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☆ $3 billion startup Sword Health cuts some physical therapists as it ramps up AI to treat more patients
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-11 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sword Health cut a portion of physical therapists last month, the company confirmed to BI. The startup is working to increase the number of patients its physical therapists care for using AI. AdvertisementSword Health has made cuts to its clinical workforce as the $3 billion startup seeks to manage more patients with the help of AI, Business Insider has learned. The layoffs come as Sword seeks to enable its PTs to treat more patients using AI. AdvertisementIt's not the only digital health startup waiting at the IPO gates.

Persons: —, Sword, would've, aren't, Virgilio Bento, It's, Bento, Morgan Stanley, Omada Organizations: BI, Service, Business Locations: Omada

☆ Her wife died and she went on a cruise. Then she met a fellow passenger who changed her life forever
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +27 min

“But Bobbi didn’t.”At the end of the 10-day cruise, Tam disembarked thinking how Bobbi was very different from their ex-husband. Tam & Bobbi WatermanAlmost 1,000 miles apart, Tam and Bobbi stayed in touch via instant messages and social media updates. Tam & Bobbi WatermanAs Bobbi started living authentically in 2023, she and Tam also started preparing for the trip of a lifetime. So when they learned about Royal Caribbean’s Ultimate World Cruise, a nine-month long world cruise setting sail in December 2023, the couple jumped at the chance. “That was the hardest thing on the world cruise, because my passport was my old name and my old gender.

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☆ Knicks fans are starting to believe again in a team built by ‘smart dorks’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( James L. Edwards Iii | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +16 min

AdvertisementNew York fans love their basketball team, especially their rookies. Knicks fans have spent the last 20-plus years loving something that hasn’t always loved them back. Even in the most exciting stretches of D’Angelo’s life as a Knicks fan, nothing ever quite felt like this. “Everyone who is a Knicks fan with gray hairs remembers that Charles Smith was fouled in that game against the Bulls,” Converse said. No matter what happens this season, Converse and his boys are ready for this ride.

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☆ Kamala Harris stars in her second Vogue cover — and the two couldn’t be more different
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

At least that seems to be the message — both symbolically and stylistically — embedded in Kamala Harris’ second ever Vogue cover. It's the vice president's second cover for the title. Annie Leibovitz/VogueThe image, by fashion photographer Annie Leibovitz, is a far cry from Harris’ first Vogue cover back in November 2021. Annie Leibovitz/VogueThis time around, though, neither Vogue nor Harris’ team seemed concerned with signposting her authenticity and approachability (Harris’ viral meme-ridden campaign seems to have handled that). But for most Harris’ fans, the second Vogue cover is something of a full circle moment — righting the perceived “wrongs” of the first.

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☆ Here's how to position your fixed income portfolio for lower rates, according to strategists
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Over time, riskier assets have outperformed cash and cash alternatives, said Brian Rehling, its head of global fixed income strategy. Different types of fixed income Investors can benefit from different types of fixed income in their portfolios, Citi said. But since then, both stocks and high-yield fixed income have increased in price. "Investors should consider taking advantage of any pullbacks in these asset classes to reposition overallocations to short-term fixed income," it said. Meanwhile, it likes U.S. intermediate term taxable fixed income, as it prefers bonds with maturities of between three and seven years.

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James Earl Jones, with Rosalind Cash and Ellen Holly, in "King Lear" in Central Park in New York in 1973. Jack Mitchell / Getty Images“Thank you dear James Earl Jones for everything,” the Oscar-nominated actor Colman Domingo wrote Monday in a post on X. Jones and Marlene Warfield, in the 1970 movie "The Great White Hope." “James Earl Jones is one of my greatest inspirations,” Pierre told a reporter. He commanded the stage in productions like “Othello,” “Fences” and “The Great White Hope,” and the screen in movies like the 1974 dramedy “Claudine,” “Conan the Barbarian” in 1982, and many others.

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☆ Target workers say they're walking as much as 20 miles a day. It's a sign of just how physical retail work has become.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementOver on Reddit, Target workers have posted some big numbers, often topping the 10 miles that caught the attention of Walmart's CFO. one user said on a subreddit for Target workers in July. Healthcare workers topped the list: It said some hospital staffers could reach 60,000 steps, or 30 miles, during a 12-hour shift. A Target spokesperson told Business Insider that while the company did estimate time and distance as part of assigning work, it did not individually track employees' movements throughout the day.

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☆ Gen Z convinced me to buy trendy ballet flats. They never left my closet.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-07 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewI scrolled through designer websites, searching for the perfect ballet flats. I lusted over a $1,170 pair of slippers from Miu Miu but couldn't justify the purchase for obvious reasons. I dreamed of these expensive Miu Miu shoes before settling on a pair from Target. I loved my ballet flats when I styled them, but did I need to own them in the first place? Making the most of my purchaseI'm unsure how much longer ballet flats will be considered chic.

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☆ In the battle between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, clothing says a lot
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewIf Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump ever stand next to one another on the debate stage, viewers watching from their living rooms will notice — even if subconsciously — what the two candidates are wearing. AdvertisementTrump has tailored the traditional masculine suit to fit both his body and his brand. Guy said that Trump often wears navy blue Brioni suits, which are reminiscent of 1980s power silhouettes. Related storiesTrump's campaign celebrated his styling choices, as spokesperson Steven Cheung said, "President Trump has the most style of any President in history." Given his background in reality television, Saha said that Trump understands the game of quick visual communication and knows that clothing can send signals about values.

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☆ President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid. What's next?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In today's big story, President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid . The president ended his reelection campaign on Sunday, the culmination of mounting pressure from his party after a disastrous debate last month. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that "Crooked Joe Biden was not fit to run for President." Biden's reelection campaign has quickly pivoted to serve Harris, making it an uphill battle for any Democrat looking to challenge her , writes Business Insider's Brent D. Griffiths. Many have made comparisons to the 1968 Democratic convention , which was a contested convention after President Lyndon B. Johnson ended his reelection campaign earlier that year.

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☆ Answers to Questions From Morning Readers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( The Staff Of The Morning | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Morning recently invited its readers to submit questions. Below, we’re publishing a selection of them, along with answers from Times staff members. (We also published some answers in today’s edition of The Morning.) The English languageDo you have any data about the evolution of the English language? In terms of the actual heart of language — sounds, structures and basic words — English changed much faster from 1300 to 1500.

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☆ The Voices of A.I. Are Telling Us a Lot
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Amanda Hess | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

developers are cribbing from the movies, crafting voices for real machines based on dated cinematic fantasies of how machines should talk. She was agreeable and self-effacing; she sounded like she was game for anything. After Sky’s debut, Johansson expressed displeasure at the “eerily similar” sound, and said that she had previously declined OpenAI’s request that she voice the bot. The company protested that Sky was voiced by a “different professional actress,” but agreed to pause her voice in deference to Johansson. Bereft OpenAI users have started a petition to bring her back.

Persons: OpenAI, Scarlett Johansson, Spike Jonze, ”, Johansson, Sky

☆ How ‘bids for connection’ can make or break a relationship
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

In what may seem like a small, everyday exchange, her friend’s reaction was an important indicator for their relationship: She had responded to Caribardi’s “bid for connection,” a term coined by relationship experts at the Gottman Institute in Seattle. Whether the bid is big or small doesn’t matter — what is important is the other person’s response, Schwartz Gottman said. How to recognize a ‘bid for connection’The basis of “bids for connection” stems from the Gottmans’ “Love Lab” research, which started in 1986 and tracked couples for six years. Schwartz Gottman said this test is a good example of the importance of “turning toward” a partner, one of the three responses someone can have to a bid. Schwartz Gottman recommends communicating those feelings directly and honestly to the partner, instead of lashing out with a “turning against” response.

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☆ The Everything Guide to Partying (Without Regrets)
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( George Gurley | Carson Griffith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +22 min

And don’t ask who else is coming. Romilly Newman, chef, food stylist, social media personality Don’t bring a guest to a seated dinner. Raul Tovar/Houses & Parties Rebecca Gardner Please don’t ask people to take off their shoes when entering your apartment. Bronson van Wyck Gosh, I don’t think you can avoid certain topics in 2024. But don’t think you’re décor.

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☆ It takes a full year to bring one of Art Basel's most popular exhibits to life. Here's how it all comes together.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Perhaps the most popular part of Art Basel is the Unlimited sector, famous for its large-scale works. He spends the week of Art Basel conversing with gallery representatives, discussing artists' works, and planting seeds for the next exhibit. Monica Humphries/Business InsiderOnce the hall's layout is finalized, walls and lights are built and placed. Finally, the galleries and artists arrive to install their projects about four days before Art Basel begins. A view of Art Basel's Unlimited hall.

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☆ Justice Alito’s Wife Has Managed to Avoid the Spotlight Until Now
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Zach Montague | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the 18 years since her family left their home in New Jersey and stepped into some of the most rarefied circles in Washington, Martha-Ann Alito has never sought or cultivated a particularly public identity. As the wife of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., Mrs. Alito has described keeping a largely private life since his confirmation to the Supreme Court in 2006 — one grounded by raising two children and standing in support of her husband through scrutiny and sharp-elbowed politics. On the handful of occasions she has stepped forward to address an audience or converse with reporters, Mrs. Alito has often spoken about herself in terms of her role within a tight-knit nuclear family, holding it together through her husband’s meteoric, and at times trying, rise within the judiciary. “The most amazing part is, why do people care about our life,” she said in a 2006 interview, looking back on Justice Alito’s confirmation hearing, which at one point left her in tears and stirred discussion about the toll partisanship can take on nominees’ relatives.

Persons: Ann Alito, Samuel A, Alito Jr, Alito, ”, Alito’s Locations: New Jersey, Washington, Martha

☆ What We Lose When ChatGPT Sounds Like Scarlett Johansson
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Alissa Wilkinson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Siri, the mildly reliable virtual assistant for that phone, came along a few years later. assistant with whom the sad-sack divorcé Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) fell in love in “Her,” felt like a futuristic revelation. Voiced by Scarlett Johansson, Samantha was similar to Siri, if Siri liked you and wanted you to like her back. In theory, everyone in “Her” was using their own version of Samantha, presumably with different names and voices. Those who watched the live demo from OpenAI, the company that makes ChatGPT, were quick to note that she sounded a whole lot like Samantha — which is to say, like Johansson.

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☆ This 3-word phrase will stop people from interrupting you, says public speaking expert
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( John Bowe | In Johnfbowe | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Try the following tips to learn to speak in a more authoritative way at work and even at home. Handy as this phrase may be, it's important to reduce the chances that anyone will interrupt you in the first place. Next time a Trevor interrupts, you can jump in: "Maryann was speaking, Trevor. John Bowe is a speech trainer, award-winning journalist, and author of "I Have Something to Say: Mastering the Art of Public Speaking in an Age of Disconnection." Take CNBC's new online course Become an Effective Communicator: Master Public Speaking.

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☆ Definely, a London legal tech startup founded by a blind lawyer, just raised $7 million with this 10-slide pitch deck
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewDefinely, a London-based legal tech startup, has raised $7 million in Series A funding, the company said Wednesday. Founded in 2020 by former colleagues at a Magic Circle law firm, Definely is a subscription product that helps lawyers read, edit, and draft legal documents through a plug-in. Currently available through Microsoft Word, Definely uses artificial intelligence, including natural language processing, to make cross-referencing documents easier for legal professionals. Reading legal documents can be a lengthy and complex task with phrases and terminology often scattered between different sections of contracts.

Persons: —, Nnamdi Emelifeonwu, MacDaeid, Emelifeonwu, Definely Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Business, Octopus Ventures, Cornerstone VC, Zrosk Investment, Google, Atlantic Locations: London

☆ NBA stars are scoring big in the fashion world
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Nick Remsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Basketball players’ style — largely in the men’s league, but increasingly the women’s too — has become a bonafide pillar in fashion media and consumption. Basketball players’ style has more eyes on it than any other sport, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Mitchell S. Jackson told CNN. “(The league) was the first to embrace it,” Jackson, author of the recently released photobook “Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion,” explained. “Basketball players are so much a part of American culture. Bettman/Getty Images/Courtesy Workman“We talk a lot about current NBA tunnel style, but the league has been America’s most stylish for decades,” Schube continued.

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☆ Mental-health professionals explore AI-powered digital therapeutics to treat patients and improve care
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Christine Macintyre | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The fusion of human ingenuity and machine intelligence is offering an innovative approach to personalized mental-health care. They can also use AI to assess the quality of their services and find ways to improve as providers of mental-health care. As technology becomes more involved in mental-health care, ensuring data security, confidentiality, and equitable access to services must be top priorities. How an AI platform is helping mental-health-care providers improve their servicesThe AI platform Lyssn is another tech-driven tool for mental-health services. Lyssn aims to hold providers accountable for improved care, especially because "the quality of mental-health care is highly variable," Imel said.

Persons: —, Christopher Romig, Stella, Shaheen Lakhan, Daniel Rimm, Haig Goenjian, Zac Imel, Michael Tanana, Imel, Darin Carver, Carver, It's Organizations: Service, Therapeutics, Click Therapeutics, Food and Drug Administration, Weber Human Services Locations: Tanana

☆ The pre-owned luxury watch market is thriving
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Fawnia Soo Hoo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Granted, the pandemic-induced second hand luxury watch boom peaked back in March 2022, but the market is still going strong, and price levels remain higher than pre-Covid times. “(They’re) a crucial demographic for the growth and evolution of the pre-owned and vintage luxury watch industry,” added Paul Altieri, founder & CEO of multi-brand online luxury marketplace Bob’s Watches. Don't be shy," said Dimepiece's Brynn Wallner of new buyers' potential nerves when it comes to luxury watch stores. How can you tell if a luxury pre-owned watch is the real deal? “Luxury watches of this caliber will go from one generation to the next to the next to the next,” he explained.

☆ I'm a college student studying abroad. I'm shocked at how many luxury trips my classmates take.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Katherine Borsting | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I was excited to study abroad in Florence and to take small, cheap trips while abroad. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAs a third-year college student attending Colorado State University in Fort Collins, I jumped at the chance to study abroad. I knew studying abroad was a privilege before getting here, but "a weekend in Dubai" was not what I expected. Traveling while studying abroad is a competitive sport with a large price tag that no one told me to train for.

Persons: I'm, —, hasn't, I've Organizations: Service, Colorado State University, Ryanair Locations: Florence, Dubai, Fort Collins, Italy, Morocco, Prague, Instagram, Copenhagen

☆ UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak draws criticism over Adidas Samba sneakers
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Because UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was seen wearing a pair. “In a bid to present himself as young and hip… Sunak took an eternally cool sneaker, and ruined it for everyone,” added British GQ. It’s a far cry from the public reaction another political leader received after being spotted in a pair of sneakers. Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty ImagesSo why aren’t Sunak’s Sambas striking the same chord? Even the most ardent sneakerheads know there is a time and a place for a gum sole, and the British public have decided on-camera at 10 Downing Street is neither.

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☆ Does the Peace Sign Stand a Chance?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Michael Rock | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The signs and symbols that designate our beliefs and affiliations are slippery. While the Christian cross, the Islamic star and crescent, the Jewish Star of David, and their copyrighted, vigorously litigated corporate equivalents — swooshes, apples and targets — may prove resilient, a dizzying mix of familiar and newly minted graphic devices now compete for our dwindling attention. These days there is no movement without messaging. Even anarchy has a brand identity, its scratchy circled A logo has migrated from your corner lamppost to a pair of Converse Chuck Taylor Anarchy-edition All-Stars. From the pink hats of the Women’s March to the red hats of the Capitol raid, rainbows to thin blue lines, salute emojis to watermelon emojis, we are navigating a thicket of improvised graphic devices.

Persons: David, Converse Chuck Taylor Organizations: Jewish, Capitol

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