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☆ Tesla's reign as EV king is fizzling, so Elon Musk has his sights set on a new goal — turning X back into Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Tesla's stock is down over 10% in the last year, and Elon Musk's net worth has also fallen. Lately, social media platform X has begun to look more like regular old Twitter. With his social media venture, X, that seems to mean returning to the app to the pre-Musk days of plain old Twitter. Musk and representatives for Tesla and X did not respond to requests for comment from Business Insider. "Honestly, the best thing that Twitter can do to regain its position is to sideline Musk.

Persons: Tesla, Musk, —, Elon, Gabor Cselle, CNN's Oliver Darcy, David Camp, Metaforce, Camp, X, Cselle, Ed Zitron, Kim Kardashian, Jay, Zitron, Linda Yaccarino, Yaccarino, he's Organizations: Elon, Service, Twitter, NBC News, Variety, Business, Camp Locations: China, Texas

☆ Elon Musk says X may stop showing the number of likes and reposts people get
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

X may stop showing the number of likes and reposts, says Elon Musk. Musk said he thought showing those details would clutter the platform, per Reuters. Musk previously removed article headlines for links posted on X before reversing his decision. AdvertisementX, formerly Twitter, might stop showing the number of likes and reposts people get, says Elon Musk. In August, Musk said that X would remove all article headlines for links posted on the platform.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, —, Morgan Organizations: Reuters, Service, Business Insider

☆ China Appears to Backpedal From Video Game Crackdown
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Vivian Wang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Chinese regulators on Tuesday appeared to backpedal from a plan to reduce how much money people spend on online video games, after the proposal had tanked video gaming companies’ stocks and raised doubts about the government’s commitment to reviving China’s slowing economy. The draft rules disappeared from the website of the National Press and Publication Administration, the agency overseeing the proposal, after previously being posted there for public comment. The agency, which issues licenses to game publishers and regulates the industry, did not issue any notice of retraction. An employee who answered the phone said she was not clear on the circumstances surrounding the move. Even absent confirmation that the proposal had been killed, the stock prices of China’s two largest video game companies jumped on Tuesday, with Tencent rising 3.7 percent and Netease rising 6 percent, more than the overall market.

Organizations: National Press, Administration

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers in Oregon on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping new bill that would undo a key part of the state’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law, a recognition that public opinion has soured on the measure amid rampant public drug use during the fentanyl crisis. It also aims to make it easier to prosecute dealers, to access addiction treatment medication, and to obtain and keep housing without facing discrimination for using that medication. The Legislature adjourned over the summer, but concern over the state's drug crisis led Democrats to launch the committee in between sessions. Measure 110 directed the state’s cannabis tax revenue toward drug addiction treatment while decriminalizing “personal use” amounts of illicit drugs. Those arrested for small amounts would be referred by police to a peer support specialist to schedule an assessment or intervention.

Persons: “, Sen, Kate Lieber, Lieber, decriminalizing, “ We're, ″ Lieber Organizations: — Democratic, Portland Democrat, Associated Press, Voters, Democratic Locations: SALEM, Ore, Oregon, Portland

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission will continue the use of the controversial chemical herbicide glyphosate in the European Union for 10 more years after the 27 member countries again failed to find a common position for or against a prolongation. The Greens political group of the EU Parliament immediately urged the Commission to backpedal and ban the use of glyphosate. The 10-year extension proposed by the European Commission required a “qualified majority,” defined as 55% of the 27 members representing at least 65% of the total EU population of some 450 million people. Pascal Canfin, the chair of the Environment committee at the European Parliament, blamed the EU Commission president for moving forward despite the stalemate. EU member states are responsible for authorizing the use of products in their national markets, following a safety evaluation.

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☆ George Santos, a man who once called himself 'Jew-ish,' now claims he can totally prove his grandparents were Holocaust survivors
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Santos told CNN's Manu Raju that this is "something I'm going to prove before I die." Santos told CNN's Manu Raju, in an interview that aired on Sunday, that he has hired genealogists to verify his Jewish heritage. But that's something I'm going to prove before I die," Santos continued. “That’s something I’m going to prove before I die.” Rep. George Santos addresses the claims he’s made about his Jewish heritage. Santos told Raju.

Persons: George Santos, Santos, CNN's Manu Raju, —, he's, Raju, he’s, Piers Morgan Organizations: New York Republican, Service, ”, New York Post, CNN, GOP Locations: Ukraine, Israel, Brazil

President Vladimir Putin, who rules the world's biggest nuclear power, has repeatedly cautioned the West that any attack on Russia could provoke a nuclear response. The Soviet Union's last nuclear test took place in 1990. The United States' last nuclear test took place in 1992 and France and China conducted their last nuclear tests in 1996, according to the United Nations. Simonyan said the Ukraine crisis was moving towards a nuclear ultimatum and that the West would not stop until Russia sent a nuclear message. He also cautioned that if the United States returned to nuclear testing, then Russia would resume too.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Margarita Simonyan, Dmitry Peskov, Peskov, Simonyan, Putin, Russia's, Guy Faulconbridge, Kevin Liffey, Nick Macfie, Gareth Jones Organizations: Donetsk, Kremlin, New York Times, Soviet, United, United Nations, RT, Soviet Union, Washington, Thomson Locations: Russian, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Siberia Kremlin, MOSCOW, Russia, Moscow, Siberia, United States, France, China, Ukraine, Alamogordo , New Mexico, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Soviet, Ban, Soviet Union

Washington CNN —In her new book “Enough,” former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson paints the closing days of the Trump White House as even more chaotic and lawless than she previously disclosed in her shocking televised testimony last summer. “We killed Herman Cain,” Meadows told Hutchinson and asked for his wife’s phone number. Unlike White House communications director Alyssa Farah, who resigned on December 3, 2020, or deputy White House press secretary Sarah Matthews, who left on January 6, 2021, Hutchinson remained. In the summer of 2017, Trump’s first year in office, Hutchinson was an intern in Sen. Ted Cruz’s office. It turns out, Hutchinson writes, that she coordinated with Farah, who is now a CNN political commentator, telling her everything she knew.

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☆ Millions Saw His Paintings on TV. In the Art World, His Work Still Went Unnoticed.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Adam Bradley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But another, Sonny Werblin of the New York Jets, offered to pay him a player’s salary to become the team’s official painter. After a year, Barnes had built up enough of a portfolio for Werblin to sponsor Barnes’s first solo show, at the famed Grand Central Art Galleries in Midtown Manhattan. His work, which rendered football as modern-day gladiatorial spectacle, was stylized and dramatic. If the art world was going to reject him, then he would reject it. “When I found out that I didn’t have to belong, really, to that world,” he said, “that was much more assuring to me as a human being.”

Persons: Barnes, Barron Hilton, Sonny Werblin, Barnes’s, ” Barnes, ” Organizations: San Diego Chargers, American Football League, New York Jets, Werblin, Grand Central Art Galleries Locations: Midtown Manhattan, Seattle, backpedal, New York

☆ Trump says he would testify at classified documents trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Andrew Goudsward | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump reacts during an event following his arraignment on classified document charges, at Trump National Golf Club, in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., June 13, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump said in a radio interview on Wednesday that he would be willing to testify in his own defense at a trial over his alleged mishandling of classified documents at his Florida resort. The documents case is one of four criminal cases against Trump that could go to trial next year. It would be a risky legal gambit for Trump to testify at the trial. Trump has a history of showing a willingness to testify in investigations, only to backpedal later.

Persons: Donald Trump, Amr Alfiky, Trump, Hugh Hewitt, Robert Mueller, Andrew Goudsward, Scott Malone, Daniel Wallis Organizations: U.S, Trump National Golf Club, REUTERS, Rights, Former U.S, Republican, Trump, Thomson Locations: Bedminster , New Jersey, U.S, Former, Florida, Lago, Russian

☆ Stop quiet quitting and start 'quiet thriving' to build resilience and help find joy in your job, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"Quiet thriving" is a workplace strategy that's helping people take more control of their work. She and another expert agreed that, by contrast, quiet quitting can disempower certain workers. She believes "quiet quitting is disempowering" and that workers instead need a resilient mindset to ride out a tough economy. Given the many economic challenges workers are facing, we may hear much more about "quiet thriving" in the future. And for those people, she added, "quiet thriving" is a method of asking, "How can I really own my job instead of feeling owned by it?"

Persons: Lesley Alderman, —, Alderman, it's, They'd, Ashton Wikstrom, she'd, hasn't, Wikstrom, I'm, Brooks, Scott Organizations: Service, Elle Communications, Meta, Cisco, Instagram, Netflix Locations: Washington

☆ CEOs thought the return to office debate was over. It looks like they were wrong
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Cheryl Winokur Munk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Other companies, too, could see reverberations if they enact similar policies, especially if the mandates feel arbitrary, human resources professionals say. That's why companies that want to bring workers back to the office need to focus on reconfiguring workspaces to foster additional collaboration. If your company hasn't yet, maybe don't 'mandate'Many companies are still ironing out their return-to-office policies. JustAnswer, an online source for professional information, has seen a 49% increase in questions related to return-to-office mandates and/or policies in its Employment Law category compared with May 2022. Companies should also evaluate whether across-the-board policies make sense, or whether in-office mandates should be implemented for certain functions only, Kogut said.

The Justice Department’s April 20 letter includes guidance for state and local police, prosecutors, judges and probation officers. Joanna Weiss, co-director of the Fines and Fees Justice Center, told me that the DOJ's voice is critical on these issues. The earlier memo included a section that laid out the principle that courts must not use bail practices that incarcerate people solely because they can’t afford a fee. The Justice Department didn't address my specific questions about why the section on bail was nixed. Lauren Jones, legal director at the National Center for Access to Justice, told me that there's clear overlap between cash bail practices and justice system fees.

☆ Qatar backpedals on energy minister's comment that Europe would be able to 'forgive and forget' Russia for invading Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Qatar's energy minister said Europe would be able to "forgive and forget" Russia for the Ukraine war. And I think things get mended with time," Saad Sherida al-Kaabi, Qatar's energy minister, said during an energy forum in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, according to an official transcript. "I don't think that — this war and this situation will not last forever." "We don't accept threatening by force or the use of force, we don't accept civilians to be hurt. Qatar's energy and foreign ministries did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

☆ From Cerebral to Cedar, here's every digital-health startup that's cut workers so far this year
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Digital-health startups are slicing their workforces after two years of record industry growth. Many startups that announced layoffs this year raised mega-rounds of $100 million or more in 2021. Last year, the digital-health industry was flying high. Digital-health startups in the US banked a record $29.1 billion in 2021, almost double 2020's record of $14.9 billion. Here are the digital-health startups that have announced layoffs this year, as of October 25:Have a tip about digital health layoffs that you want to share?

☆ Bank of England warns risks to UK financial stability haven't gone away
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Mark Thompson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

A slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation — known as index-linked gilts — was the latest source of risk, it said. “Dysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing ‘fire sale’ dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,” it said in a statement. Starting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency £65 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. The market meltdown began after Prime Minister Liz Truss’ government unveiled £45 billion in unfunded tax cuts on Sept. 23. And with monetary and fiscal policy now working in opposite directions, we think the broader risks around UK monetary [and] financial stability are growing,” he added.

☆ From Cedar to Ro, here's every digital-health startup that's cut workers so far this year
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Digital-health startups are slicing their workforces after two years of record industry growth. Many startups that announced layoffs this year raised mega-rounds of $100 million or more in 2021. Last year, the digital-health industry was flying high. Digital-health startups in the US banked a record $29.1 billion in 2021, almost double 2020's record of $14.9 billion. Here are the digital-health startups that have announced layoffs this year, as of September 28:Have a tip about digital health layoffs that you want to share?

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