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☆ Stratospheric, AI-enabled robotic cameras on balloons could help you get your insurance claim check faster
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Diana Olick | In Dianaolick | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

New technology, however, using drones, artificial intelligence and weather balloons aims to modernize and accelerate that process. Near Space Labs, a Brooklyn, New York-based startup, invented "Swifts," or stratospheric, AI-enabled robotic cameras that fly on weather balloons. The giant weather balloons fly twice as high as airplanes cruise. Insurance and reinsurance companies, like Swiss Re, are using Near Space to help them understand and price risk. In addition to Third Sphere, Near Space Labs is backed by Crosslink Capital, Wireframe Ventures, IAG Firemark Ventures, Toyota Ventures and Leadout Capital.

Persons: Helene, Milton, Rema Matevosyan, Matevosyan, Shaun Abrahamson, Lisa Rizzolo Organizations: Space Labs, Labs, Swifts, Insurance, Swiss, Crosslink, Wireframe Ventures, IAG Firemark Ventures, Toyota Ventures, Leadout, CNBC Locations: Brooklyn , New York

☆ Billionaire founder of Victoria's Secret pulls funding from Harvard, accusing the school of 'dismal failure' to take a stand for Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Wexner Foundation accused Harvard of a "dismal failure" to condemn the Hamas attacks last week. AdvertisementAdvertisement"In the absence of this clear moral stand, we have determined that the Harvard Kennedy School and The Wexner Foundation are no longer compatible partners. The foundation supports a fellowship for government and public service professionals from Israel who pursue a one-year degree from the Harvard Kennedy School. The Kennedy School did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on this story. He launched The Wexner Foundation in 1983 with the goal of "strengthening leadership for the Jewish people," according to the foundation's website.

Persons: Les Wexner, —, Leslie, Abigail Wexner, Rabbi B, Abrahamson, Ra'anan, Jeffrey Epstein, Wexner, Epstein Organizations: Harvard, Wexner Foundation, Israel, Service, Ivy League, Wexner, Harvard Kennedy School, Kennedy School of, Israel Fellows, The Kennedy, Body Locations: Israel, Harvard

☆ ‘God’s Time’ Review: Out for Revenge on New York’s Streets
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Ben Groh Photo: IFC FilmsThere’s nothing nostalgic, per se, about “God’s Time”—the characters walk and talk and bike and roll and spatter each other with vulgarities within a very contemporary New York; they shatter the fourth wall with impunity; they occasionally instruct the camera. God’s Time Friday, AMC+Mr. Antebi may have a very casual attitude about structured narrative, but there’s little room for formality in “God’s Time,” which the writer-director has clearly based on his exposure to 12-step meetings and the occasional windbag therein: Regina (the startling Liz Caribel Sierra ) holds forth regularly about her addiction and—more persistently—about her unspeakable boyfriend. And the apartment from which he evicted her. And her dog, which he appropriated. After vowing to kill him, she inevitably reverses course, saying she’s going to pray that Russel ( Jared Abrahamson ) gets what’s coming to him “in God’s time.”

☆ Fires are starting on US warships in port more often than reported, watchdog finds, and it's giving the Navy a 'false sense of security'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Fires are breaking out on Navy ships in port more often than they are reported, a government watchdog found. The GAO flagged multiple problems with the reporting system, as well as how lessons are learned from fires. It said the incomplete picture has "given the Navy a false sense of security." Fires when a ship is in port, particularly when it is undergoing repairs and maintenance, are not uncommon. "As a result," the GAO assessed, "the Navy has lost lessons learned over time—such as steps that a ship can take to improve fire safety."

☆ Communities struggling with banking access give banks on wheels a spin
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Banks on wheels are an attempt to repair the gaps within the U.S. banking landscape, which disproportionately impact Black and Hispanic communities. Banks on wheels aim to offer at least a partial solution to the increasingly deserted banking landscapes in minority communities. BankonBuffalo's mobile branch is an attempt to bridge those access gaps. Bank deserts are any areas where there are no bank branches within 10 miles of its center, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The borough currently has 123 bank branches, according to a national bank branch location database, down from 144 in 2018.

☆ A high school artist was chosen to paint a mural. Then came the outrage
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Rachel Abrahamson | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A mural painted by a high school student came under fire when parents alleged it was promoting LGBTQ imagery and witchcraft. Earlier this year, a Grant, Michigan, high school sophomore won a contest “to brighten up” the middle school health center, according to a statement from Grant Public Schools (GPS). GPS says the student received approval to paint images of “smiling children” and as well as the message “Stay Healthy.”In the painting, there are three children. Courtesy Chandler MorrisTracey Hargreaves, who has two children in the Grant Public School system, came to the defense of the student artist. It’s not contagious.”The student artist left the meeting in tears, according to Hargreaves.

☆ (video) Recomandări de la Mircea, fără spoilere: cinci filme despre prietenie, care îți vor frământa sufletul
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-12 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +7 min

Aș mai adaugă că prietenii sunt și ceea ce îți rămâne dacă îți pierzi familia sau chiar dacă pierzi totul. Adam & Paul (2004)Este filmul de debut al regizorului Irlandez Lenny Abrahamson, cunoscut mai târziu pentru filmele „Frank” și Room. Pelicula urmărește o zi din viața a doi tineri dependenți de heroină, Adam (Mark O’Halloran, care este și scenaristul acestei producții) și Paul (Tom Murphy). Dar nu durează mult până când Frank își dă seama că robotul poate fi ușor manipulat pentru al ajuta în ceea ce-i place lui mai mult – furtul. Este o comedie frumoasă, cu multe substraturi, cu multe divergențe între tată și fiu, cu tradiție și progres, cu bătrânețe și tehnologie.

Persons: Constant Gardener, brazilianul Fernando Meirelles, Bergoglio, Jonathan Pryce, Papa Benedict al XVI, Anthony Hopkins, Papa Benedict, Adam, Paul, Lenny Abrahamson, Frank, Mark, Tom Murphy, Hunter, James Marsden, Liv Tyler, Susan Sarandon, Alzheimer ., neseparat, Hulu, Stan & Ollie, Stan, Steve Coogan, Ollie, John C . Reilly, Laurel, Hardy, Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman ., Maggie Fitzgerald, Frankie Dunn, Maggie, Frankie Organizations: Amazon Locations: Roma, Vaticanului, Dublin, Cold, New York, Liv, Turkmenistan, Britanie

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