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☆ From meltdowns to break-ups, viewers are still talking about Tubi's divisive prank Super Bowl ad days after it aired
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Tubi aired a cheeky prank commercial during Super Bowl LVII on Sunday that many are still discussing. The ad made viewers think the game was back, only to be interrupted by a switch to the Tubi app. Social media users are still cracking jokes and making serious points about reactions to the ad. Twitter and TikTok users are still talking about the Fox-owned streaming service's Super Bowl commercial days after the big game aired, after many say it successfully tricked them into thinking someone was controlling their TV. "The way that tubi commercial caused so many issues," one Twitter user wrote on Wednesday.

With a majority of S & P 500 companies having posted their quarterly results, investors' focus will turn toward inflation and the consumer price index reading in the upcoming week. The three major indexes are on pace to end the week down, with the S & P 500 poised to post its worst performance since December. Sharp declines for Alphabet , which is off by more than 9% this week, dragged the tech-heavy index. January's consumer price index With the latest Powell speech in the books, investors are now looking ahead to the consumer price index for insight into the pace of inflation. "Retail sales and CPI is really driven by the consumer, and a lot of eyes are on how the consumer doing," Bruno said.

☆ Twitter took its Spaces audio feature offline after suspended journalists found they still had access and confronted Elon Musk about their removals
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Twitter Spaces was taken offline after suspended journalists were still able to access it. After Spaces stopped working, Musk tweeted that Twitter is "fixing a Legacy bug," and it should return Friday. A little after 2 a.m. Eastern, actor Sir Maejor, tweeted at Musk, asking what happened with Twitter Spaces. Twitter suspended more than six journalists from the platform on Thursday, all of whom report on Musk regularly. During his appearance in the Space, Musk said "everyone's going to be treated the same, you're not special cause you're a journalist."

☆ 'Goncharov' isn't a real Martin Scorsese movie, but Tumblr convinced the internet it's a classic
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Morgan Sung | Morgan Sung Is A Trends Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Martin Scorsese presents GONCHAROV. In 2020, another Tumblr user reblogged the post with a screenshot of a comment that read, "this idiot hasn't seen goncharov." The New York Times reports that "Goncharov" was the top trending topic on Tumblr by Monday evening, followed by "Martin Scorsese." "The goncharov bit on tumblr right now is one of the insane things I eve ever seen," Twitter user @gwenstacying said. Martin Scorsese is in on the joke.

Officers investigate the deaths of four University of Idaho students at an apartment complex south of campus Monday. The slain students were identified Monday as Ethan Chapin, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Kaylee Goncalves, 21. In a memo to students, university President Scott Green said he and his wife were "heartbroken." Kernodle, of Post Falls, Idaho, was a junior and a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority majoring in marketing. And Goncalves, of Rathdrum, Idaho, was a senior and a member of the Alpha Phi sorority majoring in general studies.

☆ No clear answers in deaths of 4 Idaho students found dead near campus, mayor says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The mayor of a small Idaho town where four college students were found dead said the “senseless” killings could be blamed on "most any scenario." In a memo to students Monday, University of Idaho President Scott Green said he and his wife were "heartbroken" over the deaths. Kernodle, of Post Falls, Idaho, was a junior and member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority majoring in marketing. Mogen, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, was also a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority and a senior majoring in marketing. And Goncalves, of Rathdrum, Idaho, was a senior and member of the Alpha Phi sorority majoring in general studies.

☆ Elon Musk bans impersonation without parody label on Twitter raising questions about free speech commitment
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesAfter several celebrity and blue-check verified Twitter users changed their accounts to mimic the social network's new owner Elon Musk, he called for a swift change to policy enforcement. Musk wrote on Sunday that, moving forward, Twitter will now permanently suspend impersonators' accounts without warning if they are not clearly labeled as parody. In May, after he agreed to buy Twitter, Musk argued against lifetime bans and said he would reverse one on Donald Trump. The platform would not usually jump to a permanent ban of a user's account for impersonation prior to Musk's takeover. Twitter and Elon Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment or confirmation as to whether Sommer and Griffin were permanently banned.

☆ While Elon Musk said 'comedy is now legal' following his acquisition of Twitter, jokes about the new owner and criticism over his takeover are getting users blocked and suspended
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The day after he purchased Twitter, billionaire Elon Musk posted "comedy is now legal" on the platform. In the days since, parody accounts impersonating Musk and joking about the acquisition have been removed. Musk tweeted on Sunday that unlabeled parody accounts will be "permanently suspended" without warning. The day after he purchased Twitter, Musk posted a tweet saying "comedy is now legal" on the platform, but in the days since his takeover, parody accounts impersonating Musk have cropped up across the site, riffing about the new owner, and getting banned in the process. Musk added that going forward, any change in name at all from a verified account would result in a "temporary loss of verified checkmark."

☆ Morning Bid: Laboring markets get China fillip
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan. With one eye on the U.S. employment report at the end of a dour week of rising interest rates, world markets were spurred by another slightly mysterious Chinese stock surge. None of these reports have yet been confirmed, but some former officials appeared to encourage the speculation on Friday. The Shanghai Composite (.SSEC) rose 2.7% and was headed for a 5.6% weekly gain, the largest in more than two years. U.S. stock futures were up marginally ahead of the open, however, after another round of heavy index losses on rising interest rate fears on Thursday.

☆ Goldman says dividend growth stocks win in recessions – here are 10
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Those planning for more disruption should prioritize stocks with a decent dividend yield and, perhaps more importantly, dividend growth. "In the mid-1970s, high dividend yield stocks struggled to compete with rising cash yields and lagged the S & P 500," Kostin said. Goldman recommends its recently refreshed basket of dividend growth stocks. Verizon Communications carries the highest dividend yield on the list, at 7%, with dividend growth of 2%. NXP Semiconductors and Microchip Technology have some of the fastest dividend growth for the sector, at 22% each.

☆ I'm a software engineer who ditched the Bay Area for an up-and-coming tech hub. I pay more in rent, but I still don't regret breaking up with Silicon Valley.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-30 | by ( Charlotte Lytton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

She moved away from Silicon Valley for Santa Cruz and then Sacramento. But during Covid, students leaving Santa Cruz meant we could afford to rent there again with our combined salaries, so we moved back. I once saw graffiti on a trash can down in WestCliff that said 'Silicon Valley ppl go home'. I do wonder if that's the reason it's been hard to make firm friends in Sacramento's tech community. I'm hopeful this will improve, and ultimately, the splitting up of Silicon Valley is an amazing thing.

☆ Donald Trump seems to turn to QAnon when he is feeling stressed and angry, online extremism researcher says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In recent weeks, he has frequently posted messages with QAnon references on his social media platform Truth Social. Kaplan said that these ongoing legal issues might make QAnon more appealing to Trump, as he is the "hero of the story of the QAnon conspiracy theory." "I think what the QAnon accounts do, at least on the Truth Social amplification part of it, is that they provide him validation, reassurance, good feelings. Meanwhile, on Friday, Trump shared a post on his Truth Social account that compared him to Jesus Christ. Truth Social user @austinnegrete said: "Jesus is the Greatest.

☆ Duke Energy is one of the top leakers of a gas that is 25,000 times more polluting than carbon dioxide, EPA records show
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Phil Mckenna | Inside Climate News | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +22 min

The emissions were equal to the annual greenhouse gas emissions of more than 59,000 automobiles, according to the EPA’s greenhouse gas equivalency calculator. Under such a scenario Duke Energy would likely have years of low emissions punctuated by a single year of high emissions. While other utilities have participated for decades in a voluntary program with the EPA to reduce SF6 emissions to next to nothing, Duke Energy has not. Brooks said Duke Energy is also targeting its most leaky equipment for faster replacement. The figure is roughly half of 1% of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, far smaller than yearly emissions of carbon dioxide, the primary driver of climate change.

☆ Trump has aides who follow him around on the golf course and recite positive things people say about him on social media: NYT reporter
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump has aides who follow him around reciting praise he's had on social media. The former president's love of praise and adulation is well known, The NYT's Maggie Haberman reported. Allies will often effusively praise Trump on social media. It's long been reported that Trump loves hearing praise, and at his private offices surrounds himself with magazine covers, paintings, and other keepsakes memorializing his achievements. North Korea's Kim Jong Un entered into a correspondence with Trump during his presidency, and Trump would boast of the "beautiful letters" he received from the dictator.

☆ I'm a commercial pilot for Frontier. The commute and unruly passengers are a challenge, but I love that I get paid to travel.
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-20 | by ( David Silverberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Ron Fishman is a commercial pilot for Frontier Airlines with more than 17 years of experience. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ron Fishman, a 42-year-old commercial pilot from Toronto, Ontario, who's been flying for more than 17 years. This one-year certificate gave me my private pilot license (PPL), commercial pilot license (CPL), instrument rating (IR), and other things like night ratingsA private pilot license allows you to fly for fun, meaning you aren't allowed to profit from piloting. A commercial license allows you to make money as a pilot, with limitations. I'm not anxious and I support United, Delta, Frontier, JetBlue, and each airline's decisions, regardless of their stance on masks.

☆ I had a difficult pregnancy and complications afterward — and my options for maternity leave made everything far worse
▼ + stars: | 2022-01-18 | by ( Jacquelynn Kerubo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

She had to agree to return to work for at least six months after her leave was up. It provides six weeks of fully paid leave and up to 12 weeks total when combined with sick and annual leave. I had eight weeks of combined annual and sick leave, which meant I could take the full 12 weeks off. A coworker told me she took six weeks of paid leave and eight weeks of unpaid leave. 6 weeks of paid leave isn't enough for anyone.

☆ Porcii modificați genetic, aprobați pentru consumul uman în SUA
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-19 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Animalele, cunoscute sub numele de porci GalSafe, au fost modificate genetic pentru a nu avea zahăr alpha-gal pe suprafața celulelor. Administrația pentru Alimente și Medicamente (FDA) din SUA a anunțat că a aprobat porcii modificați genetic, atât pentru consumul alimentar de către oameni, cât și ca sursă pentru potențiale utilizări terapeutice, precum medicamentele. Porcii GalSafe au fost dezvoltați de compania biotehnologică Revivicor Inc., derivată din compania britanică PPL Therapeutics care a ajutat la producerea primului animal clonat, oaia Dolly, în 1996. În 2015, agenția a aprobat o formă de somon modificată genetic pentru consum uman, care a fost editată pentru a crește mai repede. Decizia actuală a primit critici din partea ONG-urilor pentru siguranța alimentelor care au afirmat că FDA a aprobat GalSafe, porcii modificați genetic, fără să ceară companiei să realizeze teste de alergii și nici să ofere o analiză de mediu adecvată.

Persons: gal, Stephen Hahn, Revivicor Organizations: gal, FDA, biotehnologică Revivicor Inc, PPL, United Therapeutics, Associated Press Locations: SUA

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