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☆ Lucian Grainge Goes on the Offensive As AI Washes Over Music Industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Grainge, the CEO of Universal Music Group, is going on offense when preparing the major label for an AI wave in music. For example, he's working with YouTube on its "music AI incubator," a program that brings together talent from Universal to gather insights for YouTube's generative AI research. He's setting up AI deals with Endel, SoundLabs, and BandLab. He's partnering with the AI attribution tool ProRata.ai to lay the groundwork to pay content owners for AI-generated materials. The executive also isn't afraid to go to battle over unauthorized generative AI, suing Anthropic and AI music platforms like Suno and Udio around training data, as well as publicly fighting for AI protections in licensing contracts with distributors like TikTok and Meta.

Persons: Endel, Anthropic Organizations: Universal Music Group, YouTube, Universal

☆ Jimmy Carter is setting a new record for American presidents. It’s important for everyone
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +25 min

Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images Carter works at a construction site sponsored by the Jimmy Carter Work Project in Asan, South Korea, in 2001. Alex Wong/Getty Images Carter meets with Obama and other former presidents at the White House in January 2009. Richard Lewis/The Elders/Getty Images Carter was interviewed for "The Presidents' Gatekeepers" project at the Carter Center in Atlanta in September 2011. Chris McKay/Getty Images Carter talks about his cancer diagnosis during a news conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta in August 2015. The 1983 tweaks to Social Security included, for instance, the counting of some Social Security benefits as taxable income and a gradual increase of the retirement age from 65 to 67.

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A leaked internal guidebook from MrBeast is being passed around the tech world. Tech workers and investors are digging into the YouTuber's views on hiring, managing, and more. Related storiesA hardcore founder who writes like a real personMrBeast's guidebook is the latest "hardcore" corporate document to go viral in the tech world. "Leaked internal emails and memos are religious texts for the tech world," Alder said. Donaldson's casual, unpretentious writing style was a big factor in helping it spread across the tech world, industry insiders told BI.

Persons: —, He's, Jimmy Donaldson, Donaldson, Brian Chesky, Combinator's Paul Graham, Tom Alder, Alder, Jeff Bezos, ByteDance, Donaldson isn't, it's, John McCarus, Steve Jobs, MrBeast, Rachel Roberts Mattox, Mattox, Marc Cohen, Abhishek Sharma Organizations: Tech, Service, Hacker, Big Tech, YouTube, Unbundled, Google Locations: Silicon Valley

☆ Kendrick Lamar will headline Super Bowl halftime show
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-08 | by ( Rohan Nadkarni | Rohan Nadkarni Is A Sports Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Rapper Kendrick Lamar will headline the Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans, the NFL announced Sunday. Follow along for live coverage of Week 1Roc Nation and Jesse Collins, an Emmy-winning producer, will be co-executive producers of the Apple Music halftime show. “Kendrick Lamar is truly a once-in-a-generation artist and performer,” Roc Nation founder Jay-Z said in a statement. Super Bowl 59 will take place on Feb. 9. Lamar previously performed at the 2022 Super Bowl in Los Angeles alongside several other rappers and hip-hop stars in a West Coast-themed show.

Persons: Kendrick Lamar, ” Lamar, Lamar, Jesse Collins, “ Kendrick Lamar, Jay, Z, Drake Organizations: NFL, BET, Apple Music, Roc Nation, Morale Locations: New Orleans, City, Los Angeles, West Coast

☆ N.C.A.A. Settlement Agreement Reveals How Colleges Would Pay Athletes
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Billy Witz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

and the richest college athletic conferences joined with plaintiffs’ lawyers on Friday to enter a $2.8 billion settlement agreement of their class-action antitrust lawsuit. The filing outlines in some detail how schools would be allowed for the first time to pay college athletes directly. N.C.A.A., and two companion lawsuits would open the door to a new model for college athletics. As soon as a year from now, schools could begin to spend up to slightly over $20 million a year to pay athletes, a ceiling that would rise along with college athletics revenues. The settlement agreement sidesteps addressing Title IX, which among other things bars colleges from treating men’s and women’s sports unequally.

Locations: California

Meta on Tuesday announced the latest version of its Llama artificial intelligence model. Nvidia is a key Meta partner and provides the social networking giant with the computing chips called GPUs to help train its AI models, including the latest version of Llama. For example, Meta said that Llama model announced on Tuesday was trained on 16,000 of Nvidia's H100 graphics processors. But open-source models can cost hundreds of millions or billions of dollars to create. There aren't many companies that are financially able to develop and release open-source models with similar amounts of investment.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, Ash Jhaveri, We're, Jhaveri, WhatsApp Organizations: Meta, Google, Nvidia, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, CNBC Locations: Tokyo, Dell, U.S

☆ For Biden, a Decision to Step Aside Would Raise Another Question
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden has been saying some awfully nice things about Vice President Kamala Harris lately. “She’s not only a great vice president,” he told the audience at an N.A.A.C.P. The question has absorbed Democratic politicians and strategists almost as much as the debate over whether he should step aside, a question framed largely through the lens of how they feel about Ms. Harris. Her supporters argue that she has earned the right to step in and that denying her would reek of sexism and racism. Her skeptics worry that she could not win in November and hope that a competition would surface a nominee with broader appeal.

Persons: Biden, Kamala Harris, “ She’s, ”, Harris Organizations: Democratic Locations: United States

Even before the debate, Mr. Biden had told confidants that he believed he had a far better chance than Ms. Harris of beating Mr. Trump. By making the case for himself publicly and privately, Mr. Biden has implicitly had to downplay her chances of winning. Image Mr. Biden arriving in Dover, Del., late Wednesday night, on his way to spend time at his home in Rehoboth Beach. “She’s not only a great vice president,” Mr. Biden said at the N.A.A.C.P. Brenda Pollard, a Democratic delegate for Mr. Biden, said she hoped Mr. Biden would not step down as the nominee.

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“This outage is historic in scale,” Mikko Hypponen, a research specialist at the software company WithSecure and a cybercrime adviser to Europol, told DealBook. It issued a software update that is causing Microsoft systems, including its Azure cloud service, to crash or not function properly. Long queues of airline passengers could be seen at airports around the world, with some resorting to manual check-in. In France, the television networks TF1 and Canal+ told the public on X that they could not go on the air on Friday morning. The incident points to how reliant the global economy is on a handful of major tech companies to run vital infrastructure.

Persons: ” Mikko Hypponen, Europol, DealBook, George Kurtz, CrowdStrike, ” Organizations: Microsoft, United, Delta, Airlines, Air France, KLM, Japan Airlines, TF1, Sky Locations: Europe, Asia, France

☆ Tech Outage Strands Passengers at Airports Around the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Derrick Bryson Taylor | More About Derrick Bryson Taylor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Airports across the United States slowly descended into chaos early Friday after a worldwide tech outage disrupted flights and stranded passengers. At least five airlines — Allegiant Air, American, Delta, Spirit and United — issued ground stops, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. is closely monitoring a technical issue impacting IT systems at U.S. airlines,” the agency said in a statement. “Several airlines have requested F.A.A. assistance with ground stops for their fleets until the issue is resolved.”It was unclear how long the ground stops were expected to last, but it was causing some headaches for travelers.

Persons: — Organizations: Federal Aviation Administration Locations: United States, Delta

☆ Biden Returns to Campaigning, Hoping to Refocus on the Basics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Zolan Kanno-Youngs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden will intensify efforts on Tuesday to court Black and Latino voters, using a two-day swing through the crucial battleground state of Nevada to try to return to the campaign that might have been. As he resumes politicking after a pause following the assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump this weekend, the president plans to focus on core issues like the economy and lowering housing costs, an attempt to reset the conversation after an extraordinary three weeks that has also included a dismal debate performance and calls from panicked Democrats to withdraw from the race. The trip will also provide Mr. Biden an opportunity to try to draw attention away from Republicans, who polls show are making gains with Black and Hispanic voters and are holding their national convention in Wisconsin this week, as he sells his vision for a second term. On Tuesday, Mr. Biden is set to speak at the annual convention for the N.A.A.C.P., be interviewed by Black Entertainment Television and participate in an economic summit with Representative Steven Horsford of Nevada, the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus. On Wednesday, he will speak before UnidosUS, a Hispanic civil rights and advocacy group.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Steven Horsford Organizations: Trump, Black Entertainment Television, Congressional Black Caucus Locations: Nevada, Wisconsin

☆ To Bring Back a College Football Video Game, It Took 11,000 Paydays
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Matt Stevens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Quinn Ewers is among the legions of sports fans who will rejoice over a subtle change when the first new college football video game in more than a decade debuts this week. Ewers will be able to play as himself rather than as an unnamed 6-foot-2-inch athlete with strikingly similar features who also wears a No. A primary reason many fans buy a new version of the same sports video game every year is to play with updated team rosters, ones filled with offseason acquisitions and unbridled optimism. But to comply with amateurism rules, college sports titles like the popular N.C.A.A. Football franchise long had to fill those rosters with thinly veiled stand-ins.

Persons: Quinn Ewers, ”, Ewers Organizations: Longhorns, University of Texas, Football

☆ Opinion | James Carville’s Plan B for a Democratic Nominee
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “Biden Won’t Win. Democrats Must Have a Plan. Lamont WiltseeCarmel Valley, Calif.To the Editor:James Carville makes one structural mistake in his piece calling for four town halls around the country. President Biden should be invited to be one of the participants and compete on an even footing with the other candidates. His proposed nominee plan is a waste of campaign time better used to hammer away at the defects and danger of a Donald Trump presidency.

Persons: Re “ Biden, Win, James Carville, Carville, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, ’, Lamont, Biden, Mr, Keith Liggett, Franklin D, Roosevelt, Donald Trump Organizations: Democratic Party Locations: Chicago, Carmel Valley, Calif, Keith Liggett Silverton, British Columbia

☆ Joe Arden's voice made him the hottest narrator in romance. Then, a sexting scandal turned BookTok against him.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Anna Merlan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

But there's no denying that a large number of people, mostly women, found Joe Arden's voice to be exceedingly hot: smooth, insistent, husky, occasionally dropping to a seductive growl. Arden's voice made him one of the most popular romance audiobook narrators of his generation. Last year, a promising new romance author reached out to Blue Nose Audio and received a reply from Joe Arden. "My working name of 'Joe Arden,' has always been just that, a professional persona that labeled my career," he added. For good measure, they dug up Cronin's abandoned trademark application for the Joe Arden moniker, first filed in 2020.

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Five members of the same family who had been traveling for a baseball tournament were killed when their small plane crashed in upstate New York on Sunday afternoon, the authorities said. The plane, a single-engine Piper PA-46, crashed around 2 p.m. in a rural area in Delaware County, near Sidney, about 40 miles northeast of Binghamton, the Federal Aviation Administration said, killing all onboard. The plane wreckage was discovered Sunday night, the F.A.A. There were five people on the plane, state police said: Roger Beggs, 76; Laura VanEpps, 43; Ryan VanEpps, 42; James R. VanEpps, 12; and Harrison VanEpps, 10. The passengers were from Georgia and were in Cooperstown, N.Y., for a baseball tournament, state police said.

Persons: Roger Beggs, Laura VanEpps, Ryan VanEpps, James R, Harrison VanEpps Organizations: Federal Aviation Administration Locations: New York, Delaware County, Sidney, Binghamton, Georgia, Cooperstown, N.Y

☆ The T-Shirt’s Message Is Simple: ‘Everyone Watches Women’s Sports.’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Callie Holtermann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The black T-shirt spells it out in capital letters: “Everyone Watches Women’s Sports.”In the past few months, the message has been hard to miss. Dawn Staley, the coach of the University of South Carolina’s women’s basketball team, kicked off a social media frenzy when she wore the shirt for a pregame interview in January. The comedian and actor Jason Sudeikis wore a version with yellow lettering to the women’s N.C.A.A. Jimmy Fallon got one on “The Tonight Show” as a gift from the recently retired W.N.B.A. The shirt, which was created by a company co-founded by Ms. Bird, has become an unofficial uniform as viewership of women’s basketball has soared, and women’s sports in general have seen greater momentum.

Persons: Dawn Staley, Jason Sudeikis, Jimmy Fallon, Sue Bird, Bird, Megan Ramos, ”, Ramos, Alex Morgan, Simone Manuel, Chloe Kim Organizations: ”, University of South, “ Shipping, Togethxr

☆ U.S. Investigating ‘Dutch Roll’ That Damaged a Boeing 737 During Flight
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Remy Tumin | Niraj Chokshi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The plane, a Boeing 737 Max 8, was flying at an altitude of 34,000 feet from Phoenix to Oakland, Calif., around 8 a.m. Pacific time on May 25 when the flight crew members said they experienced what is known as a Dutch roll, the N.T.S.B. A Dutch roll is “a coupled oscillation” that creates simultaneous side-to-side and rocking motions, producing a figure-8 effect. The phenomenon is believed to have been named by an aeronautical engineer who compared it to a traditional ice skating technique made popular in the Netherlands. If unaddressed, the wobbling can become more exaggerated, creating a dangerous feedback loop. “It’s a weird movement of the airplane, an oscillation that, if not dampened or stopped, could continue to get worse and worse,” said Jeff Guzzetti, a former accident investigator for the F.A.A.

Persons: ”, Jeff Guzzetti, “ Organizations: Southwest Airlines, Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, Boeing Locations: Phoenix, Oakland, Calif, Netherlands

☆ F.A.A. Investigating How Counterfeit Titanium Got Into Boeing and Airbus Jets
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Mark Walker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Some recently manufactured Boeing and Airbus jets have components made from titanium that was sold using fake documentation verifying the material’s authenticity, according to a supplier for the plane makers, raising concerns about the structural integrity of those airliners. The falsified documents are being investigated by Spirit AeroSystems, which supplies fuselages for Boeing and wings for Airbus, as well as the Federal Aviation Administration. The investigation comes after a parts supplier found small holes in the material from corrosion. regarding procurement of material through a distributor who may have falsified or provided incorrect records,” the statement said. “Boeing issued a bulletin outlining ways suppliers should remain alert to the potential of falsified records.”

Persons: Spirit AeroSystems, “, ” Organizations: Boeing, Airbus, Federal Aviation Administration, “ Boeing

☆ F.A.A. Administrator Says Previous Oversight of Boeing Was ‘Too Hands-Off’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Mark Walker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Federal Aviation Administration’s top official acknowledged on Thursday that the agency failed to adequately oversee Boeing and that it should have had better visibility into the plane manufacturer’s safety practices long before a door panel blew off a plane while it was in flight on Jan. 5. Mike Whitaker, the agency’s administrator, appeared before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee weeks after Boeing, which has experienced a spate of problems, submitted a comprehensive plan detailing how it would overhaul its quality control practices and safety culture. “The F.A.A.’s approach was too hands-off, too focused on paperwork audits and not focused enough on inspections,” Mr. Whitaker said. “We have changed that approach over the last several months, and those changes are permanent.”Mr. Whitaker said the changes included permanently increasing the agency’s use of in-person inspections and barring Boeing from increasing production of its 737 Max jets until the agency is satisfied with the company’s quality control and safety improvements. will also continue to maintain a presence at the company’s factories and one of its suppliers, Spirit Aerosystems.

Persons: Mike Whitaker, Mr, Whitaker, “, Aerosystems Organizations: Federal Aviation, Boeing, Senate Commerce, Science, Transportation

☆ Election Updates: A pro-McCormick super PAC plans a $30 million ad blitz in Pennsylvania.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Michael C. Bender | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Polls consistently show that his support from Black voters has declined to alarming levels for a Democrat. Four years ago, nearly nine in 10 Black voters nationwide cast their ballots for Mr. Biden, according to exit polls. Image Recently, Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris have been speaking directly to Black audiences at multiple events per week. “The Biden campaign is panicking because they see that Black voters aren’t buying what Biden is selling,” Ms. Thomas added. Recently, Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris have been speaking directly to Black audiences at multiple events per week.

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☆ Boeing Gives F.A.A. Plan to Address Systemic Quality-Control Issues
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Mark Walker | Niraj Chokshi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Boeing’s top executives delivered a plan to improve quality and safety to the Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday, vowing to address systemic issues that have damaged the company’s reputation and put the aircraft manufacturer at the center of several federal investigations. Boeing detailed these and other steps during a three-hour meeting with the F.A.A.’s administrator, Mike Whitaker, where the company submitted a “comprehensive action plan” that the regulator ordered in February. Mr. Whitaker had given Boeing 90 days to develop a plan to make sweeping safety improvements after a midcabin panel known as a door plug blew out of a 737 Max 9 jet flying at about 16,000 feet on Jan. 5. No one was seriously injured during the flight. said in a statement on Thursday that “senior” leaders from the agency would “meet with Boeing weekly to review their performance metrics, progress, and any challenges they’re facing in implementing the changes.”

Persons: ’, Mike Whitaker, Whitaker Organizations: Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing

☆ Opinion | Ted Cruz Has Some Strong Opinions About College Sports
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Jane Coaston | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

College sports bring in billions of dollars in revenue every year, but until very recently virtually none of it went to athletes. v. Alston that student athletes should be able to profit from their names, images or likenesses, known as NIL. That settlement, which is not yet finalized, will likely change college sports, but many questions about the details of that future remain unclear. Senator Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican, has been trying to help create a solution for college sports. I spoke with him about why he believes preserving competitiveness in college sports is a job for the federal government.

Persons: Alston, Brett Kavanaugh, Ted Cruz, ” Organizations: Texas Republican Locations: N.C.A.A, America

☆ Bill Walton, N.B.A. Hall of Famer and Broadcasting Star, Dies at 71
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Richard Sandomir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Bill Walton, a basketball center whose extraordinary passing and rebounding skills helped him win two national college championships with U.C.L.A. A redheaded hippie and devoted Grateful Dead fan, Walton was a 6-foot-11 acolyte of the renowned U.C.L.A. He was named the national college player of the year three times. Walton’s greatest game was the 1973 national championship against Memphis State, played in St. Louis. Walton — not yet known for his often hyperbolic, stream-of-consciousness speaking manner — refused to say much after the game.

Persons: Bill Walton, Walton, John Wooden, St . Louis, Walton —, —, ” Organizations: Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics, Bruins, Memphis State Locations: San Diego, St ., U.C.L.A

☆ The N.C.A.A. Agreed to Pay Players. It Won’t Call Them Employees.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-25 | by ( Santul Nerkar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The immediate takeaway from the landmark $2.8 billion settlement that the N.C.A.A. and the major athletic conferences accepted on Thursday was that it cut straight at the heart of the organization’s cherished model of amateurism: Schools can now pay their athletes directly. But another bedrock principle remains intact, and maintaining it is likely to be a priority for the N.C.A.A. : that players who are paid by the universities are not employed by them, and therefore do not have the right to collectively bargain. That stance came under greater legal and political scrutiny in recent years, leading to the settlement, which still requires approval by a judge.

Persons: ” John I, Jenkins Organizations: University of Notre Dame

☆ 6 Podcasts About the Joys and Terrors of Air Travel
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-25 | by ( Emma Dibdin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

It’s a nerve-racking time to be a frequent flier in the United States. Despite this, air travel statistically remains the safest form of mass transit in the United States, and it’s worth keeping the risks in perspective. Some of these podcasts do just that by exploring the true stories of air disasters (and why they are so rare), while others are love letters to life in the skies, hosted by proud aviation geeks who have travel tips, airport reviews and nostalgic industry history to share. Billed as “a true crime podcast in the air,” this series ended production last summer but has a back catalog of 150 episodes, each focusing on a different air disaster in meticulous detail. Both hosts are also regular air travelers, and they share packing tips, review specific aircrafts and airlines and reflect on how travel has changed throughout these recent, turbulent years.

Persons: overscheduling, Chesley “ Sully ” Sullenberger, Gustavo Sorola, Chris Demarais, you’ve, Doug, Drew Organizations: Boeing, Justice Department, New York Times, US Airways, Max, JetBlue, Spirit Locations: United States, Hudson

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