in 2020 to help the 66-year-old trucking and logistics company modernize its technology—much of it built on legacy systems. Nearly 50% of Werner’s systems, data and applications have already been moved to the cloud from its data centers, Mr. Mahon said. Newsletter Sign-up WSJ | CIO Journal The Morning Download delivers daily insights and news on business technology from the CIO Journal team. While Werner is putting its costs “under the microscope heading into next year,” Mr. Mahon said technology is still an area of investment given its priority for company executives. “They understand that if we want to get to that stated goal of $5 billion in the next few years, and beyond that, we have to improve and increase our spend in technology,” Mr. Mahon said.

The crash into the Java Sea after take-off from Jakarta, which killed all 62 people on board, was Indonesia's third major commercial plane crash in just over six years and shone a spotlight on its poor air safety record. A working autothrottle is not required for a plane to be dispatched because pilots can control the thrust levers manually. The first officer said "upset, upset" and "captain, captain" before the recording stopped, but the captain's channel was not working, making it more difficult for investigators to analyse events. KNKT had raised the lack of upset recovery training after the 2014 crash of an AirAsia Indonesia jet that killed all 162 people on board. Indonesia is putting in place updated upset prevention and recovery training, KNKT said in the report.

☆ This Y Combinator-backed startup wants to transform how hotels manage guests. Check out the 21-slide pitch deck Canary Technologies used to raise $30 million.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Canary Technologies has raised $30 million to overhaul the way hotels manage guests digitally. The startup's platform is used by global brands such as Radisson Hotels and Best Western. Check out the 21-slide pitch deck it used to raise the Series B round below. The startup's tech is used by brands such as Radisson Hotels, Best Western, and Four Seasons. Check out the 21-slide pitch deck it used to raise the funds below:

☆ Jeffrey Katzenberg is done with media after 'riding that Quibi rocket ship into the ground.' Here's why he's betting on cybersecurity and VPNs.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Katzenberg, a co-founder of DreamWorks and former chairman of Walt Disney Studios, founded another high-profile media venture, Quibi, in 2018. Jeffrey Katzenberg: Our areas of focus when we started were software as a service, best-in-class digital technology, and consumer technology. And then we recognized that digital media wasn't actually going to be successful for us, or frankly for anybody else. What's your outlook at the moment for traditional media companies, big tech, and streaming? What's the right sequencing, what's the right windowing, where's the greatest value creation coming for all parties involved — that's the testing that's going on.

☆ Motoarele avionului Boeing prăbușit în Marea Java funcţionau când aparatul a lovit apa, confirmă „cutia neagră"
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-15 | by ( Milena Onisim | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +2 min

Înregistrările „sunt în stare bună şi acum examinăm datele”, a declarat Soerjanto Tjahjono, şeful Comitetului naţional pentru siguranţa transporturilor (KNKT), care participă la investigarea cauzei accidentului. Anchetatorii indonezieni au descărcat cu succes informaţiile înregistratorului de date de zbor (FDR) al avionului companiei Sriwijaya Air prăbuşit în mare săptămâna trecută, a precizat vineri KNKT. KNKT a declarat că datele FDR confirmă că ambele motoare ale avionului funcționau când aparatul a lovit apa, aşa cum s-a constatat mai devreme pe baza examinării epavei. Operaţiunea de căutare în mare a celeilalte „cutii negre” a avionului, înregistratorul de voce din cabina de pilotaj, continua vineri. KNKT intenţionează să difuzeze un raport preliminar în termen de 30 de zile de la prăbuşirea avionului în conformitate cu standardele internaţionale, a declarat şeful agenţiei joi pentru Reuters.

Persons: KNKT Organizations: Air, Reuters Locations: Jakarta, Indonezia

☆ Maia Sandu a transmis un mesaj de condoleanțe președintelui Indoneziei, în legătură cu accidentul aviatic
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

„Am aflat cu profundă tristețe despre accidentul aviatic ce s-a produs în provincia indoneziană Kalimantan, soldat cu moartea persoanelor aflate la bord. Vă rog să transmiteți sincere condoleanțe rudelor și apropiaților celor ce și-au pierdut viața”, se arată în mesajul președintelui RM. Ministrul indonezian al transporturilor Budi Karya a declarat într-o conferinţă de presă că 62 de persoane, printre care 12 membri ai echipajului, se aflau la bordul avionului ce efectua zborul SJ-182. Potrivit website-ului detik.com, Budi Karya a afirmat că avionul a căzut lângă insula Laki, la aproximativ 20 kilometri de aeroport. Comitetul de siguranţă al Ministerului Transporturilor indonezian a precizat că toţi cei aflaţi la bordul avionului erau cetăţeni indonezieni.

Persons: indonezian, Max, Karya Organizations: Air, Aeroportul, Ministerului Transporturilor indonezian Locations: indoneziană Kalimantan, Republicii Moldova, Indonezia, Laki

☆ Cutiile negre ale avionului prăbuşit în Indonezia au fost localizate
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Echipele de salvare indoneziene au localizat duminică cutiile negre ale avionului companiei Sriwijaya Air care s-a prăbuşit sâmbătă în Marea Java, cu 62 de persoane la bord, transmit Reuters, AFP şi dpa, preluate de Agerpres. Şeful Comitetului de siguranţă al Ministerului Transporturilor indonezian, Surjanto Tjahjono, a anunţat că au fost identificate coordonatele celor două cutii negre ale avionului ce efectua zborul SJ-182. Cutiile negre conţin datele tehnice privind zborul efectuat şi înregistrarea audio din cabina piloţilor. Comitetul de siguranţă al Ministerului Transporturilor indonezian a precizat că toţi cei aflaţi la bordul avionului erau cetăţeni indonezieni. Deocamdată nu există informaţii legate de motivul care a cauzat zborul descendent brusc al avionului.

Organizations: Air, Reuters, Agerpres, Ministerului Transporturilor indonezian, indonezieni Locations: Vest, Jakarta, Laki

☆ Avionul companiei Sriwijaya Air dat dispărut în Indonezia s-a prăbuşit în mare
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-09 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +2 min

Potrivit website-ului detik.com, Budi Karya a afirmat că avionul a căzut lângă insula Laki, la aproximativ 20 kilometri de aeroport. Comitetul de siguranţă al Ministerului Transporturilor indonezian a precizat că toţi cei aflaţi la bordul avionului erau cetăţeni indonezieni. Directorul executiv al companiei aeriene, Jefferson Irwin Jauwena, a precizat că starea tehnică a avionului era bună. O purtătoare de cuvânt a grupului Boeing a declarat că monitorizează situaţia şi lucrează pentru strângerea mai multor informaţii. Apoi, aeronava a început să coboare brusc şi a încetat să transmită date 21 de secunde mai târziu.

Persons: Karya, Jefferson Irwin Jauwena, Sukarno, Hatta, Reuters Organizations: Air, Reuters, Ministerului Transporturilor indonezian, indonezieni, Boeing, americană, Sriwijaya Air Locations: Jakarta, Vest, Laki, SUA, Indonezia

☆ Un avion s-a PRĂBUȘIT în Indonezia; 62 de persoane, printre care 12 membri ai echipajului, se aflau la bord // UPDATE
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-09 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

UPDATE 20.27 // Ministrul indonezian al transporturilor Budi Karya a declarat într-o conferinţă de presă că 62 de persoane, printre care 12 membri ai echipajului, se aflau la bordul avionului ce efectua zborul SJ-182. Comitetul de siguranţă al Ministerului Transporturilor indonezian a precizat că toţi cei aflaţi la bordul avionului erau cetăţeni indonezieni. Directorul executiv al companiei aeriene, Jefferson Irwin Jauwena, a precizat că starea tehnică a avionului era bună. Aeronava Boeing 737-500 era în funcţiune de 27 de ani. O purtătoare de cuvânt a grupului Boeing a declarat că monitorizează situaţia şi lucrează pentru strângerea mai multor informaţii.

Persons: Karya, Jefferson Irwin Jauwena Organizations: Ministerului Transporturilor indonezian, indonezieni, Boeing Locations: Laki, Jakarta, Pontianak, indonezian Pontianak

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