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It may be early to get the Halloween decorations out for most, but in the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean spooky season is well underway. Scientists said Tuesday they had discovered a new species of ghost shark that lives exclusively in the waters off Australia and New Zealand. The Australasian Narrow-nosed Spookfish was found during research surveys in the Chatham Rise, an area of ocean floor to the east of New Zealand, according to the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) based in Auckland. Ghost sharks, also known as chimaeras, are a group of cartilaginous fish closely related to sharks and rays. This long-nosed spookfish was better researched among its kind as it is often observed on research surveys and is caught incidentally in commercial fisheries, Finucci said.

Persons: Brit Finucci, Finucci, spookfish Organizations: National Institute of Water, Atmospheric Research, avia, NIWA Fisheries, NBC Locations: Australia, New Zealand, Chatham, Auckland

☆ TikTok purges accounts tied to Russian media RT and Sputnik over ‘covert influence’ efforts ahead of US election
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Olesya Dmitracova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —TikTok has removed accounts associated with two Russian media groups for trying to exercise what it called “covert influence” on the upcoming US presidential election, in violation of its guidelines. The covert influence campaign was aimed at the American public ahead of the presidential election, US officials said. Tenet Media boasts a slate of high-profile right-wing, pro-Trump commentators, including Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson and several others. After the Justice Department announcement, RT responded with mocking statements that did not address the specifics of the US allegations. TikTok, for its part, has itself faced questions over whether or not the Chinese government can manipulate its algorithm to influence the American public.

Persons: London CNN — TikTok, Rossiya, Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson, Joe Biden Organizations: London CNN, Novosti, Sputnik, Meta, CNN, US Justice Department, Tenet Media, Trump, Department Locations: United States

☆ These are the top 10 global talent hubs in the world — and the U.S. isn't one of them
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Ernestine Siu | In Ernestinesiu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

For the eleventh consecutive year, Switzerland topped the list as the world's most talent-competitive country, according to the IMD 2024 World Talent Ranking, signaling its strong and stable talent pool despite the rapidly changing global work landscape. The ranking measures how economies around the world perform when it comes to sustaining their pool of talent. This data is broken down into three buckets: investment in and development of homegrown talent, appeal (the extent to which a country taps into the overseas talent pool) and readiness (the availability of skills and competencies in the talent pool), according to the report. Switzerland remains at the forefront of talent competitiveness, topping the list since the ranking's inception in 2014. Singapore's steady rise is driven by the readiness of its talent pool, rated as No.

Organizations: IMD, Competitiveness, Switzerland Singapore Locations: Switzerland, Switzerland Singapore Luxembourg Sweden Denmark Iceland Norway Netherlands Hong Kong Austria, Asia, Singapore, Hong Kong, United States, U.S

☆ AI startups should brace for a wave of down rounds, investors say. Here's how it might play out.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewDown rounds and flat rounds for VC-backed startups have hit an all-time high this year since 2014. And AI startups, which have been the darlings of the tech ecosystem since late 2022, aren't exempt from the trend. The deal was seen by some investors as an omen for a wider phenomenon in the AI ecosystem — an impending wave of flat rounds and down rounds. "Investors went crazy for AI startups with zero revenue, at higher valuations, which will be an issue," said Umesh Padval, managing director at Thomvest Ventures. Down rounds are on the riseIn 2022, 90.2% of AI startups in the US raised up rounds, while 6.5% raised down rounds, according to PitchBook data.

Persons: —, we've, Andreas Riegler, Umesh Padval, Padval, Francesco Ricciuti Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Business, Big Tech, APEX Ventures, Jasper, Google, Thomvest Ventures, Runa Locations: London

☆ A designer's take on LinkedIn's 'Open to Work' banner went viral. It reignited the platform's most controversial debate.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But Myers replaced LinkedIn's "#Open to Work" banner with a bright pink sign that read "#Desperate." A controversial banner is bornLinkedIn rolled out its "Open to Work" banner in 2020. AdvertisementThe small visual appears on top of a user's profile image. Courtney Myers' take on LinkedIn's Open to work banner. Along with her "desperate" banner, Myers published a short note on LinkedIn describing her work experience.

Persons: —, Courtney Summer Myers, Myers, Courtney Myers, It's, Kamala Harris, I've, she's Organizations: Service, Business, Disney, Universal, Warner Bros Locations: LinkedIn's, London, Southampton, America, American, United States

☆ New species of ghost shark discovered by New Zealand scientists
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Scientists have discovered a new species of ghost shark that lives in deep ocean waters near Australia and New Zealand. A deep water animal, the ghost shark is scientifically known as chimaera and is closely related to sharks and rays. “Ghost sharks like this one are largely confined to the ocean floor, living in depths of up to 2,600m (8,530 feet). The ghost shark was found at a depth of around 1,200 meters (about 3,900 feet) on the Chatham Rise. “We don’t actually know a lot about ghost sharks,” Finucci told CNN at the time.

Persons: NIWA, ”, Brit Finucci, Finucci, “ Avia, “, ” Finucci, Jeevan Ravindran Organizations: CNN —, avia, New Zealand’s National Institute of Water, Atmospheric Research, “ Harriotta avia, CNN Locations: Australia, New Zealand, Chatham, New, “ Harriotta

☆ These outperforming stocks are still set to soar, analysts say — giving 3 more than 30% upside
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

September is a historically weak month for stocks, but the first U.S. Federal Reserve rate cut in four years meant that markets have mostly bucked the trend so far. The S & P 500 has risen around 1% month-to-date, and jumped about 8% since the end of June when stocks went through much volatility. But risks such as the U.S. election, inflation and geopolitical conditions raise the question of what the path ahead will be like for stocks. "In my view, the banking sector could win ... as should solid growth stocks – at reasonable valuations – in the healthcare and software sectors," he added. Valuations in the U.S. market look "less demanding" — if you exclude Big Tech, mega-growth stocks, which are dragging up the overall price-to-earnings multiple of the S & P 500, Webber added.

Persons: David Bianco, Simon Webber, Schroders, Webber Organizations: U.S . Federal, Equity, Big Tech, CNBC Pro Locations: DWS, U.S

☆ Banned political ads found on TikTok weeks ahead of 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Victoria Feng | Victoria Feng Is An Intern On The Nbc News Technology Desk. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

TikTok has banned all political advertising on the app since 2019, but that hasn’t stopped advertisers from running what appear to be paid political messages on the platform. According to TikTok, the company does “not allow ads featuring political content across any of our monetization features, including paid ads, creators being paid to make branded political content, and other promotional tools on the platform.”TikTok stands apart among its big tech peers in banning political ads — Facebook, Instagram, X and Google all allow political advertisements. The continued presence of political ads on TikTok illustrates the difficulties in patrolling its own platform just weeks ahead of the 2024 presidential election and amid the court proceedings over its potential ban. The findings come as recent research shows that political ads on social media platforms are often filled with misinformation. There were no obvious signs of misinformation among the TikTok videos NBC reviewed.

Persons: TikTok, hasn’t, ”, Vincent Raynauld, “, There’s, ActBlue, Tom Steyer, Jordan Chiles, Shelby Purdum, Republicans ’, Laura Edelson, Blake Chandlee, Edelson Organizations: NBC News, Facebook, Google, NBC, Emerson College, ActBlue, Democratic, Republicans, Social, Northeastern University, BBC, Commission, FEC Locations: U.S, Russia, China, Iran, United States, TikTok, NextGen America, ”

☆ An OpenAI investor just published more than 10,300 words about the future of AI. We asked ChatGPT if it agreed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read preview69-year-old Vinod Khosla shared some bold predictions about the future of AI in a more than 10,300-word essay on Friday. The venture capitalist, whose firm Khosla Ventures invested $50 million into OpenAI in 2019, holds highly optimistic views about the future of AI. OpenAI's GPT O1 wasn't fully convincedInterestingly enough, OpenAI's most advanced AI yet didn't echo all of Khosla's predictions. It agreed with some, like AI's transformative potential in providing economic and societal benefits, democratizing access to healthcare and education, and enhancing creativity. AdvertisementBut it labeled some of Khosla's predictions about AI "overly optimistic," like AI performing 80% of tasks in 80% of jobs in the next 25 years.

Persons: —, Vinod Khosla, Khosla, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Vinod Khosla's Organizations: Service, Khosla Ventures, Business, O1 Locations: OpenAI

☆ Apple Intelligence will drive sales for iPhone 16. Just wait for it, analyst says.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewApple Intelligence didn't come with the latest iPhone 16 drop on September 20, but that won't matter — analysts are confident that it'll still boost iPhone 16 sales throughout the next 12 months as Apple releases the AI-powered features in multiple software updates. "Apple Intelligence is still the big driver," Gil Luria, an Apple analyst for D.A. The analyst compared Apple Intelligence's sales boost potential to the excitement around 5G coverage for iPhone 12 about four years ago. According to the analyst, the difference now is that Apple Intelligence won't come out of the box. Luria, the Apple analyst, told BI that Apple Intelligence won't be a popular feature until people can start using it, comparing it to AI's dominance after ChatGPT was released to the public in 2022.

Persons: —, Gil Luria, Davidson, Chi Kuo, Luria, Dan Ives, Ives, Ron Witt, " Luria, ChatGPT Organizations: Service, Apple, Apple Intelligence, D.A, Business, BofA Global Research, BI, 5G, Wedbush Securities Locations: Cupertino, San Francisco and New York, San Francisco

☆ Here's where to invest $1 million, according to the pros
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

If you had as much as a spare $1 million to invest right now, what should you buy? Balanced-to-medium risk profile With as much as $1 million to invest with, investors can buy individual securities instead of being restricted to funds, said David Dietze, managing principal and senior portfolio strategist at Peapack Private Wealth Management. "A much smaller amount leaves an investor forced to invest in funds to get adequate diversification. With one million, one could say invest $20K in fifty different stocks and be well diversified," he said. More aggressive risk profile Gambles says that taking on a more aggressive stance would mean an "all in commitment" on the themes he expects will perform, and removing any hedges against those trades.

Persons: Paul Gambles, David Dietze, Dietze, Bristol Myers, Gambles Organizations: U.S . Federal Reserve, CNBC Pro, Family, Yen, Wealth Management, Bristol, BHP Group, Hershey, BHP Locations: China, Australian

☆ What the top 2024 election issues are for these young voters
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Elise Hammond | Shania Shelton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Along with the economy, young voters also name abortion, immigration, foreign policy, climate and gun control as other priorities. A recent GenForward survey conducted by the University of Chicago supports what dozens of young voters told CNN. Foreign policyAmerica’s position on the world stage is also top of mind for young voters. The Israel-Hamas war has proved to be a key sticking point for progressive and young voters, as well as Arab American and Muslim communities. Regardless of what issues are galvanizing young voters to head to the polls, many say they think their turnout in November will surprise some people.

Persons: N’Dea Gordon, ” Gordon, Gordon, who’ve, ”, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris –, they’ve, Logan Paul, Adin Ross, Harris, Vivek Rallabandi, Joe Biden, “ I’m, I’m, ” Rallabandi, Trump, Rallabandi, he’s, “, hasn’t, she’s, Vivek, Darius Diggs, Biden, Diggs, –, Darius Dupri Diggs, Darius Dupri Diggs Chaim Birzen, Birzen, “ That’s, Tyler Sands, Beyton Owens, Finn Gaensler, Finn, “ It’s, ” Gaensler, Roe, Wade, Ava Pallotta, Pallotta, Gen, Erin Clark, Kalkowski, Katelyn, Sebastien Ostertag, Sebastien Ostertag That’s, Ostertag, we’re, Jacob Telenko, ” Telenko, Jean Kojali, ” Kojali, Harris doesn’t, Harris ’, Noe Nunez, Nunez, ” Nunez, “ it’s, Jed Lyons, Joseph Yang, Yang, Joseph Yang “, “ We’re, CNN’s Kate Sullivan, Dana Elobaid Organizations: CNN, Western Governors University, University of Chicago, Trump, Federal Reserve, White, Republican, Marquette Law School, Senate, Trump’s, Harvard University, Boston Globe, Young, America, Democratic, US, Republican Party, Immigration, state’s Young Republican, United States Postal Service Locations: Columbus , Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rockland County , New York, America, Montana, California, Idaho, Santa Cruz , California, “, Port Chester , New York, Chapel Hill , North Carolina, Dearborn , Michigan, Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Henderson , Nevada, United States, Cobb County , Georgia, Mexico, Zebulon , North Carolina, Mexican American, Gilbert , Arizona, Phoenix, Korean, Chandler , Arizona

Olivia Rodrigo is taking her tour to the Philippines for the first time, and her fans in Manila couldn’t be happier with the ticket prices. Rodrigo’s team told NBC News that they kept prices lower than usual so more people could attend. Rodrigo’s hive, called “Livies,” were thrilled to hear about the tour stop and the ticket prices. “1,500 pesos to see Olivia Rodrigo?? “People there are so welcoming and hospitable and awesome,” Rodrigo said in an interview with Rolling Stone last year.

Persons: Olivia Rodrigo, ” Rodrigo, ”, I’m, Olivia, Rodrigo, “, grandpa, Stone Organizations: NBC News, singer’s, Facebook, Disney Channel, “ Locations: Philippines, Manila, Asia, Singapore

☆ These are the 3 patterns of the ‘chronically single,’ says breakup expert
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Ernestine Siu | In Ernestinesiu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The term "chronically single" has gone viral on TikTok with some videos reaching more than 10 million viewers globally. There are two types of single people: single people who are happy being single, and single people who are not happy being single, Amy Chan told CNBC Make It. After experiencing a gut-wrenching breakup in her 20s, Chan set off to change the breakup and dating experience for people everywhere. Today, she works as a relationship and breakup coach, and runs two weekend retreats, called "The Breakup Bootcamp" and "The Dating Bootcamp." They sabotage their relationshipsAnother pattern of the "chronically single" is that they tend to sabotage their relationships, said Chan.

Persons: Amy Chan, you've, Chan, —, They've Organizations: CNBC Locations: TikTok

☆ Apple's showdown with its Chinese rival Huawei is here as both companies launch new smartphones on the same day
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Hours after Apple unveiled its iPhone 16 models earlier this month, Huawei announced the Mate XT would drop on the same day. Huawei's Mate XT trifold smartphone secured millions of preorders. John Ricky/Anadolu via GettyThe disparity could be partly due to how Huawei distributed the first batch of Mate XT sales. Apple's iPhone 16 line starts at $800. The iPhone 16 offers a new "camera control" button and brings the "action" button previously found only on the iPhone 15 Pro models to the entry-level iPhone 16 as well.

Persons: —, preorders, John Ricky, Vivo Organizations: Service, Apple, Huawei, Business, Anadolu, Getty, CNBC, Reuters, Apple Intelligence, Publishing, Samsung, Bloomberg, Research, Wall, Counterpoint Research, Wedbush Securities Locations: China, Beijing, Hefei, Shenzhen, Guangzhou

☆ Ikea's fleet of 250 autonomous drones takes stock of warehouse inventory without any human intervention
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( John Kell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Three years ago, a drone took flight at an Ikea warehouse in Switzerland for the first time. They're more self-sufficient, too: For every 10 minutes that a Verity drone is in flight, it charges for 20 minutes. Ikea's investments in Verity's drone technology fit into its broader strategy to explore and test newer supply-chain technologies. Jönsson added that deploying drones has allowed employees to have more time for analyzing inventory data. Before using warehouse drones, workers would check thousands of pallets repeatedly in order to manage inventory.

Persons: Verity, —, Raffaello D'Andrea, — there's, Uber, Jeff Bezos, Bezos, Domino's, there's, DroneUp, D'Andrea, Verity hasn't, it's, Moller, Erik Jönsson, they're, haven't, Jönsson Organizations: Ikea, Chain Management, Service, Amazon, Walmart, Companies, McKinsey & Company, McKinsey, Ikea's, Ingka, Maersk, Samsung Group, Ingka Investments, Nvidia, Federal Aviation Administration, Investors, Kiva Systems, Amazon Robotics, Qualcomm Ventures, A.P, Moller Holding, Exor Ventures Locations: Switzerland, Swiss, Dutch, —, Zealand, Arizona , Florida, Utah, Dallas

☆ This under-the-radar stock in Nvidia's supply chain is a 'hidden gem,' Jefferies says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

One global stock stands out as a "unique play" in the Nvidia and artificial intelligence supply chain, according to Jefferies. It's German semiconductor firm SUSS MicroTec , Jefferies said in a Sept. 17 report, calling it a "hidden gem" among European semiconductor firms. The investment bank initiated coverage of the stock at a buy rating and a target price of 76 euros ($84). The firm has "multi-layered exposure" to an advanced packaging technology called Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate, said Jefferies, explaining that it's used to make AI chips. SUSS sells its products to two major high bandwidth memory suppliers and TSMC, to be used in the production of that advanced packaging.

Persons: Jefferies, MicroTec, it's, SUSS, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Nvidia, U.S, Jefferies, NVIDIA Locations: TSMC

ISER Caribe executive director Stacey Williams dives underwater to clip lines of astroturf-like material where baby sea urchins are growing. The group is working to restore 5 acres of coral reef in Puerto Rico by planting fragments across six reefs and returning long-spined sea urchins to the ecosystem. Then, once the urchins reach young adult size, the researchers place them in a coral reef in need of extra support. Manzello said scientists used to think coral had a longer runway — perhaps until 2040 or 2050 — before conditions became so grim. A look at the underwater lab where ISER Caribe nurtures baby sea urchins.

Persons: Derek Manzello, ” Manzello, ”, That’s, they’d, Stacey Williams, Jackie Montalvo, Maura Barrett, —, “, ” Williams, Juan Torres, Andrew Baker, ” Baker, Manzello, “ You’re, We’ve, haven’t, Evan Bush Organizations: Oceanic, Reef Watch, NOAA, Atlantic, ISER Caribe, NBC, Preserve ., Institute for, Ecological Research, ISER, NASA, Caribe, University of Miami, Rosenstiel, of Marine, Science Locations: Florida, Atlantic, Brazil, Puerto Rico, ISER Caribe, Puerto Rican, La Parguera, Honduras, Caribbean, Seattle, La

In the U.S. overall this year, a concerning, though not unprecedented, number of dengue, EEE and West Nile cases have been reported. “With climate change, we’re basically extending the mosquito season,” said Chantal Vogels, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health. In the U.S., cases have outpaced those of West Nile virus, which is typically more prevalent. This year, Clark County, Nevada, has seen a particularly high number of West Nile cases: 23. “We consider New York state residents to be at risk for West Nile virus every summer,” she said.

Persons: Jennifer White, it’s, ”, ” Barbara Ferrer, Anthony Fauci, Chantal Vogels, Nirbhay Kumar, George Washington, “, Vogels, Nile, White, Thomas Jaenisch, ” White Organizations: Angeles County Department of Public Health, U.S, National Institute of Allergy, Yale School of Public Health, U.S ., Centers for Disease Control, George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health, World Health Organization, WHO, Southern, Southern Nevada Health, New York State Department of Health, Colorado School of Public Health, Gulf Locations: New York, U.S, California, Los Angeles County, EEE, West, New Hampshire, Vermont, Arizona , California, Florida, Hawaii, Texas, Puerto Rico, U.S . Virgin Islands, Los Angeles, West Nile, Clark County , Nevada, Southern Nevada, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island , Vermont, Wisconsin, Gulf Coast

☆ Jailed Cuban dissident leader wins Norwegian human rights award
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

OSLO, Norway — A Norwegian human rights foundation gave its annual prize on Thursday to jailed Cuban dissident leader Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara for his “fearless opposition to authoritarianism through art”. Four past laureates of the Rafto prize — Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi, East Timor’s Jose Ramos-Horta, South Korea’s Kim Dae-jung and Iran’s Shirin Ebadi — later went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize. This year’s Peace Prize will be announced on Oct. 11 in Oslo. “The 2024 Rafto prize aims to highlight the importance of the work of Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and other artists in challenging power structures and defending democracy and human rights, both in Cuba and globally,” the Norwegian foundation said in a statement. On Thursday, the Rafto foundation called on the Cuban government to release him, joining similar calls by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.

Persons: Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, Jose Ramos, Kim Dae, Shirin Ebadi — Organizations: San Isidro Movement, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International Locations: OSLO, Norway, Norwegian, Cuban, Suu Kyi, East, Horta, South, Oslo, Cuba, Havana

☆ ‘Billions’ of golf balls could be lost every year. Where do they end up?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

Found Golf Balls CEO Shaun Shienfield, whose company recovers and resells millions of lost balls across the US and Canada each year, told CNN that he gauged the average to be between three and four each round. Using Shienfield’s low estimate, that’s over 1.5 billion balls lost in the US every year since 2020. “While precise global estimates are challenging … the worldwide figure could easily exceed 3 to 5 billion golf balls lost each year,” Petersen told CNN. Mitchell Schols, founder of Canada-based Biodegradable Golf Balls, put a “very conservative” estimate for North America at one million balls lost to oceans annually. One UK-based man told CNN in 2015 that he could earn up to £100,000 (about $114,000) annually by diving to retrieve golf balls from lakes on golf courses.

Persons: Woods, Jonathan Ferrey, Shaun Shienfield, Torben Kastrup Petersen, ” Petersen, Loch, Cam Bauer, fairways, Jae C, Paula Gallani, Jack Taylor, Bonifas, Paul Barker, Alex Livesey, Josh Noel, Richard Heathcote, Sam Greenwood, Mohammed Afzal Abdul Afghanistan'shas, Mohammed Afzal Abdul, Shah Marai, Africa's, Alf Caputo, Mi Jung Hur, Michael Cohen, Matthew Savoca, Davis, Alex Weber, Savoca, Weber, Jack Johnston, Ezra Shaw, ” Savoca, “, there’s, ”, Mitchell Schols, Petersen, Kevin C, Cox, Schols, Albus Golf, ” Schols, Jared C, Tilton, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, United States Golf Association, National Golf Foundation, Danish Golf Union, La, Don Mueang International Airport, Getty, Chicago Tribune, Tribune, Service, La Paz Golf Club, AFP, Soviet Army, Kenya, Ladies European, Indy Women, Tech, University of California, Carmel High School, Monterey Bay National, National, Canada, North America, “, USGA, Pebble Beach Resorts Locations: Pebble Beach , California, Stillwater, Monterey , California, Canada, Greenland, Norway, Hawaii, France, Bangkok, Don, AFP, North, South Korea, Washington, Uummannaq, Coeur D'Alene, Death Valley , California, South Carolina, Bolivia, Kabul, Kenya, Australia, Ceduna, Kalgoorlie, Monterey Bay, Pebble Beach, Cypress Point, Carmel, California, Monterey, Japan, England, Germany, America, –, Spanish, London, Florida

☆ Nuclear fusion: The US led in this clean energy race for decades. Now China is in position to win
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Angela Dewan | Ella Nilsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

It’s also here, on an unassuming downtown street, a small start-up called Energy Singularity is working on something extraordinary: nuclear fusion energy. Nuclear fusion, the process that powers the sun and other stars, is painstakingly finicky to replicate on Earth. The Chinese government is pouring money into the venture, putting an estimated $1 billion to $1.5 billion annually into fusion, according to Jean Paul Allain, who leads the US Energy Department’s Office of Fusion Energy Sciences. The US was among the world’s first to move on the futuristic gambit, working on fusion research in earnest since the early 1950s. CNNThe US has been a fusion leader for decades; it was the first nation to apply fusion energy in the real world — in a hydrogen bomb.

Persons: It’s, Lam Yik Fei, Jean Paul Allain, Biden, “, it’s, ” Allain, Andrew Holland, Holland, ”, ” Holland, Damien Jemison, Lawrence, Melanie Windridge, Mikhail Maslov, Allain Organizations: CNN, 6G, Beijing outspends DC, New York Times, US Energy Department’s, Fusion Energy Sciences, Private, Nikkei . Energy, MIT, Fusion Industry Association, Princeton, Physics, American, America, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, ” CNN, China’s National Energy Administration, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Fusion Energy, EAST, UK Atomic Energy Authority Locations: Shanghai, America, China, Beijing, Washington, DC, Japan, Europe, United States, Hefei, Xinhua, Massachusetts, Hiroshima, California, Lawrence Livermore

☆ Nike and Adidas veterans are backing a $125M project seeking to revitalize the Portland sportswear industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( John Kell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The Northeast is the ancestral home of footwear manufacturing in the US, where New Balance still assembles more than 4 million pairs of sneakers each year. But that could soon change with a plan for a $125 million development campus called Made in Old Town. At the federal level, the US government has offered billions in subsidies to support manufacturing, mostly targeting the auto, semiconductor, and solar industries. With the Made in Old Town project, the aim is to generate about 6,000 full-time jobs in Portland by as soon as 2028. A long way to goThe Made in Old Town project is still in its early stages, having raised $15 million of its $125 million goal.

Persons: Portland's, Hilos, —, Keen, Elias Stahl, Portland's Hilos, Stahl, they're, Eric Liedtke, Liedtke, They've, Alo, Armour, Tina Kotek, Noel Kinder, Nike's, Kinder Organizations: Technology Association of Oregon, Chain Management, Service, Nike, Adidas, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Factory, Brands, Columbia, Midwest ., Gov Locations: Old Town, Portland , Oregon, Columbia, Portland's Old, Portland, Vietnam, China, Asia, Old, Germany, North America, Atlanta, Midwest

☆ Lithuania is the world's happiest place for under 30s, but it's also Europe's suicide capital
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Joshua Nelken-Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewDomantas Katelė, an official in Lithuania's Ministry of Social Security and Labour, is widely known as his country's "Gen Z" minister. AdvertisementThe World Happiness Report backs up his claim, ranking Lithuania as the happiest place in the world for those under 30 earlier this year. AdvertisementIt seems paradoxical: How can a country be great for young people while also being Europe's suicide capital? Užupis, a small district alongside the Vilnia River, is popular with Vilnius' young, bohemian crowd. AdvertisementDomantas Katelė is often referred to as the "Gen Z" minister.

Persons: —, Z, it's, Joshua Nelken, Zers, Adriana Doroškevičiūtė, Richard Bogu, It's, Bogu, Antanas Grižas Organizations: Service, Lithuania's Ministry of Social Security, Labour, Business, Union, Lithuania, European Union, Data, BI, Soviet Bloc Locations: Lithuania, Vilnius, Soviet Union, Europe, Old, Užupis, Soviet

☆ These Four Common Infections Can Cause Cancer
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Nina Agrawal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A majority of cervical cancers, as well as some genital and oral cancers, are caused by a virus. And certain chronic viral infections can lead to liver cancer. Infections like these account for an estimated 13 percent of all cancer cases globally, according to a new report published Wednesday by the American Association for Cancer Research. We are now close to “turning what would have previously been some common cancers into rare diseases,” he said. Human papillomavirusThere are more than 200 types of the HPV virus, including a dozen that significantly increase the risk of cervical, genital and oral cancers.

Persons: Michael Pignone, ” Organizations: American Association for Cancer Research, Duke School of Medicine

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