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☆ New data centers require billions of dollars in utility system upgrades. You may end up paying for it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Daniel Geiger | Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

A record surge of data center construction is underway to provide the computing and storage that underpins society's fast-expanding digital footprint and powers artificial intelligence. In areas of the country where data centers have clustered, utilities have unveiled plans to spend billions of dollars to keep up. asked David Springe, the executive director of the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates. "Then you have the data centers that are having exponential load growth," Nelson said. Data centers also don't deliver the number of long term jobs – a key yardstick for public benefits – that other industries do.

Persons: Mike DeWine, David Springe, they're, Ryan Augsburger, Augsburger, Ron Nelson, Strategen, ratepayers, Nelson, Steve Helber, That's, PJM, David Lapp, Lapp, Jeffrey Shields, Shields, Kantele Franko, Shelby Moore, Meta, behemoth Blackstone, QTS, John Gavan, Daniel Tait, Tait Organizations: Amazon, Ohioans, Business, Wall, Boston Consulting Group, National Association of State, Consumer, Ohio Manufacturers ' Association, Web Services, Energy, Dominion Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Tech, Wall Street titans, American Electric Power, Buckeye Power, AEP, Buckeye, AEP Ohio, Staff, Intel, Policy Institute Locations: Ohio, ratepayers, Chester , Va, Virginia, PJM, Chicago, New Jersey, New York City, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Columbus , Ohio, Denver, New Albany , Ohio, Minnesota, Columbus, Mississippi

☆ 9 investors betting millions on the rebound in live events and entertainment
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

"Live events are having a moment as consumers want to get out and about," said John Harrison, Americas Media & Entertainment lead at EY. But over the past few years, established and upstart investors have seized the opportunity to capitalize on live events spending, which is outpacing media and entertainment spending overall. PWC projects live events revenue hitting $68.7 billion in 2024, up from $66.6 billion in 2019.Insider identified nine firms, listed alphabetically, that are making significant investments in live entertainment-related companies. It most recently led a $65 million round in Dice, an events discovery and ticketing platform for live events like comedy and drag cabaret. Courtesy of Shamrock CapitalThe Los Angeles-based investment firm has a long history of backing media, entertainment, and communications businesses.

Persons: Taylor Swift, hasn't, Tait, Scott Marimow, John Harrison, there's, Harrison, Coldplay, PEHub, Bluestone Equity Partners Bobby Sharma, Michael Weschler, Bobby Sharma, Bluestone, Juggernaut, Eric Kuhn, Tre, Scott, Matt Pincus, Pincus, Marimow, Shamrock Capital Andrew Howard, Marc Geiger, Alan Waxman's Organizations: Providence Equity Partners, Yankee, Wembley, Bluestone Equity Partners, Providence, Americas Media, Entertainment, Fourier, NBA, PMY, SoFi, New York's Citi, RWS, Apple, Holland America, Capital Partners, Street Journal, Folk Media Group, CBS, Microsoft, Folk Productions, Quest Entertainment, MUSIC, Liontree, JS Capital Management, Investments, Providence Equity Partners Providence Equity Partners, Theatre Group, Shamrock Capital, Sixth, Spain's, San Antonio Spurs, New York Yankees, Dallas Cowboys, Sixth Street Locations: Americas, Paris, Europe, Asia, Vegas, Fiume, Wilmington , Mass, Devon , Pennsylvania, Miami , Florida, North America, Providence, US, Germany, Los Angeles, SaveLive, Spain's Real Madrid, Real Madrid's

☆ Oscar winner Yeoh joins IOC along with seven new members
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Michelle Yeoh poses. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMUMBAI, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Michelle Yeoh, the first Asian actress to win an Oscar, joined the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday after being voted in as a member at a ceremony in Mumbai. She was one of eight new proposed members to join the Olympic body at its session in the Indian financial capital. A former Malaysian junior squash champion, Yeoh won the Oscar for best lead actress earlier this year for her role in the film, "Everything Everywhere All at Once". Mehrez Boussayene, President of the Tunisian Olympic Committee, also joined.

Persons: Michelle Yeoh, Sarah Meyssonnier, Oscar, Yeoh, Pierce Brosnan, Jean Todt, Yael Arad, Israel's, Balasz Furjes, Cecilia Roxana Tait Villacorta, Michael Mronz, Furjes, Sweden's Petra Soerling, South Korean Kim Jae, Mehrez Boussayene, Karolos Grohmann, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Cannes, Rights, International Olympic Committee, Hollywood, United Nations Goodwill, FIA, IOC, Tennis Federation, South, International Skating Union, Tunisian Olympic Committee, Thomson Locations: Cannes, France, Rights MUMBAI, Mumbai, Malaysian, Chinese, Hungarian, Olympic, Peru, Hungary, Germany, South Korean

☆ Michelle Yeoh: Oscar winner set to become International Olympic Committee member
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Michelle Yeoh could soon become a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after the Oscar winner was among eight candidates nominated by the organization’s executive board. Her proposed membership is set to be ratified at an IOC session in Mumbai, India, next month. In March, Yeoh won best actress at the 95th Academy Awards for her acclaimed performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” becoming the first woman of Asian descent to win the award. She was also the first Malaysian-born performer to be honored with a best actress Oscar. She made her name in Hong Kong action movies of the 1980s and 90s, before her breakthrough international role in 1997 opposite Pierce Brosnan in the James Bond film “Tomorrow Never Dies.”

Persons: CNN — Michelle Yeoh, Yeoh, ”, Oscar . Yeoh, Yael Arad, Balázs Furjes, Cecilia Roxana Tait Villacorta, Michael Mronz, Thomas Bach, Marvel, Rich Asians ”, Pierce Brosnan, James Bond Organizations: CNN, International Olympic Committee, IOC, Rich Asians Locations: Mumbai, India, Malaysian, Hungarian, Peruvian, Hong Kong

☆ Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh up for Olympic committee membership
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BERLIN, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Michelle Yeoh, the first Asian actress to win an Oscar, is set to become a member of the International Olympic Committee after being included on a list of eight new proposed members on Friday. Yeoh won the Oscar for best lead actress earlier this year for her role in the movie "Everything Everywhere All at Once" and her proposed IOC membership will be ratified at its session in Mumbai next month. Mehrez Boussayene, President of the Tunisian Olympic Committee, is also up for election as an ex-officio member. The IOC is the guardian of the Olympic Games and the leader of the Olympic movement, according to its website. "Thevision of the International Olympic Committee is to Build a Better World through Sport," it says.

Persons: Michelle Yeoh, Yeoh, Oscar, Pierce Brosnan, Israel's, Yael Arad, Balasz Furjes, Cecilia Roxana Tait Villacorta, Michael Mronz, Sweden's Petra Soerling, South Korean Kim Jae, Mehrez Boussayene, Thomas Bach, Karolos Grohmann, Nick Macfie Organizations: International Olympic Committee, Hollywood, Olympic, IOC, Tennis Federation, South, International Skating Union, Tunisian Olympic Committee, Olympic Games, International Olympic, Thomson Locations: Mumbai, Malaysian, Chinese, Hungarian, Peru, South Korean

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visit an exhibition of armed equipment on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on July 27, 2023. The fact North Korean hackers may have obtained information about the Zircon does not mean they would immediately have that same capability, said Markus Schiller, a Europe-based missile expert who has researched foreign aid to North Korea's missile programme. Last month, North Korea test-launched the Hwasong-18, the first of its ICBMs to use solid propellants. "North Korea announced that it was doing the same thing in late 2021. If NPO Mash had one useful thing for them, that would be top of my list," he added.

Persons: Kim Jong, Sergei Shoigu, ScarCruft, Lazarus, Tom Hegel, SentinelOne, Hegel, Obama, Nicholas Weaver, Matt Tait, Weaver, Vladimir Putin, Markus Schiller, Schiller, Jeffrey Lewis, James Martin, James Pearson, Christopher Bing, Chris Sanders, Alistair Bell Organizations: Russia's, North, Korean Central News Agency, KCNA, REUTERS, NPO Mashinostroyeniya, Pyongyang LONDON, Reuters, North Korean, United Nations, Soviet Union, NPO, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, Mash, James, James Martin Center, Nonproliferation Studies, Korea, Thomson Locations: Pyongyang, WASHINGTON, Russian, Reutov, Moscow, Russia, Washington, New York, North Korea, Soviet, United States, Crimea, Korean, Europe, London

CNN —British author Martin Amis, best known for the 1984 novel, “Money,” and 1989’s “London Fields,” has died, his publisher Penguin Books UK announced Saturday. “(Amis) leaves a towering legacy and an indelible mark on the British cultural landscape, and will be missed enormously,” the British publishing house said on Twitter. LONDON - APRIL 5: Writer Martin Amis at home in London on April 5, 1995. His 1991 novel, “Time’s Arrow,” and 2014’s “The Zone of Interest,” explored the Holocaust. “It’s hard to imagine a world without Martin Amis in it,” his UK editor, Michal Shavit, said in Penguin’s statement.

☆ 35 Ways Real People Are Using A.I. Right Now
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Francesca Paris | Larry Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +24 min

People are using ChatGPT and other A.I. Here’s how 35 real people are using A.I for work, life, play and procrastination. People are using A.I to …Plan gardens. Chris Norn Researcher at the University of Washington Two years ago researchers cracked the code on using A.I. When you run a Dungeons & Dragons game, Mr. Green says, you have to be creative, but that almost always means pulling from existing fantasy literature.

☆ A puzzle aficionado used ChatGPT to create a new game that's basically 'reverse Sudoku'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The popular AI chatbot created 'Sumplete,' a game its human creator described as a "reverse Sudoku." Since the game launched last week, it has already attracted thousands of players. The AI chatbot then created 'Sumplete,' which Tait described as a "reverse Sudoku." After ChatGPT spit out a list of five games he was already familiar with, Tait prompted ChatGPT to create a puzzle game entirely from scratch. To Tait's knowledge, there is no other existing iteration of this "reverse Sudoku" game.

☆ Fiction: ‘The Incredible Events in Women’s Cell Number 3’ by Kira Yarmysh
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Sam Sacks | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The prison in Kira Yarmysh’s “The Incredible Events in Women’s Cell Number 3” is not actually a prison but a detention center, and the women inside are considered offenders rather than criminals. Anya, the novel’s main character, is serving a 10-day sentence after being plucked at random from a crowd of protestors at a Moscow anticorruption rally. The detention center is unpleasant but hardly intolerable, and the cafeteria food is surprisingly tasty. Anya’s working-class bunkmates may share her disgust for the government, but they largely view activism as a bizarre pastime for the privileged. Mostly they’re trying to finagle as many cigarettes and hot showers as possible until the annoying interlude is behind them.

☆ Fast-food workers are gaining millions of TikTok followers with on-the-job videos, but the trend has muddied the relationship between brands, creators, and consumers
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-24 | by ( Amelia Tait | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In the last year, Mirg has accumulated over 4.4 million TikTok followers and 1.8 million YouTube followers who watch him cutting bread, arranging cheese, and tossing cucumber slices into their container. POV videos from service workers have become a huge TikTok trendNumerous fast-food workers have built followings of millions by filming themselves at work. 24-year-old Dylan Lemay began TikToking at Cold Stone Creamery in 2020 and now has 9.8 million followers. Starbucks employee Maya Smith has gained 2.1 million followers making videos mixing drinks. While there is an appetite for this format of content, advertising legislations (and perhaps some store managers) have yet to catch up.

☆ Un fermier din Noua Zeelandă a fost condamnat pentru maltratarea oilor sale
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-06 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Fermierul Bevan Scott Tait a pledat vinovat, deși avocatul său a spus că el suferea de depresie și că nu primise suficient sprijin, scrie Digi24. Ferma lui Tait a intrat în atenția autorităților pentru prima dată în aprilie 2019, când inspectorii au găsit acolo câteva oi moarte. Avocatul lui Tait a susținut că, înainte de incident, fermierul suferea de depresie și că, deși avea nevoie de ajutor, nu îl primi se de la nimeni. Judecătorul a susținut însă că infracțiunea este gravă, mai ales că fermierul avea experiență și ar fi trebuit să vadă că animalele sufereau. Creșterea animalelor este o industrie importantă în Noua Zeelandă, țara având în ferme aproximativ 26 de milioane de oi.

Persons: Fermierul Bevan Scott Tait, Tait, Judecătorul Locations: Noua Zeelandă

☆ Lumea are 5 oceane, nu 4; Oceanul Sudic, recunoscut oficial de National Geographic
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-11 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: ShutterstockLumea are 5 oceane, nu 4; Oceanul Sudic, recunoscut oficial de National GeographicNational Geographic Society a anunțat că va recunoaște un nou ocean în zona Antarcticii, crescând astfel numărul total de oceane la nivel global la cinci. Organismul de cartografiere al SUA recunoşte deja Oceanul Sudic ca ocupând acelaşi teritoriu, dar aceasta este prima dată când National Geographic o face. Oceanul Sudic mai poartă numele şi de Oceanul Antarctic sau Oceanul Austral, scrie Mediafax. Încercările de a ratifica graniţele şi numele de Oceanul Sudic la nivel internaţional au fost zădărnicite. În ciuda acestui fapt, Tait a spus că este foarte important ca National Geographic să diferenţieze apele.

Persons: Alex Tait, Tait Organizations: National Geographic National Geographic Society, National Geographic, National Geographic Society, Mediafax, Washington Post Locations: Sudic, SUA

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