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☆ Babsi Zangerl: How Austrian climber completed a ‘hard to believe’ historic ascent of El Capitan
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —On a vertical rockface like El Capitan, the soaring slab of granite in California’s Yosemite National Park, perfection is an elusive, almost impossible goal for professional climbers. Zangerl climbing El Capitan. Eric Bissell for Highpoint ProductionsOther climbers have come close to flashing a route up El Capitan before Zangerl, with asterisks often being placed alongside their completions. In flash climbing, the first attempt is also the last and even a tiny mistake can prove costly. Zangerl and her partner, Jacopo Larcher, rest in a tent on El Capitan.

Persons: El Capitan, El, Alex Honnold, ”, wasn’t, ” Zangerl, “, Eric Bissell, asterisks, Pete Whittaker, Whittaker, Zangerl, Jacopo Larcher, Miya, ” Larcher, Instagram, Babsi, Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, wedging, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, El, CNN Sport, El Capitan Locations: El, Yosemite, Freerider, Austrian, El Cap, Zangerl, El Capitan, Austria

☆ A new documentary claims to have found Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious founder of bitcoin
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Jon Sarlin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —The identity of bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto has long been one of the biggest mysteries of the internet age. Yet the man that director Cullen Hoback’s film names as the 2009 founder of bitcoin is denying he is Satoshi Nakamoto. “For the record, I’m not Satoshi,” Peter Todd, a bitcoin core developer, told CNN in a statement. Hoback’s evidence includes a 2010 bitcoin message board post from Todd that he concludes was written by Satoshi Nakamoto. I gave Peter Todd every opportunity to contradict the claims, to explain the claims.

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☆ There are 3 signs that generative AI might be reaching peak market froth — and it's not just OpenAI
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

There are signs across AI models, chips, and new form factors that the market is getting frothy. Investors spent the summer wondering if top AI stocks could continue to justify soaring valuations in the face of absent returns from their massive AI spending. Now, signs have emerged that they're not yet done with generative AI mania. OpenAI reaches dizzying new heightsSam Altman's OpenAI secured a $157 billion valuation after raising $6.6 billion in its latest funding round. In short, a lossmaking startup must justify its $157 billion valuation.

Persons: Cerebras, —, Andrew Feldman, Ramsey Cardy Cerebras, here's, Abu, Cerebras —, Altman's OpenAI, OpenAI, Elon Musk's xAI, OpenAI's, Ilya Sutskever, Gary Marcus, OpenAI's Sam Altman, David Sacks, Darius Rafieyan, Mira Murati, Mark Zuckerberg, Andrej Sokolow, frothiness, Jensen Huang, Alex Heath, Rahul Prasad, Snapchat Organizations: Nvidia, Service, Investors, Microsoft, Saudi Aramco, Bloomberg, OpenAI, LLMs, Financial Times, Anthropic, Craft Ventures, Tiger Global, The New York Times, Getty, company's Connect, Meta, Orion Locations: Sunnyvale, Abu Dhabi, Silver, Saudi, Silicon Valley, —

☆ The Social Media Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Lauren Hirsch | Sarah Kessler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Just moments after the American wrestler Sarah Hildebrandt won a gold medal at the Paris Games, she let the whole world know what she was thinking:“Oh my gosh I just won the FREAKING OLYMPICS hahahahah DUUUUDE,” she wrote on social media from the event venue. But at the Olympics, it’s part of a new twist — and one of the keys to returning to the sense of a shared national experience that defined the Games of yesteryear. For the last decade or more, it has seemed like the Olympics have struggled to capture relevance the way they did a generation ago. Blame was assigned to a fracturing media landscape and a long string of asterisks (pandemic restrictions in Tokyo, time zone issues in Beijing, a Zika outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, geopolitical tensions in Sochi). But the reason may have been simpler: The Olympics has largely been missing from social media.

Persons: Sarah Hildebrandt, DUUUUDE, ” Organizations: Paris Games Locations: American, Tokyo, Beijing, Rio de Janeiro, Sochi

☆ The problem with Biden’s and Trump’s economic records: They’re really messy
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“Interpreting economic data is like interpreting a Monet painting in the best of times,” Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, told CNN in an interview. “When President Biden takes credit for all jobs and says Trump lost all the jobs? “And until it does, we won’t have a real good sense of what the new metrics are that reflect the direction in the economy and consumer confidence.”Twenty years ago, presidential elections came down to “jobs, jobs, jobs,” Brusuelas said. “They’re going to be thinking, ‘Wait a minute, all this money’s going into this and can replace the job that guys like me do? For the average person, the economic data only means so much anyways, Brusuelas said, adding that it comes down to “protein and petrol” versus percentage points.

Persons: Monet, ” Mark Zandi, it’s, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, “ Trump, Biden, ” Zandi, “, Trump, ”, Joe Brusuelas, ” Brusuelas, “ That’s, It’s, They’re, ’ ”, Brusuelas Organizations: CNN, Moody’s, Trump, RSM, Democrat, Nvidia, “ Locations: what’s

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☆ A Nigerian woman reviewed some tomato puree online. Now she faces jail
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Abuja, Nigeria CNN —A Nigerian woman who wrote an online review of a can of tomato puree is facing imprisonment after its manufacturer accused her of making a “malicious allegation” that damaged its business. Her post, accompanied by a photo of an opened can of Nagiko Tomato Mix, produced by local company Erisco Foods Limited, sparked varied reactions from commenters, one of whom replied: “Stop spoiling my brother’s product. This case is due to be heard on May 20, her lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, told CNN. National police spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi told CNN he could not comment on the case as the matter was in court. Hard to proveNigerian legal and public affairs analyst Kelechukwu Uzoka told CNN that there are limits to the freedom of speech defense.

Persons: Nigeria CNN —, Chioma, ” Okoli, Okoli, Erisco, ”, “, Inibehe Effiong, Nwokolo, who’s, Effiong, couldn’t, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, ” Adejobi, David, ” Effiong, Kelechukwu Uzoka, Eric Umeofia Organizations: Nigeria CNN, CNN, Facebook, Erisco Foods, Nigeria Police Force, Okoli, National, “, Amnesty Locations: Abuja, Nigeria, Lagos, West African, ”, ” The Lagos, Erisco’s Lagos

☆ I'm a 'Big Brother' legend who came out of reality TV retirement to compete on 'The Traitors.' I didn't expect a former Bachelor to be my downfall.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

I came out of reality TV retirement to go on "The Traitors." I'm going through my texts and one is like, "Hey, I'm a reality TV producer, I want to get you on this show." I couldn't eat and also pretend that I didn't know who got murdered, so I just did my best to hang out. I enjoyed competing on 'The Traitors,' but I'm done with reality TV for good this timeGheesling is saying bye to reality TV, for real this time. As far as returning to reality TV, I think this was it for me.

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☆ A chartmaster who called the last market downturn shares why stocks could soar to new record highs by year-end — and lists 4 investments that will build on recent momentum
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"It depends a lot on interest rates, and if they can remain where they're at, I think that's certainly a possibility," Keller said in a recent interview with Insider. Speaking of spot-on, Keller predicted in mid-September that the S&P 500 would fall to 4,100 if it broke below 4,350. "And a lot of S&P stocks are still down on the year, but that seems like it's starting to change." Its relative performance is also lacking , as the S&P 500 is up 17.3% in that span. Below are charts from Keller showing the strong technical setups of the S&P 500 and the four investments that he's especially bullish on now.

Persons: David Keller, Keller, it's, what's, Rowe Price, Russell, that's, Keller isn't, I'm, Don't, we're, he's Organizations: Business

☆ The WGA strike might be ending, but Hollywood’s bigger problems aren’t
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Demonstrators carry signs during the WGA strike in New York City in May. Leonardo Munoz/AFP via Getty ImagesWhatever the outcome of this battle, though, there are signs Hollywood overall is losing the war. Now with streaming gains slowing, the revenues from those new subscribers aren’t fully offsetting what’s being lost. That’s bad for the creative class.”So, were there “winners” and “losers” in the writers’ strike? To the extent the strike left their fall TV lineups looking relatively bare, this was a loss for them and gift to the streaming services.

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☆ Brands love to use emojis — but here's the proof they're doing it all wrong
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Sirena Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Brands love to tweet with emojis — maybe they think it makes them look down with the kids. The problem is, you can know the language, but still be picking the wrong words, or — in this case — images. Brands' top five, according to this research, were the fire emoji, the finger pointing to the right, a football, a blue heart, and a cocktail. That tracks, as I don't think I've ever seen any of the other emojis typed by a personal account on social media or elsewhere. Why would you pick a blue heart so often that it's in your top 10?

Persons: 🔥

☆ Stock market heads into the second half with near 15% total return so far in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Michael Santoli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The S & P 500 had just sustained its worst calendar-year loss in half a generation. Textbook consolidation Last week's modest 1.4% decline in the S & P 500 did little to alter either the favorable underlying market trend or the notion that more consolidation might be in store. The median year-end S & P 500 target among Street strategists is 4250, 100 points below Friday's close, and the most-bullish forecast is for about a 5% further gain. And just as the market's performance has been skewed toward these hit hyper-cap tech stocks, so is the S & P 500's valuation. .SPX 1Y mountain S & P 500 1-year Big picture: The market this year has chewed through plenty of perfectly valid excuses to falter without doing so.

Persons: Ned Davis, Ed Clissold, Jeremy Schwartz, Lori Calvasina, we'll Organizations: Big Tech, Federal Reserve, Nasdaq, Intelligence, Ned Davis Research, New, Nvidia, General Motors, Whirlpool, RBC Capital Locations: DC

☆ Decoding the Antiwar Messages of Miniature Protesters in Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Marco Hernandez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Videos show a view looking up at a building in Russia and then zooming down to a small antiwar figurine there. With Putin’s crackdown on protests of the Ukraine war, people have found ways to express their opposition through small displays of resistance. Fish, asterisks, blank messages and the letter Z: All of these are symbols of opposition to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Sending such pictures, even privately, carries enormous risk: Sharing antiwar messages can be a cause for imprisonment. A Ukrainian flag is sometimes paired with an antiwar flag.

Persons: Malenkiy, “ Don’t, Putin, Malenkiy Piket, Russia ≠ Putin ” “ Putin, ”, I’m Organizations: Kremlin, Times, Police, Russian Armed Forces Locations: Russia, Ukraine, St . Petersburg, Hong Kong, China, Tiananmen, Naberezhnaya, Moscow, Russian, Moskva, Soviet, Peace, Ukrainian, Argentina, Spanish, Rome

☆ Donald Trump’s criminal cases, explained
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Trump was indicted back in March by the Manhattan district attorney on state charges related to hush-money payments to a former adult-film star in 2016. Smith is also overseeing other investigations related to Trump, including those regarding the January 6, 2021, insurrection and the 2020 election. That federal law deals with the illegal retention of “national defense information,” a broad term that encompasses classified documents and other sensitive government materials. Federal charges related to classified documents likely do not either. But people do routinely serve prison time for retention of classified documents, conspiracy and obstruction.

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Twitter accounts that offer to trade or sell child sexual abuse material under thinly veiled terms and hashtags have remained online for months, even after CEO Elon Musk said he would combat child exploitation on the platform. The tweets reviewed by NBC News offer to sell or trade content that is commonly known as child pornography or child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The tweets do not show CSAM, and NBC News did not view any CSAM in the course of reporting this article. The problem has been pervasive enough to catch the attention of some Twitter users. In 25 tweets, users tagged Musk using at least one of the major hashtags to alert him to the content.

☆ Happy Fed Year: What’s on deck for the central bank in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Minneapolis CNN —America’s central bank found itself in a glaring spotlight for much of this past year, as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell wielded blunt tools of interest rate hikes and quantitative tightening to curb surging inflation. That means the Fed, with its “laser focus on the job market,” could be “continually hawkish” at the start of 2023, said Ross Mayfield, investment strategy analyst at Baird. “This latent strength in the job market could be the reason that the Fed over-tightens,” he told CNN. Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, from right, Lael Brainard, vice chair of the board of governors for the Federal Reserve System, and John Williams, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, during a break at the Jackson Hole economic symposium in Moran, Wyoming, on Aug. 26, 2022. That’s 0.2 percentage points higher than the 4.4% rate they were expecting in September and significantly higher than the current 3.7% rate.

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