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☆ Big Technology's Alex Kantrowitz: The legal action against social media companies has merit
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBig Technology's Alex Kantrowitz: The legal action against social media companies has meritCNBC's Julia Boorstin with Big Technology's Alex Kantrowitz and University of Florida's Andrew Selepak, join 'Power Lunch' to discuss the lawsuits against the various social media apps.

Persons: Alex Kantrowitz, Julia Boorstin, Big, University of Florida's Andrew Selepak Organizations: University of Florida's

☆ How to take pictures of the 2024 solar eclipse: 11 tips from the pros to snap the most dramatic photos
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

NASA's Scientific Visualization StudioTens to hundreds of millions of people across the US will get to experience a partial solar eclipse on April 8. Scout your spot — then have a backupClouds can block out and ruin the experience of a total solar eclipse. Laurie Ambrose/Getty ImagesThe most important factor for great eclipse photos is something we can’t control: the weather. Consider renting equipmentYou can see the solar corona as thin white whisps jutting out from the moon's shadow in this photo of a total solar eclipse. Enjoy itThis year's total solar eclipse is a once-in-a-lifetime event for some.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez Smith, a renowned soprano known for her performance in the 1981 French cult-classic film “Diva” and who sang through the U.S. and Europe during her operatic career, has died at age 75. Funeral services were held Friday for Fernandez Smith at a church in Lexington, Kentucky, where she had moved after residing for years in her native Philadelphia. She died of cancer Feb. 2 at her home in Lexington, daughter Sheena Maria Fernandez told The Philadelphia Inquirer. Billed as Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, she opened the movie directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix wearing a white gown and singing in an aging theater the aria “Ebben? “Wilhelmenia was always a very quiet person and did not crave the limelight,” Everett McCorvey, director of the University of Kentucky Opera Theatre, told the Lexington newspaper.

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☆ FCC votes to outlaw scam robocalls that use AI-generated voices
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The unanimous FCC vote extends anti-robocall rules to cover unsolicited AI deepfake calls by recognizing those voices as “artificial” under a federal law governing telemarketing and robocalling. The FCC’s move gives state attorneys general more legal tools to pursue illegal robocallers that use AI-generated voices to fool Americans, the FCC said. “Bad actors are using AI-generated voices in unsolicited robocalls to extort vulnerable family members, imitate celebrities, and misinform voters,” said FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel in a statement. In 2021, the FCC announced a $5 million proposed fine against right-wing operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman for allegedly using illegal robocalls to discourage voting in the 2020 election. As the FCC updates its interpretation of federal law, some US lawmakers have proposed revising the law directly to further deter illegal robocallers.

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☆ ‘One Day’ stars Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall didn’t have to work hard on their chemistry
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Sandy Thin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“Every episode kind of felt standalone,” Mod explained to CNN. (Full disclosure: I attended university with Mod, where we became friends.) Mod (left) and Woodall (right) filmed on location in Greece, Paris, Edinburgh and London for "One Day." Courtesy NetflixLike Emma, Mod also studied English at university, only to spend her early twenties in jobs she didn’t really want. "One Day" is the first time either Mod or Woodall have played the lead in a TV show, after both had breakout supporting roles in 2022.

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☆ Jennifer Crumbley is the first parent in America convicted in a mass school shooting carried out by their own child
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Jennifer Crumbley, along with her husband James Crumbley, were charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the massacre, making them the first parents in America to face charges for a mass school shooting carried out by their own child. AdvertisementProsecutors painted Jennifer Crumbley as an unaware and negligent mother who was consumed with an extramarital affair. Prosecutors told jurors that Jennifer Crumbley "abruptly" ended the meeting after just 11 minutes and the parents did not take their son home. Booking photos of James and Jennifer Crumbley. Please don't judge me for what my son did," Jennifer Crumbley said in a text message amid the shooting, said Andrew Smith, the COO of a real-estate company where Jennifer Crumbley worked.

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☆ Everything to know about Taylor Swift's new album 'The Tortured Poets Department'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"Sincerely, The Chairman of The Tortured Poets Department." All’s fair in love and poetry... New album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. Swift still has two installments left in her rerecorded album series: 2017's "Reputation" and her self-titled debut "Taylor Swift." Fans are already dissecting the album announcement for Easter eggs"The Tortured Poets Department" is a conspicuously wordy phrase for Swift, who tends to prefer one or two-word album titles. Healy may be another aforementioned muse ("My muses, acquired like bruises") for "The Tortured Poets Department."

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☆ Exclusive-Eisai Expects 1,500 Alzheimer's Patients in China Launch, Sees ‘Huge’ Growth
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

“China is one of the fastest-aging countries in the world and is one of the most important countries in the area of Alzheimer’s disease for Eisai,” a company spokesperson said. “The potential growth for Leqembi in China is huge.”Eli Lilly, which is developing a similar treatment called donanemab, told Reuters it has filed for approval in China. The Indianapolis-based company is now testing its drug in a 1,500-person trial with volunteers in China, Taiwan, South Korea and the EU, a spokesperson said. Leqembi, which works by removing a toxic protein called beta amyloid from the brain, is the first Alzheimer's treatment proven to alter the course of the fatal, brain-wasting disease. Once on treatment, suitable patients undergo a series of MRI scans to monitor for potentially fatal swelling and bleeding in the brain.

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☆ Starbucks' earnings report was weak — but Wall Street expected worse
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Wall Street is shaking off Starbucks' weak quarterly report, seemingly taking executives at their word that the company's challenges are "transitory." The coffee giant's stock ticked higher in morning trading, hours after it reported fiscal first-quarter earnings and revenue that missed Wall Street's estimates and lowered its full-year sales outlook. Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Harbour wrote in a note to clients that the company's earnings per share and U.S. same-store sales growth was better than some had feared, "likely supporting the stock." Executives also tried to convey that those challenges are expected to subside as fiscal 2024 progresses. While Starbucks lowered its full-year outlook for revenue and same-store sales growth, it reiterated its forecast for fiscal 2024 earnings per share growth.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Brian Harbour, Laxman Narasimhan, Andrew Strelzik, William Blair, Sharon Zackfia Organizations: Starbucks, BMO Capital Markets Locations: U.S, Israel, China

It has also opened the door for new technology when it comes to on-ice protection from skate blades. BETTER PROTECTIONGianfranco Talarico started the company after watching a youth player get sliced in the thigh by a skate blade, just missing a femoral artery. Talarico has many times since cited research that found lacerations — often to the face, presumably from sticks as well as skates — to be a leading cause of emergency room visits among ice hockey players in the U.S. from 1990-2006. The death of Connecticut high school player Teddy Balkind from a skate cut to the neck in 2022 brought the conversation back to the forefront. The International Ice Hockey Federation announced in December it will mandate neck guards at all levels of tournaments it runs.

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☆ 5 Podcasts for Hollywood’s Awards Season
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Emma Dibdin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

The 2024 awards season has felt unusually hectic so far, thanks to the strike-delayed Emmy Awards shifting from their usual fall airdate to January. But even when there’s nothing quite so unusual going on, the analysis here always makes awards season more interesting. Starter episode: “Oscar Voters, Start Your Engines”There’s a peculiar category of film that debuts with great fanfare, attracts plenty of awards buzz, and then fades from the cultural consciousness without a trace (and no awards). Not all of the films discussed on “This Had Oscar Buzz” fall into that bracket, but, as the title suggests, the focus is on the movies that had that buzzy aura around them, at least for a while. Starter episode: “Alexander (With David Sims)”Though not a traditional awards season podcast with predictions or play-by-play recaps, “The Town” is an invaluable resource for anyone hoping to understand the upheaval in Hollywood.

Persons: “, Michael Hogan, Katey Rich, Richard Lawson, Joanna Robinson, Oscar, Andrew Scott, Emma Stone, Greta Lee, “ Oscar, Buzz ”, Jennifer Aniston, Aniston, Joe Reid, Chris Feil, don’t belittle, “ Alexander, David Sims, ”, Matthew Belloni, Puck, ’, Brooks Barnes Organizations: Sundance, The Hollywood, Hollywood, The New York Times, Hollywood Foreign Press Association Locations: Hollywood, La, Los Angeles, Cannes, Venice, Toronto

☆ 'The Color Purple' remake was nearly shut out of the Oscar race — but don't blame it on the movie's negative press
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Kirsten Acuna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewMargot Robbie and Greta Gerwig were two of the most-discussed snubs of Tuesday's Oscar nominations. But another huge upset of the 96th Academy Award nods was the lack of recognition for "The Color Purple" remake. The Color Purple was going to be snubbed whether Taraji spoke out or not because a lot of the noms were voted on prior. Instead of negative press, "The Color Purple," among other contenders, was likely affected by different factors, including the SAG-AFTRA strike and its Christmas release. "By waiting until December to release 'The Color Purple,' they were late to the conversation," he added.

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☆ ‘If any country can do it, it’s Ireland’: How to make the NFL’s next overseas star
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Rory Fleming | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

It was so different to what we are used to coming from Gaelic football, apart from the weather which was pretty similar to Ireland. Members of the US Liffre Gaelic football team take part in a training session. From the analysis already done by the Gaelic star, he’s earmarked two current NFL kickers as sources of inspiration ahead of the Combine. Gaelic football is probably the main sport in Ireland. It’s one of the biggest opportunities in all of sport,” Beggan added.

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☆ Political analyst discusses the likelihood of a Trump-Biden election rematch
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPolitical analyst discusses the likelihood of a Trump-Biden election rematchAndrew Smith of University of New Hampshire Survey Center expects a rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump at the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

Persons: Andrew Smith of, Joe Biden, Donald Trump Organizations: Trump, Biden, Andrew Smith of University of New Hampshire Survey

They’ll be livestreamed on Oscars.com, Oscars.org and the academy’s social media platforms, and carried live on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”Christopher Nolan’s three-hour opus “Oppenheimer” comes in the favorite for best picture, best director and a host of other awards. Though Nolan is regarded as the big-budget auteur of his era, he's never won an Academy Award, nor have any of his films won best picture. Also in the mix: Carey Mulligan ("Maestro"), Sandra Hüller ("Anatomy of a Fall"), Margot Robbie ("Barbie") and Annette Bening ("Nyad"). There, Downey Jr. and Gosling are likely to face off, while other nominees might pull from Robert De Niro ("Killers of the Flower Moon"), Willem Dafoe ("Poor Things"), Mark Ruffalo ("Poor Things") and Charles Melton ("May December"). Two releases from streaming companies — Apple’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Netflix’s “Maestro” — are in the best-picture mix.

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☆ New Hampshire Primary: Wake-Up Call or Last Call?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Susan Milligan | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +7 min

Should Trump's lead hold, says Andrew Smith, director of the University of New Hampshire poll, Trump will become the first candidate – aside from sitting presidents – to win both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. "We're so far past the days when voters nationally were really just waking up" to the campaign debates in the early weeks of a presidential election year, says Dante Scala, a University of New Hampshire professor and author of the book "Stormy Weather: The New Hampshire Primary and Presidential Politics." New Hampshire GOP voters, however, are a different breed of Republicans, Smith says, focusing more on fiscal conservatism and small government. Haley has 36% support and DeSantis 6% backing among primary voters. Trump seems to think so, too: He has focused much of his vitriol in the waning days of the New Hampshire campaign on Haley.

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☆ The 10 fastest-growing jobs in the U.S. right now—many can be remote and pay over $100,000
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Salary range: $41,500-$269,500Top locations hiring: Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area, New York City, Dallas2. Salary range: $34,000-$179,500Top locations hiring: San Francisco, New York City, Boston5. Salary range: $42,500-$138,500Top locations hiring: New York City, Chicago, Atlanta6. Salary range: $43,500-$277,500Top locations hiring: New York City, Chicago, Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area8. Salary range: $25,000-$93,500Top locations hiring: Dallas, New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area10.

Persons: Andrew Seaman, they're, Seaman, — Organizations: LinkedIn, Washington, D.C, Dallas, Government, Health, Atlanta, New, Kansas, Diversity, Artificial Locations: U.S, Baltimore, New York City, Sacramento, Los Angeles , Washington, Houston, Boston, Francisco , New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, Kansas City, Austin, Washington, Francisco, Boston , New York, Dallas , New York City, Francisco , New York City , Washington, Yale

☆ The 15 fastest-growing jobs in the US, according to LinkedIn
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Chief growth officer, physical therapist, and vice president of diversity and inclusion are some of the top US jobs on LinkedIn's new jobs on the rise list . The LinkedIn ranking is based on job growth rates, which were calculated based on members' data for jobs started from January 1, 2019, to July 31, 2023. Instead, "we like to call it sustainable growth," Seaman said. Below are the 15 fastest-growing jobs in the US jobs per the new LinkedIn report. Most common skills noted below "were derived from the top skills most unique to each title among members who have ever held that title on LinkedIn," per the report.

Persons: Andrew Seaman, Seaman Organizations: Service, Business, BI, Government, LinkedIn

☆ What Will Be Nominated for Oscars Next Week, and What Won’t?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Kyle Buchanan | More About Kyle Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Best ActorThe “Holdovers” star Paul Giamatti has come on strong during the televised portion of awards season, taking the Golden Globe for best actor in a comedy or musical and the Critics Choice award for best actor, period. Both men feel like shoo-ins to be nominated, but they’ll need to pick up a SAG Award next month to stay neck-and-neck with Giamatti. Best ActressWould any of the other categories kindly consider donating a few nomination slots to the best actress race? At least Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”) and Emma Stone (“Poor Things”) have no reason to worry. Those two Golden Globe winners should be considered the lockiest of locks, and the real race is who gets to keep them company in the category.

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☆ Why the controversial mullet is having a moment
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Fawnia Soo Hoo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Long hair, don’t careThe “modern day” mullet largely originates from David Bowie’s genre-defining and gender-norm defying persona, Ziggy Stardust, Glasscock said. “People from the Continental Congress wore what we would read as a full metal, 1992 mullet,” said Glasscock. (“Hockey hair” was, meanwhile, a popular synonym for mullet at the time, given its prominence among players and fans.) Devin Yalkin/Courtesy A24While playing Kerry Von Erich in “The Iron Claw,” White also wore his dynamic, sweeping mullet off-set — but not entirely by choice. “I was like, ‘I’m sorry, here’s a ponytail holder.”But that dedication may have played an integral part in a mullet revival kicking off 2024.

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☆ Opinion: What our obsession with Gypsy Rose Blanchard says about us
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Opinion Sarah Gundle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Sarah Gundle Sarah Gundle, PsyDThese are appropriate questions, when you consider the public fascination with stories about Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who was recently released on parole after serving eight and a half years for helping to kill her abusive mother. The revelation drove Gypsy Rose to seek revenge by convincing her boyfriend to murder her mother. Of course, the behavior of Dee Dee Blanchard and Debra McCurdy was beyond the pale, rising to the level of evil. And would Dee Dee Blanchard have been able to stop the train of destruction if someone had more doggedly recognized and confronted her mental illness? Maybe we need to heed the words of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who has said that trying to understand where her mother was coming from “brought me to a place of forgiveness.” Blanchard recently told CNN of her mother: “She was not an evil woman.

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☆ China is producing vast undersea maps for submarine warfare, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewChina is mapping vast areas of the Indian Ocean under the guise of civilian research — and it could be to plan submarine warfare, a think tank said. The CSIS said that while much of the research was in the western Pacific and South China Sea, Chinese research vessels increasingly focused on the Indian Ocean. AdvertisementUsing data from Windward, a maritime AI-data company, the think tank said it found Chinese research boats had conducted "hundreds of thousands of hours of operations globally over the past four years." AdvertisementThe Indian Ocean is a vital area for China's "strategic and economic interests," Matthew Funaiole, a senior fellow at CSIS who worked on the report, told The Washington Post.

Persons: —, Matthew Funaiole, Andrew Scobell Organizations: Service, Business, Center for Strategic, International Studies, China's People's Liberation Army, CSIS, Washington Post, United States Institute of Peace, Associated Press Locations: China, Pacific, South China, Windward, Beijing, India, New Delhi, Sri Lanka

☆ How a culture of sports betting and fantasy gaming is emerging on college campuses
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Margaret Fleming | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Noah, a 19-year-old who goes to college in Illinois, uses sports betting to keep up with his friends from high school. The expansion of legal sports betting in the US has fueled a widespread culture of gambling on college campuses, as savvy students find betting alternatives and workarounds for age limits and state restrictions. Many sports-loving college students like Marcus and Noah casually use fantasy gaming, sweepstakes, and betting to make and maintain friendships. BI spoke with seven college students and three researchers to learn more about what sports betting looks like on campuses. A culture of sports betting sustains friendshipsSince the expansion of legalization, sports betting and gaming have exploded on college campuses largely through word of mouth.

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☆ Prince Andrew spent 'weeks' at Jeffrey Epstein's home and would get 'daily massages,' witness claims
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-06 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Prince Andrew spent weeks at Jeffrey Epstein's Florida home, a former Epstein employee said. AdvertisementA witness claimed that Prince Andrew spent "weeks" staying at Jeffrey Epstein's home and would get "daily massages," according to recently unsealed documents. AdvertisementHowever, "Prince Andrew spent weeks with us," Alessi said. Representatives for Prince Andrew did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment, made outside of normal working hours. Giuffre has claimed that she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew when she was 17, which the prince has denied.

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She previously told a journalist that she was on one of Epstein's private islands with Bill Clinton. AdvertisementA newly unsealed deposition from Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre offered new details for a meeting she says she had on Epstein's private island with Bill Clinton. "Whether it's true or not, that is what I do recall telling Sharon Churcher," Giuffre said of Maxwell's story. Giuffre told Churcher, however, that Maxwell said she flew Clinton to the island without Giuffre flying with them. "I'd have been about 17 at the time," Giuffre told Churcher.

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