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☆ Hawaii wildfires 2023: New report details problems and heroism from Maui’s disastrous infernos
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Holly Yan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Among them: Chief officers and some Maui Fire Department staff used “WhatsApp” for situational awareness updates, but not everyone in the department used the app. Despite this, the collective actions by MFD and law enforcement saved many lives and property across the island,” the report says. “Battalion Chiefs initiated upstaffing for some resources on the morning of August 8” – the day the four major wildfires ignited. “MFD requested law enforcement to facilitate evacuations over the radio. “That is still under investigation with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,” Maui Fire Department Chief Brad Ventura said Tuesday.

Persons: ” “, “, ”, Anne Lopez, –, upstaffing, Brad Ventura, ” Ventura, Ventura Organizations: CNN, Maui Fire Department, National Weather Service, Western Fire Chiefs Association, Staff, Hawaii’s, Fire Safety Research Institute, BCs, State, “ Battalion Chiefs, ICS, Incident Command, Hawaiian Electric Company, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives Locations: Maui, “, Lahaina

☆ Healthcare staff use their panic buttons more often during a full moon, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Healthcare workers use their panic buttons more often during a full moon, a study found. Regardless of the moon, healthcare workers are five times more likely to face workplace violence. A new study suggests that healthcare workers use their panic buttons more frequently during a full moon, according to an analysis by Canopy, a hospital safety company. Regardless of the phase of the moon, healthcare workers have always faced a greater degree of workplace violence and, in recent years, it has only gotten worse. Surveys among nurses and physicians have reported significant increases in rates of violence toward healthcare workers since 2018.

Persons: —, Axios, Shan Sinha Organizations: Hospital staff, Service, US Bureau of Labor Statistics

☆ The world is splitting between those who use ChatGPT to get better, smarter, richer — and everyone else
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

There is growing evidence that artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT can make you more efficient and capable at work. And the effect will be particularly noticeable if no one else in the company is using AI in this way. All said that outsourcing time-consuming, small jobs to AI tools freed up their time. AI at work still needs careful handlingThere are obvious caveats to using AI to do your work for you. Some companies also have specific rules for AI tools due to fears around copyright or data security.

Persons: ChatGPT, —, OpenAI's, techies, Google's, Matt Calkins, Appian, It's, Shakespeare, Shona Ghosh Organizations: Service, Harvard Business School, Boston Consulting, Developers, Microsoft, Workers

[1/2] The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S., August 31, 2023. The lower court rejected the argument made by the defendants that with the secret recording they were exercising their right to free speech under the U.S. Constitution. Various activist groups on the left and right conduct undercover operations often involving secret recording. Planned Parenthood has said the defendants are "ideological activists" - not journalists - whose videos were heavily edited as part of a smear campaign aimed at destroying the organization. Using a shell company and fake identification, the activists gained access to Planned Parenthood and National Abortion Federation conferences and other locations where they recorded staff using hidden cameras.

Persons: Kevin Wurm, David Daleiden, Daleiden, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S, Supreme, REUTERS, Rights, Center for Medical Progress, Planned, U.S . Constitution, Abortion Federation, Medical, Circuit, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, U.S ., California, San Francisco

☆ Malaysia PM says switch to dual 5G network can allow participation by China's Huawei
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

A Huawei's staff uses her smartphone at the telecommunication company's Customer Experience Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 11, 2022. REUTERS/Hussain Hasnoor/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsKUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Wednesday the country's switch to a dual 5G network will allow for more effective participation by China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd.Malaysia in May had said it would allow a second 5G network to operate from next year, following concerns over a monopoly held by a single state-run network. Reporting by Rozanna Latiff; Editing by Martin PettyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Hussain Hasnoor, Anwar Ibrahim, Rozanna Latiff, Martin Petty Organizations: REUTERS, Malaysia, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, Thomson Locations: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, KUALA LUMPUR

☆ Goldman Sachs is pressuring workers to return to the office 5 days a week. Here's how its tough RTO stance compares with Meta, Zoom, and others.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Goldman Sachs is ramping up efforts to make staff return to the office five days a week. "We have continued to encourage employees to work in the office five days a week." Speaking about the return to office, CEO Eric Yuan told employees earlier this month that relying on video calls prevented employees from building trust and limited their innovation. The mandate aims to help workers "foster healthy relationships and strong collaboration," the company told workers in an email. Businesses urging workers to return say that in-person working cultivates a more open company culture and creates more opportunities for collaboration.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, who've, Jacqueline Arthur, Zoom, Eric Yuan, they'd Organizations: Service, Bloomberg, Meta, Employees Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ US to send Ukraine new security aid worth $200 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Military aid, delivered as part of the United States of America's security assistance to Ukraine, is unloaded from a plane at the Boryspil International Airport outside Kyiv, Ukraine February 11, 2022. REUTERS/Serhiy Takhmazov/File PhotoWASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it will send Ukraine new security assistance valued at $200 million, including air defense munitions, artillery rounds, and additional mine-clearing equipment. "I want to thank the United States today for the new package. Washington is currently working on a supplemental budget request to continue to aid Kyiv, the U.S. officials said. Monday's announcement of $200 million would be the first tranche of a $6.2 billion windfall of previously authorized Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), the officials said.

Persons: Serhiy Takhmazov, Antony Blinken, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Paul Grant, Ismail Shakil, Bernadette Baum, Conor Humphries Organizations: Boryspil, REUTERS, United, Reuters, Pentagon, Munitions, Patriots, Thomson Locations: United States, Ukraine, Kyiv, Washington, U.S

☆ Russian missile hits hotel used by UN in Zaporizhzhia -officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] A view shows a site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine August 10, 2023. REUTERS/Viacheslav RatynskyiLVIV, Ukraine, Aug 10 (Reuters) - A Russian missile struck a hotel in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Thursday evening, leaving one dead and 16 injured, Ukrainian officials said. National police said an Iskander missile hit the city at 7:20 p.m. (1620 GMT). A fire broke out in a civilian building after the occupiers hit it with a missile," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Two young women and a man were killed and nine other people were wounded in a Russian missile attack on Wednesday.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Yuriy Malashko, Denise Brown, Maria Starkova, Maria Tsvetkova, Leslie Adler, Cynthia Osterman, Chris Reese Organizations: REUTERS, National, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia, Viacheslav, LVIV, Ukrainian, Dnipro, Lviv, New York

☆ US to send Kyiv first $200 mln of arms freed by $6.2 bln 'accounting error'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Mike Stone | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Wolfgang... Read moreWASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration will announce $200 million of new weapons aid for Ukraine as soon as Tuesday, U.S. officials told Reuters, as it begins to dole out $6.2 billion of funds discovered after a Pentagon accounting error over-valued billions of Ukraine aid, two U.S. officials said on Monday. Ukraine needs weaponry that can be shipped from U.S. stocks in a matter of days or weeks so it can keep up its fight to repel Russia's invasion - the accounting error worked to Kyiv's benefit because more equipment can be sent. Washington is currently working on a supplemental budget request to continue to aid Kyiv, the U.S. officials said. Tuesday's expected announcement of $200 million would be the first tranche of the $6.2 billion windfall of previously authorized Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), the officials said. Reporting by Mike Stone in Washington; Editing by David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Boris Pistorius, Lloyd Austin, Jens Stoltenberg, Wolfgang, Read, Joe Biden's, Tuesday's, Lockheed Martin, Mike Stone, David Gregorio Our Organizations: German, NATO, Ramstein Air Base, REUTERS, Reuters, Pentagon, Lockheed, Lockheed Martin Corp, Patriot, RTX Corp, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, U.S, Ramstein, Miesenbach, Germany, WASHINGTON, Kyiv, Washington

CATANIA, Italy, July 26 (Reuters) - A fire early last week at Sicily's main airport is still causing massive disruption for visitors to the island, laying bare the disorganisation and poor infrastructure that challenge Italy's tourism ambitions. The fire broke out on July 17 at Catania airport, below Mount Etna, which acts as a hub for the east of Sicily and attracts more arrivals than the capital Palermo. Some disruption was inevitable, but visitors describe scenes of utter chaos that jar with the government's jaunty "Welcome to Wonder" advertising campaign, which aims to attract tourists using a computerised "influencer" version of Venus. "We are now told our flight won't leave before 6 p.m. (1600 GMT). "Airport people were shouting the names of the flights to be boarded, but what happens if you don't hear them?," she said.

Persons: Julie, Maria Grazia Salamone, Ugo Zinna, Guglielmino, Alberto Chiumento, Gavin Jones, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: CATANIA, Italy, Sicily's, Catania, Mount Etna, Sicily, Palermo, California, Taormina, Syracuse, Rome, Genoa, Catania's, Belpasso

☆ Former Special Forces engineer says Russian minefields are unlike anything he has ever seen and battling these hidden death traps is 'exhausting'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The former US Special Forces engineer says the overwhelming numbers of land mines is wildly different from anything he saw in Afghanistan. "There are millions and millions of mines in Ukraine," many put down by the Ukrainians, but significantly more by the Russians. The Russians have "the capability to lay millions and millions of land mines, and they do," he said, stressing that "the biggest shaping factor of this war is land mines." "Any movement, offense, or counteroffense, assaults, or anything like that, the commander has to take into account land mines," Hendrickson said. "The casualties that the Ukrainians are suffering on this offensive," Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff US Army Gen. Mark Milley said this week, "they're from minefields — minefields that are covered with direct fire from anti-tank hunter-killer teams, that sort of thing."

Persons: Ryan Hendrickson, Hendrickson, Ercin, Getty Images Hendrickson, Valery Zaluzhny, Mark Milley Organizations: US Special Forces, Ukrainian YouTube, Service, US Army Special Forces, Green Berets, Ukrainian Toronto Television, 35th Marine Brigade, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Rights, Toronto Television, Group, Getty Images, Washington Post, Joint Chiefs, Staff US Locations: Ukraine, Afghanistan, Ukrainian, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Donetsk, Laos, Cambodia

☆ The Phoenix Suns made it to the NBA finals in 2021 for the first time in 28 years. They had 5G to thank.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Sarah Sloat | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Phoenix Suns made it to the NBA finals in 2021 for the first time in 28 years. In 2021, the Phoenix Suns made it to the NBA finals for the first time in 28 years. The 5G Performance Center is outfitted with several features that capture real-time player data during practice and workouts. The Suns' facility is outfitted with cameras, sensors, AI, and moreIt's a major step up from the Phoenix Suns' previous training facility, which was in the basement of the arena. For now, no other NBA training facility is using 5G in the same way.

Persons: Chris Paul, Brian Mecum, Mecum Organizations: Phoenix Suns, NBA, Verizon, Suns

☆ Wimbledon 2023: Novak Djokovic takes on grass-drying duties during first-round victory
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Novak Djokovic had a brief stint as a groundsman during his first-round match at Wimbledon on Monday, using his towel to dry the grass on Centre Court. When the match resumed, Djokovic triumphed 6-3 6-3 7-6 (7-4) against the Argentine to kick off his pursuit of a fifth straight Wimbledon title. “It was definitely frustrating, of course, for the crowd waiting for us to come out on the court,” said Djokovic. After five, 10 minutes, we were out and about.”Unperturbed by the delay, Djokovic breezed through his first-round encounter against Cachín in a playing time of two hours and 12 minutes. His bid to capture a third grand slam title this year will continue on Wednesday against Australia’s Jordan Thompson, who came from two sets down to defeat American Brandon Nakashima 2-6 2-6 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 6-3.

Persons: CNN — Novak Djokovic, Pedro Cachín, Djokovic, “, ” Djokovic, Susan Mullane, ”, Australia’s Jordan Thompson, Brandon Nakashima Organizations: CNN, Wimbledon, Court, Argentine, Djokovic breezed, Cachín

☆ 11 slang terms you'll only hear in prison, according to correctional officers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Jenny Powers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Insider spoke to former correctional officers about the slang terms used to do their jobs. Correctional officers, like professionals in a variety of industries and fields, use specific terminology to describe their on-the-job routine and duties. It's also crucial for prison officers to have an understanding of the lingo used by inmates. Insider spoke to several former officers who shared some of the slang terms used within the confines of prison walls — along with their definitions. Bean hole/Bean slotA bean hole — also known as a bean slot — is the metal opening in the prison cell door.

Persons: it's, —, It's, Vargas, they're, Ralph Ortiz, We'd, Vargas D, Bean, chow, Bobby M, Ortiz, they've Organizations: Service, Correctional Locations: —, Rikers

☆ Leaked audio and emails reveal how leaders at flying car startup Kittyhawk scrambled to execute orders when Larry Page returned, and told workers to 'drink the Kool-Aid'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Google cofounder Larry Page took back control of his flying-car company Kittyhawk last year. One employee told Anderson it would take three weeks to get ahold of one particular component they needed. "When I told [Larry] three weeks, he was not sympathetic and immediately told me I was wrong," Anderson said. I don't know that you're wrong, but Larry Page tells me you're wrong. "Please ignore Doug's email," Thrun responded in a follow-up email to the company.

☆ A tech CEO who's rolling out AI across his company says it will give workers 'superpowers' because it's 'crazy powerful'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Job van der Voort, CEO of HR-tech company Remote, says AI will give workers "superpowers." Van der Voort said he thinks AI won't replace workers but will instead transform their jobs. AI "gives you superpowers," van der Voort said. AI "is going to transform every single business going forward, I think without any exception," van der Voort said. But rather than replacing people's jobs completely, van der Voort said said that AI would instead cause a redeployment of the workforce.

[1/5] Destroyed carriages are seen on the site of a crash, where two trains collided, near the city of Larissa, Greece, March 3, 2023. Police said 31 bodies have now been identified - almost all from DNA tests as the crash was so violent. Not long before the crash, his son had told him he would be late and would call. In school yards in Athens, students used their bags to write the words "Call me when you get there," a phrase that has become one of the protest slogans. Work continued at the crash site, where rescue staff used cranes to lift some carriages thrown off the tracks.

☆ A tech CEO apologized for quoting Martin Luther King Jr. when announcing layoffs, calling it 'inappropriate and insensitive'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

PagerDuty's CEO has apologized for quoting Martin Luther King Jr. in an email about mass layoffs. The quote was "inappropriate and insensitive" and the email's tone was wrong, CEO Jennifer Tejada said. "It is unbelievably callous to announce layoffs and the promotion of executives in the same email," one person wrote on Twitter. "The quote I included from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was inappropriate and insensitive. I should have been more upfront about the layoffs in the email, more thoughtful about my tone, and more concise.

Amazon, Microsoft, and Google announced layoffs of a total of 40,000 employees this week. Tech companies embarked on a massive hiring spree as the Covid-era made their products the backbone of the world's remote-working offices. The era of tech companies spending like rock stars is overOver the last decade Big Tech companies spent money "like 1980's rock stars," wrote Dan Ives, managing director at the investment firm Wedbush . On the other end, tech companies may look much different this decade as they did in the last. As companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft cut costs, they'll find ways to operate leaner, and their stock prices will stabilize.

☆ Brooklyn hospital network reverts to paper charts for weeks after cyberattack
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —A network of three hospitals in Brooklyn, New York, has had to work off paper charts for weeks following a cyberattack on its computer systems in late November, the hospital group’s chief executive told CNN Monday. The hack affected “clinical applications,” including “those used for imaging and other critical services,” but many of those applications have been restored, One Brooklyn Health CEO LaRay Brown said in an email. One Brooklyn Health operates Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Interfaith Medical Center and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center. “No patients were adversely effected,” Brown told CNN in an email Monday, adding that the hospitals remain open to patients. Brookdale Hospital is located in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, one of the poorest areas in New York City.

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX had the corporate governance of a college fraternity, congressman says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A congressman likened collapsed exchange FTX's corporate governance to a college fraternity. "It would be laughable were it not so serious," congressman Ritchie Torres said. In reality, the company was more like a college fraternity, congressman Ritchie Torres says, with haphazard and reckless bookkeeping practices. "FTX had the corporate governance of a fraternity," Torres, a member of the House Financial Services Committee, told Coindesk TV on Wednesday. The now-bankrupt exchange used QuickBooks, an accounting software generally used by smaller businesses, not multi-billion dollar companies.

☆ Elon Musk said Twitter will start showing users how many people have seen their tweets, and got Jack Dorsey's approval
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk tweeted that Twitter will introduce a new feature showing "view count" on tweets, soon. Musk says he wants to improve transparency around so-called "shadow banning" on the site. Musk tweeted: "Tweets will show view count in a few weeks, just like videos do. Musk was responding to a thread discussing the issue of shadow banning on Twitter. Musk tweeted later that the group often made controversial decisions "without getting Jack's approval," who has "a pure heart imo."

☆ Dozens of fired Meta employees are writing heart-wrenching 'badge posts' on social media
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Meta employees who were laid off this week are writing "badge posts" on LinkedIn to share memories. A "badge post" is a tradition where departing Meta employees post their ID with a goodbye message. "Not the badge post I ever imagined doing," former Meta technical sourcer Kate Greentree wrote on LinkedIn. Not all "badge posts" from former Meta staff were so positive, however. Here's a round-up of LinkedIn "badge posts" uploaded by people who were laid off from Meta:

☆ Jeff Bezos made housekeepers go 'without rest or meal breaks' and work in 'unsafe and unsanitary' settings, suit says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | David K. Li | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos subjected housekeepers to "unsafe and unsanitary" conditions, barring them from rest breaks and easy access to bathrooms, according to a lawsuit filed in Seattle this week. The civil action by Mercedes Wedaa also accused Bezos' subordinates of racial discrimination against Hispanic houseworkers in favor of their white counterparts. In addition to extended work shifts that went as long as 14 hours with no breaks, there was "no reasonably accessible bathroom for the housekeepers," the lawsuit said. The lawsuit later claimed that housekeepers "frequently developed Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)" due to not having easy access to restrooms. Bezos has a network of about $113 billion and is the world's fourth richest man, according to Forbes magazine.

The watchdog's latest annual report said it had 72 open insider dealing cases as of 31 March 2022, compared to 71 the prior year. It had 88 open insider dealing cases as of March 2020, before the pandemic gripped Britain. Stamping out market abuse such as insider dealing – trading a company's publicly-quoted securities with access to confidential, market-moving information - is a key enforcement area for the FCA. The FCA said the insider dealing arrests and searches disclosed to Reuters related to suspect activity both before and after March 2020, when Britain first imposed COVID-19 lockdowns. The watchdog added they were unrelated to four insider dealing prosecutions it had commenced since March 2020.

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