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UAW strikes are just the latest in a wider trend of increased labor action across the US. Over 4.1 million working days were lost to strikes in August, the highest in almost 25 years. Public approval of labor unions is also up, reaching its highest point since 1965 in recent years. This August 4.1 million workdays were lost to strikes and lockouts, according to analysis of Labor Department data by The Wall Street Journal. In August, 67% of Americans said they approved of labor unions in a Gallup poll, up from 54% in 2013.
Persons: Ashley Landis Organizations: UAW, Service, Labor Department, Wall Street, Hollywood, NBC, United Auto Workers, Detroit, General Motors, Ford, Unions Locations: Wall, Silicon, Hollywood
Musk's management style allows him to "move faster, take more risks, break rules, and question requirements", Isaacson writes in his biography published this week. AdvertisementAdvertisementOne engineer, Kiko Dontchev, described how having just returned home to his wife after working three days straight, he was told Musk wanted him back at the hangar. In several cases the brutal management style and intense expectations of the SpaceX CEO prompted employees to quit. But sometimes, tools get worn down and [Musk] feels he can just replace that tool," Hughes told Isaacson. It cares about whether you got the rocket right," he told Isaacson.
Persons: Elon, Walter Isaacson's, Musk, Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk, Isaacson, He's, Kiko Dontchev, PHILIP PACHECO Lucas Hughes, Hughes, It's, Tom Mueller Organizations: SpaceX, Service, Elon, Wall Street, Employees, Crew Locations: Wall, Silicon
America's first licensed psilocybin service center opened in Oregon this June. AdvertisementAdvertisementMore than 3,000 people are on the waitlist for America's first legal psilocybin service center, according to The Associated Press. EPIC Healing Eugene in Eugene, Oregon opened in June offering patients over the age of 21 a six-hour guided experience with the psychedelic drug, better known as magic mushrooms. A mushroom sculpture at EPIC Healing Eugene. The Oregon Psilocybin Services, charged with regulating the state's industry, says it has received "hundreds of thousands of inquiries from all over the world," per ABC News.
Persons: America's, Cathy Rosewell Jonas, EPIC Healing Eugene, Jenny Kane Organizations: Associated Press, EPIC, EPIC Healing, ABC, Food and Drug Administration Locations: Oregon, Eugene , Oregon, Colorado, New York, Washington
Her relationship with her mother came to a tipping point when Bettencourt Meyers initiated a decade-long family feud over her inheritance. Getty ImagesIn the lawsuit, Bettencourt Meyers alleged that photographer François-Marie Banier used his friendship with Liliane Bettencourt to manipulate the elderly heiress into giving him some 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion) of cash, art, and life insurance policies, The New York Times reported. In a 2008 letter to Banier, Bettencourt described their relationship to him writing: "With you, I am like a mother, a lover, all the feelings pass through me. Bettencourt Meyers told a French news magazine in 2009 that Mr. Banier's "objective is clear: break away my mother from our family to profit from her. He was sentenced to two and half years in prison and told to pay Bettencourt 158 million euros million in damages.
Persons: Bettencourt Meyers, François, Marie Banier, Liliane Bettencourt, Bettencourt, Banier, Bainer Organizations: New York Times, Banier
"We watched like maybe one play, because we were so engaged in talking about building a launch vehicle," Mueller told Isaacson. Musk agreed, but Isaacson writes that this meant Musk considered "Mueller an employee, rather than a cofounder, of SpaceX." "You cannot ask for two years of salary in escrow and consider yourself a cofounder" Musk told Isaacson. Elon Musk with a SpaceX rocket in March 2004 in El Segundo, Los Angeles. "I am very proud of what we have achieved at SpaceX," Mueller told the University of Idaho in 2018.
Persons: Tom Mueller, Elon Musk, Mueller, Musk, Elon Musk's, Walter Isaacson, here's, Los Angeles Mueller, Isaacson, who'd, Chris Thompson, Musk Mueller, There's, Elon, Paul Harris, It's, Mueller's, Peter Thiel Organizations: SpaceX, Service, University of Idaho, TRW, Reaction Research Society, PayPal, Ebay, Super, Exploration Technologies Corporation, Merlin, Pathfinder Locations: Idaho, Wall, Silicon, Los Angeles, Canada, Saint Maries, El Segundo , Los Angeles
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."
Persons: Max Levchin, Elon Musk's, Musk, Levchin, Elon Musk, Musk's, Peter Thiel, Walter Isaacson's, Isaacson, Paul Sakuma, Vaughn Ridley, Sportsfile, Elon, X.com, Thiel, — Elon Organizations: PayPal, Service, Confinity, Microsoft, Twitter Locations: Wall, Silicon, Levchin, Toronto
REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - The acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday the agency could advance a launch license as early as next month for the SpaceX Starship rocket after a prior one exploded following a test launch in April. The FAA last week concluded a technical investigation into SpaceX's April test launch of its Starship rocket, saying the company must implement dozens of corrective measures. Later on Friday, SpaceX's CEO and founder Elon Musk asked the FAA "what are the 63 corrective actions?" The agency requires SpaceX complete those actions before it can obtain a new Starship launch license. SpaceX must obtain a modified FAA license to launch, which entails a sometimes-lengthy review of the Starship's flight trajectory, accident probabilities and other factors affecting nearby public safety.
Persons: SpaceX's, Joe Skipper, Polly Trottenberg, Trottenberg, Elon Musk, David Shepardson, Chris Reese, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Boca Chica, REUTERS, Rights, Federal Aviation Administration, SpaceX, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, FAA, SpaceX's, NASA, Thomson Locations: Brownsville , Texas, U.S, Texas
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.
Persons: Walter Isaacson's, Elon Musk, Musk, he'd, Elon, Walter Isaacson, Peter Thiel, Isaacson, Justine Musk, Paul Sakuma, Max Levchin, Maye, I'd, Musk's, Thiel, X.com, Levchin, Grimes Organizations: Service, SpaceX, PayPal, Canada, Sequoia Hospital, Centers for Disease Control, Paypal Locations: South Africa, Wall, Silicon, Brazil, Pretoria, Palo Alto , California, Redwood City, X.com, Crimea
Farooq came to work for Musk at his first company, Zip2, but quit just six weeks into the job. Farooq told biographer Walter Isaacson that he soon "found himself in fights with Musk." In 1995, Musk was in the midst of getting his first company, Zip2, off the ground with his brother, Kimbal. "We completely entered a zone for hours until we were exhausted," Farooq told Isaacson. But working under the notoriously intense Musk was too much for Farooq and he lasted just six weeks at Zip2 before quitting.
Persons: Navaid Farooq, Elon Musk's, Farooq, Musk, Walter Isaacson, Kimbal, Elon Musk Farooq, Walter Isaacson's, Isaacson, Elon Musk, Bauer, Griffin, FilmMagic, Lyndon, Peter Rive, Tesla, Peter Thiel, Thiel Organizations: Queen's University, Canada, Service, YMCA, Zip2, PayPal, SpaceX Locations: Wall, Silicon, Canada, Ontario
The next Apple launch event, titled "Wonderlust," is being held on Tuesday. The iPhone 15 and a new Apple Watch are set to be unveiled. Here's how to watch the Apple event – and what else to expect. This year's event is titled "Wonderlust" and the new iPhone 15 is expected to be revealed, along with several other products. Read more Insider analysis on what to expect from the iPhone 15 here.
Persons: Steve Jobs, Tim Cook, Mark Gurman, they're Organizations: Apple, Service, Steve, Apple China Locations: Wall, Silicon, California, Europe, Cupertino, Beijing
Erlend Bore needed to get more exercise, so he bought a metal detector and started walking more. He found what he thought were chocolate coins, but they were gold jewelry from about 500 AD. Bore's discovery has been dubbed the "find of the century," but he can't keep the treasure. Earlier this year, 51-year-old Erlend Bore bought a metal detector after he was advised by his doctor to get off the sofa and find a new hobby. But one day his detector immediately started beeping and just five inches below the soil he unearthed nine gold pendants, three gold rings and 10 gold pearls.
Persons: beeping, Celine Berger, Ole Madsen, Håkon Reiersen Organizations: Service, University of Stavanger Locations: Wall, Silicon, Rennesoey, Stavanger, Norway, Europe, Oslo
Barbie’s a boss but not a business model
  + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Lauren Silva Laughlin | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O) boss David Zaslav is playing too much with Barbie. Mattel (MAT.O), the $8 billion company behind the brand, has increased its market value 20% since late May, growing three times as fast as the S&P 500 Index (.SPX). Lego partnered with Warner Bros in 2014 to produce a movie featuring its renowned plastic bricks. Unlike Disney and its superheroes, Warner Bros doesn’t own the blonde bombshell. Barbie may be this year’s boss, but she and her nostalgic ilk are unlikely to become business models.
Persons: David Zaslav, Barbie, Margot Robbie, Harry Potter, Polly, Cuties, Walt Disney’s, Bob Iger, Warner, oligopolistic, Davidson, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Sharon Lam Organizations: Reuters, Warner Bros Discovery, Mattel, Warner Bros, Marvel, Disney, McKinsey, Harley, Thomson
AdvertisementAdvertisementA developer has built an AI "disinformation machine" using OpenAI-powered technology like ChatGPT. They said they wanted to see AI disinformation "work in the real world," adding that "strong language competencies of large language models are perfectly suited to reading and writing fake news articles." The AI bot would then offer different examples of the same article, written in different styles and with different viewpoints. They said it would do this by "creating fake stories, fake historical events, and creating doubt in the accuracy of the original article." i am nervous about the impact AI is going to have on future elections (at least until everyone gets used to it).
Persons: Paw, inputting, — Sam Altman, Sam Altman Organizations: Wired
Russian influencers are profiting from their war posts, a BBC investigation found. They say they can make big returns from advertising revenue with posts on Telegram. Some bloggers are also using the platform to criticize Russian military mistakes. The presence of Russian influencers on the frontline has at times provided crucial intel on the situation in the war, showing what it's like in the Russian trenches. But some bloggers have taken to using the platform to voice criticism about military blunders and setbacks.
Persons: That's, Andrew Wilson, Maksim Fomin, Makiivka Organizations: Service, BBC News, Facebook, Twitter, BBC, Borges's, Babel, University College London, intel, Ukraine Locations: Wall, Silicon, Russian, Russia, Ukraine, Moscow
Ryan Reynolds raved about his custom-made electric motorcycle on Instagram. His praise for the bike has sent its maker, an English startup called Arc, into "overdrive." AdvertisementAdvertisementRyan Reynolds has sent a small English electric motorcycle company "into overdrive" after raving about one of their high-end electric motorcycles. His celebrity power sparked a surge of interest for Coventry-based Arc on social media and a "huge amount" of enquiries. AdvertisementAdvertisementChairman Mark Truman told BBC News: "As a start-up business we would never have been able to pay for that sort of celebrity endorsement."
Persons: Ryan Reynolds raved, Ryan Reynolds, Arc, he'd, Mark Truman, Reynolds, Truman Organizations: Wrexham, BBC, BBC News Locations: Coventry, American
Jo Hunter was already offering her employees remote working and a four-day week. Hunter repeated the move this year and says taking a month off is a revelation – and good for business. During the pandemic, we moved to working a four-day workweek and remote working to support our employees. The company had grown from four to seven employees over the last few years and demand for our creativity workshops increased. Right now, CEOs of some of the world's biggest companies are pointing to productivity data to call their employees back to offices.
Persons: Jo Hunter, Hunter, , I'm, Jo, We've, hardwired, Jo Hunter I'm Organizations: Service, Artists, Staff Locations: Wall, Silicon, Finland, France, Spain
Elon Musk's policy changes at X have allowed Russian propaganda to spread more easily, a study found. "We will no longer amplify state-affiliated media accounts or their Tweets through our recommendation systems," Twitter said in a 2020 blog post. Even social media companies that have been more cooperative than Musk in attempting to limit propaganda are failing. The research found that efforts by the likes of Telegram and Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, were largely ineffective in limiting Russian disinformation campaigns. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Over the course of 2022, the audience and reach of Kremlin-aligned social media accounts increased substantially all over Europe," the report states.
Persons: Elon, Elon Musk, Twitter, Musk, Musk's Organizations: European Commission, NATO Strategic Communications Center, Excellence, The Digital Services, Meta, Facebook Locations: Kremlin, Europe, EU
Mattel's Barbie is just one of many big brands getting serious about making Hollywood-style entertainment. "Barbie" may be the movie of the summer, but lots of other big brands are getting serious about making Hollywood-style entertainment. Brands are also getting more systematic about tracking the projects' outcome so they can justify the cost. Neutrogena: Neutrogena Studios launched in 2021 and is J&J Consumer's first brand-funded content studio to make feature documentaries and scripted shorts. Showtime/PepsiPepsiCo: PepsiCo's Content Studio is led by veteran PepsiCo marketer Lou Arbetter.
Persons: Barbie, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer's, Oscar, Michael Sugar, Brian Newman, REI, Michael Sugar's, Jae Goodman, Lauren Denowitz, Coke, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard's, Selman Careaga, John Deere, Mara Downing, Al Roker, Jill Wilfert, Robbie Brenner, J.J, Abrams, Lena Dunham, Barney, Daniel Kaluuya, J, Sebastian Garcia, Laurie Hernandez, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck's, Entertainment —, Justin Biskin —, Howard, Lou Arbetter, Max, Robert Rodriguez, Nadia Hallgre, Stanley Nelson, Arbetter, It's, Procter, Kimberly Doebereiner, Paolo Mottola, Kyra Sedgwick, Watiti, Saint Laurent, Anthony Vaccarello, Saint, Pedro Almodóvar, Ethan Hawke, Pedro Pascal, it's, Paolo Sorrentino, David Cronenberg, Kelly Mullen, Bryce Dallas Howard, Lena Waithe, WePresent, Holly Fraser, Moses Sumney, Solange Knowles, Riz Ahmed, Aneil, Fraser Organizations: Hollywood, Procter, Gamble, Brands, Unilever, InBev, Waffle Iron Entertainment, draftLine Entertainment, Netflix, Coca Cola, Entertainment, Global, Deere, Warner Bros, Warner Brothers, Universal Studios, Mattel, Neutrogena Studios, Studio, Kerry, Seattle Film, Ghetto Film, HBO Nike, Nike, Waffle, Apple, HBO, Showtime, Pepsi PepsiCo, PepsiCo, Pepsi Super, Pepsi, G Studios, Imagine, Amazon's, Hulu, Paramount, Blue Fox Entertainment, Saint Laurent Productions, Unilever Entertainment, Imagine Entertainment, Monotype Locations: Hollywood, Kerry Washington, American, Cannes, Britain
Insider spoke to Airbnb hosts about what guest behavior they struggle with the most. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs summer vacations come to an end, over 4 million Airbnb hosts around the world are winding down after their busiest season of the year. Insider spoke to hosts from England, Wales, Dubai, and the US about the most annoying things guests do while staying in their Airbnb properties. Arrowsmith said she reminds Airbnb guests that they're "staying in a serviced apartment, not a hotel." AdvertisementAdvertisementHamed received a complaint from guests staying at his Airbnb property because it wasn't wheelchair accessible.
Persons: Frankie Fonseca, Fonseca, Adams, Polly Arrowsmith, She's, Arrowsmith, Hamdan Abdullah Hamed, Airbnb, Hamed, Amanda Morgan, Morgan Organizations: Denver Locations: England, Wales, Dubai, Merthyr Tydfil, Islington , London, Airbnb, Anglesey
AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Meta CEO told staff they could expect him to spend half of the next year working remotely. True to his word, in his first week Musk banned remote work in a 2:30 a.m email to Twitter staff. Still: Unlike some of the other wealthy CEOs on this list, Eric Yuan has always been a little skeptical of permanent remote work. Roy RochlinSalesforce CEO Marc Benioff was initially outspoken in his support for remote working. Joining the growing list of CEOs that say remote work is not conducive to productivity, Salesforce revised its work-from-anywhere strategy.
Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Goldman Sachs, Prithwiraj Choudhury, Zuckerberg, Meta, I've, Erin Scott, Skip, Insider's Kali Hays, Hugh Langley, Evan Spiegel, Miranda Kerr, Pierre Mouton, Stringer, Spiegel, I'm, ERIC PIERMONT, Kali Hays, Jack Dorsey, PRAKASH SINGH, lockdowns, Dorsey, Elon Musk, Musk, Zoe Schiffer, hasn't, Eric Yuan, Kena, Zoom, Kelly Steckelberg, Yuan, Marc Benioff, Roy Rochlin, Salesforce, Benioff, Justin Sullivan, Kara Swisher Organizations: Service, Meta, Harvard Business School, Wall Street, Staff, CNBC, Getty, Twitter, San, New, Elon, San Francisco, Bloomberg, Zoom, Workers, MarketWatch, Smith, Yahoo Finance, Insider Locations: Wall, Silicon, San Francisco, Singapore, Silicon Valley , California
A business owner said on social media that someone tried to break into his premises. Instead of calling the police, Jeff Usher said he wanted to offer "a better way" to the culprit. "It's not that cool to use a jimmy bar on our doors," the Custom Cabinets Katherine owner said. Usher told the NT News his business employs two apprentices, four tradespeople and an office manager. "I'm not trying to save the world – I just reckon some of these kids need to be built up, not a kicking," Usher told the newspaper.
Persons: Jeff Usher, Katherine, Usher, I'm Organizations: Service, Facebook, ABC News Australia, Northern Territory, NT Locations: Wall, Silicon, Australian, Australia's Northern Territory, Northern, Darwin
The rusted shell of a Ferrari race car was sold for about $1.9 million to an undisclosed buyer. It was once part of a rare 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider Series I, one of only 13 ever made. It was being sold alongside 19 other Ferraris that had sat in a barn for 45 years. The rusted shell of an old Ferrari recently sold at a Sotheby's auction for almost $1.9 million. The dented lump of metal may not look like much now, but it was once a 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider Series I, the second of just 13 that were made.
Persons: Franco Cortese, Walter Medlin, Medlin, Autoweek, Tom Cotter, Sotheby's Organizations: Morning, Ferrari, Toscana, Monterey Car Locations: Florida
A driverless bus will run a seven-stop loop around Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. San Francisco authorities last week allowed driverless taxis to operate 24 hours a day. Just a week after allowing robotaxis to operate around the clock, San Francisco has launched an driverless shuttle bus service. A day after the announcement, a number of self-driving cars stalled in San Francisco, leading to a bizarre traffic jam captured on video. Beep and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider, made outside normal working hours.
Persons: Shelly Caran, John Reynolds Organizations: Miami Zoo, Associated Press, Passengers, AP, California Public Utilities Commission, San, San Francisco County Transportation Authority Locations: San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, Francisco, Florida, Yellowstone, San Francisco County
Margot Robbie will earn about $50 million for starring in and producing the film, Variety reported. The film has grossed more than $1 billion at the global box office. The film — which grossed $160 million domestically during its opening weekend, according to Box Office Mojo — crossed the $1 billion mark at the box office earlier this month. That's good news for Margot Robbie, the film's star and producer, who is set to earn about $50 million in salary and box office bonuses, Variety reported, citing three individuals familiar with her deal. Greta Gerwig — the film's director and co-writer, who became the first woman filmmaker to solo-direct a $1 billion movie — will also receive bonuses due to the film's success, according to Variety.
Persons: Margot Robbie, , Greta Gerwig, Robbie, Barbie, Uno, Polly Organizations: Variety, Morning, Collider, Mattel, Warner Bros
A small plane was forced to make an emergency landing on a highway in England on Friday evening. A small plane was forced to make a dramatic emergency landing in the middle of a busy British highway on Friday after it suffered a suspected engine failure. The unexpected landing was likely caused by an in-flight engine failure, Gloucestershire Airport Director Jason Ivey told the BBC. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has opened an investigation into the incident, Gloucestershire Airport said in an X post. — Glos Airport Ltd (@GlosAirport) August 11, 2023Gloucestershire Police and Gloucestershire Airport did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider.
Persons: Jason Ivey, Aircraft, Andrew Treulich, Treulich Organizations: Police, Local, Gloucestershire, BBC, Gloucestershire Airport, Glos, Gloucestershire Police, Pilots, FAA Locations: England, Gloucestershire
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