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☆ SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew returns to Earth victorious, making huge gains in Elon Musk's plans to send humans to Mars
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewSpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew successfully returned to Earth on Sunday, bringing Elon Musk one step closer to his dream of settling Mars. They donned new SpaceX spacesuits that had never been tested in orbit, opened their ship to the vacuum of space, and conducted the first-ever commercial spacewalk. On top of that, they exposed themselves to high levels of space radiation, much higher than what astronauts aboard the International Space Station undergo in the same time period. People traveling to Mars would be exposed to immense amounts of space radiation for months. So the Crew Dragon spacecraft flew through two donuts of intense radiation surrounding Earth, called the Van Allen belts.

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☆ This 97-year-old has worked at the same hospital for nearly 80 years—her best advice for a long, happy career
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Carr started training to become a nurse at Sacred Heart Hospital (now known as St. Luke's Sacred Heart Campus) in Allentown, Pennsylvania during World War II in 1944. All five of Carr's children, and nearly all of her 12 grandchildren, were born at Sacred Heart. Her son-in-law, Vincent Burns, was also born at the hospital — Carr met him hours afterward in the newborn nursery. Photo: St. Luke's University Health NetworkMoments like that have inspired her to continue working at Sacred Heart. Carr's passion is infectious: Her daughter, Grace Loring, worked in the pediatric ward at St. Luke's Sacred Heart Campus for 35 years before retiring.

Persons: Grace Carr, Carr, Edward Carr, Grace, Beth Fogel, Freeland, Edward, Vincent Burns, — Carr, Janet, Carr's, Grace Loring, Loring Organizations: Sacred Heart Hospital, Sacred Heart School of Nursing, U.S, Cadet, Luke's University Health Locations: Allentown , Pennsylvania, Freeland , Pennsylvania, St, Allentown

☆ First coed submarine joins Navy fleet
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | Rebecca Cohen Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The U.S. Navy's first coed submarine has been commissioned and is ready for service in the fleet, the Navy announced on Saturday. "The Navy’s latest Virginia-class submarine joins the fleet." Currently there are in excess of 60,000 enlisted women serving in the U.S. Navy, according to Women in the Navy.com. The submarine was commissioned during a Saturday morning ceremony at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Middletown Township, New Jersey, according to the Department of Defense. "The future of Naval warfare starts here, and it's more inclusive, stronger and more capable than ever," the Navy video said.

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☆ Michaela Mabinty DePrince: Ballerina, 29, who starred in Beyoncé video dies
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Michaela Mabinty DePrince, the ballerina born during a civil war in Sierra Leone who performed in Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ visual album, has died aged 29, according to an announcement posted to her official Instagram page. DePrince told the WSJ she thought it was a joke when she heard the singer wanted her for the video, who told DePrince in person it was an ‘honor’ to have her star. Ballerina Michaela DePrince teaches a ballet class at One World Observatory in New York City on April 26, 2017. “From the very beginning of our story back in Africa, sleeping on a shared mat in the orphanage, Michaela (Mabinty) and I used to make up our own musical theater plays and act them out. Michaela DePrince in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 9, 2012.

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☆ There are 2 kinds of cities right now. It explains why you hate your downtown.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Resident-centered urban cores have lots of housing, public amenities like schools and parks, and local restaurants, shops, and other businesses. AdvertisementThe nation's capital offers a stark example of a downtown designed largely to serve office workers and tourists. The unsexy way to get people downtownBefore cities focus on bringing in visitors, they need to serve their residents, Wesolowski argued. Parks along urban rivers, lakes, canals, and ocean beaches can attract new residents, visitors, and commercial development while serving as a buffer for flooding. "It has a really quite an extraordinary balance of tourist facilities, local universities, medical complexes, residents living downtown, a baseball team downtown, a waterfront — it sort of does everything right," she said.

Persons: —, Jon Jon Wesolowski, Wesolowski, Tracy Hadden Loh, Karen Chapple, Loh, Chapple Organizations: Service, Business, Visitors, Eiffel, Chicago, Brookings Institution, of Cities, University of Toronto Locations: Washington, Chattanooga , Tennessee, Paris, Chicago, Wicker, Parks, Diego's

☆ The US is considering a sovereign wealth fund. Alaska already has one, and it's funding a universal basic income.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewBipartisan momentum is building around a sovereign wealth fund that could help the United States reduce its national debt or fund ambitious projects. And former President Donald Trump recently called for a similar state-owned investment fund to finance "great national endeavors" during a campaign stop at the Economic Club of New York. AdvertisementAlaska's fund offers benefits that mimic a universal basic income — a no-strings-attached, recurring payment distributed to people regardless of socioeconomic status. Federal lawmakers likely see a sovereign wealth fund serving a different purpose, like supporting industries or financing supply chain initiatives. Sovereign wealth funds — like Alaska's or Norway's Government Pension Fund Global, which is the largest in the world — are often funded by wealth generated from state-owned natural resources.

Persons: —, Joe Biden's, Donald Trump, Sarah Cowan, Winston Ma, Hunt, Ma Organizations: Service, White, Economic, of New, Business, Alaska Permanent Fund, NYU, Unicorns, Fund Locations: United States, of New York, American, Alaska

☆ Just Stop Oil demanded climate action. Their protests have landed them in prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Kara Fox | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Just Stop OilThe laws were purpose-built to target protest groups like Just Stop Oil. ExxonMobil told CNN that they do not currently fund Policy Exchange or American Friends of Policy Exchange, but did not answer questions about past funding. The UK’s lengthy jail terms stand out globally, but the creeping clampdown on disruptive climate protest is also happening elsewhere. Leon Neal/Getty ImagesThe Just Stop Oil case amplifies the near erasure of legal defenses available to protesters who take part in disruptive demonstrations. The same report compared Just Stop Oil to “terror groups” and recommended their actions be banned.

Persons: Cressie Gethin, “, — Louise Lancaster, Daniel Shaw, Lucia Whittaker, Abreu, Roger Hallam, —, ” —, ” Gethin, Michael Forst, “ ’, ’ ” Cressida Gethin, Jodie Beck, Toby Melville, Rishi Sunak, ” Sunak, Gethin, ”, ALEC, Exxon’s, Stephanie Keith, UN’s Forst, Leon Neal, ” Tim Crosland, — Lord Walney, John Woodcock —, Israel . Woodcock, Henry Nicholls, Beck, ” Beck, she’s Organizations: London CNN, Prosecutors, CNN, HMP, Airport, Big Oil, Conservative, International Energy Agency, Labour, London, Police, Amnesty International, Liberty, Stop, ExxonMobil, Exchange, Atlas Network, of Policy, London Metropolitan Police, Met Police, Global, US Civil Rights, Climate Rights International, International Center, Profit, Dakota Access Pipeline, American Legislative Exchange Council, Chevron, Energy, Center for Media, Democracy, Dakota, Pipeline, Oil, Palestine, British, Reuters Locations: North, London, HMP Bronzefield, London’s, —, US, Germany, France, Australia, Mandan , North Dakota, United Kingdom, Israel, England, Northern Ireland

“In Springfield they’re eating dogs,” the former president said, referring to an Ohio city dealing with an influx of Haitian immigrants. On Sept. 6, there were 1,100 posts on X mentioning Haitians, migrants or immigrants eating pets, cats, dogs and geese, according to PeakMetrics, a research company. The Springfield rumor “made it to his desk. Another source close to Trump’s campaign said Trump and Vance did not discuss the Springfield issue ahead of the debate. “I don’t know what he was thinking,” a different Trump ally said of his choice to bring up the Springfield rumor unprompted.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, Kamala Harris, Sen, JD Vance, Ohio, ” Tim Murtaugh, Trump, Harris, ”, ” Sen, Lindsey Graham, ” Graham, Elon Musk, Vance, ” Vance, “, MAGA, David Muir, ” Rep, Byron Donalds, Laura Loomer, ” Loomer, ” “, “ It’s Organizations: “, Trump, NBC News, White, CNN, Nazi, Facebook, Springfield, Springfield News, NBC, ABC News, ” Locations: Springfield, Ohio, Trump, South Carolina, Columbus, Gab, Springfield Ohio, Springfield , Ohio, Clark County , Ohio, NatCon, United States, Florida, America

☆ North Korea just gave the world a rare glimpse into where it makes weapons-grade uranium for its nukes in a blunt signal to foes
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Kim's tour of this facility offers a rare glimpse inside this part of North Korea's nuclear program. North Korea routinely cites the US as the motivation for its illicit missile and nuclear weapons programs. North Korea's nuclear program is a major concern for South Korea. It's unclear exactly what Russia is offering in return, but North Korea could receive food, fuel, and possibly even advanced military technologies. Earlier this year, a top Korea watcher said that North Korea has likely found itself "sitting pretty" amid its new partnership with Russia and connections with China.

Persons: —, Kim Jong, Kim, Rodong Sinmun, Jong Sung Mu, Rodong, KCNA, Kim ., Kim Jae, Kim's, Putin, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Service, Business, North, Central Committee of, Workers ' Party of Korea, Democratic, Getty Images, Trump, North Korean State Media Locations: North, North Korean, North Korea, Korea, Democratic Republic of Korea, South Korea, Hanoi, Pyongyang, Russian, China, Ukraine, Russia

☆ The illegal maneuvers the rich use to get richer
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewTax evasion, insider trading, and money laundering. "There are routine categories of illicit acts that wealthy individuals often endeavor out of sheer greed," Matthew Barhoma, a Los Angeles defense attorney, told Business Insider. Insider trading is 'rampant' among some wealthy circlesAnother common unlawful method that some of the rich use to get richer is insider trading, according to the attorneys. Like insider trading, money laundering — a process used to conceal the source of illegally obtained cash — is another illicit tactic used by some wealthy individuals, according to the defense attorneys. "Having dealt a lot with people who devise these kinds of fraudulent financial transactions, I will say that many of them are absolutely brilliant," said Ressler.

Persons: —, Todd, Julie Chrisley, Chrisley, Mike, Matthew Barhoma, Barhoma, Tama Kudman, they've, Mark Ressler, he's, Uncle Sam, Kasowitz Benson Torres, it's, Kudman, Ressler Organizations: Service, Business, United States Treasury Department, Treasury Department, Defense, New Locations: —, Los Angeles, Switzerland, Cayman, New York City

☆ Pro-Russian posters appear on billboards across Italy
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Rome CNN —Hundreds of posters have appeared on billboards across Italy this summer, bearing the slogan: “Russia is not our enemy” and depicting a handshake in the colors of the Italian and Russian flags. In Rome, the posters drew ire from the mayor’s office because they featured both the city’s name and its official symbol. In a decree to local police and the advertising company that owns the billboards in Rome, it ordered the removal of all posters. Earlier this month, they met at the European House’s Ambrosetti Forum in Cernobbio, northern Italy. The Russian propaganda posters have not caused notable outcry among the Italian public, in part because they started appearing during the summer months, when most Italians take their vacations.

Persons: Rome, Sovranita Popolare, Piazza Mazzini, Giorgia Meloni, Volodymyr Zelensky, Silvio Berlusconi –, Vladimir Putin, Matteo Salvini Organizations: Rome CNN, Nations, CNN, European Union, Putin, European Council of Foreign Relations Locations: Italy, Russia, Rome, Ukraine, Israel, Verona, Modena, Parma, Pisa, Calabria, Ukraine’s, Eternal, ”, Europe, Cernobbio, Red, Greece, Bulgaria, Russian

☆ Most Gen Z Brits want to 'be their own boss' — but one expert says they'll face a reality check
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Gen Z is increasingly proving to be the entrepreneurial generation, with the majority wanting to set up their own business — but one expert warns it might not be as straightforward as they think. In contrast, just over a third of Gen X and Boomers said there were fewer opportunities to start their own businesses when they were young because of pressures to pursue traditional education and career paths. Gen X were born between 1965 and 1980, while baby boomers were born following World War II, between 1946 and 1964. "Gen Z is proving to be the most entrepreneurial generation yet, and it's no coincidence," Sam Jones, Dragon's Den star and founder of Gener8, said in the survey. "Instead, entrepreneurship appeals to Gen Z as it offers more control over their work and life, opportunities for innovation, and the potential to leverage their technological skills.

Persons: Z, —, X, Gen X, Sam Jones, Dragon's, Gener8, they've, They're, –, Dan Schawbel, Alexis Firment, they're, Schawbel, Gen Organizations: Santander UK, Boomers, Workplace Intelligence, CNBC Locations: Ohio

☆ Stonehenge’s Altar Stone: Research rules out Scottish site as source
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

That research, published in the journal Nature, overturned a century-old idea that the stone came from current-day Wales. The Altar Stone, the largest of the bluestones used to build Stonehenge, lies at the heart of the ancient monument in southern England. “The Altar Stone is anomalous in many ways to both the bluestones and the sarsens at Stonehenge,” Bevins said. But discovering that Wales was unlikely to be the origin site for the Altar Stone was a game changer, Bevins said. The researchers compared their findings with samples from the Altar Stone and found no mineralogical connection between the rocks.

Persons: Nick Pearce, ”, Richard Bevins, ” Piecing, ” Bevins, Bevins, Paul Williams, Stenness, T Schaeffer, “ Organizations: CNN, Archaeological Science, Aberystwyth University “, UK’s Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth University Locations: Scotland, Wales, Orkney, England, Orkney’s, Aberystwyth, Wiltshire, Salisbury, Woods, Marlborough, Preseli, British, Orkney's, Shetland, Caithness, Sutherland, Inverness, Aberdeenshire, Britain

☆ Trump loses 'Electric Avenue' lawsuit as judge finds he has zero defense for tweeting the song
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In Trump's case, Electric Avenue was used for a commercial purpose, not for an allowable non-profit, research, or educational purpose, the judge wrote. The second factor looks at whether the copyrighted work was "creative" or "factual." The third factor weighs how much of the copyrighted work was taken for an unauthorized use. AdvertisementThe final factor asks "whether, if the challenged use becomes widespread, it will adversely affect the potential market for the copyrighted work," the judge wrote. "In this case, there is no public benefit as a result of the defendants' use of 'Electric Avenue'" the judge wrote.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Eddy Grant's, Trump, Grant, Brett Van Benthysen, Brian Caplan, Mr, Caplan, Van Benthysen, Grant's, Eddy Grant, Dan Scavino, Joe Biden feebly puttering, Pence, John G, Koeltl, Scavino Organizations: Service, Business, Trump Locations: Manhattan, Barbados

Shares of Trump Media shot up by more than 25% on Friday, minutes after majority owner Donald Trump said he is not selling his stake. Trump said that Truth Social, the Twitter-like social media platform owned by Trump Media, is "great for me," adding that his stake is still worth more than $1 billion. I'm not going to sell my shares," he said. Analysts have said that investing in Trump Media has become a way for Trump's fans to support him or bet on his political fortunes. The company fell to its post-merger low point this week amid concerns that Trump might start selling his shares once he is free to do so.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, I'm, it's, — CNBC's Josephine Rozzelle Organizations: Republican, Trump National Golf Club Los, Trump Media, Nasdaq, SEC Locations: Rancho Palos Verdes , California, California

☆ Right-wing influencers say they were dupes in an alleged Russian influence operation. They’re keeping their millions, for now
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Jon Passantino | Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The right-wing social media stars who were allegedly paid millions of dollars in a nefarious Russian influence operation to shape public opinion around the 2024 US presidential election are remaining mum. Tenet Media boasts a slate of high-profile right-wing, pro-Trump commentators including Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson and several others. The influencers all say they are “victims,” and that the FBI has contacted them for voluntary interviews. The Tenet co-founder then wrote to the Russian state media staffers, stressing that the personality was “really insisting on seeing some materials (profile, article, whatever) on Eduard before (he) feels comfortable moving forward. Two Russian state media employees, Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva, were charged by the Justice Department with money laundering and violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Persons: Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson, Rubin, Johnson, Brandon Van Grack, Robert Mueller’s, Pool, —, “ We’ve, ”, Ben Shapiro, “, Tenet, Eduard Grigoriann, “ Grigoriann, Eduard, ” Rubin, Lauren Chen, Liam Donovan, Grigoriann, Chen, Donovan, Kostiantyn Kalashnikov, Elena Afanasyeva, Van Grack, CNN’s Hadas Gold Organizations: CNN, Justice Department, Tenet Media, Kremlin, Trump, RT, FBI, Pool, Tenet, Justice Locations: Tennessee, Russian, Russia, Brussels

A suburban Philadelphia man has been accused of drugging at least five women and a teenage girl he met on a dating site and sexually assaulting them at his home while they were impaired, authorities said. Andrew Gallo of Levittown, Pennsylvania, was arrested Wednesday, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said. “This is a young woman’s worst nightmare,” Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said at a news conference Wednesday announcing the charges. All of them described feeling strange after consuming the drinks, according to the criminal complaint and the district attorney’s office. Several items were collected during a search at Gallo’s home last month — including a bottle of tequila — and submitted for forensic analysis, according to the district attorney’s office.

Persons: Andrew Gallo, Jennifer Schorn, Gallo, Schorn, “, ” Schorn, ”, Terrence Hughes Organizations: Attorney’s, Bucks County Correctional, Authorities Locations: Philadelphia, Levittown , Pennsylvania, Bucks County, ”, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

☆ Russia launches counteroffensive against Ukraine in Kursk border region
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Yuliya-Talmazan-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Yuliya Talmazan | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Russia has launched a major counterattack in its Kursk border region, more than a month after a surprise invasion by Kyiv’s forces that turned the tables in the two-and-a-half-year war. Ukraine has claimed to hold some 500 square miles of Russian territory in Kursk after sweeping across the border on Aug. 6 and taking Moscow by surprise. NBC News was able to geolocate a video purporting to show a column of what appears to be Russian military vehicles moving toward the settlement of Snagost in the Kursk region. Ukrainian forces were also trying to break through the border in other areas of the Kursk region, the ministry said. Zelenskyy told NBC News last week that he planned to hold the territory his forces had seized in Kursk indefinitely.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Snagost, Christopher Tuck, “ It’s, ”, Tuck, Oleksandr Musiienko, Musiienko, Zelenskyy, ” Musienko Organizations: Russian Defense Ministry, NBC News, Russia’s Defense, King’s College London, Center for Military Legal, NBC, Ukraine Locations: Russia, Kursk, Ukraine, Moscow, Pokrovsk, Russian, Snagost, Glushkovsky, Kyiv

☆ North Korea releases images of Kim Jong Un visiting a uranium enrichment site
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Yoonjung Seo | Lucas Lilieholm | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits a uranium enrichment facility, which produces weapon-grade nuclear materials, in a photo published by North Korean state media on Friday, September 13, 2024. “By showing highly enriched uranium and production facilities, they are sending a message that the world must recognize North Korea as a nuclear state. By disclosing these facilities, Kim Jong Un is saying that denuclearization of North Korea is unrealistic,” he told CNN. The disclosure comes at a time of heightened tensions between North Korea and the West, with the US and its allies accusing North Korea of providing substantial military aid to Russia’s war effort in Ukraine. North Korea is believed to have several sites for enriching uranium.

Persons: Kim Jong, Kim, “ Kim, ”, Ankit Panda, Stanton, Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin, I’m, Martyn Williams, it’s Organizations: South Korea CNN, Korean Central News Agency, Carnegie Endowment, International, Korean, North, North Korean, Ewha Womans University, CNN, Stimson Locations: Seoul, South Korea, North Korea, Russia, West, North Korean, Korea, Ukraine, Moscow, Pyongyang, Korean, Russian

☆ Twice-a-year injection reduced risk of HIV infection by 96%, drug company says — more than daily PrEP pill
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A drug currently used to treat HIV has also been found to dramatically reduce the risk of infection, significantly more than the primary option available for pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP. In a Phase 3 clinical trial, 99.9% of participants who took a twice-a-year injection of lenacapavir for HIV prevention did not acquire an infection, according to data from drugmaker Gilead Sciences. There were only two cases among 2,180 patients – effectively reducing the risk of HIV infection by 96% and proving 89% more effective than Truvada, a pill taken once a day. It’s a “significant breakthrough in HIV prevention,” according to a news release from the World Health Organization in July. Gilead said it will use these trial data to start the drug approval process in multiple countries by the end of the year.

Persons: lenacapavir, ”, Onyema Ogbuagu, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, It’s, Gilead Organizations: CNN, Gilead Sciences, Yale, Research, CNN Health, World Health Organization Locations: Gilead, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Thailand, United States, Africa

☆ Hybrid work boosts satisfaction and productivity and is here to stay, PwC says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewPwC says workers won't return to the office five days a week — and it's time for companies to see hybrid work as the new normal. "Hybrid workers have higher degrees of satisfaction and productivity than fully on-site," Anthony Abbatiello, workforce transformation leader and partner at PwC, told Business Insider. PwC's research found that hybrid workers are likelier to feel they belong at their company than fully on-site or remote workers. We came out with five signals that the research identified that are crucial for workforce transformation," Abbatiello said. AdvertisementAccording to Abbatiello, companies should be both "talent magnets" that attract emerging talent and "talent factories" that help existing workers stay and build careers.

Persons: —, Anthony Abbatiello, Abbatiello, Goldman Sachs, PwC, they're Organizations: Service, Business, Companies, Big Tech

☆ Apple turning AirPods into hearing aids underscores effort to crack massive health market
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Apple announced on Monday that its AirPods Pro 2 headphones will become an FDA-cleared hearing aid in the coming weeks through a software update. Apple CEO Tim Cook has highlighted health features as the company's "most important contribution to mankind." The new feature is a free software update for some AirPods models and will be included with Apple's $249 AirPods Pro 2. Many over-the-counter hearing aids are much more expensive, according to buyers guides cited by the Hearing Loss Association of America, an advocacy group. Analysts say that adding health features like a hearing aid expands the market for the device, which could help sales.

Persons: Sumbul Desai, Tim Cook, Barbara Kelley, Apple, Gene Munster Organizations: AirPods, Apple, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, RBC Capital Markets, of America, Analysts, Asset Management

This tapestry hangs in the Cloisters, the Upper Manhattan branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of ArtBut what are they? The Metropolitan Museum of Art“The unicorn is more of a symbol of that one person that you look for throughout your life,” she said. “All images, be they medieval tapestries or contemporary paintings or photos in the news, communicate best over duration,” Ms. Perratore said. The Metropolitan Museum of ArtUltimately, this exercise was only sort of about the unicorn or medieval art — or art at all.

Persons: You’ll, Karsten Moran, The New York Times It’s, John D, Rockefeller, Julia Perratore, … Karsten Moran, The New York Times …, Christ, Ms, Perratore, ”, he’s, you’ve, There’s, Virgin Mary Organizations: Metropolitan Museum of Art, The New York Times, Rockefeller Jr, The New York Locations: Upper Manhattan, Paris, Brussels

☆ Fake GPT-written studies are flooding Google Scholar. Here's why taking them down could make things worse.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewScientific papers suspected of using artificial intelligence are appearing in Google Scholar, one of the most popular academic search engines. "They are often created with widely available, general-purpose AI applications, most likely ChatGPT, and mimic scientific writing," the study said. NurPhoto/Getty ImagesResearchers gathered data by analyzing a sample of scientific papers pulled from Google Scholar that showed signs of GPT use. Many of the research papers involved controversial topics like health, computing, and the environment, which are "susceptible to disinformation," according to the study. The study also identified two main risks from the "increasingly common" decision to use GPT to create "fake, scientific papers."

Persons: —, Harvard Kennedy, ChatGPT, OpenAI, deceitfully Organizations: Service, Google, Harvard, Business, Meta

☆ On this island in Italy, people often live to 100—here are 4 of their key habits for a long, happy life
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Raeleen D'Agostino Mautner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

They comprise what's called a "Blue Zone," an area of the world where people tend to live exceptionally long lives. Longevity researcher Dr. Giovanni Mario Pes and his colleagues discovered that happy, productive centenarians were not outliers in this part of Sardinia. Here are some practices that may be linked to their exceptional longevity — and may help the rest of us live longer, healthier lives. Sardinians 'eat fresh, home-cooked meals'You won't find most elders in this Blue Zone chomping on a fast-food hamburger with one hand on a steering wheel. There are no additives or preservatives when they make their own pasta or bread, like pistoccu bread or su coccoi sourdough bread.

Persons: I've, Giovanni Mario Pes Organizations: Pes, Research Locations: Sardinia, Seulo

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