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☆ The No. 1 benefit that keeps people happy at work, says exec in Finland: ‘It's not about the hours—it's about the results’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Every year, the company surveys its roughly 400 employees about the most important things that keep them happy and engaged at work. And in order to provide that balance, she says company leaders actively support flexibility in their employees' work schedules and break times. "It's completely normal that you can mix your personal life and work life" in how you structure your workday and workweek, Hallila says. On the rare occasion that someone's schedule is negatively impacting their team's work, Hallila says it becomes a conversation with their manager to make adjustments. "We give a lot of freedom for people to balance their overall work hours.

Persons: Anni Hallila, Hallila, It's Organizations: CNBC Locations: Finland

☆ Travel news: The Tank Museum in England has a bigger YouTube following than MoMA
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. CNN —In this week’s roundup of travel news, we bring you the world’s best restaurants for 2024, Disneyland’s epic expansion plans and the little museum in rural England that’s become a YouTube hit. World’s best restaurants1. This famed Barcelona eatery was one of five restaurants in Spain to make this year's World's 50 Best Restaurants list. Dubai has more “best” restaurants than any other destination in the Middle East, according to the 50 Best group.

Persons: England that’s, He’s, that’s, AirlineRatings.com, Disney World’s, Peter Pan, Francesc Guillamet Ferran, Asador, Bruno Verjus, Philippe Vaures Santamaria, Dabiz Muñoz, Diverxo, Diverxo Maido, Maido, Atomix, Evan Sung, Søren Gammelmark, Gaggan Anand, Don Julio, Pablo Domina World's Organizations: CNN, Canada House, American Airlines, Disney, Aberdeen Angus, Multicultural, CNN Travel, Finland Locations: England, New York, Paris, Normandy, Canada, Philippines, Bataan, Florida, Texas, Gulf, Asia, Pacific, Southern California, Japan, Tokyo, Disfrutar, Barcelona, Spain, Basque, Madrid, Spanish, Lima, Peru, New York City, Koreatown, Manhattan, Quintonil, Mexico, Copenhagen, Denmark, Bangkok, Thailand, Kolkata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Hereford, Dubai, British, Soviet Union

☆ Scientists studied 8,000 cats to determine which breeds live the longest, and it could help you become a better pet owner
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

They may also be one of the cat breeds that live the longest. Most cat breeds are less than 150 years old, and there isn't a lot of information on how differences between the various types affect their lifespans. To help change that, a recent study compared 12 common cat breeds to determine which ones live the longest. Predicting the life expectancy of catsBirman cats were among the longest-lived cats in a recent study on breed life expectancies. AdvertisementFor example, siamese and mixed-breed cats' life expectancies were over 11.5 years, whereas others — Norwegian Forest, Maine Coon, Russian, and British — were over 9.5 years.

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☆ Teddy Roosevelt: A major reevaluation of the most masculine president
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

O’KEEFE: “The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt” argues that the most masculine president in the American memory is actually the product of unsung and extraordinary women. Theodore Roosevelt with his second wife, Edith Carow Roosevelt, and his first five children in the mid-1890s. I had this fascinating conversation with Connie Roosevelt, who is the wife of Theodore Roosevelt IV (Teddy’s great-grandson). I love Robin Williams and the depiction in “Night at the Museum,” but that’s a cartoon of Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt, like his distant cousin Franklin Roosevelt, was considered a traitor to his class.

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☆ A New Measure Shows C.E.O. Pay at Even More Astronomical Levels
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Jeff Sommer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The annual tallies of chief executive pay for 2023 have arrived and they are fascinating and irritating, in equal measure. But this year, there’s a new wrinkle: Companies must disclose how much C.E.O. By that measure, too, chief executives are amassing extraordinary wealth. In 2023, using traditional measures of executive pay, four chief executives of publicly traded companies were each rewarded with more than $150 million:Plus, new rules stemming from the Dodd-Frank law of 2010 have gone into effect. They focus on how the market changes executive pay each year, yielding a second highest-paid C.E.O.

Persons: there’s, Dodd, Frank

☆ Humans and Neanderthals only had sex for a brief period, but it still fundamentally changed our DNA
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

All humans have at least a little Neanderthal DNA, a 2020 study found. AdvertisementThen, around 75,000 years ago, Neanderthals were living in Asia and Europe when some humans started moving out of Africa. To figure out when our ancient human ancestors hooked up with Neanderthals, the researchers compared stretches of Neanderthal DNA in their genomes. For example, the researchers found both current and ancient humans have Neanderthal genes that affect metabolism, immunity, and skin pigmentation. They speculate that these characteristics may have benefited ancient humans who inherited them and then kept passing them on.

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☆ Washington Post C.E.O. Promised Interview for Ignoring Scandal, NPR Reporter Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Katie Robertson | Benjamin Mullin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Will Lewis, the chief executive of The Washington Post, repeatedly offered an exclusive interview to an NPR reporter if the reporter agreed not to write about allegations against Mr. Lewis in a phone-hacking scandal in Britain, according to an account by that reporter published on Thursday. David Folkenflik, a veteran media reporter for NPR, wrote that a spokesperson for Mr. Lewis confirmed the offer in December. That spokesperson declined to comment when approached again Thursday, according to NPR. “In several conversations, Lewis repeatedly — and heatedly — offered to give me an exclusive interview about the Post’s future, as long as I dropped the story about the allegations,” Mr. Folkenflik wrote. A spokeswoman for Mr. Lewis said that “when he was a private citizen ahead of joining The Washington Post, he had off the record conversations with an employee of NPR about a story the employee then published.” The spokeswoman said any interview requests with Mr. Lewis after he joined The Post were “processed through the normal corporate communication channels.”

Persons: Will Lewis, Lewis, David Folkenflik, —, heatedly —, ” Mr, Folkenflik, ” Organizations: The Washington Post, NPR, “, Post Locations: Britain

☆ Biden makes his play for anti-Trump Republicans he hopes can give him a second term
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Washington CNN —Donald Trump hasn’t shown much interest in reaching out to Republicans who hate him. Or, he argued, “they’re likely to stay home.”Hutchinson told CNN he won’t stay home himself, but he won’t vote for Biden or Trump. “This swath of Republican strategist types are literally begging the Biden campaign to give them a reason to support him,” a former House Republican leadership aide told CNN. “You can hold your nose and vote for Biden and not be in public screaming about it. But Purcell has also not yet heard from the Biden campaign this time.

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☆ Hunter Biden may be doomed to lose his trial. His best bet is appealing a 'vindictive prosecution.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

"They know how to put on a tight gun case." Biden's trial is not necessarily a lost cause. This arrangement has perversely allowed Weiss to politicize the proceedings unchecked, Hunter Biden's lawyers argued. There's no evidence that Biden even loaded or used the gun before his brother's widow, Hallie Biden, threw it out. "Obviously, the conduct that the government ought to be addressing is whether somebody is on drugs and high while they're shooting a gun," Levin said.

Persons: —, Hunter Biden, Abbe Lowell, Prosecutors, Biden, Sarah Krissoff, didn't, Maryellen Noreika, Donald Trump, Lowell, Jared Kushner, Sens, Robert Menendez, John Edwards —, Joe Biden, ROBERTO SCHMIDT, David Weiss, General Merrick Garland, Weiss, Hunter, Noreika, Trump, Republicans gloated, Hallie Biden, Cozen O'Connor, Hunter Biden's, Duncan Levin, Levin, He's, Krissoff, Evelyn Hockstein, Neama Rahmani, Rahmani, there's Organizations: Service, Business, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, AFP, Getty, Republicans, US Justice Department, Republican, U.S, U.S . Department of Justice, Hill, REUTERS, Justice Department, West, Creative Locations: Wilmington , Delaware, Manhattan, Delaware, California, New York, Texas

☆ Flying taxis are closer than ever to reality. The booming industry needs to overcome infrastructure hurdles.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

One expert said eVTOLs fly at low altitudes and could create airspace and security challenges. The US's first electric vertical-takeoff and -landing aircraft are expected to fly commercial passengers as soon as 2025. It still needs further approvals to fly for airlines like United, but the latest certificate puts it one step closer. Archer's Midnight aircraft are typically shorter range, with the Midnight flying up to 100 miles on one charge. Joby plans to use the four urban vertiports as a citywide commercial eVTOL air link around Dubai.

Persons: eVTOLs, —, Archer, Bryan Bernhard, Bernhard, Archer's, Pete Syme, Henry Harteveldt, Joby, Rani Plaut, Harteveldt, Bernard, Archer Aviation's, Archer Aviation Bernhard Organizations: Infrastructure, Service, Royal Aeronautical Society, American Airlines, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic Airways, US Air Force, JPMorgan, Newark Liberty International, O'Hare International, Archer, Midnight, Joby Aviation, FAA, NASA, Joby, Air, Delta Air Lines, Federal Aviation, Archer Aviation Locations: Manhattan, New Jersey, Chicago's, Henry, Dubai, Japan, New York City, San Francisco, Washington, London, Paris

☆ NBA Finals: Key storylines, full schedule and how to watch
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

How to watchThe NBA Finals will be broadcast exclusively on ABC in the United States. 8 seed Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals and Jayson Tatum’s performances in the 2022 NBA Finals being examples of these concerns. “Having nine days off [before the Finals] is good for your body and for everybody to get healthy, but we’re in the NBA Finals and we’re all so anxious and excited to play. ET• Game 4: Celtics vs. Mavericks, June 14 - 8:30 p.m. ET• *Game 7: Mavericks vs. Celtics, June 23 - 8:00 p.m.

Persons: Jimmy Butler, Donovan Mitchell, Tyrese, Joe Mazzulla, Larry O’Brien, Jayson Tatum, Jason Miller, Jayson Tatum’s, “, ” Tatum, we’ve, don’t, “ I’m, Jaylen Brown, Justin Casterline, Dirk, Daniel Gafford, PJ Washington, Luka Dončić, Kyrie Irving, Dereck Lively, Derrick Jones Jr, Dončić, Jason Kidd, Kidd, Dirk Nowitzki, David Berding, ” Irving Organizations: CNN, Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, NBA, ABC, BBC, TNT Sports, Celtics, Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers, Getty, Eastern, “, ESPN, Pacers, Mavericks, Miami Locations: United States, Tyrese Haliburton, Boston, Dallas

☆ Nvidia surpasses Apple to become the 2nd-most-valuable company in the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The ongoing AI boom helped catapult Nvidia's market valuation to $3.014 trillion. With Nvidia now bigger than Apple, the AI chip maker is just slightly behind Microsoft as the world's biggest company. Nvidia's valuation was just above $950 billion a year-ago and was about $400 billion in November 2022 when OpenAI first released ChatGPT to the public. Apple held a market valuation of $3.00 trillion Wednesday afternoon, or about $15 billion below Nvidia's current valuation. With Apple surpassed, Nvidia is behind only Microsoft, which is the world's most valuable company with a market capitalization of $3.15 trillion.

Persons: —, OpenAI, Beth Kindig, Kindig Organizations: Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, world's, Service, Fund

☆ As Hunter Biden Stands Trial, a Republican Noise Machine Goes Silent
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For nearly four years, Republicans have delved into the darkest corners of Hunter Biden’s life, seeking to tie his troubles to his father, President Biden. But as the younger Biden stands trial in Delaware on gun charges, the case’s glaring political contradictions have rendered the G.O.P. It stands to reason: The baseless claim that the Biden Justice Department is running a political persecution of Mr. Trump is somewhat undermined by the department’s prosecution of the president’s son. So beyond the professional provocateurs in Washington and the right-wing media, Republicans have decided to say as little as possible. “I wouldn’t read too much into a lot of people not talking about it right now,” cautioned Representative Kelly Armstrong, Republican of North Dakota, and a leader of the House investigation of Hunter Biden.

Persons: Hunter, Biden, Donald J, Trump, Hunter Biden, ”, Kelly Armstrong, “ There’s Organizations: Republicans, Biden Justice Department, Republican Locations: Delaware, Washington, North Dakota

☆ Live Updates: Hunter Biden’s Former Partners Describe the Toll of His Drug Abuse
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Eileen Sullivan | Glenn Thrush | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

forward — rose in a Delaware courtroom to declare that the Justice Department’s sweeping immunity deal with Hunter Biden was not nearly as sweeping as the defense believed. His transfer coincided with efforts by congressional Republicans to portray Mr. Weiss — a Trump appointee held over by President Biden’s aides — as offering “a sweetheart deal” to the Bidens. In early 2023, he published a memoir covering the police trial, describing himself as “the prosecutor who took down Baltimore’s most crooked cops.”Mr. But he was passed over because it was believed he might clash with prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, they said. Ms. Monaco eventually chose another prosecutor from Maryland, Thomas P. Windom, to run the team.

Persons: — bespectacled, Department’s, Hunter Biden, Leo J, Wise, “, . Wise, Biden, Biden’s, David C, Weiss, Mr . Wise, —, ”, Catherine Pugh, ” Mr, Philip Morris, Kathryn Ruemmler, Barack Obama’s, Lisa O, Donald J, Monaco, Thomas P, Windom Organizations: Trump, Baltimore U.S, Harvard Law, Navy Reserve, Justice Department, Enron, Capitol, Monaco Locations: Delaware, Baltimore, Los Angeles, U.S, Wilmington, Washington, Maryland

Republican allies of Donald J. Trump are calling for revenge prosecutions and other retaliatory measures against Democrats in response to his felony conviction in New York. Within hours of a jury finding Mr. Trump guilty last week, the anger congealed into demands for action. leaders in and out of government have demanded that elected Republicans use every available instrument of power against Democrats, including targeted investigations and prosecutions. What is different now is the range of Republicans who are saying retaliation is necessary and who are no longer cloaking their intent with euphemisms. Mr. Miller posed a series of questions to Republicans at every level, including local district attorneys.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Trump’s, Stephen Miller, Miller Organizations: Republicans, Democrats, Fox News Locations: New York

☆ Far-Right Vows to Tie Up the Senate to Avenge Trump Are So Far Mostly Empty
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Carl Hulse | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Rick Scott is so furious over the felony conviction of former President Donald J. Trump that the Florida Republican says he and his colleagues need to take it out on the Senate, by acting as disrupters and blocking all Biden administration nominees and legislation. “We can’t have business as usual,” Mr. Scott insisted as the Senate convened this week for the first time since Mr. Trump’s trial ended in New York with a fusillade of “guilty” verdicts. Yet so far at least, business as usual it is. Despite the far-right conservative bloc vowing to draw the line against White House nominees and Democratic legislation, three nominees — one a judge for the usually pummeled District of Columbia, no less — have breezed through the Senate this week with plenty of Republican backing. side is willing to draw such a hard line in a fit of pique.

Persons: Rick Scott, Donald J, Trump, Mr, Scott, Trump’s, Mitch McConnell of Organizations: Florida Republican, Biden, White, Democratic, of Columbia, Senate, Republican Locations: Florida, New York, pummeled, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky

☆ G.O.P. Blocks Contraception Bill in Senate as Democrats Seek Political Edge
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Annie Karni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked action on legislation to codify the right to contraception access nationwide, a bill Democrats brought to the floor to spotlight an issue on which the G.O.P. is at odds with a vast majority of voters. All but two Republicans present — Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine — voted against advancing the legislation. “This should be an easy vote,” Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington, said on the Senate floor ahead of the vote. “It almost shouldn’t be necessary.”But Ms. Murray said that Republican lawmakers have made it so by seeking to advance anti-abortion legislation that could limit access to contraceptives like Plan B and IUDs.

Persons: Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Maine —, Patty Murray, Murray Organizations: Democrat, Republican Locations: Alaska, Washington

Betting on AckmanBill Ackman has gained new prominence in recent months for his outspoken presence on social media. But he has also made riches for his investors and himself — and now others are hoping he’ll continue to do so. His Pershing Square Capital Management has sold a 10 percent stake for just over $1 billion to an array of outside investors, giving the hedge fund a lofty valuation. The question is whether Ackman’s newfound fans on social media will follow him as he grows his empire, including through a new listed fund and, eventually, an I.P.O. That has bolstered Ackman’s paper worth to $8 billion, Bloomberg calculates, making him 333rd among the world’s wealthiest people.

Persons: Bill Ackman, —, he’ll, BTG, Marc Lasry, Doug Hirsch Organizations: Pershing, Capital Management, Arch Capital, Iconiq Investment Management, Bloomberg

☆ Lionel Messi is taking on Prime with a new sports drink
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Logan Paul’s Prime drink has some new competition in the form of the G.O.A.T. And the drink is also a new foray into non-alcoholic drinks for Mark Anthony Brands, as Americans consume less alcohol. Más+ by Messi is a low-sugar drink containing electrolytes and vitamins without artificial sweeteners, colors or caffeine. Hydration and energy drinks are projected to be a $60 billion market by 2032, growing roughly 6% annually, according to Precedence Research. “Gen Alpha is up for grabs, and that is who these new generation energy drinks are aiming to capture especially as they enter teenage years.”

Persons: New York CNN — Logan, Lionel Messi, White, Mark Anthony Brands, Messi, Miami Punch, Ballon, Seltzer, Andrea Hernández, ”, “, ” Hernández, Alpha Organizations: New, New York CNN, Soccer, Paul’s, Gatorade, Miami, Inter Miami, Orange, Major League Soccer, Messi, Beverage Co, Research, BodyArmor, CNN Locations: New York, Miami, America

☆ Ron Edmonds, 77, Whose Camera Captured the Shooting of Reagan, Dies
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Richard Sandomir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Ron Edmonds, a photographer for The Associated Press who won a Pulitzer Prize for a dramatic series of pictures of the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan and the takedown of the gunman outside a Washington hotel in 1981, died on Friday in Falls Church, Va. His wife, Grace Feliciano Edmonds, said he died in a hospital from pneumonia linked to a bacterial infection. It was only Mr. Edmonds’s second day on the White House beat when he was assigned to cover a speech by President Reagan to an A.F.L.-C.I.O. group at the Washington Hilton on March 30, 1981. After rushing to leave the hotel ahead of the president, Mr. Edmonds positioned himself on the other side of the presidential limousine, expecting that Reagan would do little more than wave to onlookers before returning to the White House.

Persons: Ron Edmonds, Ronald Reagan, Grace Feliciano Edmonds, Edmonds’s, Reagan, Edmonds Organizations: Associated Press, White House, Washington Hilton Locations: Washington, Falls Church, Va

☆ House Votes to Impose Sanctions on I.C.C. Officials Over Israel Prosecution
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Robert Jimison | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The House voted mostly along party lines on Tuesday to impose sweeping sanctions on officials at the International Criminal Court in a rebuke of efforts by the court’s top prosecutor to charge top Israeli leaders with war crimes in connection with the offensive against Hamas. The bill would compel President Biden to restrict entry into the United States, revoke visas and impose financial restrictions on anyone at the court involved in trying to investigate, arrest, detain or prosecute “protected persons,” or allies of the United States. It would also target anyone who provides “financial, material or technological support” to those efforts. Mr. Biden’s advisers said he was “strongly opposed” to the measure because it would impose sanctions on such a broad swath of officials, including court staff members and any witnesses involved in a potential case. The G.O.P.-written bill passed by a vote of 247 to 155, with two Republicans voting present and 42 Democrats crossing party lines in support.

Persons: Biden, “, ” Organizations: Criminal, Hamas Locations: United States, Washington

☆ Ericsson is shutting down its ad division, the latest in a long line of telco-adtech divorces
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewSwedish telecommunications-equipment company Ericsson plans to shut down Emodo, the advertising business it launched in 2017, multiple people familiar with the matter told Business Insider. "Emodo was created in a strategic play for Ericsson to provide our telco customers with monetization opportunities through digital advertising," an Ericsson spokesperson said in a statement. Emodo had only this year brought on a new team to help it build AI-powered ad solutions for connected TV. The closure of Emodo marks the latest in a long line of telco-adtech collaborations that have bitten the dust. The Singaporean telecoms company Singtel divested its Amobee adtech division to the adtech company Tremor International, now known as Nexxen, in 2022.

Persons: —, Emodo, Andrew Rutledge —, DoubleClick, Matt Prohaska, Prohaska Organizations: Service, Ericsson, Business, CTV, Samsung, Verizon, Yahoo, AOL, Microsoft, Singtel, Prohaska Consulting Locations: Xandr

What Ukraine Has Lost A drone photograph shows numerous severely damaged buildings with labels highlighting residential buildings, a football field and a high school. This is the first comprehensive picture of where the Ukraine war has been fought and the totality of the destruction. More buildings have been destroyed in Ukraine than if every building in Manhattan were to be leveled four times over. In mid-May, the Russians bombed some towns in northeastern Ukraine so ferociously that one resident said they were erasing streets. “No matter how unpatriotic it may sound, there’s not much future for her in Ukraine,” Ms. Hrushkovska said.

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☆ Fake Tom Cruise documentary is part of a Russian influence campaign aimed at Paris Olympics, report finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | Donie O'Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The IOC has placed restrictions on Russian athletes’ participation in the Paris Olympics because of Russia’s war on Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron’s refusal to rule out the possibility of sending French troops to Ukraine has infuriated the Russian government. Hany Farid, a digital forensic expert and professor at UC Berkley, said the video had hallmarks of being manipulate using AI. But Lee Foster, another information operations expert, expressed skepticism that the imagery in the video was made using AI. Officials at the Paris Olympics are bracing for a similar threat next month.

Persons: denigrate, Tom Cruise’s, Gavin Wilde, irrelevance, ” Wilde, Emmanuel Macron’s, Matthew Miller, Miller, Hany Farid, Farid, ” Farid, Lee Foster, ” Foster, Russia’s, ”, John Hultquist, ” Hultquist Organizations: CNN —, Ukraine, CNN, International Olympic Committee, IOC, National Security Council, “, Netflix, New York Times, Microsoft, Telegram, Paris Olympics, CIA, Russian Embassy, US State Department, State Department, BBC, UC Berkley, US Justice Department, Paris, Olympics, Google, Olympic Locations: Ukraine, Paris, Russia, Russian, Washington , DC, ”, South Africa, deepfakes, South Korea, France

☆ Lupita Nyong'o got over her longtime fear of cats by doing 'cat therapy' for 'A Quiet Place: Day One.' Then, she adopted a cat of her own.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Lupita Nyong'o had a longtime fear of cats before starring in "A Quiet Place: Day One." Her character in the movie carries a cat around, so she did "cat therapy" to be comfortable with the animal. She ended up becoming a fan of felines and adopted a cat of her own afterward. AdvertisementLupita Nyong'o never envisioned herself becoming a cat lady, until her role in the new film "A Quiet Place: Day One" forced her to confront her fear of felines through "cat therapy." In a new interview with Glamour published Monday, the Oscar winner spoke about how she landed a role in the upcoming "Quiet Place" spin-off prequel.

Persons: Lupita Nyong'o, —, Glamour, Sam, Eric, Joseph Quinn Organizations: Service, Business Locations: New York City

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