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☆ Dean Phillips, the Democrat challenging Biden, won't seek reelection to Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Michelle Mark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota will not seek reelection to Congress in 2024. AdvertisementDemocratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips announced Friday he will not seek reelection to Congress in 2024, saying in a statement that "after three terms it is time to pass the torch." Phillips, a congressman representing Minnesota, has been pursuing a longshot challenge to President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination in 2024. "Civility matters, respect matters, listening matters, and effective governance matters," he continued. Phillips also apologized to Sen. Bernie Sanders earlier this month for previously dismissing Sanders' complaints about a "rigged" Democratic Party primary system.

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☆ Amazon Faces Black Friday Strikes in US, Europe
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Helena Smolak | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The logo of Amazon is seen at the company’s logistics centre in Boves, France. Photo: pascal rossignol/ReutersAmazon.com faced strikes in the U.S. and Europe on Black Friday, hitting the e-commerce giant at the start of the busy holiday shopping weekend as labor unrest picks up on both sides of the Atlantic. Warehouse workers and drivers planned strikes Friday in the U.S., the U.K., Germany, Italy and Spain to demand better wages and working conditions, according to the UNI Global Union, a global union federation focused on the services sector with affiliated organizations from 150 countries. Further protests by climate activists and workers are planned in other countries, the UNI Global Union said.

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Currently, only six states offer internet casino gambling: New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Michigan and West Virginia. (Nevada offers internet poker but not online casino games; Rhode Island has passed an online casino bill, but it is not expected to go into effect until March 2024.) One of those states may be Indiana, where an online casino bill died in February due in large part to fears that it would hurt the state’s existing physical casinos. Jane Bokunewicz, director of the Lloyd Levenson Institute at Stockton University, which studies the Atlantic City gambling industry, noted that in most internet gambling states, brick-and-mortar gambling revenue has grown alongside that of internet betting, although at a slower pace. “Casino revenue after the pandemic has stabilized, and online revenue is setting new records."

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☆ Rare earth discoveries mean coal mines could have a key role to play in the energy transition
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Anmar Frangoul | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Boy_anupong | Moment | Getty ImagesFrom Pennsylvania to the north of England, coal mines helped to power the Industrial Revolution, turbocharging the economic growth of countries around the world. SubscribeIn May, U.S. firm Ramaco Resources offered some insight into how coal may have a role to play in the years ahead. "It is expected they can be mined using normal surface mining techniques and processed in a more economic and environmental manner than conventional REE mines." Elsewhere, researchers at Penn State have also been focusing on ways to source rare earths and critical minerals via waste from coal mines. Across the Atlantic, efforts to repurpose old coal mines so that they can be used for many more years to come have also been taking shape.

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☆ The world's biggest iceberg is on the move after 37 years, and it could threaten wildlife
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A23a, the world's biggest iceberg, is on the move 37 years after it broke off from Antarctica. Scientists will keep a close eye on it as it could threaten wildlife near South Georgia Island. AdvertisementThe world's biggest iceberg, covering about 1,500 square miles, is on the move. NASA WorldviewA23a lost its title of world's biggest iceberg in May 2021, but jumped ahead once again in October 2022, when the previous record-holder, A76, broke into three pieces, per the Guinness World Records website. A gentoo penguin with a newborn chick South Georgia.

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☆ Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Who Looked at History From the Bottom Up, Dies at 94
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Jonathan Kandell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, a French historian at the forefront of a scholarly movement that sought to understand the past from the bottom up, by probing the beliefs and psychology of anonymous peasants and priests rather than the exploits of triumphant generals and rulers, died on Wednesday. His family confirmed the death, according to Agence France-Presse and other French news organizations. In a statement from the Élysée Palace, President Emmanuel Macron of France called Mr. Le Roy Ladurie “one of our greatest historians,” adding, “His work truly extended history’s domain — the discipline was enriched because he was able to invent new tools, new approaches, and new subjects.”A prolific and eminently readable scholar, Mr. Le Roy Ladurie was most familiar for his books “Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error” (1975) and “Carnival in Romans” (1979), both of them best sellers and instant classics on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Some 165 photographers working on assignment for National Geographic shot more than 2.1 million images in 2023. The feature — published in the magazine's December issue and online in November — contains "stunning photographs that unearth remarkable, rarely seen moments," according to National Geographic. Louie PaluThe training was conducted in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to National Geographic. A journey homeThis harrowing photograph by Renan Ozturk — a former National Geographic "Adventurer of the Year" — captures a journey home. Today India celebrates "National Technology Day" annually on May 11 to commemorate the 1998 tests.

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☆ OpenAI's offices were sent thousands of paper clips in an elaborate prank to warn about an AI apocalypse
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An employee at rival Anthropic sent OpenAI thousands of paper clips in the shape of their logo. The prank was a subtle jibe suggesting OpenAI's approach to AI could lead to humanity's extinction. Anthropic was formed by ex-OpenAI employees who split from the company over AI safety concerns. AdvertisementOne of OpenAI's biggest rivals played an elaborate prank on the AI startup by sending thousands of paper clips to its offices. AdvertisementAnthropic was founded by former OpenAI employees who left the company in 2021 over disagreements on developing AI safely.

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☆ Yes, Sam Altman is back as OpenAI's CEO, but we still have lots of unanswered questions
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

We now know Sam Altman's returning to the company after being fired, but we are still very confused. AdvertisementSam Altman is set to return as CEO of OpenAI after one of the most confusing weeks in Silicon Valley history. Why was Sam Altman suddenly fired as CEO of OpenAI? Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's chief scientist who was rumored to play a central role in Sam Altman's ousting, was committed to AI safety. Commentators had speculated that Microsoft would be after an OpenAI board seat — or at least a more formalized communication system — in the wake of the fallout.

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☆ I just moved from the UK to the US. Here are 9 things I already miss.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I moved from London to New York City in October. Leaving the UK behind meant missing family milestones and home comforts like Sunday Roasts. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . But having spent most of my life in the UK, I've always felt more like a tourist when visiting either of my parents' respective countries. Like any big life change, the transition has come with ups and downs, and while I'm starting to feel settled, I can't help but miss a few things about life abroad.

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☆ Bank of Canada says rates may now be at peak, excess demand now gone
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem walks outside the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 22, 2020. The Bank of Canada (BoC) - seeking to control soaring inflation - hiked rates 10 times between March of last year and July 2023, pushing them up to a 22-year high of 5.00%. "Higher interest rates are squeezing many Canadians, but these rates are relieving price pressures," Macklem said. "To return to low inflation and stable growth in the years ahead, we need these higher interest rates and slow growth in the short term," he added. Some 60% of mortgage holders have yet to renew their home loans at higher rates, the BoC says.

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☆ Dean Phillips says he doesn't agree with the Kamala Harris gossip, but felt a need to pass along that lots of people say she 'doesn't have the right disposition' to be president
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Phillips recently told The Atlantic that "others" told him Harris doesn't have the chops to be president. But Phillips told CNN he's been "impressed" by Harris and believes she is "well-prepared." "She is not well prepared, doesn't have the right disposition and the right competencies to execute that office," Phillips told Leibovich. And the congressman also told Phillip he didn't "recall" making comments critical of the vice president. (The president's name isn't on the ballot due to the state's defiance of the DNC presidential primary calendar.)

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☆ Stronger on defense, Panthers take on East-leading Bruins
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

November 21 - The Florida Panthers, who will go for their third straight win when they play host to the Boston Bruins Wednesday night, are getting an unexpected contribution from defenseman Niko Mikkola. July 1, the Panthers signed Mikkola to a three-year, $7.8 million contract. Indeed, in just 18 games this season, Mikkola - who made his NHL debut in January 2020 - has already matched his career high with three goals. The Bruins led that series 3-1 before Florida won the next two and then took Game 7 in overtime. That game was atypical for Boston as the Bruins have allowed more than two goals just four times this season -- all losses.

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☆ Both the CEO of OpenAI and the biggest investor of OpenAI still don't seem to know why Sam Altman was fired
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Even so, both still seem to not know why Sam Altman was really fired. He told OpenAI employees the same thing on Sunday evening, The Verge reported. The workers who did show up were told Altman was booted because he'd been accused of giving two staffers the same project. However the OpenAI drama ends, Altman has promised he'll continue to work with the company "some way or other." Press teams for Microsoft and OpenAI did not immediately respond to requests for comment from BI sent outside regular business hours.

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Hard Rock posted a gross operating profit of $44.3 million in the third quarter, up less than 1% from a year earlier. Gross operating profit reflects earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and other expenses, and is a widely accepted measure of profitability in the Atlantic City casino industry. “In keeping with the experiences of many resort communities along the New Jersey shore, Atlantic City saw a bit of a cooling off in summer 2023 compared to the pent-up post-pandemic energy seen in 2021 and 2022, said Jane Bokunewicz, director of the Lloyd Levenson Institute at Stockton University, which studies the Atlantic City casino industry. ”That said, it did outperform pre-pandemic 2019 for both net revenue and gross operating profit, suggesting that this could be part of a cycle of stabilization." The Tropicana had a profit of $36.7 million, down 11.5%; Harrah's had a $30 million profit, down over 13%; Caesars had a $21.1 million profit, down nearly 18%; Golden Nugget had an $11 million profit, nearly 4%; Bally's had a $7.3 million profit, down over 32%; and Resorts had a $7.2 million profit, down nearly 43%.

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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 16, 2023. In recent weeks, talks have hit stumbling blocks over the extent to which companies should be allowed to self-regulate. Alexandra van Huffelen, Dutch minister for digitalisation, told Reuters the OpenAI saga underscored the need for strict rules. "Please don't gut the EU AI Act; we need it now more than ever." Reporting by Martin Coulter and Supantha Mukherjee; Editing by Susan FentonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Opinion: The drama around Sam Altman is an urgent warning
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Opinion Jill Filipovic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

And OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is on its third CEO in as many days. And how should other institutions – governments, non-tech industries, global alliances, regulatory bodies – reign in the worst excesses of potentially dangerous AI innovators? This dynamic – a potentially dangerous technology developed at extreme speed, largely behind closed doors – is partly to blame for Altman’s firing. And we all have a stake in whose interests AI will serve – and right now, its development is being funded with billions of dollars by people expecting to make a huge profit. The Altman story is fascinating because Altman is the most powerful figure in AI technology, which in effect makes him one of the most powerful men in the world.

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☆ Amazon's logistics workers in Spain plan Cyber Monday walk-outs
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, January 5, 2023. There are three working shifts a day at Amazon in Spain. Cyber Monday is the first working day after Thanksgiving, an important date for retailers as consumers return to work and start ordering Christmas gifts. Logistics workers at Amazon on both sides of the Atlantic have complained about working conditions and unionisation is starting to build pressure on the company. Amazon has grown fast Spain in the past couple of years in both logistics for its e-commerce business and data centres to support its cloud computer unit, Amazon Web Services.

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☆ Fact Check: 2013 Egypt hospital attack video shared as Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Video showing chaos with audible gunfire inside the Rabaa al-Adawiya hospital in Cairo, Egypt in August 2013, has been falsely shared online as showing Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) inside the Al Shifa hospital in Gaza in 2023. The miscaptioned video circulated online after Israeli troops entered the Al Shifa hospital on Nov. 15 after a days-long siege. Israeli forces say that the hospital covers tunnels used by the Islamist group Hamas, a claim that has been denied by the group, Reuters reported. “Israeli forces shooting inside al shifa hospital” read posts sharing the old video on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter (archived). The video, however, was uploaded to YouTube (archived) by Egyptian news outlet Rassd News Network (RNN) in mid-August 2013 and depicts shooting inside the Rabaa hospital.

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☆ ChatGPT was Sam Altman's biggest achievement at OpenAI – and probably triggered his downfall
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sam Altman was pushed out OpenAI CEO Friday in a move that shocked the tech community. AdvertisementSam Altman is out of OpenAI, the company he cofounded and helped turn into a leading AI lab. AdvertisementBut the launch of ChatGPT – arguably Altman's greatest success at OpenAI – may also have triggered his downfall. Current and former OpenAI employees told The Atlantic that pressure to commercialize ChatGPT created divisions among leadership. AdvertisementFurther product releases including ChatGPT Plus and GPT-4 only served to increase tensions, three people at OpenAI at the time told The Atlantic.

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☆ OpenAI's Ilya Sutskever once burned a wooden effigy to show his commitment to safe AI, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sutskever once burned a wooden effigy to show his commitment to safe AI, The Atlantic reported. AdvertisementIlya Sutskever, a cofounder of OpenAI and its chief scientist, once burned a wooden effigy to show his commitment to creating artificial intelligence aligned with humanity's interests, The Atlantic reported. It appears Altman's dramatic ousting was prompted by fears over the speed of AI development, with Sutskever at the center. The outlet reported that Sutskever commissioned a local artist to make a wooden effigy representing "unaligned" AI. And to symbolize OpenAI's dedication to creating AI in humanity's best interests, Sutskever burnt the effigy, per The Atlantic.

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☆ Sam Altman sure came out a hero
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

After OpenAI's board booted CEO Sam Altman, industry peers and colleagues voiced their support. AdvertisementSam Altman comes out of the OpenAI CEO situation looking like a Silicon Valley hero. What IS clear is that Sam Altman has come out of the situation looking like a hero so far. After some failed negotiations about returning to OpenAI, Altman is now heading to work at Microsoft. As the dust settles (well, maybe) a narrative has emerged: Sam Altman has come out of this very well.

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The office of Republican Senate Leader Phil Berger did not immediately respond Monday to emails seeking comment on the lawsuit. The “Black Belt” counties of eastern North Carolina have significant and politically cohesive populations of Black voters who overwhelmingly support Democratic candidates, the lawsuit states. A white majority in the surrounding area is also politically cohesive, and the plaintiffs argue they historically vote as a bloc to defeat candidates supported by Black voters. One of those districts, Senate District 2, where Pierce and Matthews reside, stretches more than 160 miles from the Virginia border down parts of the Atlantic coastline. Senate Minority Leader Dan Blue, a Wake County Democrat, said the lawsuit provides “a glimmer of hope” to Black voters in eastern North Carolina.

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☆ Bidens to join military families at 'Friendsgiving' meal in Norfolk
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Steve Holland | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden leave the White House to board Marine One in Washington on November 11, 2023. Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will join military personnel and their families on Sunday for an early Thanksgiving meal dubbed "Friendsgiving." The event will take place at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia. While in Norfolk, the Bidens will kick off an advance screening with service members and their families of “Wonka,” a new musical fantasy film focusing on a young Willy Wonka. Then, they will participate in a Friendsgiving dinner with service members and military families associated with the Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carriers.

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☆ Opinion | An Old Hate Cracks Open on the New Right
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

A dam burst last week on the right, and a wave of grotesque antisemitism poured out all over the internet. Some of these people worked for the right wing’s biggest names, including Tucker Carlson, Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump. On Nov. 3, Owens posted on social media, “No government anywhere has a right to commit a genocide, ever. And maybe he loves Israel and he loves America too.” Owens, he said, “is a bit more America first. And finally, the term “America First,” popular with the New Right and the older, Lindbergh right, has always been misleading.

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