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☆ Videos capture a Russian strike fighter on fire moments before it crashed into an apartment building
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Russian Su-34 warplane crashed into an apartment building in western Russia on Monday. One of the fighter-bomber's engines caught fire, and the two pilots ejected, according to reports. Yeysk is located along the Sea of Azov, a short distance across the water from the Russian-occupied Ukrainian port city Mariupol. Screengrab/Google MapsAccording to an open-source intelligence analysis by Oryx, Russian forces have lost at least 16 Su-34 fighter-bombers throughout the nearly 8-month invasion of Ukraine. Monday's accident marks the 10th non-combat crash of a Russian warplane, CBS News reported.

☆ Indiana woman gets 115 years for poisoning man's oatmeal and strangling him with his favorite tie
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

An Indiana woman who poisoned the oatmeal of her child's father and strangled him with his favorite tie has been sentenced to more than 100 years in prison. They found Kelley unresponsive at his home, and Littlefield '"grabbed Fran’s 'favorite tie'" and strangled him, the affidavit states. When Littlefield was convicted of murder and conspiracy to commit murder, her daughter provided some of the most damaging witness testimony The Indianapolis Star reported in August. Littlefield's daughter pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy to commit murder and was sentenced to 26 years in prison. Her boyfriend pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to commit murder.

☆ A nuclear attack would most likely target one of 6 US cities. Simulated images show how a Hiroshima-like explosion would affect each.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Any buildings, objects, and people caught within this radius would likely burst into flames. Green: Radiation (0.74-mile radius) — Within at least 15 minutes of a blast, clouds of dust and sandlike radioactive particles — what's referred to as nuclear fallout — would reach the ground. Nuclear fallout can cause radiation poisoning, which damages the body's cells and prove fatal. Blue-gray: Air blast (1.04-mile radius) — Air blasts are powerful enough to topple residential buildings. The tool, which can be found here, allows you to input the city and the yield of the nuclear weapon you'd like to simulate.

☆ Gay couple beaten and bloodied outside of Connecticut gay bar
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Matt Lavietes | Matt Lavietes Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A gay couple was beaten and bloodied in front of the Connecticut gay bar they own. Fitzpatrick said the assault amounted to a hate crime and that the incident is "being mishandled" by the Norwalk Police Department. The man then made disparaging remarks about the bar and the people inside it using anti-LGBTQ slurs, Fitzpatrick recounted. Fitzpatrick and Ruiz did not respond to NBC News' multiple requests for comment on Wednesday. The Norwalk incident is the latest in a slew of violent threats and attacks against LGBTQ people throughout the country this year.

☆ South Carolina authorities say man confessed to killing 5 after he'd been on meth for days
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A man who authorities said confessed to killing five people and told them he'd been high on methamphetamines for days has been arrested in the fatal shootings in South Carolina. The scene of the shootings in Inman, S.C. Google MapsDrayton lived at the home for two weeks, the sheriff’s office said in a statement. Thomas Ellis Anderson, 37; Adam Daniel Morley, 32; Mark Allen Hewitt, 59; and Roman Christean Megael Rocha, 19, were killed, the sheriff’s office said. Authorities responded to the house at 7:45 p.m. Sunday and found four people fatally wounded, the sheriff's office said. Someone that hadn’t slept in four days — they’re probably not thinking.”It wasn't clear when Drayton would be extradited to South Carolina.

☆ The CEO of OpenTable says there's no such thing as a 'wrong turn' in your career: 'You really don't have to stress out'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

At some point, you might find yourself agonizing over an important career decision. And Soo says she never would have even made it to Kayak if not for an early career job she initially thought she'd regret. Her takeaway: Whether you enjoy or hate your job, you'll undeniably learn from it. Be open-mindedEven if you dislike your position right off the bat, remember that there's always something to learn from the experience, Soo says. "That hasn't been my experience, and I'm sure that won't be what other people experience ... You really don't have to stress out too much."

☆ Here's the 9-page pitch deck that Altana, a startup building Google Maps for supply chains, used to a raise a $100 million
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-06 | by ( Emma Cosgrove | Alex Davies | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Altana Technologies is mapping global supply chains as Google Maps does the world. Altana CEO Evan Smith is building a new version of "Google Maps," but his 5-year-old startup has nothing to do with routes or directions. It's all about global supply chains. Smith told Insider. There, they sold supply-chain data but didn't translate it into any deeper meaning, Smith told Insider last year.

☆ A California woman accused of running over a man she thought was trying to hit a cat is charged with murder
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A California driver was charged with fatally mowing down a man whom she accused of trying to run over a cat, authorities said Wednesday. Hannah Star Esser, 20, was charged with murder and is being held on $1 million bail in the Sept. 25 encounter in Cypress, a Southern California suburb southeast of Los Angeles, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. Prosecutors say Esser confronted Luis Anthony Victor, 43, because she believed he was trying to hit a cat with his car. In a statement, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer described the killing as a "random act of violence targeting a stranger." She is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 13 and could face 25 years to life in prison.

☆ Here are all the new features Google recently announced that show how seriously the company is taking the threat of TikTok becoming Gen Z's search engine of choice
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Google has rolled out new features to win back young users who reportedly have turned to TikTok as a search engine. Some features include a neighborhood "vibe" feature and updated ways for users to search for top-rated local restaurants. TikTok is quietly encroaching on Google's search engine dominance, especially with young people, and Google has announced a number of new features to seemingly try to beat back the competition. Youtube, which is owned by Google, announced last week that it would share advertising revenue with short-form creators in an apparent attempt to coax influencers away from TikTok and Reels. Check out the updates Google announced on Wednesday to appeal to young users.

☆ Russia's neighbor considers asylum for draft dodgers who can prove they were conscripted, but not young men afraid of being called up
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russia's European neighbors say they will not take in Russians fleeing mobilization. But Latvia has told Insider it will consider giving asylum to men who can prove they've been drafted. Russia's European neighbors have largely rejected the idea that they would let in Russians fleeing out of fear that they will be sent to Ukraine. Pabriks echoed the reasoning given by Russia's other neighbors for not taking in fleeing Russians. Latvia's foreign ministry took a more cautious tone on Russians fleeing mobilization.

☆ The era of the Big Tech moonshot is over
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Each of these ideas is a "moonshot," or a radical, potentially world-changing project that Big Tech companies have worked on in recent years. Is the era of Big Tech moonshots over? For years, companies like Amazon, Google, and Facebook dumped money and energy into radical, potentially world-changing projects. But recently, Big Tech firms have been scaling back their ambitions — and have instead turned to a Wall Street-appeasing pragmatism. It comes after Amazon workers of all types have been pushing for higher pay for years.

☆ 1 dead and 1 in custody after a shooting at an Arkansas hospital, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

One person died following a report of an active shooter inside an Arkansas hospital Wednesday morning, authorities said. CHI St. Vincent Hospital in Sherwood, Ark. Little Rock police said in a tweet they assisted in the investigation by detaining a "potential suspect" at an Exxon gas station. The Sherwood Police Department said earlier Wednesday in a statement: “We can confirm an active shooter at SVI. “@ATFNewOrleans special agents are responding to reports of a shooting incident at St. Vincent Hospital in Sherwood, AR.

☆ Search team finds the body of famed US mountain climber Hilaree Nelson 2 days after she went missing on Himalaya peak
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The body of US mountaineer and extreme skier Hilaree Nelson was found on Wednesday in the Himalayas. A rescue team recovered her body near the peak of Mount Manaslu , the eighth highest summit in the world. Mount Nelson, 49, went missing on Monday as she was attempting to sky down the summit with her partner. Nelson, 49, had gone missing on Monday after falling down the peak of the world's eighth highest peak, Mount Manaslu, per The New York Times. In 2018, they successfully skied down Lhotse, the world's fourth-highest mountain, which straddles Nepal and Tibet, per the Times.

☆ Google adds new search features to try to give users the 'vibe' of a city or neighborhood
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Jennifer Elias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Google launches new "vibe" feature that allows users to show the business, weather and features of a particular location on any given day. Google now says it has enough local data to predict a neighborhood's “vibes" in search results. It's part of the way Google is more tightly integrating maps data as it redesigns its search features to go beyond text and images. The features combine artificial intelligence with local data from Google Maps users who add more than 20 million “contributions” including reviews, photos and videos, the company said. The "immersive view," will be able to combine aerial views with weather, traffic and crowds data.

☆ Google's TikTok update: The 24 year-old internet giant is updating its most important products to appeal to younger, more visual users
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The company is trying to appeal to younger users who are moving away from text-based searching. "Until you really stop and think about it, you don't realize how many questions you have each day that you do not actually search for," Google Search VP Cathy Edwards told Insider in an interview. Additionally, Google is updating its 'Live View' to let Maps users search for nearby restaurants, parking, and other amenities from within the app as they navigate using their smartphone. In July, Google Search lead Prabhakar Raghavan suggested the company's Search and Maps products were threatened by the rise of new apps being adopted by a younger generation of users. Speaking at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference, Raghavan said younger people were turning to apps like TikTok and Instagram for discovery purposes.

☆ How to find elevation on Google Maps on your computer or mobile device
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Kelly Laffey | Sep | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

By default, Google Maps only shows elevation in mountainous areas — it doesn't report elevation everywhere. Google Maps has revolutionized how people get from point A to point B, and even how they discover new locations. Users can turn on the Google Maps terrain feature using a desktop or mobile device. Note that Google Maps does not report elevation for all areas — only naturally mountainous land will have an elevation option. How to find elevation on Google Maps on a mobile device1.

☆ The company trying to buy Trump's Truth Social has changed its HQ address from a WeWork to a mailbox at a UPS Store
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The company trying to buy Trump's Truth Social has changed its HQ address to a UPS mailbox. Digital World Acquisition previously had its HQ address listed as a WeWork building in Miami. The blank-check company's proposed deal with Truth Social has been plagued by setbacks. A buyout deal between Digital World and Truth Social was first announced in October 2021, and was originally set to close in September 2022. Digital World did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, made outside of regular working hours.

☆ They Wanted Good Light and a Dog Park. But the Front Door Could Not Face South.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Debra Kamin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

When Anjali Ramani and Konstantinos Koiliaris set out to look for a new home last summer, they knew they wanted something turnkey, with good light and at least 1,000 square feet. Ms. Ramani, 26, was born in Singapore to an Indian family committed to Vastu Shastra, the ancient Indian philosophy of architecture and design. “When my parents checked, they told us the door either had to face north or east to be good for us and to bring us happiness,” Ms. Ramani said. “We always thought we’d start with something small, maybe just try to get our hands on a one-bedroom, and go from there,” Ms. Ramani said. “A lot of our house-hunting was actually about his preferences,” Ms. Ramani said.

And we still do.”A recent study of small business owners by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce found that inflation and supply chain issues are the top challenges entrepreneurs face today. One in three small business owners call inflation their highest concern and 67% of them have raised prices in response to inflation. “The Paycheck Protection Program continues to be disadvantageous to smaller businesses, businesses owned by people of color, and businesses without employees. According to NBC Bay Area, searches for “Black-owned businesses near me” peaked in June 2020, with companies like Yelp making it easier for people to find and support Black-owned businesses, per data from Google. She said that during the height of the social justice movement, corporations and financial institutions pledged to support Black-owned businesses.

☆ See the exclusive 22-slide pitch deck that AI company 4M Analytics used to raise $45 million in Series A funding
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

4M Analytics uses AI and other tools to create its 'Google maps' for underground utilities. 4M Analytics, which uses technology and resources like artificial intelligence, satellite imagery and records to locate underground utility infrastructure, has raised a total of more than $45 million in Series A funding. The latest was an extension of its Series A round — led by Insight Partners and ITI Venture Capital Partners — which raised some $30 million. "We saw the market of subsurface utility engineering and the manually intensive processes of creating maps," Malka said. 4M Analytics' technology to create these underground maps does not use sensors — it uses just satellite imagery, records, and a data engine to identify utility infrastructure underground, according to the company.

☆ Here's Bret Taylor's first big technical move at Salesforce since becoming co-CEO last year
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ten months after his promotion to co-CEO of Salesforce, serving alongside famed founder Marc Benioff, Bret Taylor is gearing up to take the stage at the annual Dreamforce conference for the first time under his new title. It's called Genie, and it's designed to update Salesforce's dominant sales database software with modern technology that gives salespeople real-time information at their fingertips. Taylor and Benioff will deliver their keynote on Tuesday, starting at 10 a.m. Pacific Time in San Francisco. The 23-year-old company's original data storage software functions with a transactional database from Oracle, where Benioff spent 13 years before starting Salesforce. Taylor said that, over time, Genie will be integrated into Salesforce's other key products — its clouds for sales, service and commerce.

☆ Scientists may have solved the mystery of how the ancient Egyptians hauled millions of 2-ton blocks of stone through the desert to build the pyramids
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-02 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ancient Egyptians built the spectacular Giza pyramids in what is now a desert landscape. The Sphinx at the Giza Pyramids on November 20, 2019. Khufu's pyramid, known as the Great Pyramid, was the first to be built and the biggest of the three. The Great Pyramid is the oldest of the famed Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the only one to remain largely intact. An Egyptian walks at the Giza Pyramids in Egypt, on April 26, 2021.

☆ Satellite phones, a safe house in the mountains, and cash reserves: How one Ukrainian tech company's extensive war-prep plan enabled it to grow amid the Russian invasion and even aid the fight
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-31 | by ( Sage Lazzaro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Petruk said his prep enabled the company to continue growing amid the war and even aid the fight. Anticipating the invasion, Petruk had spent several months stocking resources and readying backup communication systems for his team. He also recommended employees start working from the western part of Ukraine, where the company stocked food and reserved cash. Some members of the WeSoftYou team pose with their new Starlink internet-service equipment. Some Ukrainian companies lost all their clients upon the invasion, Petruk said.

☆ Many Gen Zers don’t use Google. Here’s why they prefer to search on TikTok and Instagram.
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Kahlan-Rosenblatt.Jpg | Kalhan Rosenblatt | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

When asked why they don't use Google as much, the Gen Zers interviewed by NBC News had a simple answer: They prefer visual platforms. "Our goal with Search is to provide people the most relevant and useful information available," according to the post. "People have more ways to search for information than ever before—and increasingly this is happening outside the context of only a search engine." According to Raghavan, Google is testing some newer features. If Google doesn't evolve, some believe TikTok will ultimately surpass it as the top search tool.

☆ ‘The World Without Us’: The abandoned sites overrun by nature
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-23 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

However, French photographer Romain Veillon is making it his mission to capture in pictures the potential result of a planet without people. The 38-year-old has spent years photographing abandoned places around the world that have been overtaken by nature, with eerily beautiful results. ‘Post-apocalyptic vision’An image of abandoned Namibian ghost town Kolmanskop by photographer Romain Veillon. The first showcases deserted places that remain relatively well preserved and the second focuses on dilapidated sites in a far worse state. Nature reclaimingThe photographer managed to visit abandoned theme park Nara Dreamland in Japan before it was demolished.

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