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☆ Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai defends Google's search deals in antitrust trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The lack of competition in general search tools, the government argues, deprives consumers of improved quality and choice. In that version, Microsoft planned to build search into its toolbar so that users did not need to download separate extensions to search from that part of the browser. The search engine for that module would be determined by whatever users picked in the previous version of IE. Pichai testified that to his knowledge, "not a single user" used the IE setting in the earlier version of the browser to change the search engine from Microsoft's. Google had "proposed instead that users be prompted to select the default search provider the first time they use the inline search feature," Drummond wrote in the 2005 letter.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, Pichai, Google's, David Drummond, Microsoft's, Brad Smith, Drummond, Meagan Bellshaw, Bellshaw Organizations: Apple, of Justice, Google, Microsoft

☆ A doping free-for-all Enhanced Games calls itself the answer to doping in sports. Opponents say it poses a danger to health
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Molly Stazicker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

The Enhanced Games is the brainchild of businessman Aron D’Souza. Aron D'Souza is the founder of the Enhanced Games. But that isn’t the only potential legal jeopardy the Enhanced Games faces, according to American lawyer Jim Walden, who represents Russian whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov. “If you look at the Enhanced Games website, it’s almost as though they’re advertising their disregard of the law,” Walden told CNN Sport. If it goes ahead as planned in December 2024, D’Souza insists that the Enhanced Games will unlock the potential of humanity.

Persons: Dr, Grigory Rodchenkov, –, Rodchenkov, Oscar, Aron D’Souza, ”, D’Souza, “, Raphael Faiss, Faiss, WADA, they’re, Aron D'Souza, ” WADA, Travis Tygart, Jim Walden, ” Walden, Alex Wong, ” Rodchenkov, USADA’s Tygart, ” D’Souza, he’d, “ They’re, Ben Johnson, Johnson, Mike Powell, Pierre de Coubertin –, Ben Johnson –, Eugene, Simona Halep, – Faiss, CNN Roxadustat, Michele Verroken, ” Verroken, Verroken, Hamish Coffey, ’, Brett Fraser, ” Fraser, “ I’ve, I’ll, Jess Ennis, Hill, CNN D’Souza, Trevor Painter, ” Painter, John William Devine, ” Devine, don’t, Martial Saugy Organizations: CNN, Olympics, ”, Testing Agency, ITA, International Olympic Committee, Olympic Games, IOC, CNN Sport, Netflix, Doping Agency, Research, University of Lausanne, United, United States Anti, US Drug Enforcement Administration, FBI, Sports, Gaming Initiative, “, Games, Seoul, London Games, Bettmann, Athletics Integrity Unit, National Institutes of Health, Sporting Integrity, Australian Olympic, Olympic, United States Patent, Sciences, Swansea University Locations: Paris, United States, Seoul, South Korea, Eugene , Oregon, Cayman Islands, Tokyo, Wales

☆ Walmart to upgrade 1,400 stores with $9 billion investment
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Siddharth Cavale | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

On Friday, 117 stores in 30 states will be re-launched showcasing the enhancements, representing investments of more than $500 million, Walmart said in a statement. In total, it plans to modernize more than 1,400 of its 4,717 Walmart stores across the country. As part of those efforts, the company tested some remodeled concept stores called "Stores of the Future" at a few Walmart Supercenters, including Teterboro in New Jersey, earlier this year. Monday's investments mark the national rollout of that concept, a Walmart spokesperson said. The enhanced stores will have refreshed interiors and exteriors, with new paint, updated flooring, modernized restrooms, LED-lighting and new signage for brighter and easier navigation through the stores, the company said.

Persons: John Furner, Siddharth Cavale, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Investment, Walmart, Sam's, Thomson Locations: Bentonville , Arkansas, New Jersey, New York

☆ Q&A: White House AI advisor says US is 'catching up' to the tech, as Biden's new executive order demands transparency for the world's biggest AI models
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

President Biden just signed an executive order regarding the development and use of AI technology. The broad executive order touches on more than a dozen possible uses of AI and generative AI that already are, or could in the future, directly impact people's lives. The size threshold is so high that currently most available models do not meet the criteria for further transparency called for in Biden's executive order. Although all of the major tech companies earlier this year agreed to adhere to standards of responsibility and training in their AI work. Do you think AI is in a hype cycle, and everybody's overreacting to what it's going to mean?

Persons: Biden, Ben Buchanan, —, Buchanan, Andrew Bosworth, We're, everybody's, Ben, Kali Hays Organizations: Service, White, Office of Science, Technology, Monday, Meta, Google, Microsoft, National Institute of Standards, Biden White House, Department of Commerce . Technology, Atomic Energy, Defense, EO Locations: United States, khays@insider.com

☆ China's J-20 stealth jet isn't 'a dominating aircraft,' but it doesn't need to be for what China's military has planned
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

China's air force continues to improve and expand its fleet of J-20 stealth fighter jets. The J-20 is China's first stealth jet and a growing part of an already sizable aviation force. China's air force and navy now make up the largest aviation force in the region and the third largest in the world. They have a total of 1,900 fighter jets, including J-20s that have been "operationally fielded" by China's air force, according to the US Defense Department. AdvertisementAdvertisementA Chinese jet, believed to be a J-20 prototype, in Chengdu in January 2011.

Persons: —, Wang Jingtian, We've, Brendan Mulvaney, Mulvaney, they've, Rick Joe, Zhang Hui, Kenneth Wilsbach, Wilsbach, Jia Tianyong, Rong Xu Organizations: Service, US Defense Department, US Air Force, Beijing, Getty, WS, Reuters, China Aerospace Studies Institute, Department of, US Pacific Air Forces, Air and Space Forces Association, Air Show, China News Service, Getty Images China, People's Liberation Army, PLA, People's Republic of China, US Air, Pentagon Locations: China, East China, Pacific, Taiwan, Changchun, Chengdu, People's Republic of, China's, Xiamen, Zhuhai, American

☆ Panera now displaying warning about its caffeinated lemonade in all stores after lawsuit over customer's death
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Elizabeth Chuck | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

A large Charged Lemonade contains 390 milligrams — nearly the 400-milligram daily maximum of caffeine that the Food and Drug Administration says healthy adults can safely consume. The legal complaint called Charged Lemonade a "dangerous energy drink" and argues that Panera failed to adequately warn consumers about its ingredients, which also include guarana extract, another stimulant. The caffeine content of Panera's Charged Lemonade has always been listed in-store, Panera said. Katz had gotten a large Charged Lemonade hours before she died, and had had at least one Charged Lemonade in the days prior, according to Victoria Rose Conroy, Katz's roommate and close friend. Crawford said if Charged Lemonade is going to remain on the menu, it should be less accessible to customers.

Persons: Sarah Katz, Panera, Red Bull, Elizabeth Crawford, Kline, Specter, Katz, Victoria Rose Conroy, Katz's, Conroy, Sarah, Crawford, shouldn't Organizations: NBC News, Ivy League, and Drug Administration, FDA, Katz's University of Pennsylvania, Panera, Sip Locations: North America, Philadelphia, Katz's

☆ Jamie Dimon's stock-moving trades show why investors should track CEOs' buying and selling
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | In Kevinstankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +24 min

While executive stock sales — such as Dimon's planned transactions next year — are not universally red flags, they can get complicated. Insider stock sales Executive stock trades are usually disclosed through SEC filings known as Form 4 documents and accessible through the regulator's EDGAR database — the electronic data gathering, analysis, and retrieval system. Rule 10b5-1 trading plans came into the fold just over two decades ago to reconcile these two discordant facts. Adopting Rule 10b5-1 trading plans gives public-company executives a way to protect against allegations of illegal insider trading in the future. Compared with a tiny stock sale executed through a predetermined plan, executive stock buys generally send a much stronger signal: The executive wants to make money, too.

Persons: Jamie Dimon, Dimon, Jim Cramer, Jim, Eliezer Fich, Dimon's, EDGAR, Chester Spatt, Spatt, —, Susan Li, Drexel's, Wharton, Drexel's Fich, Fich, I'm, Nancy Quan's, Quan, Marc Benioff, Carnegie Mellon's Spatt, Benioff, Howard Schultz, Schultz's, Schultz, Carnegie Mellon's, Nikesh Arora, Arora, Charles Scharf, Wells, Sehwa Kim, Kim, Foot, Mary Dillon, Locker, Dillon, Foot Locker, Jim Cramer's, Al Drago Organizations: JPMorgan Chase, JPMorgan, Dow Jones Industrial, Wall, Dimon, Pfizer, Capitol, Drexel University, Club, Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business, CNBC, Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, Stanford, Cola, Salesforce, Carnegie, Starbucks, Palo Alto Networks, Alto Networks, Broadcom, Federal Reserve, Washington Service, Columbia Business School, JPMorgan Chase &, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: U.S, Coke, Salesforce, FL

☆ UAW expected to announce tentative agreement with Stellantis to end labor strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The tentative agreement, which would still need to be approved by union leaders and ratified by members, is patterned off a 4½-year agreement reached between the union and Ford Motor on Wednesday, sources previously told CNBC. The UAW plans to hold a meeting early Saturday afternoon with local Stellantis union leaders following the sides agreeing in principle to the terms of a deal. The tentative agreement is expected to end six weeks of targeted labor strikes by the union after the sides failed to reach new deals for 146,000 UAW members before a Sept. 14 deadline. The union called back more than 16,000 striking Ford workers after reaching a tentative deal with the automaker. It's not immediately clear how much the labor deals will increase labor costs for the companies, which had argued that giving in to all of the union's demands would affect their competitiveness and even long-term viability.

Persons: Stellantis, Shawn Fain, Ford, It's Organizations: United Auto Workers, DETROIT, UAW, Ford Motor, CNBC, General Motors, GM, Bloomberg News, Ford, Deutsche Bank Locations: Sterling Heights, Mich, Illinois

☆ Crime spree? Retailers are actually overstating the extent of theft, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But some retail analysts and researchers, bolstered by local crime statistics, say stores may be over-stating the extent and impact of theft. Mentions of “organized retail crime” on companies’ earnings calls increased 43% from January through August from a year ago, the Chamber of Commerce found. Cities and states are passing new laws with harsher punishments for organized retail crime offenses and shoplifting. A Target spokesperson said that organized retail crime increased 50% in its stores since 2021. According to the Chamber of Commerce, 12 states have created new statutes, revised existing statutes, or created enhanced penalties for organized retail crime.

Persons: William Blair, Dylan Carden, Phillip Blee, James Kehoe, Kehoe, Alex Vitale, ”, Donald Trump, Judd Legum, Blair, “, Pew Organizations: New, New York CNN — Retailers, Retailers, “, National Retail Federation, Walgreens, Brooklyn College, Commerce, U.S . Chamber of Commerce, Republican, Costco, Chamber of Commerce, Pew Locations: New York, U.S, San Francisco, Oakland, Seattle, Portland

☆ While most workers want a 4-day workweek, other job perks may be an easier way to get flexibility
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

No-mad | Istock | Getty ImagesThe United Auto Workers union has brought new attention to the idea of a 32-hour workweek as part of its strike demands. A recent Bankrate survey found 81% of full-time workers want a four-day workweek. That goes particularly for younger workers ages 18 to 42, with 83% embracing that work schedule, the personal finance website found. The enthusiasm for a four-day workweek comes as the Covid-19 pandemic prompted many workers to question the so-called "hustle culture" that has defined traditional full-time in-office work. The availability of a formal four-day workweek is still limited, Schweber said.

Persons: Sarah Foster, Z, Foster, it's, Gen Z, Julie Schweber, Schweber Organizations: United Auto Workers, Employers, Employees, Society for Human Resource Management, Finance

☆ GM, UAW may be nearing a labor deal after marathon negotiating session
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Both GM CEO Mary Barra and UAW President Shawn Fain participated in the marathon bargaining, however the union leader was doing so virtually, said two of the sources. Fain was attempting to simultaneously negotiate with GM and Chrysler parent Stellantis , which were hosting talks with the union roughly 30 minutes from one another. Spokespeople with GM, Stellantis and UAW declined to comment on specific details of the talks. The union called back striking Ford workers after reaching a tentative deal with the automaker. The strikes have collectively cost GM, Ford and Stellantis billions of dollars in lost production.

Persons: Mary Barra, Shawn Fain, Fain, Mark Stewart, Stellantis, Ford, It's Organizations: DETROIT, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Ford Motor, UAW, GM, Chrysler, North, Stellantis, Ford, Deutsche Bank

☆ 'An iPhone moment': Bernstein names global stocks to play the 'rapid growth' in battery tech
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

They said that over 200TWh of batteries will be required for the energy transition both in electric vehicles and energy storage. That breakthrough could arrive by 2027 with the commercialization of SSB batteries, Bernstein said. The firm added that they are set to have higher energy density, fast-charging capabilities and be "much safer" than liquid batteries. Batteries with higher energy density are required to reduce battery costs and increase the range of electric vehicles, Bernstein said. The asset management firm said established battery makers are likely to be the winners.

Persons: Bernstein, Neil Beveridge, CATL, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: South, LG Chem, Samsung SDI, CATL, Korean Locations: Korean

☆ Goldman Sachs Asset Management launches new defined outcome ETFs
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Suzanne Mcgee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A Goldman Sachs sign is seen at the New York Stock Exchange April 21, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 26 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has launched a pair of defined outcome exchange-traded funds (ETFs), a group of products that use options strategies to offer upside exposure to stocks while cushioning downside risk. The new funds - the Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Core Premium Income (GPIX.O) and the Goldman Sachs Nasdaq 100 Core Premium Income ETF (GPIQ.O) - will use an options overlay strategy to limit downside risk and generate income, said Michael Crinieri, global head of ETFs at GSAM. Defined outcome products are a relatively new corner of the ETF landscape, although the options strategies themselves are well established. "We started looking at developing enhanced income products like these in 2005," said Monali Vora, head of wealth investment solutions at GSAM.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Brendan McDermid, Michael Crinieri, Crinieri, Monali Vora, Morningstar, GSAM, Suzanne McGee Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Goldman, Morningstar Direct, Thomson

☆ How much you should tip your Uber and Lyft driver, according to drivers and etiquette experts
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Some Uber and Lyft drivers have complained about poor customer tipping recently. We asked drivers and etiquette experts how much Americans should be tipping for Uber and Lyft rides . AdvertisementAdvertisementRegardless of whether you're tired of tipping or trying to save money, four etiquette experts and drivers told Insider that it shouldn't stop you from tipping your Uber and Lyft driver. "As long as we're not guaranteed a living wage, I think the ethical thing is to tip drivers." AdvertisementAdvertisementJeff Hoenig, a 63-year-old part-time Uber driver in South Carolina, told Insider that roughly half of his customers left a tip last year.

Persons: Uber, —, it's, Lyft, Thomas Farley, Mister Manners, Gabe Ets, Jeff Hoenig Jeff Hoenig Nick Leighton, Farley, Jeff Hoenig, Hoenig Organizations: Service, Ets Locations: New York, Oakland , California, South Carolina

☆ Citi analysis shows your 60/40 portfolio could have been helped with a little bitcoin
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

If you held some bitcoin in your 60/40 portfolio back in 2014, you might have gotten a nice lift from the then-shadowy cryptocurrency, according to a Citi analysis of bitcoin returns. That return rose to 7.42% when analysts added a 1% allocation toward bitcoin. When committing 5% of the portfolio to the flagship cryptocurrency, that return rose to 9.3%, Citi analyst Alex Saunders said in a recent note. "Historically speaking, an allocation to Bitcoin would have enhanced portfolio returns," Saunders said in an Oct. 20 report. The firm also determined that to justify a 5% bitcoin allocation to a 60/40 portfolio, the cryptocurrency would need to generate annualized returns of 12% to 16%.

Persons: bitcoin, Alex Saunders, Saunders, Crypto, it's, CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Citi, U.S Locations: U.S

HONG KONG, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's efforts to revive its shrinking stock market are mere stopgap solutions, as analysts say a reversal in fortunes for Asia's premier financial hub would not be possible without a major improvement in China's economic prospects. With a market value of around $4.3 trillion, Hong Kong is home to one of the top-ranked stock markets globally just behind those in the United States, Japan, China and Europe. New share offerings in Hong Kong have fizzled. Local media reported that a record 47 of the 638 trading participants on the Hong Kong exchange shut shop last year. Chinese firms listed in Hong Kong, such as tech giants Tencent (0700.HK) and Alibaba (9988.HK), comprise the bulk of the turnover on the Hong Kong exchange, leaving Hong Kong hostage to China's fortunes.

Persons: Hong, John Lee, Dickie Wong, Rob Brewis, Aubrey, Eddie Tam, Alvin Cheung, Cheung, ”, Alex Wong, Alex KY, Wong, who'd, Summer Zhen, Xie Yu, Vidya Ranganathan Organizations: Nasdaq, Kingston Securities, Seng China Enterprises, HK, Aubrey Capital Management, Hong, Asset Investments, Prudential, Asset Management Company, Global, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, China, Hong Kong, United States, Japan, Europe, Shenzhen

☆ How Indeed is using AI to better match employers and job seekers while keeping humans at the center of hiring
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Indeed With Insider Studios | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Embracing AI to create matchesThough AI has powered Indeed job searches from the very beginning, it's now matching employers and job seekers in new and exciting ways. When a job seeker views a posting, Indeed uses hundreds of millions of salary data points to estimate the pay for that job and helps the job seeker view how that pay matches their expectations. Indeed has spent the past two years building and fine-tuning an AI-powered job description generator that is incredibly simple and effective. Employers can specify pay, and our AI will compare that pay with local listings and job seeker preferences to recommend competitive pay ranges. This uses generative AI to automatically compose a personalized message to the job seeker, explaining why their job is right for them.

Persons: ChatGPT, Chris Hyams, it's, We're, we've, you'll, " Hyams Organizations: Insider Studios

☆ GoStudent, the $3 billion edtech darling, scaled fast and partied hard. The result was a mess.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

These people were employees of GoStudent, an Austria-based online-tutoring startup that had quickly become the darling of the European tech scene. But 28 current and former GoStudent employees and tutors said they experienced a poorly run organization with clumsy management. Edtech companies "rarely have any major competitive advantage other than scale," a European venture capitalist who's not affiliated with GoStudent said. A GoStudent employee threatened to track down the petition's author using tutors' IP addresses, according to the German publication Handelsblatt. According to public documents updated in December 2022, GoStudent had shrunk to 15 markets and 1,500 employees, including its acquisitions.

Persons: Felix Ohswald, Gregor Müller, GoStudent, who'd, I'm, Heinz, Peter Meidinger, cofounders, Ferdinand von Hagen, Prada, GoStudent's, Dave Benett, Müller, —, Ohswald, Anthony Canavan, Canavan, Brutkasten, Norbert Wess, Harry Murphy, Duncan McIntyre, McIntyre, Neel Gupta, Anna Tuchy, Patrick Nadler, Nadler, Sarah Heuberger, Ross Slater Organizations: German Teachers ' Association, Employees, GoStudent, Conseil, prud'hommes, DBS, Safety Officers, Web, Getty, JP Morgan, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, TechCrunch, Organisation for Economic Cooperation Locations: Vienna, Austria, Silicon Valley, North America, South America, Europe, London, France, Soho , London, Dock, DACH, Germany, Switzerland, Spanish, Sweden, Swedish, GoStudent, Ukraine, Ibiza, GoStudent's, Deliveroo

SUPER FOG OR SMOG? Super fog and smog are both types of fog, according to the National Weather Service. Political Cartoons View All 1218 ImagesThe term super fog describes fog enhanced by smoke from damp, smoldering organic material, according to the weather service. Fireworks can contribute to super fog conditions, and Stanfield said super fog has occurred during Fourth of July and New Year's celebrations. Increasing wind and high pressure were moving towards Georgia, eliminating any imminent threat of a repeat super fog event.

Persons: Tyler Stanfield, ”, Stanfield, Mike Strain, ” Strain, “ They’re, ” Stanfield, “, Stephen Murphy, Strain Organizations: National Weather Service, Tulane’s School of Public Health, Tropical, AP Locations: Louisiana, New Orleans, Orleans, LOUISIANA, Georgia

Nvidia and AMD could sell PC chips as soon as 2025, one of the people familiar with the matter said. Nvidia and AMD would join Qualcomm (QCOM.O), which has been making Arm-based chips for laptops since 2016. Nvidia spokesperson Ken Brown, AMD spokesperson Brandi Marina, Arm spokesperson Kristen Ray and Microsoft spokesperson Pete Wootton all declined to comment. Executives at Microsoft have observed how efficient Apple’s Arm-based chips are, including with AI processing, and desire to attain similar performance, one of the sources said. AMD's entry into the Arm-based PC market was earlier reported by chip-focused publication SemiAccurate.

Persons: Intel’s, Ken Brown, Brandi Marina, Kristen Ray, Pete Wootton, ”, Jay Goldberg, Will Moss, Stephen Nellis, Max A, Kenneth Li, Josie Kao Organizations: NVIDIA, Handout, REUTERS, Nvidia, Arm Holdings, Reuters, Windows, Apple, IDC, Devices, AMD, Qualcomm, Microsoft, Intel, D2D, Software, Thomson Locations: Santa Clara , California, San Francisco

☆ China's fighter jet fleet is growing in size and appears to have made a big jump in capability, new Pentagon report shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

US Department of Defense released its annual China Military Power Report to Congress last week. The Chinese fighter jet fleet appears to have not only grown in size but, more importantly, also in overall capability. AdvertisementAdvertisementA new report from the Pentagon details China's expanding military power, including the growth of its fighter jet fleet, which appears to have also experienced a jump in capability. The Pentagon's report notes that China's fighter jet fleet has both expanded and apparently improved. CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty ImagesExamples of China's fourth-generation fighter aircraft include the Chengdu J-10, Shenyang J-16, and Shenyang J-15.

Persons: —, Xi, Liu Dawei, they've, Matthew P, Funaiole Organizations: of Defense, China, Service, US Department of Defense, People's Liberation Army, PLA, PLA Air Force, PLA Navy, PLAN, PLAN Aviation, DoD, The Air Force, Air, Air Force Aviation University, CFOTO, Publishing, Getty, Shenyang J, 14th China International Aviation, Aerospace Exhibition, Pentagon, China Power Project, Center for Strategic, International Studies Locations: People's Republic of China, China, United States, Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian, Chengdu, Shenyang, Chinese, Liaoning, Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, Xinhua, Russian

Palestinians inspect the remains of a mosque destroyed in Israeli strikes, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in the northern Gaza Strip October 22, 2023. Palestinian group Hamas said on Sunday its fighters had engaged an armoured force infiltrating a southern area of Gaza and destroyed some Israeli military equipment before returning to base. These raids are raids that kill squads of terrorists who are preparing for the next stage in the war," he said, describing incursions that went "deep" into Gaza. Stoking expectations of a full-scale ground offensive by Israeli forces massed around Gaza, he said the military's operational readiness was improving and being enhanced "all the time". INCONCLUSIVE WARSSince cross-border attacks by Hamas on Israeli communities on Oct. 7 killed 1,400 people, Israel has amassed tanks and troops near the fenced border around Gaza for a planned ground invasion.

Persons: Anas, Daniel Hagari, Hagari, Izz el, Deen al, Khan Younis, Dan Williams, Nidal al, Edmund Blair, Timothy Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Sunday, Brigades, Israel, Palestinian, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, Gaza Hamas, JERUSALEM, GAZA, Russian

☆ Researchers investigating a medieval burial site found Christian symbols tattooed on one of the bodies' feet
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Paul Squire | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Researchers recently discovered a rare Christian tattoo while studying a medieval site in Sudan. The tattoo was found on the top of the foot of a body found at a nearby burial site. AdvertisementAdvertisementArcheologists studying a burial site near a medieval monastery spotted a rare find when examining one of the bodies: the faint remains of a series of Christian symbols tattooed on the person's foot. The researchers released images of the tattoo taken with a full-spectrum camera and digitally enhanced to show the outline of the early Christian symbols. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe team was investigating the Ghazali monastery, a well-preserved archeological site located in Sudan, according to the University of Warsaw's statement.

Persons: —, Kari A, Ghazali, Guilbault, bioarchaeologist Robert Stark, LiveScience, Jesus, Stark Organizations: Alpha, Omega, Service, Purdue University bioarchaeologist, University of Warsaw, Rho, University of, Sudanese, Polish, of Locations: Sudan, Polish

☆ How groceries have kept Walmart the king of retail
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Shawn Baldwin | Jeniece Pettitt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHow groceries have kept Walmart the king of retailTo boost its customer base Walmart has enhanced its online shopping experience, added robots to its warehouses and ramped up programs like drone and direct-to-fridge delivery. It's also expanded its late night delivery offerings.

Persons: It's Organizations: Walmart

☆ Threats to Jewish life in Germany an outrage, says President
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/6] A person wears a sign that reads "Against terror and radicalism, for peace and humanity", as they attend the rally "Against terror and antisemitism! The Holocaust meant that Germany had a particular responsibility to protect Jewish lives, Steinmeier told a solidarity rally convened in Berlin by its five main democratic parties, its Jewish community, trade unions and employers' organisations. Every attack against Jewish residents or institutions in Germany was an "outrage", Steinmeier added. Some Jewish parents have stopped taking their children to school out of fears for their safety. Steinmeier said terror was also impacting people on the Gaza Strip "whose interests Hamas only pretends to represent."

Persons: Frank, Walter Steinmeier, Steinmeier, David, Thomas Escritt, John Stonestreet Organizations: Germany's Central, of, Police, Thomson Locations: Israel, Brandenburg, BERLIN, Germany, Berlin, Gaza

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