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☆ Turkey prices are down. A deadly bird flu could change that
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Egg and turkey prices are down. But a deadly bird flu is still threatening poultry flocks, turkey in particular. Turkey takes a hitThis year, turkey prices were low ahead of Thanksgiving — partially because turkey farmers expected an outbreak in the spring that didn’t really happen, boosting turkey supplies, explained Matt Busardo, poultry market reporter at Urner Barry. But the uptick of bird flu cases has hit turkey farms hard, and threatens to tighten supply in groceries this spring. In part that’s because unlike eggs, turkey isn’t a kitchen staple — meaning that higher prices could just lead people to skip that turkey sandwich after all.

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☆ She Messed Up Amazon’s Website. Now She’s One of Its Leaders.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Sebastian Herrera | Photographs Chona Kasinger For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In her first year at Amazon .com, Beryl Tomay made a software code change for Amazon’s order-confirmation page that caused it to appear blank for customers for over an hour. Later on, she made a change to the database of the Kindle e-reader that prevented users from signing in or downloading anything. That error was so large that Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, noticed and emailed to ask about the problem. Today, Tomay is in charge of a crucial part of Amazon that is in its busiest period right now: She oversees businesses and technology at the company’s “last mile” delivery unit—the logistics business that gets packages through the final steps on their way to customers’ doorsteps. It’s a chokepoint that will help determine whether Amazon is successful during the make-or-break holiday season.

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☆ James McBride’s Latest Is a Murder Mystery Inside a Great American Novel
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Danez Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE, by James McBrideA few weeks ago, around the same time I was working on this review, I visited the Guggenheim with my fiancé. Her work speaks to a deep curiosity about the interrelation of shapes, things and the dimensions created by those relationships. “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” the latest novel from the best-selling, National Book Award-winning author James McBride, moves with the precision, magnitude and necessary messiness of some of Gego’s most inspired structures. The book is a murder mystery locked inside a Great American Novel. The identity of the corpse is unknown but the few clues found (a belt buckle, a pendant and a mezuza) lead authorities to question the only Jewish man remaining from the town’s formerly vibrant Jewish community.

Persons: James McBride, Gego, Moshe Ludlow, Chona, Moshe Organizations: Guggenheim, Jewish Locations: Venezuelan, Nazi, Europe, Venezuela, America, Pottstown, Pa, Chicken, It’s, Romanian

☆ Why ChatGPT developer OpenAI is the No. 1 company on the 2023 CNBC Disruptor 50 list
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Julia Boorstin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Microsoft unveiled new versions of its Bing internet-search engine and Edge browser powered by the newest technology from ChatGPT maker OpenAI. Of the 50 companies on this year's list, 21 told us that AI is critically important to more than 50% of their revenue. Half of the companies in the top 10 of the 2023 CNBC Disruptor 50 list feature key use of AI, and notably, they represent a diverse range of industries and use cases. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a keynote address announcing ChatGPT integration for Bing at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, Feb. 7, 2023. The call to slow down is, in fact, less safe than what they're proposing," he said, referring to OpenAI and Altman.

☆ Tech giants are pouring money into A.I. as they cut costs elsewhere
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

He said Google is using AI to improve the conversion rate of ads and reduce the amount of "toxic text" that goes into AI models. "There will be a small number of companies that want to invest that time and money and we will be one of them at Amazon," Jassy said. A concept he's particularly excited about is "AI agents," which often refer to AI programs that can carry out goals. "At this point we are no longer behind in building out our AI infrastructure," Zuckerberg said. Zuckerberg said the company would need to "continue investing," but would do so after it launches its generative AI products and gets a better grasp on the resources required.

☆ Big Tech Depends on AI Shining Through Cloud Haze
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Dan Gallagher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discusses the company earlier this year at the Redmond, Wash., offices. Photo: Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg NewsHow hot is the latest artificial intelligence technology? Hot enough, it seems, to distract investors from what really drives the business for some of the largest tech companies these days. Amazon , Microsoft and Google-parent Alphabet Inc. will all be reporting March-quarter results this week. Those results are expected to roundly show another notable slowdown in growth for their respective cloud-computing services following a weak December quarter as large companies continue to scrutinize their spending on technology—even for areas like cloud and security that are considered crucial in the modern age.

In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTAn attendee interacts with the AI-powered Microsoft Bing search engine and Edge browser during an event at the company's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Microsoft unveiled new versions of its Bing internet-search engine and Edge browser powered by the newest technology from ChatGPT maker OpenAI. When that prompt is entered into ChatGPT, the OpenAI tool generates three bulleted lists detailing examples of German Expressionism in film, music and literature. Bing not only presents lists of cinema, music, and literature representing German Expressionism, but it also gives users extra context about the artistic movement. At times the Bing chatbot opted not to do things that ChatGPT would do.

☆ Six N.F.L. Players Show Football’s Grind on Their Feet and Hands
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Ken Belson | Joe Drape | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

Players Show Football’s Grind on Their Feet and HandsOver the course of the long and brutal N.F.L. season, players’ feet and hands take a beating on nearly every snap. But in practice a few days later, he was running drills and landed awkwardly, spraining an ankle and stretching the tendons in his right foot. The next week Jones caught six passes for 109 yards and three touchdowns as the Jaguars shocked the Dallas Cowboys, 40-34. “The therapist spends a lot of time on my hands and feet,” he said.

☆ What Cramer is watching Friday — Amazon drop overdone, Apple's outlier quarter, Big Oil profits
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Shares of the Club holding down 13% in premarket. Apple's quarter was better than expected , an outlier in an otherwise brutal week for Big Tech earnings. Club holding AbbVie (ABBV) solid number, more of the same. Club holding Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) slightly misses on EPS of $7.48. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

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