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First of all, there's no such thing as a “game clock” in tennis, in general, and no such thing as “too late” at the Australian Open and U.S. Open, in particular. … I haven’t been able to sit through one,” two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka said. The women's and men's professional tours announced just before the start of the Australian Open that they're instituting new rules this month to try to cut back on play after midnight. One problem: Those rules apply only to events run by the WTA and ATP — not Grand Slam tournaments. WHEN DOES MEDVEDEV PLAY NEXT?

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☆ The 2023 stock winners investors should let ride, sell or hedge in the new year
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-01 | by ( Michael Khouw | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Let 'em ride: Several of 2023's best-performing stocks were grossly undervalued at the beginning of the year. So while investors recognized the company could deliver massive earnings and free cash flow, they were afraid Zuckerberg had gone off the reservation. The stock sports topline growth, substantial margins, a strong balance sheet, substantial free cash flow, and a moat around its business. It's time to hedge some of those gains (or take profits): The second best-performing stock in the Russell 1000 for 2023 is Coinbase (COIN) . If you own, but don't want to sell, consider purchasing the March $45/$35 put spread as a particle hedge, as illustrated below.

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☆ Tech stocks dominated 2023 investing. Here's where the sector finds growth in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-31 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

After 2023's blowout run, it's hard to recall the once gloomy investing setup for technology stocks last December. As the calendar year turns, don't expect technology stocks to match 2023's blowout gains, but the year's performance is no fluke. AI stocks may dominate tech-focused investing, but don't sleep on the other emerging themes. GOOGL YTD mountain Alphabet shares in 2023 Both companies have rolled out new initiatives in the months since. Arm Holdings made headlines this year as one of the first major companies to go public , reviving the IPO market after a roughly two-year drought.

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☆ OpenAI CEO Sam Altman went on an 18-month, $85 million real-estate shopping spree — including a previously unknown Hawaii estate
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Katherine Long | Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementYears before the recent drama at OpenAI turned CEO Sam Altman into a household name, the former Y Combinator president went on an extraordinary 18-month, $85 million real-estate shopping spree, according to records reviewed by Business Insider — including a previously unreported $43 million Hawaii estate on land that locals describe as historically significant. AdvertisementSam Altman's Hawaii estate is immediately adjacent to the reconstruction of the royal temple of King Kamehameha I. Maxar TechnologiesA $43 million estate in HawaiiIn July 2021, Altman bought a twelve-bedroom estate in Kailua-Kona, on the big island of Hawaii, for $43 million. Altman's purchase of the Hawaii property has not been previously reported. AdvertisementAnnie had been unaware that her oldest brother owned property in Hawaii until Business Insider asked her about it, she said. A $27 million San Francisco homeAltman's weekday residence is a home on San Francisco's Russian Hill that was once described — inaccurately — as the most expensive home in San Francisco.

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☆ Regulation is the main sticking point for crypto as bitcoin inches to another new 2023 high
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Bitcoin rallied to start the week, touched a new 2023 high to end it and suffered a brief drop in between, weighed down by the trouble at Binance. Bitcoin ended the week higher by about 4% after touching a new 2023 high on Friday above $38,000. Coin Metrics measures a week in crypto, which trades 24 hours a day, from 4:00 p.m. Optimism about the likely approval of a spot bitcoin ETF has been building for the past couple months, serving as the biggest catalyst for the cryptocurrency. The challenge is that active crypto trader positioning appears long, he added, based on activity in crypto futures, options, open interest and funding rates.

Persons: Bitcoin, Zach Pandl, bitcoin, Pandl, Michael Rinko, Biden, there's Organizations: CNBC, Regulators, Delphi Locations: Binance, Argentina, U.S

☆ Romania is not ready to uphold same-sex couples' rights - PM
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BUCHAREST, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Romanian society is not ready to uphold the rights of same-sex couples in line with a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling, leftist Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said late on Thursday. The ECHR ruled in May Romania had failed to enforce the rights of same-sex couples by refusing to recognise their relationships, in a ruling which could eventually force policymakers to expand protections for the LGBT community. Asked whether Romania will enforce the ruling, Ciolacu told radio station Europa FM that "the Romanian society is not ready for a decision at the moment. Socially conservative Romania decriminalised homosexuality in 2001, decades later than other parts of the European Union, but still bars marriage and civil partnerships for same-sex couples. A referendum to change Romania's constitution to prevent same-sex couples from securing the right to marry failed to draw enough voters in 2018.

Persons: Marcel Ciolacu, Ciolacu, Luiza Ilie, Lincoln Organizations: of Human Rights, European Union, Thomson Locations: BUCHAREST, Romania, Romanian

☆ Romania Is Not Ready to Uphold Same-Sex Couples' Rights - PM
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian society is not ready to uphold the rights of same-sex couples in line with a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling, leftist Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said late on Thursday. The ECHR ruled in May Romania had failed to enforce the rights of same-sex couples by refusing to recognise their relationships, in a ruling which could eventually force policymakers to expand protections for the LGBT community. Asked whether Romania will enforce the ruling, Ciolacu told radio station Europa FM that "the Romanian society is not ready for a decision at the moment. Socially conservative Romania decriminalised homosexuality in 2001, decades later than other parts of the European Union, but still bars marriage and civil partnerships for same-sex couples. A referendum to change Romania's constitution to prevent same-sex couples from securing the right to marry failed to draw enough voters in 2018.

Persons: Marcel Ciolacu, Ciolacu, Luiza Ilie, Lincoln Organizations: of Human Rights, European Union Locations: BUCHAREST, Romania, Romanian

☆ OpenAI's new CEO once compared working for Microsoft to selling his soul. It'll now be his biggest investor.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AdvertisementIf Sam Altman needs advice on what working at Microsoft is like , he can ask Emmett Shear, the man who replaced him. OpenAI's new boss previously said working at Microsoft, which has invested upward of $10 billion in the AI startup, was like selling his soul. The Twitch cofounder was appointed interim OpenAI CEO on Sunday night , after negotiations to bring back Sam Altman fell through. AdvertisementIn the same post, he said that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman would be joining Microsoft to head up a new AI team. OpenAI and Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, made outside normal working hours.

Persons: Emmett Shear, Sam Altman, —, OpenAI's, Shear, Altman, Satya Nadella, Nadella, Greg Brockman Organizations: Microsoft, Service, Bloomberg, Business Locations: OpenAI

☆ The most surprising detail of Altman's ouster might be the fact that OpenAI fired him over a Google Meet call
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Altman was fired via Google Meet, according to his former colleague Greg Brockman. The ChatGPT maker abruptly fired its CEO, Sam Altman, around noon on Friday, shocking many inside and outside of the company. Was that a snub to Microsoft, OpenAI's lead investor, which makes its own set of workplace communication tools ? They fired Sam Altman on Google Meet? Another person joked on X, "Altman getting fired via Google Meet says everything you need to know about Microsoft Teams."

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Nov 17 (Reuters) - The board of the company behind ChatGPT late on Friday fired OpenAI CEO Sam Altman - to many, the human face of generative AI - sending shock waves across the tech industry. Backed by billions of dollars from Microsoft (MSFT.O), OpenAI kicked off the generative AI craze last November by releasing its ChatGPT chatbot, which became one of the world's fastest-growing software applications. He was the face of OpenAI and the wildly popular generative AI technology as he toured the world this year. Altman posted on X shortly after OpenAI published its blog: "i loved my time at openai. "That said, we believe Microsoft and Nadella will exert more control at OpenAI going forward with Altman gone."

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☆ A Stability executive quit after saying that generative AI 'exploits creators.' It could spell trouble for AI companies.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

He opposed Stability's argument that it should be able to train AI using copyrighted works for free. Generative AI models like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion are trained using enormous amounts of information scraped from the internet, including art, song lyrics, and books. "To be clear, I'm a supporter of generative AI. The fact that criticisms like Franceschelli's are now being echoed by the people actually building generative AI models suggests that Newton-Rex's resignation could be a defining moment for AI. "I'm sure I'm not the only person inside these generative AI companies who doesn't think the claim of 'fair use' is fair to creators.

Persons: Ed Newton, Rex, —, Newton, I've, Andreessen Horowitz, Giorgio Franceschelli, Franceschelli, it's, Rex's, I'm Organizations: Service, Stability, Meta, Google, Business

☆ 'The Peace Movement Was Orphaned', Says Son of Activist Killed on Oct. 7
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Rami AmichayGEZER, Israel (Reuters) - Family and friends of Vivian Silver, a prominent Canadian Israeli peace activist, commemorated her life on Thursday, two days after authorities confirmed she had been killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7. She had moved to Israel from Canada in 1974 and was a founding member of Women Wage Peace that campaigns for peace between Israel and Palestinians. "Not only I ... was orphaned, your many friends were orphaned, the country that you adopted at a young age, and a movement was orphaned, the movement of peace," her son Yonatan Zeigen told mourners at the outdoor ceremony. Militants killed around 1,200 people on Oct. 7 and kidnapped around 240 others, according to an Israeli tally. Women Wage Peace said Silver was a pivotal member of the group and had pushed the Israeli government to seek a political solution to its long-standing conflict with Palestinians.

Persons: Rami Amichay GEZER, Vivian Silver, Silver, Yonatan Zeigen, Ghadeer Hani, Hani, Gazans, Crispian Balmer, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Hamas Locations: Israel, Canadian, Kibbutz Be'eri, Canada, Gaza, Silver

☆ If you get sued for an AI-generated creative work, OpenAI says it will protect you while Anthropic says you're on your own
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

At its first ever developer's day conference earlier this month, OpenAI tried to tackle the situation head on by announcing Copyright Shield. That's a promise that OpenAI will pay the legal fees of its business customers in the event they're sued for something they made using its products. "We can defend our customers and pay the costs incurred if you face legal claims around copyright," said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in his keynote speech. But OpenAI rival Anthropic, founded by former OpenAI researchers and backed by billions of dollars from investors like Google and Amazon is taking a different approach. But to the extent that liability does exist, Anthropic says it's the person using the product that bears the blame.

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☆ Video of Russia's latest Lancet drone striking a US Bradley IFV shows how the weapon has been adapted to evade Ukrainian defenses
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia's newest Lancet drones appear to have found a way to evade Ukrainian defenses. This means the warheads detonate some distance away, rather than on impact. AdvertisementAdvertisementAn advanced version of Russia's feared Lancet drone appears to have a new way to evade Ukrainian armored anti-tank grids and anti-drone nets. Russian forces posted a video of a Lancet drone striking a Ukrainian combat vehicle by exploding several feet away from the target. While the advancements will put some Ukrainian vehicles at risk, the best-protected vehicles should still be able to fend off the attacks, Forbes said.

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☆ Elon Musk is getting ready to launch his first AI model to premium X users. 'Grok' will be 'based' and 'loves sarcasm,' Musk said.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Musk announced on X that his new AI model, Grok, would be available to a 'select group' on Saturday. Once the model is out of "early beta" it'll be available to all "X Premium+ subscribers," Musk said. Its main advantage over other chatbots is that it has "real-time access to X," Musk said. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Musk noted that Grok's "massive advantage" over other AI models is that it has "real-time access" to X. Grok also "loves sarcasm" and has been designed to have a "little humor" in its responses, Musk noted in his post.

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He taught (“The best leaders overcommunicate” and “Always keep score; there’s always a winner and loser in life”). They made a substantial, substantial investment in me and my family, to combine with them and try to resurrect Georgetown basketball,” said Cooley, whose first regular-season game is Nov. 7 against visiting Le Moyne. I’ve seen the lows,” said Cooley, who went to seven NCAA Tournaments in 12 seasons at Providence. “There’s not an organization — maybe outside of Kansas — that didn’t go through a change, a downfall, a dip. But I think we will improve.”___Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 Basketball Polls throughout the season.

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☆ NYC mayor says his AI robocalls are so convincing that people are stopping him on the street to ask if he speaks Mandarin
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

NYC Mayor Eric Adams's office is using AI to clone his voice into languages like Mandarin for robocalls. People have even asked him if he speaks Mandarin, Adams said at a press conference on Monday. Since March 2022, Adams' office has reached over 4 million residents through these calls, a spokesperson for the mayor told Insider. Adams' office did not comment on the concern or specify how many languages the mayor speaks. AdvertisementAdvertisementNew York City also quietly rolled out AI surveillance technology at subway stations to track fare evaders earlier this year.

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☆ These money market funds have yields that top 5%
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

With yields at around 5%, money market funds have been attracting investors in droves — yet not all funds are the same. Right now, prime funds yield an average 5.18%, while the average government fund's yield is 4.98%, per iMoneyNet. The weighted average maturity of retail prime money market funds is around 32 days, said Shelly Antoniewicz, deputy chief economist at the Investment Company Institute. Correction: A table in an earlier version of this report incorrectly described the listed funds as government money market funds. They are prime money market funds.

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☆ AI is overhyped, Warren Buffett's right-hand man Charlie Munger says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Berkshire Hathaway's vice chairman Charlie Munger is skeptical of the sudden hype around AI. AdvertisementAdvertisementWarren Buffett's right-hand man Charlie Munger is an AI skeptic and is not sold on the hype surrounding it, Fortune reported Friday . 99-year-old Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway since 1978, spoke at Zoom's Zoomtopia conference on Thursday and said that AI is essentially overhyped. "I think it's getting a huge amount of hype," Munger said, per Fortune. Munger expressed similar sentiments about AI at his newspaper the Daily Journal's annual meeting earlier this year.

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☆ I'm a 16-Year-Old Founder Who Raised $450K for My AI Startup
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Ashley Couto | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Pranjali Awasthi, 16, came up with her startup while interning in university research labs. Because of the pandemic, my high school had gone virtual, so I was able to intern for about 20 hours a week. In 2020, OpenAI released its ChatGPT-3 beta, and I knew we could use it to make extracting and summarizing research data easier. My parents told me I should take the opportunity – the network alone would be worth it, so I took an absence from high school. I wanted to get a GED, but we compromised on me finishing my high school credits online, which I completed in June 2023.

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We are buying 50 shares of Starbucks (SBUX), at roughly $90 apiece. Following Tuesday's trade, Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust will own 800 shares of SBUX, increasing its weighting in the portfolio to 2.62% from 2.46%. That's why we're adding to our position in Starbucks . One name we're warming to is Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), which we're adding to the Club's Bullpen . As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

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The revolt by the players followed a kiss on the lips of player Jenni Hermoso by the country's football federation (RFEF) boss Luis Rubiales after Spain won the World Cup. She disputed his insistence the kiss was consensual, sparking a national debate about macho culture in the sport. Another source close to four other players told Reuters they were seeking legal advice to decide whether to report to the squad on Tuesday, afraid of the threat of punishment. "They come from being world champions, they love the profession and I know they will be here with us tomorrow." An original group of 81 players had called the boycott in the wake of the furore over Rubiales' kiss.

Persons: Montse Tome, Jenni Hermoso, Luis Rubiales, Hermoso, Mapi Leon, Patri Guijarro, Jorge Vilda, Tome, Jenni, Fernando Kallas, Emma Pinedo, David Latona, Andrei Khalip, Charlie Devereux, Philippa Fletcher, Ken Ferris Organizations: Players, Spain, Reuters, Sports, Sweden, UEFA Nations League, Thomson Locations: Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

☆ Pirates look make it 3 straight vs. Nationals
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

September 14 - The Pittsburgh Pirates will go for a series win while the visiting Washington Nationals look for a series split Thursday when the teams conclude a four-game set. Washington right-hander Josiah Gray (7-11, 4.13 ERA) is scheduled to start opposite Pittsburgh right-hander Mitch Keller (11-9, 4.23). Keller, who will be making his 100th big-league appearance, has had an uneven second half for the Pirates (68-78). "I'm trying to build off last year's innings," Keller said. Against the Nationals, Keller is 0-1 with a 10.57 ERA in two career starts, both last year.

Persons: Jackson Rutledge, Josiah Gray, Mitch Keller, Keller, he's, Derek Shelton, Shelton, Gray, Luis Arraez, Jacob Young, Gray fumed, Young, I've Organizations: Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Nationals, Washington, Pittsburgh, Nationals, Pirates, Atlanta, Miami Marlins, Marlins, Thomson Locations: Washington, Pittsburgh

☆ How Kia pulled off a massive turnaround in the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Robert Ferris | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

When the automaker arrived in the U.S. in 1994, its cars were poorly reviewed, and it was seen mostly as a low-cost value brand. Now, Kia is winning awards and commanding higher markups than its peers. U.S. sales have gone from about 12,000 units in 1994 to almost 700,000 units in 2022. "We had a record in 2022," said Steve Center, chief operating officer of Kia America, adding that the first half of 2023 brought another sales record. But Kia believes it can take on electric as well as it took on internal combustion.

Persons: Kia, Steve Center, I've, Ivan Drury, Edmunds, We've, we'll Organizations: Kia America, ICS, BMW, Audi, U.S ., EV Locations: Korean, U.S, .

☆ Billionaire CEOs said working from home made them happier. Some now want to fire workers who don't show up to the office.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Meta CEO told staff they could expect him to spend half of the next year working remotely. True to his word, in his first week Musk banned remote work in a 2:30 a.m email to Twitter staff. Still: Unlike some of the other wealthy CEOs on this list, Eric Yuan has always been a little skeptical of permanent remote work. Roy RochlinSalesforce CEO Marc Benioff was initially outspoken in his support for remote working. Joining the growing list of CEOs that say remote work is not conducive to productivity, Salesforce revised its work-from-anywhere strategy.

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