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☆ Apple apologizes for its controversial iPad Pro ad
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Apple has apologized and admitted it “missed the mark” with its latest iPad Pro advertisement. The ad, posted on social media Tuesday by Apple CEO Tim Cook, was met with backlash from internet users who felt that the ad celebrated technology’s destruction of human creativity and art. As the metal slabs of the hydraulic press lift, Apple’s new iPad Pro is revealed. “Meet the new iPad Pro: the thinnest product we’ve ever created, the most advanced display we’ve ever produced, with the incredible power of the M4 chip. Actor Hugh Grant wrote on social media that Apple’s ad represented “the destruction of the human experience.”Apple no longer plans to run the ad on TV, according to AdAge.

Persons: Apple, “, Tim Cook, Tor Myhren, ” Myhren, ” Apple, ” Cook, ”, Hugh Grant Organizations: CNN, Apple

☆ Aboriginal spears returned to Australia after 250 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A British university has given back four spears taken more than 250 years ago from an aboriginal community in Australia by explorer Captain James Cook. Trinity College Cambridge permanently repatriated the spears to the La Perouse Aboriginal Community at a ceremony Tuesday, according to a joint statement from the college and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), which supported the move. “The spears were pretty much the first point of European contact, particularly British contact with Aboriginal Australia,” said Ray Ingrey, director of the Gujaga Foundation, a research organization working in the La Perouse community, in the statement. The resulting British colonization of Australia resulted in the introduction of foreign diseases, displacement, and massacres against the aboriginal people. National Museum of AustraliaSome members of the La Perouse Aboriginal Community are direct descendants of those who crafted the spears, according to the statement.

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☆ Apple Kills Its Electric Car Project
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Brian X. Chen | More About Brian X. Chen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Though Apple had not unveiled its car to consumers, the product had for many years been one of Silicon Valley’s worst-kept secrets because it was being tested on public roads. The cancellation is a rare move by Apple, which typically doesn’t shelve such public and high-profile projects. Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, has publicly hinted that Apple was interested in entering the car space. The company had also been testing hundreds of vehicles equipped with autonomous driving technology in public for many years. The car, which Apple spent billions of dollars researching, had been intended as a rival to Tesla’s electric vehicles, which include autonomous driving features.

Persons: Tim Cook, Apple, Cook’s Organizations: Apple, Apple Watch, Vision

☆ Tim Cook has finally been photographed wearing Apple's new face computer
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Apple CEO Tim Cook has finally been photographed with the Vision Pro strapped to his head. It's a notable moment since Cook and other Apple execs were not previously seen wearing the headset. AdvertisementTim Cook has finally been photographed wearing Apple's new face computer, the Vision Pro, as part of a Vanity Fair cover story. 🔗: https://t.co/IOZfM6YsNx pic.twitter.com/HBzKGsV8BL — VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) February 1, 2024It's a notable moment given that Cook and other Apple executives were noticeably not photographed wearing the headset when it was announced in June, nor in the time since. With a price tag of $3,499, the Vision Pro arrives in stores on Friday and comes with 256GB of internal storage.

Persons: Tim Cook, It's, Cook, —, “, @NickBilton, @Tim_Cook, ince, eason Organizations: Apple, Vision, Service, @Apple Locations: ife

☆ Lively and Elegant and Not at All Dry Chicken Breasts
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Melissa Clark | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Getting chicken breasts right is a flex, but a tricky one. The delicate white meat, so low in fat, can go from supple to chalky in only one distracted, phone-checking, heartbreaking minute. Pierre Franey’s five-star recipe for chicken breasts with lemon solves this problem by searing the chicken quickly on both sides until golden brown and then building a sauce in the same skillet. The pan sauce is rich and tangy, filled with shallots, thyme, two full teaspoons of grated lemon zest and, of course, butter (a French cook’s answer to most things). And the chicken emerges tender and redolent of citrus and herbs.

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Even when compared with other CEOs, who routinely get paid roughly 200 times more than their typical employees, Elon Musk’s pay package was eye-opening. Critics have argued for years that CEO pay packages are exorbitant. Under Musk’s pay plan, he received a chunk of stock options each time Tesla’s market value rose by $50 billion. General Motors, for example, considers executive salaries at 3M, Boeing, Ford, IBM and other huge companies, and uses complex formulas to determine CEO compensation. Corporate law experts say any new compensation package for Musk will likely be challenged in court unless Tesla's board either resigns en masse or follows a meticulous process to protect shareholders by passing a substantially smaller package.

Persons: Tesla, Kathaleen St, Jude McCormick, Musk, Bernard Arnault, Critics, Blackstone’s Steven Schwarzman, “, ‘, ’ ” McCormick, Musk’s, shouldn’t, Mary Barra, Jim, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, they’re, ”, Charles Elson, ” Elson, Elson Organizations: Elon, Musk, Forbes, General Motors, 3M, Boeing, Ford, IBM, Big Tech, University of Delaware, Lawyers Locations: Delaware, —, Barra, U.S

☆ Russ Cook: After running almost 7,500 miles across Africa, this man’s epic odyssey hangs in the balance
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Over the last nine months, Russ Cook has run almost 7,500 miles across 13 different countries and is currently in Senegal with his small support crew. But despite all his efforts, which have involved running more than a marathon a day on average, Cook took to social media Tuesday to announce that his epic journey was facing a diplomatic impasse. Cook had planned to finish his odyssey at the most northerly tip of Africa in Tunisia, but must access Algeria through the Mauritania border first. “If we don’t get them, then it’s game over for Project Africa,” Cook said on X, formerly known as Twitter. Starting at the most southerly point in South Africa, Cook is running all the way to Tunisia.

Persons: Russ Cook, Cook, ” Cook, ”, Alexander Stafford, UK’s, Harry Gallimore, “ Organizations: CNN, Project Africa, Parliamentary Group, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development, ” CNN Locations: Africa, Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria, Mauritania, Algerian, South Africa

☆ For Her Next Round, Toni Tipton-Martin Orders Up a Book of Cocktails
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Christina Morales | More About Christina Morales | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

While many in the world of cocktails are familiar with Tom Bullock, renowned for his juleps and long considered the first African American bartender to publish a cocktail manual, fewer know the work of Atholene Peyton, a home economics teacher whose 1906 “Peytonia Cook Book” predated Bullock’s by a decade. Peyton’s story is just one told in Toni Tipton-Martin’s new book, “Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs and Juice: Cocktails From Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks,” a chronicle of the ways in which Black people contributed to American cocktail culture. “This is really a work of investigative journalism. It’s not just a book of cocktails,” said Ms. Tipton-Martin, a James Beard award-winning author of several cookbooks and the editor of Cook’s Country magazine, who pored through centuries’ worth of published recipes for her new work. The book is a continuation of her 2015 book, “The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks,” which credited Black women for much of the country’s culinary history, and her 2019 follow-up, “Jubilee: Recipes From Two Centuries of African American Cooking.”

Persons: Tom Bullock, Atholene Peyton, Peytonia, Toni Tipton, It’s, ”, Tipton, James Beard Locations: Bullock’s, Martin

☆ A Cook’s Tour of the Tokyo Food Scene
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Timothy Taylor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It’s a Monday afternoon in the Tsukiji branch of the Tokyo Sushi Academy and we’re about to be put to the test. Most of the other students enrolled in the Japanese Culinary Intensive course are professionals. They are local or from abroad, just brushing up on skills or adding to their repertoire. My bench mate works charter yachts out of Australia. On the topic of kaiseki Mr. Hiro grows briefly philosophical, noting that it’s a lifetime practice and thus approaching the ineffable.

Persons: It’s, Hiro Tsumoto, Hiro, Mr Organizations: Tokyo Sushi Academy Locations: Tsukiji, Australia

☆ A Holiday Cocktail Recipe With a Really Good Story
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Kara Newman | Photographs Arturo Olmos For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

“I AM a journalist first and foremost,” said Toni Tipton-Martin. The editor in chief of Cook’s Country magazine, Tipton-Martin is also a leading authority on African American foodways and the author of award-winning books on the topic. Her latest, “Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice: Cocktails from Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks” (Nov. 14, Clarkson Potter) focuses on the potable, bringing to light a fascinating history in recipes from Black bartenders and cooks. “My plan is to publish a series of single-subject books that highlights the various work of cooks in the African American community,” Tipton-Martin said. In the lead-up to the hectic holiday-entertaining season, she made time to welcome us into her Baltimore home for a Claret Cup cocktail and a chat at the bar.

Persons: ”, Toni Tipton, Martin, Clarkson Potter, Brandon, Tiffanie Barriere, “, ” Tipton Organizations: Cook’s, Tipton, Clubs, American Locations: Baltimore

☆ The Real End of David Chang’s Momofuku Ko Happened Years Ago
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Pete Wells | More About Pete Wells | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It was the restaurant where we first witnessed a frozen torchon of foie gras being shaved to make a mountain of salty pink snow. Where we had our first spoonful of panna cotta that tasted like the milk in the bottom of a bowl of cornflakes. Rational people began to blame their inability to score on nefarious bots and scalpers, a preview of things to come. Behind this was Mr. Chang’s hunch that the paraphernalia of fine dining — not just white tablecloths but maybe even tables themselves — had become clunky and dated. “Cook’s prices,” as Mr. Chang was heard to say.

Persons: panna, Chang, You’ve, Ko, Le Bernardins, Daniels, Jean, Georges, —, . Chang Locations: Tennessee

☆ 1 chart to explain the current dysfunction in Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Proof of Congress’ ongoing dysfunction is in its current paralysis. Republicans have a few more votes in the House, but they don’t exactly have a governing majority. The lack of competitive seats makes it feel like we are stuck with a closely divided House and a closely divided Senate for the foreseeable future. Half as many competitive House seatsThe Cook Political Report with Amy Walter assigns a partisan score to every congressional district. The partisan tone he took to placate the ultra-right lawmakers meant Democrats were never going to save his job.

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At least four people were dead, including a gunman, and six others were injured after a man believed to have been a retired law enforcement officer opened fire at a popular biker bar in Southern California on Wednesday evening as a crowd gathered for a rock music show and spaghetti night, the authorities said. The shooting occurred at about 7 p.m. at Cook’s Corner, a bar in Trabuco Canyon, a rural community in eastern Orange County, Jeff Hallock, undersheriff at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, said. The injured were taken to Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, Calif. Two of the patients were in critical condition, and four were in stable condition, the hospital said. Undersheriff Hallock said the shooting erupted in front of as many as 40 people. He called the incident “an absolute tragic event.”

Persons: Jeff Hallock, undersheriff, Undersheriff Hallock, ” Organizations: Orange County Sheriff’s Department, Providence Mission Hospital Locations: Southern California, Trabuco, Orange County, Orange, Providence, Mission Viejo, Calif

☆ Man walked into a Southern California bar and shot his soon-to-be ex-wife and several others, killing 3 and injuring 6, authorities say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Jamiel Lynch Taylor Romine Josh Campbell Cheri Mossburg | Jamiel Lynch | Taylor Romine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

After opening fire inside the bar, Snowling retreated to a back parking lot area and began to retrieve two more guns, Barnes said. Established in 1884, Cook’s Corner bills itself as one of the oldest and most famous biker bars in Southern California, hosting regular specials and open mic nights. Cook's Corner bar is seen in an image taken prior to the night of the shooting. “We are Saddened by the news from Cooks Corner,” the band posted on its Facebook page overnight. “Our thoughts, prayers & condolences go out to everyone in the Cooks Corner community.”“We’ve experienced major earthquakes, forest fires, floods, recessions and other disasters,” the Cook’s Corner website reads.

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☆ These Fish Tacos Couldn’t Be More Brilliant
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Eric Kim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

And in Herrera’s recipe, it will occupy most of your time, but the return on investment couldn’t be higher. The resulting mixture gives a warmth and complexity — a “Hmm, what is that?” — to an otherwise breezy al pastor. When he first opened Ensenada, Herrera used pale out-of-season tomatoes that diluted the bright coastal flavors he wanted to showcase in these fish tacos. But it’s not just the pineapple that makes this fish al pastor — it’s the char. Al pastor, “in the style of a shepherd,” is a method of barbecuing meat on a rotating vertical spit that Lebanese immigrants brought to Mexico in the late 19th century.

Persons: Herrera, Cosme, pescado, —, gallo, chiles, Adobo, it’s Organizations: Alto Locations: Caracas, Venezuela, Manhattan, Ensenada, Mexico

☆ Tim Cook bets his legacy on augmented reality
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

David Paul Morris/Getty Images Cook speaks in front of an image of an iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in 2011. Yui Mok/PA Images/Getty Images Tim Cook puts on a Boston Red Sox jersey before a baseball game between the Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers in June 2017. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Tim Cook signs the box of a new iPhone X at an Apple Store in Palo Alto in November 2017. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg/Getty Images Cook speaks via video conference at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on online platforms and market power in July 2020. In pictures: Apple CEO Tim Cook Prev NextFollowers of the company are divided on what the headset could ultimately mean for Cook.

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☆ Apple could overcome VR’s nerd and creepy factors
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Robert Cyran | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, June 6 (Reuters Breakingviews) - To be successful at launching a new technological device, a company must overcome both nerd and creepy factors. Meta Platforms (META.O), after buying headset company Oculus in 2014, uses its products to push Mark Zuckerberg's pet project, the Metaverse. And people may still be uncomfortable about switching between the real world and the virtual one. But as far as finding a device that is both aesthetic and copacetic, Apple's real world experience suggests it has a better chance at success than others. Follow @rob_cyran on TwitterCONTEXT NEWSApple revealed Vision Pro, the company’s virtual and augmented reality headset on June 5.

Persons: Tim Cook, Mark, Cook, Tim Cook’s, Lauren Silva Laughlin, Katrina Hamlin Organizations: YORK, Reuters, Apple, Google, Meta, Thomson

☆ It’s Time to Ditch Your (Supposedly) Nonstick Pans
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Bee Wilson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

If you want to know what disappointment feels like, simply open your kitchen cupboard and search for a nonstick pan that is more than a year old. In my experience, no matter how promisingly they start off, every nonstick pan loses its slickness until you find yourself scrubbing off encrusted pieces of food. The global nonstick cookware market is worth $20 billion, according to a market report last year by Dublin-based Grand View Research, and it is expected to grow to $25 billion by the end of the decade. The magazine Cook’s Illustrated says that 70% of all skillets sold in the U.S. are now coated with some kind of nonstick surface. Even if you are not worried about the safety of the various chemicals used for nonstick cookware, it seems odd to buy a pan knowing it will soon let you down.

And so whenever I get one of those notifications, I know I’m going to have a good time there. kevin roose[LAUGHS]: I actually don’t think I could’ve told you what IBM stood for. kevin rooseSo I’ve thought a lot and written a lot about how and when AI actually is a threat to jobs. The third category is just the jobs that I think are going to be protected, the jobs that we won’t let AI do. But I don’t actually think the speed of it matters at all.

The case for investing in India — a nation of 1.4 billion — is clear, and only bolstered by recent geopolitical shifts. As Western leaders look to boost economic cooperation with countries that share similar values, India, the world’s largest democracy, stands to gain. Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty ImagesIndia’s so-called “demographic dividend,” the potential economic growth arising from a large working-age population, represents a major opportunity. A recent Air India order for more than 200 Boeing planes could support more than 1 million American jobs. One consistent with our democratic values, and another not.”‘Economic miracle?’Beyond geopolitics, India’s economic and demographic fundamentals are driving business interest.

☆ Google CEO Sundar Pichai made $226 million last year
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google and Google’s parent company Alphabet, made nearly $226 million in 2022, according to a new filing from Alphabet. It is a big boost for Pichai, who made just over $6 million in 2021 and $7.4 million in 2020. Pichai’s stock boosts come every three years, in 2019 he received a similar package of $281 million. Ballooning CEO compensation has been a controversial topic in recent years. The vast majority of Cook’s 2022 compensation — about 75% — was tied up in company shares, with half dependent on share price performance.

☆ Tim Cook opens first Apple store in India
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Michelle Toh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“We’re excited to build on our long-standing history — supporting our customers, investing in local communities, and working together to build a better future.”Apple's newest store in Mumbai, India. AppleIn a separate statement Monday, Apple (AAPL) shared a peek of its new Mumbai store, located at a property owned by Reliance Industries, the conglomerate of Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani. Apple products are considered too expensive by many consumers in the country. In 2020, Apple launched an online store in India, allowing customers to buy its products and, for the first time, customize certain devices. Apple had previously planned to open its first physical store in the country in 2021, though that was derailed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

☆ In hard times, Corporate America looks out for its CEOs
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

See here: Recent filings illustrate the way CEOs are still lavishly compensated even when massive screw-ups happen on their watch. A Southwest representative told CNN that the December cancellations did factor into the bonuses paid out to employees. The boards that make decisions on CEO pay are usually stacked with executives or former executives from other companies who benefit from the system. Often, CEOs of distressed companies — rather than seeing pay cut — receive so-called retention bonuses to encourage leaders not to flee the sinking ship. “When all the numbers are crunched, 2022 is going to be a flat year for CEO pay,” said Reda.

The last time Cook visited China was in 2019. We also have a thriving App Store,” the Apple chief was quoted as saying in state-run China Daily. On Friday, Cook had posted a picture of himself smiling with customers and staff at the Apple store in the shopping district of Sanlitun on China’s Twitter-like social media site Weibo. “TikTok CEO was under siege at the US hearing, while Apple CEO was enthusiastically welcomed by people at its flagship Chinese store. China’s commerce ministry said Thursday that a forced sale of TikTok would “seriously damage” global investors’ confidence in the United States.

☆ Just Eat delivers right takeaway orders, finally
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Food delivery boss Jitse Groen has started the new year with a glimpse of hope. Pleasing investors after a round of missteps, the Dutch company also forecast a higher-than-expected EBITDA of 225 million euros this year. The 5.6 billion euro ($6 billion) group’s results point to a brighter future than what Just Eat experienced in 2022. Less than a year after acquiring U.S. rival Grubhub, Groen made a U-turn by putting it up for sale and writing down the value of the division by 3 billion euros. All this happened while investors started to lose faith in the high-growth low-profit food delivery sector: Just Eat Takeaway lost 60% of its market value last year.

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