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☆ Numerous Tesla owners say they've been trapped inside their EVs after they lost power. Here's how to manually open a Tesla door if you get stuck inside.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Numerous Tesla owners say they have been trapped inside their EVs after they lost power. Teslas come with manual door releases, but they can be hard to find without the owner's manual. Numerous Tesla owners have said they've been stuck inside their EVs after the cars suddenly lost power. The manual door release can be tricky to find unless you've combed through your car's owner's manual. TeslaThe Model 3 owner's manual states that "only the front doors are equipped with a manual door release."

Persons: Tom Exton, Exton, Rick Meggison, Meggison, Tesla, Teslas Organizations: Tesla, ABC Locations: Arizona

☆ We converted a $12,000 shuttle bus into a tiny house on wheels. Here's what it's like living in it full time and how we did it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Alyshia Hull | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Michael Cassata and Sara Cokeley turned a shuttle bus into their long term home. Lying on our shuttle bus' roof top deck. How to find the right shuttle busWe faced a few challenges when converting our shuttle bus. I remember the day we finally found our shuttle bus. Our used water is then held beneath the bus in a gray water tank until we can dump it.

Persons: Michael Cassata, Sara Cokeley, Michael, Sara, we've, I've, Sara Still, It's, Michael We'll, they're, Alyshia Organizations: Service, eBay, Costco, Walmart, AC, Disney, Alyshia Hull, ahull Locations: Wall, Silicon, Orlando , Florida, Pacific Northwest, Atlanta Georgia, Atlanta

☆ Walmart workers reveal 7 secret terms they use on the job
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Yeji Jesse Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Insider spoke to Walmart employees about the slang terms they use at work. According to one Walmart employee, it can happen when they have more product than what fits on the shelf. Another employee told Insider that at their store, they deliberately "plug" to make the shelves look more full if they're running low on stock. While officially, it's called OneWalmart, employees told Insider that everyone just calls it "The Wire." Meat WallThe meat wall is where Walmart stores stock their meat products — from ground beef to chicken to deli meats.

Persons: it's, It's, David J, Phillip, you'll, Jeffrey Greenberg Organizations: Walmart, Service, Privacy, Universal, Getty, Mule Walmart Locations: Wall, Silicon, Texas

☆ 4 key types of landmines, how they work, and their impact on the Russia-Ukraine war
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Here are the four main types of mines, how they work, and how they've impacted the war. Insider has looked at the four key types of landmines — broken down into two major groups — being used in the war, how they work, and the impact they've had on the conflict in Ukraine. In July, HRW said it had unearthed more evidence that Ukraine used the banned mines and has informed the Ukrainian government. Fragmentation minesFragmentation mines can be either bounding mines or ground mines. The Russia-Ukraine war has seen a variety of anti-tank mines used, including the PTM-1 and the TM-62M.

Persons: deminers, Vitaly V, HRW, OLEKSII FILIPPOV, Velyka Novosilka, Diego Herrera Carcedo, bobby, Bradley, Valery Zaluzhny, Zaluzhny Organizations: Service, The Times, German Army Combat Training, Blast, Rights Watch, Wikimedia, Getty, Anadolu Agency, HRW, DEL POZO, Washington Post Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Russia, PMN, Ukrainian, Brovary, Kyiv, AFP, Mine

That is by far the most ever spent on clean energy in a year. Solar and Wind Power Have Taken Off Electricity generation per year, in terawatt hours China 600 TWh 500 Solar Wind U.S. China 400 E.U. It would shred regulations designed to curb greenhouse gases, dismantle nearly every federal clean energy program and boost the production of fossil fuels. 1 2 3 4 5 Even Tulsa, with its strong links to oil and gas, is embracing clean energy. “But we also understand that energy is energy, whether it is generated by wind, steam or whatever it might be.”Around the country, clean energy is taking root in unlikely locales.

Persons: ”, Fatih Birol, Al Gore, Crews, Francis Energy, Dewey, Bartlett Jr, “, J.W, Peters, Mr, Lazard, Gregory Nemet, —, Biden, Tesla, Giovanni Bertolino, Jon Creyts, Steve Uerling’s, Uerling, Cathy Zoi, It’s, Mary Barra, ’, Barra Organizations: Buses, Port, International Energy Agency, India India, Energy, The New York Times, Heritage Foundation, Republican, Ford, University of Tulsa’s School of Petroleum Engineering, “ Oil, Drillers, Navistar, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, Francis, Solar Power, U.S . Steel, Gas, University of Wisconsin -, Panasonic, United, European Union, United States ’, General Motors, RMI, Ford Fusion, Tesla, Postal Service, Amazon, Peterbilt, Companies, Francis Energy, BMW Group, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Benz Group Locations: Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Port of Los Angeles, Houston, Europe, United States, America, China, Britain, terawatt, India, U.S, States, Beijing, London, Tokyo, Washington, Oslo, Dubai, Tulsa, Okla, Italian, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Texas, Galveston, In Arkansas, Republican, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Georgia, Korean, Nevada, tailpipes, California, New York, San Francisco, Canada, South Korea, Russia, Ukraine, Steve Uerling’s Tulsa, E.U, G.M

☆ Opinion: Oppenheimer’s not your daddy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Opinion Aanchal Saraf | Rebecca H. Hogue | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Corbis/Getty ImagesScholar Teresia Teaiwa famously critiqued the bikini as instrumental to depoliticizing and concealing the effects of nuclear weapons in the Pacific. Britain and France would later begin their own nuclear weapons programs on Indigenous lands and waters in Australia and French Occupied Polynesia, among others. The US began detonating nuclear bombs at the Nevada Test Site in 1951, garnering nearby Las Vegas the nickname Atomic City. Atomic playboys have aestheticized nuclear weapons as sexy — but still safe — since their very existence. Nolan prolongs the time between the flash and the blast, allowing Oppenheimer’s words to hang in unnerving suspension.

Persons: Rebecca H, Hogue, Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer, “ Barbie ”, Barbenheimer, Hogue Rebecca H, Baker, ” Rita Hayworth, Gilda, Hayworth, — Jacques Heim’s, Louis Réard, Corbis, Teresia Teaiwa, Lee A, Merlin, SpongeBob, Bert, Turtle, Walt, William Blandy, “, Christopher Nolan’s “ Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy, Nolan, Oppie, Ernest Lawrence, Josh Hartnett, Jean Tatlock, Florence Pugh, Kitty Oppenheimer, Emily Blunt, Tatlock, Oppenheimer, J, Robert Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan's, Melinda Sue Gordon, Nolan prolongs, “ Gilda, ”, Nolan bifurcates “ Oppenheimer ”, ” “ Oppenheimer, Barbie, Margot Robbie, ’, Ken, Ryan Gosling, —, Barbie’s, Mike ”, Edward Teller, “ It’s, Teller, “ Oppenheimer ” Organizations: Dartmouth College’s Society of Fellows, Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University, CNN, Warner Brothers Discovery, Universal, Trinity, Crossroads, Getty, Atomic Energy Commission, US, Las, Atomic, National Atomic Testing, Los, Communist Party, American, Twitter Locations: Pacific, Oceania, New Mexico, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Northern Paiute, Western, Nevada, Amchitka , Alaska, Bikini Atoll, Britain, France, Australia, French, Las Vegas, Las, Playthings, Los Alamos, Japan, American, iconicity, Alamos

☆ Review: A Bloodless Postscript to ‘Jaws’ in ‘The Shark Is Broken’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Jesse Green | More About Jesse Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For nine weeks in 1974, off the shore of Martha’s Vineyard, the shooting of “Jaws” was repeatedly delayed by the whims of its temperamental stars. Bruce was the name given to the three mechanical predators built to simulate the great white shark at the heart of the story. Occasionally they wondered if it might not have been better to train an actual great white for the role. After seeing “The Shark Is Broken,” a play about that disastrous shoot, you may wonder the opposite: whether it might not have been better to cast the movie with mechanical humans. All of that is faithfully rendered in “The Shark Is Broken,” which opened on Thursday at the Golden Theater, in a production directed by Guy Masterson.

Persons: ”, Bruce, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider bickered, Guy Masterson, There’s, Duncan Henderson, Adam Cork, John Williams’s Locations: Martha’s

☆ Video captures mushroom cloud towering over a town near Moscow after a massive explosion rocked a Russian factory
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An explosion erupted at a warehouse near the Russian capital of Moscow on Wednesday. The blast at the Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant left dozens of people injured, reports said. The governor of the Moscow region said the warehouse was being used to store fireworks. Dramatic videos that circulated on social media captured the moments immediately after the blast at the Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant in Sergiev Posad and showed a massive mushroom cloud looming over the area. According to The Moscow Times, the factory has produced things like night-vision devices and binoculars for the Russian security forces.

Persons: Posad, Andrei Vorobyov, Piro Ross Organizations: Wednesday, Plant, Service, Moscow Times, TASS, Associated Press, Russia's, Firefighters, Russian Emergencies Ministry, REUTERS Locations: Moscow, Wall, Silicon, Sergiev Posad, Moscow Region, Russia, Sergiev

☆ Blast at plant near Moscow injures at least 25, Russian state media reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Uliana Pavlova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —At least 25 people were injured in an explosion at an industrial plant northeast of Moscow, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported Wednesday. The blast took place in the area of the boiler room at Zagorsk Optical and Mechanical Plant, in the town of Sergiev Posad, state news agency TASS reported. The plant is a developer and manufacturer for optical and optoelectronic devices for the Russian military, law enforcement agencies, industry and healthcare. The source of the detonation was a pyrotechnics warehouse rented by a third company on the site of the plant, RIA Novosti said, citing local authorities. Two of the people injured were hospitalized, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said, reported RIA Novosti.

Organizations: CNN, RIA Novosti, Windows, Ministry, Emergency, RIA Locations: Moscow, Russian, Sergiev

☆ The Return of Manual-Wind Watches
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Ming Liu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The lack of a rotor generally allows manual-wind movements — and, ultimately, their exterior cases — to be smaller, which suits the current trend for small watches. Bulgari also played with size in developing its manual-wind BVL 100 Piccolissimo movement, introduced last year. “Our very important clients were saying that they had so many high-jewelry watches but found it was a pity that the tiny batteries soon ran out,” said Fabrizio Buonamassa Stigliani, the brand’s production creation executive director. A mechanical movement is forever.”The Piccolissimo first was used in Bulgari’s high-jewelry Serpenti Misteriosi watches, but this year it made its way into the new Mediterranea high-jewelry collection, presented in Venice in May. Manual-wind movements highlight a watch’s vintage look.

Persons: Patek, Calatrava, Bulgari, ”, Fabrizio Buonamassa Stigliani, “, Marino Grande, Panerai Locations: Tokyo, Venice, Geneva, California

☆ Switzerland defend team time trial mixed relay crown at worlds despite crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 8 (Reuters) - Switzerland successfully defended their team time trial mixed relay crown at the world championships on Tuesday despite a crash for Marlen Reusser. Stefan Bissegger, Stefan Kung and Mauro Schmid had a good start before they handed it over to the women's team consisting of Reusser, Elise Chabbey and Nicole Koller, when Reusser lost valuable time after a crash. Reusser is one of the favourites for the individual time trial but she did manage to quickly get back on her bike to continue. The crash did little to hurt their chances as Switzerland eventually finished with a time of 54 minutes and 16.20 seconds, a full seven seconds ahead of France while Germany were third. Britain were fourth, more than a minute behind, while Italy were fifth after Silvia Persico lost time due to a mechanical.

Persons: Stefan Bissegger, Stefan Kung, Mauro Schmid, Elise Chabbey, Nicole Koller, Reusser, Silvia Persico, Rohith Nair, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Britain, Thomson Locations: Switzerland, Swiss, Glasgow, France, Germany, Italy, Bengaluru

☆ Electric Cadillac Escalade to test GM's EV strategy, cash machine
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The Escalade IQ is the first – and most important – traditional Cadillac model to be released as an EV. The automaker plans to initially sell the new electric Escalade IQ alongside the current traditional models. A close-up of the illuminated front end of the electric Cadillac Escalade IQ, including a black crystal shield badge. CadillacA teaser video released by GM of the Escalade IQ appears to have more design elements similar to the automaker's Cadillac Lyriq and Cadillac Celestiq than the traditional Escalade. The first-generation Cadillac Escalade was produced from 1998 through 2000 by General Motors.

Persons: Escalade, Mary Barra, It's, Tyson Jominy, John Roth, Roth, Edmunds, Michael Simcoe, Steve Fecht, Rory Harvey, Wayne Cherry Organizations: Motors, GM, General Motors, Cadillac, CNBC, U.S, Auto, Benz, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Cadillac's, GM Tech Center, General Motors GM, GM North America, GMC Hummer, Chevrolet Silverado, Cruise, Arlington Assembly, Chevrolet, GMC, ICE Locations: New York City, Cadillac's U.S, U.S, Warren , Michigan, Detroit, Texas, Simcoe

☆ Can These Three Much-Loved Musicals Ever Be Truly Revived?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Jesse Green | More About Jesse Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Like the movie, it was a blast, even if its satire, coming from all directions, seemed to have no target. (Much of what it pokes fun at are the conventions of musicals themselves.) Last year at Stratford, “The Rocky Horror Show” suffered from a similar problem — but recent Stratford productions of “Chicago,” “The Music Man” and “Guys and Dolls” (all directed and choreographed by Donna Feore) did not. (We’ll have a chance to find out with the arrival of a completely different “Spamalot” revival on Broadway this fall.) Maybe comedy needs to skip a few generations until minds that know nothing of migratory coconuts can test its enduring worth.

Persons: ”, Donna Feore, Lezlie Wade, Jesse Robb, “ Spamalot ” Organizations: “ Locations: Stratford, “, “ Chicago

☆ Will AI be an economic blessing or curse? History offers clues
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Mark John | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Backers of AI predict a productivity leap that will generate wealth and improve living standards. The productivity gains it was once lauded for have slowed across many economies. In a globalised economy, there are other reasons to doubt whether the potential gains of AI will be felt evenly. That is just one of several factors that will help determine how AI shapes our economic lives - from antitrust policies that ensure healthy competition among AI suppliers through to re-training of workforces. "The question is: will AI exacerbate existing inequalities or could it actually help us get back to something much fairer?"

Persons: Richard Erkhov, Yiannis, Simon Johnson, Johnson, Daron Acemoglu, jenny, Natixis, Stefano Scarpetta, MIT's Johnson, Mary Towers, Eva Mathews, Mark John, Catherine Evans Organizations: REUTERS, MIT Sloan School of Management, McKinsey, Hollywood, Reuters, Labour, Social Affairs, Economic Cooperation, Development, UN, POWER, Britain's Trades Union, OECD, Thomson Locations: Pascal, Nicosia, Cyprus, U.S, American, Paris, Bengaluru

☆ Aprilia's Espargaro wins in Britain with last-lap pass
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Espargaro denied Bagnaia his fifth grand prix win of the season by 0.215 of a second, with the top four separated by just 0.750. Espargaro was up to second by lap six, helped also by team mate Maverick Vinales and Jack Miller clashing and running wide ahead of him. "At that time, my plan was to pass him (Bagnaia) and try to go away," said Espargaro. "But when it started to rain I said 'OK, stay quiet behind Pecco, it's better that he open the track'. Honda's six-times MotoGP champion Marc Marquez fell five laps from the finish, continuing a grim run for the struggling Spaniard who has yet to complete a grand prix this season.

Persons: Aleix Espargaro, Francesco Bagnaia, Binder, Marc Marquez, Espargaro, Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia, Bagnaia, Brad Binder, Marco Bezzecchi, Pramac Ducati's, Jorge Martin, Espargaro's, Maverick Vinales, Jack Miller, Portugal's Miguel Oliveira, Martin, Younger, Alex, Alan Baldwin, Alex Richardson, Ed Osmond Organizations: Prix, Silverstone Circuit, Aprilia, Ducati Lenovo, Red Bull KTM Factory, MotoGP, KTM Bezzecchi, Silverstone, South, KTM, Stowe, Spaniard, Ducati, Thomson Locations: Silverstone, Britain, Bagnaia's, Argentina, London

☆ The robots are coming — and the companies building them are looking for workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Kate Rogers | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

But as companies adopt robots on manufacturing floors, in kitchens and on delivery routes, workers have a growing opportunity to join the ranks in helping to build and implement the technology. On the other hand, 60% of companies operating in information and technology services expect jobs to be created due to robots in the next five years. Jose A. Iglesias | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesRobotics company Zipline is among the companies looking for employees, as it aims to add at least 100 workers. The use of automation at companies large and small has two advantages, the Association for Advancing Automation argues. It reduces challenges for workers in taking away monotonous or dangerous tasks in their day-to-day roles and it keeps companies competitive and speedy in the production process.

Persons: Jose A, Keller Rinaudo Cliffton, Rinaudo Cliffton, Jeff Burnstein, Avocados Organizations: Jobs, Iglesias, Tribune, Service, Getty, Robotics, Walmart, GNC, Toyota, Association for, Automation, Vebu Labs Locations: Miami, San Francisco , California, Rwanda, China

☆ 7 slang terms you'll only know if you work at Walmart
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Yeji Jesse Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Insider spoke to Walmart employees about the slang terms they use at work. Insider asked current Walmart employees about the words they hear at work. According to one Walmart employee, it can happen when they have more product than what fits on the shelf. While officially, it's called OneWalmart, employees told Insider that everyone just calls it "The Wire." Meat WallThe meat wall is where Walmart stores stock their meat products — from ground beef to chicken to deli meats.

Persons: it's, It's, David J, Phillip, you'll, Jeffrey Greenberg Organizations: Walmart, Service, Privacy, Universal, Getty, Mule Walmart Locations: Wall, Silicon, Texas

☆ GM vows to boost jobs next year despite EV shift
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

GM, Ford Motor (F.N) and Chrysler-parent Stellantis last month opened contract talks with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union ahead of the Sept. 14 expiration of the current four-year labor deals. GM manufacturing chief, Gerald Johnson, said on Friday he did not agree it would need fewer workers for EV production. Separately, CFRA Research on Friday downgraded GM on concerns about a possible strike after the UAW sought large pay and benefit hikes. The UAW wants new limits on temporary workers and for them to receive profit sharing. Sources said the union wants the companies to agree to the equivalent of a paid day-off per week, at a time of growing trials globally of a four-day working week.

Persons: Joe Biden, Jonathan Ernst, autoworkers, Gerald Johnson, Johnson, Ford, Stellantis, Shawn Fain, David Shepardson, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Hummer, Motors, REUTERS, General Motors, GM, Ford Motor, Chrysler, United Auto Workers, UAW, EV, Research, Company, U.S, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, U.S

☆ This couple are driving around the world in a Land Rover together
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“It all started with a road trip in Belgium,” says 29-year-old Chazee, who was born in Thailand. Shared dreamNicolas Chazee and Mathilde Vougny are driving around the world in a Land Rover Defender named Albatross. Epic adventureVoughny, seen in Finland, says that she and Chazee thought their dream road trip was "unachievable" until they began researching it. “People joke that if you have a Land Rover, you’re also going to end up being a mechanic,” says Chazee. Next Meridian ExpeditionAside from the car problems, the couple say that the extreme weather conditions they’ve experienced have been among their biggest challenges so far.

Persons: Nicolas Chazee, Mathilde Vougny, ”, “, we’ve, ’ ”, they’d, Chazee, Vougny, ” Vougny, who’ve, they’ve, They’ve, you’re, I’ve, I’m, ” Chazee, he’s, they’ll, Next Meridian Expedition They’ve Organizations: CNN, Rover, Meridian Expedition, Rover Defender, Next Meridian, YouTube, Central America, “, Next, Next Meridian Expedition Locations: Brussels, Belgium, Thailand, Europe, France, Finland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Halifax, Canada, Alaska, Wyoming , Colorado , Utah, Arizona, California, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Australia, Chile, “, Central America, USA, Argentina, Antarctica, Asia, Africa

☆ ‘Back to the Future’ Review: The DeLorean Crash Lands on Broadway
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Jesse Green | More About Jesse Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The brand-extension musical is a tough genre to game, demanding something new for newcomers yet fidelity for fans. “Back to the Future: The Musical,” based on the first of the time-travel films in the billion-dollar franchise, faces an additional hurdle: It hinges on a star performance that would seem to be irreproducible onstage. And by star, I of course mean the car. Alas, that also describes the rest of the show, directed by John Rando with Doc-like frenzy: mechanical, busy, distracting, foggy. Though large, it’s less a full-scale new work than a semi-operable souvenir.

Persons: ”, Marty McFly, Casey, Doc Brown, Roger Bart, John Rando Organizations: DeLorean

☆ Two US Navy sailors arrested for allegedly sharing sensitive military information with China
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Natasha Bertrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Two US Navy sailors have been indicted and arrested for allegedly sending sensitive US military information to Chinese intelligence officers. The other sailor who has been arrested, Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao, worked at Naval Base Ventura County in Port Hueneme in California. In return, Wei allegedly received thousands of dollars. The indictment indicates that Wei received US citizenship during this period, with the Chinese intelligence officer allegedly congratulating Wei on receiving citizenship on May 18, 2022. Much of the information Wei allegedly sent to the Chinese officer was stored on restricted-access Navy computer systems that Wei was able to access because he had a security clearance.

Persons: Jinchao Wei, Wenheng Zhao, Wei, Zhao, “, ” Matt Olson, Zhao “, ” Martin Estrada, ”, Jack Teixeira, Randy Grossman, Brig, Patrick Ryder, ” Ryder Organizations: CNN, US Navy, Naval Base San, Southern, Southern District of, Navy, Naval Base, People’s, Prosecutors, Central, Central District of, Massachusetts Air National Guard, US Locations: Naval Base San Diego, Southern District, Southern District of California, Pacific, Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme, California, People’s Republic, Essex, Okinawa, Japan, Central District, Central District of California, China, United States

The DOJ announced Thursday that 2 US Navy sailors were arrested this week. The DOJ accused Navy service member Wenhen Zhao, 26, of giving military info to China for $14,866. The two sailors were charged with similar crimes, but they were charged in separate cases, and it wasn't clear Thursday if the two were connected or if they were courted or paid by the same Chinese intelligence officer. The Justice Department charged Wei under a rarely used Espionage Act statute that makes it a crime to gather or deliver information to aid a foreign government. Zhao, the second officer charged, is accused of sharing information, including operational plans for a U.S. military exercise in the Indo-Pacific Region.

Persons: Jinchao Wei, Wenhen Zhao, Wei, Zhao, ____ Baldor, Eric Tucker Organizations: DOJ, US, Service, DIEGO, US Navy, Naval, The Justice Department, Justice Department, Helicopter, Ospreys, Prosecutors, Associated Press Locations: USS Essex, China, Wall, Silicon, San Diego, Essex, Pacific, Washington

☆ Critical infrastructure design startup Transcend just raised a $20 million Series B round with this 13-slide pitch deck
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Transcend enables companies to design more sustainable and resilient critical infrastructure. We got an exclusive look at the 13-slide pitch deck it used to raise the Series B. With Transcend, designs can be iterated and compared as many times as needed to ultimately find the most cost effective or environmentally-friendly specification. They are split between asset owners themselves, engineering companies, and companies who pitch for infrastructure work, including infrastructure players Arcadis, Black and Veatch, Brookfield Asset Management. Currently a team of 80 in the US and Europe, Transcend plans to add headcount in its marketing and sales team.

Persons: Ari Raivetz, Raivetz, isn't Organizations: Princeton, Brookfield Asset Management, Autodesk, HG Ventures, Arosa Capital, Riverstone Holdings, Aspen Capital Group Locations: Brookfield, Europe

☆ Here's what thousands of Tesla owners really think about their Model 3
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Bloomberg survey found many Tesla Model 3 owners were disenchanted with Elon Musk. A Bloomberg survey of more than 5,000 Tesla Model 3 owners found many respondents had become disenchanted with the EV maker's owner Elon Musk in the four years since the outlet's last survey. Nevertheless, the owners were overall still very positive about the Model 3 and said they planned to stick with Tesla. Here's some of the best and worst things customers told Bloomberg about their Model 3 – and the FSD technology. First, Tesla claims it doesn't exist, then they damage the car trying to fix it.

Persons: Elon Musk, Tesla, I've Organizations: Bloomberg, Tesla, Elon, Morning, EV Locations: FSD

And yet, the industry is currently battling the highest level of unfilled job openings ever recorded. The construction industry averaged more than 390,000 job openings per month in 2022, the highest level on record, while unemployment in the sector of 4.6% was the second lowest on record. "Commercial construction materials prices are now 40% higher than they were back in February 2020. For construction workers, pay is boomingFor workers who seek construction jobs, the timing has never been better. "The construction industry is now paying 80% more than the average non-farm job in the United States."

Persons: Anirban Basu, Maria Davidson, Lori Ann Larocco, Davidson, it's, Michael Elder, Rucha Vankudre, It's, Brian Turmail, Turmail, doesn't, we've, Vankudre Organizations: Associated Builders and Contractors, ABC, MBTA, Boston Globe, General Contractors of America, . Census Locations: U.S, Boston, United States

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