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☆ Cancer cases in younger people are rising sharply. Here are some preventive measures to take
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Katia Hetter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Does this mean people should start screening for cancer at younger ages? In the United States, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer and breast cancer are the four top causes of cancer deaths. For instance, in the United States, the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends that people begin colon cancer screenings at age 45. One in 3 people who are eligible for colon cancer screenings have never received any screening exams, according to the American Cancer Society. As little as one or two minutes of vigorous exercise a day can lower cancer risk, as can reducing ultraprocessed food.

Persons: Leana Wen, Wen, hasn’t, It’s Organizations: CNN, American Cancer Society, George Washington University, Oncology, US Preventive Services Task Force, Brigade Locations: United States

☆ Direct Iran-Israel war could spike oil by $30 to $40, Bank of America says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A direct war between Israel and Iran could lead to substantially higher oil prices through 2025, according to Bank of America. This scenario assumes that Iran's crude oil production falls by up to 1.5 million barrels per day due to the war. Crude oil prices have fallen for three consecutive trading sessions in the wake of Iran's weekend missile and drone assault against Israel. The bank has penciled in the first Fed interest rate cut in December, and oil prices would come down by then though remain elevated. "Should supply losses build up regionally, it may also prove difficult to access spare production capacity, so oil prices would likely settle above $150/bbl for several months," the bank's analysts forecast.

Persons: Brent, Israel, Michael Bloom Organizations: Bank of America, Israel, Bank, Federal, bbl, Israeli Locations: Israel, Iran, OPEC, U.S

☆ Biden administration partners with states to protect airline customers
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

And while state attorneys general receive consumer complaints, airlines are not legally required to respond to their inquiries. The Biden administration has been aggressively pushing measures to expand consumer rights for airline passengers. The latest move comes as passenger traffic in the United States is projected to reach an all-time high this year. It includes 18 states such as California, New York, Nevada and Colorado that have some of the busiest U.S. airports. The DOT said seven more states - Delaware, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, Tennessee, Vermont, and Washington – are interested in joining the initiative.

Persons: Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Francis Scott Key, Pete Buttigieg, Biden, Buttigieg, Washington – Organizations: Transportation, White, . Transportation, U.S . Department of Transportation, Transportation Department, Southwest Airlines, Republican, Democratic Locations: Baltimore, Washington , U.S, United States, California , New York , Nevada, Colorado, Delaware , Massachusetts, Minnesota , Oregon , Tennessee , Vermont, Washington

☆ Russia is 'more dangerous' now than when it first invaded, former general reports after returning from Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Ella Sherman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Retired Australian Army Maj. Gen. Mick Ryan advocates for a change in Ukraine's war strategy. Ryan suggests Ukraine needs to push its narrative in Western media to counter Russia's influence. The Russian military has changed its warfighting capabilities, and the defense industry has been kicked into gear. Ukraine, he argued, must push its narrative to get through to Western media and dispute Russia's declarations of expected victory. Ryan said NATO and other partner nations should consider switching their perception of providing support from "defend Ukraine" to "defeat Russia in Ukraine."

Persons: Mick Ryan, Ryan, —, Jose Colon, Kurt Campbell, Chris Cavoli, Cavoli, Ukraine's Da, Kostiantyn Organizations: Australian Army, Service, Lowy Institute ., Russian Army, Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, AP, Ukraine, NATO, Ukraine's Da Vinci Wolves, Kyiv Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Australian, Australia, Lowy Institute . Russia, Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian, United States, Washington

☆ American drones are glitching and getting lost in Ukraine, giving way to a flood of Chinese drones
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

American drones aren't performing as well as those from other countries, like China's, in Ukraine. AdvertisementThe drone war in Ukraine is constantly evolving and forcing both sides to innovate quickly. American-made drones haven't excelled on the battlefield, prompting Ukraine to turn to buying Chinese-made drones. Chinese DJI drones have long played a role in the war, with Ukraine buying many of the retail models. Many said that details on the program were unclear, especially with Chinese dominance in the small drone industry.

Persons: —, haven't, Adam Bry, that's, Replicator Organizations: Wall Street Journal, Service, Wall Street, Getty, Pentagon, Defense Locations: Ukraine, American, Russia, Ukrainian, Zaporizhzhia, Russian

☆ Student-loan borrowers could benefit from Biden's new debt cancellation plan as early as this fall. Here's what you need to know.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewA new student-loan forgiveness plan is coming — and millions of borrowers could benefit. President Joe Biden's administration unveiled new details for a student-debt relief proposal that could benefit over 30 million borrowers. AdvertisementI said I wouldn't back down from using every tool at our disposal to get student loan borrowers the relief they need. That's why today we're announcing new plans that, if implemented, would cancel student debt for millions more. They include:Up to $20,000 in debt relief for over 25 million borrowers whose balances have grown due to unpaid interest.

Persons: —, Joe Biden's, Biden, rNiCxzzlU3 —, Biden's Organizations: Service, Business, House, Public, Federal, GOP Locations: Madison , Wisconsin

☆ The largest map of the cosmos hints that dark energy is changing. It could prove Einstein wrong and upend a pillar of modern physics.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Jessica Orwig | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

New data from the largest 3-D map of our universe suggests we may be wrong about dark energy. One of the driving forces behind that evolution is also one of our age's biggest mysteries in physics: dark energy. Einstein abandoned the idea as his "greatest blunder" in the 1930s, as astrophysicist Ethan Siegal explains, but a constant dark energy would have vindicated him. "If true, it would be the first real clue we have gotten about the nature of dark energy in 25 years," Adam Riess, a Nobel laureate for his co-discovery of dark energy, told Quanta Magazine. "The idea that dark energy is varying is very natural," Paul Steinhardt, a Princeton University cosmologist, told the magazine.

Persons: —, we're, Michael Levi, Levi, DESI, Marenfeld, Claire Lamman, Albert Einstein's, Einstein, Ethan Siegal, Albert Einstein, Ernst Haas, Adam Riess, Paul Steinhardt, Princeton University cosmologist, Riess, Vera C, Travis Lange, Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell, NASA's Nancy Grace, Arnaud de Mattia, Mattia Organizations: Service, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, American Physical Society, Princeton University, NASA, Rubin, Accelerator, Atomic Energy Commission Locations: Arizona, Princeton , New Jersey

☆ Chasing the eclipse with sounding rockets and high-altitude planes
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

NASA will launch sounding rockets and WB-57 high-altitude planes to conduct research on aspects of the sun and Earth that‘s only possible during an eclipse. During the 2017 eclipse that crossed the US, NASA and other space agencies conducted observations using 11 different spacecraft and two high-altitude planes. Three sounding rockets will launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on April 8 to study the eclipse. During the 2023 annular eclipse, instruments on the rockets measured sharp, immediate changes in the ionosphere. The jets have custom noses that can carry specialized scientific instruments.

Persons: Bill Stafford, Albert Einstein’s, Einstein, Sir Arthur Eddington, Allison Stancil, Barjatya, ” Barjatya, Peter Layshock, Amir Caspi, Layshock, ” Caspi Organizations: CNN, NASA, International Space, Embry, Riddle Aeronautical University, WB, NASA Airborne Science, Johnson Space Center, Southwest Research Locations: Mexico, United States, Canada, Brazil, West Africa, Virginia, Daytona Beach , Florida, Houston, Boulder , Colorado

☆ Palestinian Authority renews request for United Nations membership
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Richard Roth | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

United Nations CNN —The Palestinian Authority is again requesting membership in the United Nations, according to a post on X from the Palestinian permanent observer mission to the UN on Tuesday. In September 2011, the Palestinian Authority failed to win UN recognition as an independent member state. Since then, Hamas has ruled Gaza and the Palestinian Authority governs parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The US favors a reformed Palestinian Authority leading both the West Bank and Gaza as part of an eventual independent state. But Israel has rejected the prospect of the Palestinian Authority returning to Gaza after the ongoing war, and has dismissed the idea of establishing a Palestinian state in the territories.

Persons: Palestinian Territories Riyad Mansour, Fatah, Israel, Dr, Mohammed Mustafa, ” Abbas, CNN’s Ibrahim Dahman, Abeer Salman Organizations: United Nations CNN, Palestinian, United Nations, UN, “, Palestinian Authority, Hamas, West Bank Locations: United, State, Palestine, Palestinian Territories, Gaza, Sunday, Ramallah

☆ Canada's First Nations are building the densest neighborhood in the country by reclaiming their ancestral land and defying NIMBYs
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

AdvertisementMindy Wight, CEO of the Squamish development group building Sen̓áḵw, called it "the creation of a modern Squamish village" in an interview with Business Insider. Canada's federal auditor general recently condemned a "distressing and persistent pattern of failure" by federal programs designed to support First Nations housing and infrastructure, among other services. The housing projects aren't the only major developments underway on indigenous land in Canada. There are no housing or infrastructure developments on US tribal land that match the scale of the First Nations projects in Canada. While some Native American tribes have spearheaded significant housing projects, most indigenous-owned land in the US isn't in the most valuable housing markets.

Persons: —, it's, Mindy Wight, Sen̓áḵw, Brennan Cook, Cook, Heather, reaps, Elisa Campbell, Jericho, Campbell, Heather Lands, Sen̓áḵw, Gordon Price, Price, Tyler Harper, aren't, Michelle Cyca, Alex Armlovich, Armlovich, Noah Smith Organizations: Service, Nations, First Nations, Business, Nation, MST, Corporation, MST Development Corporation, Vancouver City, Canada Lands Company, Energy, Technologies, British Columbia, CBC Vancouver, Bates, Niskanen Locations: Canada, Vancouver, Squamish, Squamish Nation, Wight, Jericho, British, American, MacLean's, Canadian

☆ Deep brain stimulation didn’t work for a young OCD patient until new brain maps changed everything
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

After treatment with targeted deep brain stimulation, she hopes to walk out soon and, for the first time in her adult life, live independently, in her own apartment. Doctors used a tube that led into her stomach through her nose to give her food and gave her fluids intravenously. Deep brain stimulation for severe obsessive-compulsive disorder helped Julia Hum earn her high-school equivalency certificate last year. Refining deep brain stimulationHum had a deep brain stimulator implanted in 2021. Deep brain stimulation can be life-changing, but it doesn’t work equally well for everyone, and researchers say they’re getting closer to understanding why.

Persons: Julia Hum, Hum, “, Doctors, it’s, ” Hum, Andreas Horn, “ I’ll, I’ll, Darin Dougherty, didn’t, they’re, ” Horn, Sameer Sheth, ”, Sheth, Dougherty, “ It’s, she’s, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, “ Hope Organizations: CNN, General Hospital, Doctors, Mass General Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, CNN Health Locations: Massachusetts, Houston

☆ Dollar General will remove self-checkout from 300 stores to prevent shoplifting
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The company is pulling out self-checkout stands in 300 stores that have the highest levels of shoplifting and merchandise losses. In 9,000 other stores, Dollar General is converting some or all of its self-checkout registers to regular checkout with cashiers. And in another 4,500 or so stores, Dollar General is limiting self-checkout to purchases of five items or less. Vasos said Dollar General made the decision after using artificial intelligence to analyze hundreds of thousands of purchases at self-checkout. Like other retailers, Dollar General bet self-checkout would reduce its labor costs and speed up checkout for customers.

Persons: Todd Vasos, Vasos, ShopRite Organizations: New, New York CNN —, Walmart, Target, cashiers Locations: New York, United States, Britain, British, New Mexico, Delaware

☆ Living drugs that reprogram patients’ immune cells show early promise against hard-to-treat brain tumors
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Only 3% to 5% of people who are diagnosed with this type of brain tumor will be alive three years later. Now, an experimental therapy that reprograms a person’s own immune cells to attack these tumors is showing some exciting promise. Doctors first harvested immune fighters called T-cells from his blood and then genetically modified them in a lab so they’d recognize and bind to specific proteins on the surface of the brain tumor cells. After a single 10-milliliter infusion of about 10 million CAR-T cells, Fraser’s tumor began to shrink. Three-quarters of the participants had had their brain tumors come back at least twice.

Persons: ”, Otis Brawley, –, they’ll, ” Brawley, Tom Fraser, Brigham, Debbie Fraser, Fraser, He’s, Marcela Maus, ” Fraser, Maus, “, ” Maus, Christine Brown, ’ Brown, ” Brown, hasn’t, Brown, Dr, Donald O’Rourke, “ They’re, O’Rourke, ” O’Rourke, Sanjay Gupta, you’re, they’re, it’s Organizations: CNN, Johns Hopkins University, American Cancer Society, City of Hope Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts General, Mass, New England, of Medicine, Doctors, Mass General Cancer Center, Tv3, Cell Therapeutics Research, of, Nature, Penn, Excellence, University of Pennsylvania Perlman School of Medicine, CNN Health Locations: City, Duarte , California, Massachusetts, Rochester , New York, Boston, of Hope, Hope

☆ Analysis: China worried about return of Trump, but also sees opportunities if he wins 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Then-US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan at Beijing's Forbidden City in 2017. “If this decoupling is carried out by Trump 2.0 in a very forceful way, the impact on China is going to be very severe. But experts say China’s business and official sectors are likely already considering contingency plans. Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin leave a reception following talks at the Kremlin in March 2023. “Whoever wins – the structure of (US) confrontation, competition, pressure to China are still there,” he said.

Persons: Joe Biden, Xi, Donald Trump, didn’t, –, Biden, Wang Yi, Trump, He’s, Trump’s, Brian Wong, ” Wong, Lintao Zhang, Obama, Melania, “, Xi Jinping, Peng Liyuan, Xie Huanchi, he’s, ”, Bala Ramasamy, Shen Dingli, Premier Li Qiang, Ronald Reagan, “ Biden, Shen, ” Trump, skeptically, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Pavel Byrkin, Wong, it’s, Wang Yiwei Organizations: Beijing CNN —, Communist Party, Biden, Senior, Trump’s “, University of Hong Kong’s, Contemporary, House, oceanside, Trump, of, Forbidden, Huawei, Oxford Economics, China Europe International Business School, Premier, American, South Korea Navy, Asia –, Russia’s, NATO, Europe, Kremlin, Getty, South Korea –, White House, Renmin University Locations: China, Beijing, State, US, Russia, Communist, Contemporary China, Taiwan, Lago, City, Xinhua, Shanghai, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Europe, China's Qingdao Port, –, Asia, Seoul, Tokyo, Ukraine, United States, AFP, Japan, South Korea, America, Washington, Hong Kong, South China

☆ US Navy demoted Ronny Jackson, Trump's former White House doctor, over allegations of inappropriate behavior, says report
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Rep. Ronny Jackson, a former White House physician, was demoted by the US Navy. He has continued to refer to himself as a retired rear admiral. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe Navy demoted Rep. Ronny Jackson, the former White House physician who is now a GOP congressman, because of allegations of inappropriate behavior, a new report says.

Persons: Ronny Jackson, belittled, —, Jackson Organizations: White House, US Navy, Service, GOP, US, Washington Post, Business

☆ Why Donald Trump’s Super Tuesday win is a defeat for Rupert Murdoch
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Donald Trump just defeated Rupert Murdoch (again). That’s an outcome that Murdoch, the billionaire media mogul and one-time Republican kingmaker who controls Fox News, had hoped to avoid. Trump himself understood that Murdoch has not wanted him to serve as the Republican nominee. Now that Trump has secured command over the GOP, it is déjà vu for Murdoch. Put more simply: Trump has checkmated Murdoch, clearing one more hurdle standing in his way on the path to the White House.

Persons: Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch, Nikki Haley, Murdoch, kingmaker, Ron DeSantis, Trump, DeSantis, we’ve, Megyn Kelly, Joe Biden, —, checkmated Murdoch Organizations: New York CNN, Republican Party, GOP, Fox News, Trump, Dominion Voting Systems, Republican, Florida Gov, New York Post, Democratic Party, Fox, Democratic Locations: New York, Florida, DeSantis, Trump’s

☆ Russia's new tank — its T-14 Armata — is probably too expensive to use in Ukraine, top weapons maker says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russia's most advanced tank is likely too costly to use in Ukraine, the head of a top defense firm said. The new T-14 Armata is estimated to cost between $5 million and $9 million. AdvertisementA Russian T-14 Armata tank on display at the International Military Forum Army outside Moscow on Aug. 15, 2023. AdvertisementRussian T-14 Armata tanks drive toward Red Square for the Victory Day parade on May 9, 2015. AdvertisementRussian T-90M and T-14 Armata tanks parade through Red Square during the general rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade on May 7, 2022.

Persons: —, Sergey Chemezov, ALEXANDER NEMENOV, Sean Gallup, Chemezov, Vladimir Putin, Bradley, Kirill Kudryavtsev Organizations: Service, International Military Forum Army, Getty, Abrams, Red, Victory Day, Getty Images Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Moscow, Russian, AFP, NATO, US, Getty Images Moscow, Britain

☆ How a warming climate is setting the stage for fast-spreading, destructive wildfires
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

This fire adds to an ever-lengthening list of rapidly spreading, destructive wildfires in the US and elsewhere. To understand why the Texas fires have been so fierce you have to look to last spring, said Luke Kanclerz, a fire analyst at Texas A&M Forest Service. It only took a short period of warm, dry weather for them to dry out further, providing a carpet for the fire to spread. Yuki Iwamura/AFP/Getty ImagesScientists are still working to understand what impact, if any, global warming is having on the winds that whip up wildfires. Research has found climate change is fueling the rapid intensification of hurricanes, pushing storms to explode at a deadly pace.

Persons: it’s, Cpl Marc, Andre Leclerc, ”, John Abatzoglou, Luke Kanclerz, Kanclerz, Mike Flannigan, Abatzoglou, “ There’s, ” John Nielsen, Gammon, Yuki Iwamura, Dora, Kaitlyn Trudeau, Trudeau, ” CNN’s Rachel Ramirez Organizations: CNN, United, European Union, Canadian Forces, Reuters, University of California, ”, Texas, M, Service, Texas Panhandle, University of Alberta, Getty, Climate Central, The Locations: United States, Maui, California, Paradise, Canada, Greece, Chile, Mistissini, Quebec, Merced, Texas, Hawaii, West Texas, Gammon , Texas, Lahaina, AFP, Hawaii’s, The Texas, Plains

☆ Plaza de Espana: Seville to charge fee for visiting landmark square
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Tourists visiting the southern Spanish city of Seville may soon have to pay a fee to explore the wide, ornate Plaza de Espana square, the city hall said, as part of plans to control tourist overload in a public open space. Although Sanz made clear that local residents would still be allowed free access, many X users, including those from Seville, were quick to criticize the plan. “A tourism tax for ALL visitors provokes less debate and generates more income. Another added: “What people want from you is a tourism tax and general regulation of mass tourism which is destroying our city”. Italy’s lagoon city of Venice will introduce a trial fee from April to limit the number of day trippers.

Persons: Jose Luis Sanz, Sanz, ” Organizations: CNN — Tourists, de Espana, ”, Star Wars Locations: Spanish, Seville, Spain, Italy’s, Venice

☆ Cringe couples are everywhere — and they're just as insecure as the rest of us
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewIn 2024, cringe is in: people are in love, and they don't care who knows it. It goes without saying that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are embracing cringe on an unparalleled scale. They're blowing kisses on the jumbotron and running into each other's arms in front of millions of Super Bowl spectators. It can also be comforting to feel like you're following social norms and doing what society expects of you. "If we are with someone, they're going to have flaws, they're going to annoy us.

Persons: —, cringe, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco, Travis Barker, Rocky, haring, ross, eople, ike, ould, ove, ingle Organizations: Service, Super Bowl, Business, ailey, ust Locations: ife, alues

☆ Opinion: Who is winning? Gen. Petraeus on Ukraine war, two years in
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Peter Bergen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

CNN —Two years into the Ukraine war, the tide has shifted, and Russian forces have some momentum, according to retired US General David Petraeus. Michal Dyjuk/AP/FILELast weekend Gen. Petraeus was at the Munich Security Conference, the leading global national security conference that was attended by pretty much every European leader and by top American officials – including Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. BERGEN: At the Munich Security Conference, what was the mood like? BERGEN: Who’s winning the war in Ukraine? BERGEN: What’s going on in Ukraine looks a lot like World War I, in the sense that it’s trench warfare, minefields, machine guns.

Persons: Peter Bergen, ”, David Petraeus, Vladimir Putin’s, Putin, Lord Andrew Roberts, ” David Petraeus, Michal Dyjuk, Petraeus, Kamala Harris, Antony Blinken, Alexey Navalny’s, Volodymyr Zelensky, Gen, PETRAEUS, I’ve, Olaf Scholz, Jens Stoltenberg, Tobias Schwarz, they’ll, Who’s, I’m, Vladimir Putin, Alexey Navalny, we’re, didn’t, Thomas Peter, –, Zelensky, can’t, what’s, There’s, Sergei Supinsky, it’s, Andrew Roberts, Biden, Donald Trump’s Organizations: New, Arizona State University, Apple, Spotify, Trump Administration, CNN, Munich Security Conference, Conference, Supreme, NATO, Munich, Reuters, Republicans, Kremlin, Russian Federation, Kherson –, Tactical Missile Systems, Pentagon, Getty, Congress, Munich Security, PETRAEUS Locations: New America, Ukraine, United States, Afghanistan, Iraq, Avdiivka, BERGEN, Munich, Europe, Russia, Russian, Spain, Moscow, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kherson, Ukrainian, Swedish, Donetsk, Sevastopol, Crimea, North Africa, Egypt, Kremlin, St, Petersburg, Moldova, Transnistria, Baltic, Soviet Union, AFP, ” BERGEN

☆ Einstein's last message was a dire warning against nuclear war that's still relevant today. Here's what it said.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

A new Netflix docudrama, “ Einstein and the Bomb ,” uses footage and reenactments of the famous scientist and his shifting view of nuclear weapons. It quotes his 1945 Nobel Prize address expressing concern over the future use of nuclear weapons, saying, “The war is won, but the peace is not.”Albert Einstein warned that nuclear weapons could lead to the end of humankind. The general public, and even many men in positions of authority, have not realized what would be involved in a war with nuclear bombs. But we now know, especially since the Bikini test, that nuclear bombs can gradually spread destruction over a very much wider area than had been supposed. Although an agreement to renounce nuclear weapons as part of a general reduction of armaments3 would not afford an ultimate solution, it would serve certain important purposes.

Persons: Einstein, Roosevelt, —, Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell, Russell, Franklin D, “ Einstein, “, ” Albert Einstein, Stringer, Joseph Rotblat, Rotblat, Frederic Joliot, Curie, Linus Pauling, ”, White Organizations: Service, Einstein, Manhattan Project, Manhattan, Netflix, Central Press, Science, World Affairs, Communist Locations: Germany, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Manhattan, London , New York, Moscow, East, West, Pearl

☆ 'Social' media is both the cause of — and solution to — our loneliness problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The report listed technology as a driver behind our isolation, fear of missing out, conflict, and reduced social interaction. Other drivers of loneliness included social policies, cultural norms, the political environment, and macroeconomic factors. In fact, most research demonstrates that loneliness increases with increased use of technology, especially social media sites." "The response is incredible," Kyle Rand, CEO and cofounder of Rendever, told BI. He added: "The trend to solve loneliness through more technology, when technology has not yet reduced the problem, seems to be going in the wrong direction."

Persons: disincentivized, Dr, Nicole Siegfried, bookending, Josh Greene, Sherita Harkness, Harkness, There's, Kyle Rand, Brooke, I've, Daniel Boscaljon, Siegfried Organizations: Service, Technology, Business, US, Tech, Meta, Behavior, Flow, National Institute, Aging, National Institutes of Health, Inc, Institute, Trauma Locations: Luka, Chicago, Inc

Fran Horowitz, Abercrombie & Fitch CEO: The future of retail is small, efficient, omni stores, and they're located where the customer tells us. I get really, really excited about what this means in the operations of the business, using predictive analytics to help us forecast demand. They're worldwide, a zillion stores, and their operations and execution, aside from their merchandising, I think they're always on top of the game. I think you're going to see an interaction with someone in a setting that doesn't look like retail, but looks like a fantastic experience. Nicholas of Sam's Club: Another retail standard that is really going to be important beyond the customer is energy.

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☆ Intense artillery fire is causing more problems for Ukraine than just ammo shortages and putting gun crews at risk, new report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Ella Sherman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine's military is overusing its artillery, causing problems beyond just ammunition shortages. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe Ukrainian military's aggressive firing of its artillery systems has caused more issues than just ammunition shortages, according to a new report. AdvertisementUkraine has been unable to secure more US aid lately, and if it continues to be held up in Congress, the Ukrainian military may be under additional pressure.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Atlantic, International Institute for Strategic Studies Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian

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