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Three EPA whistleblowers told ProPublica on Thursday that their complaints were the subject of the reports (which redact employee names). After endorsing Trump, Kennedy wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that the U.S. could “revisit pesticide and other chemical-use standards” if Trump wins. “The EPA was sort of paralyzed under the Trump administration,” she said. It’s not yet clear what Kennedy’s role might be in a potential Trump administration, or which decisions he’d help to make as part of the transition team. Even with Kennedy’s ties to Trump, Gartner said she would expect the EPA under a second Trump administration to act similarly to the first one.
Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Donald Trump, Kennedy, Trump, , Maria, Sean O’Donnell, ProPublica, Remmington Belford, , Kennedy —, Tucker Carlson, ” Karoline Leavitt, ” Kennedy, Sharon Lerner, Lerner, Michal Freedhoff, , Freedhoff, Biden, Karen McCormack, McCormack, Trump’s, , Eve Gartner, Danielle Alvarez, It’s, Carlson, Steven Cheung, Gartner Organizations: Environmental Protection Agency, NBC News, Trump, EPA, Chemical Control, Environmental Defense Fund, EPA’s, Trump ., RFK Jr, RFK, European Union, The, of Chemical Safety, Toxic, Federal, Food and Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control Locations: U.S, Milwaukee,
Zhu Hengpeng disappeared after criticizing Xi Jinping, according to The Wall Street Journal. Zhu is believed to have criticized China's economy and Xi's leadership in a private WeChat group. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA top economist has joined the growing list of China's elite to have disappeared from public life after criticizing Xi Jinping, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Persons: Zhu Hengpeng, Xi, Zhu, , CASS, Chen Daoyin Organizations: Wall Street, Service, Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai University of Political Science, Law, Business
CNN —Nearly 200 chemicals connected to breast cancer are used in the making of food packaging and plastic tableware, and dozens of those carcinogens can migrate into the human body, a new study found. Of the recently detected chemicals in food packaging, 40 are already classified as hazardous by regulatory agencies around the world, according to the study. Rates of early-onset breast cancer in women under 50 are increasing, and experts said the trend cannot be explained by genetics alone. A January 2024 update to that list found 921 possibly carcinogenic chemicals, including 642 that may stimulate estrogen or progesterone production, another known risk factor for breast cancer. FCChumon, created by the Food Packaging Forum, is a list of food contact chemicals that have been detected in human breast milk, blood, urine and tissues.
Persons: , Jane Muncke, ” Muncke, Jenny Kay, Len Lichtenfeld, ” Lichtenfeld, Sarah Gallo, ” Gallo, Kay, ” Kay, “ That’s, PFAS Organizations: CNN, Food Packaging, Silent Spring Institute, American Cancer Society, Consumer Brands Association, Food, FDA, Environmental, Toxicology, Contact Chemicals, , National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine Locations: Zurich, Switzerland
But when it came to finding a publisher for her children's book, "Leena Mo, CEO," she found herself in the hot seat. Now "Leena Mo, CEO," finally has a place on bookshelves. AdvertisementShakir's children's book, "Leena Mo, CEO," releases September 24, 2024. Deena ShakirWriting the female founder's storyShakir wrote the entire first draft of "Leena Mo, CEO" one frenzied weekend in December 2020. "Leena Mo, CEO" is also peppered with Arabic words — like the robot's name, "Helmy," a Romanized derivation of the Arabic word for "my dream."
Persons: , Deena Shakir, Leena Mo, Shakir, Simon & Schuster, Chelsea Clinton, Sheryl Sandburg, Everly Health —, that's, Leena Mo's, Deena Shakir Shakir, she's, she'd Organizations: Service, Simon &, Business, Maven Clinic, Everly Health, Google Locations: Muslim
Why all eyes are on Intel now
  + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Helen Li | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Read previewOnce a Silicon Valley leader, Intel has been a staple of the computer chip-making business for decades. Even if Qualcomm acquired Intel, it's unclear what it would do with its manufacturing operations. Which Intel lacked," tweeted Bryan Catanzaro, vice president of applied deep learning research at Nvidia, who previously worked at Intel as an intern on the Larrabee project. The CPUs that made Intel big now have presented what Logan Purk, senior analyst at Edward Jones, called "the inventor's dilemma," when newer technology replaces established incumbents. Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm approached Intel to acquire its chip-designing business and, later, a merger deal, Reuters and the Journal reported, respectively.
Persons: , Pat Gelsinger, Stacy Rasgon, Paul Otellini, Otellini, OpenAI, chipmaker, Habana, Intel's, Gaudi, Rasgon, Bryan Catanzaro, Logan Purk, Edward Jones, nipping, Purk, TSMC, Mobile chipmaker, Dan Morgan, Morgan Organizations: Service, Intel, Business, Wall, Journal, Qualcomm, VMware, Bernstein Research, Atlantic, Apple, Microsoft, Systems, Habana Labs, Nvidia, Companies, AMD, Samsung, Mobile, Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm, Reuters, Apollo Global Management, Bloomberg, Broadcom, Biden Locations: Arizona, Ohio, Nervana
The truth about promotions
  + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
That was obviously a bad idea, and since then, we've spent a century and a half honing the art and science of promotions. To study promotions, the researchers conducted a series of clever experiments. But in other groups, managers were selected based on their own preferences. What did much better at predicting good managers was intelligence, as measured by a common IQ test. "Don't think, well, they like to talk, and therefore they're going to be a good manager."
Persons: we've, we're, David Deming, It's, Dunning, Kruger, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Deming, they'll, Aki Ito Organizations: National Bureau of Economic Research, Employees, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard, Tech, Business Locations: America
Self-compassionate touch, which can be practiced anywhere, can include stroking the upper arms like a hug. Milko/E+/Getty ImagesThe study showed a single 20-second session of self-compassionate touch significantly reduced stress, increased kindness to the participant and improved mental well-being. However, Hafeez noted that while self-compassionate touch showed similar mental health benefits to long-term therapy, it is not a complete substitute for it — especially among those with diagnosed mental health conditions. Instead, she advised people to think of self-compassionate touch as an added tool for their mental health toolbox. The study results showed the more people make self-compassionate touch a habit, the greater the mental health benefits.
Persons: Eli Susman, Susman, ” Susman, , , , Sanam Hafeez, Susan Evans, ” Evans, Hafeez, It’s, “ It’s, Jocelyn Solis, Moreira Organizations: CNN, University of California, Research, College, Weill Cornell Medical College Locations: Plum, France, Berkeley, New York City, New York
Many new programmers who start in Gaba's shoes turn to free YouTube videos or their pricey counterpart, programming courses. "I started learning programming very late in my life, around 25, and I was completely confused at the time," Gaba told Business Insider. In the search for alternative resources, Gaba discovered ways to access Google's programming courses for free. AdvertisementAuditing a Google programming course allows you to enroll without receiving credit or a certification. Gaba recommends Google's Machine Learning Crash Course as a great way to dabble in machine learning without being overwhelmed by every algorithm out there.
Persons: , Sahil Gaba, Gaba, SQL Gaba, GitHub Gaba, It's, Tess Martinelli Organizations: Service, Google, Business, Gaba, Amazon, Trade, Linux, SQL, Big Tech, Cybersecurity Locations: tmartinelli
CNN —The company that built and operated the Titan submersible asked employees to forego their pay as it faced economic challenges, according to former employees testifying before the US Coast Guard panel probing the vessel’s deadly implosion last year. OceanGate employees were asked to “defer our paychecks” at the start of 2023, Amber Bay, the company’s former director of administration, said Tuesday as part of a two-week hearing before the Marine Board of Investigation – the highest level of Coast Guard inquiry. The board is reviewing the cause of the June 2023 implosion during the submersible’s dive to the Titanic, which claimed the life of OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush and four others. Members of the Coast Guard's Titan Submersible Marine Board of Investigation listen during the hearing inside the Charleston County Council Chambers on September 23, 2024, in North Charleston, South Carolina. Lochridge raised safety concerns about the company’s operations, he testified, saying he had “no confidence whatsoever” in how the Titan was built.
Persons: , Amber Bay, , Rush, Phil Brooks, OceanGate’s, Brooks, Laura Bilson, OceanGate, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, David Lochridge, Lochridge, ” Lochridge, CNN’s Ray Sanchez Organizations: CNN, Titan, US Coast Guard, Marine Board, Investigation, Coast Guard, Stockton Rush, Everett, Marine, Chambers, NTSB Locations: Amber, ” Bay, Stockton, Washington, paychecks, OceanGate, Charleston County, North Charleston , South Carolina, Rush
The asteroid, dubbed 2024 PT5, is 33 feet long — roughly equivalent to a standard school bus. The asteroid is expected to enter Earth’s orbit Sunday and lurk there until Nov. 25, just over 56 days, Marcos said. Astronomers in Arizona spotted a different visiting mini-moon — a tiny asteroid named 2020 CD3 — in Earth’s orbit in February 2020. “A short mini-moon episode may last hours, days, weeks or a few months, and the affected object does not complete one revolution around Earth,” he said in an email. An early warning system for asteroids known as ATLAS (short for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) discovered 2024 PT5 in early August.
Persons: , Carlos de la Fuente Marcos, Marcos, It’s, ” Marcos Organizations: American Astronomical Society, Gran, Canarias, NASA, University of Hawaii Locations: Spain, Arizona, Canary
More than half of the nearly 580,000 eligible Latino voters in Pennsylvania are of Puerto Rican descent. Sapunar described Saturday's canvassing event as a "show of solidarity between the immigrant and the Puerto Rican community." The majority of Pennsylvania’s Latino eligible voters are of Puerto Rican descent. In a UnidosUS survey, Pennsylvania Latino voters' top policy issues included jobs and the economy, the rising cost of living, immigration and abortion. Pennsylvania voters had primarily favored Democrats in six presidential elections leading up to 2016, when Republicans won, turning Pennsylvania into a battleground state.
Persons: canvassers, there’s, ” Michael Jones, Correa, Tim Waltz, Hurricane Maria, Liza Colón, Zayas, Tina, Donald Trump, , , Tim Walz, Kamala Harris, Hamilton, Anthony Ramos, Luis Gutiérrez of, Flor Sapunar, Sapunar, Jones, Harris, Puerto Ricans, Joe Biden Organizations: Puerto Rican, University of Pennsylvania, NBC News, Puerto, Latino, Politics Institute, UCLA, Democratic, Latina, Saturday, Gov, YouTube, CASA, Rep, NBC, The, AA, Puerto Ricans, Trump, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Pennsylvania, Republicans Locations: Bethlehem, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rican, Hurricane, Puerto Rico, Luis Gutiérrez of Illinois, Puerto Rican . Lancaster, Johnstown, Puerto, U.S
The Summary California’s attorney general is suing ExxonMobil, alleging the company misled consumers into believing that recycling was a viable solution for plastic waste. California’s attorney general sued ExxonMobil on Monday, alleging that the company had waged a “campaign of deception” for decades to mislead consumers and convince them that recycling was a viable solution for plastic waste. I hope this is going to open the floodgates," said Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics, a nationwide project seeking to end plastic pollution. In 1973, industry leaders called those concerned about plastic waste “enemies,” according to internal communications from the Society of the Plastics Industry (now known as the Plastics Industry Association), which are cited in the lawsuit. In the U.S., the plastic recycling rate has never exceeded 9%, the lawsuit says.
Persons: Rob Bonta, Bonta, Judith Enck, Enck, Leehi, “ We’ve, ” Yona, Organizations: ExxonMobil, Superior Court of, Beyond Plastics, Exxon, Mobil, Boy Scouts, Society of, Plastics Industry, Plastics Industry Association, Council, Waste Solutions, Cornell University, Sierra Club, Surfrider Foundation Locations: Superior Court, Superior Court of California, San Francisco, California, U.S, Antarctica, Everest
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,
The Summary A new study found that some members of an octopus species hunt cooperatively in groups with fish. A new study shows that some members of the species Octopus cyanea maraud around the seafloor in hunting groups with fish, which sometimes include several fish species at once. It’s an indication that at least one octopus species has characteristics and markers of intelligence that scientists once considered common only in vertebrates. These hunting groups typically included several species of reef fish, such as grouper and goatfish. These are the ambush predators, the ones that don’t move, don’t look for prey,” Sampaio said.
Persons: aren’t, , Eduardo Sampaio, Simon Gingins, ” Sampaio, it’s, , Martha, I’ve, ” It’s, Jonathan Birch, ” Birch, cyanea Organizations: Max Planck, Animal, London School of Economics Locations: Eilat, Israel
This June 2024 photo provided by Aleut Community of St. Paul Island Ecosystem Conservation Office shows a rat trap that was placed under a residential building on St. Paul Island, Alaska, after a resident reported an alleged sighting. Rodents have been removed successfully from hundreds of islands worldwide — including one in Alaska’s Aleutian chain formerly known as “Rat Island,” according to the U.S. Around the developed areas of St. Paul, officials have set out blocks of wax — “chew blocks” — designed to record any telltale incisor bites. Still, it took nearly a year to catch the last known rat on St. Paul, which was believed to have hopped off a barge. The success of what was long called Rat Island, a tract in the Aleutians roughly half the size of Manhattan, shows how effective eradication programs can be.
Persons: stow, upending, we’ve, , Lauren Divine, Paul, Divine, , Paul ., Stacey Buckelew, Buckelew, Donald Lyons, “ It’s, I’ve Organizations: Aleut, St, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, U.S . Department, Agriculture, Fish, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife, Hawadax, National Audubon Locations: JUNEAU, Alaska, Bering, Paul, Pribilof, St, Paul Island , Alaska, U.S, Aleutians, Manhattan
JENKINS, Ky. — A Kentucky judge who authorities said was fatally shot by a sheriff last week was remembered Sunday as a pioneer who fought opioid addiction and favored treatment over jail for low-level drug offenders. Kentucky State Police said the shooting appears to have followed an argument. Kentucky Court of Justice via APDistrict Judge J. He was first appointed in 2009 to fill a judicial vacancy and served as a District Court judge for 14 years, the obituary said. At the service, District Judge James Craft told a story about a trip he and Mullins took to New York City years ago.
Persons: JENKINS, Kevin R, Mullins, Shawn M, Stines, can’t, , Debra Lambert, , didn’t, Patsy Holbrook Mullins, Judge J, Foster Cotthoff, Mullins “, ” Cotthoff, Kevin, Matt Brown, ” Brown, ” Mullins, James Craft, Craft, “ Kevin, ” Craft, Kimberly, Mya, Ava Organizations: Jenkins High, Authorities, Kentucky State Police, Mental Health, NBC News, Justice, AP, Judge, , Commonwealth, Addiction, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville Locations: Ky, , Kentucky, Letcher County, Mullins . Kentucky, Pikeville , Kentucky, New York
Not all of them make it to 100, but they do tend to enjoy relatively good health for longer than most people in the US. He has developed a two-part weekly plan for his own brain health based on his own research. AdvertisementThis doesn't mean that the average meat-eater's diet is a boon for brain health. Fatty fish, meat, and eggs are also rich in the nutrient choline. Plus, in addition to being good for bone health, there is some evidence that vitamin D is good for preserving brain function.
Persons: , there's, Gary Fraser, Fraser, what's, it's, Anthony Fauci, you'd Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Linda , California, North America, Loma, California, Fraser
Read previewFamed Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla thinks artificial intelligence will be able to do 80% of the work of 80% of jobs. He understands concerns over the idea of handing out cash to people who are pushed out of jobs by AI. Khosla wrote that it might seem "impractical" because of economic constraints. Related storiesYet Khosla expects the breadth of gains from AI will gradually reduce the economic constraints that animate some criticisms of UBI. Yet interventions are needed to help those hurt by broadening income disparities, Khosla said.
Persons: , Vinod Khosla, Khosla, Elon, Sam Altman, Pope Francis, haven't Organizations: Service, Sun Microsystems, Business Locations: OpenAI, Argentina, Venezuela
For people with non-standard speech, it can happen in nearly every interaction with this kind of technology — Israeli company Voiceitt aims to change that. By using personalized voice models, its AI-powered speech recognition system helps people with speech impairments, caused by conditions like cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s, Down Syndrome or stroke, communicate more effectively with both people and digital devices. For Voiceitt co-founder Sara Smolley, facilitating speech recognition for non-standard speech patterns is a personal mission. “By the time I was born, she had lost most of her motor capabilities, and her speech was impacted.”Voiceitt was launched as an app in 2021 and operated as a simple vocal translator, converting non-standard speech to audio. Voiceitt has developed integrations with WebEx and ChatGPT, along with a Google Chrome extension, which convert non-standard speech to captions shown on the screen.
Persons: CNN — You’ve, Sara Smolley, , , Voiceitt, Smolley, ” Smolley, Colin Hughes, Hughes, ” Hughes, it’s anonymized Organizations: CNN, Microsoft, University of Illinois ’ Beckman Institute, Advanced Science, Technology, Apple, Union
For companies running AI models, social media platforms offer valuable data. He added that he would opt out of allowing LinkedIn use his data for AI training. Different social platforms vary in terms of the options they give users to opt-out of contributing to AI systems. Here’s where some of the major social media platforms may be using your data to train and run AI models, and how (and if) you can opt out. LinkedInLinkedIn this week began giving users the choice to opt-out of having their data used to train it generative AI models.
Persons: New York CNN — OpenAI, , ” David Ogiste, , Elon Musk’s, Grok, , X, Snapchat, ’ selfies, Reddit Reddit, Reddit, won’t, private.Meta Organizations: New, New York CNN, LinkedIn, Nobody’s, CNN, Microsoft, , Media, Services, Google, Meta, Facebook Locations: New York, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Europe
Read previewYou don't have to cut out carbs to balance your blood sugar for better health and energy, according to a top nutrition researcher. Choose high-fiber carbs like whole grains and berriesThe type of carbs you chose can also influence your blood sugar response. A recent ZOE study found that people had a more moderate response in blood sugar when they ate a meal for breakfast, but a larger blood sugar response to the same meal when they ate it later in the day. Take a short walk after mealsAnother way to manage your blood sugar is to get moving, since exercise helps use up stored energy and makes you more sensitive to insulin, the hormone that regulates blood sugar. Advertisement"If you have poor night's sleep, you have a higher blood sugar response compared to if you have a good night's sleep.
Persons: , It's, Sarah Berry, Berry, dietitians, dietitian Bonnie Taub, Dix Organizations: Service, King's College, Business Locations: London
Newly released federal data shows the US tech workforce is younger than the workforce at large and getting younger still. Tech workers under 25 are becoming more common, while the proportion of workers older than 40 shrinks. There's an age-old perception that tech workers should be young so they can move fast and break things. One of the top qualifications to land a tech job, it seems, is to possess a birth certificate dated after 1990. Women make up just 22% of tech workers — the same proportion of jobs they held in 2005.
Persons: Z, Mark Zuckerberg, Maureen Clough, antiaging serums, Joanna Lahey, Lahey, ageism, John Zeman, Elon Musk, Zeman, John Rizzo, Rizzo, X, Daniel Jolles, Jolles, they're, Amanda Hoover Organizations: Tech, Commission, Texas, M University, Twitter, IBM, The London School of Economics, Business Locations: Silicon Valley, China
Not all of them make it to 100, but they do tend to enjoy relatively good health for longer than most people in the US. He has developed a two-part weekly plan for his own brain health based on his own research. AdvertisementThis doesn't mean that the average meat-eater's diet is a boon for brain health. It doesn't tend to include much of any red meat or milk, but there are two core components he points to that are aimed at preserving brain health. Fatty fish, meat, and eggs are also rich in the nutrient choline.
Persons: , there's, Gary Fraser, Fraser, what's, it's, Anthony Fauci, you'd Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Linda , California, North America, Loma, California, Fraser
Read previewNASA's James Webb Space Telescope floored astronomers and spectators across the globe when it released its first full-color images. Even those preliminary snapshots revealed countless stars, galaxies, and fine details that hadn't been seen before. A side-by-side collage of the same area taken by Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope in its very first image. In the JWST image, you can see galaxies in the background that were invisible to HubbleA few galaxies that are clearly visible in the JWST image, but not the Hubble image. The JWST image also revealed the stellar nurseries created as galaxies mergeThe JWST image shows a region of gas compressed between merging galaxies.
Persons: , James Webb, Webb, Joseph DePasquale, JWST, hadn't, Eric Smith, Hubble, STScI Webb, Mark McCaughrean, McCaughrean, Amber Straughn, Jane Rigby, we've Organizations: Service, Business, NASA, ESA, CSA, Hubble, James Webb Space, Hubble Heritage, European Space Agency Locations: JWST
CNN —The surviving co-founder of the company that owned the doomed Titan submersible is scheduled to testify Monday as a US Coast Guard panel continues to investigate what led to the implosion that killed five people last year. The Marine Board of Investigation’s two-week hearing began September 16 and is expected to resume Monday with OceanGate co-founder Guillermo Sohnlein, who in January 2013 left the company, set to testify, the Coast Guard’s hearing schedule shows. In 2009, Sohnlein and CEO Stockton Rush launched the Washington state-based company that created the experimental 23,000-pound submersible. The submersible lost contact with its support vessel, the Polar Prince, an hour and 45 minutes into its dive on June 18, 2023. Former OceanGate director of marine operations David Lochridge, center, stands during his testimony on September 17, 2024.
Persons: OceanGate, Guillermo Sohnlein, Sohnlein, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Sohnlein’s, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Rush, , ” Sohnlein, David Lochridge, Andrew J, Whitaker, ” Lochridge, Steven Ross, Ross, Antonella Wilby, Wilby, , , ” Roy Thomas, Phil Brooks Organizations: CNN, US Coast Guard, Marine Board, Stockton Rush, Marine Board of Investigation, Coast Guard, American Bureau of Shipping Locations: Washington
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