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Then sink into this Edward Hopper painting from 1928. “It looks like the rest of the world has been raptured,” Mr. Wilkins said. “You see this solitary figure who is subsumed by this massive built environment,” Mr. Wilkins said. “It’s this great image of a city and a person in transition,” Mr. Wilkins said. In his letter, Mr. Hopper concluded: “But these are things for the psychologist to untangle.”

Persons: Edward Hopper, Gordon Wilkins, Addison, Hopper, Mr, “, ”, ” Mr, Wilkins, he’ll Organizations: Addison, American, Phillips Academy, Skyscrapers, Chrysler, Empire Locations: Andover, Mass, Manhattan, New York, Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn

☆ TikTok star Taylor Rousseau Grigg’s cause of death shared
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Gina Vivinetto | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A cause of death has been revealed for Taylor Rousseau Grigg, the TikTok star who died last week at age 25. The family’s update comes five days after her husband, Cameron Grigg, announced his wife’s “sudden and unexpected” death Oct. 5 on Instagram and also in an update on a GoFundMe. Taylor Rousseau Grigg died Oct. 4 after suffering complications from asthma and Addison’s disease, a representative for her family told TODAY.com in a statement. TODAY.com has reached out to Cameron Grigg for comment. A rep from Taylor Rousseau Grigg’s family confirmed she “donated her organs to pediatrics.”

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Justin Herbert, Los Angeles ChargersStatus: Expected to start vs. ChiefsJustin Herbert is expected to play through a high ankle sprain against the Kansas City Chiefs. Kenneth Walker III, Seattle SeahawksStatus: Will play vs. LionsWalker is no longer on the injury report after he missed Week 2 and Week 3. Keenan Allen, Chicago BearsStatus: Expected to play vs. RamsAllen was inactive in both Week 2 and Week 3 with a heel injury. RaidersNjoku missed Week 2 and Week 3 with an ankle injury, and he did not practice on Wednesday. Sam LaPorta, Detroit LionsStatus: Will play vs. SeahawksDan Campbell said LaPorta — who suffered a low-ankle sprain in last weel’s 20-13 win over the Cardinals — will play.

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☆ Christian McCaffrey to miss another game for the 49ers and could be headed to injured reserve
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey has been ruled out of this weekend’s game for the San Francisco 49ers because of his lingering calf and Achilles’ injuries and could be headed to injured reserve. McCaffrey was held out of practice on Friday, a day after experiencing pain in practice. He was then ruled out of the game Sunday against Minnesota after expressing hope earlier in the week that he could play. Addison had seven catches for 123 yards and two TDs in a win against San Francisco last season. In other injury news for San Francisco, defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos is set to play after missing the opener with a knee injury.

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☆ Sabrina Carpenter honors Madonna in vintage Oscars gown at VMAs red carpet
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Madonna was everywhere at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards in New York — and she wasn’t even there. But it was Artist of the Year nominee Sabrina Carpenter who went the extra mile by tracking down a vintage gown from the Queen of Pop’s style archive. Featuring a deep-V neckline and embellished with sequins, pearls and crystals, the white satin gown was designed — and later customized for Madonna — by celebrated fashion designer Bob Mackie. “Maria Schiavo, a well-known fashion stylist, borrowed my sample of this dress for a Madonna cover shoot for Vanity Fair,” Mackie recalled. Nobody else should be seen in that dress.”)Carpenter’s stylist, Jared Ellner, said on Instagram that he acquired the Madonna gown through LA vintage clothing studio, Tab Vintage.

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☆ Best red carpet looks from the MTV VMAs
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

See below for some of the red carpet’s best looks so far. Jamie McCarthy/WireImage/Getty ImagesAward host Megan Thee Stallion’s eye-catching gown featured a corseted bodice and flared out above and below the knee. Noam Galai/Getty ImagesLil Nas X’s bold pink outfit left social media users wondering whether he was channeling his inner Power Ranger. Noam Galai/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift. Jamie McCarthy/WireImage/Getty ImagesLenny Kravitz, who was awarded the Best Rock VMA on the red carpet, arrived in a shirtless all-black leather look, complete with matching necktie.

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☆ Remember when Lady Gaga ‘bled’ onstage at the 2009 VMAs?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Caitlin Chatterton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But never one to be overshadowed, Lady Gaga, then 23, made some pop culture history of her own that night. While singing "Paparazzi," blood poured out from under the artists' leotard. “I’m your biggest fan, I’ll follow you until you love me,” Gaga wailed desperately, her once-pristine outfit now daubed in scarlet. “I think Lady Gaga is the best performer of our generation.” The “Drivers License” singer appeared to take notes. As well as taking home the Best New Artist trophy in 2009, Gaga went on to win another two, for Best Special Effects and Best Art Direction.

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Debris in the wake of Debby in Canisteo, N.Y.. Ann Farkas walks through her damaged home in Canisteo, New York, after Tropical Storm Debby swept through the area. Debby was downgraded to a tropical depression late Thursday afternoon and was a post-tropical cyclone on Friday, the National Hurricane Center said. There have been at least nine deaths related to Debby, most in vehicle accidents or from fallen trees. Jaqi Kincaid, hit by flooding last month in Lyndon, Vermont, said the previous storm knocked out her garage and well, so they have no water.

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☆ Debby's floodwaters trigger emergency and disaster declarations in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Patrick-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Patrick Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Debby's influence remained strong on Friday, when the National Weather Service warned that rainfall could reach 15 to 25 inches in the Northeast and New England. Major flooding hit Tioga County, Pennsylvania, and neighboring Steuben County, New York. Binghamton, New York, measured 1.94 inches of rain and Avoca, Pennsylvania, saw 1.43 inches, according to the service. More than 362,000 utility customers in Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Vermont were without power early Friday evening, according to utility tracker PowerOutage.us. Authorities in Berkeley County, South Carolina, said early Friday that 2 to 3 feet of fast-moving water was rushing through streets of Moncks Corner, north of Charleston, prompting multiple rescues.

Persons: Debby, Kathy Hochul, Josh Shapiro, Hochul, Way, Marc Rice, Shane Nickerson, John F, Roy Cooper Organizations: National Weather Service, . New York Gov, Tahesha, Pennsylvania, Hershey, LaGuardia Airport, John, Kennedy International, Amtrak, Penn, York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Station, Washington , D.C, Richmond Staples, Gov, Emergency Management Locations: New England, East, Carolinas, Vermont, Canada, Northeast, South Carolina, New Jersey, Tioga County , Pennsylvania, Steuben County , New York, Tioga County, Steuben, Addison, Jasper, Steuben County, Johnson City , New York, Pennsylvania, Syracuse , New York, Binghamton , New York, Avoca , Pennsylvania, Ohio , New York , Pennsylvania, United States, New York, New, Stamford , Connecticut, Friday's, Washington ,, Richmond, Virginia, Berkeley County , South Carolina, Charleston, , South Carolina, Great, Mississippi, Minnesota

☆ Charli XCX's 'Brat' era is making remixes fun again. Other pop stars should take note.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewBillie Eilish has gleefully joined the extended "Brat" universe with her featured spot on "Guess," a fan-favorite track from Charli XCX's latest album. Related storiesNow, with "Guess," Eilish enters as both a foil and hopeful love interest. She sing-raps as if she's responding to Charli's original lyrics, breaking the fourth wall with a seductive wink: "Charli likes boys, but she knows I'd hit it." In the "Guess" remix, Charli tweaks her own verse as a nod to Eilish's new era: "Wear 'em, post 'em, might remix it / Eat it up for lunch, yeah, it's so delicious." Each "Brat" remix is arguably as good as the original, yet distinct and unique in its own right.

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☆ Tesla's cars are starting to look pretty basic — and that's a problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But people looking for a flashy new design in Tesla's more traditional car lineup are stuck waiting for now. The Model S and Model X used to be the ultimate status symbol. In 2020, TikTok star Addison Rae made headlines when she was spotted in her bright pink Tesla Model X. And the design of the Model S and Model X hasn't been meaningfully updated since 2021. "If you start announcing some great thing, it affects our near-term sales," Musk said on Tuesday.

Persons: —, Tesla, Addison Rae, Brian Moody, Elon Musk, Tesla's, Edmunds, Ivan Drury, that's, Moody, Musk, Osborne, Stephanie Valdez, Valdez, Streaty Organizations: Service, Business, Cox Automotive, Streaty, Cox Automotive Industry, EV

☆ The ‘first’ post-Covid Olympics are exciting sponsors. Fans? Not so much
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

In a first, Anheuser-Bush InBev is the beer sponsor for the Olympic games with a non-alcoholic brew taking the torch. “If you think about the Olympics … it’s about travel, dining, culture, excitement, community.”All of those things meet every four years at the Olympics, which brings together millions of fans and thousands of athletes. Paris, a city known for its opulence, plays host this year to the first post-Covid games without any crowd restrictions for the first time in six years. (Both the summer games in Tokyo 2021 and 2022 winter games in Beijing either barred or limited spectators or visitors.) Even the most recent summer games, held in 2021 Tokyo and that barred spectators at the events, registered a 20% increase.

Persons: Chase, it’s, Sam Palmer, Chase Sapphire, Alexandre III, Olympia De Maismont, ”, Louis Vuitton, Yannick Allen, Taylor Swift, Vincent Koebel, ” Carolyn Addison, Maja Hitij, De Maismont, Paul Caine, ” Caine, “ It’s, Emmanuel Macron, Yoan, Roland Garros, Caine, there’s, “, Corona, Kenzo Tribouillard, Cero, Marcel Marcondes, ” Chase’s Palmer Organizations: New, New York CNN, Sapphire Reserve, Omega, Anheuser, Bush InBev, Getty, Sapphire, CNN, Paris, Paris Olympic Games, Raffles, Southern Hemisphere, Delta Air Lines, Team USA, Air, Hotel de Ville, Eiffel, Michelin, luxe, International Olympic Committee, Busch InBev, Corona, ” Anheuser, ” Locations: New York, Paris, AFP, Tokyo, Beijing, France, Tuileries, Provence, Nice, Rio de Janeiro, Accor, Rio, Air France, Hotel de, Tahiti, French, United States

☆ YouTube just took a big victory lap
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Their answers have rarely surprised me, and I've heard the phrase, "YouTube is king," too many times to count. YouTube didn't always exude confidenceMusical.ly's 2018 TikTok rebrand launched the platform into stardom, shifting creator and audience attention away from YouTube. AdvertisementThe rise of TikTok forced YouTube to fight for eyeballs by introducing its own short-video feature, YouTube Shorts, in 2021 and developing a new team of partner managers and programs to recruit and retain talent. YouTube Shorts hosted a parking-lot-sized drive-thru activation at VidCon 2022, when TikTok was the title sponsor. With all this, it's no surprise YouTube seems to be taking a victory lap around its competitors.

Persons: —, I've, influencers, TikTok, Addison Rae, YouTube isn't, TikTok —, VidCon's, JP Mangalindan, Morgan Stanley, Influencers, they'd, It's, Lucia Moses, it's Organizations: Service, YouTube, Business, Nielsen, Netflix, Spotify, Apple, Disney

☆ Presidential Medical Secrets
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( David Leonhardt | Ian Prasad Philbrick | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Only later — years later, in some cases — does the severity become clear. Grover Cleveland’s aides lied about a surgery in 1893 — performed on a friend’s yacht — to excise a tumor in his mouth. Woodrow Wilson spent his last year and a half as president debilitated by strokes while his wife and doctor secretly carried out some presidential duties. Dwight Eisenhower’s doctor initially described his heart attack in 1955 as “a digestive upset.” John F. Kennedy’s aides lied about his Addison’s disease. President Biden and his aides have become part of this presidential tradition.

Persons: James Madison, Chester Arthur’s, Grover Cleveland’s, —, Woodrow Wilson, debilitated, Franklin D, Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower’s, ” John F, Kennedy’s, Ronald Reagan’s, Donald Trump, Biden Organizations: The Times Locations: United States

☆ I work in sales at Coach. Customers always make these 5 mistakes when buying luxury bags.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Addison Esparza | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I've worked as a sales associate at Coach for two years, and I've seen customers make mistakes. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementI've worked as a Coach sales associate for two years, so I've learned a lot about designer bags . Here are the five mistakes I often see shoppers make when buying designer bags and how you can avoid them. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: I've, —, you'll Organizations: Service, Business

☆ A photographer spent years memorializing some 300 sites of fatal police shootings across America
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Suyin Haynes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

110 of these images are published now in the monograph “My America;” quiet, monochromatic images of everyday sites like parking lots, rural roads and suburban sidewalks. Diana MatarMonique Deckard, 43, was shot and killed by police officers outside her apartment in Anaheim, California, on March 8, 2015. Two chairs on a sunny sidewalk in Los Angeles, California, indicate where 37-year-old Norma Guzman, 37, was shot and killed by police officers in 2015. Terence Crutcher, 40, was shot and killed by a police officer in Tulsa, Oklahoma on September 16, 2016. Diana MatarClemente Najera, 38, was shot and killed by a sheriff's officer in Elsinore, California, on April 15, 2016.

Persons: Diana Matar, —, ” Matar, “ Timewise, ”, Matar, Saycon, Diana Matar Charles Pettit Jr, Diana Matar Monique Deckard, Terence Crutcher, Jose Cruz, Norma Guzman, ” Norma Guzman, Guzman, Diana Matar Rodney Turner, Diana Matar Ian King, “, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, — Matar, Diana Matar Clemente Najera, Diana Matar Jose Rodriguez, Diana Matar “ Organizations: CNN, The Guardian, Los Angeles City Council, Columbia University’s Barnard College Locations: California, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Long Beach , California, Midwest City , Oklahoma, Anaheim , California, Tulsa , Oklahoma, Addison , Texas, Los Angeles , California, Oklahoma City , Oklahoma, Ponca City , Oklahoma, New York City, Libya, North Africa, Italy, Ukraine, Ferguson , Missouri, Cleveland , Ohio, Charleston , South Carolina, America, Elsinore , California, Albuquerque , New Mexico, “

☆ By a Stream in Vermont, a Glimpse of a Plant Last Seen a Century Ago
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Jenna Russell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

For those who rarely search for anything beyond a misplaced set of keys or a cellphone, the life of a botanist might look impossibly poetic: combing through fields of wildflowers or perusing mossy riverbanks in search of elusive plants with names like handsome sedge and rough false pennyroyal. The whimsical image fit when the state of Vermont announced last month that a plant thought to be extinct there — false mermaid-weed — had been found through a chain of events that seemed stolen from a fairy tale. It began with a sharp-eyed turtle biologist for the state, Molly Parren. She had been out surveying the habitat of wood turtles in rural Addison County on May 7 when she spotted some wild meadow garlic, which is extremely rare, beside a stream. Ms. Parren snapped a photo and sent it to her colleague, Grace Glynn, Vermont’s state botanist.

Persons: —, Molly Parren, Parren, Grace Glynn Locations: Vermont, Addison County

☆ Reopen the NYC-Dublin livestreaming portal, you cowards! It was an example of tech bringing humans together.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The portal between New York City and Dublin — a giant video installation livestreaming between the two locations — has been shut down due to bad behavior. In fact, we should have portals all over the country, all over the world — connecting two random places. Currently, there's a portal between cities in Lithuania and Poland, but let's dream even bigger. Related storiesBut the portal is a case of technology that's just pure joy. The situation is what makes it different — video chatting technology is usually personal, used at home or in your office conference room.

Persons: It's, Yorkers, OnlyFans influencer, Ava Louise, Addison Rae's, Antonio Brown, Ye, Jeffree Starr, Phil Organizations: Service, Dublin, Business, Google Locations: New York City, Miami, Tokyo, Florence, Dubai, Delhi, Stockholm, Lithuania, Poland, Dublin, NYC, Covid

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Traditional agencies that work with top Hollywood talent — like blue-chip firms CAA, UTA, and WME — have started representing YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok stars, working with popular creators from Addison Rae to Emma Chamberlain. Some management firms and agencies are focused on specific criteria, like creators in the lifestyle category or those from diverse backgrounds. "There wasn't a huge prioritization of diversity in the influencer space, which was a problem for me, especially as a Black woman," CFG founder Annelise Campbell told Business Insider. "I felt that most brands were not seeing the value of diverse creators and the audiences they serve.

Persons: WME —, Addison Rae, Emma Chamberlain, Annelise Campbell, Shayanne Gal Organizations: Business, Hollywood, CAA, UTA, YouTube, Entertainment

Within days, millions of TikTok videos using music from Universal artists went mute, and since then guessing which side would blink first has become a media-business parlor game. Backing this up, one study found that TikTok users reported experiencing higher levels of flow than Instagram users. Corey Basch, who analyzed 100 popular TikTok videos with the hashtag mentalhealth for a 2022 study, emerged concerned about the looping effect of the algorithm. Cerave Sales increased by more than 60 percent in 2020 after skin care became a lockdown pastime and TikTok users discovered the drugstore mainstay. Cat Crack Catnip It briefly sold out in 2021 after TikTok users posted videos of their cats going crazy for it.

Persons: randos, TikTok, you’ve, Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, ”, “ Wonka, Barbie, “ Oppenheimer, —, goofing, cavorting, Sue Fleishman, Z’s Walter Cronkite, Spehar, Donald J, Trump, he’s, Caitlin Clark’s, Joe Biden, Justin Bieber, Abbie Richards, Richards, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Lil Nas X, Fleetwood Mac, Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Drake, Swift, ByteDance, can’t, Mark Warner, hasn’t, Al, ear on, Li Organizations: Fleetwood Mac, Facebook, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, White, Pew Research Center, YouTube, The New York Times, Kansas City Chiefs, Media, Colgate, Universal Music Group, ByteDance, Intelligence Committee, e Locations: United States, Beijing, Biden’s, TikTok, Singapore, View, Calif, China, American

☆ OJ Simpson's TV moment is never going to be replicated
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But also a true thing: In 1994, when Simpson fled police in his white Bronco, 95 million people watched the slow-motion chase on TV, in real time. In 1994, AOL, the service that popularized the "World Wide Web," had a little more than a million subscribers. AdvertisementAnd the notion that we're never getting a TV event like the Simpson affair is not a new one, either. Digital media can certainly focus a lot of people's attention on one thing, but it can't compel everyone to watch one thing. Now I'm going to go stream June 17th, 1994 — ESPN's documentary about the Simpson chase.

Persons: —, OJ Simpson, Simpson, We're, Rupert Murdoch's Fox, Kato Kalein, Lance Ito, Rick Maiman, Here's, Joanna Robinson, Robinson, Addison Rae, They're, It's, I've Organizations: Service, Bronco, Business, AOL, Getty Locations: America

☆ The potential $2 billion sale of Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty could make her the next celebrity billionaire
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-20 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Here's how Rare Beauty outdid other celebrity brands — and how it could make Gomez a billionaire. AdvertisementThere are currently at least 40 celebrity beauty brands on the market — all experiencing varying degrees of success. AdvertisementNow, Selena Gomez may be poised to join their ranks and become the next celebrity beauty billionaire. Rare Beauty is exclusively sold at Sephora — meaning a potential buyer would see plenty of room for growth. It's among the most-followed celebrity beauty brands on both Instagram and TikTok, with 7.1 million and 3.6 million followers, respectively.

Persons: Selena Gomez, Gomez, —, Hailey Beiber's Rhode, Addison, Brad Pitt's Le Domaine, Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, Kim, Anncy Rowe, Jeffrey Ten, Scott Friedman, Nikki Eslami, Pascal Le Segretain, it's, Friedman, Mehdi Mehdi, Joyce Kim, Estée Lauder, Elizabeth Taylor's, Rowe, she's, Alex Rawitz Organizations: Service, Coty, Bloomberg, Fashion, Business, Fast Company, Brand, New Theory Ventures, Nyx, L'Oréal Locations: SKKN, L'Oréal, Sephora

☆ Celebrities have scored free food, sometimes for life, from places like Dunkin', McDonald's, and more. Here's how.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Brands like Chipotle frequently give celebrities and other influential figures passes for free food, hoping they'll post about it and promote the brand to their millions of followers. McDonald'sMcDonald's has reportedly issued free food cards at the franchisee and corporate level. AdvertisementBerkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett has said he has a McDonald's card good for free food in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. AdvertisementBill Gates' McDonald's Gold Card reportedly entitles him to free food for life at any location. Burger KingBurger King started giving celebrities cards for a lifetime of free food in 2006 and had given out around a dozen by 2008, according to Ad Age.

Persons: —, Olivia Rodrigo, Chipotle, Here's, McDonald's McDonald's, Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, Buffett, Rob Lowe, Lowe, David Peterson, McDonald's, Sen, Mitt Romney, Romney, George Romney, Ray Kroc, Bill Gates, Stephanie Perdue, Perdue, Chris Nikic, Roy Murray, Tony Hawk, Big Sean, Addison Rae, Abby Wambach, Candice Beck, Ozzy Osbourne, Burger, Burger King Burger King, Jennifer Hudson, Hugh Laurie, didn't, George Lucas, Robert Downey Jr, Jay Leno, Burger King, Ed Sheeran, Jack Whitehall, Nando's, Dunkin, Novak, DunKing Ben Affleck, that's Organizations: Service, Business, Berkshire, Wall Street, Brand, Burger King, Ad, BK Locations: Omaha , Nebraska, Santa Barbara, Goleta , California, Santa, Chipotle, Burger

☆ The cybercrime underworld has removed all the guardrails on the AI frontier, but the good guys are catching them there
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Rachel Curry | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

More than half (55%) of all brand impersonation instances consisted of organizations' own brands in 2023, according to the Perception Point report. Tal Zamir, chief technology officer at Perception Point, discussed how criminals can now create polymorphic malware (or malware with many variations) at scale using AI and automation. Plus, they can defend against a wider swath of problems by feeding data into their existing models or generating new data sets using AI. Still, Grobman compares AI detection to weather forecasting, saying "When you're working in the world of AI, things are a lot less deterministic." Just as legitimate businesses are looking to AI to be more productive and more effective, so too are cybercriminals.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Steve Grobman, Tal Zamir, Zamir, Grobman, Kiri Addison, Addison, McAfee, recalibrated Organizations: Hong, McAfee, Google Locations: Hong Kong, deepfakes

Mark Harris has won the Republican nomination for a U.S. House seat in North Carolina, giving the pastor a second chance to go to Washington after a 2018 absentee ballot scandal. Harris will face Democrat Justin Dues in November in a district running from Charlotte east to Lumberton that was drawn to heavily favor Republicans. While the investigation led to charges against several people and some convictions, Harris wasn’t charged, cooperated with investigators and called for a new election. Harris did not run again, however, and the seat was won by Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop. In addition, Republicans Bishop and U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry decided not to run again, opening their Republican-dominated districts to new representation.

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