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☆ Why Europe’s youth are flirting with the far-right
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

In this month’s European Parliament elections, far-right parties performed predictably well – but especially, and unexpectedly, among young people. Far-right parties enjoyed a similar uptick in support in the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Austria, and continued to do well in Italy. Gonzalo Fuentes/ReutersBut young voters appear less concerned by these roots, says Simon Schnetzer, author of a recent survey of Germany’s youth. But the burst in support for far-right parties could spell a darker trend. This success of far-right parties should be a warning to Europe’s mainstream.

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☆ The 'Dogs of the Dow' are doing well even as investors chase Nvidia higher
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A cohort known as the "dogs" of the Dow Jones Industrial Average is a changing list of stocks with the highest dividend yield at the end of each year. For those who subscribed to the dogs theory, there's largely been upside — with 7 of the 9 stocks beating the Dow. These stats are current as of Monday afternoon: Verizon runs the dog house with the highest current dividend yield at 6.6%. The stock also has a current dividend yield of 3.4%. While Goldman Sachs has seen the best year-to-date performance, the bank has the lowest current dividend yield on the list at just 2.4%.

Persons: It's, Michael O'Higgins, Dow, — Goldman Sachs —, FactSet, Bank of America's Tal Liani, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Dow Jones, Nvidia, Dow, CNBC Pro, Verizon, Cisco, Bank of America's, Walgreens Locations: FactSet

☆ A bearish options trade that wins if Nvidia and the QQQs continue to cool off
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Nishant Pant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Nvidia (NVDA) is finally showing signs of profit-taking, suggesting that the entire technology sector might be ready for a breather. This could present many bearish trading setups in various stocks because of the influence Nvidia has had leading the AI bubble. For now, let's focus on making a bearish trade in the Invesco QQQ Trust , an ETF that tracks the Nasdaq 100 index. The Trade The trade structure I have chosen here is called a Bear Call Spread also known as a Call Credit Spread. As long as QQQ stays below $483 in the next 17 days, this trade will return a 38% ROI on the money risked.

Persons: Nishant Pant Organizations: Nvidia, Trust, CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL

☆ Paris Olympics 2024: Inside the landmark Olympic Village
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Joshua Berlinger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Paris CNN —When Paris last hosted the Summer Olympics 100 years ago, organizers were so keen to bring athletes under the same roof that they built the first-ever Olympic Village. Athletes sitting in front of a cabin in the Olympic Village at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. The site for the Olympic Village was chosen in the hopes it would revitalize some of the city’s historically impoverished northern suburbs. A stool made from recyclable cardboard on display in the athletes' accommodation in the Olympic Village in Saint Denis, France. Nathan Laine/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesA cardboard bed inside an athletes' room at the Olympic Village in Saint Denis, France.

Persons: ”, Georgina Grenon, Denis, Saint, ‘, Nathan Laine, Grenon, Joshua Berlinger, ” Grenon, Jerome Giacomoni, Giacomoni, ” Sebastian Coe, Laurent Michaud, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, “, ” Hidalgo, Vandoorne, Derek Van Dam Organizations: Paris CNN —, Paris, Topical, Hulton, Olympic, Organizers, Games, BBC, Bloomberg, Getty, CNN, World, Paralympic, International Energy Agency, Reuters, Paris Mayor Locations: City, Paris, France, Saint, Ile, London, Seine, Tokyo, Saint Denis, Europe

☆ An American mom raising teens in Paris said French parents don't check or track their kids' phones — and give them privacy for sex
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The book's title in the UK was "French Children Don't Throw Food," summing up her observation that they were better behaved because of the less angsty approach. She said it was unusual for French parents to track their adolescents' location using the GPS on their phones. In contrast, French parents spent almost an hour less "together time" with their kids in 2020 than they did 55 years earlier. The mom added that French parents ensure that they are not defined as such. If you'd like to share it with Business Insider, please send details to jridley@businessinsider.com.

Persons: —, Pamela Druckerman, Druckerman, Dimitry Kostyukov, I've, aren't, Timothy A, Clary Organizations: Service, Business, American, Financial Times Locations: Paris, Miami, America, France, Spain, Canada

☆ New satellite will do double duty monitoring Earth and space weather
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Forecasters will soon be able to see real-time mapping of lightning activity on Earth and keep a closer eye on solar storms unleashed by the sun thanks to a new weather satellite. The weather satellite lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:26 p.m. What sets GOES-U apart from other satellites is that it’s carrying a new capability to keep an eye on space weather. The coronagraph will provide continuous observations of the solar corona, or the hot outer layer of the sun’s atmosphere, which is where space weather events originate, said Elsayed Talaat, director of NOAA’s Office of Space Weather Observations. The instrument’s capabilities will allow NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center to issue warnings and watches one to four days in advance and “mark a new chapter in space weather observatoions,” Talaat said.

Persons: ”, Ken Graham, Elsayed Talaat, ” Talaat, Steve Volz, ” Graham, Sullivan, Pam Sullivan Organizations: CNN, NASA, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Environmental, SpaceX, Kennedy Space Center, NOAA, National Weather Service, YouTube, GOES, Atmospheric Imaging, NOAA’s, Service Locations: Florida, Africa, New Zealand, Central, South America, Caribbean

☆ Karen Read murder trial: Prosecutors accuse her of drunken crash while defense alleges a vast police cover-up
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Eric Levenson | Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Is Karen Read a rage-filled cop killer, or the convenient patsy of a vast police cover-up? That’s the question put to a Massachusetts jury on Tuesday in closing arguments of her murder trial in a case that has riveted the Bay State. After closing arguments Tuesday morning, the jury began deliberations at about 1:30 p.m. and continued for about three hours. A drunken Read then struck him with the vehicle and fled, leaving him to die in the snowy cold, prosecutors say. “Lie, obfuscate, manipulate, alter, and when they’re caught, they just excuse it away,” Jackson said in closing arguments.

Persons: CNN —, Karen Read, John O’Keefe, O’Keefe, Adam Lally, “, Alan Jackson, ” Read, ” Eva Jenkins, Steven Senne, Michael Proctor, Read, ”, Proctor, Maura Healey, inexcusable ”, ” Jackson, Chloe –, Firefighters, ” Lally, O’Keefe’s, “ John, they’re, “ That’s, ” Aidan Kearney, Turtleboy, Kearney Organizations: CNN, Boston Police, Boston, Prosecutors, Norfolk Superior Court, Massachusetts State Police, WCVB, WBZ Locations: Massachusetts, State, Canton, Bourne , Massachusetts, Norfolk, Dedham , Massachusetts, Fairview

☆ 'Perfect Match' fans were shocked by the season two winners. Now cast members are claiming secret pacts swayed the vote.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read preview"Perfect Match" season two fans were surprised when the newest couple were named the show's winners. Now, cast members are accusing each other of forming secret pacts to sway the vote. Did they deserve to win 'Perfect Match?' That may have been the case with "Perfect Match" season two. Dom Gabriel, who starred in both seasons of "Perfect Match," said the house was a lot more "wholesome" in season one because no one had a "competitive spirit."

Persons: —, messier, Christine Obanor, Nigel Jones, Chris Hahn, Harry Jowsey, Christine, Nigel, Harry, Chris, Stevan Ditter, Stevan, Dom Gabriel Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Netflix's

☆ Right-wing media figures are desperately pushing conspiracy theories about Biden ahead of the debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Donald Trump’s allies in right-wing media have a problem ahead of CNN’s presidential debate: They’ve set the bar too low for President Joe Biden. That might sound like an exaggeration to those who don’t tune in to Fox News or listen to talk radio, but it has been a real and constant theme in the right-wing media universe. That’s a worry for right-wing media figures, which risk seeing their bogus narrative about Biden being ripped up in real time. One such claim boosted by Trump’s media allies is the conspiracy theory — which lacks any evidence — that the president will be on performance-enhancing supplements or drugs during the debate. While it is an absurd accusation, it is one MAGA Media is gleefully pushing, even attempting to do so on CNN’s own air.

Persons: CNN — Donald Trump’s, They’ve, Joe Biden, MAGA, Biden, That’s, Megyn Kelly, ” Kelly, Barack Obama’s, Trump, “, ” Trump, Jesse Watters, ”, Biden “, Sean Hannity, Jake Tapper, Dana Bash, Tapper, Kasie Hunt, Karoline Leavitt, Leavitt, Hunt, ” Hunt Organizations: CNN, MAGA Media, Fox News, Trump, Democratic Locations: Washington

☆ Venture firms could be the latest target for AI disruption, and that's not the only threat to VCs
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In today's big story, we're looking at how AI could completely upend venture capitalism amid a wider shakeup for the industry . The generative AI boom was a welcome change for a venture industry looking for a new trend to back (and hopefully profit from). Some of the adjustments aren't novel to the VC industry. ACME Capital; Getty Images, Chelsea Jia Feng/BIThe VC industry might be doomed with or without AI. AdvertisementScott Stanford, a cofounder and partner at early-stage VC firm ACME Capital, told BI's Blake Dodge that half of today's VC firms will shutter in the next decade .

Persons: —, VCs zentilia, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, Insider's Ben Bergman, Ben, Long, Scott Stanford, Chelsea Jia Feng, BI's Blake Dodge, Hany Nada, Jared Siskin, Bobby Jain's, Jonathan Barton, Jain, Rebecca Zisser, OpenAI, Apple, Elif, Jeff Bezos, Robert Winnett, Will Lewis, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, Annie Smith, Grace Lett, Amanda Yen Organizations: Service, Business, ACME, Getty, ACME Capital, Stanford, BI, Madison, Conservancy, Jain, EV, Ford, European, Regulators, Anadolu Agency, Getty Images, Washington, Harvard, Leagues Locations: today's, Wall, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Europe, Brazil, Southeast Asia, London, American, Paris, New York, Chicago

☆ NASA waves off spacewalk after astronaut suit springs a leak
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

NASA officials called off the spacewalk because of a water leak in the cooling unit of one of the astronauts’ spacesuits. The leak, which affected the suit donned by NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, sprang up just after the suits were transferred to battery power just before they exited the space station. Today's spacewalk with @NASA_Astronauts Tracy C. Dyson and Mike Barratt has been cancelled due to a spacesuit cooling unit water leak. The delayed spacewalk is only the latest in a string of setbacks around operations on the International Space Station in recent weeks. The Starliner spacecraft has been on its first crewed test flight to the space station.

Persons: ’, Tracy Dyson, Dyson, Mike Barratt, @NASA_Astronauts Tracy C, XaM0jSDTKp, ” Dyson, Matthew Dominick, It’s Organizations: CNN, NASA, Space

☆ Finally, an answer to a mystery surrounding these 1,000-year-old trees
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Tom Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

A team of international academics successfully sequenced the genomes of each of the eight baobab species, examining their relationship with one another and concluded that they originated in Madagascar. "Avenue of the Baobabs" in Western Madagascar is one of the most spectacular collections of the unusual trees. Gavinevans/Creative CommonsOnly one baobab species is not included in the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species: A. digitata, which populates mainland Africa. The likelihood of finding fossil evidence to rubberstamp the conclusions of the genetic data is slim, Dr. Wan conceded. So perhaps these majestic trees may retain some of their mystery after all.

Persons: ”, Wan Jun, Nan, Wan, Seheno, Andriantsaralaza, “, Dr, Organizations: CNN, Biologists, Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens, University of Antananarivo, Queen Mary University of London, IUCN, USAID Locations: Madagascar, Africa, Australia, Wuhan, Hubei, China, baobabs, Queen, Western Madagascar, “

☆ Flipping a famous fossil around reveals our earliest vertebrate ancestor, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Scientists recently identified the animal’s nerve cord by using a topsy-turvy twist. In 2012, after decades of studying Pikaia fossils, researchers described its fossilized internal structures in great detail. However, recent analysis of Pikaia fossils by another team of scientists, published June 11 in the journal Current Biology, has upended this view and all other earlier studies about Pikaia. The presumed blood vessel was a nerve cord, a feature associated with the animal group known as chordates, in the phylum Chordata. While there are no living analogues for Pikaia, the fossil arthropod data gave the scientists a more detailed frame of reference for Pikaia’s nerve cord.

Persons: Charles Doolittle Wolcott, Giovanni Mussini, Pikaia, ”, Jon Mallatt, Mallatt, “ Pikaia’s, Jakob Vinther, Mussini, ” Mussini, we’ve, ” Mallatt, ” Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, Smithsonian National Museum of, Royal Ontario Museum, University of Idaho, University of Bristol, University of Cambridge, Scientific Locations: Burgess, British Columbia, macroevolution, United Kingdom, mudskippers, chordates

☆ Disney's 'Inside Out 2' could be the first billion-dollar movie of 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Disney and Pixar's "Inside Out 2" could be the first film since Warner Bros.' "Barbie" to top $1 billion at the global box office. "Inside Out 2" has yet to open in Japan, which contributed nearly $33 million to the $850.5 million global total of the first film in 2015. Before "Inside Out 2," no Disney animated feature from Pixar or Walt Disney Animation had generated more than $480 million at the global box office since 2019. "'Inside Out 2's' performance is the culmination of many things," said Shawn Robbins, founder and owner of Box Office Theory. Last year, that audience came out in droves for Universal's "The Super Mario Bros. Movie," which generated more than $1.36 billion at the global box office.

Persons: Phyllis Smith, Amy Poehler, Paul Dergarabedian, Shawn Robbins, Mario, Robbins, NBCUniversal Organizations: Disney, Warner Bros, Pixar, Walt Disney Animation, Force, Mario Bros, Comcast, CNBC Locations: Japan, NBCUniversal

☆ High valuations of Apple and Microsoft get a pass. Nvidia does not but should
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

Sure enough, the next day began a historic ascent of Apple stock, an in-your-face rally that many thought made no sense. There's a coalescence of two themes, high speed, accelerated computing and increasingly intelligent AI, and neither works without Nvidia chips. I know that it seems impossible to ponder Nvidia's stock going any higher or passing Apple and Microsoft and staying ahead of it. Ask yourself, does any company match Jensen and Nvidia right now? I say let others be baffled over the Apple versus Microsoft versus Nvidia conundrum.

Persons: WWDC, Tim Cook, Tim, Claude, hasn't, Moore, Elon Musk, Nvidia's, Jensen Huang, Jensen, Ben Franklin, Franklin, Da Vinci, — Jensen, Steve Jobs, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Jim Cramer Rob Kim Organizations: Apple, Developers, Microsoft, Club, Dell, HP Inc, PC, Micron, Nvidia, Computers, Intel, AMD, Pentium, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Franklin Institute, Oracle, Google, GTC Conference, Cisco, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC Locations: Philadelphia, Rome, Jensen

☆ Hate Apple’s ‘By the Seaside’ alarm tune? You’re not alone
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Then Apple’s “By the Seaside” alarm sound went off. Moktan chose the jaunty, cheerful tune available as a ringtone and alarm on many of Apple’s devices, thinking that the song’s easygoing melody would make waking up a peaceful experience. Gyaltsen Moktan, a 26-year-old English teacher in Tokyo, says that "By the Seaside" reminds him of horror movie music. Courtesy Gyaltsen Moktan“By the Seaside” is perhaps Apple’s most polarizing alarm and ringtone, evoking comparisons to nails on a chalkboard, the word “moist” and screaming children on a plane. Boston Flake, a 15-year-old high school student in Utah, is in a love-hate relationship with the controversial alarm tune.

Persons: Gyaltsen Moktan, Moktan, ”, Gyaltsen, Carlos Xavier Rodriguez, Levi Hutchins, Antoine Redier, Seth Thomas, Boston, I’ll, ” Apple, Rodriguez, There’s, Rodrigo, Adele, Ryan Meadows, Krystal Roxas, Roxas, “, ” Moktan, Bill Withers, Grover Washington, Jr’s “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, YouTube, University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Boston, Showbiz, CNN Locations: New York, Tokyo, Japan, ”, knocker, Britain, United States, Concord , New Hampshire, French, Utah, San Bruno , California

☆ Clarence Thomas' originalist interpretations go too far, even for fellow conservatives
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementLegal experts who spoke to Business Insider said Thomas's latest decision highlighted how inconsistent and even ridiculous this method of interpretation can be. The Supreme Court of 1888 decided that the Constitution was broad enough to cover inventions the Founding Fathers never dreamed of. Gross noted that he expected the outcome the Supreme Court ultimately reached, though he was surprised Justice Samuel Alito, another strict originalist, didn't join Thomas' dissent. AdvertisementRepresentatives for the Supreme Court did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: —, Clarence Thomas, Thomas, Antonin Scalia, John P, Gross, wouldn't, originalists, Carolyn Shapiro, Shapiro, Amy Coney Barrett, Barrett, SCOTUS, Samuel Alito, didn't, Scalia Organizations: Service, Business, University of Wisconsin Law School, Public, originalism, Chicago, Kent College of Law's Institute, AP, CNN Locations: United States

☆ Why Mount Rainier is the US volcano keeping scientists up at night
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Yet, more than Hawaii’s bubbling lava fields or Yellowstone’s sprawling supervolcano, it’s Mount Rainier that has many US volcanologists worried. “Mount Rainier keeps me up at night because it poses such a great threat to the surrounding communities. Mount Rainier, a snowcapped volcano, looms over Puyallup Valley near Orting, Washington. Mount St. Helens, which cataclysmically erupted in May 1980, ranked as second most hazardous before Mount Rainier in third place. USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory geophysicist Rebecca Kramer works on station PR05, part of the Mount Rainier lahar detection network.

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☆ Going After the Middleman
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Lauren Hirsch | Sarah Kessler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

They’ve zeroed in on what may sound like a nerdy legal theory, but one that could have huge implications: the tyranny of the intermediary, middleman companies that abuse their role by squeezing out competition or creating artificially expensive moats. The Justice Department has already made one high-profile strike along these lines, suing to break up Ticketmaster and Live Nation. It is reportedly investigating at least two others. One is RealPage, a property management company that uses artificial intelligence to suggest prices and has already been sued by renters accusing it of facilitating a new type of collusion. The second is UnitedHealth Group, the health care conglomerate that owns a cobweb of businesses that include an insurer and another unit that employs about 10,000 physicians in the United States.

Persons: Lina Khan, Jonathan Kanter, They’ve Organizations: Biden, Federal Trade Commission, Ticketmaster, UnitedHealth Locations: United States

☆ Meet Lokiceratops, the rock star cousin of Triceratops
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. The Triceratops fossil emerged first as it eroded from the rock of the Hell Creek Formation in 2006. Across the universeAn artist's illustration shows a supermassive black hole as it wakes up at the center of a faraway galaxy. M. Kornmesser/ESOAstronomers are watching a supermassive black hole awakening in the middle of a distant galaxy for the first time. Sign up here to receive in your inbox the next edition of Wonder Theory, brought to you by CNN Space and Science writers Ashley Strickland and Katie Hunt.

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☆ Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is the oldest vortex in the solar system
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot is a massive storm that has swirled within the atmosphere of the largest planet in the solar system for years. The Great Red Spot is a massive vortex within Jupiter’s atmosphere that is about 10,159 miles (16,350 kilometers) wide, which is similar to Earth’s diameter, according to NASA. Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty ImagesWhile the first two scenarios resulted in cyclones, they differed in shape and other characteristics witnessed in the Great Red Spot. But the researchers believe that the persistent atmospheric storm cell, which resulted from intense wind instability, produced the Great Red Spot. Previous research, published in March 2018, has shown that the Great Red Spot is growing taller as it shrinks in size overall.

Persons: Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Ann Ronan, Cassini, ”, Agustín Sánchez, Lavega, “, updrafts, Donato Creti, Vincenzo Pinto, Michael Wong, ” Wong Organizations: CNN, Research, NASA, University of, Visitors, Vatican Museum, University of California Locations: Italian, Basque, Bilbao, Spain, AFP, Berkeley

☆ The billionaire summer calendar: How the world's wealthiest business icons spend their warmer months
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Olympics: July 26-August 11The Olympic Games are a favorite for sports-loving billionaires like Bill Gates, seen here in 2008 at the Beijing Games. Tony Marshall - EMPICS/Getty ImagesWhile the Olympics are, in theory, an event for every spectator, billionaires enjoy the games a little differently and will do so in Paris this year. Billionaires with no official connection to this year's Olympics will no doubt be there, too, and in style. Bill Gates and Rupert Murdoch have attended the event with their families in years past, and newly minted billionaire Magic Johnson has played for Team USA and carried the Olympic torch. Tickets to events like the women's gymnastics final cost $6,500 each from the official ticket seller.

Persons: Bill Gates, Tony Marshall, Bernard —, Hennessy, Rupert Murdoch, Magic Johnson, Vistajet, Fraser Organizations: Beijing Games, Chandon, Team USA, Guardian Locations: Paris

☆ The Culture Wars Came to a California Suburb. A Leader Has Been Ousted.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Jill Cowan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

From the start, the three conservative board members of the Temecula Valley Unified School District made clear where they stood. On the same night in December 2022 that they were sworn in as a majority, they passed a resolution banning critical race theory from classrooms in their Southern California district. Months later, they abruptly fired the superintendent, saying they believed the district needed someone with new ideas. After that, they passed a rule requiring that parents be notified whenever a student requests to be identified as a different gender at school. The moves were applauded by conservatives, many of them Christian churchgoers who had helped to install the new board members, hoping that Temecula Valley could remain an island of traditional values in a liberal state.

Persons: Christian churchgoers Organizations: Unified School District Locations: Temecula, Southern California, San Diego

☆ First Neuralink patient explains what could happen if his brain-chip implant gets hacked
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Neuralink's first human patient discussed hacking concerns on Joe Rogan's podcast. Noland Arbaugh said a hacker could, in theory, see his brain data or access his PC by controlling a cursor. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementNeuralink's brain chip has already shown promising results for its first recipient Noland Arbaugh, since he received it in January. "The short answer is yes," Arbaugh said in a podcast interview with Joe Rogan released Thursday.

Persons: Joe Rogan's, Noland Arbaugh, Arbaugh, isn't, —, Joe Rogan, Rogan lightheartedly Organizations: Service, Business

☆ Biden’s searing character attacks on Trump may tell a story about his own campaign’s struggles
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

With his two impeachments, a criminal conviction and an attempt to overturn the last election, Trump gave Biden plenty to work with. Biden has been road testing his character attacks on Trump for weeks in fundraising events and they’re now increasingly being parroted by campaign officials. Biden seeks to move the goalposts with ads during soccer tournamentThe Biden campaign is now making daily pitches to a significant corner of his coalition showing signs of stress. On Thursday, the Biden campaign turned to Hispanic voters — another key voting bloc where polls suggest he is underperforming. Biden’s character attacks on Trump represent his best attempt to remind Americans of the fateful nature of the choice they will face in November.

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