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☆ Google stands trial against US government officials in antitrust lawsuit over the company's accused search monopoly
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Google’s search business provides more than half of the $283 billion in revenue and $76 billion in net income Google’s parent company, Alphabet, recorded in 2022. Now, the company is set to defend itself in a multiweek trial that could upend the way Google distributes its search engine to users. WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 24: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference on a new antitrust lawsuit against Google at the Justice Department on January 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Justice Department and states including California, New York, Colorado and Virginia, have filed a lawsuit against Google over the company's monopolization of the market for online ads. Despite that ruling, the trial represents the US government’s furthest progress in challenging Google to date.

Persons: Trump, Eddy, ”, Global Affairs Kent Walker, Biden, General Merrick Garland, Anna Moneymaker, Amit Mehta, Mehta Organizations: CNN, Google, Microsoft, Justice Department, Samsung, Apple, Global Affairs, U.S, The Justice Department, LG, Motorola, Mozilla, Opera, Court, District of Columbia, Eastern, of Locations: Washington, WASHINGTON, DC, Washington ,, California , New York , Colorado, Virginia, United States, Colorado, of Virginia

☆ Reclaim perfectionism by being more of who you are
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Faye Chiu | Jessica Dulong | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Eric Michael PearsonPsychotherapist Katherine Morgan Schafler rejects that approach, upending the whole notion that perfectionism is something to overcome. She says it’s time to reclaim the term perfectionist along with all the advantages brought by an insatiable desire to excel. Schafler: Perfectionism is a natural impulse that’s unique to humans. Reclaim perfectionism so you can lead a fully realized life, advised Schafler, author of "The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Power and Peace." The goal is to harness the power of perfectionism to help and heal you.

Persons: Katherine Morgan Schafler, Eric Michael Pearson, Schafler, —, you’re, ”, you’d, Serena Williams, Margarita Gasparyan, That's, Williams, Matthew Stockman, they’re, They’re, it’s, Jessica DuLong Organizations: CNN, Power, Random House CNN, Getty Locations: perfectionism, Russia, New York City, Brooklyn , New York

☆ Who Is Trusted to Have a Child?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Daniel Lam | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

At home I ate a snack and watched Netflix on my computer until my husband arrived. Then I walked up to him for a hug, fell into his arms, and cried. Part of me hadn’t left the nursery, and it broke me, to be close and yet so far from parenthood. At 33, I have learned to let that go, the faceless woman I’ve carried around in my mind for so long. We talk about children sporadically, during commercial breaks of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” or between bites of food while we’re eating dinner.

Persons: hadn’t, — we’re Organizations: Netflix

☆ Why it matters that this year’s Women’s World Cup teams ditched white shorts
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Tara Subramaniam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —When England take the field at Sunday’s Women’s World Cup final, the team won’t look the same as the one that won the European championship last July. No white shorts. The number of nations whose uniforms feature white shorts decreased from 2019’s tournament, despite the number of participants expanding from 24 to 32. Melton noted that the historical prevalence of white shorts in women’s sports suggests that little to no consideration was given to how women’s bodies differ from men’s. Eugenie Le Sommer of France, one of several teams to switch from white shorts to dark-colored ones at this year's World Cup.

Persons: —, Ireland’s, Lauren Hemp, ”, “, Zealand’s Hannah Wilkinson, Qin Lang, Nicole Melton, ” Allison Smith, meanwhile, ” Smith, — we’re, ‘, “ It’s, Melton, haven’t, ” Melton, she’s, Aryna, Patrick Smith, Clare Hanlon, Hanlon, ” Hanlon, Smith, “ Young, Eugenie Le Sommer, France, Justin Setterfield Organizations: CNN, England, Wimbledon, League, Manchester City, Manchester, Getty, University of Massachusetts Amherst, FIFA, University of Massachusetts, Sports outfitters, “, Victoria University’s Institute of Health, Sport, Nike, “ Nike Locations: England, Zambia, Philippines, Canada, France, Nigeria, South Korea, Xinhua, United States, Europe, South America, University of Massachusetts Boston

“From Day 1, President Biden has treated climate change with the urgency it requires,” Ms. Jean-Pierre said, pointing to measures like the Inflation Reduction Act, the most significant climate law in history. With research showing that recent heat waves in the United States and Europe would have been “virtually impossible” without the influence of man-made climate change, many climate experts said Mr. Biden needed to take a strong stand against new fossil fuels. Activists have long pushed Mr. Biden to do so, but the White House has expressed worries in the past about its authority to take such unilateral measures, fearing that they might be overturned in the courts. Instead, Ms. Jean-Pierre pointed to the ongoing benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act, which Mr. Biden signed into law last year but whose funding will continue flowing for years to come. It contains nearly $370 billion in tax credits to spur wind and solar power and electric vehicle battery manufacturing in the United States and incentives for purchases of electric vehicles, induction stoves and electric heat pumps.

Persons: Biden, Ms, Jean, Pierre, Mr, ”, Jonathan Overpeck Organizations: School for Environment, Sustainability, University of Michigan, White Locations: United States, Europe

☆ Larry Summers slams Biden economic agenda as ‘increasingly dangerous’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN Business —Larry Summers, the former Obama and Clinton official, slammed parts of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda as “increasingly dangerous” this week, saying it could end up causing higher prices for Americans. Specifically, Summers took issue with the administration’s trade stance, efforts to prop up US manufacturing and its antitrust crackdown. “It is wrong to suppose that manufacturing-based economic nationalism is a route to higher incomes or better standards of living for the middle class,” Summers said. Manufacturing on the riseBiden has made reviving American manufacturing a central part of his economic agenda. The White House has hailed a surge in private investment in American manufacturing under Biden’s watch.

Persons: Larry Summers, Obama, Joe Biden’s, “, ” Summers, Summers, Biden, ” Biden, Morgan Stanley, ”, General Merrick Garland Organizations: New York CNN, Clinton, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Harvard, Harvard University, Treasury, ”, Justice Department Locations: America, Philadelphia, ”

☆ Women’s World Cup U.S. and the Netherlands Meet in Rematch of 2019 Final
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Andrew Das | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Every day, there have been endless questions about how the game is a replay of the 2019 World Cup final. “I think that was four years ago,” United States midfielder Rose Lavelle said on Wednesday. “I think both teams are completely different: different players, different coaches. Both the United States and the Netherlands also agree that Thursday’s game will be different. The Americans will run out a few new faces in their lineup, an injection of skill and talent that offers promise but precious little big-game experience at the World Cup.

Persons: —, Rose Lavelle, “, Jill Roord, ”, Jackie Groenen, Lavelle, Andries Jonker Organizations: ”, Portugal, U.S Locations: United States, Netherlands, Wellington , New Zealand, ” United, Lyon, France, Tokyo, ” Netherlands, Italy, Argentina, Sweden, Vietnam

☆ On the U.S. Economy, Beware the New Triumphalism - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Paul Krugman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. economic news has been pretty good lately. Our job market has fully recovered from Covid and then some, defying predictions of permanent “scarring” from pandemic disruptions. At the same time, economic trouble seems to abound abroad, notably in China, where the end of the “zero Covid” policy hasn’t brought the expected economic surge. Perhaps inevitably, I’ve lately been sensing a mood swing in how the United States sees itself in the world. Our global standing is never as good or as bad as conventional wisdom has it at any given moment.

Persons: hasn’t, who’s Organizations: Japan, ” Locations: Covid, China, United States, America, triumphalism

☆ Robert Downey Jr.’s Post-Marvel Balancing Act
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

So from where you’re sitting, do you feel as if you’re able to make sense of the business right now? Robert Downey Jr. in “Oppenheimer.” Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal PicturesIs it right that you’re remaking “Vertigo”? Downey on “Downey’s Dream Cars.” MaxDowney with his son Exton Elias and father, Robert Downey Sr., in “Sr.” (2022). I’m saying that doing the right thing for the right reasons gives you an advantage in spirit. You know, there’s part of me that thinks I should be a writer or an entrepreneur or I could blah, blah, blah.

Persons: Robert Downey Jr, ” Robert Downey Jr, “, Oppenheimer, ”, Christopher Nolan, Nolan —, Downey, Lewis Strauss, J, Robert Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy, —, Tony Stark, “ Oppenheimer, “ Perry Mason, ” Melinda Sue Gordon, ” Max Downey, Exton Elias, Robert Downey Sr, there’s, Chris Nolan, I’m, I’ve, he’s, Strauss, Oprah, Taylor, we’re, ” Downey, Holly Hunter, Mariana Trench, don’t, you’ve, Marisa Tomei, “ Chaplin ”, Jami Gertz, Andrew McCarthy, Sherlock Holmes, David Marchese, Emma Chamberlain, Walter Mosley Organizations: Marvel, Atomic Energy Commission, Universal, Netflix, Paramount, Everett, Little League, Carolco, Getty, Century Fox, U.S, Marshals, YouTube, Cal Newport Locations: Thunderdome, “, “ Sr, what’s, America

☆ Formal Landscaping With Native Plants? Yes, It’s Possible.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Margaret Roach | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The task facing anyone designing a garden: “We’re predicting the future — we’re seeing what’s not there.”That’s how Ethan Kauffman, the director (and lead soothsayer) of Stoneleigh, a public garden that opened five years ago on a historic estate in Villanova, Pa., puts it. The thing is, garden-makers also have to see what is there. In the case of the 42-acre Stoneleigh, that included seven acres of pachysandra, when Mr. Kauffman first saw the property almost seven years ago. In any context, a sea of what was once a go-to ground cover — which proved to be one of ornamental horticulture’s ubiquitous legacy invasives — would be overwhelming. But Mr. Kauffman, the former director of Moore Farms Botanical Garden, in South Carolina, was hired to fulfill a mission that makes it even more challenging.

Persons: what’s, Ethan Kauffman, Kauffman Organizations: Moore Locations: Villanova, Pa, South Carolina

☆ Jennifer Croft Knows a Good Translation When She Reads One
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Shackelford, and “Goodnight Moon” — the board book edition — by Margaret Wise Brown. What’s the last great book you read? I just finished reading “Chain-Gang All-Stars,” by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, which is a masterpiece. Which translators working today do you admire most? And which writers in other realms — novelists, playwrights, critics, journalists, poets?

Persons: Christine Lai, Pablo Maurette, Georgi Gospodinov, Angela Rodel, Sara Baume’s, Paul Gauguin’s, George T.M, Shackelford, “, Margaret Wise Brown, Nana Kwame Adjei, Anton Hur, Jeremy Tiang, Frank Wynne Organizations: NoViolet Locations: NoViolet Bulawayo, “

☆ Opinion | Your Summer Politics Quiz
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Gail Collins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Hey, guys — we’re heading into summer! The year’s almost half over, so let’s see if you’re caught up on current affairs. (There’s always time for remedial reading over vacation.) Anyhow, here’s your checkup. We’ll start with — well, you know.

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☆ Boeing and NASA Delay Launch of Starliner Astronaut Spacecraft Again
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Michael Roston | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

To get to and from the space station, NASA currently relies on SpaceX, the company founded by Elon Musk. But NASA has also hired Boeing to build a capsule, so that one can serve as a backup if something goes wrong with the other. Boeing’s Starliner capsule has flown to orbit twice already with no astronauts aboard. “This is just part of the business to have these kinds of issues.”What’s Next: Boeing and NASA will assess repairs. After re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, the Starliner capsule returns to Earth gently under three parachutes.

Persons: Elon Musk, Steve Stich, ”, Mark Nappi, Stich, Nappi, Mr Organizations: NASA, SpaceX, Elon, Boeing, Soyuz, Starliner, Engineers

☆ Opinion | If You’re Reading This, You’re Probably ‘WEIRD’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +83 min

You’re probably very weird, and not just for all the obvious reasons you’re thinking of. Because, obviously, there’s going to be some overlap in the curve here. How you’re going to behave with your professor is quite different than how you’re going to behave with your friends. But it’s really kind of faceless, and you’re not really helping anybody you know. I think things are dynamic, and directions are changing, and that sort of thing.

☆ Webb telescope spots water in rare comet
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe a rare comet in our solar system, making a long-awaited scientific breakthrough and stumbling across another mystery at the same time. For the first time, water was detected in a main belt comet, or a comet located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The space observatory detected water vapor around Comet Read, which suggests that water ice can be preserved in a warmer part of the solar system. It’s possible that the warmer temperatures of the main asteroid belt cause Comet Read to lose its carbon dioxide over time, the researchers said. Comet Read might have also formed in a warmer pocket of the solar system without carbon dioxide, Kelley said.

☆ This Asian MMA promotion wants to crack the US market -- without the blood and trash-talking
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Andrew Mcnicol | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Could 2023 be the year mixed-martial arts (MMA) in the United States finally returns to its pure, humble beginnings nurtured in Asia nearly 5,000 years ago? “I can’t wait for the US fans to be exposed to true martial arts. Fighting on American soil, it’s amazing to be able to headline this landmark event,” said the former longtime UFC champion, who joined One in 2018. Courtesy Aaron Pan/ONE ChampionshipWhat “true martial arts” means in new-era combat sports is certainly up for interpretation. That’s more true to the spirit of martial arts and its traditional values.

☆ Google execs tell employees in testy all-hands meeting that Bard A.I. isn't just about search
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Jennifer Elias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

In the lead up to the Bard announcement, Google executives repeatedly said the technology it was developing internally would integrate with search. “We’re working to bring these latest AI advancements into our products, starting with Search,” the company said in a blog post. That same week, at an event in Paris, Google search boss Prabhakar Raghavan unveiled some fresh examples of using Bard within search. "You see the stories of ChatGPT coincides with an event that we’re having that was actually focused on search," Krawczyk said. Specifically, the question asked why Google lost so many key people who were listed on a paper about much of the AI technology behind Bard.

WASHINGTON — Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and his conservative detractors will square off for a second consecutive day as lawmakers prepare to resume voting Wednesday to pick the next House speaker. Three separate votes were held, and each time McCarthy, R-Calif., a veteran member of GOP leadership, fell short. It was the first time in 100 years that the speaker vote has gone to multiple ballots. Without a speaker, House lawmakers can’t be sworn in, committees can’t be formed, and GOP investigations into the Biden administration can’t begin. Trump, who previously endorsed McCarthy for speaker and had been making calls on his behalf, has gone silent on his support.

Congressional Democrats are weighing a push for a fix to the decade-old program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants known as “Dreamers” in the lame-duck session. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., mentioned addressing DACA as a top priority in the lame-duck session during a Democratic caucus meeting Tuesday, a senior Democratic aide told NBC News. “We want to get DACA done,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said. He expressed confidence that a group of Senate Democrats, including Durbin, are working to gain the Republican votes needed in the upper chamber. Democrats are projected to hold onto the majority in the Senate, but control of the House remains unknown.

☆ Brian Eno Reveals the Hidden Purpose of All Art
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

I think I’m still answering it. I’m absolutely fascinated by this question, because I think I have an answer, and I don’t think it has ever been well answered. Since we’re talking about how things work: How do you want your new album to work for people? You have to take that on board as being one of the things that’s happening in culture and quite different from the story that we’re generally hearing. I don’t think many people take that as seriously as I do.

☆ Paramount took a risk keeping ‘Top Gun’ grounded for two years. It was this year’s biggest hit
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Frank Pallotta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“Maverick” flew into theaters with lots of buzz and strong reviews, and that helped the movie blow past box office projections for its opening weekend. It brought in a Memorial Day weekend record of $160 million at the North American box office. “Maverick” is an old-school box office hit made for the biggest screen possible that emerged just as the industry’s future was very much in doubt. “The commercial reception of Tom Cruise’s legacy sequel was the summer movie miracle theaters needed,” Scott Mendelson, a box office reporter, wrote for Forbes. Climbing back up the mountain"We really felt, and Tom certainly agreed with the fact that we had a great big screen movie," Bakish said.

☆ Beyond Catastrophe: A New Climate Reality Is Coming Into View
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( David Wallace-Wells | Photographs Devin Oktar Yalkin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +53 min

Beyond Catastrophe A New Climate Reality Is Coming Into View By David Wallace-WellsYou can never really see the future, only imagine it, then try to make sense of the new world when it arrives. (A United Nations report released this week ahead of the COP27 climate conference in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, confirmed that range.) A little lower is possible, with much more concerted action; a little higher, too, with slower action and bad climate luck. There were climate-change skeptics in some very conspicuous positions of global power. New emissions peaks are expected both this year and next, which means that more damage is being done to the future climate of the planet right now than at any previous point in history.

At 27, Pierson has defied the odds that many entrepreneurs, especially Latinas, face. Latina founders run nearly 2 million businesses across the country, but receive less than 2% of venture capital funds. Pierson was one of several Latina entrepreneurs speaking in New York City on Friday at a breakfast for investors and members of the media (disclosure: This reporter was one of the moderators). Focused on funding opportunities for women of color, Pierson and others discussed their trajectories on raising capital, scaling up their businesses and achieving significant revenues. One of the other Latina entrepreneurs who discussed her experience starting a business was Karla Gallardo, the founder of Cuyana, a highly successful lifestyle brand known for its sustainably sourced and premium leather accessories and apparel.

We took over four school boards.”“Eleven seats on school boards, took over four!” Bannon shouted as a crowd of CPAC attendees erupted in applause. In the neighboring city of Southlake, Patriot Mobile donated framed posters that read “In God We Trust” to the Carroll Independent School District during a special presentation before the school board. Nearly 200 people signed up to speak during public comments before the board vote at the school board meeting in Grapevine, Texas. Patriot Mobile paid Vanguard Field Strategies nearly $150,000 to run get-out-the-vote canvassing operations across the four school districts, according to financial disclosures. “This is the most extreme board policy that we have seen related to classroom censorship,” Huddleston said.

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