DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ Marilyn Lovell, Astronaut’s Wife in the Spotlight, Dies at 93
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Alex Traub | More About Alex Traub | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Marilyn Lovell, who, as an object of fascination for the news media, the inspiration for movie and TV characters and a figure in history books, incarnated for many Americans the hardships and glamour of being an astronaut’s wife, died on Aug. 27 in Lake Forest, Ill. She was 93. Her death was announced by the Wenban Funeral Home of Lake Forest. Her husband, Jim Lovell, once the most experienced astronaut in the United States, was captain of perhaps the nation’s most dramatic spaceflight: Apollo 13. It was launched on April 11, 1970, with the goal of returning astronauts to the surface of the moon for the third time. Mr. Lovell and Fred Haise were the designated moon walkers; Jack Swigert was supposed to remain in orbit.

Persons: Marilyn Lovell, Jim Lovell, Lovell, Fred Haise, Jack Swigert, “, we’ve, Mr, Houston Locations: Lake Forest, United States, “ Houston

☆ This may be the most bullish note we've seen on Nvidia — signaling what's next for the stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Take Club stock Nvidia (NVDA) for example. You can't own Nvidia if that's the data you're using to generate your worldview of future demand, especially after the monstrous run shares have already had this year. After all, those buying Nvidia's chips will need to harvest profits on their investment at some point but 12 to 18 months is a lifetime in the stock market. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang,speaks at the Supermicro keynote presentation during the Computex conference in Taipei on June 1, 2023.

Persons: Jim Cramer, That's, Bernstein, we're, Jim loves NVDA, It's, —, ByteDance, NVDA, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Jensen Huang, Walid Berrazeg Organizations: Nvidia, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, CNBC, Getty Locations: China, Taipei

☆ A new type of creator is taking over Snapchat: Giving fans constant access to their lives, posting hundreds of times a day, and raking in cash
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Marta Biino | Dan Whateley | Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"Even if it's a day where I'm super tired and I'm not doing anything, I'll be like, 'Guys, I am doing nothing all day. Compared to YouTube videos, or even content for short-video platforms like TikTok, Snapchat stories require less effort to produce. "The privacy thing is kind of something you take with being a content creator," Leilani Green, a beauty and makeup creator with 845,000 subscribers on Snapchat, told Insider. Rick Lox, a food creator with around 215,000 Snapchat subscribers, said he sets dedicated times in the morning, afternoon, and evening to upload stories. TikTok and YouTube's attempts at sharing in-stream ad revenue with creators for short videos has produced measly payouts thus far.

Persons: Snapchat, Influencer Alyssa McKay, I'm, McKay, she's, Truman, Eloise Head, —, Alyssa McKay, Jacques Slade, Dave Roter, Noam Galai, Rick, Francis Roberts, " Roberts, YouTuber David Dobrik, Brandom Baum, monetization, Matthew, that's, it's, Jim Louderback Organizations: Inc, Snap's, YouTube Locations: Snapchat, New York

"Even if it's a day where I'm super tired and I'm not doing anything, I'll be like, 'Guys, I am doing nothing all day. Compared to YouTube videos, or even content for short-video platforms like TikTok, Snapchat stories require less effort to produce. "The privacy thing is kind of something you take with being a content creator," Leilani Green, a beauty and makeup creator with 845,000 subscribers on Snapchat, told Insider. Snapchat may be incentivizing creators to broadcast every minute of their lives, which isn't for everyone. TikTok and YouTube's attempts at sharing in-stream ad revenue with creators for short videos has produced measly payouts thus far.

☆ China's pig farms battle new surge in African swine fever
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Dominique Patton | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"Data from swine fever virus testing companies show that the number of positive detections exploded after the new year holiday. "We guess that the current swine fever infection area in northern production areas may be reaching 50%," it added. We feel it hasn't ended yet, that's the problem," he said, declining to be identified due to the sensitivity of disease outbreaks in China. HARD TO ASSESSChinese farms typically do not report disease outbreaks to the government, making it challenging to get an accurate picture of the extent of the infections. Though not as serious as in 2019, the disease could reduce production by more than 10%, Huachuang analyst Xiao Lin told Reuters.

☆ More Than 1,000 Detained Following Brazil Government Protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

All 14 Times the House Failed to Elect a New Speaker The House of Representatives failed to elect a new speaker after a historic 14 rounds of voting this week. Rep. Kevin McCarthy was elected Speaker of the House on the 15th ballot. Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo/Shutterstock

☆ Creator economy experts say 2023 will be a buyer's market for M&A. Here are 5 themes to watch, from tech buyers like Shopify to startup consolidation
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Marta Biino | Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

"As a result, institutional acquirers, like PE firms who still have dry powder to spend, will start snatching up mid-to-large sized creator startups at much more advantageous prices." Insider spoke with creator-economy and market experts about what deals and the broader M&A landscape in 2023 may look like. "They're going to see that the creator economy exists as a direct failure of them to support creators," Gestetner said. "But if an opportunity arises for us to significantly enhance our capabilities to make us a better business powering the creator economy, we'll consider it." Startups can expect consolidation in saturated marketsThe crowded niches within the creator economy startup sphere could also face a wave of consolidation.

At least two children were killed and multiple others were injured in a house fire Friday morning in New York City's Staten Island borough, officials said. Firefighters received a call about a blaze in the Stapleton neighborhood of Staten Island at about 10:18 a.m. A 5-year-old girl was pronounced dead on the scene, while a 6-year-old died at the hospital, according to the New York Police Department. At least two other children were injured in the fire, authorities said. It was unclear what the relationship was between the victims, but Long said authorities believe they were all from one family.

☆ It's just the beginning of M&A in the creator economy. Industry experts predict 2023's top trends, and the buyers and sellers to watch.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Marta Biino | Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

"As a result, institutional acquirers, like PE firms who still have dry powder to spend, will start snatching up mid-to-large sized creator startups at much more advantageous prices." "They're going to see that the creator economy exists as a direct failure of them to support creators," Gestetner said. "But if an opportunity arises for us to significantly enhance our capabilities to make us a better business powering the creator economy, we'll consider it." Startups can expect consolidation in saturated marketsThe crowded niches within the creator economy startup sphere could also face a wave of consolidation. In the creator economy, companies bet on the fact that YouTube advertising revenue on the videos will increase as the audiences of creators grow and they gain more views.

☆ Fact Check-Image of First Lady Jill Biden with lobster-patterned clothing is digitally altered
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Representatives for U.S. First Lady Jill Biden confirmed a photograph of Biden wearing clothes covered in a lobster pattern is altered. The photo on social sites shows Biden walking alongside her husband in what appears to be pink, lobster-patterned clothing. A spokesperson for the First Fady confirmed to Reuters via email that the photos are altered. The posts come days after the Biden Administration served lobster at a state dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron ( nL1N32Q3SH ), ( nL1N32S00Z ). The original photograph shows Jill Biden dressed in a white outfit, not one covered in a lobster pattern.

☆ November Monthly Meeting: Cramer reveals the 10 core holdings for this uncertain market
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Matthew J. Belvedere | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailNovember Monthly Meeting: Cramer reveals the 10 core holdings for this uncertain marketComing off the S&P 500's biggest week in months, Jim looks ahead to what's next as the Fed continues its battle against inflation. The Federal Reserve signaled we are not out of the woods yet, but stocks started to rally in October on hopes of a pivot to a less aggressive stance on hiking interest rates. Jim Cramer and Jeff Marks make sense of this earnings season and map out the road ahead.

☆ Meet the tech influencers who LinkedIn is paying to be part of its second creator accelerator program
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Jp Mangalindan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

LinkedIn recently launched its second paid creator accelerator program for tech influencers. The second accelerator program plans to offer more networking opportunities and content analytics. LinkedIn has chosen 120 influencers to be part of its second US creator accelerator program, which offers financial grants, as well as access to workshops, coaches, and resources. "We really wanted to home in on creators within that space," said LinkedIn senior creator manager Jessica Oliveira, who added that technology is the number one industry for content creators on the platform. Based on feedback from participants in LinkedIn's first US creator accelerator program, the program plans on offering more content analytics features to show how creators' content performs over time, as well as more networking opportunities for creators.

☆ Apollo 9 commander James McDivitt dies at 93
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

WASHINGTON — James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission testing the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon, has died. He passed on a chance to land on the moon and instead became the space agency’s program manager for five Apollo missions after the Apollo 11 moon landing. ... it was like cellophane and tin foil put together with Scotch tape and staples!”Unlike many of his fellow astronauts, McDivitt didn’t yearn to fly from childhood. McDivitt didn’t have money for college growing up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. “And being the second or third guy wasn’t that important to me.”So McDivitt went into management, first of the Apollo lunar lander, then for the Houston part of the entire program.

☆ Proteste la Washington: O femeie, în stare critică, după ce a fost împuşcată în piept în perimetrul Capitoliului - (media)
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-06 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

O femeie se află în stare critică după ce a fost împuşcată în piept în perimetrul Capitoliului din capitala SUA, Washington, a transmis miercuri postul CNN, citat de Reuters. Şi agenţia EFE a relatat că cel puţin o persoană a fost rănită de glonţ în asaltul susţinătorilor preşedintelui în exerciţiu Donald Trump asupra Congresului SUA, după cum au confirmat surse ale serviciilor de urgenţă pentru canalul local din District of Columbia al postului Fox. Poliţia a ordonat miercuri evacuarea mai multor clădiri ale Congresului SUA, în timp ce susţinătorii lui Donald Trump au demonstrat împotriva certificării victoriei lui Joe Biden în faţa Capitolului, într-o atmosferă foarte tensionată, conform imaginilor transmise de la faţa locului, relatează AFP. Poliţia Capitolului a ordonat personalului Congresului să evacueze clădirea Cannon precum şi altele din jurul Capitolului, la scurt timp după încheierea unui discurs al preşedintelui în exerciţiu Donald Trump. Miliardarul republican le-a cerut susţinătorilor săi să meargă şi să protesteze împotriva certificării de către aleşii Congresului a victoriei adversarului său democrat, care avea loc în acelaşi timp în incinta Capitoliului.

Persons: Donald Trump, Fox, JIM LO, Poliţia, Joe Biden, Cannon Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Congresului Locations: SUA, Washington, District, Columbia, Capitoliului, Agerpres

☆ The fascinating story behind 'Earthrise' — the most famous picture of Earth ever taken — which turns 54 today
▼ + stars: | 2018-12-24 | by ( Dina Spector | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"Earthrise" is the first image of Earth captured by humans from space. The photo of Earth was taken aboard Apollo 8 on December 24, 1968, by lunar module pilot Bill Anders. Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest on the culture & business of sustainability — delivered weekly to your inbox. The mission was historic, but equally memorable was the famous "Earthrise" photo that resulted, showing Earth rising above the lunar landscape. "Space rookie William Anders, however, was in charge of taking the photos.

Search resuls for: "jim lo"

15 mentions found