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☆ Jon Stewart finally said what we were all thinking about Biden's age
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jon Stewart has returned to "The Daily Show." On his first day back, he dedicated much of his monologue to Joe Biden's age. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Stewart did, however, dedicate time in his monologue to outlining precisely the ways in which Biden is not Trump.

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☆ Taylor Swift's tortured poets era was created for me and every emo Tumblr kid
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Taylor Swift announced her new album "The Tortured Poets Department" at the Grammys. "All's fair in love and poetry" is basically catnip for Tumblr-trawling '90s kids. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . "All's fair in love and poetry," Swift posted on X on Sunday night after announcing her new album, "The Tortured Poets Department," at the Grammys.

Persons: Taylor Swift, —, I've, Swift Organizations: Department, Service, Poets Department, Business

More than 8.5 million abandoned homes in rural Japan are creating a "ghost town" problem. There are more than 8.5 million akiya , or abandoned homes, in rural Japan, according to the country's 2018 Housing and Land Survey, its most recent on record. The institute predicts akiya could exceed 30% of homes in Japan by 2033. As Richard Koo, the chief economist at NRI, told them at the time, the Japanese countryside has been hollowing out since the mid-'90s. Why aren't more Japanese people buying abandoned countryside homes?

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☆ Sam Altman says he feels 'selfishly' good about having gotten ousted from OpenAI
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"I learned that the company can truly function without me," Altman told The Verge's Alex Heath. Altman told Heath that this meant he's either "picked great leaders" or "mentored them well." "I learned that the company can truly function without me, and that's a very nice thing," Altman told Heath in a phone call on Wednesday. Altman told Heath that his first reaction to being asked by the board to return as OpenAI's CEO was "sort of one of defiance." Advertisement"It was like, 'Man, I'm hurt and angry, and I think this sucks,'" Altman told Heath.

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, Alex Heath, Heath, —, OpenAI, wasn't Organizations: Service, Business Insider Locations: OpenAI

☆ Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan say they were in the delivery room when they wrote the letter announcing the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife were in the delivery room when they wrote a letter announcing their foundation. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is now investing in efforts to try to eliminate all human disease. The post, which began with the words "Dear Max," outlined the couple's hopes for their daughter's future, and announced the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. And the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is now investing in moves to try to rid the world of all human disease by 2100. AdvertisementAdvertisementA representative for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, Chan Zuckerberg, —, Chan, Max, Andrew Huberman, Huberman, Aurelia Organizations: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Service, Facebook

☆ Israel's demand for 1.1 million people to evacuate northern Gaza in 24 hours is 'impossible' without devastating consequences, UN says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The UN says Israel's demand that northern Gaza be cleared out in 24 hours is "impossible." AdvertisementAdvertisementA United Nations spokesperson says Israel has imposed an "impossible" demand for more than 1 million people to get out of northern Gaza in the span of 24 hours. The order for all residents of northern Gaza to evacuate comes amid rumblings that Israel is mobilizing reservists for a massive ground offensive into Gaza. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Gaza Strip — home to more than 2 million people — is a blockaded territory surrounded by an Israeli-controlled perimeter. Anadolu Agency / Contributor / Getty ImagesIsrael said on Thursday that it has dropped more than 6,000 bombs on the Gaza Strip.

Persons: —, Dujarric, Axios, Israel, Yoav Gallant Organizations: UN, IDF, Service, United Nations, Israeli Ministry of Defense, Israel Defense Forces, The New York Times, CNN, State, Anadolu Agency, Hamas, Israel's, Palestinian Health Ministry Locations: Gaza, Israel, The, Wadi Gaza, Gaza City, Israeli

☆ Bill Ackman says it's not harassment to ask for the pro-Hamas Harvard students to be named — it's a CEO's due diligence
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Bill Ackman is tripling down on his stance that Harvard should name its pro-Hamas students. It's "not harassment to seek to understand the character of the candidates," Ackman wrote. AdvertisementAdvertisementBillionaire investor Bill Ackman says it's not harassment to ask for pro-Hamas Harvard students to be named — it's due diligence. Ackman was separately criticized by Harvard economics professor Jason Furman for his stance that the students should be named. "I admire @BillAckman, including for his efforts to exonerate the innocent," Furman added in a subsequent X post on Wednesday.

Persons: Bill Ackman, It's, Ackman, —, it's, Israel, Jason Furman, Furman, Obama Organizations: Harvard, Service, Pershing, Twitter, Publishing, Ackman

☆ Bill Ackman says the students who blamed Israel for Hamas' attacks have to stop hiding behind the Harvard brand
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bill Ackman says Harvard students who stand by a statement slamming Israel should be held accountable. That is the essence of free speech," Ackman wrote on X. AdvertisementAdvertisementBill Ackman is doubling down on his stance that the Harvard students who stand by their organizations' statement on the Hamas-Israel war should not be allowed to hide behind the Harvard brand name. In response, Ackman wrote that he believes in free speech, and that "everyone is entitled to their opinion." But you shouldn't hide behind a Harvard branded corporation while doing so anonymously," Ackman wrote.

Persons: Bill Ackman, Ackman, —, MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan, Hasan, Israel, Jonathan Newman, Jake Wurzak, Michael Broukhim, Winston, Strawn, Ryna Workman, Workman Organizations: Harvard, Israel, Service, Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups, Dovehill Capital Management, NYU Student Bar Association, Ackman, Pershing Locations: Israel, Hamas

☆ Video shows old Russian tank with a ridiculously tall 'cope cage' defense on top
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A strange video from the war in Ukraine showed a modified old tank. The footage seemed to show a T-54 or T-55 with a huge "cope cage" on top. AdvertisementAdvertisementA recent video shows a weird moment from the fighting in Ukraine — a Russian tank with an enormous example of a so-called "cope cage" on top. Early model T-54/55 sporting an impressively tall cope cage in Russian service. AdvertisementAdvertisementA recent report by the respected Royal United Services Institute suggested that Russia's old tanks were still proving useful in some scenarios.

Persons: —, OSINTtechnical, Cope, Sibylline, Justin Crump Organizations: Service, Center for Naval Analyses, Royal United Services Institute Locations: Ukraine, Ukraine —, Russian, Russia

☆ Elon Musk says Joe Biden and the US government are the ones to blame for the Crimea Starlink debacle, not him
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukrainian officials have slammed Elon Musk for not allowing Ukraine to access Starlink satellites. Musk said the US government did not give him the OK to turn on Starlink access in Crimea. Musk said he would have given Ukraine access to the satellites if Biden gave the green light. Access to Starlink in the territory near Crimea was "turned off" because the US has sanctions against Russia, Musk said. AdvertisementAdvertisementMusk did not specify who turned Starlink access off, or when exactly it was turned off.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Biden, Starlink, Walter Isaacson, Elon, it's Organizations: Service, Crimea —, Russia, SpaceX, Elon, The State Department, White Locations: Ukraine, Crimea, Wall, Silicon, Starlink, Russia, Ukrainian, Russian, Harbor, Japan

☆ Elon Musk says Vivek Ramaswamy should be the GOP's VP pick for the 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk says Vivek Ramaswamy should be the running mate of whoever becomes the GOP's 2024 pick. "He should get it imo," Musk wrote on Twitter on Sunday. Musk was responding to a tweet speculating that Ramaswamy "wants the VP pick." This time, he says he's throwing his weight behind the idea of GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy for vice president. On Sunday, right-wing blogger Mike Cernovich wrote on X — the social media platform previously known as Twitter — that "Vivek is powerful."

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☆ Trump's mugshot is a masterclass in capitalizing on one's supervillain era
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump's mugshot has dropped. And love him or hate him, this mugshot is going to become an iconic picture for the history books. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. That said, Trump clearly got the art of the photo down to a science in his mugshot, snapped while he was being booked on Thursday. AdvertisementAdvertisementThat said, Trump's post to Truth Social and X after his mugshot dropped was a disappointing way for one to debut their supervillain era, given the care and planning that presumably went into the taking of the photo.

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☆ Elon Musk is on a glittery Tokyo summer vacation with Grimes and his son X. I've been to the same art exhibit he went to, and I've got to say — the man knows what's fun.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk, Grimes, and their son X are in Tokyo. Musk posted videos and photos of TeamLab Planets Tokyo's massive light exhibit. Musk posted a clip of what appeared to be part of the sprawling TeamLab Planets Tokyo exhibit in Odaiba. And it seems Musk and Grimes' son, X, was also in tow, and equally fascinated by the lights. This trip to Japan is Musk's second trip to Asia this year, and his first trip to Japan in close to a decade, per The Japan Times.

Persons: Elon Musk, Grimes, X, Musk, hasn't, Ma Organizations: Makuhari Messe, Japan Times Locations: Tokyo, Japan, Chiba ., Asia, China

☆ Russia is charging families of dead soldiers $1,500 to get their bodies back, human-rights group claims
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Ukrainian human-rights group says Russian commanders are charging families to retrieve remains. Crimea SOS accused the Russians of charging some $1,500 to bring the bodies of dead soldiers home. However, there have been reported instances of Russian army officers being accused of mishandling the bodies of their dead troops. Russia's defense minister Sergei Shoigu claimed in September 2022 — almost a year ago — that 6,000 Russian soldiers died in the first six months of the war. Researchers working with the BBC said in August that more than 30,000 dead Russian soldiers had been identified by name, suggesting an overall death toll far larger.

Persons: Aleksandr, Sergei Shoigu, — Organizations: Russian, Service, New York Times, Times, BBC Locations: Crimea, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Simferopol, Russian, Russia

☆ An indicted Sidney Powell hit rock bottom and kept digging, posting election conspiracy theories and hawking $25 signed photos of herself
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sidney Powell is fresh off an indictment in Georgia. Nor has it stopped her hawking merchandise with the discount code pegged to the indictment. Powell was one of 18 people charged alongside former President Donald Trump in Georgia on Monday night. In the sprawling indictment, Powell — a lawyer and known conspiracy theorist — was charged with conspiracy to commit election fraud and accused of attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. Powell did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.

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☆ One Championship CEO: Zuck Is 'Legit' Fighter, Far Outclasses Musk
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong says Mark Zuckerberg is a "legit" fighter. A prominent martial-arts CEO says he's seen Mark Zuckerberg fight, and that Elon Musk should be really nervous about his chances in the ring. However, there is a wide disparity in skill level and fitness level," Chatri told the SCMP. Chatri also had some fighting words for Elon Musk. "If he really wanted to fight Mark, he wouldn't be making up all these conditions, excuses, and stipulations," Chatri said.

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☆ Mattel is now trying to make Uno happen — but no one's going to watch an Uno movie, even if Margot Robbie's in it
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mattel wants a "Chief Uno Player" to hype another of its brands after the "Barbie" movie's success. One can only hope this Uno hype isn't a precursor to an Uno movie. One can only hope this Uno hype isn't a precursor to an Uno movie. Either way, good luck to the Chief Uno Player-to-be. And if you get the job, please be sure to lobby Mattel to keep Uno off the big screen, for all our sakes.

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☆ Elon Musk says he weighs 300 pounds, and if the Zuckerberg cage match becomes a long fight, Zuck will 'win on endurance'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

It's unclear how much Musk weighs, or if this fight is even going to happen. Elon Musk wants people to know he weighs 300 pounds and totally stands a chance against Mark Zuckerberg in a cage match. In the post, Krassenstein presented a "fight card" of the much-hyped Zuck vs. Musk fight. "I weigh at least 300 lbs," Musk replied, appearing to object to Krassenstein's characterization of his weight class. On Sunday, he announced that the Zuck vs. Musk cage match will be live-streamed on X, with all proceeds going to a charity for veterans.

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☆ Mark Zuckerberg rocked up to a Taylor Swift concert looking like a 'Fearless,' beaded-bracelet-wearing fanboy
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Zuck showed up looking bejeweled at the Eras Tour in California. Mark Zuckerberg is a busy man, but he still has time to get his Swiftie on. "Life of a girl dad," Zuckerberg wrote on Instagram, showing off his concert glam — which included little gemstones bejeweling his face. On top of that, off-duty Zuck also sported an impressive stack of beaded bracelets for what one might guess are his favorite Swift eras. It's unclear how long Zuck has been a Swift fan, or how much of her music he listens to on the reg.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Zuck, Taylor, Priscilla Chan, Zuckerberg, Barbie, humanize, Elon Musk Organizations: Elon Locations: California, Santa Clara, Cali

☆ Come on, Elon Musk's X logo isn't that bad
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The X logo is pretty nice. Mourn the blue bird for now, but get used to the new X. I know we miss the blue bird, but come on, the new X logo isn't that bad. Lots of people were nervous that the demise of the bird logo and its renaming to "X" would come with another ugly or incomprehensible logo. Goodbye, Twitter bird.

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☆ Matt and Ginger Gaetz channeled MAGA Barbie and Ken on the pink carpet, but she didn't like the movie because of Ryan Gosling's 'beta energy'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Matt Gaetz and his wife, Ginger, channeled MAGA Ken and Barbie at an event celebrating the movie. Ginger said she didn't like the film because of Ryan Gosling's Ken and his "beta energy." Ginger Gaetz, who married the Florida congressman in 2021, tweeted a photo of them posing on a pink carpet on July 17. Either way, we have the "Barbie" movie to thank for these tweets about Matt Gaetz's "Big Kenergy." Thanks Barbie!

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☆ There's an obvious problem with Shopify's gimmicky calculator that claims to calculate the true cost of meetings
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

There's a big problem with Shopify's calculator for the true cost of meetings. Shopify's COO says the salary indicator on each meeting just reflects the average salary for the role. That means the meeting's cost won't be accurate in the first place: It's just an estimate. And Shopify has swooped in with what it says is a solution: airing the cost of meetings to scare bosses into scheduling fewer of them. If there's an hour-long meeting, everyone's hourly salary will be factored into a Google calendar invite.

Persons: that's, Shopify, Kaz Nejatian, Nejatian, — Organizations: CNBC, Engineering, Bloomberg, Shopify

☆ Someone's got to put an end to the Musk vs. Zuck billionaire 'dick measuring contest' before Elon gets his ruler out
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk is proposing a "dick measuring contest." It's unclear what sparked the sudden interest on Musk's part in whipping out a ruler to quash his Zuckerberg beef. But the cage match Musk suggested in June also started out as a joke — at least until Zuckerberg took the bait and asked Musk to send over the location for fight night. She's been known to scold her son occasionally, so maybe she can make him see reason where no one else can. Good luck, Momma Musk; you're the hero we need in this darkest of timelines.

Persons: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, emoji, Musk, Zuckerberg, Twit, Zuck, who's, Momma Musk Organizations: Twitter, Meta

☆ Hey Mark Zuckerberg, there's gotta be a more aesthetically pleasing way to display our Threads handles on Instagram
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

That long string of numbers now attached to our Instagram profile, however, is not. One bit of beef I have with the app, however, has its roots in how it's affected my Instagram account. Call me shallow, but that super long @ that's been added to my Instagram profile, right under my username? That said, this feels like a small quibble in the big scheme of things — the new Threads app is fun. And for now, I prefer it to a social media app that's prone to crashing, with an owner who's seen fit to impose a rate limit on how many tweets can be viewed.

Persons: Zuck, Meta, Jean Valjean's, Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Zuckerberg's, who's Organizations: Twitter, Meta

☆ NASA runs a tiny, isolated cabin that simulates a year of life on Mars, and for some reason, they put a book about the psychological horrors of cave exploration in it
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

What book would you pack if you were isolated in a Mars habitat with three other people for 378 days? The book includes descriptions of "psychological horrors produced by weeks in absolute darkness." Photographed in the Mars Dune Alpha's capsule library was a book titled "Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Cave on Earth," a novel by James Tabor. The living room/dining area inside of CHAPEA's Mars Dune Alpha at the Johnson Space center in Houston, Texas. "Ultimately, this information will help NASA make informed decisions to design and plan for a successful human mission to Mars," Douglas added.

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