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☆ NASA is launching its new mega-rocket to shoot a spaceship around the moon. Here's what to expect.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

NASA's Space Launch System rocket is scheduled to launch an uncrewed mission to the moon early Wednesday. When it launches, the SLS rocket should deliver the Orion spaceship on a trajectory to circle the moon and return to Earth. Eventually, NASA plans to launch astronauts from the moon to Mars. The Orion spaceship parachutes to a splash down during a test, on December 5, 2014. If the uncrewed Orion spaceship makes it around the moon and back without a hitch, the next SLS mission will carry astronauts on the same roundabout.

☆ This company supplies drones to Ukraine and is backed by Peter Thiel. Here's how it takes the 'Tesla approach' to innovation.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The company has raised almost $50 million in funding and is backed by investor Peter Thiel. German-based Quantum-Systems, which supplies reconnaissance drones to Ukraine, is one company that has benefitted from this shift. "You are a hardware company, you are a manufacturing company, you are a data service company. Seibel wants Quantum to be able to supply a fully autonomous operation of reconnaissance drones that gather high-resolution, real-time data. "We want to be the leading European or Europe-based drone robotics company supplying drones into this space."

☆ How the same mistake led to thousands of layoffs across the Tech industry
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Matt Weinberger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tech CEOs all made the same dumb mistake, and it's cost thousands of jobs. In his first remarks to Twitter employees, Musk said that the service's success is far from guaranteed and that bankruptcy is an option. Meta insiders say they have little to no visibility into who, exactly, got let go in the culling of 11,000 jobs. Shopping on social media is the wave of the future; just ask Elon Musk. Keep updated with the latest tech news throughout your day by checking out The Refresh from Insider, a dynamic audio news brief from the Insider newsroom.

☆ 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' may become Marvel's 11th billion-dollar movie: 'They are the epitome of box office success'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Since the release of 2010's "Iron Man 2", Marvel has helped Disney rake in $22.5 billion at the global box office. With the release of "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" this week, Marvel Studios will welcome the 30th entry into its ever-growing cinematic universe. "They are the epitome of box office success in terms of how we even frame that conversation." "Wakanda Forever" is the sequel to 2018's "Black Panther," which earned $1.3 billion and is currently the No. If recent history is any indication, Marvel's 30th film is likely to be a box office success.

☆ What to know about Mastodon, the Twitter alternative
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Rachel Metz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

I am one of these Mastodon newcomers, trying it out of curiosity and because Twitter has felt increasingly toxic over time. Davide Bonaldo/SOPA Images/ShutterstockBut while it can be exciting to seek out a new social network, it can be tricky, too. Mastodon and Twitter have some similarities, yet they’re quite different — both in how they work and how they’re operated. I have mostly taken the more manual route by searching on Twitter for the word “Mastodon” to pull up people I follow who have added Mastodon usernames to their Twitter profile names. There also isn’t a Mastodon equivalent to Twitter’s quote-tweet feature, where you can repost another user’s post and append your own thoughts to it.

☆ 14 TV insiders rank the streamers where they want to sell shows now as Apple TV+ closes in on HBO Max amid turmoil at Warner Bros. Discovery
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Elaine Low | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

"It's definitely been not the most exciting and robust year," said one TV agent at a major agency. Around 70 people at HBO and HBO Max have been let go this year, and their comedy development teams have merged. While WBD doesn't break out streamer-specific figures, it said on Thursday's earnings call that HBO Max, HBO, and Discovery+ have a combined 94.9 million subscribers, ensuring that any show on HBO Max has the chance to get a lot of eyeballs. They'll also take smaller swings in the genre department, do things at a lower budget," said the second TV agent. Echoed the first TV agent: "You pitch and sell to them if no one else wants it."

LONDON — Another U.S. citizen has died fighting in Ukraine, two people with knowledge of his death told NBC News on Monday, bringing the number of Americans killed in Russia’s war to at least six. Griffin had been taking part in Ukraine’s counteroffensive on the eastern front, according to the International Legion. The next month, 52-year-old Stephen Zabielski of Hernando, Florida, was killed fighting in the village of Dorozhniank. And in July, the State Department confirmed that two more Americans had been killed in eastern Ukraine. Last week, the body of a fifth American killed in Ukraine, 24-year-old Joshua Jones, was returned by Russia to Ukrainian custody.

☆ Analysis: A new Netflix show keeps the memory of Blockbuster alive
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Three things to watch‘Blockbuster’(From left) Olga Merediz and Melissa Fumero in a scene from Netflix's "Blockbuster." In the eponymous show, Randall Park plays Timmy Yoon, “an analog dreamer living in a 5G world” who manages the last Blockbuster location out there. The series is streaming on Netflix now. ‘Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me’Selena Gomez attends the 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards on February 27 in Santa Monica, California. (From left) Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, Geri Halliwell and Victoria Beckham of the Spice Girls perform during the Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 12, 2012.

And the stock market isn't the only aspect of the economy that's hurting soon-to-be retirees. Saving for retirement 101Most people have three primary sources of income in retirement: personal retirement accounts (401(k)s and IRAs), pensions and Social Security. In retirement, the individual would withdraw no more than 4% of their retirement portfolio annually, while adjusting for inflation. If you've been maintaining a diversified retirement portfolio with 60% allocated towards stocks and 40% towards bonds, you've probably noticed both asset classes taking big hits. But of course, if the market hasn't bottomed yet, you're taking a risk.

☆ Why the SPAC Boom Fizzled: What Went Wrong
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Schools and Learning in an AI-Enabled WorldHow will generative AI tools, like ChatGPT, change the education system? That’s the question on a lot of parents' and teachers’ minds. At this year’s Future of Everything festival, the founder of Code.org talked about how the next generation of students will live and learn in an AI-enabled world. We bring you highlights from that conversation. ILLUSTRATION: AMOGH ALVA VAZ/WSJ

☆ FDA says two studies showing omicron boosters weren't much better than old Covid shots were too small to come to any conclusions
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The recently authorized booster vaccine protects against the original SARS-CoV-2 virus and the more recent omicron variants, BA.4 and BA.5. The Food and Drug Administration said two studies this week showing that the new omicron boosters weren't that much better than the old shots were too small to come to any real conclusions. The antibody responses were slightly higher with the omicron boosters, though the studies concluded the difference wasn't significant. The studies are of public interest because there's very limited human data on how the omicron BA.5 boosters perform right now. The FDA also looked at data directly on the BA.5 shots that came from animal studies.

☆ Americans 55 and older are the richest and will live longer than any generation, says Esquire's Clinton
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | 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 EmailAmericans 55 and older are the richest and will live longer than any generation, says Esquire's ClintonMichael Clinton, Esquire contributing writer, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss whether the next generation will be America's richest, what the new generation will mean for the economy and when the metaverse will be cool.

☆ An OnlyFans creator shares the exact posting schedule that makes her 6 figures
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Belle Grace left a job in healthcare to build a business as an adult-content creator. Just before the pandemic, in January 2020, Belle Grace — who uses a stage name for safety reasons — decided to try posting on OnlyFans out of curiosity. "In April I made a new page, and that's when the name Belle Grace came in. For example, Belle Grace will ask them to choose a suit of cards: $5 for spades or $8 for hearts. Most of the products are related to her OnlyFans content and range in price from $10 to $300.

☆ Opinion | Frustrated With Polling? Pollsters Are, Too
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Quoctrung Bui | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +18 min

But what’s really troubling pollsters going into this election is that it’s unclear how much more error these problems will add during this cycle. Just because you put the right ingredients in a bowl, doesn’t mean you’re going to end up with a cake. I think a lot of that has been swept under the rug because the move to online polling seems so inexorable. Pollsters don’t know what people are seeing, hearing and reading. I know at FiveThirtyEight you can search by A-rated or B-rated, but I don’t know how they’re coming up with these ratings.

☆ It's still unclear if your student debt will be forgiven before payments resume in January — or how your loan company will carry out the relief
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Payments are still set to resume in January 2023 after being on pause for over two years during the pandemic. When announcing the debt relief, Biden said the extension of the payment pause through December 2022 would be "final," while also noting that the application to apply for relief would go live in early October. While the Education Department recommends borrowers submit their applications by mid-November so the relief can hit their accounts before payments resume, it remains to be seen how effectively student-loan companies will implement the relief. "Another concern is with the loan servicers – we must ensure that they aren't engaging in deceptive or illegal behavior, and holding them fully accountable if they do," she added. And income-driven repayment plans, which are intended to give borrowers affordable monthly payments with the promise of loan forgiveness after at least 20 years, had the same issue — recent reports found loan companies had failed to track payments borrowers had made.

☆ Zelenskiy promises victory as Ukraine marks Defenders Day
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, Oct 14 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy marked Ukraine's Defenders Day holiday on Friday by promising victory over Russia and freedom for Ukraine. In a video address delivered on hills outside the capital Kyiv, Zelenskiy thanked Ukraine's armed forces for defending their country. He said everything that had been taken away from Ukraine would be returned, and no soldier left in captivity. This will be a victory for the Armed Forces of Ukraine." Russia's invasion of Ukraine, launched on Feb. 24, has killed thousands, displaced millions, pulverised cities and damaged the global economy.

☆ Over half of Gen Z and millennials could face a retirement crisis as inflation rises and homeownership falls, says a Boston University economist
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Over half of Gen Z and millennials could enter retirement with insufficient savings, says a Boston University economist. As of 2017, roughly half of all retirement age Americans had no personal retirement savings, per a January Census Bureau report. While the expectation that young Americans will live longer than the generations before them is a positive development, this also raises the total cost of retirement. "The retirement age will rise and it's been rising," he said, pointing to BLS projections of older workers' labor force participation. To prepare for retirement, Kotlikoff says Gen Zers should be saving 15% of what they earn after taxes, although he adds that that "may well be on the low side."

☆ Mark Zuckerberg is making a classic big Silicon Valley mistake — one we last saw made by Marissa Mayer at Yahoo
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Mark Zuckerberg is making the same mistakes that plagued former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. Zuckerberg, too, is making a big bet on the metaverse, one better suited for the venture capital world. As Meta shifts to become "a metaverse company" amid stalling user growth and slowing ad sales, stories are emerging about the growing pains that have arrived alongside the changes. Zuckerberg's metaverse play isn't unusual in the tech world, it's just not one we've often seen pay off outside the world of venture capital. Marissa Mayer also had an ambitious vision — and it didn't pay offFormer Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.

☆ How not to run out of money in retirement
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

No one wants to run out of money before they die. That makes it difficult to figure out how much you can take every year from your portfolio and not outlive your money. But there are various rules of thumb to help you gauge a sustainable withdrawal rate. Rules of thumb for sustainable withdrawal ratesOne rule is a “percent of portfolio” withdrawal strategy. A more sustainable withdrawal rate might be 3.3%, according to Morningstar, or between 2.8% and 3.3% according to Vanguard.

Canadian actor Robert Cormier, who appeared in the drama "Heartland" has died at the age of 33. The actor died Friday in Etobicoke, Ontario, according to his obituary. Cormier died in the hospital of injuries he sustained in a fall, his sister told his talent agent’s office. Thank you.”The show "Heartland" shared a tribute to Cormier on social media, calling him "a beloved member of the Heartland cast the last two seasons." “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Robert Cormier,” the statement said.

☆ James Earl Jones is retiring as the voice of Darth Vader
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —James Earl Jones, who for decades has provided Darth Vader’s iconic, menacing voice, will not record new lines for new “Star Wars” projects. Instead, Jones’ voice will live on artificially through an AI program that can recreate his voice, so Vader can deliver new lines of dialogue and maintain the commanding bass sound that made him a widely feared villain, Vanity Fair reported. Jones, 91, last recorded a Vader voice cameo for the 2019 sequel “The Rise of Skywalker,” sound editor Matthew Wood told Vanity Fair. “So how do we move forward?”James Earl Jones' signature bass has helped make Darth Vader an iconic villain. Jones, an EGOT-winning actor, has voiced Vader since 1977’s “A New Hope,” though his role was uncredited for that project.

☆ I paid off my student loans 9 years early by freelance writing on the side, and I have 5 tips for anyone who wants to do the same
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Krissi Driver | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I paid off $60,000 of student loans nine years early in part by freelance writing on the side. To supplement my income, I started freelance writing in 2014. I have five tips for anyone thinking about starting a freelance writing side hustle to get out of debt. No matter what kind of content you're writing — and especially if you're writing anything that will live solely online — SEO will come into play at some stage. (And make no mistake, as a freelance writer, you're an entrepreneur!)

☆ Federer one of the greatest athletes of any sport: Djokovic
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic hailed the retiring Roger Federer as one of the greatest athletes of all time and said he would leave a lasting legacy for the world of tennis. Federer, who has won 20 Grand Slam titles, has struggled with injuries in recent years and said last week that he would end his career after the Laver Cup in London. Djokovic beat Federer in four major finals including at Wimbledon in 2019, the Swiss's last Grand Slam final. This week's Laver Cup will be the first time that Federer, Nadal, Murray and Djokovic are playing together in an event since the 2019 Australian Open. "It's great we will have a chance to spend some quality time off the court together," Djokovic told Eurosport.

A new State of Play presentation will showcase 10 upcoming PlayStation games on September 13. The September State of Play could also include announcements on upcoming Sony hardware, like PS VR2. Where to watch the September PlayStation State of Play livestreamYou can watch Sony's September State of Play event at 6 p.m. God of War Ragnarok is the biggest PlayStation exclusive of the holiday season, so a new trailer during State of Play wouldn't be a surprise. Square Enix has used recent State of Play shows to share footage of Final Fantasy XVI, a PlayStation 5 exclusive.

☆ How to adapt Jane Austen -- and why it's so hard to get right
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-07 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Over the years, Austen adaptations have made millions, been nominated for more than a dozen Oscars and several Emmys, and convinced viewers the world over that Mr. Darcy is the gold standard of suitors. Pride vs. Miss Prejudice," two of several Austen adaptations starring Asian protagonists. "Austen is a way for today's readers to both romanticize about soul mates and also sustain their self-respect," said Brodey, who's published several papers on Austen. What the best Austen adaptations get rightA strong Austen adaptation doesn't need to parrot the original text or even take place in late 18th-century England. The Austenites CNN interviewed agreed -- for an Austen adaptation to succeed, it needs to maintain the spirit of her work, especially her incisive depth and incomparable wit.

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