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☆ Questions about drone sightings and new findings about human evolution: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

The White House said drones flying over New Jersey and New York don’t pose a public threat, but lawmakers still want more answers. And a couple’s $92,000 medical debt is wiped away after a NBC News report. This is Morning Rundown, a weekday newsletter to start your day. It also clarifies the significance of fossilized human remains in Europe, and the time frame in which humans interbred another extinct species. Staff Pick: $92,000 debt forgiven after NBC News reportDonna and Gary Lindabury had a lien on their N.C. home due to medical debt.

Persons: Brian Thompson’s, Doug Hood, Jeff Van Drew, Mike Johnson, Cory Booker, Andy Kim of, Chuck Schumer, Kristen Gillibrand, Alejandro Mayorkas, Christopher Wray, Michael Whitaker, Josh Gottheimer, Mangione, Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, Joseph Kenny, Thompson, ” Kenny, —, ”, Marek Jantač, Petr Velemínský, Travis Timmerman, Morgan Wallen, Donna, Gary Lindabury, Donna Lindabury, Gary, — Gretchen Morgenson, Ulta, Elizabeth Robinson Organizations: UnitedHealthcare, NBC, White, National Security, USA, Republican, Fox News, The Defense Department, New, Homeland, Federal Aviation Administration, Intelligence, UnitedHealth, Authorities, New York Police, New York police, Ruger, Anthropology Department, National Museum, Franklin Fire, UCLA, Hospital Locations: New Jersey, New York, bayside, Toms River, N.J, Iranian, East Coast, Sens, Andy Kim of New Jersey, America, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Florida, Texas, Prague, Africa, China, Australia, Europe, Malibu, California, Missouri, Syria, Nashville , Tennessee, North Carolina

☆ New AI winners beyond Big Tech are set to emerge, UK fund manager predicts
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Shafi Musaddique | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The AI revolution is "the biggest platform shift since electricity" and, as such, will bring investment opportunities in smaller tech firms that are climbing ever nearer to the Big Tech behemoths, according to one U.K.-based fund manager. Many of those tech firms she says are ripe for investment work on AI applications, which the fund manager describes as an emerging club of high-value firms, and one of a number of different layers growing within the wider AI industry. "This year we've been really focused on the AI infrastructure layer of this new technology stack," she said. "So, the Broadcom 's, the Amphenol 's, the Arista 's of this world, these are all really crucial components to scale this AI infrastructure. Nvidia has been the primary beneficiary of the ongoing artificial intelligence boom, with its next-generation AI chip Blackwell now in focus.

Persons: Clare Pleydell, CNBC's Arjun Kharpal, Bouverie, you've, It's, Steve Jobs, Blackwell Organizations: Big Tech, Liontrust Asset Management, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Tesla, Materials, Broadcom, Arista

☆ UnitedHealth Group CEO addresses Brian Thompson death, says health-care system is 'flawed'
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Andrew Witty, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, testifies during the Senate Finance Committee hearing titled "Hacking America's Health Care: Assessing the Change Healthcare Cyber Attack and What's Next," in the Dirksen Building in Washington, D.C., on May 1, 2024. UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty on Friday mourned the death of Brian Thompson, who led the company's insurance arm, and acknowledged that the U.S. health-care system is "flawed" and in need of reform. "We know the health system does not work as well as it should, and we understand people's frustrations with it," Witty wrote in a New York Times opinion piece. Investigators have said Mangione was a critic of the health-care industry, a widely held view among Americans. Witty said Thompson had done his best to help patients navigate the health-care system.

Persons: Andrew, Brian Thompson, Thompson, Luigi Mangione, UnitedHealth, Mangione Organizations: UnitedHealth, Senate, Washington , D.C, New York Times, The New York Times, UnitedHealthcare, U.S . UnitedHealth, Hilton, U.S . Locations: Washington ,, U.S, Manhattan

☆ After a CEO was gunned down, will health insurers change their ways?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Any shifts in the nation’s complex health care system, however, will not come easily, nor quickly, experts say. Policyholders rebelled because they felt they couldn’t access the care they needed, said Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at KFF, a nonprofit health policy research group. “If you think health care costs are rough now, imagine them without constraints,” said Rodney Whitlock, vice president at McDermott+, a health care consulting group, and a former health policy adviser on the Senate Finance Committee under Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa. Health insurers, however, do at times backtrack when faced with intense blowback. However, there is now more bipartisan appetite on Capitol Hill to enact reforms, said Wendell Potter, a former Cigna executive and vocal critic of the health care industry.

Persons: Brian Thompson, Andrew, it’s, ”, “, Brian, ” “, ” AHIP, Julie Utterback, ” Utterback, Bill Clinton, policyholders, HMOs, Policyholders, Larry Levitt, Helen Hunt, Harold Ramis, HMO, ” Hunt, ” Ramis, Levitt, Rodney Whitlock, Republican Sen, Chuck Grassley, Wendell Potter, Whitlock, Luigi Mangione, Potter Organizations: CNN, UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealth, Health, Morningstar, Employers, McDermott, Senate, Republican, Iowa, Congressional, Lawmakers, Capitol Locations: Congress

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Broadcom, DraftKings, Costco, Uber, Salesforce & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Friday: Goldman Sachs initiates TechnipFMC as buy Goldman says the offshore company has "idiosyncratic growth." Goldman Sachs upgrades Patterson-UTI Energy to buy from neutral The firm says it sees shareholder returns for the energy company. Needham upgrades Upstart to buy from hold Needham says it likes the AI lending platform company's balance sheet following earnings. Mizuho reiterates Salesforce, Microsoft and Adobe as outperform The firm says the Salesforce, Microsoft and Adobe are top ideas in 2025. JPMorgan upgrades Penn to overweight from neutral The firm says Penn is too attractive to ignore right now.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Patterson, DA Davidson, Davidson, Needham, UPST, Morgan Stanley, Apple, it's, Uber, Mizuho, Wolfe, Horton, DraftKings, Mills, Penn, sightline Organizations: UTI Energy, America, Titan International, Bank of America, of America, Broadcom, COTY, Apple Intelligence, UBS, Energy, OPEC, Salesforce, Microsoft, Adobe, Cloud, BMO, O'Reilly, O'Reilly Automotive, Therapeutics, Meta, Mizuho, Canadian, JPMorgan, Barclays, Norwegian Cruise, MKS, Gaming, Retail, North American Service Providers, Nvidia, Costco Locations: America, Texas, Norwegian, Buffalo, 2H25

☆ Shutterstock earned over $100 million in revenue thanks in part to its AI-powered image-generator tool
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Matthew S. Smith | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"It would be silly for me to say that we didn't see generative AI as a potential threat," Orgeron said. He recalled attending CES in 2023 and said that many creative professionals there were unaware of generative AI and the impact it could have on the industry. However, the move toward generative AI was preceded by earlier acquisitions. Paul Hennessy, the CEO of Shutterstock, said in June the company earned $104 million in annual revenue from AI licensing agreements in 2023. While it doesn't offer an AI video-generation service yet, Orgeron said Shutterstock plans to launch a service soon.

Persons: Shutterstock, Dade Orgeron, Orgeron, TK, Dade Orgeron Shutterstock, Shutterstock.AI, Paul Hennessy, We're Organizations: Meta, Apple, Nvidia, Business, Service, Dade, CES, Key, Shutterstock.AI, Enterprise, HP Locations: New York, Reka, Silicon Valley, Shutterstock

☆ 17 creator-economy startups that raised big funding rounds this year, as investors chased AI and other buzzy areas
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Sydney Bradley | Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementIn 2024, 17 creator startups raised at least $10 million in new funding, totaling over $900 million. AdvertisementStartups that offer automated dubbing, AI editing, or generative AI features — such as Captions, ElevenLabs, and OpusClip — all raised hefty rounds this year. Here are 17 of those companies, listed in alphabetical order:AdvertisementAgentio, an ad platform streamlining creator-brand marketing on YouTube, raised a $12 million Series A. Influur, an influencer-marketing platform, closed a $10 million Series A in November, led by Point72 and HTwenty Capital. ShopMy, an affiliate and influencer-marketing company, raised an $18.5 million add-on to its Series A in March, closing the round at $26.5 million.

Persons: Ollie Forsyth, Levanta, Forsyth, Substack, Kleiner Perkins, cofounders Steven Galanis, Devon Townsend, Martin Blencowe, Jared Leto, A16z, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Flip, Point72, Grant, Alexandra Botez, Emma Grede, Michael Ovitz, Lucy Guo, OnlyFans, Jon Oringer, Sean Rad, Slushy Organizations: Investor, YouTube, Benchmark, Craft, Lightspeed Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Sapphire Ventures, Valor Siren Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, Business, Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Adobe Ventures, HubSpot Ventures, Smash, SV Angel, HTwenty, Millennium, Horizons, Ventures, Samsung, Crossbeam Venture Partners, Mosaic Ventures, Sierra Ventures, RTP Global, Mayfield Fund, Revolution Ventures, Prime, Lab, VC, Electric Feel Ventures Locations: Sequoia, London

☆ UCLA student sues California doctors, says she was 'fast-tracked' into transgender surgery
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Kaitlyn Schwanemann | Kaitlyn Schwanemann Is An Intern For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

A UCLA student is suing multiple California health care providers and hospitals for medical negligence, alleging she was wrongly diagnosed with gender dysphoria and then “fast-tracked onto the conveyor belt of irreversibly damaging” puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgery, according to her lawsuit. “There is strong consensus among the most prominent medical organizations worldwide that evidence-based, gender-affirming care for transgender children and adolescents is medically necessary and appropriate. Surgical gender-affirming care is rarely performed on minors, and these procedures are illegal in dozens of states, though California is not among them. Research suggests that regretting treatment for gender dysphoria is “extremely rare,” according to the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, or WPATH. Transition-related care for minors has been a divisive political issue, with Republicans in 26 states passing measures to ban or restrict gender-affirming care for minors in recent years, according to the Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ think tank.

Persons: Kaya Clementine Breen, “, ” Kaya Clementine Breen, Kaya Clementine Breen Breen, ”, Breen, ” Breen, Johanna Olson, Kennedy, Scott Mosser, Susan P, Landon, Olson, . Olson, there’s, ” Mosser, doesn’t, Dr, Moira Szilagyi, “ detransitioners, detransitioned Organizations: UCLA, Court, Center, Transyouth Health, Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, NBC, of San, UCSF Health Community, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, Endocrine, NBC News, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, UCSF, American Psychiatric Association, Research, World Professional Association for Transgender Health, National Center for Transgender Equality, Movement Advancement, The New York Times Locations: Los Angeles, Children’s Hospital Los, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, of San Francisco, San Francisco, Mosser, California, U.S, New York

☆ Vivek Murthy dices a mango for 'Bon Appetit' and shares parents' immigration story
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Kaitlyn Schwanemann | Kaitlyn Schwanemann Is An Intern For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy shared a very fruitful tutorial on cutting a mango — along with some juicy stories. It was titled "How to cut a mango like a surgeon (general)." "Whenever mango season came we would peel them all day long and make mango dishes out of them," Murthy said. "Mango bread, mango pudding, mango ice cream, mango cake, mango lassi." Murthy, 47, is the first Indian American surgeon general and the youngest active-duty flag officer in federal uniformed service.

Persons: Vivek H, Murthy Locations: India, U.S, American, Miami, South India

The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court ruling that temporarily blocked a state law prohibiting transition-related health care for minors. “Fortunately, the Montana Supreme Court understands the danger of the state interfering with critical healthcare,” Kell Olson, an attorney for Lambda Legal, said in a statement. The law also prohibits Medicaid from covering such treatments for trans minors. In upholding the injunction, Montana Supreme Court Justice Beth Baker wrote in the majority opinion that the Legislature “did not make gender-affirming care unlawful,” nor “did it make the treatments unlawful for all minors,” as minors can still receive the treatments for other reasons. The U.S. Supreme Court took up such restrictions for the first time last week, when it heard arguments over a similar law in Tennessee.

Persons: Jason Marks, “, ” Kell Olson, ” Chase Scheuer, Austin Knudsen, ” “, Montanans, ” Scheuer, Marks, ”, Beth Baker, ” Baker Organizations: Montana Supreme, American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda, Lambda Legal, Montana Attorney, Republican, dysphoria, Associated Press, Movement Advancement, Montana, State, Zooey, Montana’s, U.S, Supreme Locations: Montana, Missoula County, Montana’s, ” Montana, Tennessee

Phone companies maintain records like which phone numbers participated in calls and when those calls happened and potentially the locations of the cell towers their phones connected to. Alan Butler, the executive director and president of the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center, said having one’s phone metadata exposed is a clear violation of privacy. The hacking campaign accessed the metadata of more than a million people, an industry source briefed on the matter said. While some consider phone metadata to be less sensitive than the contents of communications, it can still provide enormous value to intelligence services. That would not typically fall to CISA or the FBI,” the FBI official said.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, Alan Butler, ” Butler, Verizon’s, ”, Michael Hayden, “, Dakota Cary, ” Cary, China’s, CISA, Jeff Simon, Simon Organizations: FBI, Verizon, NBC News, D.C, Privacy, Federal Communications Commission, White, Embassy, CIA, National Security Agency, Sentinel, National Capital, intel, White House, Infrastructure Security Agency, Typhoon, Charter Communications, Mobile, Salt Locations: U.S, Washington, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, China, Western, CISA, Louisiana, Salt

There’s been growing awareness of traumatic brain injury in sports, but TBI among victims of domestic violence is often overlooked and misdiagnosed, experts say. National research about brain injury and domestic violence is lacking. After a concussion, the brain needs time to recover, said Dr. Javier Cárdenas, director and founder of the West Virginia brain injury center. A 2021 University of Nebraska study discovered that many never receive medical treatment for traumatic brain injury. “Anywhere a domestic violence survivor goes, there should be some sort of screening for a concussion and brain injury,” Cardenas said.

Persons: Celena Henry, ” Henry, “, Henry, There’s, ”, Rachel Ramirez, ” Ramirez ’, Shannon Legeer, Javier Cárdenas, ” Cárdenas, can’t, Shireen Rajaram, It’s, ” Rajaram, Dr, Ryan Stanton, Stanton, Cardenas, ” Cardenas Organizations: West Virginia University’s Rockefeller, Brain Injury, Centers for Disease Control, Center, Partner, Violence, West Virginia University's Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, NBC, U.S, Government, Department of Health, Human Services, University of Nebraska, University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Public Health, American College of Emergency Physicians, Denver Supinger, Brain Injury Association of America, WVU’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute Locations: West, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky

☆ Venture capitalists bet on Sublime, a startup bringing AI to email security
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The trending technology gave more ammunition to hackers, as well as new tools for security companies that promise to defend clients against attacks. Investors valued startup Material Security at $1.1 billion in a 2022 funding round. In August, Abnormal Security, which calls itself "AI-native," said it was worth $5.1 billion after a funding round involving CrowdStrike and Wellington Management. And on Thursday, Sublime Security, co-founded by U.S. Defense Department cybersecurity veteran Josh Kamdjou, said it had raised a round totaling $60 million. Abnormal Security is considerably larger than Material and Sublime, with over $200 million in annualized revenue.

Persons: Proofpoint, Thoma, Josh Kamdjou, Brex, Mark Hillick, Hillick, It's, Peter Firstbrook, Gartner, Sublime's Kamdjou, Kamdjou, Mark Alley, Sumit Dhawan, Donald Trump's, Harris, Ian Thiel, IVP, Trump Organizations: Microsoft, Google, Thoma Bravo, Proofpoint, Investors, Wellington Management, Sublime Security, U.S . Defense Department, CNBC, Citi Ventures, Decibel Partners, Ventures, Slow Ventures Locations: Alabama, Proofpoint

☆ AI chipmaker Broadcom shares soar 14% despite mixed quarterly results — here's why
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Excluding the contribution from VMWare, Broadcom's organic sales grew 11% year over year. Tan estimated Broadcom's serviceable addressable market, or SAM, for AI to be about $60 billion to $90 billion by fiscal 2027. Roughly a year after closing, Broadcom's VMware acquisition is progressing well, with the software provider's business showing improved bookings and reduced operating costs. Networking: Total revenue increased 45% year over year to $4.5 billion, ahead of the $4.3 billion expected. On the semiconductor guide, management noted that AI revenue is expected to to grow 65% year over year to roughly $3.8 billion.

Persons: Jim Cramer's, Hock Tan, Tan, Apple —, Jim Cramer, Jim, Justin Sullivan Organizations: Broadcom, LSEG, VMWare, Apple, Marvell Technology, Devices, Nvidia, VMware, VMware Cloud Foundation, Jericho, Revenue, Management, CNBC, Getty Locations: California, Hock, Jericho, San Jose , California

☆ US health insurance: Frustrations with care denials
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Americans’ pent-up fury with the nation’s health insurance industry burst into the spotlight last week after the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan. They flooded social media with posts and videos about denials of medical treatments and claims, as well as other frustrations with the complicated system. The majority of insured US adults had at least one health insurance problem – including denial of claims – in the span of a year, according to a survey released in June 2023 by KFF, a nonprofit health policy research group. Still, 81% of respondents rated their health insurance as “excellent” or “good,” the same survey found. Roughly 41% of adults had debt caused by medical or dental bills, according to a 2022 KFF Health Care Debt Survey.

Persons: Arete Tsoukalas, ”, “, Tsoukalas, Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, Mangione, –, Isaac Rosenbloom, he’s, ” Isaac Rosenbloom, Melanie Duquette, Duquette Organizations: CNN, Police, KFF, Survey Locations: West Lafayette , Indiana, midtown Manhattan, Pueblo , Colorado, Worchester , Massachusetts

☆ Insurers are trying to draw investment back to Ukraine amid hopes for an end to the war
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Kelly Cloonan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new program aims to draw investment back to Ukraine by reviving the country's insurance market. The initiative aims to encourage business activity in the country as hopes for an end to the conflict grow. AdvertisementOn Thursday, Aon and the EBRD launched a $115 million program to cover losses on war-related risks underwritten by insurers in Ukraine. With little to no backstop for Ukrainian insurers in the last three years, capital flows into the country have dwindled as private investors remain wary. Thus far, international reinsurer MS Amlin and three local Ukrainian insurers have signed up to the initiative, Aon says.

Persons: reinsurers, Aon, Yulia Svyrydenko, Svyrydenko, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Donald Trump's, Trump, Vladimir Putin, Putin Organizations: European Bank for Reconstruction, Ukraine's, Cooperation, European Union, NATO Locations: Ukraine, France, United Kingdom, Norway, Switzerland, Russia

☆ A former Google designer reveals what goes into building its AI models like Gemini
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Helen Li | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementBusiness Insider spoke with Kento Morita, a former Google Gemini conversation designer and Japanese-American actor and comedian. Morita previously worked on designing conversation flows for Amazon Alexa and Google Gemini, specifically focusing on building a Japanese persona for the AI. Even with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, when you ask it a factual question, it used to say immediately, according to Wikipedia, blah blah blah blah, or according to XYZ, blah blah blah blah. So that kind of distancing language allows us to take less responsibility for the information that's being presented. When Google Gemini and other AI are citing sources, it's still a predictive machine?

Persons: OpenAI's ChatGPT, Gemini, Kento Morita, Morita, Warren Buffett's, There's, It's, We've, that's, it's, shirk Organizations: Google, Gemini, Amazon Alexa, New York Times, Washington Post, Department of Justice, North, AP News, Reuters Locations: American

☆ These charts show how YouTube TV has become a worse and worse deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The price of YouTube TV is going up again — and cord-cutters around the internet are up in arms. Before this hike, YouTube TV was generally cheaper than many rival streaming TV packages from competitors such as Hulu + Live TV, Fubo TV, Spectrum, and DirecTV. These factors helped YouTube TV grow to 8 million customers (as of earlier this year) and far outpace its digital rivals. AdvertisementGoogle may also have raised YouTube TV prices to help cover its investment in NFL Sunday Ticket. "We give all members the flexibility to cancel their membership at any time," the YouTube TV spokesperson said in their statement.

Persons: that's, —, Morgan Stanley Organizations: YouTube, Google, Hulu, Disney, ESPN, DirecTV, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, NFL Sunday

☆ How two New York tragedies exposed the failure of politics in a fraught American moment
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

But it was soon overtaken by a wider debate about the complicity of major executives in America’s high health care costs and perceived injustices of the industry. In Baltimore, close to Mangione’s home town, a sign reading “Deny, Defend, Depose” and “Health Care 4 All” appeared over I-83, the Baltimore Banner news site reported. The “brokenness of the health care system is something that I have lived with, and something that still very much sits with me to this day,” he said. JD Vance: ‘Thank God justice was done’Penny, the Marine veteran acquitted in the Neely case, gave his first interview to Fox News. For them it is one political game.”Daniel Penny arrives at criminal court on December 9, 2024, in New York.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, Daniel Penny, Jordan Neely, Penny, Neely, Trump, Thompson, —, they’ll, “, Karine Jean, Pierre, ”, they’d, pricey, Jeff Swensen, Mangione, Wes Moore, he’d, couldn’t, ” Moore, Josh Shapiro, ” Shapiro, JD Vance, ” Penny, –, Sean Hannity, ” Daniel Penny, Stefan Jeremiah, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jeanine Pirro, Neely’s, didn’t, ” Andre Zachary said, I’ve, White, Obamacare, it’s Organizations: CNN, Washington, United, Baltimore Banner, NYPD, Maryland Democratic Gov, Marine, Fox News, Attorney, New, Democratic, Trump Locations: Manhattan, New York City, Pennsylvania, New York, Blair, Hollidaysburg , Pennsylvania, Altoona , Pennsylvania, Baltimore, Minnesota, America

☆ Democratic governors quietly prep extensive plans to counter Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Since long before the election, they’ve been poring through Project 2025 — it’s helpful, several Democratic governors told CNN, to have a blueprint in public. Laura Kelly, the chair of the Democratic Governors Association. Plans for Trump underway for monthsMany Democratic governors had been working on plans well before even President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and Vice President Kamala Harris became their party nominee. They’re coming to this weathered with the experience from the first Trump term. Michigan Gov.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, they’ve, They’ve, ”, Laura Kelly, JB Pritzker, postelection, Jared Polis, Pritzker, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, they’re, Trump, Emmanuel Macron’s, hasn’t, Gretchen Whitmer, Mike Pence, weren’t, Rebecca Wright, Whitmer, Donald Trump, ” Whitmer, I’ve, we’ll, Tim Walz, Harris ’, “, Kathy Hochul, ” Hochul, Matt Meyer, Beverly Hilton, Richard Nixon, Nixon, ” — Walz, he’d, Martin O’Malley, Austin Steele, Gavin Newsom, Andy Beshear, Josh Shapiro, Wes Moore, Jay Inslee, Trump’s, —, Lindsey Wasson, Inslee, Bob Ferguson, ’, ” Inslee Organizations: Los Angeles CNN —, Democratic, CNN, Trump, White House, National Guard, showdowns, Kansas Gov, Democratic Governors Association, Illinois Gov, Colorado Gov, Senate, White, Notre Dame, Mar, Michigan Gov, Convention, United Center, Michigan, Biden, Gov, Penn, New Yorker, Delaware Gov, Beverly, Golden Globes, Former Maryland Gov, Democratic National Committee, Minnesota Gov, Howard University, Kentucky Gov, Maryland Gov, Democratic Party, Washington Gov Locations: Kansas, Indiana, Illinois, Covid, Michigan, Chicago, Los Angeles, —, Minnesota, York, New, Delaware, Washington ,, California, Polis , Pennsylvania, Seattle, Washington, Pearl

☆ These 10 startups are using AI to disrupt healthcare payments as public outrage toward insurers mounts
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Investors are rushing to back startups using AI to automate the complex healthcare billing process. AdvertisementIn the wake of the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare's CEO last week, public hostility toward health insurers has reached a boiling point. UnitedHealthcare and other health insurers have come under fire in recent years for using algorithms to deny patient claims, particularly Medicare Advantage claims. Investors are rushing to back startups using AI to help providers, patients, and health plans more accurately and efficiently pay for medical care. AdvertisementThese 10 startups are using AI to automate key parts of healthcare's complex billing process, from prior authorization to claims adjudication.

Persons: Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione Locations: Manhattan

☆ Will the world's fastest supercomputer please stand up?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Emma Cosgrove | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

With the breakneck pace of the AI computing infrastructure buildout, it's becoming increasingly difficult to keep track of who has the biggest, fastest, or most powerful supercomputer — especially when multiple companies claim the title at once. Advertisement"We delivered the world's largest and fastest AI supercomputer, scaling up to 65,000 Nvidia H200 GPUs," Oracle CEO Safra Catz and Chairman, CTO, echoed by Founder Larry Ellison on the company's Monday earnings call. In late October, Nvidia proclaimed xAI's Colossus as the "World's Largest AI Supercomputer," after Elon Musk's firm reportedly built a computing cluster with 100,000 Nvidia graphics processing units in a matter of weeks. Until recently the world's most powerful supercomputer was named El Capitan. Power efficiency too, is a hugely important indicator for AI computing since energy is an enormous operational expense in AI.

Persons: it's, Safra Catz, Larry Ellison, Colossus, Elon Musk's, there's, El, Dylan Patel, Patel, xAI, Colette Cress, It's, Ellison Organizations: Oracle, supercomputing, intel, Nvidia, Greater, Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, AMD, Meta, Microsoft Locations: Greater Memphis, El Capitan, California

☆ Trump's DOJ secretly obtained phone and text message logs of 43 congressional staffers and 2 members of Congress
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dilanianmug.Jpg | Ken Dilanian | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Seeking to investigate leaks of classified information, the Trump Justice Department in 2017 and 2018 secretly obtained phone and text message logs of 43 congressional staffers and two members of Congress in a far broader probe than previously known, according to a new report by the department’s internal watchdog. The fact of the seizures had previously been reported, but the IG revealed new details about the broad scope of the effort. The records obtained included phone and message logs showing who was communicating with whom, but not the content of the communications. Patel was among the congressional staffers whose records were seized in the leak investigation, according to a lawsuit he filed. "It is particularly concerning that the Department of Justice hoodwinked a judge into signing off on secret surveillance on both Democrats and Republicans in Congress."

Persons: General Michael Horowitz, —, Trump, Bill Barr, Barr, Democrats — Sen, Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, Donald Trump, Kash Patel, Patel, Department’s, ” Sen, Ron Wyden, Wyden, Department of Justice hoodwinked Organizations: Trump Justice Department, DOJ, Prosecutors, Apple, Justice Department, The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Biden Justice Department, Democrats, House Intelligence Committee, Department, Department of Justice, Republicans Locations: Russia

A murder charge was filed in New York on Monday night against the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week outside a busy New York City hotel, according to online court documents. After the Pennsylvania court appearance, law enforcement officials told reporters that charges would be filed in New York shortly. Mangione also carried a fake ID with the same name the suspected gunman used at a New York City hostel, police said. An image released by the New York Police Department shows a person of interest sought for questioning in connection with the shooting. Thompson's slaying sent shock waves throughout the corporate and health care worlds, raising questions about appropriate security for top-level executives.

Persons: gunning, Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, Mangione, Jessica Tisch, Joseph Kenny, ” Brian Thompson, UnitedHealthcare Thompson, UnitedHealth, Thompson, ”, Paulette Thompson, ” Paulette Thompson, Spencer Platt, Thompson's Organizations: NBC, Law, Police, UnitedHealthcare, New, New York Hilton, Getty Images Police, Greyhound, New York Police Department, University of Pennsylvania, Ivy League, Gilman School, UnitedHealth, Humana, CVS Health Locations: New York, New York City, Pennsylvania, Altoona, Manhattan, Blair, Hollidaysburg, Pa, America, Mount Sinai, Central Park, Minnesota, Hilton, midown Manhattan, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Hawaii, Baltimore

☆ The Omnicom-IPG megamerger signals a new era for the ad industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-10 | by ( Hallam Bullock | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Related Video How tech layoffs could affect the economyIn today's newsletter, the $13 billion Omnicom-IPG megamerger reflects a new era as Big Tech and AI upend the ad industry. OmnicomIt's already been a big week for the ad industry. For ad industry insiders, the proposed takeover reflects an ad sector under threat from Big Tech and AI , writes Business Insider's Lara O'Reilly. AdvertisementPrivate equity has been circling the ad industry, too. Industry insiders have speculated for months that WPP could be taken private — or at least some parts of it could be.

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