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☆ Sara Ashley O'Brien — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
  + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Sara Ashley O'Brien | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Sara Ashley O'BrienSara Ashley O'Brien is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal's style news section. Previously, Sara spent eight years at CNN, where she covered technology, startups and their societal impact for CNN Business. She was part of the team that investigated sexual harassment and assault by Uber and Lyft drivers, and spearheaded the network's coverage of Elizabeth Holmes' criminal fraud trial. Sara is an alumna of the University of Virginia and Columbia University's School of Journalism.
Persons: Sara Ashley O'Brien Sara Ashley O'Brien, Sara, Uber, Elizabeth Holmes Organizations: CNN, CNN Business, University of Virginia, Columbia University's School of Journalism
☆ ‘De-Influencers’ Want You to Think Twice Before Buying That Mascara
  + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Sara Ashley O'Brien | Lane Florsheim | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
After years of influencers pushing cosmetics, clothes, personal tech and supplements to the masses, a rising cohort is taking a different tack: telling people what not to buy. They’re calling it “de-influencing.”The term is being popularized in videos by people whose experience runs the gamut: disappointed consumers, savvy beauty bloggers, doctors dispelling skin-care myths and former retail employees dishing on which products they saw returned most often. Their shared guidance is a rejoinder to a seemingly endless stream of recommendations and promotional content on the platform—and a sign of growing backlash to overconsumption. TikTok videos under the hashtag #deinfluencing have surpassed 68 million views.
☆ Can You Flirt Better Than Artificial Intelligence?
  + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Sara Ashley O'Brien | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Last year, Anthony Riera, a 29-year-old software engineer, set up an AI model to converse with roughly 35 of his matches on Tinder. “Sometimes, the AI was pretty dumb. Half the time it was completely lost,” he said. “But sometimes, it works really, really well.”
☆ Fentanyl Test Strips on the Dance Floor? Partygoers Face New Reality
  + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Sara Ashley O'Brien | Julie Wernau | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
When she goes out, singer-songwriter Kalie Shorr always ensures she’s carrying the basics: wallet, keys—and fentanyl test strips. “When I’m at clubs, people just whip out cocaine—on the dance floor, sometimes,” said Ms. Shorr, who is 28 and lives in Los Angeles. When she sees drugs at a party or club, Ms. Shorr will nonchalantly offer up a test strip so people can test them for fentanyl, the dangerous synthetic opioid increasingly making it into a range of drugs across America.
☆ If Ozempic Is in Short Supply, How Are People Getting It for Weight Loss?
  + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Sara Ashley O'Brien | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Jessie Cheung’s cosmetic dermatology practices in Chicago and New York City offer a range of aesthetic and wellness treatments, including Botox, fillers and a procedure known as anal rejuvenation. Recently, she said, her patients have been asking for Ozempic to help them lose weight. Though Dr. Cheung doesn’t carry the brand-name drug, her offices are stocked with syringes filled with a cheaper, custom-made version of semaglutide, Ozempic’s active ingredient, created by a drug compounder.
☆ How a Diabetes Drug Became the Talk of Hollywood, Tech and the Hamptons
  + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Sara Ashley O'Brien | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
At least once a day, Nancy Rahnama’s clinical nutrition practice in Beverly Hills, Calif., gets a call from a patient looking for a diabetes drug that they’ve heard can help them lose weight fast. “They specifically say, ‘How much is it to get Ozempic?’” Dr. Rahnama said.
☆ Uber’s safety issues still loom large: Another five passengers sue company over alleged sexual assault incidents
  + stars: | 2022-07-14 | by ( Sara Ashley O'Brien | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +5 min
CNN —Five more passengers are suing Uber over alleged sexual assault incidents that occurred in recent months at the hands of drivers on its platform. The incidents detailed in a lawsuit filed this week in San Francisco County Superior Court took place between August 2021 to February 2022 in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois and California. Slater Slater Schulman LLP is among several firms with practices targeting safety issues on Uber and Lyft’s services. Across its two safety reports, which cover 2017 to 2020, the company disclosed that it received 9,805 reports of the most severe categories of sexual assault, which range from “non-consensual kissing of a non-sexual body part” to “non-consensual sexual penetration,” or rape. In March 2021, Uber and Lyft announced they would share the names of drivers who were deactivated over the most severe safety incidents.
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