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☆ Goats work as caddies at this Oregon ranch
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

A three-month evaluation process sees potential caddies as young as six months old scouted on their friendliness and physical aptitude. David ZaitzProtecting the rich diversity of flora and fauna across the 140,000-acre ranch is at “the heart of everything” at Silvies, Campbell says. “We figured when we built it that we had the lowest carbon footprint of any modern course,” Campbell added. Not all courses situated within flourishing natural settings are so fortunate – one Arizona club’s run-in with a squadron of pig-like creatures last year cost it upwards of $200,000 in damages. The habitats of such animals are preserved by the Oregon Natural Desert Association, a nonprofit supported by tips from golfers to Silvies’ very-own goat caddies.

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☆ We sold 8 houses in Michigan to cram our family of 6 into a small apartment in California. We have no regrets.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Evelyn Pech-Vazquez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

That morning we were surrounded by a lot of other people also speaking Spanish — a mix of Mexican, Cuban, and Puerto Rican accents could be heard in the background. After returning home, he continued to ask why no one spoke Spanish in our neighborhood, and I felt sad, explaining that Orlando had more people from different countries. I saw that my four children were the only bilingual kids in the neighborhood. AdvertisementSeeing her four kids proud to be bilingual makes the author feel proud. I was surprised by how many kids spoke Spanish, not to mention the long list of other languages.

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☆ We sold 8 houses in Michigan to cram our family of 6 into a 2-bedroom apartment in California. We have no regrets.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Evelyn Pech-Vazquez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

☆ Elizabeth Holmes, Silicon Valley’s most famous convict, makes her long-shot appeal
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Holmes was sentenced to 11 years in prison for defrauding investors in her failed blood-testing company, Theranos. She is seeking a new trial, arguing that the judge in her case erred in several decisions during the 2022 proceedings. Since her conviction, her projected release date from prison has been moved up, shaving about two years off her sentence. Theranos’ unraveling, and Holmes herself, became the subject of a bestselling book, a Hulu scripted series and an award-winning documentary. Holmes knowingly concealed the technology’s problems, and still pushed to get the company’s Edison devices into pharmacies, prosecutors argued.

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☆ Apple execs explain why its AI is different from competitors
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Nic Coury | AFP | Getty ImagesApple fully embraced artificial intelligence on Monday, as company executives explained the features and reasoning behind Apple Intelligence, the company's new AI software suite. Much of the AI development that has captured investor and technological interest has focused on building or securing ever-more powerful supercomputers equipped with Nvidia chips to develop even more power-hungry AI models. Apple's AI is mostly on your deviceApple Intelligence unveiled during Apple's WWDC2024 in Cupertino, Calif. on June 10th. Apple executives don't refer to this strategy as using one or multiple models, just "Apple Intelligence." Apple's AI can summarize and rewrite documents, generate small images, and translate conversations in real-time.

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☆ How to Save Tech Industry: Fire Managers, Put Tech People in Charge
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Ed Zitron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

This disastrous mindset has hollowed out Silicon Valley's ability to innovate and caused regular people to grow increasingly frustrated with everyday tech. The large platforms have generally ignored this feedback for one big reason: The tech industry has been taken over by career managers. Now Google Search is more profitable and worse, elevating spammy content and outright scams, a problem exacerbated by artificial intelligence. AdvertisementBut today's tech products feel built to sell a dream of the future rather than solve a customer's existing pains. As long as the tech industry is controlled by people who don't build things, it will continue to build products that help raise growth metrics rather than help consumers with tangible problems.

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☆ Tesla’s Pay Package Ruined Elon Musk. Shareholders Should Reject It. - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( J. Bradford Delong | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But Mr. Musk changed the world. Much has changed since 2018, the year Tesla dreamed up an unorthodox pay package that, in theory, tied Mr. Musk’s pay to the company’s performance. Problem is, the performance was not for making high-quality cars or making affordable cars or making cars at scale. This pay package was, I think, bad for Mr. Musk. Tesla is now asking its shareholders to reapprove this pay package, which would hand Mr. Musk an eye-popping roughly $46 billion, making him, the world’s richest man, one of its highest-paid executives.

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☆ Why AI deals in healthcare have grown faster than other areas of tech — and what VCs are paying close attention to
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Healthcare AI companies raised $2.8 billion in the first quarter of this year, according to the SVB report titled "The AI-powered Healthcare Experience." SVB projects funding to AI healthcare companies to total $11.1 billion in 2024. While healthcare AI startups might have it better, they're not out of the woods. Healthcare startups using AI for administrative tasks have grabbed $6.6 billion since 2021 and made up 42% of healthcare AI deals in the first quarter of this year, according to SVB. AdvertisementIn some cases, Big Tech companies are pushing healthcare startups forward.

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☆ Apple wants to put a friendlier spin on artificial intelligence, but many users could miss out
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In today's big story, we're looking at all the takeaways from Apple's big event , including its friendlier spin on artificial intelligence . Related VideoBut first, it's not AI; it's Apple Intelligence. Apple Intelligence — it's AI, just not that AI — is the company's first big swing in the space. Data is the name of the game when it comes to AI, and Apple's iPhones are full of it. However, the Apple Intelligence news and partnership with OpenAI is what really set the billionaire off.

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☆ Opinion | Freedom’s Just Another Word for Not Paying Taxes
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Paul Krugman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This action may have shocked some old-line conservatives who still thought of Heritage as a serious institution, but Heritage is, after all, just a think tank. It’s not as if upside-down flags were being flown by people we expect to defend our constitutional order, like Supreme Court justices. Why would billionaires support Trump? Stock prices — which Trump predicted would crash if he lost in 2020 — have soared. High interest rates, which are a burden on many Americans, are if anything a net positive for wealthy people with money to invest.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, MAGA, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Biden, Trump Organizations: Heritage Foundation, Trump, Heritage Locations: Silicon Valley

☆ Apple Jumps Into A.I. Fray With Apple Intelligence
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Tripp Mickle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Nearly two years after OpenAI ignited a race to add generative artificial intelligence into products, Apple jumped into the competition on Monday, with plans to bring the technology to more than a billion iPhone users around the world. Early into a two-hour presentation from its futuristic Silicon Valley campus, Apple revealed that it would be using generative A.I. to power what it is calling Apple Intelligence. features, Apple emphasized how it planned to integrate the technology into its products with privacy in mind. For complex requests, it has created cloud network with Apple semiconductors that, it said, is more private because it’s not stored or accessible, even by Apple.

Persons: Siri, Apple Organizations: Apple, Apple Intelligence

☆ Ramesses II’s lost sarcophagus was hiding in plain sight, research suggests
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Tucked away in the cartouche, an oval-shaped ornament often found in tombs, he found a name of a very recognizable figure: Ramesses II. “The cartouche dates back to its first usage, and contains Ramesses II’s throne name, Usermaatra. Psusennes I reused this sarcophagus that once belonged to Merneptah, the son and successor of Ramesses II. Both sarcophagi would have been inside an even larger stone sarcophagus, the source of the granite fragment Payraudeau discovered. “This also tells us when pharaohs began using more than one stone sarcophagus,” Payraudeau added.

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☆ Here’s Looking at You, Hunter Biden - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Gail Collins | Bret Stephens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I know we’ll want to talk about the Hunter Biden trial. The long and short of it is that Texan Latinos, once reliably Democratic, are turning against Joe Biden on account of the border chaos. Or does it merely confirm that the administration sat on its hands for more than three years while the crisis got worse? Gail Collins: Bret, there are parts of Texas that are the natural first destinations for people crossing the border illegally. That’s a crisis, but I think you’ve agreed with me in the past that overall, the influx of immigrants has been terrific for the national economy.

Persons: Bret Stephens, Gail, Hunter Biden, Edgar Sandoval, Joe Biden, Gail Collins, Bret Locations: Rio Grande Valley, South Texas, Texas, That’s, New York

☆ Craft Ventures' David Sacks talks Trump fundraiser in Silicon Valley
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCraft Ventures' David Sacks talks Trump fundraiser in Silicon ValleyHosted by Brian Sullivan, “Last Call” is a fast-paced, entertaining business show that explores the intersection of money, culture and policy. Tune in Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC.

Persons: David Sacks, Trump, Brian Sullivan, “ Organizations: Craft Ventures, CNBC Locations: Silicon Valley

☆ Hey, Siri! Let’s Talk About How Apple Is Giving You an A.I. Makeover.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Tripp Mickle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Each June, Apple unveils its newest software features for the iPhone at its futuristic Silicon Valley campus. What will be different this time is the technology powering Siri: generative artificial intelligence. In recent months, Adrian Perica, Apple’s vice president of corporate development, has helped spearhead an effort to bring generative A.I. companies, including Google and OpenAI, seeking a partner to help Apple deliver generative A.I. Apple recently struck a deal with OpenAI, which makes the ChatGPT chatbot, to fold its technology into the iPhone, two people familiar with the agreement said.

Persons: Siri, Adrian Perica, Perica Organizations: Apple, Google, OpenAI

☆ OpenAI seems to be hiring undercover security guards at its office and it's creeping out local business owners
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewOpenAI's office in San Francisco is crawling with undercover security guards who don't take kindly to questions, locals say. Photographers for The San Francisco Standard, an online local news outlet, said they recently noticed what looked like undercover security guards standing outside the company's office. OpenAI first moved into its 59,000-square-foot office in San Francisco's Mission District in July 2023. Iain Langlands, a cashier at a pet store just one block from the office, told the Standard that the "vibe" surrounding the OpenAI office is "secretive." California's Bureau of Security and Investigative Services — which issues security guard licenses — did not immediately return Business a request for comment from Business Insider.

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☆ 3 Gen Z software engineers share the résumés that got them a Google interview
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Three Gen Z software engineers at Google shared their résumés that landed them an interview. All three interned at a Big Tech company, had a 3.6 GPA or higher, and studied computer science. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . BI spoke to three recent graduates who now work as software engineers at Google. They each shared the résumé they used to land an interview — but it's important to remember there's no silver bullet for getting your foot in the door at Google.

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☆ How Fizz, an anonymous messaging app for Gen Z, tore a high school apart
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The app became available to the 1,300 students at Champlain Valley Union High School this May. AdvertisementWhen Champlain Valley Union High School students downloaded the app, the messages were initially innocuous. AdvertisementSolomon told the Journal that the Champlain Valley Union High School incident was an anomaly. "To confirm, we suspended the Champlain Valley Union Fizz community after working directly with school administrators," the statement read. AdvertisementA Champlain Valley Union High School representative did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

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☆ Insider Today: Asia's superpower clash
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The latest to get in on the act: Tesla, which is selling a $450 bottle of mezcal on its website. The election result was a blow to Modi, who has governed India for a decade with an increasingly firm grip. India watchers expect the country's new government to move slower on some issues following the surprise election result. NvidiaGoing up against Nvidia is generally considered a pretty bad idea for startups in Silicon Valley. But Silicon Valley often thrives when true technologists keep hacking away at something they believe in, even if everyone else thinks it's dumb.

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☆ FDA issues warning against 'microdosing' chocolate bars that sent 6 to the hospital
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The FDA is investigating Diamond Shruumz-brand microdosing chocolate bars. Eight people fell ill after consuming the product, the agency said. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementEight people in four states fell ill after consuming Diamond Shruumz-brand microdosing chocolate bars, the FDA said on Friday.

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☆ I'm a 20-year-old college dropout who founded an AI company. Generative AI has broken down the barriers.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThis is an as-told-to conversation with Molly Cantillon, a Stanford dropout and founder of NOX, a personalized AI assistant. NOX, the personal AI assistant I built, was created to fill that void. I'm building NOX to help people like me stay saneI initially built NOX as a hardware solution in June 2023. In some sense, I'm building NOX to help people like me stay sane. Some might say we're a group of college dropout nobodies gunning after a crown jewel: A personalized AI assistant.

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☆ Teton Pass: ‘Catastrophic landslide’ closes critical mountain highway between Wyoming and Idaho
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Raja Razek | Susannah Cullinane | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A critical highway linking Idaho and Wyoming has closed indefinitely after a portion of the road cracked and then collapsed in a “catastrophic landslide” Saturday, officials said. Mark Gordon said in a post on Facebook there is no estimated timeline for reopening Teton Pass, which links Victor, Idaho, and Jackson, Wyoming. The initial crack appeared Thursday morning across both lanes of travel, the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) said in a post on Facebook at the time. “No crews were hurt in the process, and no equipment was damaged.”Cracks in the roadway on Teton Pass are seen on Friday, June 7, 2024, the day before its "catastrophic failure." The Teton Pass corridor “serves as a critical commuter route and facilitates the transport of goods and services that are lifelines to the growing regional economies in Wyoming and Idaho,” according to the US Department of Transportation.

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☆ He was the first person to be diagnosed with a new sleep disorder. It led to a scientific breakthrough
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Five years earlier, Dorff had become the first patient diagnosed with an unusual disease called rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder, or RBD. By 1986, Schenck and his team had published their first paper on the newly discovered sleep disorder. RBD can affect women, tooLewy body dementia can refer to two different types of dementia: Parkinson’s disease dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies, which both affect cognition. Called the North American Prodromal Synucleinopathy Consortium, the research hopes to identify potential treatments for rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder and slow its progression into Parkinson’s and dementia. Seek medical treatment if violent dreams beginAs a child, Donald Dorff shared a room with three brothers and never had any signs of a sleep disorder.

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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTech for Trump: Silicon Valley investors turn against BidenSilicon Valley investors held a mega fundraiser for former President Trump in the heart of San Francisco - what was once an overwhelmingly liberal bastion of America. It's the most visible sign yet of a growing circle of tech elites switching camps -- and they're vocal, emboldened and rich. This week on a special edition of TechCheck, we go to David Sacks' mansion, as tech shifts to Trump.

Persons: Trump, David Sacks Organizations: Tech, Trump, Silicon, Biden Locations: San Francisco, America

☆ Washington is waking up to AI’s risks about three years too late
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

(Which is ironic, given that one of the priorities of the roadmap is making sure AI doesn’t, like, hijack the American electoral process.) All of that money was able flood in because the notoriously tech-challenged lawmakers in Washington have been largely asleep at the wheel. (European officials, meanwhile, formally adopted the world’s first standalone AI law this spring, a full five years after rules were proposed.) Until recently, AI was a largely academic subject rarely discussed outside of Silicon Valley. ”AI companies have strong financial incentives to avoid effective oversight,” they wrote in an open letter this week.

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