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☆ Lunchly: Logan Paul and MrBeast launch a Lunchables competitor
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Some of YouTube’s biggest stars are taking on Lunchables with a competitor of their own. MrBeast, Logan Paul and KSI are teaming up on a “groundbreaking new better-for-you lunch option” called Lunchly, which combines all of their products into one meal that’s aimed at their young fan base. “Our end game has always been to not only provide high quality products, but also healthier alternatives,” Lunchly cofounder Logan Paul said in a press release. Lunchly’s launch comes when Lunchable, owned by Kraft Heinz, announced a major initiative last year to be a part of school lunch programs. Of course, KSI, Paul and MrBeast know how to launch brands, thanks in part to their fervent fan base.

Persons: Logan Paul, Paul, Lunchly, Lunchables ”, ” Lunchly, Kat, Kraft Heinz, MrBeast, hasn’t, ” Jeffrey Klineman, BevNet, “ Paul Organizations: New, New York CNN, Kraft, Consumer, Gatorade, BodyArmor, CNN Locations: New York, Lunchables

Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals sounded unconvinced Monday that the TikTok “sale or ban” law, signed by President Joe Biden in April, was unconstitutional. TikTok and ByteDance have since condemned the practice and said that three employees involved were terminated, with an additional employee resigning. Pincus also said that the data TikTok collects from American users is anonymized and is comparable to other Chinese companies, like major e-commerce platforms. TikTok creators and users in the U.S. have responded overwhelmingly negatively to the proposed ban. Trump then expressed support for TikTok following Biden’s passage of the national security package that included the provision to ban TikTok.

Persons: Joe Biden, TikTok, ”, Andrew Pincus, “, it’s, Pincus, Pincus didn’t, Judge Neomi Rao, ” Rao, Biden, Kamala Harris, Kamala, Donald Trump’s, TAYLOR SWIFT, ” Trump, Trump Organizations: Circuit U.S, Chinese Communist Party, Oracle, Forbes, Palestine Information Office, ByteDance, Justice Department, “ Biden Locations: U.S, Texas, Oracle’s U.S, China, Palestine, Tibet

☆ Amazon drops the hammer on remote work and orders employees back to the office 5 days a week starting January
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The rule further tightens the requirement from last year that workers be on-site at least three days a week. "If anything, the last 15 months we've been back in the office at least three days a week has strengthened our conviction about the benefits," Jassy said. And Meta's Mark Zuckerberg helped kick off the org-chart flattening trend when he criticized "managers managing managers" at the start of his "year of efficiency" in 2023. If anything, the last 15 months we've been back in the office at least three days a week has strengthened our conviction about the benefits. Before the pandemic, not everybody was in the office five days a week, every week.

Persons: Jassy, we've, Jassy's, Mark Zuckerberg, Dominick, we're, I've, it's, It's, Andy Organizations: Walmart, Bloomberg, Business, Healthcare, U.S, Puget Sound Locations: NYC, Arlington, Europe

☆ Storm Boris: 10 killed as a month’s worth of rain pounds central Europe
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —At least 10 people have been killed in some of the worst floods to hit central Europe in decades as Storm Boris sweeps through the region, dumping well over a month’s worth of rain. Across the border in the Czech Republic, thousands of residents have been left without hot water and electricity after authorities shuttered heating plants. Authorities are also alarmed by the situation in the Czech town of Litovlje, where 80% of buildings are submerged. The town’s mayor, Viktor Kohout, told CNN Prima that the Morava river is expected to crest at 2 p.m. local time (8 a.m. Police have extensively “warned the public about the danger” of walking along the river, a Bratislava Police spokesperson told CNN on Monday.

Persons: Boris, “, Johanna Mikl, Leitner, Jaroslav Ozana, Kacper Pempel, Wladyslaw Kosiniak, Kamysz, Viktor Kohout, Sergei Gapon, Zdenek Kuzilek, Viktor Orban, Orban, ” Orban Organizations: CNN, Veolia, CNN Prima, ” Firefighters, Moravska Ostrava, Reuters, TVN24, Polish, PAP, Authorities, Getty, Danube . Police, Bratislava Police Locations: Europe, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ostrava, Polish, Lower Austria, ” Lower Austria, Privoz, Nysa Klodzka, Nysa, Reuters Europe, Klodzko, Czech, Litovlje, Jesenik, Rudawa, AFP, Budapest, Slovakian, Bratislava

☆ How pregnancy changes the brain
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Researchers have created one of the first comprehensive maps of how the brain changes throughout pregnancy, substantially improving upon understanding of an understudied field. What brain changes mean for parentsThe functional implications these brain changes may have for birthing parents have yet to be determined, said Dr. Elseline Hoekzema, head of the Pregnancy and the Brain Lab at Amsterdam University Medical Center, via email. However, some of Hoekzema’s previous work has indicated associations between pregnancy-related brain changes and the ways a birthing parent’s brain and body respond and bond to infants’ cues, Hoekzema added. These findings are also in line with animal studies showing brain changes that were critical for the onset and continuation of maternal care. “Of the 50,000 brain imaging articles published in the last 30 years, less than half of 1% focus on health factors unique to women, like pregnancy.

Persons: Elizabeth R, Chrastil, ”, Emily Jacobs, ” Jacobs, Jacobs, Jodi Pawluski, Pawluski wasn’t, Magdalena Martínez García, wasn’t, Elseline Hoekzema, Hoekzema wasn’t, Hoekzema, ” Pawluski, “, ” Hoekzema, Pawluski, haven’t, Ann S, Bowers, Chan Zuckerberg, we’ve Organizations: CNN —, Neuroscience, University of California, UC Santa Barbara, Jacobs Lab, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Brain Health Initiative Locations: Santa Barbara, France, Spain

☆ My family immigrated to the UK with nothing when I was 5. Now I run a fitness empire that made $70 million last year.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

I was an immigrant child, and growing up in the UK in an Albanian family wasn't easy. It's ironic, given that I now run two fitness businesses and my main passion is getting women into strength training. I now run two fitness businesses that combined made over $70 million last year. What strength training does for your mind and body is profound; it's so empowering. It was good for SEO but contradicted our message and ethos, which is that strength training is about more than just how your body looks.

Persons: —, Krissy Cela, — I'd, Jack Bullimore, I've, David, Lukas Kurzmann, I'd, We've, Oner, I'm Organizations: Service, Business Locations: London, LA, Albania, Greece, PE

☆ TikTok has 15 minutes to fight for its life
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The law Biden signed seeks to ban TikTok on Americans’ personal devices unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, quickly sells TikTok to someone else — which may effectively end the app as we currently know it. TikTok will not get the luxury of a full trial to argue for its continued existence in its current form. But it won’t be alone: A group of TikTok creators also suing the Biden administration will go next, with 10 minutes to speak. Court filings show that TikTok and US national security officials had hammered out a draft proposal to address the security concerns. The question is whether all that amounts to enough influence over ByteDance and TikTok to gain access to US TikTok users’ data, in spite of the guardrails promised by Project Texas.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, TikTok, Sri Srinivasan, Judge Neomi Rao, Donald Trump, Douglas Ginsburg, Reagan, ’ TikTok, “, ”, Chris Inglis Organizations: CNN, Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Oracle, Justice Department, Independent, Project Texas, Federal Communications Commission Locations: China, United States, ByteDance, U.S, Beijing

☆ Inside Amazon's new AI sales machine: More pressure, more pay, more speed
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementThese AWS staffers were asked to find at least one sales opportunity each month for Q, Amazon's AI assistant, and Bedrock, the company's AI platform. AdvertisementMany AWS sales teams have new performance targets tied to AI products. AdvertisementHitting these goals is important for Amazon employees because that can result in higher performance ratings, a key factor in getting a raise or promotion. The "Find One, Launch One, Ramp One" initiative includes AWS sales architects. More pressure but also more rewardsAmazon is also doling out bonuses and other forms of potentially higher pay for AI sales success.

Persons: —, Matt Garman, salespeople, AWS's, Garman, Microsoft Satya Nadella, Justin Sullivan, Q, hasn't Organizations: Service, North, Business, AWS, Messaging, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, BI, there's, Amazon Connect Locations: North America

☆ From Ukraine to Hawaii, associates of Trump assassination attempt suspect say his ‘delusion of grandeur’ and odd behavior left them questioning his mental state
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Isabelle Chapman | Casey Tolan | Curt Devine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

In one tweet, Routh wrote that “I would like to invite you to Hawaii for vacation. Newsweek Romania journalist Remus Cernea, one of the people listed on the website, told CNN he met Routh in Kyiv’s Maidan Square in June 2022. Tracy Fulk, a Greensboro police officer at the time, told CNN that the incident started when she pulled Routh over for a traffic stop. Audrey McAvoy/APA Hawaiian man who gave Routh’s company a bad review on Facebook told CNN he was unsettled by Routh’s response to the criticism. “We must push forward with logical leadership that supports the ones that wish to accomplish great things,” Routh wrote in one post.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ryan Wesley Routh, Joe Biden, “, Ukraine ”, Volodymyr Zelensky, Routh, hadn’t, Biden, Zelensky, Ryan Routh's, Trump, Routh’s, –, ”, Tulsi Gabbard, Beto O’Rourke, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, Andrew Yang, Joe, hillary, ” Routh, Kim Jong Un, ” Zelensky, Routh’s fiancée, Kathleen Shaffer, Shaffer, Efrem, Semafor, Oleksandr Shaguri, ” Michael Wasiura, ” Wasiura, ” Evelyn Aschenbrenner, Aschenbrenner, ” Aschenbrenner, Ryan O’Leary, ” O’Leary, Remus Cernea, Cernea, it’s, ” Cernea, barricading, Tracy Fulk, Fulk, ” Fulk, didn’t, ” Ryan Routh's, Audrey McAvoy, Saili Levi, Levi, you’re, ” Levi, Ryan Routh ”, Nelli Black, Benjamin Brown, Scott Glover, Lex Harvey, Winter, Rob Kuznia, Kyung Lah, Daniel Medina, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Rob Picheta, Puy Kamp, Sabrina Shulman, Teele Rebane, Adam Renton, Jessie Yeung Organizations: CNN, Twitter, Trump, Martin County Sheriff’s, Martin County Sheriff's, Facebook, Service, Republican, X, Machine, Commission, Democratic, North, “ WE, New York Times, Ukraine’s Land Forces Command, Legion, country’s International, Army National Guard, Global Citizen, Taiwan, Taiwan Foreign Legion, Newsweek Romania, Greensboro, Sheriff’s Office, Guilford County North Carolina Sheriff’s, Honolulu Star, Star, Advertiser, Honolulu, roosters Locations: Ukraine, Hawaii, Afghanistan, Ukrainian, Honolulu, Oahu, Florida, Martin County, Russia, Zelensky, American, Kyiv’s, Kyiv, Taiwan, North Korea, China, Kyiv’s Maidan, North Carolina, Greensboro, Guilford, Guilford County North Carolina, Kaʻaʻawa, Oahu Island, Oran, Majlie

☆ Citi shakes up leadership after $136 million in fines for data quality issues. A memo to employees breaks down what you need to know.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In July, regulators fined the bank $136 million for failing to fix its data quality issues quickly enough. "Data and technology are intrinsically linked and the maturity and sustainability of our Data Transformation plan require that we leverage technology more," the memo reads. AdvertisementCiti is also appointing a new leader to run its Chief Data Office: Ashutosh Nawani, who previously led enterprise risk management. Nawani will report to Ryan and serve as head of enterprise data office and data transformation. Mehta became chief data officer the following month.

Persons: —, Tim Ryan, Anand Selva, Ryan, we've, Selva, We've, Ashutosh Nawani, Nawani, Japan Mehta, Jane Fraser, Kathleen Martin, Martin, Mehta Organizations: Service, Citigroup, Citi, Business, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Revlon, Data, PwC, OCC Locations: London, Japan, India, Asia, Singapore, New York, Selva

“We have war, no schools… Yet the children are eager to learn,” Al Ghoul told CNN. Oula Al Ghoul, a Palestinian teacher, has established a makeshift classroom for displaced children in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. Israel’s bombing campaign has destroyed 123 schools and universities in Gaza, according to the Government Media Office (GMO) there. Several Palestinian children told CNN that days spent learning have been replaced by a struggle for survival. She told CNN on Friday that she had registered for her university course last fall – just before the hostilities erupted.

Persons: Oula Al Ghoul, ” Al Ghoul, Al Ghoul, “, ”, Raghad Ezzat, –, ” Israel, jerry, clamoring, Sajid, ” Maryam Shtawi, Antonio Guterres, Mohammad Masoud, ‘, Khan Younis, Liz Allcock, ” Allcock, “ I’ve, Ramadan Abed Organizations: CNN, United Nations ’, UNICEF, Government Media Office, UN, IDF, Hamas, Ministry of Health, Schools, UNRWA, Gaza Civil Defense, Aid, MAP, Reuters Locations: Deir al, Gaza, Palestinian, Beit Lahia, Israel, Al, Deir Al

☆ I Joined New York City's Rat Czar to Fight the City's Rodent Invasion
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( James Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

In reality, the Rat Pack offers regular citizens a crash course in rodent mitigation in hopes of inspiring them to take more active roles in what often feels like an unwinnable battle. AdvertisementThose who join the Rat Pack must complete three activities: a "rat walk" that promises to "uncover the world of urban rats," a two-hour "rat academy" on rodent-prevention methods, and a service project, like a park cleanup. If you seek to understand this rat, Corradi told our group, "you can kind of just hold up a mirror and look at yourself." Related storiesCorradi, recognizable from various press appearances and her navy Rat Pack hat, is supposed to offer New Yorkers additional peace of mind. And yet I secured my precious Rat Pack merch by doing exactly that.

Persons: Andrew Barrett, He's, Barrett, Eric Adams, Kathleen Corradi, Brooklyn's Herbert Von King, wouldn't, Corradi, haven't, Adams, Michael Parsons, we've, doesn't, there's, We've, —, I'd, shrugged, You'll Organizations: NYC, Cub Scouts, Anadolu Agency, Washington DC, Anadolu Locations: Brooklyn, Yorkers, New York, New York City, Chicago, Brooklyn's Chinatown, West Harlem

China’s Risky Power Play in the South China SeaChina’s coast guard ships have swarmed and collided with Philippine boats. A New FlashpointFor months, the latest target of China’s power play was a Philippine coast guard ship, the Teresa Magbanua. Philippine coast guard Chinese ships Noon, June 17 A group of Chinese ships moved to block the Philippine vessel. SECOND THOMAS SHOAL SABINA SHOAL A Chinese ship began tailing a Philippine ship around 8 a.m. More Chinese ships waited here. 6 p.m. SECOND THOMAS SHOAL SABINA SHOAL The Chinese ships followed the Philippine ship.

Persons: Teresa Magbanua, Sabina, Thomas, ”, Jay Batongbacal, Sabina Shoal, Hu Bo, Ferdinand R, Marcos Jr, Mr, Hu, Marcos, Manlia, Jan, Thomas Shoal, “, Rommel Ong, Wu Yanan, Samuel Paparo, General, Lei Organizations: South China, Bank, University of the, Philippine Coast Guard, Coast Guard, Associated Press, Armed Forces, Facebook, Ateneo School of Government, Philippine Navy, Philippine, China Coast Guard, Reuters, THOMAS, SECOND, Strategic, International Studies, Pacific Command, Theater Command, United, Liberation Army’s Academy of Military Sciences, People’s Liberation Army Locations: South, Philippine, China, Philippines, United States, Chinese, Spratly, Scarborough Shoal, Vietnam, PHILIPPINES SPRATLY, Palawan, SPRATLY, PHILIPPINES Palawan, Sabina, Manila, Asia, University of the Philippines, South China, Beijing, Shoal, Palawan ., China’s, U.S, United

☆ How I'm approaching the stock market after its wild reversal to start September
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The week before, Broadcom had allegedly disappointed, causing Nvidia , the inevitable key to this market, to continue its descent. Which brings me back to the initial concept of the big declining week followed by the big advancing week. A good week for Kamala Harris turns out to be a big week for Nextracker — and that's really it for now. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade.

Persons: Larry Ellison, Ellison, Cerner, Ellison's, Eaton, Jensen, Bing, Microsoft's Bing, underinvesting, Huang, Blackwell, Dupont, Kamala Harris, Nextracker, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Justin Sullivan Organizations: Nasdaq, Federal, Broadcom, Nvidia, Oracle, Marvell, Meta, Microsoft, Google, mightily, Street, Fed, Dreamforce, downer, Adobe, JPMorgan, Healthcare, pharma, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC Locations: Silicon Valley, San Francisco

“My father, who had experience in the food industry, told me at first to do something else. He said it’s too hard, it’s too much work, too many hours,” Pulido told NBC News. Since then, Pulido has expanded her dining area and her kitchen, she told NBC News. “The week that I was sworn in was the week that I delivered my last baby,” she told NBC News. This year, she was recognized with the 2024 Latino Spirit Award from the California Latino Legislative Caucus for her achievement in public service and health.

Persons: Kenny Luna, Luna, “ campo, Scott Hattis, Hattis, Dominican —, Yadi Garcia, ” Luna, ”, “, Loisa, Ana Liz Pulido, ’, Oscar ”, Beard, Ana Liz Taqueria, she’s, ” Pulido, Pulido, Dr, Diana E, Ramos, California’s, ” Ramos, ” Dr, Nadine Burke, Kimberly White, California Cristina Rivera Garza, Cristina Rivera Garza, “ Liliana’s, Rivera Garza —, MacArthur, Rivera Garza Organizations: Dominican dad’s New, Dominican, New York, NBC News, Mexican, NBC, OB, California Latino Legislative Caucus, Latina, South Central, Justice, University of Houston, U.S Locations: Dominican dad’s New York City, ”, Dominican, Caribbean, New, Side, Puerto Rican, U.S, Texas, Mexican American, Mission , Texas, Mission, California, South, South Central Los Angeles, Sacramento, Mexican, Mexico

Eight states will have constitutional amendments backed by Republican lawmakers on the November ballot designed to make clear that only American citizens can vote in elections in those states. But it’s already illegal for noncitizens to vote in elections in those states and at the federal level, and it rarely happens. Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, has long made false claims that noncitizens are voting in elections and that Democrats have helped them enter the country to cast those ballots. No state constitution in the U.S. allows noncitizens to vote. While Americans for Citizen Voting said it has no formal or informal relationship with the Trump campaign or the RNC, its chairman, Paul Jacob, said at a recent press conference that he hopes the ballot measures will help improve voter turnout.

Persons: it’s, stoke people’s, Donald Trump, ”, Jonathan Diaz, Mike Johnson, noncitizens, “, Sen, Julian Bradley, Bradley, Brad Overcash, ” Jack Tomczak, —, “ It’s, Brad Raffensperger, Diaz, Bree Grossi Wilde, Trump, ” Diaz, Grossi Wilde, Paul Jacob, ” Jacob Organizations: Republican, noncitizens, Trump, GOP, Republican National, D.C, United, Lawmakers, ”, ” Wisconsin Republican, Citizen, ” North, ” North Carolina Republican, stoke, Democracy Research, University of Wisconsin Law, RNC Locations: Idaho , Iowa , Kentucky , Missouri, North Carolina , Oklahoma, South Carolina, Wisconsin, U.S, Washington, Iowa , Missouri, Idaho, Kentucky, United States, ” Wisconsin, ” North Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina

Abortion rights opponents had argued in a pair of lawsuits that the amendment to expand abortion rights violated a state rule that says a ballot proposal must only address one subject. Matt Heffron, a senior counsel for a firm that argued against allowing the abortion rights initiative to stay on the ballot, slammed the high court's ruling. Colorado, New York and Maryland are the liberal-leaning states with abortion ballot measures. Arizona and Nevada — two key battleground states in the presidential election — also have abortion ballot initiatives. That same year, Kansas voters cast ballots against a proposed amendment which would have removed language guaranteeing abortion rights in the state.

Persons: ”, Matt Heffron, Heffron, Allie Berry, Berry, — Organizations: Nebraska Supreme, Thomas More Society, American Civil Liberties Union Locations: Nebraska, state’s, Chicago, Nebraska’s, ” Nebraska, Montana , South Dakota , Missouri, Florida . Colorado , New York, Maryland, Arizona, Nevada, Ohio , Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio, state's, Kansas

☆ Fact check: Harris campaign social media account has repeatedly deceived with misleading edits and captions
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Washington CNN —A social media account run by Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has been repeatedly deceptive. But the account, which the Harris campaign calls its “official rapid response page,” has itself made inaccurate comments on multiple occasions. The Harris campaign declined to comment on this @KamalaHQ post. The Harris campaign defended this @KamalaHQ post by arguing that “Trump’s entire platform is about embracing ‘tough’ policy of the past” on various subjects. The very next day, the Harris campaign used the @KamalaHQ account to tout her own popularity among chief executives.

Persons: Kamala Harris ’, Donald Trump, Harris, Trump, ”, “ Trump, “ Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, “, —, Charlottesville counterprotester Heather Heyer, David Muir, Muir, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Jesse, Watters, Greg Gutfeld —, Vance, Sen, JD Vance, Trump’s, Barack Obama, it’s, doesn’t, you’ll, “ Vance, William Martin, Martin, Vance “, JD Vance ”, Sally Smith, “ Smith, ’, Jack Posobiec, Posobiec Organizations: Washington CNN, Trump, ABC News, Fox News, ”, Department of Veterans Affairs, Marine Corps, of Veterans Affairs, Heritage Foundation, Republican, Social Security, of New, International Association of Fire Fighters, “ Trump, Trump loyalists Locations: Wilkes, Barre , Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, ‘ Pennsylvania, Arizona, Tucson, Charlottesville, California, Your, of New York, America, ”

CNN —At least eight people have died after some of the heaviest rain in years hit central and eastern Europe, causing flooding and widespread disruption. Rescuers have been working hard to rescue hundreds of people left stranded by heavy rainfall there. Garages and a house flooded in the town of Kłodzko, in Poland's southwest, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, after days of unusually heavy rain. Krzysztof Zatycki/APRising water along the Wien River during heavy rain on September 15, 2024, in Vienna, Austria. Many municipalities in Lower Austria have declared a state of emergency as heavy rainfall continued into Sunday.

Persons: Boris, Prudnicka, Cătălin Predoiu, Predoiu, Sofia Basalic, “, Gica Stan, Storm Boris, Krzysztof Zatycki, Christian Bruna, Donald Tusk, Tusk, Petr Pavel, Vlček, Miroslav Binar, Gabriel Kuchta, Tomas Benedikovic, Sergei Gapon, Ursula von der Leyen Organizations: CNN, Residents, AFP, Storm, Poland’s, ”, European Union, CNN Prima, Fire, Getty, European Commission Locations: Europe, Vienna, Bratislava, Prague, Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Klodzko county, Moszczanka, Romania, Galati, Kłodzko, Poland's, Sunday, Wien, Klodzko, Klodzko County, Czech, ”, Krnov, Jesenik, AFP, Glucholazy, Benešově nad Černou, Saxony, Lower Austria

☆ Elon Musk's ideas about government efficiency are all wrong, political scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

But two political scientists told Business Insider that Musk's desire to run the US government like a private business — an approach many private sector professionals have supported for decades — isn't as foolproof as the CEO might think. AdvertisementTrump, a businessman turned politician, based much of his first presidential campaign on the notion that his experience in the private sector would guide his approach to politics. "In the private sector, the motive is profit. "But inefficiency in the private sector isn't the same." Advertisement"A business isn't really self-correcting, at least not as easily as government is," Crouse said.

Persons: —, Elon, Trump, Musk, Hillary Clinton, he's, it's, Patricia Crouse, Grose, Al Gore, Cynthia Johnson, Ronald Reagan, George W, Bush, isn't, Elon Musk, Crouse Organizations: Service, Summit, Business, Trump, University of New, University of Southern, Reinventing, Community Initiative, Washington, Twitter Locations: Los Angeles, University of New Haven, University of Southern California, Reaganomics, Texas, Pennsylvania, America

☆ Buy stocks like Nvidia to cash in on the AI data center wave, Bank of America says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Bank of America highlighted a host of stocks that are worth snapping up — including a few names benefiting from the artificial intelligence and data center revolution. Johnson Controls "Best-in-class data center assets and change is coming. … Leading position in data centers JCI is on track to generate ~$4bn from data centers, or ~14% of revenue in FY24E. JCI's data center exposure compares to Trane Technologies' ~4% and Carrier's ~3%, by our estimate. … We rate Broadcom Buy due to its high-quality diversified exposure to secular product cycles in the smartphone, cloud data center, telecom and enterprise storage markets."

Persons: Alexander Waters, Waters, Dycom, Johnson, it's, Andrew Obin, Obin, George Oliver, Vivek Arya, Arya's, Arya Organizations: America, CNBC, Bank of, National Grid, Broadcom, Nvidia, Johnson, Dycom Industries, government's Broadband Equity, Dycom, JCI, Johnson Controls, VMware, Industries, Trane Technologies Locations: FY24E

☆ During ‘China Week,’ House GOP revived surveillance program. Asian Americans are slamming it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Kimmy Yam | Kimmy Yam Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Asian American groups are sounding the alarm after the House this week passed a bill seeking to revive the highly controversial, Trump-era surveillance program the China Initiative. “Originally a Trump-era initiative sold as a national security measure, the China Initiative instead turned out to be a witch hunt,” leaders from civil rights groups Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, Stop AAPI Hate, and the Asian American Scholar Forum said in a joint statement. The groups added that the initiative devastated families and impeded the United States’ ability to retain and attract academic talent. Asian American advocacy groups have long been warning of the security program’s “chilling” effects. He said that he “concluded that this initiative is not the right approach.”For more from NBC Asian America, sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Persons: Lance Gooden, ”, Mike Johnson, Jeff Sessions, Gang Chen, Chen, ” Chen, “, Anming Hu, University of Tennessee —, China Initiative —, ” Hu, Biden, Matthew Olsen Organizations: China Initiative, Lawmakers, Trump, Justice, American, Forum, NBC News, Chinese Communist Party, ”, MIT, U.S . Capitol, Nanotechnology, University of Tennessee, White, of Justice, George Mason University, National Security Division, DOJ, NBC Asian Locations: China, U.S, States, Texas, NBC Asian America

☆ How oil-rich Arkansas became a hotbed of lithium mining
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Lisa Setyon | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The future of lithium production in the U.S. is gaining momentum in Arkansas, as companies like ExxonMobil , Albemarle, and Standard Lithium make significant investments in the state. While most of the world's lithium still comes from countries like Australia, Chile and China, Arkansas could change that. Standard Lithium, which has operated in Arkansas since 2020, is also expanding its Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) facility in El Dorado, thanks to a $100 million investment from Koch Strategic Platforms. Still, companies like Albemarle and Standard Lithium told CNBC they remain optimistic about Arkansas' potential to become a key player in the global lithium market. "The United States has to step up," said Robert Mintak, CEO of Standard Lithium.

Persons: Wesley Hamilton, Shon Hiatt, Robert Mintak, We've Organizations: United States Geological Survey, Energy, Exxon Mobil, Koch, Business, University of Southern, Atlantic Council, CNBC Locations: U.S, Arkansas, Albemarle, Australia, Chile, China , Arkansas, El Dorado, University of Southern California, China, United States

The White House wrote that image-based sexual abuse “has skyrocketed,” disproportionately affecting women, children and LGBTQ people. More nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfake videos were uploaded online in 2023 than all previous years combined. Franks said that while the voluntary efforts the White House highlighted are welcome, she does not see them as a substitute for legislation. Still, he said, the Biden administration’s and Vice President Kamala Harris’ focus on gender violence, online harassment and image-based sexual abuse was “transformative” compared with the work of previous administrations and the impact it has on victims and their advocates. On Google’s search engine and Microsoft’s Bing, NBC News previously found that nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes were available at the top of some search results.

Persons: “, deepfakes, ”, Mary Anne Franks, “ It’s, Franks, Biden administration’s, Kamala Harris ’, Microsoft’s Bing, Alexandra Reeve Givens Organizations: White House, ” Tech, Meta, Microsoft, Group, Center for Democracy and Technology, Civil Rights Initiative, National Network, Civil, Initiative, Communications, Google, NBC News, NBC, Facebook

The Summary Boeing officials have made few public comments about the company's Starliner spacecraft over the last six weeks. Just over an hour after Boeing’s Starliner capsule made its uncrewed return to Earth, NASA convened a standard post-landing briefing to discuss the end of the tumultuous test flight. The capsule’s first crewed test flight, the mission was expected to last around eight days. The pair is scheduled to stay at the space station until February then return with members of an upcoming ISS crew. In 2019, an uncrewed test flight to the space station was cut short because of technical glitches and the company was forced to repeat it in 2022.

Persons: Eric Berger, Joel Montalbano, ”, Mark Nappi, “, NASA’s, Starliner, Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Wilmore, Williams, Boeing’s Organizations: Boeing, NASA, Space Center, Ars Technica, NBC, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, International Space Station, Agency, SpaceX, ISS, Crew Locations: Houston, Florida

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