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“I’m going to Court tomorrow morning to fight for my name and reputation,” Trump wrote Sunday night on his Truth Social platform. !” Trump wrote. James, a Democrat, is seeking $250 million in penalties and a ban on doing business in New York. James' lawsuit accused Trump and his company of a long list of fibs in the financial statements he gave to banks. James’ lawsuit is one of several legal headaches for Trump as he campaigns for a return to the White House in next year's election.

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But asked Friday if he planned to be at the New York trial, Trump said: “I may. I may.”Engoron, a Democrat, has ruled repeatedly against Trump in the three years he's been presiding over James' lawsuit. He's forced Trump to sit for a deposition, held him in contempt and fined him $110,000. At a hearing in the case last Wednesday, the day after his ruling, Engoron offered “a little bit of New York humor" to break the tension. In 2013, he was appointed an acting justice of the state’s trial court and ran unopposed for a permanent post in 2015.

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☆ OpenAI's GPTBot and other AI web crawlers are being blocked by even more companies now
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Unique, high quality data, mainly scraped from the web, is vital to the performance of AI models. AdvertisementAdvertisementMore and more companies are trying to avoid having their data freely scraped and saved by web crawlers working for the benefit of AI models. Last month, OpenAI last revealed its own crawler, GPTBot, saying it would respect robots.txt, a decades-old method through which a website can tell a web crawler to ignore it. Many more companies are now also blocking CCBot, a web crawler used by Common Crawl. AdvertisementAdvertisementSee below for a full list of the biggest websites now blocking GPTBot and CCBot as of Sept. 22:Blocking GPTBotamazon.comquora.comnytimes.comtheguardian.comshutterstock.comwikihow.comcnn.comsciencedirect.comusatoday.comhealthline.comstackexchange.comalamy.comscribd.comwebmd.combusinessinsider.comdictionary.comreuters.comwashingtonpost.commedicalnewstoday.comnpr.orgcbsnews.comgoodhousekeeping.comamazon.co.uktumblr.comlatimes.cominsider.comglassdoor.comvocabulary.cominvestopedia.comslideshare.netamazon.decosmopolitan.comnbcnews.comindiamart.comstackoverflow.comhindustantimes.combloomberg.comcnbc.compeople.comtvtropes.orgamazon.invimeo.comverywellhealth.comikea.comespn.comindianexpress.comthesaurus.compbs.org123rf.comwattpad.comvariety.comtoday.compopsugar.comthespruce.comuol.com.bramazon.frgeeksforgeeks.orgelle.comeconomictimes.compcmag.comtheverge.comallrecipes.comthoughtco.comrollingstone.comwired.comnextdoor.comhollywoodreporter.comabc.net.auew.comamazon.canews18.comwomenshealthmag.comrateyourmusic.comamazon.co.jptechradar.comairbnb.comndtv.comlifewire.comtomsguide.comvulture.comeverydayhealth.compolygon.comtheconversation.comesquire.comprnewswire.combillboard.commenshealth.commetro.co.ukcountryliving.commashable.comgamesradar.comthehindu.comtimesofindia.comdeadline.comharpersbazaar.commedscape.comnymag.comrefinery29.comradiotimes.comcbssports.comtandfonline.comtheatlantic.comtrulia.comamazon.espinterest.esnationalgeographic.combhg.comeater.comsouthernliving.comhealthgrades.comvice.compicclick.combustle.comnewyorker.comeonline.comdigitalspy.comopentable.compinterest.dethepioneerwoman.comcaranddriver.combyrdie.comlivemint.commedicinenet.comteacherspayteachers.comcookpad.comthespruceeats.combizjournals.compagesjaunes.frliputan6.comdelish.commasterclass.comarchiveofourown.orgvox.comrealsimple.comaarp.orgfrancetvinfo.frpinterest.frkumparan.comtheathletic.comtravelandleisure.comvogue.comlivescience.comapartments.commarketwatch.comglamour.comamazon.itcinemablend.comthrillist.comamazon.com.brpinterest.co.ukangi.comalamy.esusmagazine.comdistractify.combbcgoodfood.comjagran.commercadolibre.com.mxandroidauthority.comcity-data.comfoodandwine.comhellomagazine.comamazon.com.augq.comingles.comamarujala.comieee.orgprevention.comstern.dekbb.comedmunds.commarthastewart.compcgamer.comjustanswer.comhealth.com20minutes.frfortune.comhomes.comscientificamerican.compopularmechanics.comverywellfit.comvanityfair.comchicagotribune.comverywellmind.comhousebeautiful.comcntraveler.comallure.comspanishdict.comneverbounce.comanswers.commoneycontrol.comarchitecturaldigest.comslate.comlonelyplanet.cominverse.comcorriere.itactu.frself.comtripsavvy.cominstyle.comeatingwell.comsuperuser.comwelt.despiegel.dewomansday.comseventeen.comhbr.orgoprahdaily.comautotrader.combonappetit.comsueddeutsche.deseriouseats.comliveabout.comseattletimes.comcoursera.orglivehindustan.comfrance24.comtownandcountrymag.comdotesports.comworldplaces.mefaz.netteenvogue.commotor1.comnj.comglamourmagazine.co.ukokdiario.combrides.comstylecaster.comalamyimages.frjagranjosh.comtheglobeandmail.comaxios.comfrancebleu.frtabelog.comthebalancemoney.comnydailynews.comsheknows.comnaomedical.comverywellfamily.comBlocking CCBot

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NEW YORK (AP) — Does a judge’s fraud finding spell the end of Donald Trump ’s real estate empire? He decried Tuesday’s ruling, which shifts control of some of his companies to a court-appointed receiver, as the “KILL TRUMP” decision. As he quizzed the judge, Kise noted that some of the Trump entities being stripped of their business licenses own properties such as Trump Tower and an office building at 40 Wall Street, both in Manhattan. “Is it the court’s position that those assets are now going to be sold or just going to be managed under the direction of the (receiver)?” Kise asked. That would far exceed even the highest value he listed for Mar-a-Lago on his financial statements, $739 million in 2018.

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☆ Elon Musk might be the internet's worst boyfriend. At least that's what it seems like in his new biography.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

"Elon and I were used to having big arguments in public," Musk's first wife, Justine Wilson, told Isaacson. AdvertisementAdvertisementWilson told Isaacson, the book's author, that Musk sometimes resorted to calling her "an idiot" or "moron" in arguments. Variety/Getty ImagesMeanwhile, Grimes told Isaacson that she feels the billionaire "associates love with being mean or abusive." "It was Elon's Asperger's coming out in full," Grimes told Isaacson. Musk's second wife, Talulah Riley, told Isaacson that when her close friend died, he flew to England to be with her.

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☆ Some notable investors scored a win with Splunk takeover — Here's what they are betting on next
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

High-profile investors Jeff Smith and Alex Sacerdote hit home runs after Cisco 's buyout of cybersecurity software company Splunk sent shares surging. The move marked a big win for the two hedge fund investors with big stakes in Splunk. Splunk was Smith's Starboard Value's third-biggest holding at the end of June, with a bet worth more than $430 million. The stock, Whale Rock's fifth-biggest stock bet as of the end of June, has soared more than 66% this year. Sacerdote also had a big bet on another cybersecurity company like Splunk, Fortinet .

Persons: Jeff Smith, Alex Sacerdote, Splunk, Smith, Sacerdote, Fortinet Organizations: Cisco, Rock Capital Management, Acacia Research, Big Tech, Microsoft, Meta, Nvidia, Netflix, Guggenheim Locations: Splunk, Wix.com

☆ Elon Musk arm-wrestled his business partner to settle PayPal software dispute: book
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Polly Thompson | Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Max Levchin told Elon Musk's biographer about the difficulties of working with the maverick billionaire. In the early days of PayPal, Musk suggested an arm-wrestle to resolve an argument over software. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Eventually you will see it my way," an unwavering Musk told Levchin, according to the biography. But rather than a discussion about the pros and cons, Musk told Levchin late one evening: "You know what – I will arm-wrestle you for it." Levchin told Isaacson he though this was "the stupidest imaginable way to settle a software-coding disagreement."

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☆ FTX gets court approval to sell crypto assets
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Dietrich Knauth | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

During the hearing, Dorsey overruled concerns raised by two FTX customers who said FTX sales could cause crypto prices to crash and that FTX may not own all of the crypto that it holds in its accounts. FTX said in court filings it was keenly aware of the risk that its effort to liquidate coins could move crypto markets. But keeping its current crypto portfolio intact also carries risks, potentially locking FTX into holding certain assets as their prices decline, according to FTX’s court papers. FTX filed for bankruptcy in November 2022 in the wake of claims that it misused and lost billions of dollars worth of customers' crypto deposits. FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to charges that he defrauded FTX customers by using their funds to prop up his own risky investments.

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☆ Elon Musk once caught malaria on safari and was 'hours from death,' book says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Polly Thompson | Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk shines new light on the world's richest person. Musk once took a safari during a vacation to his native South Africa but contracted malaria. Walter Isaacson, whose biography of Elon Musk was published this week, was given access to the Tesla and SpaceX CEO over the past two years. AdvertisementAdvertisementPeter Thiel and Elon Musk with X.com credit in October 2000. Recalling the ordeal earlier this year, Elon Musk and his mother, Maye, tweeted that "modern medicine" had saved his life.

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American Express just announced plans to open its fourteenth Centurion Lounge location in the US, at Newark Airport. Apply and select your preferred metal Card design: classic Platinum Card®, Platinum x Kehinde Wiley, or Platinum x Julie Mehretu. While the Centurion Lounge at Newark Airport won't open until 2026, American Express has shared some initial details on what to expect. Finally, the Newark Centurion Lounge will also feature a 1,400-square-foot indoor terrace with views of the airport and Manhattan. American ExpressHow to access the Newark Centurion loungeYou can access the upcoming Newark Centurion Lounge (and any other Centurion Lounge that's already open) if you have the The Platinum Card® from American Express, The Business Platinum Card® from American Express, or the invite-only Centurion Card.

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☆ Elon Musk whispered to his first wife, Justine, that he was 'the alpha in this relationship' during their first dance
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

During Elon Musk's first dance with Justine Musk, he told her he was the "alpha" in the relationship. Justine Musk was his first wife and the mother of five of Elon Musk's surviving children. "I am the alpha in this relationship," Elon Musk whispered to author Justine Musk, his first wife, as they danced following their ceremony on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, Walter Isaacson wrote in "Elon Musk," his new biography of the tech mogul. Elon Musk met Justine Musk when he was a sophomore and she a freshman at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. AdvertisementAdvertisementShe told Isaacson that Elon Musk told her to dye her hair blonder and that she felt like she was being turned into a "trophy wife."

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☆ An Elevator Expert Explains How to Move People Up 118 Floors, Fast
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

From Twitter to X: Why Musk is Resurrecting His Favorite DomainIn late July, Elon Musk shifted Twitter’s name to X, a major change for the brand. But it’s not the first time the tech billionaire has used the URL x.com. WSJ explains what the site’s past could signal about its future.

Persons: Elon Musk, it’s Organizations: Twitter

So I'll admit I got The Platinum Card® from American Express for the clout. Getting an Amex didn't change my finances or my life, and I knew it wouldn'tI held my Amex Platinum card as I did with my driver's license when I was 16. Financial therapist Aja Evans says my Amex credit card is one way of coping with self-esteem issues, but it's a bandage. Apply and select your preferred metal Card design: classic Platinum Card®, Platinum x Kehinde Wiley, or Platinum x Julie Mehretu. Products in this post: The Platinum Card® from American Express, American Express® Gold Card

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☆ Musk's X to collect biometric information and employment data
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

In this photo illustration, the new Twitter logo rebranded as X (X Corp.) is seen on a smartphone and Elon Musk Twitter account with the new X logo on a pc screen. The X social media platform formerly known as Twitter will start collecting the biometric and employment information of its users, according to a Thursday update to the company's privacy policy. It is not clear how X plans to use the biometric information of users. X could theoretically collect biometric information from users through their photos or video, by requesting that they turn on their camera. Under Musk, X has sought to expand its reach beyond social media, messaging and audio content into areas such as financial services and recruitment.

Persons: X, Linda Yaccarino, EToro Organizations: X Corp, Elon, Twitter, Microsoft, CNBC, Bloomberg News, Musk, NBC Universal, Advertising, PayPal

☆ Wix.com CEO on demand for website development and cloud software
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | 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 EmailWix.com CEO on demand for website development and cloud softwareAvishai Abrahami, CEO of Wix.com, discusses demand for web development, artificial intelligence, and cloud-based software.

☆ How Russian Minefields Hinder Ukraine’s Counteroffensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

From Twitter to X: Why Musk is Resurrecting His Favorite Domain In late July, Elon Musk shifted Twitter’s name to X, a major change for the brand. But it’s not the first time the tech billionaire has used the URL x.com. WSJ explains what the site’s past could signal about its future.

Persons: Elon Musk, it’s Organizations: Twitter

☆ Major brands are mostly ignoring Elon Musk's new X logo: 'How many people really know what "Follow us on X" means?'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Twitter became X last month, but major brands have been slow to adopt the new logo. It's been almost a month since Twitter rebranded to X, but most major brands haven't scrubbed the blue bird logo from their marketing yet. Other giant corporations like General Motors, American Express, Amazon, Comcast, and L'Oreal have continued to carry the old Twitter logo on their websites. X released a new brand toolkit with logo templates and other marketing assets for marketers to use earlier this month. Musk changed the company name of Twitter to X Corp. earlier this year and replaced Twitter's branding on July 24 .

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☆ Reid Hoffman reportedly compared Elon Musk's behavior during a merger to someone hiding a sexually transmitted disease from their spouse
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Former PayPal COO Reid Hoffman criticized Elon Musk's behavior during the early days of PayPal. Hoffman told The New Yorker that Musk behaved like someone hiding an STD from their spouse. Hoffman and Musk were both part of the "PayPal Mafia" — early PayPal employees who became big names in tech. In a new interview, former PayPal COO Reid Hoffman criticized Elon Musk's behavior during a merger years ago. Hoffman compared the merger to a marriage and said that Musk's behavior at the time was like someone hiding a sexually transmitted disease from their spouse.

Persons: Reid Hoffman, Elon, Hoffman, Musk, Peter Thiel, we're, Thiel, X Organizations: PayPal, Yorker, New, SpaceX, Twitter

☆ Netflix to make its games playable on more devices
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Mike Blake/File PhotoAug 14 (Reuters) - Netflix (NFLX.O) will test games on select TVs and computers in a first step to make them playable on more devices, the company's vice president of Games Mike Verdu wrote in a blog post on Monday. The streaming platform had begun its push into the gaming experience by launching Netflix games on mobiles in November 2021. "Oxenfree" from Night School Studio, a Netflix Game Studio, and "Molehew's Mining Adventure", a gem-mining arcade game, will be part of the initial testing. "By making games available on more devices, we hope to make games even easier to play for our members around the world," Verdu said. Netflix said games on TV will operate on select devices from initial partners Amazon Fire TV Streaming Media Players, Chromecast with Google TV and Roku devices, among others.

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☆ Starboard Value’s Jeffrey Smith, who's bullish on A.I., reveals his top picks in latest 13F
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Starboard Value's Jeffrey Smith has called artificial intelligence "an enormous opportunity," and there are hints of his enthusiasm in his latest, quarterly 13F filing to SEC. The activist investor drastically increased his stake in Wix.com , making it his ninth-biggest holding at the end of June. The hedge fund manager said there's more room for Salesforce to grow and the stock can rally another 30% on the back of the AI boom. Nine years later he spun out his New York-based hedge fund and became the CEO. The hedge fund manager also added a relatively small stake in British life science company Abcam PLC last quarter.

Persons: Jeffrey Smith, Wix.com, Smith, There's, blockchain, there's, Splunk Organizations: SEC, Acacia Research, CNBC, Abcam Locations: Wix.com, Salesforce, New York

☆ Thanks, Musk: How are partners ever going to explain an $8/mo credit card charge for 'X Premium'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An X user has gone viral after tweeting about their partner questioning an $8 "X Premium" credit card charge. Try explaining paying for "X Premium" to someone who hasn't been keeping up with the X/Twitter drama. X user @anothercohen found himself on shaky ground when his partner questioned an $8 monthly charge for "X Premium." Another user, @60404, posted a screenshot on Sunday that "X Premium'' had been flagged by his bank as a suspicious transaction. X Premium — previously known as Twitter Blue — is an $8/month subscription that allows you to edit tweets, craft longer posts, and be prioritized by other users' feeds.

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☆ Website creator Wix.com raises 2023 estimates after large Q2 beat
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Steven Scheer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Israeli company said on Thursday it had earned $1.38 per share excluding one-time items in the April to June period, compared with a loss of 14 cents per share a year earlier. Wix was forecast to earn 60 cents excluding one-time items on revenue of $383 million, according to Refinitiv I/B/E/S data. Wix projected third-quarter revenue of $386 million to $391 million, representing annual growth of up to 13%. It also raised its full-year 2023 revenue estimate to $1.543 billion to $1.558 billion - 11-12% growth - from $1.522 billion to $1.543 billion. "We're proud of being an Israeli company," he said.

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☆ Elon Musk needs to be ruthless if he's going to transform X into a killer app. Here's what he should do, according to a Fortune 500 project management expert.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Dr. Te Wu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Dr. Te Wu is the CEO and CPO of PMO Advisory, a project management training and consulting firm. From a project management perspective, here are the top five actions I would undertake to make this latest transformation successful. Business transformation is more of an art than a science, and building new product features can be extraordinarily difficult. Dr. Te Wu is CEO and CPO of PMO Advisory, a project management training and consulting firm for companies, including Global 500 and nonprofit organizations. He is an associate professor at Montclair State University and chair of the Project Management Institute's Portfolio Management Standard Committee.

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☆ Complaints about Elon Musk's giant light-up 'X' sign accused the company of creating a 'massive nighttime nuisance' and showing 'zero respect' for its neighbors
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

San Francisco got 24 complaints about the giant light-up sign on X's HQ, CNN reported. San Francisco's Department of Building Inspection got 24 complaints about the giant light-up "X" sign Elon Musk placed on the headquarters of the company formerly known as Twitter, the department's spokesperson told CNN. "That new 'X' sign looks really unstable and sketchy," one complaint reads. A crane was used to remove some of the letters from the old sign on the company's San Francisco HQ. The notice ordered X to stop the work and either obtain a building permit for the sign or dismantle it, which also requires a building permit.

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☆ After Investigation and Complaints, Twitter Removes ‘X’ on Headquarters
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Lauren Mccarthy | More About Lauren Mccarthy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Background: San Francisco was investigating. Twitter representatives told the inspector that it was a “temporary lighted sign for an event,” the complaint said. The changes were reflected inside Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters — X logos were projected in the cafeteria and conference rooms were renamed — as well as outside. Early on July 24, Mr. Musk shared a photo of a giant X projected on Twitter’s office building shortly after announcing the change. Days later, the “X” sign was installed.

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