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☆ Complex insiders say owner BuzzFeed has shed key talent, failed to invest in core content, and threatens to dilute the hip culture brand: 'The BuzzFeed ethos does not get it'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Clashing video strategies as some fear Complex culture is being 'completely gutted'Kevin Hart appeared on Complex's "Hot Ones" series. Before joining with BuzzFeed, Complex's then-CEO Rich Antoniello had conversations with Vice Media and Vox Media. Rubbing salt in the wound, Complex insiders said they felt their brand was scrappier and more culturally relevant than BuzzFeed, which many consider past its prime. But Complex insiders felt especially aggrieved when, this fall, BuzzFeed announced a global expansion for ComplexCon. To Complex insiders, BuzzFeed's plan to take the event to Australia, Europe, and Asia simultaneously was unrealistic and under-resourced.

☆ How a GOP-controlled House will attack ESG and corporate climate change strategy
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Tim Mullaney | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"I don't think that's a proper characterization of my view," McHenry said in an interview with CNBC Senior Congressional Correspondent Ylan Mui. What I think corporations should do is focus on their key knitting," he said. Vanguard Group also had been scheduled to testify, but after the fund giant abandoned an investment industry climate alliance, that changed. McHenry, rated as one of the most moderate House Republicans by non-profit GovTrack US, doesn't seem interested in the state approach. "It plays politics with corporations, in the name of having corporations not play politics."

☆ The Biggest Debates and Opinions in 2022 - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +30 min

Opinion The 22 Debates That Made Us Rage, Roll Our Eyes, and Change Our Minds in 2022Debating is what we do here at Times Opinion. To many, she was an icon: She ruled for 70 years, presided over the transition from empire to commonwealth and served as a living link to the generation that won World War II. (Though Ben Bernanke, a former Fed chairman himself, wrote in The Times that that wasn’t going to happen.) The United States and its European allies poured weapons and aid into Ukraine, but how was this going to end? As 2022 draws to a close, the fighting continues and peace talks look as distant as ever — which probably means that the debates will continue.

☆ Nonstop partying, lavish spending, and sexual-harassment accusations: Inside the self-destruction of Pollen, the music startup once worth $800 million
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Melkorka Licea | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +41 min

About 400 Pollen employees were camped out in Mendocino County, California, for five straight days of partying. Two former Pollen employees told Insider that they recalled the assistant telling them about Callum's inappropriate comments at the time. (The Pollen representative said Callum and Bedi didn't date at Pollen or at any other company connected to Pollen. Out of 360 events Pollen announced over the past 12 months, 39 were canceled, the Pollen representative said. (The Pollen representative said that "out of hundreds of thousands of customers, fewer than 100 people were moderated" online.)

☆ Flight delays and cancellations will likely impact millions of Christmas travelers. What to do when your airline experiences disruptions.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The National Weather Service has warned of a strong winter storm expected to affect holiday travel. But, some airlines offer to rebook on their website or mobile app and waive any fees, so it's sometimes easier to make changes online than in person. Carriers offering both are Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, and United Airlines, according to the DoT dashboard. It never hurts to request a meal or hotel during flight disruptions, and you might get lucky with a goodwill gesture from the carrier. For example, in the case of a winter storm, it's likely many passengers will end up stranded in random cities across the US.

☆ Expert on White House chiefs of staff says Mark Meadows 'absolutely owns' the title of 'worst' chief in history after ex-aide's damning testimony
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The historian Chris Whipple said Mark Meadows was the worst White House chief of staff in history. The author Chris Whipple, who has interviewed dozens of White House chiefs of staff, said that Cassidy Hutchinson's shocking testimony before the House January 6 committee has made it abundantly clear that Mark Meadows is by far the "worst" White House chief of staff in history. On December 19, the panel released an executive summary of its findings that was harshly critical of Meadows' book "The Chief's Chief." Whipple wrote the literal book on White House chiefs of staffABC's George Stephanopoulos interviews the author Chris Whipple in 2017. "I've said oftentimes that being White House chief of staff is perhaps the second most powerful job in Washington, D.C.

☆ It's just the beginning of M&A in the creator economy. Industry experts predict 2023's top trends, and the buyers and sellers to watch.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Marta Biino | Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

"As a result, institutional acquirers, like PE firms who still have dry powder to spend, will start snatching up mid-to-large sized creator startups at much more advantageous prices." "They're going to see that the creator economy exists as a direct failure of them to support creators," Gestetner said. "But if an opportunity arises for us to significantly enhance our capabilities to make us a better business powering the creator economy, we'll consider it." Startups can expect consolidation in saturated marketsThe crowded niches within the creator economy startup sphere could also face a wave of consolidation. In the creator economy, companies bet on the fact that YouTube advertising revenue on the videos will increase as the audiences of creators grow and they gain more views.

Since the early days of the invasion, Mr. Putin has conceded, privately, that the war has not gone as planned. “I think he is sincerely willing” to compromise with Russia, Mr. Putin said of Mr. Zelensky in 2019. To join in Mr. Putin’s war, he has recruited prisoners, trashed the Russian military and competed with it for weapons. To join in Mr. Putin’s war, he has recruited prisoners, trashed the Russian military and competed with it for weapons. “I think this war is Putin’s grave.” Yevgeny Nuzhin, 55, a Russian prisoner of war held by Ukraine, in October.

☆ ChatGPT got all the buzz, but beneath it is a $1B developer framework that's quietly fueling the new era of lifelike AI at OpenAI and beyond
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Matthew Lynley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Beneath the buzz, the next-generation developer framework Ray was key in the viral model's training. "ChatGPT combined a lot of the previous work on large language models with reinforcement as well. Before deploying Ray, OpenAI used a hodgepodge set of custom tools built on top of "neural programmer-interpreter" model. All these tools, Ray and JAX included, are in service to a new generation of combustion engines for the internet called large language models. Multiple companies, both startups and giants, are building their own large language models including Meta, Hugging Face, OpenAI, and Google.

☆ VCs slashed proptech investments by nearly 40% this year after steep losses and job cuts showed them the sector wasn't all it was cracked up to be
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Proptech investment is down 38% from 2021, according to a new report. The proptech industry is being hit by slowdowns in both real estate and technology. High interest rates are major inhibitors of both real estate investment and tech investment, which both rely on debt. It reflects waning confidence that proptech companies can continue to give their investors big dollar exits. In 2021, private investors could imagine the path to the public markets.

So on a Saturday night in February he stood in his Aunt Brandy’s doorway, rocking on his heels, telling her he was heading out. Sincere lived with his aunt in a second-floor apartment on the city’s South Side, in a neighborhood of small single-family homes and brick two-flats. “I didn’t do anything to anybody.”Every day, Sincere went on odysseys, roaming the surrounding blocks. He rang bells and knocked on doors, asking to do odd jobs. But he and Anyah grew up together on the same block, and Sincere sometimes spent the night there.

☆ Animals Are Running Out of Places to Live
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Catrin Einhorn | Lauren Leatherby | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +17 min

In many places, poverty, powerful interests and a lack of law enforcement make habitat loss especially hard to address. Because animals there often have smaller ranges to begin with, habitat loss hits them especially hard. “That's the ultimate challenge of forest conservation globally.”Source: Map of Life | Photo: Chien C. Lee MOZAMBIQUE Estimated habitat in 2001 MADAGASCAR Estimated habitat in 2001 MADAGASCAR Estimated habitat in 2001 MADAGASCAR Estimated habitat in 2001 MADAGASCAR Estimated habitat in 2001 MADAGASCAR Est. habitat in 2001 MADAGASCAR MOZAMBIQUE Estimated habitat in 2001 MADAGASCAR Source: Map of Life | Photo: Chien C. Lee MOZAMBIQUE Habitat loss in 2021 MADAGASCAR Habitat loss in 2021 MADAGASCAR Habitat loss in 2021 MADAGASCAR Habitat loss in 2021 MADAGASCAR Habitat loss in 2021 MADAGASCAR Habitat loss in 2021 MADAGASCAR MOZAMBIQUE Habitat loss in 2021 MADAGASCARThis is the 2001 habitat of the white-headed lemur, a primate that eats fruit and flowers. Of the many targets being negotiated, the one that has gotten the most attention seeks to address habitat loss head on.

☆ Polish c.bank governor says no decision on ending rate-hike cycle
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Anna Koper | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WARSAW, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Poland's Monetary Policy Council (MPC) has made no decision about ending its tightening cycle, the central bank governor said on Thursday, as he reiterated that the series of rate hikes was paused rather than definitively finished. "We are still on hold," central bank governor Adam Glapinski told a news conference. "The Council... did not discuss whether to end the rate-hike cycle or not." Glapinski said he expected inflation would start to fall in March or April after rising at the beginning of 2023. "Then there will for sure be such a discussion in the Council.. whether to end the rate-hike cycle."

☆ Why aluminum plants in the U.S. are far more polluting than some of their counterparts abroad
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Phil Mckenna | Inside Climate News | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +15 min

A plant worker uses a crane to lift a cask of molten aluminum a Century Aluminum Company plant in Hawesville, Ky. in 2017. Of the five remaining facilities, only the Century Aluminum Sebree plant in Robards, which employs 625 workers, and a smaller Alcoa plant in Massena, New York, run at full capacity. Phillip McKenna/NBC NewsSteinsen, of Century Aluminum, said the company has no plans to shut down its Sebree facility in Robards. In 2015, when the U.S. aluminum production was in steep decline, the EPA ended its industry partnership. In 2019, 7,510 metric tons of PFCs were emitted from global aluminum production, according to a study published last year in the Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres.

Throughout the decades, I’d cling to winter wonderlands I saw on television and the feeling of my first Christmas at my Catholic school. It had everything I associated with Christmas, this holiday I’d quickly fallen in love with: community, friendship, love, belonging and the best songs ever written. These qualities felt wrong in my house but right in my American life. We don’t need all this stuff.”I thought the better I made Christmas, the more American I would feel. The next day, I released my family from the pressure of having to make the right holiday memories.

☆ France reaches World Cup quarterfinals with 3-1 victory over Poland as Kylian Mbappé breaks Pelé’s record
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +30 min

CNN —France was made to work hard for its place in the World Cup quarterfinals, overcoming an improved Poland side 3-1 thanks to goals from Olivier Giroud and Kylian Mbappé. That is Mbappé’s fifth goal of Qatar 2022 and already his ninth World Cup goal overall, breaking Pelé’s record of seven World Cup goals scored before the age of 24. They made history Thursday as the first all-female refereeing crew for a men's World Cup match. Issei Kato/Reuters Kylian Mbappé scores his second goal on November 26, leading France to a 2-1 victory over Denmark. Mbappé was one of the leading stars of the team's World Cup triumph four years ago.

☆ 24 best Apple Cyber Monday deals you won't want to miss out on
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Bethany Heitman | Bethany Heitman Has Spent Over Fifteen Years Creating Engaging Content. She Is The Former Editor-In-Chief Of People Stylewatch | Has Held Senior Leadership Positions At Cosmopolitan | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

If you’re still planning to get some great Apple deals, you’re in luck. SKIP AHEAD Best Cyber Monday Apple sales to shop nowApple's Cyber Monday deal offers a gift card with each purchase of an eligible product. With that in mind, we’ve rounded up some of the best Apple Black Friday deals to shop. Best Cyber Monday Apple deals to shop nowBelow, we're sharing the best Apple Cyber Monday deals based on our previous coverage and reporting. Best Cyber Monday 2022 Apple salesHere are the best Cyber Monday Apple sales we think you’ll want to know about.

☆ Nike has a year's worth of 'Off-White' products ready to sell as Virgil Abloh estate plans what comes next
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Matthew Kish | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Shannon Abloh, Virgil Abloh's widow, spoke with the New York Times about plans for his estate. The entity is part of Virgil Abloh Securities, the vehicle to continue his creative work. Starting Thursday, Nike and Virgil Abloh Securities will host a four-day exhibit in Miami called "Virgil Abloh: The Codes c/o Architecture" at the Rubell Museum. As part of the exhibit, Nike will unveil the Off-White Nike Terra Forma, the first sneaker Abloh designed from scratch for the brand. Virgil Abloh at work on "The Ten" Courtesy NikeIn 2017, Nike released "The Ten," a collection of 10 iconic Nike models that Abloh rethought and reconstructed.

☆ Opinion | Something Remarkable Is Happening in African Football
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Sean Jacobs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

African players are increasingly on the center stage of world football. Though African players have a long history in Europe, it wasn’t until the mid-1990s that they began to star in the top leagues there. And there is a kind of continental solidarity that emerges for many African fans during the World Cup. African teams, meanwhile, usually showed poor form and were quickly eliminated. In the years that followed, as African teams began to have more success, drawing on their diasporas in Europe, many of us began to cheer for teams from the continent instead.

☆ Amazon Cyber Monday 2022: Shop these 71+ deals before they're gone
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Mili Godio | Mili Godio Is An Associate Reporter For Select On Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +23 min

Amazon is still hosting several Cyber Monday deals, as are major retailers like Walmart, Target and Best Buy. SKIP AHEAD Home and kitchen deals | Tech deals | TV deals | Beauty and wellness deals | Pet deals | Best Amazon Cyber Monday sales | Do you need a Prime membership to shop Amazon’s Cyber Monday deals? Anyone can shop Amazon’s Cyber Monday deals, though the retailer does offer some exclusive deals for Prime members. The best Amazon Cyber Monday 2022 dealsBelow, we rounded up some of the best deals from Amazon’s Cyber Monday savings event based on our previous coverage and Select reader interest. Best Amazon Cyber Monday 2022 sales to shopHere are some of the best sales to shop for during Amazon’s Cyber Monday sale that we think you’ll want to know about.

☆ Best Amazon Cyber Monday deals available now: Apple, Kindle and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Mili Godio | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +21 min

SKIP AHEAD Home and kitchen deals | Tech deals | TV deals | Beauty and wellness deals | Pet deals | Best Amazon Cyber Monday sales | Do you need a Prime membership to shop Amazon’s Cyber Monday deals? The best Amazon Cyber Monday 2022 dealsBelow, we rounded up some of the best deals from Amazon’s Cyber Monday savings event based on our previous coverage and Select reader interest. Best Amazon Cyber Monday home and kitchen deals4.7-star average rating from 10,573 reviews on AmazonThis All-Clad two-piece cookware set comes with 8- and 10-inch non-stick frying pans. 4.6-star average rating from 150,441 reviews on AmazonFitBit makes some of the best fitness smartwatches you can buy. Best Amazon Cyber Monday 2022 sales to shopHere are some of the best sales to shop for during Amazon’s Cyber Monday sale that we think you’ll want to know about.

☆ 40+ best Cyber Monday tech deals in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Christina Colizza | Christina Colizza Is An Editor For Select On Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +13 min

SKIP AHEAD Cyber Monday tech deals | Cyber Monday tech salesTo help you make the most of the shopping holiday, we compiled some of the best Cyber Monday deals and sales on tech products that we think you’ll want to know about. Best Cyber Monday 2022 tech dealsBelow, we’re sharing the best Cyber Monday tech deals based on our previous coverage and reporting. Lowest price ever4.7-star average rating from 13,906 reviews at Best BuyBeats (now owned by Apple) is known for its great over-the-ear headphones, and these are no exception. 4.6-star average rating from 38 reviews at Best BuySelect-favorite brand Netgear says the Nighthawk AX5300 Wi-Fi router provides expanded network capacity and extended coverage. Best Cyber Monday 2022 Tech salesHere are the best Cyber Monday tech sales that we think you’ll want to know about.

☆ 21 best Apple Cyber Monday deals live right now
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Deanna Pai | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

If you’re still planning to get some great Apple deals, you’re in luck. SKIP AHEAD Best early Cyber Monday Apple sales to shop nowApple's ongoing Black Friday deal offers a gift card with each purchase of an eligible product. With that in mind, we’ve rounded up some of the best Apple Black Friday deals to shop. Best early Cyber Monday Apple deals to shop nowBelow, we're sharing the best Apple Cyber Monday deals based on our previous coverage and reporting. Best early Cyber Monday 2022 Apple salesHere are the best early Cyber Monday Apple sales we think you’ll want to know about.

☆ 41 best Cyber Monday tech deals in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Christina Colizza | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +13 min

☆ 40+ best Walmart Cyber Monday 2022 deals from Ninja, Sony and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Mili Godio | Mili Godio Is An Associate Reporter For Select On Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +15 min

SKIP AHEAD Best Walmart Cyber Monday sales |What to expect during Walmart’s Deals for Days 2022 | Walmart Black Friday and Cyber Monday price matching | What is Walmart+? To help you make the most of Walmart’s Deals for Days this year, we will continuously compile standout deals to consider based on Select reader interest and our previous coverage. Best Walmart Cyber Monday deals to shop nowBased on our previous coverage and Select reader interest, we rounded up some of the best deals from Walmart’s Cyber Monday sale. Best Walmart Cyber Monday sales to shop nowHere are some of the best sales to shop for during Walmart’s Cyber Monday sale that we think you’ll want to know about. What to expect during Walmart’s Deals for Days 2022Walmart’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday savings event — known as Deals for Days — hosts deals through most of November.

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