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☆ Scientists studied 1,200 cats to determine why they scratch up furniture and how to stop it
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Dr. Andrea Sanchez, a veterinarian at Banfield Pet Hospital, previously told Business Insider that cats scratch to communicate, stretch and condition their claws, and claim possessions. But if you really want your cat to stop scratching up your couch and chairs, it's worth knowing the exact reason they're doing it in the first place. How to stop cats from scratching up your furnitureStressed-out cats can wreak havoc on your furniture and other household items. Magui-rfajardo/Getty ImagesIf your cat won't stop scratching up your furniture, there are things you can do to curb the behavior, the researchers found. Observing your cat's scratching behavior can help you figure out what type of scratching post is best for them.

Persons: —, Andrea Sanchez, they're, Larisa Tyushova, Nico De Pasquale, Quagliozzi Organizations: Service, Banfield Pet Hospital, Business, Veterinary Science Locations: France

☆ An unchecked AI could usher in a new dark age
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

One legal expert even warned that AI could potentially usher in a new, modern-day "dark age," or a period of societal decline if the relatively new industry of AI goes largely unregulated. AdvertisementAI regulation, Pasquale said, could prevent many of the problems that could pave the way for this so-called new dark age dynamic. US intellectual property laws related to copyright infringement and state-level publicity rights are among the main legal frameworks being used to potentially regulate AI in the country. That includes how social media affects youth's mental health and the propagation of disinformation and misinformation, he said. AdvertisementHe noted that the ability to regulate social media today exists, but that it's not clear what the effective legal solutions are for the societal problems that have arisen.

Persons: —, Frank Pasquale, OpenAI, Pasquale, Mark Bartholomew, Bartholomew, Harry Surden, We've, Surden Organizations: Service, Business, Cornell Tech, Cornell Law School, Microsoft, University, Buffalo, University of Colorado Law School, Stanford, CodeX, Legal Informatics Locations: United States

☆ ‘Sleeping giant’ massive black hole found in the Milky Way galaxy
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Astronomers have spotted the most massive known stellar black hole in the Milky Way galaxy after detecting an unusual wobble in space. The wobbling movement of an old giant star in the Aquila constellation revealed that it was in an orbital dance with a dormant black hole, and it’s the third such dormant black hole spotted by Gaia. So Gaia BH3 is the most massive black hole in our galaxy that formed from the death of a massive star. Stellar black holes observed across the Milky Way galaxy are about 10 times as massive as the sun on average. True to expectations, the researchers found that the star orbiting Gaia BH3 was metal-poor, which means that the star that formed Gaia BH3 was likely the same.

Persons: ”, Gaia BH3, —, munch, Aquila, Gaia, Pasquale Panuzzo, BH3, hadn’t, Elisabetta Caffau, “, Carole Mundell Organizations: CNN —, Southern, Astrophysics, “, France’s National, for Scientific Research, ESO, Space Locations: Atacama, Paris, France’s

☆ Your VO2 max is like a '401(k) for longevity' — here's how to invest in it for better heart health and a longer life
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Having a higher VO2 max is good, but more important for health is how the number changes over time. There's a way to use VO2 max to improve heart health and fitness without getting too bogged down in the data. So you have a higher VO2 max, you have a better endurance capacity," Blander said. Men tend to have a slightly higher VO2 max, so an example for an active man could be around 42 mL/kg/min. "If you have higher VO2 max you have a much better chance based on our data analysis to live better, longer, which is amazing," Blander said.

Persons: —, Bryan Johnson, Gil Blander, It's, Blander, Archibald Hill, Hartley Lupton, Edo, Louw, Paz, Mike Thomson, Kate Baird, Baird, Thomson, Nico De Pasquale Organizations: Service, Apple, Cleveland Clinic, White Plains Hospital, Getty Locations: Edo Paz, White

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Mississippi man accused of destroying a statue of a pagan idol at Iowa's state Capitol is now being charged with a hate crime. The statue was brought to the Capitol by the Satanic Temple of Iowa under state rules allowing religious displays in the building during the holidays. The move drew strong criticism from state and national leaders, including Iowa Gov. In previous court filings, she has accused the Satanic Temple of making filings that "are only meant to evoke strong emotions and incite others.”Cassidy is scheduled to be arraigned Feb. 15. Founded in 2013, the Salem, Massachusetts-based Satanic Temple says it doesn’t believe in Satan but describes itself as a “non-theistic religious organization” that advocates for secularism.

Persons: Kim Reynolds, Ron DeSantis, Baphomet, Michael Cassidy, ”, Cassidy, ” Lynn Hicks, Sara Pasquale, ” Cassidy Organizations: DES, Capitol, Iowa Gov, Florida Gov, Sentinel, Des Moines Register, Attorney’s Locations: DES MOINES, Iowa, Mississippi, Polk County, Polk, Salem , Massachusetts

An electric vehicle charge station by ChargePoint, Inc. is seen in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Nov 17 (Reuters) - ChargePoint Holdings' (CHPT.N) stock slumped by nearly 38% to a record low on Friday after the electric vehicle (EV) charging network slashed its third quarter revenue forecast and replaced key executives. California-based ChargePoint also announced that longtime Chief Executive Pasquale Romano will be replaced by Rick Wilmer, its chief operating officer, effective immediately. The shares of other major EV charging network providers besides ChargePoint were also trading lower. But they downgraded the company to "perform" from "outperform" citing the executive departures, choppy demand, and "potential for further organizational changes."

Persons: Andrew Kelly, ChargePoint, Pasquale Romano, Rick Wilmer, Rex Jackson, Mansi Khetani, Cowen, Oppenheimer, Needham, ChargePoint F3Q, Bill Peterson, bode, Colin Rusch, Chibuike Oguh, Lance Tupper, David Evans Organizations: ChargePoint, REUTERS, ChargePoint Holdings, Reuters Graphics, JPMorgan, EV, EVgo, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York, U.S, North America, Europe, California, New York

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Ross Stores, Gap, ChargePoint Holdings and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

ChargePoint Holdings — Stock in the electric vehicle charging network slipped 26% after the company announced a shakeup in its C-suite. Separately, ChargePoint announced preliminary third-quarter results, including revenue forecast of $108 million to $113 million down from $150 million to $165 million. Compass Minerals International — Shares fell 2% after the company reported a wider-than-expected loss in the fiscal fourth quarter. Ross Stores — The clothing retailer added 5.7% after posting a third-quarter beat on the top and bottom line. Ross reported earnings of $1.33 per share on $4.92 billion in revenue, while analysts polled by LSEG forecast earnings of $1.22 per share and $4.85 billion of revenue.

Persons: Rick Wilmer, Pasquale Romano, ChargePoint, Ross Organizations: Reuters, Justice Department, LSEG, ChargePoint, —, Compass Minerals, FactSet, Ross Stores

☆ Inside Passalacqua, the 'world's best hotel'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Maria Pasquale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —The “best hotel in the world” was built by a pope and was regularly visited by one of Italy’s most famous opera composers. On 19 September in London at the inaugural World’s 50 Best Hotels, the hotel on Lake Como was named number one. Passalacqua didn’t invent the term villeggiatura, but her every detail embodies it – a romantic 18th century villa turned faultless luxury hotel where you come to exhale and leave your worries behind. Rooms without a lake view start at 1,300 euros ($1,381) per night or 1,700 euros ($1,806) for a view in November – lowest season. Next summer, rates rise to 2,300 euros ($2,443) for a standard room without a lake view, or 3,200 ($3,400) for the cheapest room with a view.

Persons: we’ll, Stanley Tucci, Napoleon Bonaparte, Winston Churchill, –, Silvio Vettorello, “, Passalacqua, Vincenzo Bellini, Stefan Giftthaler Passalacqua, Antonella Mallone, Paolo De Santis, Valentina De Santis, Valentina, De Santis, “ Passalacqua, ”, Ruben Ortiz, Passalacqua –, Vincenzo Bellini –, Alessandro Rinaldi, Vettorello, Jane Austen, ” Maria Pasquale, Rome Organizations: CNN, intel, Scottish Highlands, Yorkshire Moors Locations: London, Como, Carrara, Verona, Milanese, Moltrasio, Lake Como, Italian, Italy, Yorkshire, Rome

☆ Venice Film Festival: The best looks from the red carpet
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Oscar Holland | Christy Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

And there have been plenty of elegant looks on display, from Spanish model Eugenia Silva’s dramatic Armani Privé gown to Italian designer Pierpaolo Piccioli’s effortless white suit. Andreas Rentz/Getty ImagesSpanish model Eugenia Silva arrived in a dramatic pink feather coat and a black strapless gown by Armani Privé. Ernesto Ruscio/Getty ImagesDanish actress Amanda Collin wore matching Chanel separates on the red carpet for "Bastarden (The Promised Land)." Pascal Le Segretain/Getty ImagesModel Madisin Rian wowed in an all-white Armani Privé outfit. Luca Carlino/NurPhoto/ShutterstockItalian fashion journalist and former Vogue Japan editor-at-large Anna Dello Russo wore bright pink Armani Privé.

Persons: ’, Eugenia Silva’s, Pierpaolo, listers, Adam Driver, Ferrari ”, Enzo Ferrari, Ferrari, Stefania D'Alessandro, Jonica T, Gibbs, Chanel, Andreas Rentz, Barbara Palvin, Giorgio Armani, Eugenia Silva, Armani Privé, Franco Origlia, Dalle, Ernesto Ruscio, Amanda Collin, Pascal Le Segretain, Rian wowed, Armani, John Phillips, Valentino, Pierpaolo Piccioli, Toni Garrn, Alberta Ferretti, Luca Carlino, Anna Dello, Privé, Georgina Rodriguez, Cristiano Ronaldo, Pasquale Bruni, Alfonso Catalano, Bella Thorne, Dior, Sofia Coppola's, Priscilla, Elvis Presley's, Matteo Rasero, Jacob Elordi, Elvis Presley, Neelam Gill, Armani Privè, David Fisher, Leonie Hanne, Mahboobeh Bolandy, Serena de Ferrari, Stephane Cardinale, Corbis Organizations: CNN, Venice, Writers Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television, Radio Artists, SAG, Getty, Italian, Vogue Japan Locations: Venice, Spanish, Australian, Turkish

☆ The National Guard says it's struggling to hire because workers are being lured in by Wendy's, Amazon, and FedEx instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The National Guard says it's struggling to hire as big private companies boost pay and benefits. Maj. Marco Irenze said, per a press release by the National Guard Association of the United States last month. Across all private nonfarm jobs, workers in production and nonsupervisory roles earned $28.75 an hour in May on average, per preliminary seasonally-adjusted BLS data. "This is the most challenging recruiting environment the Department of Defense has probably ever faced," Col. Anthony Pasquale, the chief of the Air Guard's recruiting & retention division, said, per the press release. As well as high wages in other industries luring workers away from the military, the pandemic also made it harder for the National Guard to recruit in traditional ways such as at high schools, the National Guard Association said.

Persons: it's, —, Carl's, Marco Irenze, Irenze, didn't, Col, Anthony Pasquale Organizations: National Guard, Wendy's, UPS, FedEx, Microsoft, Service, Nevada Guard, National Guard Association of, Nevada Guard's, Battalion, Washington Air Guard's, Mobile, Illinois Army Guard's Woodstock Sustainment Program, Workers, Employers, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Defense, Air, Air Guard, National Guard Association Locations: Amazon, United States, Nevada

☆ Italy to allow ChatGPT to return if OpenAI takes 'useful steps'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ROME, April 18 (Reuters) - Italy's data protection watchdog is ready to allow the return of the ChatGPT chatbot at the end of April if its maker OpenAI takes "useful steps" to address the agency's concerns, the authority's chief Pasquale Stanzione said in an interview published on Tuesday. Microsoft Corp-backed (MSFT.O) OpenAI took ChatGPT offline in Italy in late March after the watchdog temporarily restricted its personal data processing and began a probe into a suspected breach of privacy rules. "We are ready to reopen ChatGPT on April 30 if there is a willingness on the part of OpenAI to take useful steps. The data protection body led by Stanzione last week set out a list of demands which it said OpenAI must meet by April 30 to address its concerns. Italy was the first western European country to curb ChatGPT, but its rapid development has attracted attention from lawmakers and regulators in several countries.

☆ Uber drivers reveal the 5 worst things passengers can do during a ride. You could be guilty of doing them without even realizing.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Five Uber drivers told Insider about the worst types of passengers they pick up. You may not like it, but you could be an Uber driver's worst nightmare. They pick up all sorts of people during their shift, and five told Insider how unpleasant some passengers can be. Five drivers told Insider about the worst things passengers do during a trip. Unlike traditional cabs, Uber drivers have to wait two minutes until they can start getting paid for a trip.

Italy's most-wanted man, Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested Monday after three decades on the run. Messina Denaro, a convicted murderer who has eluded authorities 30 years, is thought to be the leader of the notorious Cosa Nostra organized crime group. A picture released by police early Monday showed Messina Denaro in a police car — visibly older than in his 1990s mugshots — alongside two officers. Matteo Messina Denaro after his arrest on Monday. In 2006, police arrested Cosa Nostra boss Bernardo Provenzano, who police named as the "Capo di Capi," or chief of chiefs, after a 43-year manhunt.

☆ Italy arrests Sicilian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

1 fugitive, convicted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested on Monday at a private clinic in Palermo, Sicily, after 30 years on the run, Italian paramilitary police said. Messina Denaro was captured at the clinic where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed medical condition, said Carabinieri Gen. Pasquale Angelosanto, who heads the police force's special operations squad. Messina Denaro was taken to a secret location by police immediately after the arrest, Italian state television reported. Messina Denaro, who had a power base in the port city of Trapani, in western Sicily, was considered Sicily's Cosa Nostra top boss even while a fugitive. Messina Denaro, who tried in absentia and convicted of dozens of murders, faces multiple life sentences.

☆ Illness is what ultimately snared Italy's top Mafia fugitive
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Alvise Armellini | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Messina Denaro, 60, was caught just outside a private clinic in Palermo together with an accomplice. Illness "is one of the events in the life of a (fugitive) individual that forces them to come out into the open," Palermo Prosecutor Paolo Guido told a press conference. Officers found a man who looked well-groomed, in apparent good health, with a luxury watch worth 35,000 euros ($37,840). In police pictures, Messina Denaro was seen wearing a brown fur-lined jacket, glasses and a brown and white woolly hat. Meanwhile, Messina Denaro seems set for a life behind bars.

☆ Sicilian mafia boss arrested after 30 years on the run — the last of Italy's most-wanted crime lords
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Matteo Messina Denaro, the boss of Sicily's Cosa Nostra mafia group, was arrested on Monday. He became a fugitive on Italy's most-wanted list in 1993, tied to a series of murders and bombings. His capture followed the arrests of other crime kingpins who had been on the run for decades. He is the last of Italy's three most-wanted mafia bosses who eluded capture for decades, per Sky News. Mafia "boss of bosses" Salvatore Riina, who spent 23 years as a fugitive, was captured in 1993.

☆ Ancient Roman concrete was incredibly strong — scientists may have just figured out why
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ancient Roman concrete is incredibly durable, even more so than modern concrete. One team may have cracked the mystery — focusing on tiny white flecks once seen as imperfections. These scientists suggest the secret is in white flecks found in the concrete called "lime clasts." Courtesy of the researchersLime clasts — the white flecks — are quite brittle, and that's a good thing. They made up concrete blocks, one using the powdered lime and one using a more modern version of the concrete that did not.

[1/5] Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks during a news conference to present her government's first budget in Rome, Italy, November 22, 2022. Meloni, a fiery conviction politician, has often spoken out against Italy's reliance on technocrats to solve its economic problems and lambasted alleged interference from "high international finance" and "Brussels bureaucrats". During the election campaign Meloni called in vain for her predecessor Mario Draghi to freeze the sale of a majority stake in ITA. PUSHBACKDeputy Economy and Finance Minister Maurizio Leo, an adviser to Meloni, had proposed splitting his ministry by hiving off the finance department responsible for tax matters. The head of the finance department, Fabrizia Lapecorella, has asked to move to another ministry, two sources said.

☆ Tourists in Italy are behaving badly this year: Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

With Europe seeing an explosion of visitors a year after Covid travel restrictions dropped, incidents of visitors behaving badly in Italy show no sign of abating. Think that’s bad? Meanwhile in Venice, tourists routinely swim in the UNESCO-protected canals, which double as the city’s sewer system. “Tourists don’t know how to relate to the artistic heritage because they have no relation with our history – so they refer to their cultural imagination, and therefore to our cinema. “So many tourists have said to me over the years, ‘In Italy there are no rules.’ But they are mistaken.

Persons: Gennaro Sangiuliano, ”, Ivan, Haley, destructively, –, surfed, Augustus, ENIT, Eike Schmidt, Florence – Italy’s, we’ve, it’s, Schmidt, serena, panini, Luigi Brugnaro, Gianfranco Zarantonello, “, Zarantonello, zipping, you’d, Tom Jenkins, “ It’s, Nicola Bassano, Dolce, Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Trevi, Vita ”, Vita, ” Maria Pasquale, ” Jenkins, Giorgia, Dr Audrey Tang, We’re, they’d, “ Jung, it's, ” Tang, “ That’s, Tang, ” Zarantonello, Lord Byron, Byron, “ Byron, Michelangelo’s Organizations: CNN, UNESCO, carabinieri, Maserati, Vatican Museum, Uffizi, Roma, Tourists, European Tourism Association, United, Vita, Twitter, Parco, British Psychological Society Locations: Italy, Rome, Saudi, Venice, Australian, American, ENIT, Florence, ”, Italian, Czech, Belgian, eFoils, Southeast Asia, France, Spain, ‘, ” Venice, Europe, It’s, Grand, Vatican

☆ În Joia Mare gospodinele coc Pască – element simbolic al sărbătorilor pascale
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-29 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +4 min

În Joia Mare gospodinele coc Pască – element simbolic al sărbătorilor pascalePasca este mai mult decât un produs tradițional, este un adevărat simbol cosmogonic al lumii. Transmisă din generație în generație, pasca este și azi unul din cele mai importante elemente ale sărbătorilor de Paști. Astfel, și pasca este un simbol cosmogonic al lumii și acea viță pusă în jur ca o cunună semnifică aderarea la divinitate. În Grecia este o pâine rotundă cu maia, numită Artos, care se coace în prima zi de Paști. Iar etiopienii mănâncă pe toată perioada sărbătorilor pascale - dabo, o pâine rotundă, îndulcită cu miere.

Persons: IPN, Raisa Osadci, Paști, Pascal, Rusalii ., Osadci, Pasquale, . Locations: Nord, Centru, Moldovei, Rusalii, Bucovina, Basarabiei, România, Bulgaria, Italia, Grecia

☆ Gest impresionant. Un veteran de război în vârstă de 85 de ani și-a cedat vaccinul unei tinere cu cancer
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-28 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Un veteran de război din Calabria, Italia, în vârstă de 85 de ani, și-a cedat vaccinul anti-COVID-19 unei tinere de 23 de ani, care suferă de cancer, scrie digi24.ro. S-a întâmplat în urmă cu câteva zile în Calabria, unde bărbatul, un veteran de război și fost miner din Gimigliano, localitate din provincia Catanzaro, și-a oferit ajutorul unei tinere dintr-un orășel aflat la câțiva kilometri distanță, Cicala. Fata de 23 de ani, bolnavă de cancer, a primit cadoul surpriză din partea lui Giuseppe Trapasso. „Mi-aș dori ca cei care au cel mai mult nevoie să facă vaccinul”, a spus bătrânul, transmite La Stampa, potrivit Mediafax. Giuseppe Trapasso i-a transmis tinerei de 23 de ani „să își poată trăi zilele în deplină libertate”.

Persons: Giuseppe Trapasso, Pasquale Montilla, Mediafax . Organizations: Mediafax Locations: Calabria, Italia, Gimigliano, Catanzaro, Italiei

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