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☆ 1 in 3 senior execs say a return-to-office mandate is pushing them to quit
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. That earlier survey also found that 19% of non-exec workers would likewise quit if forced to pick up their commute again. AdvertisementOgawa said the findings were also notable because high-up executives are often the people tasked with implementing RTO mandates. That's a big drop from a prior survey in 2023, when 62% of CEOs held that expectation. Advertisement"They might not be looking to retain folks who wouldn't want to come back to the office," she said.

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Meanwhile, OpenAI on Monday launched a new AI model and desktop version of ChatGPT, along with a new user interface. Gemini AI updatesGoogle introduced updates to Gemini 1.5 Pro, its AI model that will soon be able to handle even more data — for example, the tool can summarize 1,500 pages of text uploaded by a user. Generative AI tools such as chatbots and image creators continue to have issues with accuracy, however. New search featuresThe tech giant is launching "AI Overviews" in Google Search on Monday in the U.S. AI Overviews show a quick summary of answers to the most complex search questions, according to Liz Reid, head of Google Search. Google Search found the model of the record player and suggested that it could be malfunctioning because it wasn't properly balanced.

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☆ Nearly half of RFK Jr. backers mostly just don't like Trump or Biden. The rest are actually into him.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

RFK Jr.'s candidacy is propelled in large part by people who just don't like their other options. 44% of his supporters are mostly just voting against Trump and Biden, polling shows. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementIn case it wasn't clear enough: many of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s supporters are mostly just dissatisfied with their other choices. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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☆ Google CEO Pichai says company will 'sort it out' if OpenAI misused YouTube for AI training
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said Google will "sort it out" if it determines Microsoft -backed OpenAI relied on YouTube content to train an artificial intelligence model that can generate videos. The New York Times later reported that OpenAI had transcribed over a million hours of YouTube videos. Asked if Google would sue OpenAI if the startup violated the search company's terms of service, Pichai didn't offer specifics. Pichai said Google has processes in place to figure out if OpenAI failed to comply with the rules. WATCH: Alphabet CEO on report OpenAI trained GPT-4 on YouTube: We have clear terms of service

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☆ 'All That' star Lori Beth Denberg says Nickelodeon's Dan Schneider showed her porn, initiated phone sex, and lashed out on set
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Kate Taylor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Schneider told Denberg that he should have been the one to have that conversation. "I feel like that is the first time he preyed on me," Denberg told Business Insider. "Nobody thinks it is their responsibility" to protect the people working at Nickelodeon, Denberg said. According to Denberg, Schneider would refuse to write her jokes for the segment until the last minute, forcing her to perform live without rehearsing. Denberg said she cheered up Bynes, then told Schneider that he couldn't change "the little girl's lines on the spot."

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☆ Apple desperately needs its Next Big Thing
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Paris Marx | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

But after a decade of doing that, iPhone sales are slowing, revenue is down, and the company, again, needs to find its next big thing. Apple's own outlook suggests poor iPhone sales will persist, especially as sales in China rapidly decline. The drawbacks of Cook's divestment from product design and development are now becoming clearer. Both the EU and the US cases would also make some people more likely to switch to a cheaper phone, which would threaten iPhone sales even further. The drawbacks of Cook's divestment from product design and development are now becoming clearer.

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☆ I'm a Gen Zer who moved to London from the US. I wouldn't recommend it if you're used to American salaries and social life.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementMoving to London can be tough if you're used to American salaries and social lifeI've looked into moving to New York. My friend who moved to New York when I moved to London started at $80,000. One of my favorite things about London is anytime people from home come over, I'm like, "Let's take a trip." I want to try other cities, but I think I'm just going to end back up in London. I really love London.

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☆ A Ukrainian recon commander in Kharkiv said its first line of defense was missing, in a 'betrayal' that allowed Russian troops to just walk in
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"There was no first line of defense," Denys Yaroslavskyi told the BBC, which reported from Vovchansk on Sunday. Jonathan Beale, a defense correspondent at the outlet, wrote that Yaroslavskyi showed him drone footage of Russian troops walking past Ukraine's northeastern border without resistance. Lying on Kharkiv's northeastern border, Vovchansk is one of Ukraine's closest cities to the Russian region of Belgorod. Related storiesDays earlier, Ukrainian military observers reported that between 30,000 to 35,000 Russian troops had gathered for the push. The Kremlin has since 2022 been accusing Ukraine of shelling Belgorod, though this also comes amid repeated reports of Russian troops misfiring or dropping bombs by mistake on civilians there.

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☆ An 88-year-old woman married her high school crush — and finally had the wedding of her dreams
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"When I saw her in 9th grade, I thought she was very beautiful and exciting," Passaro told TODAY.com. "I always had a special place in my heart for Roland all through those years," Hall told TODAY.com. "There was an attraction between us that night," Hall told The Washington Post. "I kept saying at 88, maybe I shouldn't wear a veil," Hall told TODAY.com. "I feel the same way as I did at 15," Hall told TODAY.com.

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This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Traditional agencies that work with top Hollywood talent — like blue-chip firms CAA, UTA, and WME — have started representing YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok stars, working with popular creators from Addison Rae to Emma Chamberlain. Some management firms and agencies are focused on specific criteria, like creators in the lifestyle category or those from diverse backgrounds. "There wasn't a huge prioritization of diversity in the influencer space, which was a problem for me, especially as a Black woman," CFG founder Annelise Campbell told Business Insider. "I felt that most brands were not seeing the value of diverse creators and the audiences they serve.

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☆ MDMA therapy could be legalized by summer. Why are so many advocates sounding the alarm?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Anna Silman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +52 min

Last summer, thousands of tie-dyed Burners and Patagonia-clad tech founders converged on the MAPS Psychedelic Science conference in Denver. The experience "broke the spell of this trauma, and she was able to rebuild her life," Doblin told The Guardian . The video team's job was to store recordings of every MDMA therapy session performed in the clinical trials. Grof believes in something called an "inner healing intelligence," an innate capacity for self-healing that psychedelic therapy helps unleash. Another time, a patient who had come to an MDMA therapy session later acknowledged they had been under the influence of LSD during treatment.

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☆ Shein's U.S. charm offensive and IPO could hinge on NRF membership. So far, it's been rejected
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Open to allIt's unclear why the NRF rejected Shein's membership application, but according to one of the people familiar, someone with sway is strongly against the company's admittance. The NRF's board has a leadership team and an executive committee. An NRF membership application form that can be found online states: "Companies principally engaged in retailing are eligible for membership in the Federation." Two of the board members said they weren't aware of any instances where the NRF denied a retailer membership. "I don't think they are in the business of turning anyone down," one of the board members told CNBC.

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☆ Google and Apple partner to fight location tracker stalking
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

IPhone and Android devices with up-to-date software will receive a message telling them that a Bluetooth tracker is "found moving with you." Users can then have the tracker play a sound to make it easier to find, and access instructions about how to disable it. Since then, Apple has been working with Google to integrate alerts and warnings into iOS and Android to tamp down criminal misuse. The AirTag is also now just one of many Bluetooth trackers. Apple and Google allow third-party companies, such as Chipolo and Motorola, to build their own devices.

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☆ Apple's new iPad Pro is thin and fast, but the software needs an update
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Todd Haselton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

I've been testing the new iPad Pro for several days and what I found is that it's a very nice iPad. The game will look better once Activision Blizzard releases an update enabling improved graphics for the M4 iPad Pro. 2024 13-inch Apple iPad Pro Todd Haselton | CNBCThe new iPads Pro support Apple's updated $350 Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro (the 11-inch version is $300). 2024 13-inch Apple iPad Pro Todd Haselton | CNBCThe updated Apple Pencil Pro is also a lot of fun. What's bad2024 13-inch Apple iPad Pro Todd Haselton | CNBCHere's my biggest gripe about the Pro models: The software, iPadOS, is what you'll get on any other iPad.

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☆ ChatGPT just made AI more human, and it should make its rivals nervous
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The AI company basically planted a flag in the sand emblazoned with two words aimed at its Big Tech rivals: your move. The newest version of the AI chatbot, powered by OpenAI's new flagship AI model GPT-4o, can reason across audio, vision, and text in real time. AdvertisementAll the while, the voice assistant maintained a lighthearted and cheerful tone. In another instance, ChatGPT said the researcher was making it blush when he said he was talking about how "useful and amazing" ChatGPT was. Meanwhile, Amazon had plans to release an "Alexa Plus" paid version of the voice assistant that's powered by generative AI, Business Insider's Eugene Kim first reported.

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Smarter grids, like Chattanooga's, are just part of what it will take to modernize the American grid in the coming decades. A troubled transition to renewable energyOffshore wind farms are one of the growing areas of renewable energy. And the Edwards & Sanborn project, the US's largest solar energy and energy storage project in California, came online in January. Renewable energy is not only cleaner than fossil fuels but also often less expensive. Breaking down barriersThe US grid isn't designed for fluctuating renewable energy, so much of it goes to waste because clean-energy projects can't connect to the grid.

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☆ Jamaal Bowman may be the most endangered Squad member. He doesn't seem alarmed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

Advertisement"He was recruited by AIPAC to run against us because we called for a permanent cease-fire," Bowman said of Latimer. In January, Bowman lost the support of the liberal pro-Israel group J Street over his rhetoric on Israel. Like Bowman, Latimer has a blunt and direct speaking style that sometimes leades to gaffes, such as his invocation of the racist lynching of Emmett Till when commenting on the sexual misconduct allegations against then-Gov. When asked about Bowman's charge of racism, Latimer pointed to his appointment of Ken Jenkins, a Black man, as his deputy county executive. Bowman and Latimer have known each other for nearly four years, first meeting for coffee after the congressman's 2020 primary victory.

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☆ I moved to the US at 16 and went from fast food delivery driver to making $3 million a year. Here's how I did it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Dishwasher, $790 for four days a weekMy network grew, and another friend told me about a startup called Cook Unity in 2016. Cook Unity is a chef-to-customer meal subscription platform based in Brooklyn. AdvertisementEach of the Cook Unity chefs has a different menu, so I had to learn about various ingredients from different parts of the world. Chef, $969,000 a yearIn 2020, I became a chef for Cook Unity, transitioning from full-time employment to being a contractor. Cook Unity expanded to Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Austin, Atlanta, and Seattle.

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☆ The biggest bombshells from Michael Cohen's testimony were all in Trump's own words
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

But in his under-oath testimony for Trump's criminal trial Monday, Cohen placed Trump firmly in the room where it happened. AdvertisementIn 2015, Trump told Cohen he would run for president. When Cohen told Trump about it, his response was, "She's really beautiful," Cohen said. According to Cohen, Trump's goal was to postpone the payment until after the November 2016 election, at which point he didn't think it would matter. "I used quite a few expletives," complaining to Weisselberg, Cohen told jurors.

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☆ Walmart CEO Doug McMillon shares 3 tips for success in work and life
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewWalmart CEO Doug McMillon returned this weekend to his alma mater, the University of Arkansas, where he delivered the commencement address to the class of 2024. McMillon also revealed how some plans didn't work out — like being rejected from the top MBA programs — and how a mistake could have ended his career before it began. I'm wired to think more about what's coming next than the moment right in front of me. AdvertisementMy second piece of advice is to pursue a career that does not feel like work. If you're in the right place, most days, work won't even feel like work.

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☆ Trump's 'multi-tasking' defense is falling apart in court
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementThis is one of the arguments Donald Trump's lawyers have advanced in his defense for his hush-money trial: Trump didn't do anything wrong. Cohen met with Allen Weisselberg, the now-former Trump Organization CFO, in January of 2017 to hash out how he'd get reimbursed by Trump and the Trump Organization, according to records shown at trial. Occasionally, he'd write "VOID" on one he didn't want to be paid, according to Trump Organization employee Deborah Tarassoff. If Trump had a question about a check, he'd talk with a Trump Organization employee about it, Westerhout testified. Advertisement"Am I correct that when he would sign checks, he was often multitasking?"

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☆ My son had seizures every day, and we worried about his future. A brain implant changed his life.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Teddy was the youngest person in the country to get a brain implant to help. Teddy didn't smile at us or reach for objects, but at first, his doctors weren't concerned that he wasn't meeting milestones. Teddy has seen a reduction in his seizures since receiving the brain implant. Courtesy Children's NebraskaI knew if we didn't do something, I worried Teddy would dieI knew the doctor was right. Yet the treatment we were considering, a brain implant called responsive neurostimulation (RNS), was only approved for adults.

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AdvertisementThe unprecedented criminal trial of a former US president has delivered several stunning moments so far. Jurors get a peek at the 34 records at the heart of the caseTwo weeks into Trump's trial, jurors finally saw the paperwork at the heart of the matter. A courtroom sketch of Stormy Daniels on the witness stand in Donald Trump's hush-money trial. On the stand, Daniels said Trump told her she reminded him of his daughter, commenting on her blond hair and beauty. Trump's legal team requested a mistrial on the basis of Daniel's testimony.

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☆ The restaurant stocks that are killing it in this market have one thing in common
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +17 min

When a company performs well and I interview its CEO on CNBC, I consider the stock's performance before fashioning my questions. Maybe the company had been poorly run and the guest is a new CEO who is turning it around. Once Wood picks a stock, that company can do no wrong, which is code for she can do no wrong. And take it from me, an old Mexican restaurant veteran, it travels better than any other restaurant chain. We should have just bought Dutch Bros. (See here for a full list of the stocks in Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust.)

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☆ After I got married, I made my last name my middle name. It turned out to be a headache.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Jamie Davis Smith | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I didn't want to drop my maiden nameWhen we got married, I was 27. Eventually, I decided to use my maiden name as my middle name, a middle ground that would allow me to keep my old name and use a new one. We decided that we would give any sons we had the middle name of Davis, too, and our daughters' middle names would be the maiden names of our mothers. After our wedding, I went to the Social Security office to make my new name, Jamie Davis Smith, official. The one certain thing is that trying to find a middle ground, using a middle name as a last name, has not worked well for me.

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