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☆ Heading to Davos, here's what was overheard on connecting trains from Zurich to the World Economic Forum
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The small Swiss Alpine town is again playing host to the World Economic Forum (WEF), where the world's top brass in finance and politics convene each year to try to solve the biggest problems that plague our planet. But the long and winding road to Davos offers another lesser-known benefit, which makes the lengthier commute well worth the while. Here's what was overheard on the connecting trains from Zurich Airport to Davos Platz. OpenAI's media representative declined CNBC's request to interview Altman in Davos, citing a "tight" schedule. One Davos attendee noted their company was in the IP space and had just raised this summer, because "the rights issue is so complicated."

Persons: MacKenzie, OpenAI, Sam Altman, Davos MacKenzie Sigalos, Altman, Marc Benioff, Albert Bourla, reminisced, Sting Organizations: Volvo, Economic, Zurich Airport, Davos Platz, Swiss National Railway, Microsoft, Pfizer, The New York Times, Switzerland Cantonal Police, Disney, Landquart Locations: DAVOS, Switzerland, Manhattan, Scalettastrasse, Davos, Swiss, Zürich, Zurich, Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Saudi Arabia, Grisons, Brazil

☆ Dating in a small town can require creativity. Everything closes early — except the grocery store, so I took him there.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Kalen Williamson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In 2017 I decided it was time to date again and so I downloaded a dating app. I live in a small town where everything closes by 9 p.m. It was the most attention I had gotten on a dating app in years. Like most app dating, I rarely met anyone in real life. I live in a small town where everything closes earlyI live in a tiny, boring town in the North Georgia mountains.

Persons: — Organizations: Service Locations: North Georgia

☆ Behind the Scenes of the Most Spectacular Show On TV
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Jody Rosen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

On the possession that followed the Lions’ touchdown, the Chiefs stalled, punting with 5:07 left. And then drama turned to farce, as Mahomes’s receivers let him down and penalties pushed the Chiefs backward. Mahomes took the snap, rolled left and launched a throw that arced across the line to gain, reaching the fingertips of the receiver Skyy Moore, who couldn’t clasp it. On the air, Tirico said: “The Detroit Lions are right there.” In the truck, Hyland’s pronouncement was less circumspect. One measure of the success of “Sunday Night Football” is how “Sunday Night Football”-ish the competing broadcasts are looking.

Persons: ” Collinsworth, Campbell, Tirico, “, Jawaan Taylor, Skycam, Hyland, Esocoff, ”, Mahomes, Skyy Moore, Chiefs weren’t, Gaudelli, “ There’s, Tom Brady, Peyton, Eli, refigures Organizations: Lions, Chiefs, “, NBC, doleful Chiefs, Detroit Lions, CBS, Fox, Fox Sports, bros, NFL Locations: Detroit

☆ 7 signs you're a highly sensitive person — even if you're a chatty extrovert
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Lyew identifies as a highly sensitive person or HSP, a term popularized by psychology researcher Elaine Aron. AdvertisementImi Lo , a mental health consultant who works with highly sensitive clients, said that more awareness of HSPs is important. You may have some sensory sensitivitiesHSPs "can be quite physically sensitive," Lo said, whether they're bothered by uncomfortable clothing, strong smells, or loud noises. Being put on the spot can also cause a highly sensitive person's mind to go blank. "If you know that you are highly sensitive, then you can actually do things to manage your sensitivity, and even use it as a strength," she said.

Persons: —, Sylina Lyew, Elaine Aron, Lyew, you've, Lo, they're, HSPs, Aron Organizations: Service

☆ How self-checkout took over our favorite stores — and how it's upending the way we shop
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The kiosks are usually a help for both shoppers and retailers, but there's much room for improvement. AdvertisementSince the introduction of self-checkout more than 30 years ago, the technology has become ubiquitous in stores across the US and around the world. Meanwhile, those anti-shoplifting measures are frustrating some customers who say they are fed up with systems flagging them as potential criminals. AdvertisementI tried Walmart's self-checkout to see if it was as frustrating as some shoppers say. More than 100 Walmart stores nationwide have a new look.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Walmart, Costco, Lowe's, Tractor Supply, Giant, San Francisco Safeway, Amazon

☆ Moving to Tulsa: 4 transplants share how the small city has changed their cost of living
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Through programs including Tulsa Remote, former Californians and New Yorkers are moving to Oklahoma. Some moved through Tulsa Remote, while others discovered the city on their own. For those moving through Tulsa Remote, the retention rate is around 76%. She moved to Tulsa in February 2020 independent of the Tulsa Remote program. He noticed some friends who also lived in an RV full-time eventually settled in Tulsa, and he decided to apply to Tulsa Remote.

Persons: —, Laura Landers, it's, Landers, She's, they've, " Landers, Corinne Gaston, Philadelphia Corinne Gaston, Gaston, she's, Faith MacNeil, Lansing , Michigan Faith MacNeil, MacNeil, didn't, Lansing —, Michael Boyink, Missouri Michael Boyink, Bob Dylan, he's, He's, Boyink Organizations: Tulsa, Oklahoma . Business, Service, Dallas, Housing Solutions, Rocket Homes, Business, Lansing, Michigan, Bob Dylan Center, Woody Guthrie Center Locations: Oklahoma, Los Angeles, California, Dallas, Tulsa, LA, Housing Solutions Tulsa, Tulsa County, California , Michigan , Missouri, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Lansing , Michigan, Michigan, Scotland, Glenpool, Lansing, Missouri, Boyink

☆ ‘The Killer’ Review: He’s a Deadly Bore
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Manohla Dargis | More About Manohla Dargis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

In Hobbesian terms, life in a Fincher film tends to be solitary and poor, nasty and brutish, if not necessarily short. That’s the case again in his most recent movie, “The Killer,” about a nameless hit man — played by Michael Fassbender — a chatty loner first seen waiting for a victim to show up. In time, the mark appears, the Killer shoots but misses, and spends the remainder of the story trying to clean up the mess. “The Killer” is based on a French comic book with the same title written by Alexis Nolent (who goes by Matz) and illustrated by Luc Jacamon. What makes him ostensibly interesting isn’t his job or body count; what’s intriguing, at least before your eyes finally glaze over, is that he’s dull.

Persons: David Fincher can’t, Fincher, ”, Edmund Kemper, “ Mindhunter ”, “, —, Michael Fassbender —, Alexis Nolent, Matz, Luc Jacamon, Christ Organizations: Netflix

☆ Chatty Trump, on the witness stand, is a tangent machine: 'Control him,' judge begs his lawyers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Laura Italiano | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"Control your client," the judge told Trump's lawyer just a half-hour in. During heated exchanges that included the former president railing about the Democratic plot against him, the judge begged Trump's lawyers to control him. Within a half hour, the judge asked Trump's lead lawyer, Christopher Kise, for the first of three times to control him. Engoron asked. Engoron asked Trump's lawyer.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, —, Donald Trump's, Arthur Engoron, George Washington, Trump's, Christopher Kise, Alina Habba, Habba, Engoron, Kise, Wallace, Kevin C, Letitia James, James Organizations: Service, Democratic, New, Trump, New York, Deutsche Bank Locations: New York

☆ I've been a bartender for over 20 years. Here are 5 things you should never do at a bar and the mistakes I see people make.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Aria Yang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

I've been in this industry for two decades and still see people make the same mistakes at the bar. After all, you don't know the person's situation and it's always good to err on the side of caution. Do: Tip at least 18% for good serviceWhen I'm at a bar, I'll tip at least 18%. Before you leave, take a moment to let someone who works at the bar know about your experience. You never know if someone has entered the bar already drunk — serving just one drink might push them over the edge.

Persons: Keyatta Mincey Parker, Parker, —, I've, you've, we'll, it's, they've, Saint Germain, I'm, who's, Aria Yang Organizations: Service Locations: bartenders, Atlanta, ayang@insider.com

☆ Phone calls might be dying — but they're still alive at work. Here's how etiquette experts say you should handle them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Etiquette experts say phone calls aren't going away at the office — even if they are personally. But even as phone calls fall out of favor in our personal lives, they're not extinct in a work setting. Etiquette experts say phone calls are still necessary in the office — there's just a certain time and place for them. Insider spoke to two experts about the state of work-related phone calls in 2023. AdvertisementAdvertisementVerizon Communications CEO Hans Vestberg makes about 30 work calls per week to "people that make a difference" at the company, CNBC reported.

Persons: aren't, it's, —, Slack pings, they're, there's, people's, Lisa Grotts, Grotts, Kleeman, It's, Hans Vestberg, Vestberg, he's, you've Organizations: Service, New Workforce, Verizon, CNBC

☆ ‘And Just Like That …’ Samantha Came and Went
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Alexis Soloski | More About Alexis Soloski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Samantha then asks to be put on speaker phone to pay her respects to the place. The call ends with Samantha still 3,500 miles away. Throughout the seasons, men and bistros came and went, most often within a single 22-minute episode. Each of the characters had an archetype to inhabit: flighty Carrie, career-minded Miranda, marriage-minded Charlotte, libertine Samantha. Samantha was a caricature of licentiousness, but Cattrall’s enthusiasm for the role — the husky voice, the double-dare-you smile, the symphony of sex noises — made her irreplaceable.

Persons: Carrie, Carrie’s, Samantha, Aidan —, John Corbett, —, bistros, Miranda, Charlotte, Cattrall, Patricia Field Organizations: City Locations: London, New York

☆ Trader Joe's executives say employees will never be replaced by self checkout and he insists those chatty cashiers are not trained to flirt
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The executives also tried to dispel a rumor that Trader Joe's trains employees to flirt with customers. But Trader Joe's is avoiding the option, one of its top executives said in an episode of the company's podcast. Basalone and Palbaum also tried to debunk another rumor: That Trader Joe's employees are trained to flirt with customers. Instagram and TikTok are filled with posts about Trader Joe's flirty cashiers. It might not be flirting, but Trader Joe's cashiers are certainly famous for asking customers about their day, their favorite foods, and other small-talk topics.

Persons: Joe's, isn't, Jon Basalone, That's, Basalone, We're, couldn't, Bryan Palbaum, Palbaum, Dan Bane, they're, niceness Organizations: Service, Target, Safeway Locations: Wall, Silicon, Tennessee, California

Pop, like all genres of creative expression, is more commercialized than ever. Rihanna, who hasn’t released an album since 2016, has her multibillion-dollar Fenty Beauty line; Ariana Grande will soon star as Glinda in Universal’s “Wicked” juggernaut. Service95 represents who Lipa is “behind closed doors,” she says, a space where discussions around trans liberation are as common as those about jewelry and yoga. “My intention is never to be political … but there’s a political bent to my existence,” Lipa says. “I’ve found being in the media this way very encouraging.”

Persons: Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, —, Lipa, don’t, Rihanna, hasn’t, Ariana Grande, ”, ’, Sinéad Burke —, she’s, ” Lipa, Tavi Gevinson, “, Drew Barrymore, Kelly Clarkson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lipa won’t, Oprah, Reese Witherspoon, Tracy Flick, “ I’ve Organizations: “, ” Locations: Lipa, London, ” Lipa, Tokyo, Lipa’s, “

☆ 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 first Barbie Doll from 1959 is displayed at the interactive exhibition "The World of Barbie" on June 28, 2023, at Santa Monica Place in Santa Monica, California. A weapons engineer turned doll maker is the unexpected link to "Barbenheimer," the affectionately dubbed duo from Warner Bros.′ "Barbie" and Universal's "Oppenheimer." And yet, the Barbie doll comes from a weapons background. Before designing the world's most famous doll, Jack Ryan worked for aerospace giant Raytheon and helped create the weapons that formed the backbone of America's missile defense. On July 24, 1959, Ryan filed a U.S. patent detailing his concept for what would later become the world's most recognizable toy doll.

Persons: Barbie, Oppenheimer, harping, Jack Ryan, Ryan, Cathy Organizations: Santa Monica, Warner Bros, Raytheon, Yale, Patriot, Mattel Locations: Santa Monica , California

☆ Ancient regal tomb in Spain belonged to a revered female leader, archaeologists reveal
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

While analysis of DNA is one factor, archaeologists have relied on other clues to gain insight, such as grave goods. European archaeologists made a “spectacular” find in 2008 of a tomb near Seville, Spain, that belonged to an ancient individual of great importance. The Ivory Lady, who possibly held a leadership role, was likely revered by her society for generations after she died. Defying gravityThe Perseverance rover snapped a new image of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars on April 16. As Ingenuity and the Perseverance rover begin to explore more challenging terrain, obstacles can block communications between the two — and Perseverance is the only one that can “call” Earth.

Persons: CNN — Piecing, Ivory Lady, ”, Graves, Leonardo García Sanjuán, Tom Booth, James Webb, — Doodles, Henry VIII, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, Research, University of Sevilla, University of Seville, SpaceX, Boca, NASA, JPL, Caltech, ASU, Mars, James Webb Space Telescope, CNN Space, Science Locations: Seville, Spain, Boca Chica, Texas, Wild, Hong Kong, Indonesia

☆ Two guys who were fed up with spam calls created a ChatGPT tool that trolls telemarketers and wastes their time
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Will Gendron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Jolly Roger is a telephone service that uses AI to fight back against pesky telemarketing calls. With the prevalence of robocalls across the country, Jolly Roger serves as a way to fight back. A telephone service called Jolly Roger harnesses ChatGPT and voice modulation software to create and read scripts to telemarketers. There were 4.7 billion spam calls made in November 2022 and 5.08 billion this past May, according to YouMail's robocall index. Until a world where dubious calls from unidentified numbers exists, Jolly Roger will do its best to alleviate the annoyance.

Persons: Jolly Roger, pesky, Whitey Whitebeard, Sally, telemarketers, Roger Anderson, Anderson, Steve Berkson, Berkson, Steve, Sid Berkson, Berkson's, ChatGPT, it's Organizations: Morning, Street Journal, robocalls, Force Locations: Washington, Arizona

☆ Video has become the hottest topic in podcasting, as some look to it to supercharge growth and others worry about how it will change the industry
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

And while Schwarzenberger comes from the world of YouTube, it's not just content creators and influencers who have embraced video. "Sometimes they don't differentiate between a podcast on an audio platform, and a podcast on a video platform. Spotify recently started partnering with payment startup Creative Juice to support podcast creators. Hosting company RSS.com launched a tool in June to generate video from audio podcast tracks to repurpose on social media. And several AI tools have launched that automatically chop up long-form video content for short-form social platforms.

Persons: it's, Jordan Schwarzenberger, Schwarzenberger, influencers, Alison Lomax, Louise Kattenhorn, Matt Wells, — chatty, Conal Byrne, Will Ferrell, Nikki Glaser, Ryan Seacrest, Joe Gagliese, Liam Heffernan, RSS.com, Josh Adley, YouTube's, Natalie Amos, Listen's Adley, Keith Jenkins, Jenkins, Kristen Bousquet, Bousquet, Jay Clouse Organizations: YouTube, Ireland, BBC, Cumulus Media, Apple, Spotify, iHeart, Viral, Gleam Locations: London

☆ To video or not to video? Inside the biggest debate in podcasting and how it could shape the industry's future
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

☆ ‘Like Doomsday’: How Hope of a Better Life Ended on a Boat in the Mediterranean
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Christina Goldbaum | Zia Ur-Rehman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Perhaps no two in the group were closer, though, than the cousins, Mr. Wazir and Mr. Salam. The youngest of seven brothers, Mr. Wazir earned a reputation as a rambunctious student who made friends easily. Mr. Salam was quieter, but gained fame in the regional cricket league, where he earned the nickname “Jayasuriya” — after a famous Sri Lankan cricketer. Mr. Wazir left for Saudi Arabia, seeking work as a day laborer. Mr. Salam submitted military enlistment papers, encouraged by his father, a retired low-ranking officer.

Persons: Muhammad Yasir, Muhammad Aslam, Shifaat Ali, Wazir, Salam, “ Jayasuriya ” — Organizations: league Locations: Bandli, Europe, Libya, Sri, Saudi Arabia

☆ Dreaming of a New Iran
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Farnaz Fassihi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Dreaming of a New Iran Diaries from three young womenThe uprising began in September, after a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, died in the custody of Iran’s morality police. To better understand how daily life in Iran has transformed, we asked three young women to keep a diary for five weeks. We are brothers and sisters.”Since November, hundreds of schools across Iran have reported mysterious incidents of poisoning with toxic gas. In the weeks since the three young women chronicled their experiences, the government has engaged in diplomatic outreach to project stability. For many in the country, including Ghazal, Kimia and Parnian, a desire for a better life in a new, free Iran remains.

Persons: Mahsa Amini, “, ”, I’ve, “ moharebe, “ Reza, —, Don’t, wouldn’t, didn’t, crackdowns Organizations: Authorities, Revolutionary, Health Locations: Iran, Tehran, Kurdistan, Kurdish, Islamic Republic, Saudi Arabia, China

☆ The ‘Haunting’ of Gary Simmons
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Ted Loos | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

For someone whose signature move is using chalk or paint to create ghostly traces of images that seem to be disappearing before our eyes, Gary Simmons is emphatically present in the art world these days. Simmons, a Conceptual artist known for looking at the ways racial ideas are disseminated, has his biggest and most comprehensive retrospective opening June 13 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, as well as a current show of new work at Hauser & Wirth in London. “Seeing that much of your own work can have an odd effect — it can be paralyzing,” said Simmons, 59, who was warm and chatty as he talked about the MCA show in the smaller of his two studios here. At the MCA, “Gary Simmons: Public Enemy,” with 70 works, will be on view through Oct. 1, and later travel to the Pérez Art Museum Miami, the co-organizer.

Persons: Gary Simmons, Simmons, ” Organizations: Museum of Contemporary Art, Hauser & Wirth, MCA, Pérez Art Museum Miami Locations: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, London

☆ ChatGPT’s responses to suicide, addiction, sexual assault crises raise questions in new study
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

And regulators could help monitor that such responses offer accurate and reliable information and resources. They’re underutilized already,” said John Ayers, an author of the study and a behavioral scientist at the University of California, San Diego. He said that now, while ChatGPT is still in development, is the time for public health experts and regulators to join forces with the chatbot’s developers to help curate responses to medical questions. The chatbot provided resources in two responses to a question about addiction, two responses for questions related to interpersonal violence and one response to a mental health-related question. “ChatGPT consistently provided evidence-based answers to public health questions, although it primarily offered advice rather than referrals,” the researchers wrote in their study.

Persons: They’re underutilized, ”, John Ayers, ChatGPT, “, –, ” Ayers, ” ChatGPT, “ ChatGPT, Ayers, Dr, Mike Hogarth, Sanjay Gupta, David Asch, Asch, ” Asch, he’d, Deidre McPhillips Organizations: CNN, JAMA, University of California, UC San Diego, Anonymous, Mental Health Services Administration National, Prevention, UC San Diego School of Medicine, Eating Disorders Association, CNN Health, University of Pennsylvania, Penn Medicine Center, Health Care Innovation Locations: San Diego, United States

☆ Time batching is a simple but effective way to improve productivity. Here's what it looks like in practice and how to do it properly.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Time batching is a technique where you group related tasks together to avoid mentally moving in between different tasks. Time batching is one of the ways in which you can manage your time and focus levels to improve your productivity and performance rate. Through time batching, you can eliminate multitasking, which impedes productivity by reducing your attention and dedication to your performance. Also, other activities which may be seen as distractions from attaining your goal within your timeline will be eliminated or reduced, which enhances deep work focus. The simplest part of this productivity process is starting your time-batching journey.

Persons: batching, —, Eisenhower Organizations: Service, Google, Workers

☆ Tim Scott Defends Remarks on Race on ‘The View’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The chatty daytime talk show “The View” might seem like an unlikely platform for Tim Scott, a senator from South Carolina and a presidential candidate, to get his footing with Republican primary voters, but he saw an opening on Monday and tried to make the most of it. Mr. Scott, the first Black Republican from the South elected to the Senate since Reconstruction, had asked for an audience on the show after a co-host, Joy Behar, said Mr. Scott “doesn’t get it” when he denies the existence of systemic racism, which is why, she said, he is a Republican. Before a largely white, partisan crowd in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, Mr. Scott had promised his appearance would make sparks fly, but in the end, the senator and the co-hosts largely spoke past one another. He said that suggesting that Black professionals and leaders are exceptions to the Black experience, not the rule, is “a dangerous, offensive, disgusting message to send to our young people today.”

Persons: Tim Scott, Scott, Joy Behar, Scott “ doesn’t, ” Organizations: Republican, Black Republican, Reconstruction Locations: South Carolina, Des Moines , Iowa

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