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☆ Milan Kundera dies, reclusive literary giant and author of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“Milan Kundera, a Czech-French author who is among the world’s most translated authors, died on July 11, 2023 in his Paris apartment,” the library, a state-funded research organization, said in a statement. The author of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being,” Kundera was known for his witty, tragicomic tales, which were often intertwined with deep philosophical debates and satirical portrayals of life under communist oppression. Exile in ParisHe spent the rest of his life in exile in Paris, becoming a French citizen in 1981. While his Czech citizenship was restored in 2019, he was by then a French author whose home was in France. Kundera, having spent more than two decades living in seclusion and declining to do interviews, took the unusual step of speaking up.

Persons: Milan Kundera, “ Milan Kundera, ” Kundera, Kundera, ”, “, Daniel Day, Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Respekt, Vaclav Havel Organizations: CNN, Moravian, Communist Party, Czech, Czech Institute Locations: Czech, Paris, Brno, French, Czechoslovakia, Prague, Soviet, France

☆ Shutterstock shares pop as company expands partnership with OpenAI
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Shutterstock chief technology officer James Chou (C) rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on February 14, 2014 in New York City. Shares of Shutterstock popped 10% Tuesday after the company announced an expanded, six-year partnership with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. Shutterstock will continue to leverage OpenAI's text-to-image generation and allow customers to use "synthetic editing capabilities" to alter any image in the Shutterstock library. Shutterstock began its strategic partnership with OpenAI in 2021. In October 2022, the company announced it would begin to bring OpenAI's image generation capabilities to its customers.

Persons: James Chou, Shutterstock Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, ChatGPT, Meta, OpenAI Locations: New York City

☆ Supreme Court staffer pressured public library to buy more of Sonia Sotomayor's books: '250 books is definitely not enough'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new AP report details how Sonia Sotomayor's book sales intertwine with her service as a Justice. "250 books is definitely not enough," one aide told a public library in Oregon. The report found that taxpayer-funded staff at the Supreme Court have often pressured public institutions, including colleges and libraries, to purchase more of Sotomayor's books for events around the country where the liberal justice has been invited to speak. But because Supreme Court has no formal code of ethics, such practices are legal. While Republicans have generally defended these arrangements, Democrats have seized on the revelations to call for instituting a formal code of ethics at the Supreme Court.

Persons: Sonia Sotomayor's, Sonia Sotomayor isn't, — she's, Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito's Organizations: Justice, Taxpayer, Service, Associated Press, Clemson University and Michigan State University, AP, Republicans, Supreme Locations: Oregon, Wall, Silicon

☆ A Teachers Union Has Odd Taste in Books
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Dave Seminara | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Can You Find the Hidden Titles of a Dozen 19th-Century Novels?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( J. D. Biersdorfer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This month’s Title Search highlights 19th-century fiction with a puzzle that challenges you to find the main titles of a dozen novels hidden in a block of text. As you uncover the titles, the answer section at the bottom of the screen grows to create a reading list with more information and links to the books. Many of the titles were serialized in periodicals before being released as complete novels, so the publication dates refer to the final books. And because all these 19th-century works have fallen into the public domain, the answer list links to the free e-book versions online. A new literary quiz lands on the Books page each week and you can match wits with previous puzzles in the Book Review Quiz Bowl archive.

Persons: you’ve, Queen Victoria’s Locations: Britain, Russia, America

☆ Republican presidential candidate Doug Burgum says he does not want to engage in 'every culture war topic'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum reacts during an event for announcing he enters the 2024 presidential race, joining a growing field of candidates hoping to topple Donald Trump and secure the Republican nomination, in Fargo, North Dakota, U.S. June 7, 2023. North Dakota governor and Republican presidential candidate Doug Burgum (R-N.D.) discussed his 2024 platform in a Sunday interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" in his latest effort to gain recognition with voters. Burgum believes in limited government and has stressed his focus on repairing the U.S. economy, energy policy and national security rather than engaging in "every culture war topic." Burgum is vying against 11 other Republican presidential bids including frontrunner and former president Donald Trump, who Burgum noted in the interview he would not do business with. The meetings have been aimed at stabilizing relations between the two countries amid talks of tightening U.S. investments in China.

Persons: Doug Burgum, Donald Trump, Burgum, Elon Musk, Janet Yellen Organizations: Republican, RealClear, Quinnipiac University Locations: Dakota, Fargo , North Dakota, U.S, North Dakota, China, United States

☆ Should public buses be free?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

New York CNN —More major cities in the United States are letting public transit riders hop on board for free. Boston is piloting three zero-fare public bus routes, and New York City is expected to test free buses on five lines. Fares made up, on average, 12.5% of transit agencies’ operating expenses in 2021, down from 31.4% in 2019, according to the American Public Transit Association. “By offering free public transport, we are not really attracting car drivers in large volumes,” said Mohamed Mezghani, secretary general of the International Association of Public Transport. “There’s no such thing as free transit,” he added.

Persons: Michelle Wu, “, ”, Lane Turner, Stephanie Lotshaw, American Public Transit Association . Massachusetts Sen, Edward Markey, Ayanna Pressley, Wu, Matt Stone, Henry Bendon, ” Bendon, Fares, Pat Greenhouse, Mohamed Mezghani, Sarah Kaufman, There’s, Boston Mayor Wu, Olivier Douliery, Richard Jarrold, Jarrold Organizations: New, New York CNN, Boston, CNN, Boston Globe, American Public Transit Association . Massachusetts, US, MediaNews, Boston Herald, Getty, Richmond, Agency, American Public Transit Association, Kansas City, International Association of Public Transport, “, Rudin Center, Transportation, New York University, Boston Mayor, Getty Images Washington, Transportation Authority Locations: New York, United States, Kansas City, Raleigh, Richmond, Olympia, Tucson, Alexandria, Virginia, Denver, Boston, New York City, America, Tallinn, Estonia, Dunkirk, France, Luxembourg, Washington ,, AFP, Kansas

☆ Fact Check-Video shows Manila Post Office fire, not Marseille library damaged in riots
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The clip shows smoke and flames billowing from a large, pillared building within a built-up area. The building shown, however, is the Manila Central Post Office in the Philippines. Reuters reported that a fire engulfed the post office building late on May 21 (here). A spokesperson for the Libraries of Marseille (Bibliothèques de Marseille) said in an email that the Alcazar library was damaged in late June following riots in the city. The clip shows the Manila Post Office on fire in May, not a library that was damaged by vandals in Marseille, France in late June.

Persons: Jean Marc Coppola, Alcazar, Read Organizations: Manila Central Post Office, Manila Public, Office, Reuters, Libraries, Marseille, Bibliothèques, Manila Post Locations: Manila, Marseille, France, Philippines, French

☆ How Do You Spell Discrimination?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Cynthia Greenlee | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In 1936, the eighth grader MacNolia Cox became the first Black student to win the Akron, Ohio, citywide spelling bee. Spelling bees fit neatly into the idea of American meritocracy and are, increasingly, a vehicle for immigrant industry. Weatherford’s depiction of Cox’s journey pairs facts gleaned from newspaper accounts with directive questions: “Can you spell discrimination?”It is not subtle. But at a time when many Americans will offer any explanation for racism but racism, there is value in being on-the-nose. Even in seemingly straightforward games of achievement like spelling bees, the best and the brightest don’t always secure the victory, and racism can curdle the whole affair.

Persons: MacNolia Cox, Cox, —, smarts, Spelling, Carole Boston Weatherford Organizations: Akron, Washington , D.C Locations: Akron , Ohio, Washington ,

☆ Bedbugs: What travelers need to know this summer
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Forrest Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Potter suggests that before you even unpack, at least do a cursory bed check. If there are two beds in a room, Potter does not put his suitcase on the other bed. These are the signs of bedbug infestationsThis is what a serious bed bug infestation looks like on a mattress. Bed bug eggs are the size of a pinhead and pearl-white. Bedbugs are more than a bed and motel problemIn a hotel room, place your luggage on a rack, as you see above.

Persons: Michelle Quinn, bedbugs, “, Jeff March, Quinn, ”, Michael F, Potter, I’d, Andrew Francis Wallace, Dmitry Bezrukov, Daniel K, it’s, you’ve, Joel Carillet, ” Potter, she’s, ” Quinn Organizations: CNN, Google, Alamy, Entomology, University of Kentucky, Toronto Star, American, & Lodging Association, Environmental Protection Agency, Inouye International Airport, Hawaii Department of Transportation, CNN Travel, Medical, Centers for Disease Control, bedbugs, Cleveland Clinic, Washington , D.C Locations: Indiana, sofas, Honolulu , Hawaii, Washington ,

☆ 'Not hiding in the shadows anymore': West Hollywood appoints first Drag Laureate
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"This is the death rattle of a movement that just cannot adapt to a changing world and to a community that is saying, 'We're not hiding in the shadows anymore.'" She helped establish and run the Los Angeles Drag Story Hour to spark interest in reading and inclusion among children. Libraries staging drag story hours have faced angry protesters calling for children to be protected from adult entertainment. Pickle, who will be inaugurated as West Hollywood's drag laureate on July 16, will work with D'Arcy Drollinger, recently named San Francisco's Drag Laureate. "I really want to empower drag artists to explore their talents, push themselves and challenge themselves, to really show the world that drag is a powerful, dynamic and intellectual art form," said Pickle.

Persons: Pickle, Christina Cady, D'Arcy Drollinger, Jorge Garcia, Sonali Paul Organizations: West Hollywood, Angeles, Thomson Locations: ANGELES, West, Los Angeles, U.S

☆ A new Texas law forces vendors to rate sexual content in schoolbooks. They’re not happy about it
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Nadia Bidarian | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

But a new Texas law might require her to. The law’s primary author, Republican Texas State Rep. Jared Patterson, said its aim is simple: Get sexually explicit content out of schools. Republican Texas State Rep. Jared Patterson debates HB 900, which would ban sexually explicit materials from library books in schools. Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman/APBut the burden of rating these books falls on book vendors. The law also applies retroactively to books sold to schools in the past, meaning that vendors must issue recalls for “sexually explicit” books still in circulation.

Persons: Charley Rejsek, they’d, “ We’re, ” Rejsek, Jared Patterson, Mikala Compton, “ We’ve, “, ” Patterson, ”, Shirley Robinson, ” Robinson, Ben Conn, Conn, Noble, ” Conn, wasn’t, Patterson, Valerie Koehler, Mary Cate Stevenson, Noah Nofz Koehler, doesn’t, she’s, ” Koehler, Noah Nofz Richard Bailey, Greg Abbott, Bailey, ” Bailey, Lewis Parry, ” Elizabeth Jordan, ’ Patterson, ” Jordan, can’t, Jordan Organizations: CNN, Republican Texas State, Austin American, Statesman, Resources, ”, Texas Library Association, Media Association, Barnes, Penguin, Library Company, Education, Willow, Interabang, Dallas County, Lewis Parry Interabang, Nowhere, Texas Education Agency Locations: Texas, Austin, ”, Houston, Houston , Texas, Dallas, Dallas , Texas, San Antonio

☆ The biggest takeaways from Microsoft's courtroom showdown with the FTC over Activision Blizzard
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +21 min

The impulse to expand Microsoft's gaming business on mobile devices at least in part inspired the Activision acquisition. The impulse to expand Microsoft's gaming business on mobile devices at least in part inspired the Activision acquisition. Jim Ryan, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, wasn't happy with a Microsoft-generated list of Activision Blizzard games that would remain accessible on the PlayStation after the acquisition closes. Jim Ryan, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, wasn't happy with a Microsoft-generated list of Activision Blizzard games that would remain accessible on the PlayStation after the acquisition closes. Activision Blizzard and Microsoft have agreed to terminate the deal if it's not done by July 18.

Persons: Satya Nadella, Phil Spencer, Spencer, James Weingarten, Weingarten, Jim Ryan, Sony, Ryan, Amy Hood, Bobby Kotick, Sarah Bond, Kotick, Amazon Weingarten, Bond, Tim Stuart, Nadella, Bernstein, Mark Moerdler, Hood, Stuart, it's, Jacqueline Scott Corley, she'll Organizations: Northern, Northern District of, Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Sony, PlayStation, Mobile, Activision, Xbox, Zynga, Sega Sammy, Nintendo, Enix, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Management, Sony Group, Amazon, Microsoft's Xbox, Bernstein Research, Symantec, Sony PlayStation Locations: U.S, Northern District, Northern District of California, San Francisco, cybersecurity, United Kingdom, FarmVille, Asia, Japan, Tokyo

☆ Moms for Liberty emerge as a force in the 2024 race
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( James Oliphant | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The Republican candidates' courting of the group's members signifies its arrival as a major conservative player in national politics. Volunteers sporting shirts with the group’s logo could be seen working recently at DeSantis’ presidential campaign events in Iowa. COURTING MOMSOther Republican candidates also are cozying up to Moms for Liberty, which now claims 120,000 members in 44 states. Advocacy groups such as People For the American Way, ACT UP, Defense of Democracy and a Facebook-based effort called STOP Moms for Liberty organized protests in Philadelphia ahead of the Moms for Liberty conference. She said Moms for Liberty remains largely concerned with learning loss connected to school closures from the pandemic and that its opposition is driven by politics.

Persons: Robin Steenman, Judith, Brett Craig, Read, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, “, ”, Tina Descovich, Tim Scott, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Descovich, DeSantis, Jazmyn Henderson, ” Bryan Griffin, Griffin, Nathan Layne, Colleen Jenkins, Alistair Bell Organizations: Liberty, Republican, Heritage Foundation, Leadership Institute, Trump, Iowa, Former South Carolina, Southern Poverty Law Center, Reuters, Way, ACT UP, Defense of Democracy, Twitter, Thomson Locations: Philadelphia, Florida, Iowa, U.S, South Carolina

Massachusetts-based writers Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad said ChatGPT mined data copied from thousands of books without permission, infringing the authors' copyrights. Several legal challenges have been filed over material used to train cutting-edge AI systems. ChatGPT and other generative AI systems create content using large amounts of data scraped from the internet. Tremblay and Awad's lawsuit said books are a "key ingredient" because they offer the "best examples of high-quality longform writing." The lawsuit seeks an unspecified amount of money damages on behalf of a nationwide class of copyright owners whose works OpenAI allegedly misused.

Persons: OpenAI, Paul Tremblay, Mona Awad, Matthew Butterick, Microsoft's, ChatGPT, Tremblay, Awad, Blake Brittain, David Bario, Richard Chang Organizations: OpenAI, Microsoft Corp, Stability, Thomson Locations: San Francisco federal, . Massachusetts, Washington

☆ 3 ways financial services companies can attract and retain new customers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Think With Google With Insider Studios | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Financial services providers can take several steps today to attract and retain new generations of consumers. Before financial services went digital, it was difficult to seamlessly transition from one institution to another. According to Google's report, 52% of adult consumers – and 71% of millennials – expect their financial services brands to coach their customers. To attract and retain more customers, financial services companies should:Position their brands as providers of personalized support and care. At a time when consumer behavior is rapidly changing, financial services companies cannot afford to remain static.

Persons: John Dokes, it's, There's, Z Organizations: Financial, Google, Consumers, YouTube, Brands, Insider Studios, Financial Services Locations: U.S

☆ Thomson Reuters to buy digital content management company Imagen
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] The Thomson Reuters logo is seen on the company building in Times Square, New York, U.S., January 30, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File PhotoJune 28 (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters (TRI.TO) will buy Imagen, a digital content asset management company, for an undisclosed price, to expand its agency business to new customers, the news and information company said on Wednesday. Britain-based Imagen, which owns the Screenocean video distribution platform, operates digital content libraries for sports, media and business companies including Premier League soccer and Major League Baseball. "Our belief is that our agency business needs to evolve to be a tech-enabled content delivery (business)," Reuters President Paul Bascobert said in an interview. On Monday, Thomson Reuters said it agreed to buy Casetext, a California-based AI company that helps legal professionals conduct research, analysis and prepare documents using generative AI, for $650 million.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Imagen, Paul Bascobert, Bascobert, Thomson, Kenneth Li, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Thomson Reuters, REUTERS, Premier League soccer, Major League Baseball, Reuters News, Reuters, Reuters Connect, BBC, USA, Thomson Locations: Square , New York, U.S, Britain, California, New York

☆ Most consumers believe financial services companies all offer the same thing. The right differentiation strategy can help you win them over.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Think With Google With Insider Studios | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Consumers, especially Gen Z and millennials, want a financial services partner that offers personalization, interactive learning opportunities, and virtual customer service. The financial services industry is in the midst of an identity crisis. "We have seen an explosion of options within the finance services industry in recent years," said Seth van der Swaagh, managing director of financial services at Google. Fast Facts 63% of consumers believe all car insurance companies offer the same thing. Support at every stage of the financial services journeyMore than half of consumers (52%) expect financial services brands to coach their customers.

Persons: Seth van der, they're, van der, wasn't, van der Swaagh Organizations: Google, Financial, YouTube, Insider Studios, Financial Services, Kantar Monitor Locations: Kantar, U.S

☆ Check out the 24-page pitch deck that the startup SuperScale used to raise $5.4 million to help video game companies monetize their library
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Ryan Joe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The startup SuperScale raised a $5.4 million Series A.SuperScale sells a platform that helps video game companies monetize their libraries. Check out the pitch deck that reveals how SuperScale raised its latest round. Video game companies often have vast gaming libraries, but not enough resources to monetize them through ads or downloadable content. SuperScale is trying to take advantage of the fact that today, the video game industry tends to update existing video games rather than develop new ones. "Rather than launching a sequel, you update the core game," Trancik said.

Persons: SuperScale, Ivan Trancik, Trancik Organizations: Venture, Future Fund, Private Investments, EA, Zynga

☆ “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson Can Still Unsettle Readers. We Need More Fiction Like That. - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Ruth Franklin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

But reading “The Lottery” as a connect-the-dots political commentary misses the primary source of the story’s power: its ambiguity. Today, readers across the political spectrum seem to be losing their appetite for literary discomfort. I was reminded again of that quality in 2017 by a different story in The New Yorker. Just as the #MeToo movement was getting underway, “Cat Person,” a short story by Kristen Roupenian, went viral for very similar reasons. The reaction was not unlike the reaction to “The Lottery.” “People get angry when they can’t figure out what something means,” Ms. Roupenian told me.

Persons: Jackson, McCarthy, Elizabeth Gilbert, Wesley Morris, we’re, it’s, Kristen Roupenian, Ms, Roupenian Organizations: Yorker, Trump, The Locations: Soviet, Ukraine, Russia, New

DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania, June 24 (Reuters) - On May 12, the library coordinator for Pennsylvania's Central Bucks School District sent an email to colleagues that some conservative parents and Christian advocacy groups had long prayed to see. Liberal groups say the effort amounts to censorship and even bigotry, with disproportionate harm to LGBT students and those in other minority groups. Dana Hunter, a Republican and the chair of the school board, said she sought advice from Jeremy Samek, senior counsel at the Independence Law Center and the Pennsylvania Family Institute. "There are things that everybody would agree, including the ACLU, that you shouldn't be giving to kids," said Samek, who does not live in the school district. Dell'Angelo, one of the board's Democrats, said it was wrong to involve groups that oppose LGBT rights in public school policy, and unethical to do so in secret.

Persons: Maia Kobabe, Juno Dawson, curriculums, Tabitha Dell'Angelo, Dana Hunter, Jeremy Samek, Hunter, Dell'Angelo, Samek, Hannah Beier, Leo Burchell, Shannon Harris, Harris, Jonathan Allen, Paul Thomasch, Claudia Parsons Organizations: Pennsylvania's Central Bucks School District, Republican, Liberal, Family Research Council, Independence Law Center, Pennsylvania Family Institute, Reuters, Republicans, American Association of School Librarians, Liberty, Museum, American, REUTERS, American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, U.S . Department of Education's, Civil Rights, U.S, ACLU, Pennsylvania Family, Family Research, Thomson Locations: DOYLESTOWN , Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Bucks, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, U.S, Central Bucks

☆ Midwest American Cities Are Facing a Downtown Crisis, Urban Doom Loop
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

But Midwestern cities are also facing a crisis of their own — struggling to attract workers, residents, and visitors to their downtowns. Nine of the 13 Midwestern cities tracked in the study were in the bottom half of the rankings. In the early part of the 20th century, Midwestern cities boomed — attracting workers and families seeking out manufacturing jobs and education. Many Midwestern cities relied on a single industry or even a single company to buttress its economy. "If office workers are coming downtown less, but college students are willing to come downtown more, what about literally putting a college in your downtown?"

Persons: COVID, Michael Hicks, Jacob Frey, Salesforce, Karen Chapple, Hicks, Michael Siluk, Amanda Weinstein, Weinstein, weren't, it's, Tracy Hadden Loh, Hadden Loh, It's, they've, you've, Chapple, Edwin Remsberg, downtowns, I've, —, Columbus, Keyvan Esfarjani, Eliza Relman Organizations: metros —, metros, Ball State University, University of Toronto, St, of Cities, Midwest, University of Akron, Brookings Institution, Institution, Arizona State University, Cleveland, Housing, While Ohio, Ohio State University's, Intel Locations: San Francisco, Seattle, Indiana, Midwest, Louis, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Kansas City , Missouri, Detroit, Akron, leafier, downtowns, Lake Erie, Burke, Downtown, Kansas, Chicago, Columbus, While, Ohio

☆ Women are seeing historic labor market gains. AI could disrupt that
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Minneapolis CNN —More prime working age women are employed in the United States now than ever before. The labor force participation rate for women between 25 and 54 years old set a record high in April and then again in May, rebounding from the pandemic “she-cession” and returning to its pre-pandemic form of making progressively historic labor market gains. Estimates that nearly eight out of 10 women workers could be affected “are just staggering,” said Julia Pollak, chief economist with online job marketplace ZipRecruiter. “Some of these things are becoming more prevalent, and that’s supportive of more women in the labor market,” she said. On the other hand, AI could prove harmful and threatening for any role that is highly “automatable,” Peterson said.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, University of North Carolina’s, ”, Julia Pollak, it’s, Mark McNeilly, Flagler, “ It’s, ‘ I’m, ’ ” McNeilly, “, Pollak, didn’t, Dana Peterson, that’s, ” Peterson, Ben Zweig, Jobs, Peterson, we’ve, Sara Mannheimer, Kathrin Ziegler, ” Meredith Nudo, you’re, Nudo Organizations: Minneapolis CNN —, University of North, University of North Carolina’s Kenan, Flagler Business School, Kenan, Flagler, UNC Kenan, CNN, of Labor Statistics, Conference Board, Baby Boomers, Labs, Montana State University, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Librarians, Digital, National Association of Voice Locations: Minneapolis, United States, Houston

☆ How Big Tech Threatens Our Digital Archives and Data - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Nanna Bonde Thylstrup | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It is the sound, from hundreds of fans cooling hundreds of computer servers, of the digital past being kept alive. This is the Internet Archive, the largest collection of archived web pages in the world and a constant reminder of the fragility of our digital past. As a scholar of digital data, I know that not all data loss — the corrosion and destruction of our digital past — is tragic. But much data loss today occurs in ways that are deeply unjust and that have monumental implications for both culture and politics. Understanding these forces is a critical step toward managing, mitigating and ultimately controlling data loss and, with it, the conditions under which our societies remember and forget.

Persons: Brewster Kahle, Kahle Locations: San Francisco

☆ Inside Netflix's growing M&A machine, who's leading it, and what insiders think the streamer could buy next
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

It then delved further into M&A to kickstart its games business. And the streamer hasn't completely abandoned its build-from-within strategy, as it also announced plans last fall to build its own gaming studio in Finland. He recently was elevated to the Lstaff, a group of 25 Netflix business heads who debate its biggest initiatives. (Netflix ended up doing a partnership in 2019 with that company, Studio Dragon, and its parent CJ ENM.) But leadership has been steadfast that Netflix's M&A mantra hasn't changed.

Persons: Here's, Reed Hastings, It's, it's, who's, what's, Roald Dahl, Dahl, Peter Rabbit, Spry, Harry Potter, execs, Spencer Wang, Michael Porter, Spencer Neumann, who'd, Neumann, Wang, Greg Peters, Ted Sarandos, Bela Bajaria, Scott Stuber, Mike Verdu, Jay MacDonald, Digiday, Ana Milicevic, Hastings, Sarandos, CJ ENM, Mario Organizations: Netflix, stoke, Paramount, Night School, Spry Fox, Disney, Warner Bros, DC Comics, Digital Capital Advisors, MLB, Surf League, Street Journal, Microsoft, Sparrow Advisers, MGM, Amazon, Mario Bros, Activision Blizzard, Epic Games, UBS Locations: Finland, New Jersey, Hollywood

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