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☆ Breastfeeding can be hard and lonely. These women are trying to change that
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-21 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that infants consume only breast milk — no formula — until they are about 6 months old. But at that age, just 56% of US babies consume any breast milk, according the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But for some women or birthing parents, exclusive breastfeeding or chestfeeding is simply not possible because of inadequate supply. “It is personalized.” Studies suggest that breastfed babies have lower risks of illness and chronic health problems, and that breastfeeding parents have lower risks of maternal diabetes and hypertension. “We have a long way to go.”The Lactation Network is privately held and doesn’t have external investment, Neff said.

Persons: Andrea Ippolito, ”, Ippolito, ” Ippolito, Evan Montgomery Ippolito, there’s, it’s, doesn't, Alexandr Kolesnikov, Ann Kellams, It’s, Sarah Kellogg Neff, hadn’t, didn’t, Neff, Amy VanHaren, Brittany Shoughi, Janelle Carmela “, Pumpspotting, Barb, VanHaren, Matt Douglas, ” Douglas, “, Jamie Grill, … it’s, Gayle Shipp, “ Who’s, ” Kellams, “ There’s Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN, The American Academy of Pediatrics, US Centers for Disease Control, International Board, Intelligence, University of, Breast, Corporation, “, Michigan State Locations: New York, “, United States, Dorchester, MA, Pumpspotting, Michigan

☆ Skipping college, switching jobs, and navigating office politics: What older Americans regret about their careers
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-21 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Many older Americans regret some career choices that affected retirement plans and job prospects. This is part of an ongoing series about older Americans' regrets. AdvertisementSince September, BI has heard from older Americans about their career regrets in two surveys it conducted. Some older Americans BI spoke with agreed that their degrees haven't helped further their careers. Chuck SmithMany older Americans, like Chuck Smith, 60, couldn't control how long they stayed in roles because of layoffs but wished they had settled somewhere more stable.

Persons: Lou Nelson, hasn't, Nelson, Grover McBeath, McBeath, Lynda Namey, she's, I've, Namey, Dawn Habbena, Habbena, she'd, Chuck Smith, Smith, he's, —, Carly Roszkowski, Michael R, Michael, could've, I'm, Nobody's, Sera Organizations: BI, AARP, of Labor Statistics, Labor Statistics, Air Force, Social Security, SNAP, Pew Research Center, Liberty University, Revelio Labs, Vanguard Locations: Texas, Nevada, Alabama, Massachusetts, New York, California, Hawaii

☆ Trump’s energy policy will be more complex than ‘drill baby drill’
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-21 | by ( Ella Nilsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Both are staunch fossil fuel advocates, but each has also worked with clean energy. But Musk’s influence on Trump’s energy policy is less certain, as he has been tasked with a new commission cutting government spending and agency jobs. Trump’s energy policy will also be impacted by the fast-changing energy landscape. We would obviously like to see our permits uphold court challenges.”The battle lines on clean energy are less clearWhat’s less clear is what Trump’s picks will mean for clean energy. Nuclear has enjoyed bipartisan support, and it’s getting major boosts from big tech companies that have signed agreements to source much of their power from nuclear energy.

Persons: Donald Trump, it’s, Biden, Trump, Doug Burgum, Chris Wright, Wright, Elon Musk, Joe Biden, ”, Neil Chatterjee, Dan Koeck, Karoline Leavitt, we’ve, —, Ron Ness, Burgum, Trump’s, Charlie Riedl, “ That’s, Alan Ahn, they’ve, they’re, Chatterjee, “, ” Chatterjee, CNN’s Alayna Treene Organizations: CNN, North Dakota Gov, Interior, Energy Secretary, Elon, America’s, EV, GOP, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington Post, Trump, North Dakota Petroleum Council, Biden’s Energy Department ., Center, LNG, Biden’s Interior Department, Trump . Nuclear, Microsoft, Nuclear, Republicans Locations: liquefy, Colorado, North Dakota, North, Wilton , North Dakota, Paris, America, Europe, Asia, South America, Biden’s, Pennsylvania

☆ 4 side hustles you can do from your couch—some pay up to $270 for 30 minutes of work and don't require a degree
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-20 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Not all side hustles require you to fill up your gas tank or form an LLC. Most options only require a laptop — cozy blankets and college degrees optional — and some can pay up to $270 for only 30 minutes of work. "There's a whole world of low-paying survey apps, and you can get paid to play mobile games," Loper says. Current listings include a general survey about sexual wellness, which pays $40 for 20 minutes of participation, and a CEO survey about generative AI that pays $270 for 30 minutes. Bar exam tutors on Wyzant typically charge between $40 and $90 per hour, and elementary math tutors charge between $30 and $50 per hour, according to the platform.

Persons: Nick Loper, Loper, Kathy Kristof, there's, Outschool, Steve Menking, I've, Robert Half Organizations: Centers for Disease Control, PayPal, SMB Capital, CNBC, Pay Teachers, that's, DataAnnotation Tech, Facebook

☆ The head of Travis Kalanick's restaurant tech startup is leaving after 5 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-18 | by ( Meghan Morris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Guido Gabrielli is leaving restaurant tech company Otter after five years, per a company email viewed by BI. Otter is a nearly $70 million a year business, Travis Kalanick wrote in an email to staff. One of Travis Kalanick's key businesses just named a new leader, according to a company email reviewed by Business Insider. AdvertisementGuido Gabrielli is leaving Otter, the restaurant tech arm of City Storage Systems, per the company email sent by Kalanick. I couldn't be more excited about having him take the helm," Kalanick wrote in the company email.

Persons: Guido Gabrielli, Ashvin Kumar, Travis Kalanick, Travis Kalanick's, Kalanick, Gabrielli, Otter, Kumar, cofounding Uber Organizations: BI, Business, Storage Systems, Kalanick, Uber, Otter, Microsoft, CSS

☆ Here’s what’s in and out of the government funding agreement
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-18 | by ( Katie Lobosco | Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

A House vote on a Trump-endorsed funding bill failed on Thursday evening. Here’s what’s no longer in the funding package:Debt ceiling extensionThe GOP package that failed Thursday would have suspended the debt ceiling until January 30, 2027, addressing Trump’s key demand from his Wednesday evisceration of the original deal. The funding package no logner includes major changes for pharmacy benefit managers. The spending package also would have transferred DC’s Air National Guard 121st Fighter Squadron into the Maryland Air National Guard. Funding for pediatric cancer researchThe final bill does not reauthorize federal funding for the National Institutes of Health’s Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Biden, Hurricane Helen, Chandan Khanna, Hurricanes Helene, Milton, Francis Scott Key, Spencer Platt, Ross Margulies, Phillips, PBMs, Robert F, Hill, —, Elon Musk, Rosa DeLauro, ’ Musk, ”, Health’s Gabriella Miller, Joe Biden, Jennifer Wexton, Sen, Tim Kaine, Miller, Barack Obama, Gabriella Miller, Sarah Ferris, Lauren Fox, Clare Foran, Manu Raju, Morgan Rimmer Organizations: CNN, Trump, House, Federal Emergency Management, Disaster Relief Fund, Getty, FEMA, Hurricanes, US Treasury Department, Port of Baltimore ., Maryland Transportation Authority, GOP, Lawmakers, Treasury Department, White, Congress, Treasury, Medicare, Phelps, Federal Trade Commission, CVS, Control, RFK, Kennedy, Washington Commanders, Washington, Northwest, FedEx Field, Maryland, DC’s Air National Guard 121st Fighter Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard, Republican, Federal, Health, Democrats, ”, National Institutes, Pediatric Research, Center, Budget, US, of Agriculture Locations: Hurricane, Florida, Maryland, Port of Baltimore, Manatt, Washington, DC, Landover , Maryland, China, Virginia

☆ Forget Bluesky. the Real Refuge From Twitter Is the Group Chat.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Amanda Hoover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The communication breakdown happens as the social platforms launched in the 2000s have taken on larger lives than anyone anticipated. The candid nature of group chats gives them value and tethers people with looser connections together, but that can also make them unwieldy. Group chats can languish for years; there's no playbook for leaving or kicking out someone who's no longer close to the core group. If a couple breaks up, who gets the group chat? But his group chat might still have the best vibes of all.

Persons: Josh Kramer, it's, Kramer, Elon Musk's, Donald Trump, upstarts, Elon Musk, there's, Kate Mannell, Savannah Badalich, Badalich, Robin Dunbar, Dunbar, WhatsApp, Victoria Usher, Usher, Mannell, he's, There's Organizations: New_, Twitter, Elon, ARC Centre, Excellence, Child, Deakin University, Vodafone, MSNBC, Reuters, Telemundo, CNN, The New York Times, Times, Meta, Facebook Locations: Australia, Savannah

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Tesla, Meta, Dell, Nike, SolarEdge, Planet Fitness & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Truist reiterates Meta Platforms as buy Truist says the Instagram owner is a top pick in 2025. " Morgan Stanley initiates Elastic NV as overweight Morgan Stanley says it sees "sustained growth." Morgan Stanley upgrades Shoals to overweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley upgraded the solar tech company after a series of management meetings. Morgan Stanley initiates Hims and Hers at overweight Morgan Stanley called the telehealth company a "compounding machine." Morgan Stanley upgrades Quest Diagnostics to overweight from equal weight The firm said in its upgrade of Quest that 2025 is the "year of the labs."

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Piper Sandler, Piper, it's bullish, MARA, Stifel, Truist, Meta, monetization, Trump, it's, Morgan Stanley, Brandon Moss, Hims, Jefferies, Wells, JPMorgan, Wolfe, Rosenblatt, MongoDB Organizations: & Mara Holdings, MARA Holdings Inc, Inc, Mizuho, UBS, Manchester United, League, Premier League, Champions, Nike, BMO, Amazon, Jefferies, Walmart, Quest, WillScot Holdings Corporation, Timken Company, JPMorgan, Catalyst Watch, Dell, Arista, DELL, Nvidia, Albertsons, Kroger, Barclays Locations: Manchester, GenAI, gym's, OW

☆ 'Most clients are probably out of balance': BlackRock's stock chief says investors should consider this portfolio change in 2025
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Christine Ji | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Buying an S&P 500 index fund has long been considered an easy way to gain broad market exposure and diversification. In the past, the largest sector in the S&P 500 has typically made up less than 20% of the index. As a result, when investors buy the S&P 500 index, they become overexposed to growth by default. That's where value investing comes in, he said, as value stocks provide diversification on both fronts. Growth stocks are mainly found in the technology, consumer discretionary, and communication services sectors," Jesch wrote in a recent note.

Persons: Tony DeSpirito, DeSpirito, that's, they've, it's, aren't, Björn Jesch, they'll, Jesch, Rowe Organizations: BlackRock, Big Tech, DWS, Nvidia, Investors Locations: BlackRock

☆ UK kicks off review into training AI models on copyrighted content
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The U.K. is drawing up measures to regulate the use of copyrighted content by tech companies to train their artificial intelligence models. Some artists and publishers are unhappy with the way their content is being scraped freely by companies like OpenAI and Google to train their large language models — AI models trained on huge quantities of data to generate humanlike responses. Large language models are the foundational technology behind today's generative AI systems, including the likes of OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude. Separately, image distribution platform Getty Images sued another generative AI firm, Stability AI, in the U.K., accusing it of scraping millions of images from its websites without consent to train its Stable Diffusion AI model. Stability AI has disputed the suit, noting that the training and development of its model took place outside the U.K.

Persons: OpenAI, OpenAI's, Google's, Claude Organizations: British, Tuesday, Google, New York Times, Microsoft, Getty, Stability Locations: U.S

☆ Google’s new AI tool uses image prompts instead of text
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( John Towfighi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Google’s newest artificial intelligence tool, “Whisk,” lets people upload photos to get back a combined, AI-generated image – even without users inputting any text to explain what they want. Google’s Whisk is an image-to-image generator, building upon the popular concept of text-to-image generators. Users can add in text if they want to direct certain details, but it is not required to create an image. Google’s Whisk is built upon the generative AI developed by DeepMind, the AI lab that Google acquired in 2014. For example, the generated image might have a different height, hairstyle or skin tone as the prompt images, Google said in a blog post.

Persons: ”, Google, Whisk, OpenAI, ” Thomas Iljic, Demis Hassabis, John M, David Baker, Dan Kitwood, DeepMind, Dan Ives, ” Ives Organizations: CNN, Big Tech, Google, Google Labs, DeepMind, Chemistry, University of Washington, Wedbush Securities, Samsung, Qualcomm Locations: London, England

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Pfizer, Broadcom, Teva Pharmaceuticals and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Pfizer — Shares traded around 4% higher on the heels of the biopharmaceutical company's 2025 outlook arriving in line with Wall Street expectations . Nvidia , Broadcom — Shares of Nvidia and Broadcom fell more than 1% and nearly 5%, respectively, following the chip stocks' move in opposite directions in prior sessions. On Monday, Nvidia fell into correction territory . Affirm Holdings — Shares fell more than 3% after the buy now, pay later company announced a private offering of $750 million of convertible senior notes . Amentum reported a pro forma loss of 21 cents per share in its fiscal fourth quarter, compared to earnings of 17 cents per share in the year-ago period.

Persons: NASA's, Goldman Sachs, Tesla, Donald Trump's, Amentum, —, Alex Harring, Lisa Kailai Han, Pia Singh, Michelle Fox Organizations: Teva Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi —, Sanofi, duvakitug, Pfizer —, Pfizer, Computing, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Technologies, Nvidia, Broadcom —, Broadcom, Manchester United, UBS, Epam Systems, Cognizant, Solutions, Barclays, Holdings Locations: New Jersey

☆ Indonesia protectionist policy to draw investment misguided: Economists
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Dylan Butts | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

On Dec. 3, Indonesia's deputy industry minister told reporters that the country plans to increase the local content requirement for smartphone investments. Still, Indonesia is a small overseas sales market for Apple, with few consumers wealthy enough to buy a cutting-edge iPhone, economists said. Indonesia's content policy requires 40% of smartphones and tablets to be locally made. "Local content requirements have not been successful in attracting FDI to Indonesia. In addition to its local content requirements, Indonesia has also implemented other protectionist policies, including tariffs, to drive greater investments into the country.

Persons: Tim Cook, Budi Arie Setiadi, Joko Widodo, Bhima Yudhistira Adhinegara, What's, Arianto Patunru, Will Indonesia's, Indonesia's, CELIOS, Adhinegara, Yessi, Krisna Gupta Organizations: Apple, Indonesian, Communication, Industry, Afp, Getty, Center of Economic, Law Studies, CNBC, Apple Developer, Samsung, Center for Indonesian, Studies, Economic Research Institute, ASEAN Locations: Indonesian, Jakarta, Apple, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Cupertino, Bali, South, Southeast Asia, East Asia

☆ Jim Cramer addresses Nvidia's recent 14% decline and what he's doing with the stock
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Matthew J. Belvedere | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m. Jim also commented on Club stock Nvidia's recent slide. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Dow, Jimmy Carter, Jim, Peter Navarro, Donald Trump, Navarro, Matt Murphy, Stocks, Forman, Jim Cramer's Organizations: CNBC, Dow, Nasdaq, Texas, Broadcom, Devices, Marvell, AMD, Nvidia, Pfizer, Brown, Cisco Systems, Dell, Arista Networks Locations: New York, U.S

☆ Stripe CFO joins the board of $3 billion AI startup Vercel
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

He used to be CFO at several other tech companies, including Palo Alto Networks and Confluent. Vercel, an AI startup valued at more than $3 billion, just bulked up its board with the addition of a finance executive who has experience taking tech companies public. AdvertisementStripe Chief Financial Officer Steffan Tomlinson will serve as a director on Vercel's board, the startup said on Tuesday. Vercel is earlier in its lifecycle, however the AI startup has been putting some of the early pieces in place to potentially go public someday. Vercel's AI SDK, a software toolkit that helps developers build AI applications, was downloaded more than 700,000 times last week, up from about 80,000 downloads a year ago, according to NPM data.

Persons: Vercel, Steffan Tomlinson, Tomlinson, Michael Lacorazza, Guillermo Rauch, Marten Abrahamsen, He's, Abrahamsen, Rauch, Collison Organizations: Palo Alto Networks, Aruba Networks, Bank, Vercel's, Business, Microsoft

☆ Tech consultant found guilty of second-degree murder in stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

AP —A San Francisco jury on Tuesday found a tech consultant guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee. Momeni, who studies martial arts, claimed self-defense and said he didn’t realize he had fatally wounded Lee or that Lee was even hurt. Momeni was charged with murder in the first degree, but jurors could have found him guilty of murder in the second degree or manslaughter. A conviction of murder in the second degree carries a sentence of 16 years to life in this case. Lee had created mobile payment service Cash App and was the chief product officer of the cryptocurrency MobileCoin when he died.

Persons: Cash, Bob Lee, Nima Momeni, Lee, Momeni, didn’t, Brooke Jenkins, Krista Lee Organizations: San, Prosecutors, Momeni, San Francisco Bay Area Locations: San Francisco, Miami, San Francisco Bay

☆ Amazon commits another $10 billion to Ohio data centers amid questions about energy costs and supply
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Amazon will invest another $10 billion in Ohio data centers, Ohio Gov. In exchange for tax credits, Amazon committed to more than 1,000 new jobs in its Ohio data centers. AdvertisementMost of Amazon's data centers are located in Northern Virginia, the largest data center market in the world. Just this year, Amazon announced plans to spend $11 billion on data centers in Indiana and $10 billion in Mississippi. Under AEP's existing rate structures, the costs of new transmission lines to data centers could be spread to other ratepayers.

Persons: Mike DeWine, Amazon, Andy Jassy, DeWine, Les Wexner, Michael Fradette, David Proaño, Cargill, AEP's, Ellen Thomas Organizations: Amazon, Ohio Gov, Amazon Web, Ohio's Department of Development, Ohio Tax, Authority, BI, Gov, AEP Ohio, Meta, Microsoft, Google, The New Albany Company, Intel, AEP, Public Utilities Commission, Ohio Manufacturers ' Association Energy Group, Ohio Energy Leadership Council, Ohio, Ohio Energy Group, Ford, GE, Walmart Locations: Ohio, Columbus, Amazon Ohio, Central Ohio, Northern Virginia, Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio Ohio, AEP, New York, New Albany , Ohio, Johnstown , Ohio, The, BakerHostetler's Columbus

☆ RFK Jr. takes his turn in the spotlight: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

In today’s edition, Robert F. Kennedy begins meeting with senators in Washington, while Donald Trump holds his first post-election news conference. “Obviously, HHS under the first Trump administration was very clear on the issue of abortion conscience protections and all those things. On the reported sightings of drones over New Jersey and New York, Trump said, “The government knows what is happening.” He declined to say whether he had received an intelligence briefing about it. In 2000, Al Gore got oh-so-close to winning the White House when Bill Clinton’s approval rating was at 57%. Read more →That’s all from the Politics Desk for now.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Kate Santaliz, Sahil Kapur, Brennan Leach Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Donald Trump’s, John Thune, John Barrasso, Mike Crapo, Kennedy’s, Sen, Rick Scott, ”, “, ” Scott, Lisa Murkowski, Thom Tillis, Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell, McConnell, ” McConnell, Katie Miller, Trump, ” Sen, James Lankford, Joe, ” Lankford, Rebecca Shabad, Rob Wile President, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, Sergey Brin, Jeff Bezos, Masayoshi, Eric Adams, Brian Thompson, Read, Mark Murray, Harris, Joe Biden’s, Biden, George H.W, George H.W . Bush, Bush, Ronald Reagan’s, Al Gore, Bill Clinton’s, Hubert Humphrey’s, Lyndon Johnson’s, Humphrey, Richard Nixon, Humphrey —, 🗞️, remo, e work, Rea, viv e d a high, Hou Organizations: NBC, White House, Capitol, RFK Jr, Health, Human Services, Education, Labor, Pensions, New York Times, FDA, HHS, Trump, Apple, Amazon, New, New York City, ’, White, ics Locations: Washington, Idaho, Alaska, Ky, New York, New Jersey, George H.W ., Afghanistan, Poli

President-elect Donald Trump was upbeat at his first post-election press conference Monday, saying there was a big difference between now and when he took office in 2016: Some of his former adversaries are now being nice to him. The remarks were Trump's first news conference since he won the election and the first event he has hosted himself since November. Trump referenced recent meetings with Apple CEO Tim Cook, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai and former Alphabet President Sergey Brin. "I mean, I'd have to see it, because I don't know the facts." Trump's press conference was his first one since winning the 2024 election, though he has attended other organizations’ events, attended a SpaceX test launch, and gone to numerous sporting events.

Persons: Donald Trump, “, ”, Trump, Trump's, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, Sergey Brin, Jeff Bezos, —, Bezos, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, David Sacks, Jacob Helberg, Eric Adams, Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, TikTok, ” Trump, Kamala Harris, Biden Organizations: Apple, Amazon, Big, Twitter, Facebook, Google, The Washington Post, Pentagon, Department of, New, New York City, Des Moines Register, SpaceX, ”, Trump Locations: Lago, U.S, New York, New Jersey

President-elect Donald Trump and the head of Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank, Masayoshi Son, will announce a $100 billion investment effort designed to spur artificial intelligence and related infrastructure projects. The effort, first reported by CNBC, will attempt to create 100,000 jobs over four years. Trump and Son announced a similar initiative in 2016 after Trump was elected president for the first time, with the Japanese firm agreeing to invest $50 billion in the U.S. with the aim to create 50,000 jobs. It is not clear whether that effort fully paid off, as many of SoftBank's numerous startup investments in the U.S. and beyond failed to pay off. Son joins the slew of tech titans announcing investments following Trump's electoral victory.

Persons: Donald Trump, Masayoshi Son, Trump, Son, Forbes, Axios, Sam Altman Organizations: CNBC, Bloomberg News, titans, Facebook Locations: U.S

☆ Trump says Big Tech CEOs like Tim Cook have been the 'opposite of hostile' ahead of his 2nd term: 'My personality changed or something'
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that major tech CEOs want to meet with him ahead of his second term, showcasing how an industry that once spurned him is now supportive. Advertisement"One of the big differences between the first term, in the first term, everybody was fighting me," Trump told reporters during a news conference. Big Tech executives like Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai have or are expected to visit Mar-a-Lago to meet with the president-elect. The series of meetings follows an election season that saw some major names in Silicon Valley embrace Trump, including, most notably, Elon Musk. Many in the business community, including tech, were skeptical of Trump's first term.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, David Sacks, Trump's, Musk, Armour, Cook Organizations: Trump, Mar, Big Tech, Apple, Department of Government, Intel, Merck, White, IBM, Walmart Locations: Amazon, Silicon, Paris, Charlottesville , Virginia

After the January deadline, US app stores and internet services could face hefty fines for hosting TikTok if it is not sold. TikTok wants Supreme Court to freeze lawCongress passed the ban with bipartisan support earlier this year and President Joe Biden signed it into law in April. If the Supreme Court does not intervene, the ban would take effect a day before Trump takes office. Attorneys for TikTok are asking the Supreme Court to temporarily block the ban to give the company time to ask the justices to review their challenge to it. But First Amendment protections are not absolute, and the DC Circuit unanimously upheld the law on national security grounds.

Persons: Donald Trump, TikTok, Shou Chew, Chew, Trump, ” Trump, Kamala Harris, ByteDance, Joe Biden, ”, Elena Kagan, “ Organizations: CNN, Lago, Monday, Trump, Congress, DC, DC Circuit Locations: United States, Trump’s Florida, Washington

☆ After the Skydance-Paramount merger and Comcast spinoff, these are the media deals industry insiders think could be next
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Media and entertainment insiders expect an uptick in industry M&A in 2025. Insiders identified the deals they think are most likely to happen in 2025 and beyond. AdvertisementWith several buzzy media and entertainment deals already planned for 2025, industry insiders say next year could see a flurry of M&A activity. AdvertisementBoth the Comcast and Paramount deals are expected to close in the second half of 2025. Business Insider spoke with half a dozen media and entertainment investors, bankers, and advisors who speculated about the deals they think could happen in 2025 and beyond.

Persons: Skydance Media's, Jonathan Miller, Miller, David Ellison's, LeBron James, Alex Iosilevich Organizations: Comcast, Skydance, Bankers, Integrated Media, CNBC, MSNBC, Paramount Global, CBS News, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount, Big Tech, Warner, NBA Locations: SpringHill

☆ 10 business leaders who spearheaded industry-transforming change in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Business Insider | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +33 min

Business Insider's annual list of people transforming business highlights these leaders who work in media, finance, technology, transportation, and labor. AdvertisementAmazon's entertainment offerings help keep people subscribing to Prime, the free-delivery service that includes Prime Video and other benefits. Prime Video captured just 3.7% of TV viewing in November, well behind Netflix (7.7%) and YouTube (10.8%), per Nielsen. Still, since most people don't pay for Prime Video as a stand-alone service, it doesn't have the churn problem that dogs other streamers. AdvertisementAmazon cut hundreds of jobs across Prime Video and MGM Studios teams early in 2024.

Persons: that's, Cathy Engelbert, Leon Sinclair, Mike Hopkins, Lisa Miller, Miller, Pete Stavros, KKR's, Stavros, Arthur Sadoun, Groupe Publicis Groupe Sadoun, Sadoun, Leo Burnett, Tony, Tiger, Publicis, Don Draper, quoi, Omnicom, telco Orange, Les Bleues, Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Engelbert, Rome wasn't, didn't, there's, Fei, Fei Li, World Labs Greg Sandoval, Li, Justin Johnson, Christoph Lassner, Ben Mildenhall, Andreessen Horowitz, Nvidia's, —, Jensen Huang, Nvidia Tom Williams, ChatGPT, Huang, OpenAI's, Chris Malachowsky, Curtis Priem, Morris Chang, Jensen, Lebaredian, it's Huang, Preqin Preqin Sinclair, Sinclair, Preqin, Marin Gjaja, Ford, Gjaja, Hopkins, it's, Morgan Stanley, Brian Williams, Jennifer Salke's, Nielsen, Varkey, Mayo, Ranjit Kapila, Sallie Mae, Kapila, Eaton Vance, Aperio, Envestnet, we've, Lazard Organizations: Amazon's, MGM Studios, KKR, Apollo, Groupe Publicis Groupe, Groupe, Saatchi & Saatchi, Publicis Conseil, Labour, Epsilon, Interpublic, French men's national, team, Cancer, WNBA, ESPN, Deloitte, NBA, Canadian, World Labs, Princeton, Labs, AMD Ventures, Stanford University's Institute for, Sequoia Capital, Stanford, Google, Nvidia, University of Oregon, AMD, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Loughborough University, England's Department of Health, Intercontinental Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, IHS, P, BlackRock, Ford Model, Ford, Boston Consulting Group, MGM Studios Prime, Amazon MGM Studios, Hopkins, NFL, Amazon, Ampere, Netflix, NBC, Sony Pictures Television, Hulu, MGM, Starz, Apple, Bloomberg, Prime, YouTube, Video, Mayo Clinic Health, Mayo Clinic, Mayo, Health, University of Minnesota, Yale New, Yale New Haven Health Northeast Medical, Department of Medicine, Preventive, Nasdaq, Citadel, Northwestern University, Franklin, Industry, Fidelity Locations: Preqin, Hawaii, Publicis, Rome, Taiwan, Rugby, England, Amazon, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Mayo, Rochester , Minnesota, Mayo's Rochester, Yale New Haven, Rochester

☆ Sora's dazzling AI could democratize filmmaking for the next generation — but it still has lots of limitations
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( Geoff Weiss | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AI video generation could open the door for indie filmmakers — and more blockbusters. The tool generates short video clips — 20 seconds max — from users' text prompts. AdvertisementThe tool can generate short video clips — 20 seconds max — from user-inputted text prompts. AdvertisementExperts don't foresee Sora or AI image generation appearing widely in finished films just yet. ChatGPT Pro users, who pay $200 a month, get unlimited generations up to 20 seconds in length.

Persons: OpenAI's Sora, Sora, Michaela Ternasky, there's, Steven Spielberg, Sora Dana Polan, Polan, George Huang, —, Huang, Stephen Colbert, Michael Gilkison, Gilkison, Tahsis Fairley, Fairley, Huang doesn't, OpenAI Organizations: Tribeca, New York University's Tisch School, Arts, UCLA School of Theater, Film, Amazon's, Chapman University, ChatGPT, Business Locations: Holland, New, Hollywood, Lexington , Kentucky

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