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☆ BRICS set to invite Saudi Arabia to join - Bloomberg News
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Delegates interact next to the logos of the BRICS summit during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 23, 2023. GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsAug 24 (Reuters) - Major emerging market nations are preparing to invite Saudi Arabia to join BRICS, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the talks. Leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) have agreed to expand their group, which would be the first expansion since 2010, the report said. Egypt is another nation being invited to join, along with others in the Middle East, the report added. Reporting by Akanksha Khushi in Bengaluru Editing by Mark PotterOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Why Russia and India both crashed on the moon's south pole before India nailed the first soft landing there
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The feat comes just days after Russia crash-landed there, and four years after India's first attempt crashed into the lunar south pole. AdvertisementAdvertisementIt was the country's first bid at the lunar south pole, which is especially valuable space real estate because of its frozen-water reserves. Both the US and China also hope to land on the lunar south pole before the end of the decade. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe lunar south pole is uniquely hazardousThe very thing that makes the moon's south pole so desirable — the permanently shadowed regions that harbor water ice — also makes it more difficult to land on. AdvertisementAdvertisementAlso, nobody has ever been to the moon's south pole.

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☆ Nvidia set the market alight last quarter. Can it repeat the trick?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Artificial intelligence darling Nvidia’s upcoming earnings report could be a boost or a drag on a market already mired in the summer doldrums. Nvidia reached a $1 trillion market cap in May, becoming the ninth company to achieve that milestone. Tech stocks rose on Monday, indicating optimism among investors about Nvidia’s earnings. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index on Monday gained 1.6%, marking its biggest one-day jump this month and stalling the recent sell-off in tech stocks. Tech stocks faltered somewhat on Tuesday, as weak retail earnings and elevated Treasury yields put pressure on stocks.

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☆ Meet Apollo, the ‘iPhone’ of humanoid robots
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The design for Apptronik’s latest humanoid robot, named Apollo, was unveiled on Wednesday. Apollo is Apptronik's latest humanoid robot. Rather than highly specialized robots that can only serve one purpose, Apptronik wanted Apollo to be the “iPhone of robots,” Cardenas said. Courtesy ApptronikBefore Apollo, Apptronik focused on what it called a Quick Development humanoid robot. To the moon and beyondApptronik serves as one of NASA’s partners that works on humanoid robot designs.

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☆ What People Misunderstand About Rape
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Jen Percy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

She suggested that if investigators were really going to help victims, then they should understand the brain science behind common victim responses. He has designed and led courses and training for the police and prosecutors, campus investigators and administrators and major organizations like the U.S. military, End Violence Against Women International and the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. The point is not to teach them to diagnose but rather to help people who interact with rape victims understand their biases. In her training, Oglesby describes a case she rejected because she couldn’t make sense of the account. But the victim might not know the color of the shirt her attacker was wearing or even whether he wore a condom.

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☆ JPMorgan executive explains why decarbonization is a megatrend that business can't ignore
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

"It doesn't matter whether you're an energy client, or a consumer products client, or a retail client, there is something about this megatrend that is going to impact your business model, your business," Variankaval told CNBC. Right now, Variankaval says, it's too soon to know exactly which climate tech companies are going to the winners and losers. It's a multi decade-long process," Variankaval told CNBC. In some segments of climate tech, there are debates about which solutions are better than others that take on a near religious fervor. So you need to diversify in terms of technologies, but also in time horizons," Variankaval told CNBC.

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☆ Longtime Voice of Nintendo’s Mario to Step Away From Role
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Claire Moses | More About Claire Moses | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The sound of the Mushroom Kingdom is about to change. Charles Martinet, who as the official voice of the Nintendo character Mario became instantly recognizable to a generation of gamers with phrases like “It’s a-me, Mario” and the unmistakable “woo-hoo,” is stepping down from the role, the company said. Instead, Martinet will step into the role of “Mario Ambassador,” Nintendo said in a statement, which added that he would continue to travel the world and interact with fans. “It has been an honor working with Charles to help bring Mario to life for so many years,” the company said. !” Martinet wrote on social media.

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☆ Chris Christie said he doesn't have policies 'tailored to particular ethnic groups' when asked about ways he'd appeal to Latino voters: 'Say the same thing no matter where you go'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Christie made the statement after Politico asked about his efforts to appeal to Latino voters. AdvertisementAdvertisement"I don't have policies tailored to particular ethnic groups," the governor told the outlet when asked about his approach in targeting Latino voters. Jon Corzine 48.5%-45% while capturing 32% of the Latino vote, according to CNN exit polling. In 2013, Christie performed even better with Latino voters. While winning reelection 60%-38% over then-Democratic state Sen. Barbara Buono, the then-governor secured 51% of the Latino vote.

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☆ Quebec, Canada wildfires made twice as likely through climate change
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The severity of Quebec’s fire season up to the end of July was also made 50% more intense by climate change, according to the report. French firefighters try to extinguish wildfires at Lac Larouche in Quebec, Canada, on June 28, 2023. It is by far the worst wildfire season Canada has ever experienced, and there are still more than two months left to go. They then used climate models to understand the role climate change played. Climate change also made the peak fire weather in Quebec during the same period at least twice as likely and 20% more intense, according to the report.

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☆ Meta’s Threads is finally available on desktop
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Threads users, rejoice: the app is rolling out its highly anticipated web version Tuesday. The company says it plans to add more desktop features in the future. Threads has been steadily rolling out smaller updates but the hotly demanded web version could help reignite stronger user engagement. Meta's Threads is rolling out desktop access for users starting on Tuesday. Meta employees have for weeks teased that a desktop version of Threads was in the works and being tested internally.

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☆ Fountains of diamonds erupt from the ground when continents break up, say scientists — and it could help uncover new deposits
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

These eruptions have baffled scientists as they happen more often after continents break up. "The pattern of diamond eruptions is cyclical, mimicking the rhythm of the supercontinents, which assemble and break up in a repeated pattern over time," Gernon said. In fact, scientists found that most kimberlite volcanoes occurred 20 to 30 million years after the tectonic breakup of Earth's continents. But instead, it tends to appear in "a sweet spot in the interior of continents where diamonds form," Gernon said. Sergei Karpukhin/ReutersThe scientists say having uncovered this chain reaction could help discover diamond deposits in the future.

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☆ Screen time linked with developmental delays, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“The study fills an important gap because it identifies specific developmental delays (in skills) such as communication and problem-solving associated with screen time,” said Nagata, noting there haven’t been many prior studies that studied this issue with several years of follow-up data. The study measured how many hours children used screens per day at age 1 and how they performed in several developmental domains — communication skills, fine motor skills, personal and social skills, and problem-solving skills — at ages 2 and 4. By age 2, those who had had up to four hours of screen time per day were up to three times more likely to experience developmental delays in communication and problem-solving skills. “Kids learn how to talk if they’re encouraged to talk, and very often, if they’re just watching a screen, they’re not having an opportunity to practice talking,” he said. Be choosy about when you rely on screen time, and turn devices off when they’re not in use, Nagata said.

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☆ A 77-year-old talks to an AI-companion robot called ElliQ over a dozen times daily to combat her loneliness: 'It really is like having somebody else in here'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Priscilla O'Kesson uses AI-powered robot ElliQ to combat her loneliness, Spectrum News reported. The 77-year-old is one of 257 New Yorkers who received the ElliQ at no cost through New York State. The 77-year-old told Spectrum News that she talks to the robot about 12 to 15 times per day. "I enjoy her," O'Kesson told Spectrum News regarding the robot. In March 2023, aging departments in California and Washington announced new programs with Intuition Robotics that aims to provide elders across select counties in each state with the ElliQ robot.

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☆ The US is quietly warning its Middle East partners about the cost of stocking up on Chinese-made weapons
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Chinese arms sales in the Middle East have increased by 80% over the past decade, a result of Beijing's expanding relationships there and its willingness to deliver arms faster and with fewer stipulations than Washington. FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty ImagesMiddle Eastern countries, led by the Arab Gulf states, have for decades been major buyers of US-made weapons. Chinese arms sales to the region are "substantial and expected to continue to increase," said Ahmed Aboudouh, an associate fellow at Chatham House. "But it's just one factor among many, including varying threat perceptions of Iran among the Arab Gulf states as well as varying levels of trust between the Arab Gulf governments themselves." Paul Iddon is a freelance journalist and columnist who writes about Middle East developments, military affairs, politics, and history.

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☆ At Edinburgh Fringe, Small Shows With Big Ambitions
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Houman Barekat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In a smart revival of Cyriel Buysse’s Flemish classic, “The Van Paemel Family” by the Antwerp troupe SKaGeN, the actor Valentijn Dhaenens sidesteps this difficulty by playing all the play’s roles. Mr. van Paemel is slavishly loyal to the landowner for whom they all work, and believes organized labor is a scourge. This eerie visual texture, neatly complemented by the doleful tones of an accordion, made for a memorably unique aesthetic. The standout Fringe show was Lara Foot’s stylish adaptation of “The Life and Times of Michael K.,” J.M. Coetzee’s Booker Prize-winning 1983 novel about the struggles of a poor man during a fictional civil war in South Africa.

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☆ Forget the six-figure UPS gig. You can make $180,000 at In-N-Out, writes burger heiress Lynsi Snyder in her new book.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In-N-Out owner Lynsi Snyder reveals new details about the chain in her book set to be released in October. "He knew that to develop loyal helpers, he needed to provide them with promotions, more responsibility, and more pay," Snyder wrote. In the book, Lynsi Snyder describes how employees are rewarded, from entry-level cashiers to six-figure salary managers. Once employees learn these early tasks, they can be "trusted with our burgers," Lynsi Snyder wrote. Lynsi Snyder, 41, inherited control of the family business in 2017 and became one of the youngest billionaires in the US.

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☆ Gig workers are tracking customers who reduce tips after delivery by marking their homes on Google Maps
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Workers for Instacart and other delivery apps are marking tip-baiters on Google Maps. Several points labeled "Tip Baiter" disappeared from Google Maps after Insider reached out to Google for comment. Some gig workers are fighting back and warning colleagues not to take orders from tip baiters by labeling customers' homes on Google Maps. But several points labeled "Tip Baiter" disappeared from Google Maps after Insider reached out to Google for comment on this story. The Minnesota shopper told Insider about another Costco order she delivered to a restaurant outside of the Twin Cities.

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In response, the man asked Costanza if she could Venmo him back payment for her drinks. Like Constanza, some women say they've had a male date ask for his money back after they explained they didn't want to go out again. Dating coach Blaine Anderson said a money request after a date is among the biggest taboos. "Venmo-requesting a woman to split your first date if she doesn't agree to a second date is pathetic and unethical," Anderson said. Erin, a single 40-something in Pennsylvania who asked to use her first name only, felt unsettled when her date later asked for a refund.

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☆ Are office buildings the next 'Big Short' or the next widow-maker trade? The trader behind the ubersuccessful mall short shares his playbook for making money without flaming out.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Dan McNamara's Polpo Capital is shorting office real estate, a risky move that could be lucrative. If you're looking for a doomsday vision of commercial real estate, you can find it there. "I don't think this is the 'Big Short,'" McNamara told me. This doesn't mean he doesn't have a game plan to make money off cultural shifts that could forever change the state of commercial real estate. Lucas Jackson/ReutersWhere he's going longOne risk of shorting real estate is that it's more susceptible to what's known in real-estate circles as "extend and pretend."

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☆ The strengths and weaknesses of the Georgia election meddling case against Trump and his allies
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“It’s a type of criminal liability that you can get in trouble for things that other people do,” said Ashleigh Merchant, a Georgia criminal defense attorney with experience in RICO cases. And she’ll be navigating around a federal prosecution of Trump for his 2020 election reversal schemes that has taken a much narrower approach. Here are the strengths and weaknesses of Willis’ strategy:Georgia’s sweeping RICO lawGeorgia’s version of a RICO law – which stands for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act – is broader than the federal counterpart. Additionally, there is not much appellate case law around the state’s RICO statute, criminal defense attorneys in Georgia told CNN. There stands to be a significant overlap in evidence – including with testimony from some of the same witnesses – in the federal and Georgia cases.

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☆ I run a $38 billion software company. In 10 years, CEOs who don't understand data and AI won't be eligible for the top job in any industry.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ali Ghodsi, CEO of Databricks, a cloud-based data and AI company, says AI is "eating software." This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ali Ghodsi, CEO of cloud-based data and AI company Databricks. Every company is now a software company. Industries that you traditionally might not have thought were software industries — healthcare, retail, finance — all of it is software. The leading companies in the future are going to be data and AI companies — healthcare, retail, you name it.

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☆ What passing gas can say about your health
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“There are two sources of ‘gas,’ and not all gas is gas. Passing gas “between maybe five and 15 times per day … is totally normal,” said Dr. William Chey, the H. Marvin Pollard Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Michigan. Gas isn’t as much of an indicator of gut health as bowel movement frequency and texture. But dietary choices can lead to more or less gas, and there are certain points at which gas is worth mentioning to a doctor. The reason for that is, if things move very slowly through the GI tract, they have more time to interact with the bacteria in the GI tract, particularly the colon.

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☆ Tori Penso: ‘Being a mother has made me frankly a better referee,’ says US referee officiating at Women’s World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Jaide Timm-Garcia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Tori Penso watched the 2019 Women’s World Cup at home with her eight-month-old daughter in her arms. Four years and countless professional matches later, Penso will proudly walk onto the pitch with Australia and England to referee the semifinal match of the Women’s World Cup at Sydney’s Stadium Australia on Wednesday. Two years after that, Penso was selected by soccer’s world governing boy FIFA as one of six American referees to go to Australia and New Zealand for the 2023 Women’s World Cup. “If you told me six years ago that I would be here talking to you about to head to New Zealand and Australia for the Women’s World Cup I would have said no way,” she said. Her selection for the Women’s World Cup, once her main goal, is now a stepping stone along her journey to the top of the women’s and men’s game.

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☆ Driverless cars stall in San Francisco, causing a brief traffic jam
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —San Francisco residents were caught off guard this weekend after Cruise self-driving cars caused a traffic jam, according to social media posts. The obstruction came a few days after California regulators approved robotaxi companies to operate their driverless cars 24/7 throughout the city. One account, FriscoLive415, said the incident was a “complete meltdown.”Witnesses told CNN affiliate KPIX-TV that the driverless cars were blocking intersections Friday evening for about 15 minutes, causing concern that driverless cars could impede emergency vehicles from accessing the area. That means residents and visitors to San Francisco will be able to pay a fare to ride in a driverless taxi, ushering in new automated competition to cab and ridehail drivers. The San Francisco Police Officers Association, San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs’ Association and the San Francisco Fire Fighters Local 798 all wrote letters to the CPUC expressing concerns that autonomous vehicles could impede emergency responders.

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☆ In Barbie lore, Allan was actually the father of pregnant Midge's unborn baby
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In "Barbie," Allan appears as a kind but lonely man who just wants to hang out with the Kens and Barbies. But in Mattel lore, Allan was actually married to Midge and had two children with the doll, despite him not interacting with her in the movie. A few months later, in early 1964, the toy company began producing a red-haired boyfriend for Midge, Allan Sherwood, named for Handler's son-in-law. "Allan shares wonderful adventures with Barbie and her friends," including going on double dates as Midge's partner with Barbie and Ken, a advert from 1964 proclaimed. Allan was the same size as Ken, meaning that he could share his clothes, as was the case with Barbie and Midge.

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