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☆ Disney reportedly creates task force to explore A.I. and cut costs
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Members of the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild walk the picket line outside of Disney Studios in Burbank, California, on July 18, 2023. Walt Disney has created a task force to study artificial intelligence and how it can be applied across the entertainment conglomerate, even as Hollywood writers and actors battle to limit the industry's exploitation of the technology. Launched earlier this year, before the Hollywood writers' strike, the group is looking to develop AI applications in-house as well as form partnerships with startups, three sources told Reuters. AI has become a powder keg in Hollywood, where writers and actors view it as an existential threat to jobs. It is a central issue in contract negotiations with the Screen Actors Guild and the Writers Guild of America, both of which are on strike.

Persons: Walt Disney, Walt Disney Imagineering, Indiana Jones, Disney Imagineer, Groot, Imagineer, Harrison Ford Organizations: Writers Guild of America, Screen, Disney Studios, Hollywood, Reuters, Disney, Walt Disney Studios, Guardians, Screen Actors Guild Locations: Burbank , California, Hollywood

☆ Meet a 27-year-old concierge at the Four Seasons hotel catering to VIP guests paying up to $25,000 a night
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The queen ant in this metaphor is 27-year-old guest relations manager Jessica Waddy, whose job revolves around the hotel's high-profile guests and their countless needs. The cellar level of the Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown. The Empire Suite at Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown, with rates starting at $25,000 a night. Courtesy of the Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown. The needs of high-profile guests are listed on a "rider," a document that's typically multiple pages long and attached to their hospitality contract.

Persons: Jessica Waddy, Waddy, There's, Hannah Towey, willy nilly, it's, Jason Jean, It's, Jessica, Carbone Organizations: Morning, Hotel, Monday, Vogue, Polo Bar Locations: New York, York Downtown, Staten Island, Queens

☆ There's only one home left at a popular tiny-home community near Tampa. It's $250,000 and 540 square feet — see inside.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Tiny-home builder Escape Homes built a community of its own units near Tampa, Florida. Of the 33 tiny homes, only one has yet to be sold: the $249,550 540-square-foot "N1" build. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyThere's only home left in a wildly popular tiny-home community near Tampa, Florida. But if you want to move in, be prepared to spend nearly $250,000 for 540 square feet. But the little lodges at Escape Homes' "The Oaks" neighborhood aren't designed for short-term daytime use.

Organizations: Escape Homes, Service Locations: Tampa , Florida, Wall, Silicon

☆ New York woman Barbara Lakin restores old Barbies for migrant girls
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

New York CNN —Barbara Lakin sits on a bus in New York City, her fingers busy sewing blue thread into a tiny dress. On the seat beside her, six disheveled Barbie dolls stick out of her backpack. Cory CurtinUsing old Barbies she buys or donated dolls, Lakin, a New Yorker living in the East Village, restores the toys as gifts for the children. In March, the organization also opened the Little Shop of Kindness, where the migrants can shop for free and young migrant girls can receive the Barbies. This way, she can donate matching Barbie dolls and shirts to father-and-daughter duos who come to the store.

Persons: Barbara Lakin, Barbie, ” Lakin, Lakin, Cory Curtin, “, ”, Greg Abbott, Human Services Anne Williams, Eric Adams ’, Alejandro Mayorkas, Williams, Isom, Ilze Thielmann, Thielmann, Ilze, ‘, we’re, Barbara Lakin Lakin, Barbies Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN, TLC, New York’s Port Authority Bus, Texas Gov, Health, Human Services, Homeland, Migrants, WCBS, Port Authority, Kindness Locations: New York, New York City, Central, South America, New Yorker, East, New York’s, Washington and New York, Midtown Manhattan, Long Island City, Bryant, England, Latina

☆ Why US sporting stars like Tom Brady, LeBron James, and JJ Watt are piling into English soccer
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Joseph Wilkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Brady joins the likes of Jordan Spieth, JJ Watt, and LeBron James by buying into English football. Former NFL star Watt bought a minority stake in Burnley FC, in May. Now, legendary quarterback Brady has unveiled a minority stake in Birmingham City. The rise of across-the-pond partnerships raises a question: what is it about British clubs that has suddenly captured celebrities' imagination? The rewards for success in the English Premier League can be astronomical.

Persons: Tom Brady, Brady, Jordan Spieth, JJ Watt, LeBron James, Watt, Spieth, Michael B Jordan, Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney's, Simon Chadwick, Reynolds, Ralph Lauren –, Christina Philippou, we've, Philippou, it's, Chadwick, That's, We've, they're, there's Organizations: Service, NFL, Burnley FC, Leeds United, Liverpool FC, Fenway Sports Group, AFC Bournemouth, Disney, Birmingham, Knighthead Capital Management, Wrexham, L'Oreal, English Premier League, Sky, BT, Amazon Prime, Premier League, Manchester City, Portsmouth University, Wrexham AFC, Premier League –, European Locations: Birmingham City, Wall, Silicon, British, Wrexham, Birmingham, United States

☆ Hyundai to expand the glove compartment in its EVs, redesigning them to resemble airline overhead bins
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Now, Hyundai Motor Group is adding another amenity to that list: a bigger and better glove compartment. The newly designed glovebox is modeled on overhead bins in airliners, Hyundai Motor Group said Wednesday. The dashboard invention was the gold medal winner in an internal contest at Hyundai Mobis, the auto parts division of Hyundai Motor. For example, Toyota eschews a glove box entirely in its electric vehicles, the Toyota BZ4X and Lexus RZ 450e. Why it’s called a glove boxToday’s glove box is the direct descendant of storage bins in early automobiles that were usually in the floor or under the seat.

Persons: It’s, it’s, Dorothy Levitt —, —, Dorothy Levitt, De Dion, Horace W, Nicholls, Levitt, “, ” Organizations: CNN —, Hyundai Motor, Hyundai Motor Group, Hyundai, Kia, Hyundai Mobis, Hyundai Motor . Employees, Toyota, Lexus, McGill University Library, Nationwide Insurance

☆ The Perseid meteor shower will peak in August, bringing up to 100 fireballs per hour. Here's how to see them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Perseid meteor shower will peak August 13. It could bring up to 100 fireballs per hour, NASA expert Bill Cooke told Insider. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyThe Perseid meteor shower is the must-see astrological event of the year. The shower is due to peak on the night of August 13, per Cooke, so it's time to start planning. The Perseid meteors are bright, but can still be easily obscured by the glare from city lights.

Persons: Bill Cooke, Cooke, Tuttle, Spain Carlos Fernandez Organizations: NASA, Service Locations: Wall, Silicon, Galicia, Spain

☆ Marta: How Brazil’s all-time record goalscorer became the greatest of all time and an ‘icon’ in her country
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

10, it the greatest women's player of all time and has become an 'icon' Brazil. Marta has won the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year award an unprecedented six times. The only achievement missing from a glittering CV is a major title with her beloved national team. Australia and New Zealand 2023 is her sixth and final Women's World Cup. If it weren’t for Marta, women’s football in Brazil would probably still be a very incipient thing.

Persons: CNN —, ” Sissi, “, Sissi, Vasco da Gama, Marta Viera da Silva, ”, Marta, chuckles, Stuart Franklin, wasn’t, Marta ’, John Walton, ’, that’s, ” Marta, Feng Li, Brazil’s, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Cafu, Roberto Carlos, Dida, Tina Ellerston, Ellerston, –, Juca Kfouri, Ronaldo O Fenômeno, Ronaldinho Gaúcho, ” Kfouri, Doug Pensinger, Pelé, Marta “ Pelé, Raphael Alves, she’s, Neymar, ‘ Marta ’, King, Marta –, Paul Currie, Kfouri, “ Marta Organizations: CNN, Brazil, Rio, Vasco, CNN Sport, FIFA, Nigeria, women’s, Champions League, Copa Libertadores, Germany, United, United States Women’s National, AFP, Getty, Brazil ” Locations: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, United States, men’s, Germany, USA, nestling, Australia, New Zealand, Alagoas, Marta’s, Brazilian

☆ How ‘Soul Train’ immortalized an exuberant era of Black style, movement and culture
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Brooklyn White-Grier | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

This was “Soul Train,” the music television series that served as Blackness’ binoculars. In the middle of the Black Power era and feeding from the civil rights movement, “Soul Train” provided a fresh opportunity for Black people to see and celebrate themselves. “We wouldn’t have a house party or at a club where we weren’t doing the ‘Soul Train’ line,” she said. “Those were the fits and the looks and the moves where I think ‘Soul Train’ probably had its biggest influence.”Still, Cochrane, a Gen X-er, says that her era of the “Soul Train” — and the “Soul Train” line — moved with the times. “But it was on ‘Soul Train’ that we got to see our favorite artist, hear our beloved songs, get our style trends and language.

Persons: — You’ve, you’d, ”, Chicago’s, Jackson, Dyana Williams, “, Williams, ” Williams, George E, Johnson, Ultra Sheen, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Sly Stone, Sly, Nelson George’s, Todd Oldham, ” Oldham, It’s, Don Cornelius, Kenneth Gamble, Gamble, Huff, Naima Cochrane, Cochrane, Michael Ochs, Rosie Perez, Patrice Rushen, Fred Berry, Vivica, Cheryl Song, Nobody, ” Cochrane, ” “, ’ ” Williams, Black Television ” Organizations: CNN, TRL, Ultra, Black Power, Michael Ochs Archives, Fox, Black Television Locations: Afro Sheen, America, Washington ,, Philadelphia, Shalamar, American

☆ Michelle Yeoh marries longtime partner Jean Todt
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh has married her longtime partner Jean Todt in a ceremony in Switzerland – nearly two decades after the French businessman first proposed to her. We love you and here’s to many more to come,” the Malaysian actress wrote. The post included images of the two exchanging rings and another of them sitting snuggled together on a bed decorated with flower petals. Todt posted the framed image on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter, over the weekend, thanking long-time Bond producer Barbara Broccoli for the “touching” wedding gift. Todt, who made his name as a World Rally Championship co-driver, is also a former president of Formula 1’s governing body, the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile.

Persons: CNN — Oscar, Michelle Yeoh, Jean Todt, Yeoh, Todt, Felipe Massa, “, M.Y, Oscar, ” Yeoh, don’t, Marvel, Rich Asians ”, ”, Pierce Brosnan, James Bond, Barbara Broccoli, General’s Organizations: CNN, Switzerland –, Ferrari, Academy, Rich Asians, Formula, Internationale de, United Nations Locations: Switzerland, French, Malaysian, Shanghai, J.T, Geneva, Hong Kong

☆ Opinion: The Donald Trump and Hunter Biden surprises
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

So it was remarkable Wednesday when the deal for Hunter Biden to plead guilty to two misdemeanors for his failure to pay taxes on time fell apart in a federal courtroom after the judge raised questions about it. Special counsel Jack Smith unexpectedly added a major allegation to the indictment charging former President Donald Trump with mishandling classified documents. The Trump and Hunter Biden developments underlined how America’s political climate is being shaped by what happens in the courts. This addition, an alleged surveillance tape conspiracy, almost reads like a spy novel.”“It features Trump employee and co-defendant Walt Nauta’s surprise clandestine trip to Florida. To W. James Antle III, it was the Hunter Biden plea deal snafu that brought to the forefront the “powerful split screen that drives” how Republican voters see the emerging 2024 presidential race.

Persons: Robert Burns, beasties, ”, Burns, aren’t, Hunter Biden, Jack Smith, Donald Trump, ” Smith, Trump, Dana Summers, Norman Eisen, Walt Nauta’s, Nauta, De Oliveira, De Oliveria, ’, ” Eisen, James Antle III, Hunter, Joe Biden’s, Maryellen Noreika, ” “ Noreika, couldn’t, Joe Biden, wasn’t, ” Bill Bramhall, Mitch McConnell, Sen, Dianne Feinstein, Julian Zelizer, “, ” “, Walt Handelsman, Elon Musk’s, Twitter “, Bill Carter, it’s, … Musk, —, Musk, ” Carter, Bill McGuire, ” McGuire, Mark Wolfe, Cassandra Lovejoy, Clay Jones, David Grusch, Jason Colavito, Colavito, Barbara Lee, Abigail E, Moore, ” Lee, Michael Bociurkiw, Odesa, Vladimir Putin’s, ” Bociurkiw, “ Handshakes, ” Netanyahu Israel’s, Benjamin Netanyahu, Frida Ghitis, Netanyahu, Drew Sheneman, Peniel, Joseph, Kamala Harris, Sophia A, Nicole Hemmer, Patrick T, Brown, David J, Skorton, Frank R, Lisa Benson, Barbie, Dean Obeidallah, ‘, GOP Sen, Ted Cruz, Mattel, Barbie —, Greta Gerwig’s, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling —, ” Obeidallah, Taylor Swift Taylor Swift, Swift, Barbra Streisand, Margaret H, Willison, O’Connor Sinéad O'Connor, Andrew Chin, Sinéad O’Connor, Sarah Gundle, Taylor, Sinead O’Connor’s, ” Don’t, Lawrence, Kara Alaimo, Jill Filipovic, Jeff Pearlman, He’s, Catherine Steenkeste, David A, Andelman, Mort Rosenblum, who’s, he’s, ” We’ll Organizations: CNN, Mar, Trump, Justice Department, Fox, Republicans, GOP, of Justice, New York Daily, Times, Twitter, SpaceX, World Meteorological Organization, University College London, Pentagon, “, Disney, Supreme, Agency, Education, African, Trinity, Warner Bros, Warner Bros ., Billboard, Machine, Vogue Theatre, International Herald Tribune Locations: Scottish, Florida, Bedminster, New, California, Rhodes, Corfu, Evia, Europe, United States, Odesa, Miami, York, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Israel’s, North America, Vancouver, Canada, White, Paris, Seine, gunpoint, ”

☆ Uncovering a lost Maya city in the jungle
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Once upon a planetShown here are the remains of a building with a staircase that once stood within the ancient city of Ocomtún on the Yucatán Peninsula. Ivan Šprajc/ZRC SAZUA lost Maya city abandoned more than 1,000 years ago has been found in the jungles of Campeche on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. Other worldsThis illustration shows what the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will look like in orbit. These cold, faint worlds are incredibly difficult to detect — but not for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Across the universeThe James Webb Space Telescope captured a high-resolution image of Herbig-Haro 46/47, an actively forming pair of stars.

Persons: Indiana Jones, Ivan Šprajc, Juan Carlos Fernandez, Diaz, Fernandez, Nancy Grace, NASA’s, James Webb, Webb, — Carl Sagan’s, Ludwig van Beethoven, —, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, “ Raiders, SAZU, University of Houston, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Hubble, Telescope, NASA, James Webb Space, DePasquale, ESA, Medical University of Vienna, CNN Space, Science Locations: Ocomtún, Campeche, Mexico’s Yucatán, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

☆ The Dave Matthews Band, Reconsidered
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Melissa Kirsch | More About Melissa Kirsch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Dave Matthews Band is on tour, as they have been every summer, except 2020, for the past 30-odd years. Like the Grateful Dead and Phish, so-called jam bands with which it’s often lumped together, Dave Matthews has a deliriously passionate fan base that follows the band from city to city, reuniting with fellow disciples at preshow tailgates, showing off devotional tattoos, trading live recordings. In the early ’90s, when I arrived for my first year at the University of Virginia, Dave Matthews was a local celebrity. It would be years before the stereotype of Dave Matthews fans as “pot-smoking, tie-dye-touting former frat bros fawning over craft beers in parking lots between cornhole games,” as Perri Ormont Blumberg puts it, would become a widely understood social designation. We spent the next four years not going to Dave Matthews Band shows together.

Persons: Dave Matthews, preshow, ”, Perri Ormont Blumberg, ” Ben Sisario Organizations: University of Virginia, The Times Locations: Virginia

☆ I drove a new Tesla rival that uses facial recognition and fingerprints instead of a key — but I think a regular key beats the futuristic feature 99% of the time
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I drove the Genesis GV60, a new Tesla rival from Hyundai's luxury brand. It's practically impossible to misplace your car keys if you buy the new Genesis GV60 SUV. The Genesis GV60. The Genesis GV60. The Genesis GV60.

Persons: Tim Levin, who's, robotically, I'm, it's, Ed Kim, Kim Organizations: Morning, Apple

☆ ‘The family feels like he got trapped’: How a low-profile Mar-a-Lago employee got tangled up in Trump’s legal problems
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Alayna Treene Zachary Cohen Kristen Holmes Randi Kaye Christie Johnson | Alayna Treene | Zachary Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The 56-year-old De Oliveira lives in an apartment in a middle class townhome community in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, about 20 minutes north of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. Almeida told CNN he believed that De Oliveria has worked at Mar-a-Lago for more than 20 years. Some members of his family, “couldn’t even sleep last night with all of this going on,” one family member told CNN. “He isn’t familiar with how the government here works and he was probably just being loyal to his boss who is paying his bills,” the person told CNN. Asked about the Trump indictment, Brion said, “I can’t even imagine how he could be implicated in that mess.”

Persons: Donald Trump, Carlos De Oliveira, De Oliveira, Walt Nauta, Trump’s, De Oliveria, “ I’ve, Trump, “, hadn’t, ”, ’, Yuscil, ‘, de Oliveira, Tiberio Almeida, De, Almeida, Oliveria, Carlos, It’s, ” Almeida, “ He’s, Miami De Oliveira, De Oliveira “, John Irving, Taveras, Irving, ” Raymond Brion, Brion Organizations: CNN, Justice Department, Trump, White House, “, Mar, Club, Lago, DC, Trump’s, America, Prosecutors Locations: Trump’s Florida, Mar, “, Palm Beach Gardens , Florida, Trump’s, Portugal, Massachusetts, Florida, Miami

☆ What is a UAP? What the acronym means, why they're different from UFOs, and what a Congressional hearing revealed
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Recent testimonies before Congress and meetings with NASA have renewed interest in UAPs and UFOs. There are differences between UAPs and UFOs, especially related to potential proof of alien life. Here's everything you need to know about UAPs and UFOs — including what they stand for. The transition from using UFO to UAP was to better encompass a variety of phenomena and strange sightings. Bettmann/Getty ImagesUAP vs. UFOUFO — which stands for "unidentified flying object" — was coined by the Air Force in 1952.

Persons: David Grusch's, Kenneth Arnold, Nev, John Locher, David Fravor, Ryan Graves, Graves, Fravor, UAPs, — Organizations: NASA, Service, Air Force, UAP, CNN, Department of Defense, Pentagon, Getty, Military, Navy, Force, AP, New York Times Locations: Wall, Silicon, San Diego, Roswell , New Mexico, Rachel

There is no suggestion the trades break sanctions, although they may make it difficult for sanctions enforcement agencies in Europe and the United States to track Russian oil transactions and prices. The new trading network and practices raise financial risks for Russian oil companies dealing with unknown entities with limited credit history. "We recognise that (sanctions on Russia are) going to change the shape and structure of the Russian oil markets," the official told reporters. In May, Russian seaborne oil supplies to India, which was a rare buyer of Russian oil before the war, reached a record of 1.95 million bpd while China imported 2.29 million bpd. A source with one major Russian oil company said his company was prepared to deal with higher credit risks from buyers for the sake of having stable and rising oil exports.

Persons: Russia's, Rosneft, Everest, Coral, Washington, Lukoil, Dmitry Zhdannikov, Nidhi Verma, Timothy Gardner, Laura Sanicola, Simon Webb, Frank Jack Daniel Our Organizations: NEW, Liberian, Reuters, Shell, Group, European Union, Bellatrix Energy, Leopard, Guron, SEA, Coral Energy, Everest Energy, U.S . Treasury, EU, UK, Treasury, UAE dirham, Shipping, Hindustan Petroleum, Gazprom Neft, Covart Energy, Orion Energy, Media, Rosneft, Nidhi, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine MOSCOW, NEW DELHI, Russia's Ust, Hong Kong, India, Moscow, Asia, Ukraine, Refinitiv, Europe, United States, Australia, China, U.S, UAE, Dubai, Visakhapatnam, Surgutneftegaz, Russian, Geneva, Singapore, Rosneft, Venezuela, MOSCOW, LONDON, Washington, New York

☆ Opinion | A Grim Climate Lesson From the Canadian Wildfires
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( David Wallace-Wells | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

But whose responsibility is the carbon produced when forests burn? In the age of extreme weather and climate agreements, the world has learned to tabulate ecological guilt nation by nation — cutting responsibility for the current crisis into so many slices of pie. If the 20th century taught us the perversity of aggressive fire suppression, the 21st is already teaching us the limits of that lesson. But if the costs to human health of wildfire smoke are larger than from the fires themselves, should the goal be recalibrated? Canada has a gargantuan per capita carbon footprint, in fact, by some measures larger than that of the United States.

Persons: ” Henry Mance, “ Organizations: U.S ., Canadair, Financial Times Locations: North America, Eurasia, China, United States, India, California, Canada, Russia, Ontario, Quebec, Michigan, Maine, U.S, Los Angeles, Tampa

☆ I got an early look at Volvo's $34,950 electric SUV and saw why it's one of the best Tesla rivals yet
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I got an early look at Volvo's $35,000 electric SUV coming in 2024. The little EX30 packs an estimated 275 miles of range and a stylish, minimalist interior. It's one of the most exciting Tesla rivals yet. The little SUV serves up stylish looks, enough range for most people, and a minimalist interior that improves upon the sort of uncluttered, tech-forward design that Tesla pioneered. All that, plus the electric SUV's bargain-bin starting price, makes the EX30 one of the most exciting Tesla rivals coming down the pike.

Persons: Elon Musk's Tesla, Tesla Organizations: Volvo

The project launched on Monday, with eyeball scans taking place in countries including Britain, Japan and India. Applicants lined up to have their irises scanned by the device, before waiting for the 25 free Worldcoin tokens the company says verified users can claim. Worldcoin's data-collection is a "potential privacy nightmare," said the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a U.S. privacy campaigner. Worldcoin tokens were trading around $2.30 on the world's largest exchange, Binance, on Tuesday. For many users, the promise of financial gains from the crypto coins was enough to make them hand over personal data.

Persons: Sam Altman, Saeki Sasaki, Worldcoin, Ali, Madeleine Stone, Sujith, Elizabeth Howcroft, Medha, Mark Potter Organizations: Reuters, Privacy, Big Brother Watch, Thomson Locations: TOKYO, BENGALURU, Britain, Japan, India, Tokyo, U.S, London, Bengaluru, Medha Singh, Anton

☆ Saudi Mbappé bid even less rational than it looks
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Liam Proud | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Yet a possible outlay of 1 billion euros, including compensation, takes the country’s sporting tactics to surreal new heights. Added to the transfer fee, that takes the outlay to around 1 billion euros. Spain’s LaLiga generated about 900 million euros in international broadcast revenue in the 2020-2021 season, according to Deloitte. CBS Sports reported that Al Hilal was also offering Mbappé a total one-year compensation package worth 700 million euros. The Guardian reported that Mbappé’s one-year salary would be 200 million euros, rising to 700 million euros after including other commercial arrangements and proceeds from image rights.

Persons: Al Hilal’s, Kylian, Germain, Declan Rice, Mbappé, Mbappé aren’t, Al Hilal, George Hay, Streisand Neto Organizations: Reuters, Paris Saint, Arsenal, Saudi Pro League, Guardian, Deloitte, English Premier League, Saudi, Newcastle United, Premier League, Economics, Regional, Qatar, Britons, Al, Financial Times, Bloomberg, CBS Sports, Thomson Locations: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Paris, China, Saudi, France’s, Saudi Arabian, French

☆ Stories Like Norman Rockwell Paintings, if Rockwell Painted Guillotines
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Dwight Garner | More About Dwight Garner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In one of the new stories, people become obsessed with climbing ladders until one fellow disappears into the sky. “Green” is about a town that gets rid of its lawns and trees, only to long for them back. From hints in his diary, it appears that he liked to lie on her stomach and make love to her navel. In another scene, a naked little woman slides down a large man’s ear, to apparently profound effect. Little things become fashionable.

Persons: Millhauser, “, Rod Serling, ”, Gulliver, Nicholson Baker, shuddering Organizations: “, People Locations: strolls

☆ Twitter just announced the death of the little blue bird by projecting its new logo onto its San Francisco headquarters in the middle of the night
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Twitter's new "X" logo was projected over its San Francisco headquarters two hours after midnight. Some of Musk's other big product launches have been riddled with misfires and blunders. In a strange nocturnal display, Twitter's new logo lit up the facade of the company's San Francisco headquarters a few hours after midnight. At around 2 a.m. EST on Monday, Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino gave the world the new X logo: "Lights. Shortly after the imagery was splashed on the building's facade, Twitter user @nearcyan posted a picture appearing to show people gathered outside the headquarters.

Persons: Linda Yaccarino, Elon Musk, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's, Tucker Carlson, puller Organizations: San, Florida Governor, Twitter, Fox News Locations: San Francisco, Florida

“Obviously, the little girls that are going to see Barbie, none of them are going to have any idea what those dashes mean,” Mr. Cruz told Fox News. “This is really designed for the eyes of the Chinese censors, and they’re trying to kiss up to the Chinese Communist Party because they want to make money selling the movie.”The response on the right is not a one-off. For a generation of conservative personalities, weaned on Andrew Breitbart’s much-cited observation that “politics is downstream of culture,” Hollywood and other ostensibly liberal bastions are to be confronted head-on, lest their leanings ensnare young voters without a fight. Recent years have provided ample evidence, some on the right say, for a “go woke, go broke” view that progressivism is bad business. (Of course, there is no way to trace exactly what determines any movie’s success or failure, and many observers adhere to the screenwriter William Goldman’s axiom: “Nobody knows anything.”)“Barbie” cannot be said to have gone broke.

Persons: Mr, Cruz, Andrew Breitbart’s, ensnare, ”, Mario, Halle Bailey, ’, William Goldman’s, Barbie, Rich Cromwell, ” Kyle Smith Organizations: Fox News, Chinese Communist Party, Mario Bros, Black, Wall Street

☆ UBS hit with $387 million in fines for ‘misconduct’ by Credit Suisse in Archegos dealings
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —UBS is being fined for missteps by Credit Suisse less than two months after UBS completed an emergency takeover of its former rival. On Monday, the Federal Reserve said it would fine UBS for “misconduct” by Credit Suisse in its risk management of Archegos Capital Management, an investment fund that collapsed in 2021. All told, the fines levied against UBS announced Monday total $387 million – including fines from the Swiss government and the Bank of England. In its announcement of the fine, the Federal Reserve Board said that Credit Suisse practiced “unsafe and unsound” credit risk management practices in its dealings with Archegos. UBS and Credit Suisse have also been ordered to submit a plan to strengthen oversight of their US operations and senior management in the next 120 days.

Organizations: CNN, UBS, missteps, Credit Suisse, Federal Reserve, Archegos Capital Management, Bank of England, Warner Brothers Discovery, Federal Reserve Board, Archegos, “ Credit Suisse, ”, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, Swiss Locations: Swiss, “, Wall, Switzerland

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