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☆ Assassin's Creed maker Ubisoft sinks to more than seven-year low after slashing guidance, cancelling games
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The stock has since pared losses slightly and was last trading at around 20 euros, down 16% from the Wednesday close. In a trading update on Wednesday, Ubisoft lowered net bookings guidance for the third quarter of 2022 to 725 million euros, down from an earlier target of 830 million euros. The company forecast full-year net bookings would likely fall 10% after an earlier projection called for an increase of 10%. Ubisoft said Wednesday that it would depreciate around 500 million euros of capitalized research and development and narrow its focus to fewer titles. The company hopes to cut costs by about 200 million euros through a mix of targeted restructuring, divestment of "non-core" assets, and employee attrition.

☆ Hackers stole over 200 million email addresses from Twitter users and published them on an online forum, cybersecurity firm says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hackers have stolen email addresses from over 200 million Twitter users, a cybersecurity firm said. Gal warned in an additional LinkedIn post that hackers will take advantage of the database to hack "high profile accounts," "crypto Twitter accounts," and "political accounts." Bleeping Computer reported that it was able to confirm the validity of many of the email addresses listed in Wednesday's leak. Gal had first reported that hackers had stolen the data of 400 million Twitter users in December. Hunt said in a tweet that he had discovered around 211 million unique email addresses linked to the Twitter leak.

☆ Cathay Pacific ramps up flights between Hong Kong and China as borders reopen
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The airline will resume 61 return flights from Hong Kong to 13 cities in mainland China from January 14, according to a statement Thursday. Cathay Pacific currently operates 27 flights a week from Hong Kong to the mainland, and 50 in the opposite direction. From Sunday, up to 60,000 Hong Kong residents will be able to cross the border each day as a gradual reopening begins. The cap does not apply to Hong Kong residents returning to the city from the mainland, or mainland Chinese traveling back from Hong Kong. Hong Kong gradually eased travel restrictions in the second half of last year and scrapped mandatory quarantine in September.

☆ Piers Morgan’s Twitter account posts offensive tweets before disappearing
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Jennifer Korn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Piers Morgan's Twitter account was flooded with offensive posts aimed at Ed Sheeran and Queen Elizabeth II after his account was seemingly hacked
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Piers Morgan's Twitter account was flooded with offensive posts after his account was seemingly hacked. In one of the posts, Morgan's account announced that Andrew Tate had been shot dead in Dubai. By 9 a.m. EST, the tweets had disappeared and Morgan's Twitter account had been cleared of its profile and banner photo. Another tweet posted from the account said: "Fuck the Queen," seemingly in reference to the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II. Morgan's Twitter hack follows another high-profile social-media hack in the UK.

Sharon Osbourne was hospitalized Friday evening in California following "an unspecified medical emergency," according to the Santa Paula Police Department. The medical emergency was "non-life threatening," a source familiar with the matter told NBC News. “I am with you,” Osbourne tweeted in support of Morgan following the interview. Osbourne also recently spoke out about the new Harry & Meghan docuseries while on Morgan's Talk TV show, "Piers Morgan Uncensored." “I was totally bored by the whining, the whining, the whining."

☆ World Cup 2022: How Qataris have reacted to tournament on home soil
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Reem Al-Haddad still remembers how excited she felt when Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup. “The World Cup has almost always been in Western nations. The report did not connect all 6,500 deaths with World Cup infrastructure projects and has not been independently verified by CNN. She still remembers watching the 2002 World Cup from home, cheering on Italy before it was knocked out by host South Korea in the round of 16. “That person who watched the World Cup behind the screen never believed that she would actually get to experience it in real life,” she added.

☆ World Cup 2022: how many migrant workers have died in Qatar?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Dec 9 (Reuters) - Here is a look at migrant workers' rights issues in Qatar, which is hosting the 2022 World Cup from Nov. 20-Dec. 18:WHAT IS QATAR'S RECORD ON MIGRANT WORKERS' RIGHTS? * Britain's Guardian reported last year that at least 6,500 migrant workers -- many of them working on World Cup projects -- had died in Qatar since it won the right to stage the World Cup, according to the paper's calculations from official records. * Qatari World Cup organisers, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, said that there have been three work-related fatalities and 37 non-work-related deaths among workers at World Cup 2022 sites. * In September, England's FA said families of migrant workers in Qatar who were injured or killed while constructing the infrastructure for this year's World Cup should be compensated. * The shirts worn by the Netherlands team during the World Cup will be auctioned to support migrant workers in Qatar, the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) said this month.

☆ FIFA confirms death of migrant worker at Qatar World Cup training base
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Sammy Mngqosini | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —FIFA on Thursday confirmed the death of a migrant worker at the resort used by Saudi Arabia during the group stages at the World Cup in Qatar. “We’re in the middle of a World Cup. And we have a successful World Cup. In his interview on Thursday, Al Khater added: “Look, workers’ death has been a big subject during the World Cup. “This theme, this negativity around the World Cup has been something that we’ve been faced with.

☆ Could Cristiano Ronaldo be Portugal’s super sub for the rest of the World Cup?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Cristiano Ronaldo has found himself in unfamiliar territory this season – but no matter where he is in the stadium, the cameras follow. After it was announced he would start Portugal’s World Cup round of 16 match against Switzerland from the bench, huge swathes of photographers swarmed around the team’s substitutes prior to kick off. All eyes were on Cristiano Ronaldo on Tuesday, despite him starting on the bench. With his only real chance of the match, Ronaldo buried his shot past Yann Sommer but was denied a goal by the linesman’s offside flag. His star quality remains, too, with the Lusail Stadium filled with chants of “Ronaldo, Ronaldo” when he entered the field of play to arguably the biggest roar of the night – the game’s seven goals included.

☆ Ex-'socialite heiressblogger' Emily Brill is back — and she's terrorizing the pet industry
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Kate Taylor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Emily Brill might be the most hated woman in the pet industry. Now, Brill — the preppy blond daughter of the media magnate Steven Brill — is reinventing herself as the founder of the dog-centric publication The Canine Review. Courtesy of Emily Brill Show less One reader even threatened to cancel their subscription because of the so-called bird-massacre photo shoot. Courtesy of Emily Brill Show less Brill says the photos reassure readers that "I'm not a stereotypical sort of Manhattan, head-up-my-ass, agenda, PETA person." It isn't a bad start, but "she's got a long way to go to make it really thrive," Steven Brill told Insider.

Follow along for live coverage of the World Cup. Morgan had asked for "the honest, realistic total" of migrant workers who had died in the course of contributing to projects somehow related to the World Cup. The figure has not previously appeared in official reports from the Supreme Committee or FIFA, soccer's global body. There are about 2 million migrant workers in Qatar — an estimated 95 percent of the country’s total working population. Thousands of young men from south Asia worked on this and other World Cup projects.

☆ Why Saudi Arabia is hosting one of the world's biggest raves
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

The kingdom’s Soundstorm music festival, which began in 2019, is back again for its fourth year and will start on Thursday. “(It) is a particularly powerful example because it seeks to bring together young people and women from across Saudi Arabia and the world,” she said. By contrast, Las Vegas’ Electric Daisy Carnival, considered North America’s biggest dance music festival, had an attendance of over 400,000 this year. Last year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that performers should either “speak up” about Saudi Arabia’s human rights violations or not attend the festival at all. Some however argue that opening up countries to international norms and values can allow for better discussion on human rights shortcomings.

Qatar official estimates World Cup worker deaths ‘between 400 and 500’DOHA, Qatar — A top Qatari official involved in the country’s World Cup organization has put the number of worker deaths for the tournament “between 400 and 500," a drastically higher number than any other previously offered by Doha. It also threatened to reinvigorate criticism by human rights groups over the toll of hosting the Middle East’s first World Cup for the migrant labor that built over $200 billion worth of stadiums, metro lines and new infrastructure needed for the tournament. That’s something that’s been discussed.”But that figure hasn’t been discussed publicly by Qatari officials previously. Reports from the Supreme Committee dating from 2014 through the end of 2021 only include the number of deaths of workers involved in building and refurbishing the stadiums now hosting the World Cup. In a later statement, the Supreme Committee said al-Thawadi was referring to “national statistics covering the period of 2014-2020 for all work-related fatalities (414) nationwide in Qatar, covering all sectors and nationalities.”

☆ Qatar World Cup chief says between 400 and 500 migrant workers have died in projects connected to the tournament
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Sammy Mngqosini | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —World Cup chief Hassan Al-Thawadi said that between 400 and 500 migrant workers have died as a result of work done on projects connected to the tournament – a greater figure than Qatari officials have cited previously. Al-Thawadi said three had died in incidents directly connected with construction of the stadiums, and 37 deaths were attributed to other reasons. The report did not connect all 6,500 deaths with World Cup infrastructure projects and has not been independently verified by CNN. It also fails to recognize that only 20% of foreign workers in Qatar are employed on construction sites.”According to Amnesty International, migrant workers account for 90% of Qatar’s total workforce. The improvements that have happened aren’t because of the World Cup.

☆ Cristiano Ronaldo thought he’d scored record-equaling goal – but it wasn’t to be
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —As he sprinted away to the corner flag with his arms spread wide on Monday, Cristiano Ronaldo thought he’d leveled Portugal great Eusebio’s record as the nation’s all-time World Cup scorer. Ronaldo had his second goal in as many games at the 2022 World Cup and his ninth for Portugal at World Cups. The goal had in fact been given to Fernandes, not Ronaldo. “What matters is that we’re going through to the next round after playing a very tough opponent.”Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes celebrate after Portugal beat Uruguay at 2022 World Cup. The awarding of the goal to Fernandes might have always been part of a bigger cosmic plan, if Fernandes’ children are to be believed.

Deals for European football clubs this year, beginning with the sanctions-driven sale of Chelsea Football Club by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich in May, have fetched top dollar. Those complaints were aired again this month by superstar player Cristiano Ronaldo, who parted ways with Manchester United for the second time. Spokespeople for the six members of the Glazer family that are major Manchester United shareholders could not be reached for comment. More deals are in the works, with Manchester United arch rival Liverpool Football Club also exploring a sale. In August, Elon Musk tweeted: "I'm buying Manchester United ur welcome" only to then clarify he meant it as a joke.

☆ Cristiano Ronaldo to leave Manchester United ‘with immediate effect’
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

DOHA, Qatar — Cristiano Ronaldo will leave Manchester United “with immediate effect,” the Premier League club said Tuesday, days after he gave an explosive interview criticizing manager Erik ten Hag and the club’s owners. It wasn’t known where the 37-year-old Ronaldo will go next after failing to secure a move to a Champions League club in the summer. “Following conversations with Manchester United we have mutually agreed to end our contract early,” Ronaldo said. “I love Manchester United and I love the fans, that will never ever change. “Cristiano Ronaldo is to leave Manchester United by mutual agreement, with immediate effect,” it said on Tuesday.

☆ Christian Ronaldo to leave Manchester United 'with immediate effect'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( James Robson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Cristiano Ronaldo will leave Manchester United "with immediate effect," the Premier League club said Tuesday. It wasn't immediately clear where he would end up next after failing to secure a move to a Champions League club in the summer. "Following conversations with Manchester United we have mutually agreed to end our contract early," Ronaldo said. "I love Manchester United and I love the fans, that will never ever change. "Cristiano Ronaldo is to leave Manchester United by mutual agreement, with immediate effect," it said in a statement.

☆ Manchester United soars 18% after report says the UK soccer team's American owners may decide to sell it
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Carla Mozée | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Manchester United shares soared Tuesday following a Sky News report the UK soccer club may be put up for sale. The American family that owns the team is preparing to announce it's exploring financial options for the Old Trafford team. Manchester United earlier Tuesday parted ways with famed forward Cristiano Ronaldo. Man United shares, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, shot up as much as 18% during afternoon trade following a brief trading halt. Ronaldo rejoined Man United last year, which was 12 years after he first departed to play for Real Madrid.

☆ Cristiano Ronaldo to leave Manchester United with immediate effect
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Cristiano Ronaldo is leaving Manchester United with immediate effect, the English Premier League club announced on Tuesday. In an interview with Piers Morgan for TalkTV released just before the start of the World Cup, Ronaldo explained how he felt United had betrayed him and that he has no respect for manager ten Hag. When he first joined United in 2003, Ronaldo transformed himself from a tricky, skilful winger into one of the best players in the world. “Following conversations with Manchester United we have mutually agreed to end our contract early,” said Ronaldo in a statement. “I love Manchester United and I love the fans, that will never ever change.

☆ Wall Street's love language is coding. Here are the ones you need to know.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Insider's Bianca Chan and Carter Johnson dug into the most sought-after coding languages across Wall Street. C++, which was created in 1983, is still a mainstay despite being older than a good chunk of the people using it on Wall Street (and the person writing this newsletter). While that's certainly true, plenty of programming languages have sticking power. Perhaps the best example is COBOL, a 63-year-old programming language still being used today. But what would be a smart decision is reading this story mapping out the top programming languages for a variety of roles and industries across Wall Street.

☆ Cristiano Ronaldo defends timing of controversial interview, says it ‘won’t shake’ Portugal team
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Zayn Nabbi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has defended the timing of his interview with Piers Morgan, telling reporters on Monday it “won’t shake the changing room’s concentration and focus” ahead of the World Cup. “In my life, the best timing is always my timing,” Ronaldo said at press conference. Ronaldo is appearing in his fifth and possibly final World Cup and says Portugal is the best team at the tournament. “We will see in the end who the best team is, but I believe Portugal is the best team in this World Cup. Portugal is in World Cup Group H alongside Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea.

☆ Manchester United Has ‘Initiated Appropriate Steps’ With Cristiano Ronaldo After Piers Morgan Interview
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the world’s most famous soccer players, has been with United since August 2021. Manchester United said it has “initiated appropriate steps” after one of its star players, Cristiano Ronaldo , criticized the team and its management in an interview with Piers Morgan . The interview, which aired over U.K. airwaves and on YouTube this week, appeared to be the culmination of longstanding tensions between the Premier League club and Ronaldo, one of its biggest stars, who has reportedly been trying to leave the team.

☆ How Ukraine Blew Up a Key Russian Bridge
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Marco Hernandez | James Glanz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Last month, a truck laden with explosives drove across the Kerch bridge, a critical artery connecting Russia with its troops fighting in southern Ukraine. Structural and explosive experts who reviewed the bridge’s design and imagery of the blast offered new details on how the bridge was damaged. There are few direct parallels to such a spectacular act of sabotage on a bridge behind enemy lines in wartime. The blast ignited a train carrying large fuel tanks on an adjacent bridge, creating flames and a plume of smoke. “If it were a suicide truck bomb,” Mr. Nair said, “I would think the guy would have destroyed the main span.”But the trigger for the bomb is still unknown.

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