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He was 18 when he graduated from high school, moved to Austin, Texas, and started pursuing his podcast, "The Running Effect," full-time. That's because "The Running Effect" brought in just a few hundred dollars last year — but in 2023, he's earned more than $60,000 in brand deals. Most of his listeners are younger than 22, according to data from Spotify, where earlier this year, "The Running Effect" ranked 15th among top sports podcasts. Episodes drop every other day, a brisk pace in the podcast world, and each has its own unique graphic. Schlueter said he dreams of turning "The Running Effect" into a storytelling empire with podcasts, articles, blogs, and short documentaries.
Persons: Dominic Schlueter, Schlueter, he's, I'm, He's, Xavier Gallo, Brooks, you'd Organizations: Spotify, Apple, Schlueter, NCAA, Boston, Columbus, LinkedIn, ESPN Locations: Austin , Texas, Columbus , Ohio, Instagram, TikTok
Adidas, its bigger rival Nike and other sports brands, have been locked in a "supershoe" war for years, since the first running shoes containing a thick, shock-absorbing foam and carbon fibre plate helping athletes run more efficiently, were released. At $500 a pair, the Adizero Adios Pro Evo 1 cost $225 more than Nike's equivalent Alphafly 2, raising the question of how many amateur runners will swallow the extra cost. "The price tag is just insane," said Harry Swinhoe, founder of Grove Lane Runners, an amateur running club in southeast London. "This is a shoe optimized for speed, versus durability," Adidas said. Assefa broke the world record by more than 2 minutes to finish in 2 hours, 11 minutes and 53 seconds.
Persons: Ethiopia's Tigist, Harry Swinhoe, Bjorn Gulden, Assefa, Helen Reid, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Adidas, Nike, Evo, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Lane, London
CNBC's Jim Cramer examined two recent flash crashes, telling investors how to spot similar market events. Yet, during both flash crashes, Cramer added, investors panicked, pinning the sudden declines on the global economy or other factors. On air during the 2010 flash crash, Cramer said he felt the crash was a "phony sell-off" as it didn't reflect the economic landscape at the time. It later came to light that a large errant sell order caused panic on Wall Street, he added. "I think investors weren't ready for either flash crash because, post-1987, the government had put in what are known as circuit breakers," Cramer said.
Persons: CNBC's Jim Cramer, Cramer Organizations: Dow
A three-storey building standing opposite had been swept 60 metres (200 feet) down the road by the floodwaters, Hasadi said. "The situation is very, very tragic," said Qais, a rescue worker from Tunisia at the seafront who only gave his first name. [1/4]A view shows the destruction, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya September 16, 2023. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-fetori Acquire Licensing Rights"The work is ongoing and is very, very, very complicated," he told Reuters. Libya's continuing political divisions, with rival administrations and parliaments in the east and west, could hamper the aid effort.
Persons: Tarek Faheem al, Hasadi, Qais, Kamal Al, Omran, Storm Daniel, Hayder Al, Muammar Gaddafi, Khalifa Haftar's, Derna, Ayman al, Ahmed Elumami, Omar Abdel, Emma Farge, Aidan Lewis, Helen Popper, Alex Richardson Organizations: Organization for, REUTERS, Reuters, Health Organization, Italy's, United Nations, Libya's National, for Disease, NATO, Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army, Thomson Locations: DERNA, Libya, Derna, Derna's, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Italian, Italy's Embassy, Infrastructure, Razek, Cairo, Geneva
Microsoft President Brad Smith, Nvidia's chief scientist William Dally, and Professor Woodrow Hartzog wait to testify before a Senate Judiciary Privacy, Technology, and the Law Subcommittee hearing on "Oversight of A.I. : Legislating on Artificial Intelligence" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2023. Other expected attendees include feature OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Nvidia (NVDA.O) CEO Jensen Huang, Microsoft (MSFT.O) CEO Satya Nadella, IBM (IBM.N) CEO Arvind Krishna, former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and Senators Mike Rounds, Martin Heinrich, and Todd Young. Microsoft President Brad Smith told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Tuesday Congress should "require safety brakes for AI that controls or manages critical infrastructure." Smith compared AI safeguards to requiring circuit breakers in buildings, school buses having emergency brakes and airplanes having collision avoidance systems.
Persons: Brad Smith, William Dally, Woodrow Hartzog, Leah Millis, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Chuck Schumer, ChatGPT, Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, Satya Nadella, Arvind Krishna, Bill Gates, Liz Shuler, Mike Rounds, Martin Heinrich, Todd Young, Schumer, Smith, Joe Biden's, David Shepardson, Lincoln Organizations: Privacy, Technology, REUTERS, Capitol Hill, Nvidia, Microsoft, IBM, AFL, Regulators, Google, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, WASHINGTON, Senate's
"We have to ensure that AI remains subject to human control. Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence technology that can generate content such as text, images, code and more. AI impact on jobsMeanwhile, the explosive growth of AI has workers worrying that their jobs could be replaced by the technology. A Goldman Sachs report in March said generative AI could impact as many as 300 million jobs around the world. The Microsoft executive pointed out that AI is a tool that supplements human work, and not one that replaces jobs.
Persons: Brad Smith, Smith, it's, we've, CNBC's Martin Soong, We've, Goldman Sachs Organizations: CNBC, Tech, Microsoft Locations: New Delhi
Maybe, but it also means you're entering a level in your relationship where you're at least partially combining finances with your partner. Level 1: Get to know your partner's money habitsYou don't need to ask a prospective partner to furnish their credit report on the first date. But as things are warming up, it's important to begin learning about the other person's financial picture, Meade says. "It can be scary, but there are some things you should probably know." "If you know you have the core covered and you have X amount to spend that month, it can really help."
Persons: Zers, Kendall Meade, it's, you've, Meade, Frank Summers Organizations: Psychology, Cetera Advisors
American breakers ready for Paris 2024 spotlight
  + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Olympic rings to celebrate the IOC official announcement that Paris won the 2024 Olympic bid are seen in front of the Eiffel Tower at the Trocadero square in Paris, France, September 14, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File photoNEW YORK, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Olympic breaking hopefuls are getting ready for the Paris 2024 spotlight, taking on a decidedly athletic approach to an event that straddles the line between sport and art form. But a potential ticket to Paris is an entirely different matter for him. "I always thought that we had the potential to be as big as to be on a platform like the Olympics... He expects to compete in next month's World Championship in Belgium, where he could potentially book his spot for the Games next July and August.
Persons: Christian Hartmann, Breaker El Nino, Missy Elliott, Alexander Raimon Diaz, Diaz, Victor Montalvo, Montalvo, Amy Tennery, Clare Fallon Organizations: IOC, Paris, REUTERS, Olympic, United States Olympic, Games, Reuters, Bull, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Colorado Springs, Belgium, Red, New York
She earned a silver medal at The World Games 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama, and is hoping to secure a spot in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. It'll be only the second time that breakdancing, also known as "breaking," has been included in the Olympics. "I was debilitatingly shy [earlier in my career]," she tells CNBC Make It. Today, Choi still uses a few strategies to keep her natural shyness from stymying her ability to compete. She uses breathing techniques to focus, and repeats a mantra of affirmation to herself before going in front of a crowd.
Persons: Choi's, It'll, Choi, University of Pennsylvania —, she'd Organizations: Olympics, CNBC, University of Pennsylvania Locations: Birmingham , Alabama, Paris
The UK's financial regulator is proposing new rules for social media promotions. It specifically highlights memes promoting crypto investment as potential rule-breakers. Crypto memes could break financial promotion rules and land people in prison, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority said Monday. The regulator is proposing new rules for social media, cracking down on "finfluencers" or financial influencers who promote financial services online. It follows a joint initiative with the UK's advertising regulator in April, designed to help influencers know which financial promotions are illegal.
Persons: , Lucy Castledine, cryptoassets Organizations: Authority, Financial Services, Investments Locations: cryptoasset
(Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images)Fanatics' first livestream shopping event will feature collectors opening baseball trading card packs on the field during this week's Major League Baseball All-Star Game events in Seattle. The sports platform's new business division, which is called Fanatics Live, is centered around live shopping experiences during which users will be able to buy trading cards and other collectibles on the Fanatics Live app while watching streams of hosts and other collector sellers. "Our intention is to have Fanatics Live be the leader in the live commerce space," Bell said. Livestream shopping, which got its start in China and across Asia, has grown into a $512 billion market, according to Coresight Research. Bell acknowledged the challenges for livestream shopping in the U.S. but said he sees them as an opportunity.
Persons: Justin Berl, Nick Bell, Bell, — Bell, , Chris Lamontagne, Scott Rogowski, Michael Rubin, – Bell Organizations: Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers, PNC Park, Major League Baseball, Google, Mobile, Research, eBay, Facebook, QVC, U.S, Meta, CNBC Disruptor Locations: Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, Seattle, U.S, China, Asia
The oversight board for Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms on Thursday said Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen should be suspended from the social media site for six months for posting a video violating rules against violent threats. The board, which is funded by Meta but operates independently, said the company had been wrong not to remove the video after it was published in January. Meta, in a written statement, agreed to take down the video but said it would respond to the board’s recommendation to suspend Hun Sen after a review. Any suspension would silence the prime minister’s Facebook page less than a month before an election in Cambodia. Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director for Human Rights Watch, said Hun Sen had finally been called out for inciting violence.
Persons: Hun Sen, Hun, , Meta’s, Donald Trump –, Meta, Phil Robertson, Organizations: Cambodian, Meta, Facebook, United States, Cambodian People’s Party, Human Rights, Big Tech Locations: Cambodia, United, Asia
[1/2] Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen attends a celebrations marking the 66th anniversary of the country's independence from France, in central Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 9, 2019. The board, which is funded by Meta but operates independently, said the company had been wrong not to remove the video after it was published in January. Meta, in a written statement, agreed to take down the video but said it would respond to the board's recommendation to suspend Hun Sen after a review. Any suspension would silence the prime minister's Facebook page less than a month before an election in Cambodia. Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director for Human Rights Watch, said Hun Sen had finally been called out for inciting violence.
Persons: Hun Sen, Samrang, Hun, Meta's, Donald Trump, Meta, Phil Robertson, Katie Paul, Michael Perry, Andrew Heavens Organizations: Cambodia's, REUTERS, Meta, Cambodian, Facebook, United States, Cambodian People's Party, Human Rights, Big Tech, Thomson Locations: France, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, United, U.S, Asia
CNN —A university janitor who turned off a freezer after hearing multiple “annoying alarms,” ruined more than 20 years of research, according to a lawsuit filed against his employer by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York. The school is seeking more than $1 million in damages and legal fees from Daigle Cleaning Systems as a result of the incident. The college does not believe the janitor is at fault but instead blames Daigle Cleaning Systems for failing to properly train and supervise him, according to the suit. CNN reached out to attorneys for Daigle Cleaning Systems and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for comment. A warning was posted on the freezer, according to the court filing.
Persons: Lakshmi, Baruch ’ Organizations: CNN, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Daigle, Systems Inc, Systems, Supreme, Biochemical Solar Energy Research, AS IT Locations: New York, Troy , New York, Rensselaer,
A janitor destroyed $1 million in scientific research after turning off a super cold freezer in a lab. He had heard "annoying alarms" coming from the freezer where over 20 years of research were stored. Lakshmi conducted high-level research inside the lab that "had the potential to be groundbreaking" and funded by the university, the lawsuit said. It's believed that Harrington destroyed $1 million worth of scientific research and RPI will be seeking as yet unspecified damages. Daigle Cleaning Systems and Lawyers for RPI did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment about the lawsuit.
Persons: , Joseph Harrington, K.V, Lakshmi, Harrington, It's Organizations: Service, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Daigle, Rensselaer County Supreme, AS IT, RPI, Systems, Lawyers Locations: New York, Troy , New York, Rensselaer County
Union workers missed out on a frenzy of wage increases by employers desperate for workers during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Low unemployment makes it easier for union workers to stand firm during negotiations. Union workers also want more affordable healthcare, paid sick time and more-flexible scheduling for greater work-life balance. Some workers said the base wage increase was insufficient and balked at higher out-of-pocket medical costs. Late last year, U.S. freight railroad workers rejected a five-year contract that included a 24% wage increase, citing lack of paid sick leave.
Persons: Diane Swonk, Erin McLaughlin, Willie Adams, Sam Johnson, Johnson, Joe Biden, Todd Vachon, Garth Thompson, Lisa Baertlein, Bianca Flowers, Rajesh Kumar Singh, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Workers, Spirit, Deere & Co, Reuters, KPMG, Conference Board, Conference, . West, International Association of Machinists, Aerospace Workers, Caterpillar, Congress, Unions, Union, CNH, Deere, Midwest, Rutgers, United Parcel Service, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, United Auto Workers, Detroit automakers, General Motors, Ford, FedEx, American Airlines, Pilots, United, United Airlines, Thomson Locations: U.S, . West Coast, Wichita , Kansas, Decatur , Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, West, Los Angeles, Chicago
CNN —Two record-breakers, a pair of hole-in-ones, and a sea of low scores: Los Angeles Country Club served up a Hollywood blockbuster with a thrilling first round at the US Open on Thursday. The pair of hole-in-one’s highlighted a day of widespread low scoring, as birdies rained down around the North Course. Thursday’s 71.34 scoring average marked the lowest ever recorded in a first round at the US Open, beating the previous low of 72.29 at the 1993 tournament. Fowler’s 10 birdies marked the most ever recorded in a US Open round. “I joked a bit earlier, I think the USGA will be a bit frustrated that the number was that low today,” Scheffler told reporters.
Persons: Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele, Dustin Johnson, Wyndham Clark, LIV Golf’s Johnson, Clark –, France’s Matthieu Pavon, Sam Burns, Fowler, Richard Heathcote, Rory McIlroy, Brian Harman, Bryson DeChambeau, Scottie Scheffler, Harris, Sam Bennett, Korea’s Kim Si, France’s Paul Barjon, McIlroy, David Cannon, Branden Grace, , I’m, ” Berry Henson, , ” Scheffler, Burns, Pavon, ” Pavon Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles Country Club, Getty, US, USGA, skyward Locations: American, West Coast, Pavon
HIV alarm in Uganda as anti-gay law forces LGBT 'lockdown'
  + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
REUTERS/Abubaker LubowaKAMPALA, June 8 (Reuters) - The HIV/AIDS treatment centre in Kampala is almost empty, days after Uganda enacted one of the most draconian anti-gay laws on Earth. "The LGBT community in Uganda is on lockdown now," he said. 'AFRAID TO LEAVE HOME'A rare patient visiting the Kampala clinic said he despaired at the new legislation. In the 2021/2022 fiscal year, PEPFAR provided $418.4 million in funding to Uganda, more than half of the country's HIV/AIDS treatment budget. The Ugandan bill toughened up an existing British colonial-era law, under which gay sex was already illegal.
Persons: Andrew Tendo, Yoweri Museveni, it's, Mary Borgman, Museveni, Joe Biden, PEPFAR, Borgman, Lillian Mworeko, Ugandans, Museveni didn't criminalise, Tendo, Aaron Ross, Pravin Organizations: Ice Breakers Uganda, REUTERS, Uganda AIDS Commission, US, AIDS Relief, National Security Council, East African, International, Thomson Locations: Makindye, Salaama, Kampala, Uganda, Abubaker, KAMPALA
Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday became the first woman to address a graduating class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and used the opportunity to extol the diversity of the American armed forces at a time of struggle over the military’s identity. In an 18-minute speech, Ms. Harris noted that the nation’s military had evolved in the last 75 years from an institution once dominated by white men to one more open to women and minority groups. While she did not mention the significance of her own historic appearance, her presence at the microphone on the field at West Point in New York spoke for itself. “To the class of 2023 and to all the cadets here today: You stand on the broad shoulders of generations of Americans who have worn the uniform, including many barrier breakers and trailblazers,” Ms. Harris told the graduating cadets in their gray-and-white dress uniforms. “In fact, this year, you celebrate the 75th anniversary of the integration of women in the military, as well as the desegregation of our military.”“These milestones are a reminder of a fundamental truth: Our military is strongest when it fully reflects the people of America,” she continued.
As much as his retirement accounts have functioned as circuit breakers to reset his debts, he’s relieved that he doesn’t have the option of withdrawing his pension contributions. Two large retirement plan administrators, Fidelity and Vanguard, have observed increases in hardship withdrawals, which may be taken only if there is “an immediate and heavy financial need,” according to the Internal Revenue Service. Fidelity found that 2.4 percent of 22 million people with retirement accounts in its system took hardship withdrawals in the final quarter of 2022, up half a percentage point from a year earlier. A similar analysis by Vanguard found that 2.8 percent of five million people with retirement accounts made a hardship withdrawal last year, up from 2.1 percent a year earlier. In the first three months of 2023, Bank of America found that the number of people taking hardship withdrawals jumped 33 percent from the same period a year earlier, with workers taking out an average of $5,100 each.
For decades, “the rule of law and a commitment to democracy has kept technology in its proper place,” Smith said. Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith speaks at the Semafor World Economic Summit on April 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. That framework, which Congress first ordered with legislation in 2020, covers ways that companies can use AI responsibly and ethically. Such an order would leverage the US government’s immense purchasing power to shape the AI industry and encourage the voluntary adoption of best practices, Smith said. Smith’s remarks, and a related policy paper, come a week after Google released its own proposals calling for global cooperation and common standards for artificial intelligence.
Persons: Biden, Brad Smith, Smith, , ” Smith, , OpenAI, Drew Angerer, Joe Biden, Smith’s, ” Kent Walker Organizations: CNN, Microsoft, IBM, National Institute of Standards, Technology, NIST, Google Locations: Washington, China, Europe, United States, , Washington ,
Global supply chains grew overwhelmed as they struggled to deliver. But Prange said most of his supply chain had stabilized - meaning he was able to get most of what he needed - by the end of 2021. "One of the headwinds is inflation," said Kevin Austin, the supply chain chief for Toyota Motor North America. Meanwhile, the global supply chain snarls of the pandemic have diminished. The New York Fed's Global Supply Chain Pressure Index ticked down to a reading of -1.32 in April, compared to a revised -1.15 in March.
New York CNN —Mother’s Day is one of the busiest days for the American restaurant industry, presenting a massive operational challenge to restaurants. In fact, if I die and go to hell, I completely expect it to be Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day presents “an operational challenge,” said Shawn Walchef, owner of five Cali BBQ eateries in the San Diego area. “Your Mother’s Day meal can’t be obnoxiously expensive,” said Derek Axelrod, co-owner of Manhattan’s Upper East Side T bar restaurant. Their Mother’s Day menu will likely be upwards of $100 person, but won’t turn much of a profit, he said.
Digital health, once the darling of the healthcare industry, is having a tough go of it. After a pandemic-fueled surge when health services and offerings utilizing tech were prioritized, digital health has come back down to earth. The similarities between digital health and fintech are striking. For both fintechs and digital health, this year has served as a reminder that they're only partly tech companies. Click here for predictions from 16 bankers and dealmakers on the future of digital health.
Two experts provided five red flags that may indicate a home isn't worth your money. Loren Howard, founder of Prime Plus Mortgages, and Shri Ganeshram, founder and CEO of Airbnb property-management company Awning, provided Insider with signs that a home might not be worth your money. Other visible signs of structural issues include cracks in the floors, according to Ganeshram. Ganeshram believes homes with structural problems may not be worth the investment. The Washington Post/Getty Images"If you're constantly playing catch-up with leaks and water damage, you're not investing in a home, you're investing in a money pit," Ganeshram said.
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