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☆ How Samuel Alito got canceled from the Supreme Court social media majority
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Behind the scenes, the conservative justice sought to put a thumb on the scale for states trying to restrict how social media companies filter content. The states enacted their laws in 2021 and, with variations, restricted the ability of social media platforms to filter third-party messages, videos and other content. Greg Abbott signed that state’s measure, he said, “there is a dangerous movement by social media companies to silence conservative viewpoints and ideas.” In Florida, Gov. Kagan added a footnote to her majority opinion buttressing that point and reinforcing Barrett’s view. But, despite Alito’s protest, Kagan had a majority signing her decision, which, at minimum, offers lower court judges a strong indication of the framework the high court majority would use in future online challenges.

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☆ With a NATO war and Ukraine's knack for shooting down planes in mind, Russia is holding back its airpower and most advanced jets
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Read previewRussia has kept much of its airpower and some of its most advanced aircraft out of the war in Ukraine. But Baum and other air warfare experts have warned Russia's air force should not be underestimated and cautioned that NATO should be ready. AdvertisementRussia's air force is weaker than NATO's airpower, but Russia's war in Ukraine shows it can still cause a lot of damage. Russia's air force has suffered high attrition rates from Ukraine's ground-based air defenses when operating in the country. Related storiesHe said that Russia "has a lot of trouble replacing lost advanced aircraft," only making a few a year.

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The average FICO credit score is 718, and the average VantageScore credit score is 702. Minnesota has the highest average FICO credit score, with an average FICO score of 742. Understanding credit scoresWhat a credit score meansA credit score is a number that indicates how likely a person is to repay their creditors back on time, based on payment history from their credit report. The 10 states with the lowest average VantageScore credit scores show a similar pattern, predominantly comprised of southern states. Along with exploring credit scores, credit reports, and how to build credit, Jennifer analyzes how current economic trends impact everyday people and offers her expert advice on budgeting, saving, and growing wealth in today’s economy.

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☆ HSBC rises 3% in Hong Kong after profit beat, share buyback announcement
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"Each of these strengths contributed to a good revenue performance in the first half of 2024, supported by higher interest rates." Hong Kong-listed shares of HSBC were up 2.84% at 07:56 a.m. London time in the wake of the earnings beat. The first-half figure nevertheless came in well above the $20.5 billion average of broker estimates compiled by HSBC, according to Reuters. "The strong performance of the business gives us the confidence to say that we'll be mid-teens return in 2025 as well," Quinn told CNBC. "This headwind will be partially offset by hedging and balance sheet growth, but this growth is unlikely to be remarkable.

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☆ Léon Marchand is the superstar and French sports hero these Olympics needed
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Brendan Quinn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

NANTERRE, France — Léon Marchand has said he likes the silence underwater. That, six days into the 2024 Paris Olympics, is Marchand. #ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/DEAEFeIxG4 — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) July 31, 2024“I think that was why I was able to win that race,” Marchand said later. And when Léon Marchand swims, you see something different, and the French feel something different. GO DEEPER Meet Léon Marchand, the 'French Michael Phelps' ready to rule his home Olympics(Top photo of Léon Marchand on the podium after his 200-meter breaststroke win: Quinn Rooney / Getty Images)

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☆ A Nvidia employee shares 4 lessons he learned at the company over the last 5 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA 38-year-old Subhan Ali is an AI product lead at Nvidia and has watched the company go through exponential growth over the last five years. But now that the AI boom is in full swing, Nvidia could become the world's most powerful company. Ali posted 23 lessons he learned at the company and shared them on LinkedIn. AdvertisementHe suggests doing things that are "radically different" and to build a vision around that. "If people or teams see something differently, it's just better in everyone's interest to openly discuss that," Ali told BI.

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☆ Washington Prepares for the ‘Super Bowl of Tax’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Andrew Duehren | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden’s decision not to seek re-election is upending expectations about who will control Washington next year. But there is one thing lawmakers and lobbyists are certain of: A tax fight is coming. Across the nation’s capital, preparations are quietly starting for what some are calling the “Super Bowl of tax.” On Capitol Hill, Republicans and Democrats are holding strategy and education sessions. On the line is the future of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which a Republican Congress passed and former President Donald J. Trump signed into law in 2017. To avoid blowing too large of a hole in the federal budget at the time, Republicans scheduled many of the tax cuts to expire after 2025.

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☆ Politics Makes the Fed’s Job Trickier, but Doesn’t Drive Its Decisions
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Jeanna Smialek | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Fed is expected to start cutting rates in mid-September, not long before voters in the United States head to the polls to elect a new president. Central bankers will meet about rates again on Nov. 6-7, just days after the election. If they lower interest rates before the vote, there is a risk that Republicans will cast it as a politicized move meant to help Democrats: Lower borrowing costs can bolster the economy and markets. Former President Donald J. Trump, the Republican nominee, has already said the Fed should not be cutting rates leading up to November. But central bankers have been clear that they plan to set interest rates with an eye on inflation and job market data, while trying to ignore the election entirely.

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☆ Homebuying is hard in these counties that could decide the election, but it's harder in the U.S. overall
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms J-J-_Mccorvey.Jpg | J.J. Mccorvey | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Market volatility in Dane County, Wisconsin, a largely Democratic, college-educated part of a solidly purple state, boosted its difficulty score to 78 on NBC News’ index. Average homebuying difficulty in the U.S. overall ranks at 84, up from 54 in 2020. At the Republican National Convention earlier this month, giant screens flashed comparisons of average mortgage rates under the Trump and Biden administrations. But one Gwinnett County resident said softer demand isn’t keeping him up at night. For house hunters in Gwinnett County, Scott said, “that would make life a lot better.”

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Mortgage rates are down from where they've been in recent months, with 30-year mortgage rates hovering just below 6.5%, according to Zillow data. See more mortgage rates on Zillow Real Estate on ZillowMortgage CalculatorUse our free mortgage calculator to see how today's mortgage rates will affect your monthly and long-term payments. 30-Year Fixed Mortgage RatesThe average 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 6.78% this week, according to Freddie Mac. 15-Year Fixed Mortgage RatesAverage 15-year mortgage rates were 6.07% this week, according to Freddie Mac data, which is a two-basis-point increase from the previous week. Now that the Fed has paused hiking rates, mortgage rates have come down a bit.

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☆ We’ve been wrong about a key contributor to human happiness
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But it can really, really help. To do that, I collect large-scale data in the course of people’s everyday lives … That’s kind of the 100,000-foot view. And I think that’s the kind of thing that doesn’t really stop at any magic threshold. I think people need to think about this more of kind of like a happiness portfolio. And oh, by the way, getting some daily exercise, not living in an environment that’s really polluted, that would be good.

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☆ Federal regulator says Amazon can be held responsible for faulty goods sold on its marketplace
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Federal regulators have determined that Amazon can be held responsible for defective goods sold by third-party merchants on its online marketplace, rejecting the company's position that it's merely an intermediary between consumers and sellers. Amazon's marketplace, which hosts millions of third-party sellers, now accounts for approximately 60% of the company's e-commerce sales. The company has previously said it invests hundreds of millions of dollars per year to ensure products sold are safe and compliant. At issue were 418,818 goods sold through Amazon, including faulty carbon monoxide detectors, hairdryers without electrocution protection and children's sleepwear that posed a burn risk. This program gives Amazon "far-reaching control" over the products sold on its platform, the judge said.

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☆ The tech industry wants to create an AI utopia. Its leaders think Universal Basic Income is the answer.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewThe tech industry has grand plans for an AI utopia — and as models become ever more advanced, some tech leaders are calling for a form of universal basic income. But as AI companies race toward artificial general intelligence, the conversion is getting more urgent. Making AI work for everyoneMany of the people developing AI think a basic income system could help mitigate the tech's negative impact on workers. Recently, the OpenAI CEO also floated the idea of what he calls "universal basic compute." AdvertisementAnna Yelizarova, a project lead at the Future of Life Institute, said tech companies have discussed sharing access to the AI models themselves.

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☆ Read the Letter to Sullivan & Cromwell
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

A Sullivan & Cromwell Committee? Sullivan & Cromwell should applaud students for exhibiting the courage and sense of justice required to protest Israel's merciless, industrial-scale killings, bombardments, and starvation of hundreds of thousands of totally vulnerable Palestinian infants, children, women, and men with no responsibility for October 7. Does Sullivan & Cromwell prefer lawyers with hearts of stone who subordinate justice to greater anticipated profits, certain demanding clients, and billable hours? Would any of their applications to join your firm Sullivan & Cromwell be rejected for protesting the mass slaughter and starvation of the civilian population in Gaza, most of them women and children? How does Sullivan & Cromwell answer the recent reflections of two surgeons in Gaza during its annihilation by the IDF with United States weapons?

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☆ United States 3 Guinea 0: U.S. men qualify for Olympic quarterfinals for the first time in 24 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Jeff Rueter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

For the first time in 24 years, the United States is in the knockout rounds of Olympic men’s soccer. Across all three games, the United States leaned heavily on Mihailovic and Paredes to take care of business in the final third. AdvertisementOverall, the United States can take pride in what’s been a composed and coherent group stage. This United States group will also be familiar with its quarterfinal opponent, Morocco, whose senior team advanced to the semifinal of the 2022 World Cup. Many players from the current United States roster took part in that friendly.

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☆ 'The worst thing you can do' after a data breach, according to a cybersecurity expert
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

When you get an email or see a headline telling you there has been a data breach at a company you do business with, the natural instinct may be to roll your eyes and go about your day. "People might say, 'Oh, here's another one and stick it in the drawer and don't do anything,'" says Michael Bruemmer, head of global data breach resolution at Experian. Practice good online hygieneUnless you're somehow operating off the grid, the odds are very high that a good chunk of your information is floating around on the web, cybersecurity experts say. Should a bad actor get ahold of your email address and password during a data breach, for instance, things can spiral further out of control, Skoudis says. "A password manager is a really good thing," says Bruemmer.

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☆ Dissident Group Wins Amazon Union Leadership Vote
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Noam Scheiber | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A dissident group has won control of the Amazon Labor Union, the only union in the country that formally represents Amazon warehouse workers, election results on Tuesday showed. The union won a representation vote at a Staten Island warehouse in 2022 but has yet to negotiate a contract as Amazon contests the outcome. A leader of the dissident group, Connor Spence, will take over, succeeding the founding president, Christian Smalls, who chose not to run for re-election. The result was announced by Mr. Spence’s group and confirmed by Mr. Smalls. Mr. Spence’s group brought a lawsuit last year to force leadership elections within the union.

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☆ Neuralink rival Synchron lets patients control Apple Vision Pro with their thoughts
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Neurotech startup Synchron on Tuesday announced it has connected its brain implant to Apple 's Vision Pro headset. Apple released the Vision Pro earlier this year, and users typically control it with eye movements, voice commands and hand gestures. He said Synchron will likely work to connect its BCI to other headsets, but it's starting with the Vision Pro. Apple has been "very supportive" of the Vision Pro integration, he added. Synchron is a part of an increasingly competitive BCI industry, and the company said Tuesday that it is the first to connect its system to Apple's Vision Pro.

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☆ A United flight diverted after a passenger's medical issue caused a 'biohazard' that made the crew vomit
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A United Airlines flight diverted after a passenger's medical issue. In an ATC recording, a pilot says crew members were vomiting due to the "biohazard." download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA United Airlines flight diverted and was deep-cleaned after a passenger's "medical issue" led to passengers vomiting, according to a recording of a pilot speaking to air-traffic controllers. In an air traffic control recording posted by flight tracking site RadarBox on X, a pilot says, "The crew is vomiting and passengers all around are asking for masks."

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☆ The biggest basic income pilot in the US found that it didn't stop participants from working and helped get their families into safer situations
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The Basic Income Guaranteed: Los Angeles Economic Assistance Pilot, or BIG:LEAP, gave over 3,200 households $1,000 in monthly no-strings-attached cash payments for 12 months starting in January 2022. BIG:LEAP compared the outcomes of households receiving cash payments to nearly 5,000 households with similar incomes and family situations in the control group. In the last six months, participants were more likely to establish proximate safety and work toward protecting themselves in the future. Overall, it stands in contrast to what some critics of basic income argue, including that cash payments majorly reduce employment or don't prepare participants for the future. Housing cost burdens decreased among all study participants.

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Learn moreThe Lost Lands Festival is known for two things: boosted bass and dinosaurs. Here's what fans can expect and how to find tickets to Lost Lands Festival 2024. Lost Lands Festival 2024 scheduleThe Lost Lands Festival only offers three-day passes, with no single-day original tickets available. How to buy tickets for Lost Lands Festival 2024Original tickets for Lost Lands Festival 2024 have sold out. How much are Lost Lands Festival tickets?

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☆ AI risks destroying jobs. Tech leaders think they have the answer.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewThe tech industry has grand plans for an AI utopia — and as models become ever more advanced, some tech leaders are calling for a form of universal basic income. But as AI companies race toward artificial general intelligence, the conversion is getting more urgent. Making AI work for everyoneMany of the people developing AI think a basic income system could help mitigate the tech's negative impact on workers. AdvertisementFor prominent tech figures, there's also a PR dimension to supporting the basic income concept, he said. AdvertisementAnna Yelizarova, a project lead at the Future of Life Institute, said tech companies have discussed sharing access to the AI models themselves.

☆ We're raising our Stanley Black & Decker price target on the stock's earnings rally
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Stanley Black & Decker on Tuesday morning delivered solid quarterly results — enhanced by strong cash flow performance, allowing management to raise its full-year guidance. Stanley Black & Decker Why we own it: Stanley Black & Decker is in the later innings of a multi-year restructuring plan. Stanley Black & Decker, which also makes fastening and assembly systems, jumped 7.5% on Tuesday's release following last week's 9.7% gain. Full-year organic sales in Tools & Outdoor are projected to be down about 1% at the midpoint, with year-over-year margin improvement. To honor the occasion, Donald Allan, Jr., President & CEO of Stanley Black & Decker, joined by Chris Taylor, NYSE Global Head of Advisory, rings the Opening Bell®.

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☆ Coco Gauff: Tearful US star exits Paris Olympics singles competition after controversial line call
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Roland Garros, Paris CNN —Coco Gauff looked to be cruising against Donna Vekić in her third-round singles match at the Paris Olympics. The most fraught moment of the match came midway through the second set when Gauff was reduced to tears during a heated exchange with chair umpire Jaume Campistol. A line call on Gauff’s baseline was initially deemed out, but Campistol overruled the decision and handed Vekić a crucial break point. The supervisor also came onto the court and the ensuing debate lasted five minutes, with Gauff wiping tears away from her eyes. The ball was flying a little bit, but after that, I got in rhythm and it was pretty good.”The dispute with the umpire in the second set, Gauff later explained, didn’t alter the result of the match.

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☆ Is the Labor Market About to Crack? It’s the Key Question for the Fed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Jeanna Smialek | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

David Gurley Jr.’s bank account benefited from a hot pandemic labor market. Mr. Gurley, a video game programmer, switched jobs twice in quick succession, boosting his salary and nabbing a fully remote position. But when it comes to the outlook now, “it seems like things are more or less OK,” Mr. Gurley, 35, said. Mr. Gurley’s experience — a rip-roaring labor market, then a wobbly one and now some semblance of normality — is the kind of postpandemic roller-coaster ride that many Americans have encountered. Now economic officials are trying to figure out whether the labor market is settling into a new holding pattern or is poised to take a turn for the worse.

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