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☆ The 10 college majors that pay off when searching for a job
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Bankrate found the "most valuable" majors among 152 fields of study. Valuable majors were based on unemployment, salary, and people with advanced degrees. AdvertisementA new analysis of 152 majors found engineering degrees are valuable financially and in the labor market. Bankrate analyzed 2022 American Community Survey data to determine the "most valuable college majors." AdvertisementBelow are the majors that made the top 10 in Bankrate's ranking:The top nine most valuable majors had median salaries of at least $100,000.

Persons: Bankrate, —, Alex Gailey, Gailey, grads Organizations: Service, Survey, Petroleum, Pew Research Center, Federal Reserve Bank of New Locations: Bankrate's, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

☆ Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hit king, has died
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Jason Hanna | Michelle Watson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Rose was one of baseball’s greats – a winning-obsessed sparkplug who topped MLB’s all-time hit list with 4,256 over a 24-season career. It wasn’t until 2004 that Rose publicly admitted betting on baseball and the Reds, though he denied ever betting against his own team. Sometimes, on the weekend of baseball Hall of Fame inductions in Cooperstown, New York, he also would hold autograph sessions at a nearby bookstore. While Cooperstown didn’t admit him into its Hall of Fame, the Reds got him into theirs with the commissioner’s permission. That was the perfect way to capture Rose, said Johnny Bench, the Hall of Fame catcher.

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☆ I flew 33 hours to Vietnam but was denied entry because of a common travel mistake that I'll never make again
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Jill Schildhouse | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I travel often but my recent trip to Vietnam was the first time I had issues entering a country. I was denied entry because my visa didn't have my middle name on it, but my passport did. It turns out they didn't match: My middle name was on my passport but not on my visa. AdvertisementI'm glad I was able to continue on my trip — and I'll never travel again without money on hand for emergencies. Cash is still king in most places, and I'm lucky this mistake only cost me a few bills and few hours.

Persons: —, I've, I'd, I'm, Cash Organizations: Service Locations: Vietnam, Phoenix, Dallas, Tokyo, Ho Chi Minh City, Prasit, Japan

For Love & Money is a column from Business Insider answering your relationship and money questions. Write to For Love & Money using this Google form. I imagine your wife doesn't view it as a tragedy. If you can't live this way, then something has to change, and your wife must open her heart to this. Write to For Love & Money using this Google form .

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☆ A millennial mom takes separate trips with each daughter. One is left behind with her husband, but it helps her connect with the other.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

For eight years, she's taken each daughter on separate "Mommy and Me" trips and swears by it. The couple met at the University of Florida, where they bonded over their love of travel, Monet told Business Insider. The older the girls have gotten, the more they've been involved with planning their one-on-one trips, Monet said. The daughter left behind gets undivided attention from James, who Monet said plans activities at home and occasionally organizes separate "Daddy and Daughter" trips. "My youngest daughter is trying to convince him to take her to Japan for their Daddy and Daughter trip."

Persons: Monet Hambrick, Monet, Jordyn, Kennedy, she's, —, that's, James Hambrick, James didn't, James, who's, Jordan, we're, It's, they've Organizations: Service, University of Florida Locations: Sydney, Colombia, Florida, Las Vegas, Australia, Japan

☆ Elon Musk once described his past immigration status as a ‘gray area’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +32 min

So we just rented the office, and slept in the office, and showered at the YMCA,” Elon Musk recalled, drawing laughs from the crowd. “When they did fund us,” Kimbal Musk recalled, “they realized that we were illegal immigrants.”“Well…” Elon Musk interjected. Video of the remarks shows Elon Musk laughing as he jumped in with a different interpretation: “I’d say it was a gray area.”He didn’t elaborate, and it’s unclear what Elon Musk meant by that characterization. Elon Musk, wearing a black Stetson hat, livestreams while visiting the US-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, on September 28, 2023. Then-President Donald Trump greets Elon Musk before a policy and strategy forum with executives at the White House in February 2017.

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☆ The next chapter in record U.S. book bans? ‘Soft censorship’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Jillian Eugenios | Jillian Eugenios Is A Senior Producer For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

In observance of Banned Books Week, which started Sunday and runs through Saturday, two new reports were released. Yasmin said she began writing the book in 2019 after thinking about how abortion bans affect teenagers. “So what we’re seeing is this censorship happening before the book is banned because of the draconian ecosystem that we’re living in,” she said. Dr. Seema Yasmin signing copies of her new book, “Unbecoming,” a young-adult novel published by Simon & Schuster. Its release during Banned Books Week was a coincidence, though Johnson acknowledges the book will likely be banned at some point.

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☆ Shohei Ohtani's record-breaking 50-50 home run ball is now on sale for $4.5 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

For one fan who was in attendance for the Japanese superstar's record-breaking home run, Ohtani's success may deliver a multimillion-payday. The starting bid for the historic ball — the most valuable from Ohtani's incredible 6-for-6, 3-home-run and 10 RBI performance — is $500,000. The auction will run from Sept. 27 to Oct. 9, with extended bidding taking place on Oct. 16. The $3 million figure represents the highest price ever paid for a baseball when Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball sold in 1999. If you don't have several million dollars to bid on Ohtani's home run ball, don't worry.

Persons: Shohei Ohtani, Goldin, Mark McGwire's Organizations: Major League Baseball, Goldin Auctions, Dodgers, Topps, CNBC

☆ 4 steps workers should take when their companies announce 5-day RTO, according to an employment lawyer
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Jane Zhang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Companies requiring 5-day RTO will lose valuable employees, says Craig Levey, an employment lawyer. Levey lays out four steps employees can take if their company announces an RTO policy. Here are the steps I'd take if a client came to me about their company switching to a five-day RTO policy:1. Related storiesWell-written employment agreements will include a clause providing the employer with the flexibility the amend any and all terms. But if you have some leverage, you can negotiate into your employment agreement that you're going to be working remote or hybrid.

Persons: Craig Levey, Levey, —, doesn't, you've, they'll, haven't, Jane Zhang Organizations: Service, Bennett, Belfort, Starbucks, Disabilities, Opportunity Commission Locations: P.C, Cambridge , Massachusetts, Newport, Seattle

☆ Moo Deng now has her own crypto, because of course she does
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Moo Deng crypto. Given the sudden popularity of Moo Deng, the Thai national treasure whose name roughly translates as “bouncy pork,” it was only a matter of time before someone turned her into a digital asset. And given the nature of such memecoins, which have zero underlying value and trade purely on vibes, it’s no surprise Moo Deng Coin has shot up 1,400% since it was created less than three weeks ago. (It should be noted that crypto traders suspect this anonymous Moo Deng booster is an “insider,” since they bought the coin four hours after its creation, per the crypto news site Decrypt. Moo Deng coin is just the latest product of a niche online culture that also birthed Dogecoin (created as a joke to dunk on bitcoin) and Shiba Inu coin (a joke to dunk on Dogecoin).

Persons: Moo Deng, it’s, Deng, Shiba Inu Organizations: New, New York CNN Locations: New York, Thai

☆ Netflix's stunning comeback — explained in one chart
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementWho's going to win the streaming wars? Its would-be competitors are nowhere close. It no longer had the market to itself, and its flaws could no longer be covered up by go-go growth. AdvertisementThe best way to show how the streaming wars have worked out is via this chart: It shows you that Netflix stock is soaring. (We also threw Fox on this chart, even though the company has mostly stayed out of the streaming wars, though Tubi, its free service, is starting to gain momentum.)

Persons: —, fickleness Organizations: Netflix, Service, Disney, Comcast, Warner Bros Discovery, Paramount, Fox

☆ AI helps uncover hundreds of unknown ancient symbols hidden in Peru’s Nazca Desert
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Archaeologists working in Peru, assisted by artificial intelligence, have discovered 303 previously unknown giant symbols carved in the Nazca Desert. A geoglyph of a humanoid with a headdress is one of the newly discovered symbols. Deciphering Nazca symbols’ purposeIt’s not clear why the Nazca people made the symbols. The bigger Nazca symbols were near networks of straight lines, squares and trapezoids etched into the earth. “Our findings suggest that their meaning is formed through their combinations,” he said, referring to the way the Nazca geoglyphs are grouped together.

Persons: headdresses, geoglyphs, “, Masato Sakai, IBM’s Thomas J, ”, ” Sakai, Amina Jambajantsan, Jambajantsan wasn’t, ” Jambajantsan, Sakai Organizations: CNN —, Yamagata University Institute of, Japan’s Yamagata University, Watson Research, Yamagata University Institute of Nasca, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology’s Department of Archaeology Locations: Peru, Peru’s, Yorktown Heights , New York, ”, Jena , Germany, Mongolia

☆ Elusive orca group hunts dolphins off Chile, new images reveal
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The scientists had previously documented orcas (Orcinus orca) in the region chasing both dusky dolphins and long-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus capensis). Dusky dolphins measure about 7 feet (2 meters) long and weigh up to 187 pounds (85 kilograms). The Humboldt Current orcas weren’t eating dolphins exclusively; they hunted leatherback sea turtles, South American fur seals and Humboldt penguins, according to the study. But Humboldt Current orcas have a smaller white eye patch than known Type A orcas. A similar interaction was previously documented in Australia between an orca and a diver, but had never been observed in the Humboldt Current.

Persons: orcas, Luis Aguilar, CETALAB, Sarah Teman, ”, Teman, “, Ana Maria García Cegarra, Alexander von Humboldt, García Cegarra, ‘, García, ” Teman, Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, Northern, Southern Hemisphere, Marine Science, Humboldt, of, Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Alexander von Humboldt Institute of Natural Sciences, Chile’s University of Antofagasta, Research, Humboldt Penguin National Reserve, Hemisphere, International Union for, Chile’s Ministry of, Scientific Locations: Chile, South America, South, Antarctica, North America, Strait, Gibraltar, Scotland, Humboldt, Seattle, orcas, California, Argentina, New Zealand, Washington, British Columbia, Canada, American, Chilean Patagonia, Australia

☆ I've built a career in ethical hacking. Online scams are getting much, much worse — and AI isn't helping.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Emma Magnus | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I liked the idea of doing the same thing, but without the criminal intent: finding those problems and fixing them. This flashy example was made for entertainment, but it still showcased how real criminals use fake profiles, phishing websites, and malware to compromise a person or company. New scams are being developed every dayI see multiple new scams or cyber security problems every day. It's creating better-looking scams, while deepfakes, voice clones, and video filters make it easier to fool people into believing things on the internet. AdvertisementWe're seeing romance scams where scammers are using deepfake video filter tools to pretend to be celebrities, for instance.

Persons: —, Laura Kankaala, I've, cybercriminals Organizations: Service, Business, LinkedIn Locations: Finnish, Finland

Read previewIt could be the end of an era for publishers on Snapchat. A fourth said any time publishers get mixed up with creators, it's bad for publishers, adding that their Snapchat revenue was already in decline so the platform had become less of a focus. A few years later, as user-generated content became dominant on social apps like TikTok, the company shifted focus to individual content creators. Advertisement"The way they're structured now is less built to over cater to traditional publishers," a fifth Snap publisher exec said. ESPN on Snapchat Discover SnapchatSome publishers have shifted resources away from Snapchat during a challenging period for the media business as a whole.

Persons: —, Snapchat Snapchat, it's, Evan Spiegel, Presley Ann, Getty, Snap's, Spiegel, Digiday, influencers, Ben Reininga, Sophie Crowther, There's, Ben Jeffries Organizations: Service, Big Tech, Business, Publishers, Meta, Google, ESPN, The Daily Mail, CNN, Snapchat, Harvard University, Dollar Locations: Snapchat

☆ 36-year-old mom making $10,000 a month or more in passive income: My best advice for starting a successful side hustle
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Rachel Jimenez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

When I first heard about the concept of passive income in my 20s, I laughed at the idea. DON'T MISS: How to master your money and grow your wealth As a 36-year-old mom of two, I now make $10,000 in passive income or more every month from four passive income streams. No matter what kind of side hustle or passive income venture you are starting, thorough research can help you avoid costly mistakes. Schedule dedicated time each week to focus on and stick to your passive income goals. Studying successful passive income earners has taught me that success doesn't come from quick wins but rather slow and steady progress toward a specific goal over time.

Persons: they'll, doesn't, I've, hustles, Jimenez, Rachel Jimenez Organizations: Google, Gold City Ventures

☆ Stop trying so hard to be productive and start 'settling,' says time management researcher: Here's what he means
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A lot of people swear that these and other productivity hacks will help you get on top of your responsibilities and gain control of your time. They all left author and time management researcher Oliver Burkeman "pretty disillusioned," he tells CNBC Make It. If you feel like you're constantly trying to optimize your life, Burkeman has a counterintuitive piece of advice: Get comfortable with settling instead, he said on a recent episode of LinkedIn's "Everyday Better with Leah Smart" podcast. "Settling is not really about settling for less. Eventually, you'll probably have to accept the fact that you need to reschedule your meeting and stop taking on more work.

Persons: Oliver Burkeman, Burkeman, Leah Smart, we're, you'll Organizations: CNBC, New York Times, Management, Oak Engage, Guardian

But the news wasn't greeted warmly in some corners of media, as it raised concerns that Snapchat might become the latest in a line of Big Tech platforms to deprioritize traditional media publishers in favor of creators. A fourth said any time publishers get mixed up with creators, it's bad for publishers, adding that their Snapchat revenue was already in decline so the platform had become less of a focus. A few years later, as user-generated content became dominant on social apps like TikTok, the company shifted focus to individual content creators. Advertisement"The way they're structured now is less built to over cater to traditional publishers," a fifth Snap publisher exec said. ESPN on Snapchat Discover SnapchatSome publishers have shifted resources away from Snapchat during a challenging period for the media business as a whole.

☆ Here are Thursday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Micron, Nike, Meta, Microsoft, First Solar, Tesla & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

For long term investors we continue to believe they have the best enterprise AI platform and retain our 18-month $500 price target." Truist initiates First Solar as buy Truist said the solar company has a wide moat. " Deutsche Bank reiterates Tesla as buy The firm said it's sticking with its buy rating heading into the company's delivery report in October. UBS reiterates Micron as buy UBS said it's sticking with the stock following earnings on Wednesday. "We are taking the opportunity to reaffirm our positive view on DKNG and up our year-end 2025 price target to $54."

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☆ From passion to profit: OpenAI's latest shakeup shows the AI race is about who has the deepest pockets
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Altman could reportedly receive a 7% equity stake, which would be worth about $10.5 billion at OpenAI's new valuation. In March, The New York Times reported Murati raised concerns about Altman's leadership style to the board before the ouster. Barret Zoph, the company's vice president of research, and Bob McGrew, OpenAI's chief research officer, are also departing the startup, Altman announced on X . "I obviously won't pretend it's natural for this one to be so abrupt, but we are not a normal company," Altman wrote.

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OpenAI is said to be closing a funding round that could value the company at as much as $150 billion. "Kushner is betting the ranch on OpenAI and Sam Altman just as Masa Son pledged 40% of his Vision Fund on Yahoo and Jerry Yang. "Second, Sam Altman has proven himself to be one of the greatest tech founders of this generation. Sam Altman has said that AI superintelligence could be a reality within "a few thousand days ." "Everybody wants Sam Altman at the helm, and they're willing to do anything to keep him as the CEO.

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☆ Artificial intelligence is detecting new archaeological sites in the desert
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Researchers at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi have developed a high-tech solution to searching huge, arid areas for potential archaeological sites. Traditionally, archaeologists use ground surveys to detect potential sites of interest, but that can be time-consuming and difficult in harsh terrains like the desert. “Once it was trained, it gave us an indication of other potential areas (nearby) that are still not excavated,” says Francis. Khalifa University isn’t alone in using artificial intelligence to detect potential sites. If archaeologists find the structures the algorithm has predicted, Dubai Culture plans to use the technology to unearth more sites.

Persons: ”, Diana Francis, Francis, Ben Romdhane, Saruq Al, Hadid, Expediting, Amy Hatton, Max Planck, Hatton, isn’t, Amina Jambajanstsan, Hugh Thomas, — Thomas, Thomas, Unearthing, Al Hadid Organizations: CNN, Khalifa University, Dubai Culture, Max, Max Planck Institute, Geoanthropology, Khalifa, University of Sydney Locations: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Mongolia —, Alaska, Southern Mongolia, Egypt, Africa

☆ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gushes over Meta's new 'Orion' prototype glasses
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewNvidia CEO Jensen Huang was one of several big names to try out Meta's new "Orion" prototype glasses at Meta's Connect event on Wednesday — and he appeared to be a fan. The Nvidia CEO, who was one of the testers, referred to the glasses' 100-gram weight as "a big deal" and complimented various aspects of the technology. AdvertisementThe "Orion" glasses are the first prototype of full holographic augmented reality, and Zuckerberg referred to them as the "most advanced glasses the world has ever seen." The Meta CEO named several of the challenges with building the glasses, like the need for a wide field of view while keeping them light. The Meta CEO has bragged about stockpiling GPUs to build a "massive amount of infrastructure" to further the company's AI efforts.

Persons: —, Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, Huang, Zuckerberg, it's Organizations: Service, Business, Nvidia, Meta

☆ 8 ways new technology changed the way we think about ancient Egyptian mummies
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Marianne Guenot | Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Egyptology has come a long way from Victorian mummy-unwrapping parties. The mask of King Tutankhamun, which was damaged and glued back together, is seen at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Some royal mummies were unveiled by running a knife straight from their head to their toes, with little care. The way early excavators treated mummified remains partly explains why the remains of King Tutankhamun, a Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty buried with the famous golden mask, are in such poor shape today. "CT scanning and X-rays are the basic ways of searching mummies nowadays because you cannot unwrap mummies in museums," Ejsmond said.

Persons: King Tutankhamun, Pharaoh, Ejsmond Organizations: Egyptian, Reuters Locations: Cairo

☆ Starmer is selling Britain on gloom, and patience is wearing thin
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Protesters demonstrate outside the Labour Party conference venue in Liverpool against the withdrawal of the winter fuel allowance, on September 23, 2024. “It has felt a bit blunt,” a Labour Member of Parliament admitted after Starmer’s speech Tuesday, summing up the sentiment across much of conference. Unfortunately, the realities of governing are beginning to bite the Labour Party – and it is likely he will need to show some returns far sooner. Starmer’s speech was was light on fresh content but a heckler was calmly removed and the key messages were confidently delivered. But a premiership can only survive on doom and gloom for so long, and patience is already wearing thin among much of the wider party.

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