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☆ How to tell if it's imposter syndrome or if you're just bad at your job, from the ex-VP of HR at Microsoft
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Chris Williams | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewAs the former VP of HR at Microsoft and now an advisor to executives worldwide, I see imposter syndrome daily. Are you not very good at your job or is it just the imposter syndrome talking? How can you tell if your self-doubt — often that debilitating imposter syndrome — is justified? If you're getting good reviews, that almost always means you're doing good work. AdvertisementRereading your reviews can bolster your self-esteem and combat looming imposter syndrome.

Persons: —, Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, I've, they're, wouldn't Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Business

☆ Trump allies do damage control as Harris rides fresh momentum post debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Harris’ campaign is also leveraging the endorsement of Taylor Swift, which could open a new seam of interest among the pop megastar’s loyal fanbase. The former president also Wednesday publicly toyed with the idea of a second debate, after the Harris campaign challenged him to another round. There’s a case for the vice president folding her tent given that she might not be able to repeat Tuesday’s performance. He weaved a dismissal of the Swift endorsement for Harris into a wider attack on the vice president on Fox News. The Trump campaign is sure to keep up its drumbeat of complaints that she’s avoiding deeper media scrutiny.

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☆ A tale of two presidents as Trump claims his triumph and Biden’s hopes begin to fade
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“Just a few short days ago, my journey with you nearly ended, we know that,” Trump said. Or we fall apart.”But the new Trump lasted just a few minutes before the old version returned. “Our planet is teetering on the edge of World War III and this will be a war like no other,” said Trump. Another top Democrat close to the White House described Biden as having become “exceptionally insulated and isolated” since the CNN debate in Atlanta on June 27. “I have worked with President Biden when it has made Montana stronger, and I’ve never been afraid to stand up to him when he is wrong.

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☆ Analysis: Biden’s disastrous debate pitches his reelection bid into crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden debate at CNN's Atlanta studios on June 27, 2024. Austin Steele/CNN Trump and Biden were debating each other for the first time since 2020. Austin Steele/CNN Biden's campaign won a coin toss before the debate to choose which side he would stand on. Austin Steele/CNN Supporters of independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. protest outside the White House on Thursday. Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden debate at CNN's Atlanta studios on June 27, 2024.

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☆ Elon Musk's payday drama comes to a head today
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

It's always sunny at Business Insider when "Welcome to Wrexham" star Rob McElhenney is around. In today's big story, we're looking at the drama between Tesla shareholders over Elon Musk's bumper pay package that gets decided on today . As funny as that sounds, the battle over Elon Musk's pay package is no joke. One longtime Tesla investor said the EV maker is " kind of the bottom of the pecking pole of Elon's companies ." Vote here on if you're for or against Musk's pay package .

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☆ Google Rolls Back A.I. Search Feature After Flubs and Flaws
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Nico Grant | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, introduced a generative artificial intelligence feature for the company’s search engine last month, he and his colleagues demonstrated the new capability with six text-based queries that the public could try out. The questions included “how do you clean a fabric sofa” and “what should I use to get a coffee stain out of my carpet.” These were intended to highlight how Google’s new feature, A.I. Overviews, could generate full and useful information summaries above traditional search results. But by Friday, only one of the six queries still yielded an A.I. Users loudly complained on social media about the mistakes, in many cases outright making fun of Google.

Persons: Sundar Pichai Organizations: The New York Times, Care, Google

☆ Google’s A.I. Search Errors Cause a Furor Online
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Nico Grant | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Last week, Google unveiled its biggest change to search in years, showcasing new artificial intelligence capabilities that answer people’s questions in the company’s attempt to catch up to rivals Microsoft and OpenAI. The incorrect answers in the feature, called AI Overview, have undermined trust in a search engine that more than two billion people turn to for authoritative information. chatbots tell lies and act weird, the backlash demonstrated that Google is under more pressure to safely incorporate A.I. The launch also extends a pattern of Google’s having issues with its newest A.I. In February 2023, when Google announced Bard, a chatbot to battle ChatGPT, it shared incorrect information about outer space.

Persons: Bard Organizations: Google, Microsoft

☆ Trump attacked her as a 'co-judge;' now NY law clerk Allison Greenfield is on her way to becoming an actual judge
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Allison Greenfield, principal law clerk in Trump's NY fraud case, is hoping to be elected judge. AdvertisementDonald Trump has attacked her as a biased "co-judge—" claiming she secretly runs the show at his New York civil fraud trial — but now principal law clerk Allison Greenfield is well on her way to becoming a judge in her own right. Last week, Greenfield cleared the biggest hurdle to the Manhattan civil judgeship she seeks, when local Democratic party leaders rated her "most highly qualified." "The trial clerk in Trump's civil fraud trial, Allison Greenfield, has been viciously targeted by the MAGA crowd with vile rhetoric and death threats," Levine wrote. Advertisement"When the judge speaks, you have to stop speaking," Greenfield told Trump attorney Alina Habba early on, during a 2022 pretrial hearing.

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Brian Chaney says he asked for a supervisor during his arrest in Keego Harbor, Michigan, and Police Officer Richard Lindquist told him that another officer present was in charge. The problem: That second officer was not a supervisor or even a member of the Keego Harbor Police Department. Lindquist no longer works for the Keego Harbor police and the AP was unable to reach him. “People hold police in high esteem,” said Robinson, who spent 13 years as a Detroit police officer. “Basically, I think police officers lie because they can,” Feldman said.

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☆ Turkey Doesn’t Have to Be the Only Game at the Table
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( New York Times Games | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Christina Iverson and Tracy Bennett, who make puzzles for The New York Times, are offering a tidy potluck of seasonal games for NYT Cooking readers. All you need are pencils, paper and volunteers to play the game host and keep score. First, we have a know-your-tablemates guessing game that we considered calling Family F(y)ood before settling on Talking Turkey. Another game, Two Truths and a Pie, asks players to spot the untruths mixed in with facts about the holiday. Finally, for dessert, there’s a round and yummy Midi-size crossword that may speak to your sweet (or savory) tooth.

Persons: Christina Iverson, Tracy Bennett, you’re Organizations: The New York Times Locations: Talking Turkey

☆ Opinion | How Do You Solve a Problem Like George Santos?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Mark Chiusano | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

By now, you probably know a lot about George Santos, the congressman who scammed with abandon and made up almost everything. But the fact that he remains in Congress highlights something crucial about the people’s House. Even in that company, Mr. Santos stands out by exposing just how much craziness the Republican Party is willing to tolerate in pursuit of narrow partisan gains. The biographical lies and widely reported small-time hustles that boosted Mr. Santos pale in comparison with his penchant for “just throwing ideas.”I’m borrowing that phrase directly from Mr. Santos, who said it in a Spaces conversation on X, formerly Twitter, in October, shortly after Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel. “I don’t care if we go into a police state for a couple of months.”

Persons: George Santos, “, Mr, Santos, It’s, ” Organizations: The New York Times, Atlantic City, Teamsters, Republican Party Locations: Israel, United States

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump isn’t used to constraints. Trump is not only a former president, but also the leading candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Just days ago, he was fined $5,000 for violating the same gag order, which Engoron imposed after Trump targeted his principal law clerk on social media. Indeed, things are likely to get much more complicated for Trump in the coming months as his four criminal trials get underway. New York court officials have beefed up security for judges and court personnel involved in Trump matters in the wake of the threats.

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The post was removed from Truth Social right after the gag order was issued but not from Trump’s campaign website, DonaldJTrump.com. “It appears no one also took down the ICYMI link that’s in the campaign website in the back pages,” Kise said. “There was no intention to evade, or circumvent, or ignore the order,” Kise added and explained nothing further has been posted on Trump’s Truth Social website. The judge said at the time failure to abide by the order would result in serious sanctions. “Requiring Ms. Trump, a non-party, nondomiciliary, to appear at trial in New York and provide live testimony without any limitations is unreasonable.

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☆ Trump threatened with jail time over gag order violation in New York fraud trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends his Manhattan courthouse trial in a civil fraud case in New York, U.S., October 18, 2023. A judge laced into Donald Trump on Friday, floating the possibility of heavy sanctions or even jail time against the former president, over a "blatant violation" of a partial gag order in his $250 million New York fraud trial. Trump was not in court to hear the rebuke, having left New York on Wednesday after attending two more days of the civil trial. Engoron imposed a narrow gag order in the case earlier this month, after Trump sent a social media post attacking the judge's law clerk. "This is a blatant violation of the gag order.

Persons: Donald Trump, Arthur Engoron, Trump, Engoron, MeidasTouch, Donald J Organizations: U.S, Daily, NBC News, Trump Locations: Manhattan, New York, U.S, York

Chesebro was the third of 19 codefendants in the Georgia case to make a deal, a monumental legal and personal blow to Trump, who highly prizes loyalty among his associates. Another former Trump lawyer, Sidney Powell, entered into a plea deal Thursday, following a September deal by a lesser-known bail bondsman, Scott Hall. While other defendants – especially Trump – have pushed for later trial dates, Chesebro insisted on his right to a speedy trial. Jury selection for his case started Friday, and Chesebro entered into the plea deal hours after potential jurors filed into the courthouse. The Chesebro deal could be the third domino to fall against Trump and other high-level defendants such as former Trump lawyer and New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Persons: Kenneth Chesebro, Donald Trump's, Chesebro, Trump, Joe Biden, Sidney Powell, Scott Hall, –, Fani Willis, Willis, Rudy Giuliani, Joyce Vance, ”, MAGA, Michael Cohen, Arthur Engoron, Engoron, Chris Kise Organizations: Trump, Biden, Biden's, U.S . Capitol, Act, New York, MSNBC Locations: Georgia’s Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton County, New York

☆ Recent days have revealed a profound truth about the 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

In a tight election, amid questionable economic conditions and with the normality that Biden promised in 2020 still fleeting, the threat may be greater than ever. A pseudo general election campaignBoth Trump and Biden showed up in Michigan courting blue-collar votes this week. He returned to the theme that democracy is under attack – seemingly a slam dunk given Trump’s week of autocratic outbursts and demagoguery. And all previous evidence suggests that, among GOP voters at least, Trump legal travails only boost his poll numbers and fundraising. To anyone who has forgotten the constant tearing at legal, political and constitutional norms that characterized almost every day of the last presidency, Gaetz and his fellow MAGA troops are proving that Trumpism sows chaos.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, America’s, Biden, ” Trump, Trump, Democratic handwringing, –, ” Biden, “, Mark Milley, he’d, ”, Chris Christie’s, Donald Duck, Mike Pence’s, South Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, Ronald Reagan, it’s, Ron DeSantis, Arthur Engoron, he’s, James Comer of, Jim Jordan, hasn’t, Hunter’s, Matt Gaetz, Gaetz, MAGA, Kevin McCarthy Organizations: CNN, Republican, GOP, Trump, White, Democratic, Joint Chiefs of Staff, MSNBC, New, New Jersey Gov, South Carolina Gov, United Nations, Ronald Reagan Presidential, Communicator’s Air Force, Florida Gov, Oval, Republicans Locations: California, America, Michigan, West, Arizona, Detroit, New Jersey, South Carolina, New York, Iowa, New Hampshire, Florida, Miami, Washington, Ohio

“Green Border” won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month. Government officials in Poland have harshly criticized the film for weeks, although most of them acknowledge not having seen it. He said he believed that Poland's border guards, army and police “were portrayed shamefully." Polish officials say security personnel have risked their lives to protect Poland from an attack they view as directed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. She and producer Marcin Wierzchoslawski issued a statement Friday saying “Green Border” shows that all humans, whether uniformed officers, refugees or helpers, can behave in different ways in different situations.

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☆ Lying in Comedy Isn’t Always Wrong, but Hasan Minhaj Crossed a Line
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Jason Zinoman | More About Jason Zinoman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

All artists teach their audience how to view them, by the way they tell jokes, their style, the level of absurdity. What makes Hasan Minhaj such a troubling example is that his style, onstage and often off in interviews, suggested we should believe him. Lying in comedy isn’t necessarily wrong. The problem with only considering the standard of emotional truth is that it can blind you to the impact on the actual world outside your emotions. You could say that the emotional truth behind the Patriot Act was that the terrorism of Sept. 11 required extreme tactics to feel safe, but that doesn’t make the legislation right.

Persons: Taylor Tomlinson, Kate Berlant, Hasan, Minhaj, didn’t, ”, It’s Organizations: Patriot

☆ Why we’re still learning new things about the JFK assassination
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

According to the Warren Commission, the intact bullet was discovered when it was knocked onto the floor next to a stretcher holding Connally. There are differing positions on what to make of Landis’ memoirJefferson Morley edits a substack newsletter, JFK Facts, that pushes for more transparency in the official record on the Kennedy assassination. Farris Rookstool III is a former FBI analyst who reviewed Kennedy assassination documents. They’ve got the Warren Commission report, which most people now feel was incomplete and rushed. And he made an important point that extends well beyond the Kennedy assassination.

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☆ Opinion: Putin, Trump, and a remarkable split-screen moment in world history
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Sheena Mckenzie | Opinion Frida Ghitis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

She is a weekly opinion contributor to CNN, a contributing columnist to The Washington Post and a columnist for World Politics Review. First, that Prigozhin had openly challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin, and second, that countless others who had defied Putin have met untimely, violent deaths. In different ways, both Putin and Trump are key players in that phenomenon. Neither Trump nor Putin are novices at the art of conjuring major victories by going to war against the truth. Putin launched the full-scale war in Ukraine around the 8th anniversary of his 2014 invasion of Crimea.

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☆ Voice referendum: Australia sets date for historic referendum on its First Nations people
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Brisbane, Australia CNN —Australia has set the date for its first referendum in 24 years as polls suggest the government is on course for failure unless it can reverse declining support. As soon as the date was announced, the no campaign sent a text message calling for tax deductible donations that read: “It’s on! Votes in the territories – the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory will only be included in the national total. The Voice, if approved, would enshrine a body in the constitution made up of Indigenous people to advise the government on laws that relate to them. Tamati Smith/Getty ImagesNo vote strengthening in the pollsBut recent polling suggests if a vote was cast now, it would likely fail.

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☆ Trump tape: The audio that encapsulates why the former president may be unfit for the Oval Office -- and why it may not matter
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Critics on Tuesday seized on the latest Trump tape as a perfect example of why the twice-impeached, twice-indicted former president is unfit to return to the Oval Office. On the audio – exclusively obtained by CNN – Trump discusses holding a secret document. In the tape, Trump seems to indicate he was holding up information that may be among the government’s most closely guarded secrets. As he often did in office, Trump appears to have been using US national security as a tool for his own personal or political gain. In response to the tape, Trump – as he often does – sought to redefine an apparent example of aberrant behavior as perfectly acceptable.

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☆ These Activists Distrust Voting Machines. Just Don’t Call Them Election Deniers.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Stuart A. Thompson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Ms. Friesdat and other activists like her fear that their work may become too closely tied to conspiracy theorists and Mr. Trump’s cause, making potential allies, like progressives, wary of joining the fight. “You sow a seed of doubt, and that will grow and fester into a conspiracy theory,” said Tim Weninger, a computer science professor at the University of Notre Dame who studies misinformation on social media. It is now happening in New York, where officials are considering certifying new voting machines made by Election Systems & Software, a manufacturer based in Omaha. The company has been targeted in Mr. Trump’s voting fraud narrative, alongside competitors like Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic. Yet, ES&S and its machines have also come under scrutiny by election activists and security experts.

Persons: Friesdat, ” Ms, ”, Tim Weninger Organizations: University of Notre Dame, Election Systems, Software, Mr, Dominion Voting Systems Locations: New York, Omaha

☆ ChatGPT Secret Training Data: the Top 50 Books AI Bots Are Reading
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

To figure out what GPT-4 has read, they quizzed it on its knowledge of various books, as if it were a high-school English student. One way to answer the question is to look for information that could have come from only one place. Genre — sci-fi, mystery, romance, horror — is, broadly speaking, more interesting, partially because these books have plots where things actually happen. Bamman's GPT-4 list is a Borgesian library of episodic connections, cliffhangers, third-act complications, and characters taking arms against seas of troubles (and whales). See what a bot makes of Gene Wolfe's "The Book of the New Sun," maybe, or Sheri Tepper's "Grass."

☆ Ground Zero worker urges Kevin McCarthy to punish George Santos for lying about his mom being a 9/11 victim
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Ground Zero worker called on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to take action against Rep. George Santos. The worker, John Feal, called on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to take action against Santos for the claim, one of a string of untruths which have unraveled since Santos took office. "Kevin McCarthy can easily fix this," he said. But immigration documents obtained by news organisations this week showed that Santos' mother told US authorities in 2003 that she had been in Brazil since 1999. McCarthy has said that Santos has the right to serve in Congress and has handed him committee assignments.

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