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☆ How GE Vernova plans to deploy small nuclear reactors across the developed world
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-30 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

GE Vernova is aiming to deploy small nuclear reactors across the developed world over the next decade, staking out a leadership position in a budding technology that could play a central role in meeting surging electricity demand and reducing carbon dioxide emissions. GE Vernova is the spinoff of General Electric's former energy business. The U.S. government wants to triple nuclear power by 2050 to shore up an electric grid that is under growing pressure from surging power demand. GE Vernova is targeting more than $2 billion in annual revenue from its small reactor business by the mid-2030s. GE Vernova won the first commercial contract in North America to deploy a small modular reactor for Ontario Power in January 2023.

Persons: Nicole Holmes, Holmes, Kenneth Parks, GE Vernova Organizations: GE, GE Hitachi, GE Vernova, New York Stock Exchange, CNBC, GE Vernova's SMR, U.S, Bank of America, America, Ontario Power, Tennessee Valley Authority, Energy, Toronto . Ontario Power Locations: Cambridge, U.S, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, Poland, North America, Darlington, Lake Ontario, Toronto

☆ She moved to Portugal with her husband to start a new life. Then the unthinkable happened
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Now Kimberly is having to navigate her way through life without her beloved husband, while residing in the destination that they chose to start afresh in. Putting down rootsIn 2021, the couple visited Portugal and decided to settle there. “It’s hard to learn Portuguese, because Portuguese people want to practice their English,” she says. “I really don’t want to start over,” she says, adding that she’s not ready to move Mark’s stuff anywhere. But while Portugal may not be filled with decades of memories of Mark, her grief remains inescapable regardless.

Persons: Kimberly Walker, Mark, “, ” Kimberly, There’s, Kimberly, they’d, ”, we’d, Mark jetted, ’ ” Kimberly, she’s, It’s, it’s, I’ve, She’d, she’d, Honey, I’m, she’ll, hadn’t, “ There’s Organizations: CNN, Golden State, CNN Travel, San, downer Locations: San Diego , California, Poland, Montenegro, Australia, Portugal, United States, Europe, Southern California, San Diego, Amsterdam, Denmark, Brussels, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, New Zealand, ”, Vilamoura, Algarve, America, Ireland, Kimberly, Norway, California, Oxfordshire, London, Portuguese

“Conclave” could hit the sweet spot for Oscar voters, with its blend of taut airport paperback thrills and contemporary social relevance. The first “Dune” scored 10 nominations at the 94th Academy Awards in 2022 and won six awards that night — the most of any movie in contention — including best sound, best production design, best cinematography, best film editing and best visual effects. Villeneuve is also a favorite with Oscar voters thanks to previous nominated titles like “Sicario,” “Arrival” and “Blade Runner 2049.”How to watch: Stream on Max. ‘Gladiator II’Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator” conquered the Academy Awards more than 23 years ago, winning five trophies, including best picture and best actor, for Russell Crowe. ‘Wicked’The most inescapable blockbuster of the holiday season could cast a spell on Oscar voters.

Persons: publicists, —, “ Oppenheimer ”, ”, Debra Birnbaum, ‘ Anora, Mark Eydelshteyn, Mikey Madison, Sean Baker's, Sean Baker, “, “ Anora ”, Palme, Baker, Bong, ’ Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, Adrien Brody, Corbet, Steve McQueen, Saoirse Ronan, Elliott Heffernan, Edward Berger, Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, It’s, Oscar, ” Denis, Timothée Chalamet, Villeneuve, ‘ Emilia Pérez ’, Jacques Audiard’s “ Emilia Pérez, Emilia Pérez ”, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldaña —, ’ Ridley Scott’s, Russell Crowe, Scott, Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, RaMell Ross, Dozier, Ross, Colson Whitehead, Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, ” Eisenberg, Eisenberg, Oscar prognosticators, Culkin, HBO’s, Peter Sarsgaard, Roone Arledge, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Greg Kwedar, Colman Domingo, Paul Raci, Jon, Adrian “ J.J, ” Velazquez, NBC’s “, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, ” Luca Guadagnino’s, James Mangold’s “, Bob Dylan, ” Malcolm Washington’s, Mohammad Organizations: Cannes Film, Cannes, Lion, Apple, Oscar, NBC News, Comcast, Netflix, Denzel Washington, Dozier School for Boys, 51st Telluride Film, Sundance, ABC Sports, ABC, Sing Sing, ”, Arts, Universal Pictures, “ Locations: Hollywood, Los Angeles, Florida, Brooklyn, Russian, Hungarian, United States, Venice, America, Nazi, Amsterdam, London, “, Max, Marianna, Poland, Munich, Telluride, Sing, New York, Iran

☆ Reflexive control: How Russia is forcing its enemies to make decisions against their own interests
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Each time, when the West finally accepted Ukraine’s requests, Russia’s most catastrophic threats did not materialize. Although Putin said the attack was “a response from our side” to the Biden administration’s decision on longer-range weapons, Russia has not needed a pretext for such strikes in the past. By providing Ukraine with ATACMS but only allowing it to strike parts of Ukraine occupied by Russia, “we sent Russia the message: ‘You know what? The decision to fire slightly longer-range Western weapons is a difference of degree, not of kind. By law, Russia considers these territories its own, and warned of dire consequences if Ukraine targeted them with Western weaponry.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Kyiv’s, Biden, Putin, Kateryna, ” Stepanenko, Alina Smutko, –, “, ”, William Alberque, ” Alberque, “ I’m, couldn’t, Ukraine can’t, Radek Sikorski, Roman Pilipey, ATACMS, Joe Biden, Alberque, Donald Trump, they’re Organizations: CNN, Institute for, Russia, Korean, Kremlin, Army Tactical Missile Systems, NATO’s, Disarmament, Proliferation, Poland’s, Russia –, Kyiv, NATO Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia, Kyiv, Russia's, “ Russia, AFP, Crimea, Washington, Ukraine’s, Kharkiv, Albuquerque, United States

☆ Fossilized poop reveals secrets of how dinosaurs came to dominate Earth
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

To better understand the extinct giants, Qvarnström and his colleagues investigated overlooked fossils known as bromalites: remnants from the digestive system — aka dinosaur poop and vomit. The analysis, which took 10 years to complete, allowed the team to piece together why dinosaurs came to prominence. Information from fossilized poop helped researchers to understand how dinosaurs rose to prominence 200 million years ago. Grzegorz NiedzwiedzkiReconstructing dinosaurs’ riseThe authors came up with five phases to explain dinosaurs’ ascendancy: Their ancestors were omnivorous, eating plants and animals. The supremacy of the dinosaurs endured until an asteroid that struck off the coast of what’s now Mexico 66 million years ago doomed the dinosaurs to extinction.

Persons: ”, Martin Qvarnström, ” Qvarnström, —, Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki, Lawrence H, Tanner, ” Tanner, Grzegorz, Qvarnström, Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki Organizations: CNN, Uppsala University, Synchrotron Radiation, Le Moyne Locations: Sweden, Polish, Poland, Sołtyków, Grenoble, France, New York, what’s, Mexico, Uppsala’s

Back in 2006 in Italy, newly elected Vladimir Luxuria was briefly barred from using the ladies' room when she took her seat in Parliament. "What is happening to Sarah McBride is rank politics." "So I am very sympathetic to Sarah McBride." During her four years in the Polish Parliament, Grodzka also faced verbal attacks and was repeatedly misgendered by fellow Polish lawmaker Krystyna Pawlowicz. In recent years — nearly a decade after she left Parliament — Grodzka is still occasionally on the receiving end of personal attacks from Polish lawmakers, as the country's right-wing has embraced anti-LGBTQ sentiments.

Persons: Sarah McBride, Vladimir Luxuria, McBride, Nancy Mace, Donald Trump, ”, Mace, Mike Johnson, Sarah McBride Bill Clark, Getty Images McBride, ” Luxuria, Georgina Beyer, Anna Grodzka, Luxuria, Elisabetta Gardini, Silvio Berlusconi, Gardini, huff, Kamala Harris ’, Biden, Harris, Grodzka, Krystyna Pawlowicz, “ Krystyna, Grodza, — Grodzka, Beyer, “ Organizations: U.S . Congress, NBC News, South Carolina Republican, Republican, Trump, Getty Images, NBC, Republicans, NFL, Pink News Locations: Italy, Delaware, Rome, New Zealander, Polish, Britain

A DHL cargo plane crashed into a house in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, killing one person on board and injuring three passengers, authorities in the Baltic nation said Monday. "According to preliminary data, a cargo aircraft carrying 4 people crashed near the Vilnius International airport at 5.30 AM local time. The Department of Fire Protection and Rescue said in a statement: "It turned out that a cargo plane had crashed and a residential house caught fire. Plane wreckage lies in the courtyard of a house near Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania on Monday. Vilnius Airport confirmed the crash in a statement and said special services and rescue teams were working at the scene.

Persons: Petras Malukas, ’, Dmitry Peskov Organizations: DHL, Vilnius International, NBC News, Department of Fire, Vilnius International Airport, Getty, Crisis Management Center, Reuters, Police, Republic Vilnius University Hospital, Lithuanian, Vilnius Airport, ” Locations: Lithuanian, Vilnius, Baltic, Leipzig, Lithuania, AFP, Germany, United Kingdom, America, Birmingham, England, Poland, United States, Canada

☆ Ukraine-Russia conflict: British man captured by Russian forces, state media says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —A British man has been taken prisoner while fighting for Ukraine in Russia’s Kursk region, Russian state media has reported. Russian state media outlet TASS said the man was 22-year-old James Scott Rhys Andersen, a former British soldier, citing a military source. The British Foreign Office confirmed it was “supporting the family of a British man following reports of his detention.”In a video circulating on Russian media, a man identifies himself as James Scott Rhys Anderson and said had previously fought in the British Army before flying to Poland and taking a bus to the Ukrainian border. People of various nationalities, often former soldiers, have fought against Russian forces in Ukraine’s International Legion, bolstering Kyiv’s armed forces in the conflict. Kyiv launched an incursion into Russia’s Kursk region in August, taking Moscow and even its own allies by surprise.

Persons: London CNN —, James Scott Rhys Andersen, James Scott Rhys Anderson, Volodymyr Zelensky Organizations: London CNN, Ukraine, British Foreign Office, British Army, Russian, Ukraine’s International Legion, CNN, Russia Locations: Russia’s Kursk, British, Poland, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Moscow, Russia, Ukraine, Kursk

Paduch, 57, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for sexually abusing the seven former patients between 2007 and 2022. via NBC New YorkSpokespeople for Weill Cornell and Northwell Health declined to answer specific questions related to Paduch, citing the ongoing litigation. But behind closed doors, Paduch preyed on the men and boys who sought him out. One of the men who filed a lawsuit against Paduch had medical training himself but said he still didn’t realize until many years later that it was abuse. ‘Shocking and embarrassing’By then, Weill Cornell had already received at least two complaints about Paduch from its own employees, going back more than a decade.

Persons: Weill Cornell, Paduch, ”, Mallory Allen, “, ” Allen, Darius Paduch, York Spokespeople, Azza, it’s, ‘, ’ Paduch, Thomas Giuffra, Weill Cornell —, Giuffra, urologists, Weill, Weill Cornell urologist, Harvey Weinstein, Paduch “, Maansi Srivastava, —, Paduch —, ” —, — “ Organizations: Weill, BR, NBC, York, Weill Cornell, Northwell, Health, Weill Cornell Medicine, Public Citizen, Medical Academy of Lodz, New, New York Health Department’s, Professional, NBC News, Health Department Locations: Seattle, Poland, Manhattan, New York

☆ A Lesson for America? Reversing Populist Policies Is Tough, Poland Finds.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Andrew Higgins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He promised salvation for a country “in ruins” — an end to immigration, a civil service stripped of entrenched left-wing opponents, a judiciary purged of meddlesome judges and a news media giving voice to the people instead of elites. Those campaign pledges — similar to ones made by Donald J. Trump during his successful bid for a second term as U.S. president — helped bring Jaroslaw Kaczynski and his nationalist Law and Justice party to power in Poland in 2015. More than a year after an election that ended that party’s eight-year rule, its liberal successors are still struggling to undo the “new state apparatus” that Mr. Kaczynski helped put in place and that legal experts say seriously damaged Poland’s legal system. Unwinding the legacy of populist conservative rule “takes longer than you expect,” said Adam Bodnar, the justice minister at the forefront of the new government’s efforts to reverse Poland’s retreat from liberal democracy under Law and Justice.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, —, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Kaczynski, “, ”, Adam Bodnar Organizations: Justice, Law Locations: Poland

☆ The US is finally going to make a key explosive at home, and that's good news for the military
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But a new US Army contract for a TNT production facility in Kentucky will change that. The US intends to start making TNT at home again. The US Army plans to build a domestic production facility for the explosive compound, which the Pentagon has long been forced to obtain from overseas. Restarting domestic TNT production is an investment in the country's industrial base, she said. The new TNT production facility is expected to help strengthen the US military's preparation for large-scale conflict.

Persons: It's, John T, Kevin Sterling Payne, Bradley Martin, Oleg Petrasiuk, Cynthia Cook, Cook, Reim Organizations: TNT, US Army, Pentagon, Factory, Army, USA, Defense, Armaments and, US, Russia, 24th Mechanised Brigade, AP, Industrial, Group, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Operation Locations: Kentucky, Russia, China, Ukraine, Army's, Germany, Navy, Kyiv, South Korea, Poland

☆ The cult of the ‘Spoons’: Inside the spartan, cavernous pubs that divide Britain
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Will Noble | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Wetherspoon pubs are an institution in the UK. More than 800 Wetherspoon chain pubs freckle the country — from The Muckle Cross in Scotland to The Tremenheere in Cornwall. The Moon Under WaterA Wetherspoon pub (now closed) featuring the face of chain founder Tim Martin on its sign. Recalling a well-meaning yet beleaguered teacher from his childhood, Martin renamed the pub “Wetherspoon.” (The “J D” was a nod to J.D. “The thing about Wetherspoons pubs which differentiates them from many is that they have a very wide cross-section of customers.

Persons: London CNN — Utter, ”, George Orwell, ” Orwell, Orwell, Francophile foodies, Oxford marmalade, Biscuits, boozer, cobbling, Tim Martin, Alex Davidson, Wetherspoons don’t, Alexander Graham Bell, Sir John Borlase Warren, Tim Martin’s, Martin —, New Zealand —, “, serendipitously, Martin, Boss ” Hogg, “ The Dukes, Hazzard, George Orwell’s, ” Martin, Mortimer, ‘ ahh, I’ve, George Orwell ’, Stout, Waters, Gareth Fuller, questing, Angus, you’re, Maureen McLean, “ Mate, Wetherspoons ”, ‘, ’ ”, Thomas Frost, Orwell’s, drunks, ” Tim Martin, benedict, tipple —, Ale, Whatever’s, it’s, Boris Johnson, Henry Nicholls, Nigel Farage Organizations: CNN, London CNN, “, Oxford, Stroud, Crosse, Royal Victoria, rowdies, London's, Airport, PAL, YouTube, European Union, Getty Locations: London, Britain, Scotland, Cornwall, “, Yorkshire, England, Swansea, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Muswell Hill, North London, Norwich, New Zealand, Stroud Green, Watford, Ramsgate, City of London, Kent, Scottish, ”, Wetherspoons, Liverpool, Gatwick, South London, AFP, British, Clacton, Poland, Ireland, America

☆ Russia will keep testing new ‘Oreshnik’ missile, Putin says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Katharina Krebs | Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia will continue to test and start mass-producing the hypersonic ballistic missile that it fired at Ukraine Thursday. The firing of the missile came after the White House authorized Ukraine to fire its long-range missiles into Russia. In a televised meeting with the leadership of Russia’s defense ministry, Putin claimed the missile could not be intercepted by air defenses and said Russia will begin serial production of the new weapon. Putin added Russia was developing “several similar systems” for further testing. Putin’s comments come a day after Russia fired the “Oreshnik” missile – which contains multiple warheads – at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, ” Putin, ”, Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Zelensky, Donald Tusk Organizations: CNN, Friday, Ukraine, White House, Poland’s, NATO Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Dnipro

☆ From a call with Putin to an experimental strike, a dramatic week transforms the war in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Nick Paton Walsh | Analysis Cnn'S International Security Editor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —It began with a peace move nobody wanted and ended with an experimental missile strike so rare in war Moscow gave a 30-minute heads-up to Washington. The White House publicly authorized Ukraine Sunday to fire missiles it supplied into Russia proper, which it swiftly did Monday. Moscow responded by using an experimental medium-range missile, with hypersonic speeds and a multiple warhead system usually reserved for nuclear payloads, to strike Dnipro Thursday. Similarly, Putin’s decision to launch the Oreshnik missile was likely Moscow stepping up another rung on a carefully prepared ladder of escalation. Yuri Budanov, head of Ukraine’s defense intelligence, said Friday it was a “medium-range ballistic missile, a nuclear weapons carrier.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Putin, Olaf Scholz, Vladimir Putin, Scholz, Trump, Joe Biden’s, ’, Russia’s, ”, Yuri Budanov, ” Budanov, Biden Organizations: CNN, White House, Ukraine Sunday, Dnipro Thursday, Kremlin, Russia’s, Foundation, NATO, Intermediate Nuclear Forces, US, United Kingdom’s Defence Intelligence Locations: Moscow, Washington, Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Europe, Poland, France, Dnipro, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Kupiansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kursk

☆ U.S. Defense Firms Are Warned About Russia’s Sabotage Campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Julian E. Barnes | More About Julian E. Barnes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Those involved in work tied to Ukraine or other geopolitical conflicts should be cautious about disclosing work, travel, personal and family information online,” the warning said. So far all of Russia’s known sabotage attacks have taken place in Europe, although Russian intelligence has targeted many countries, including Britain, France, Germany, Lithuania and beyond. But some officials believe that Russia wants to expand its sabotage campaign to the United States, particularly if the Biden administration in its closing weeks continues to support Ukraine in its war against Russia or takes steps that Russia sees as escalatory. A small fire at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Pennsylvania in September, and another incident at the same site in April, set off concerns that Russia had extended its campaign to the United States. But officials believe those fires were an accident, not sabotage.

Persons: “, Biden Organizations: Scranton Army, Plant Locations: Ukraine, Russia, United States, Europe, Britain, France, Germany, Lithuania, Scranton, Pennsylvania

☆ Adani vs. Hindenburg: How one of India's biggest empires descended into chaos
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | In Ying-Shan-Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Gautam Adani, the billionaire chairman of India's Adani Group, was indicted on Wednesday along with seven others in New York federal court for his involvement in a large-scale bribery and fraud scheme. March 2023 to May 2023In March, India's Supreme Court sets up an independent six-member panel to investigate the allegations made in the Hindenburg report. Then in May, the court-appointed panel said it has "drawn a blank" in its probe into Adani group, according to Reuters. December 2023 to January 2024By the end of 2023, Adani Enterprise shares had recovered from the fallout and concluded the year with smaller declines of 26%. Modi has been accused by opposition leader Rahul Gandhi for assisting the Adani Group in securing contracts in Sri Lanka, India and Australia.

Persons: Gautam Adani, Hindenburg, Adani, Madhabi Puri, Narendra Modi, Modi, Rahul Gandhi Organizations: Hindenburg Research, India's, Adani, Hindenburg, Adani Enterprises, Reuters, Adani Enterprise, Bloomberg, Indian, Forbes Locations: Krakow, Poland, New York, Asia, Madhabi Puri Buch, Sri Lanka, India, Australia

☆ Jasmine Paolini: Italian tennis star crowned world champion just months after winning Olympic gold, can hardly believe her own success
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Amanda Davies | Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

In 2024, Paolini won her first WTA 1000 singles event at the Dubai Tennis Championships, two WTA 1000 doubles titles, Olympic doubles gold and reached three grand slam finals, two in singles and one in doubles. 4 in the world in singles, the joint-highest ranking in history for an Italian woman, and a career-high No. “Last year, we lost in the final; this year, we won the title and it’s amazing. In 2024, Paolini and Errani are undefeated when wearing the blue national team kit of Italy. Sara Errani won the fourth BJK Cup title of her career.

Persons: CNN —, Jasmine Paolini, Billie Jean King, Italy’s, Paolini, “, ” Paolini, CNN Sport’s Amanda Davies, I’m, ”, –, Angel Martinez, Lucia Bronzetti’s, Viktória Hrunčáková, Rebecca Šramková, Sara Errani, Errani, “ It’s, ” Errani, It’s, it’s, We’re Organizations: CNN, Billie Jean King Cup, Slovakia, Dubai Tennis, Fed, Italy, Japan, Poland, Paris Locations: Italian, Málaga, Spain, Italy, Slovakia, Canada

☆ The Putin-Kim bromance grows with a lion, yaks, bears, cockatoos, pheasants, and 40 ducks
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementRussia announced on Wednesday that Vladimir Putin is gifting Kim Jong Un about 70 animals for his zoo. Russia's environmental ministry said the animals include a lioness, two bears, two yaks, and over 60 birds. The new set of animals is another touch by Putin to firm up his alliance with North Korea. AdvertisementKozlov's ministry said it had previously sent Pyongyang birds such as eagles, cranes, and parrots, but that it was the first time Russia had donated mammals. In August, the Times of London, citing a veterinary source in Russia, reported that the Russian leader had sent Pyongyang two dozen purebred white horses.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, Putin, Kim Jong, Alexander Kozlov, Kozlov's, Kim Organizations: Russia, North, Russian Ministry of Natural Resources, Moscow Zoo, Pyongyang Central Zoo, North Korean State Media, NATO, Central, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Locations: North Korea, Moscow, Pyongyang, North Korean, Korean, Russia, London, Russian, The, Ukraine, Korea, Germany, Poland, Western, Stockholm

☆ Nvidia shares slump 3% in premarket as quarterly revenue growth slows
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

POLAND - 2024/11/13: In this photo illustration, the NVIDIA company logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Piotr Swat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Nvidia shares dropped in U.S. premarket trading Thursday after the tech giant's third-quarter earnings failed to impress investors. ET, following the Wednesday release of Nvidia's quarterly results, which beat on both the top and bottom lines. Other chipmakers fell on the back of the market reaction to Nvidia's third-quarter results. The slump in Nvidia also had a knock-on effect on European semiconductor firms.

Persons: Piotr Swat, chipmakers Organizations: NVIDIA, Getty, Nvidia, Revenue, Intel, Qualcomm, Micron Technology, AMD, BE Semiconductor, STMicroelectronics, Infineon Locations: POLAND, U.S, Dutch, Asia

President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday named former Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as his pick for the next ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a key alliance that Trump derided for years. He served just three months in the position until Bill Barr was confirmed as attorney general. Before becoming acting attorney general, Whitaker served as chief of staff to Sessions when he was attorney general. Trump has long criticized NATO, accusing European allies of not contributing enough toward defense spending. In February, Hillary Clinton warned that Trump would seek to withdraw the U.S. from NATO if he were to be re-elected.

Persons: Donald Trump, Matt Whitaker, Trump, Matt, Whitaker doesn't, Whitaker, Jeff Sessions, Bill Barr, George W, Bush, Ursula von der Leyen, Hillary Clinton, JD Vance, Putin Organizations: Donald Trump Wednesday, Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, Patriot, NATO Allies, AMERICA, Justice Department, Trump, Twitter, Sessions, Southern, Southern District of, Center of Law & Justice, Policy Institute, Union, NBC, Fox News, Fox Business, Ukrainian, U.S Locations: States, Southern District, Southern District of Iowa, Russia, Europe, Ukraine, U.S, Poland

☆ Alec Baldwin's 'Rust' earns polite response at world premiere as Halyna Hutchins honored
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Over three years after the accidental on-set death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, Alec Baldwin's Western film “Rust” received a polite response during its controversial premiere Wednesday at the EnergaCamerimage festival in Toruń, Poland. The audience clapped through the film’s closing credits, strengthening their applause when a dedication to Hutchins appeared. The premiere opened with Camerimage director Marek Żydowicz asking the audience to stand for a moment of silence for Hutchins. Cinematographer Rachel Mason, Hutchins’ friend who made a documentary about the completion of the film, then made an emotional speech. Additionally, AFI launched the Halyna Hutchins Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Persons: Halyna Hutchins, Alec Baldwin's, Rust ”, Hutchins, Joel Souza —, New Mexico —, Bianca Cline, Alec Baldwin —, Baldwin, Hutchins ’, Olga Solovey —, Baldwin —, Matthew Hutchins, “, Marek Żydowicz, Rachel Mason, ”, doesn’t, Joel Souza, Wojtek Radwanski, Żydowicz, Halyna’s, Halyna, ” Mason, ” Souza, Cline, ” Cline, you’ll, ” Hutchins, Rust, he’s, armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed Organizations: Getty, America Society of Cinematographers, AFI Locations: Toruń, Poland, New Mexico, AFP, Camerimage, EnergaCamerimage, Wyoming

☆ How Alaska Airlines used AI to save over 1.2 million gallons of jet fuel
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Matthew S. Smith | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Alaska Airlines partnered with Air Space Intelligence to use an AI tool that suggests flight routes. While Air Space Intelligence developed the Flyways AI Platform, it did so in close cooperation with the airline's stakeholders. AI in actionThe partnership between Alaska Airlines and Air Space Intelligence began with a learning period for both organizations. ASI's staff shadowed the airline's dispatchers to learn how they worked, while Alaska Airlines learned more about how a machine-learning algorithm could be used to route traffic. While that might seem low, those accepted routes helped reduce Alaska Airlines' fuel consumption by more than 1.2 million gallons in 2023, according to the airline's annual sustainability report.

Persons: —, We've, they're, Pasha Saleh, Flyways, Saleh, Phillip Buckendorf, Buckendorf, Andreessen Horowitz Organizations: Alaska Airlines, Air Space Intelligence, Service, Space Intelligence, Alaska Airlines . Alaska Airlines, Federal Aviation Administration, ASI, IBM DOS, Airlines, Air, US Air Force Locations: Alaska, Boston, Denver, Poland, Washington, DC

☆ A Chinese ship was near both subsea internet cables that were mysteriously cut, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementA Chinese ship was seen near severed Baltic Sea internet cables, the FT reported. Sweden is investigating the sighting of a Chinese vessel near where two Baltic Sea internet cables were severed, the Financial Times reported. AdvertisementThe Danish defense ministry said it was "in the area near" the Chinese ship in a statement on X Wednesday, amid unconfirmed reports that Danish officials had boarded the vessel. The International Union of Marine Insurance estimates that repairing damaged cables usually costs between $7 and $12 million. AdvertisementIt comes amid tensions between the West and China over its support of Russia in the war against Ukraine.

Persons: Boris Pistorius, Yi Peng, Erin Murphy, Murphy Organizations: Financial Times, FT, Danish Navy, Strategic, International, Russia, Foreign, International Union of Marine Insurance, Ukraine, Sweden's Ministry, Foreign Affairs, Marine, China's Embassy, Business Locations: Sweden, China, Lithuania, Sweden's Gotland, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Finland, France, Italy, Poland, Britain, Egypt, Gulf of Finland, West

Learn moreThe 2024 Billie Jean King Cup comes to an end with a final showdown between Slovakia and Italy. We'll show you where to watch the Billie Jean King Cup final, including global live streaming options. It's a familiar scene for both Slovakia and Italy as they enter the final at the Billie Jean King Cup. Check price at FuboWhere to watch the Billie Jean King Cup in the UKThe Billie Jean King Cup Final airs on the Tennis Channel in the UK, which is streamable through the Tennis Channel website. Where to watch the Billie Jean King Cup in AustraliaBillie Jean King Cup Final coverage will be available through beIN in Australia.

Persons: Billie Jean King, Italy's Jasmine Paolini, Sara Errani, Swiatek, Katarzyna Kawa, Australia Billie Jean King, It's, ExpressVPN Organizations: Business, Billie Jean King Cup, Tennis Channel, DirecTV, Entertainment, Elite, Sports, Fubo Locations: Slovakia, Italy, We'll, Canada, Iga, Poland, Australia, beIN

☆ Baltic Sea internet cables cut: European officials cry sabotage
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —European officials are looking toward Russia after two submarine internet cables in the Baltic Sea were suddenly disrupted in an apparent sabotage operation, just weeks after the United States warned that Moscow was likely to target critical undersea infrastructure. A cable between Lithuania and Sweden was cut on Sunday, according to Telia Lithuania, the telecommunications company that runs the link. Separately, the state-controlled Finnish telecoms company Cinia said one of its cables, which connects Finland and Germany, was disrupted on Monday. ”Nobody believes that these cables were accidentally severed,” he told reporters on Tuesday morning ahead of a ministerial meeting in Brussels, Belgium. The extent of the disruption, if any, caused by the damage to the cables is unclear.

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