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☆ Vomit fees are being added to some restaurant brunch bills. Be careful with those bottomless mimosas!
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

California restaurants are charging customers $50 cleaning fees for drunken incidents, reports say. Bottomless brunch specials give customers an hour or so to enjoy as many mimosas as they want. A $50 cleaning fee will automatically include in your [tab] when you throw up in the public areas. San Francisco-area restaurant Home Plate has added the warning of a $50 cleaning fee to their menu. Airbnb hosts charge guests up to $300 in cleaning fees in some cases.

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☆ Jamie Dimon warns of the 'most dangerous time' for the world in decades, sounding the alarm on wars, soaring debt, and the Fed
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon sounded the alarm on a series of risks looming over global markets. "This may be the most dangerous time the world has seen in decades," Jamie Dimon said in a JPMorgan earnings press release. Dimon also reiterated concerns of higher interest rates to come, having previously noted 7% levels as a real possibility. Added to that is growing US debt, which has drawn increasing criticism for its potential to worsen interest rates and eventually lead to fallout, if left unchecked. Despite Dimon's concerns, JPMorgan's reported strong third-quarter results, helped by higher interest rates and its acquisition of First Republic Bank earlier this year.

Persons: Jamie Dimon, Dimon, —, JPMorgan's Organizations: Service, Bank, First Republic Bank Locations: Ukraine

Rudolph Isley, a founding member of the Isley Brothers who helped perform such raw rhythm and blues classics as “Shout" and “Twist and Shout” and the funky hits “That Lady” and “It's Your Thing,” has died at age 84. “There are no words to express my feelings and the love I have for my brother. But I know he’s in a better place," Ronald Isley said in a statement released Thursday by an Isley Brothers publicist. He was among the Isleys inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. Political Cartoons View All 1209 Images___This story's headline has been corrected to show that Rudolph Isley, not Ronald Isley, died.

Persons: Rudolph Isley, Isley, ”, Ronald Isley, Ronald, O'Kelly, Vernon, “, Isleys, Rod Stewart, Ernest, Marvin, ” Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley Organizations: Isley Brothers, Shea, Hall of Fame Locations: Cincinnati

☆ The IMF warns of bond market risks amid fears of a Silicon Valley Bank repeat
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The IMF warned of bond market risks amid fears of a Silicon Valley Bank repeat. Sharp rises in bond yields could pose a risk to banking portfolios, as happened earlier this year. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe sharp rise in Treasury bond yields provoked warnings from the International Monetary Fund, which called on regulators to increase their financial markets oversight. In March, Silicon Valley Bank was forced to sell its bond holdings at a major loss, sparking a flight in deposits that triggered its collapse along with other lenders.

Persons: Tobias Adrian, Sharp, —, Adrian, Michael Barr Organizations: Financial Times, Service, International Monetary Fund, Silicon Valley Bank, Federal Reserve, American Bankers Association Locations: Silicon Valley, China, Europe, United States

☆ 'The Exorcist: Believer' and Hispanic audiences: A match made in horror movie heaven
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Mike Calia | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

In this article CMCSAUVV Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTStill from the set of "The Exorcist: Believer." The new "Exorcist" movie will draw big Hispanic audiences. Universal is seeing stronger-than-average Hispanic interest for "The Exorcist: Believer" as the movie heads into its opening weekend, according to people familiar with the matter. Hispanic and Latino viewers will have a big say in how "The Exorcist: Believer" does at the box office, no matter what. They tend to represent 26% of horror movie audiences, compared with 20% for other genres, according to the Comscore/Screen Engine PostTrak Audience Survey.

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☆ AI chatbots let you 'interview' historical figures like Harriet Tubman. That's probably not a good idea.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Some of these bots are intended to be educational tools — making classrooms interactive. Khanmigo and Hello HistoryThe Washington Post put one of these bots to the test, using Khan Academy's Khanmigo bot to "interview" Harriet Tubman, the US abolitionist. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe AI Tubman largely appeared to recount information that could be found on Wikipedia, but it did make some key errors and seemed to struggle to distinguish the quality of different sources. AdvertisementAdvertisementInsider asked the same question to Hello History, another historical AI chatbot, to see if it would fare any better. Effects on critical-thinking skillsGupta also pointed to a deeper issue with using bots as educational tools.

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☆ Ken Burns would like you to know he doesn't hang out with Clarence Thomas
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Taylor Berman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A new ProPublica story features a photo of filmmaker Ken Buns with Clarence Thomas and David Koch. But Burns released a statement making it clear he doesn't know Thomas. But more shocking to many was the lead photo, which featured star PBS documentarian Ken Burns sandwiched between Thomas and David Koch. Other than the taking of that photograph and innocuous pleasantries, that's the extent of his contact with Justice Thomas." So now we know: Ken Burns and Clarence Thomas are not pals, according to Burns.

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☆ MSN readers are furious after an apparently AI-generated headline said 'Brandon Hunter useless at 42' after the former NBA player suddenly died
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

MSN readers called out the site for publishing a story they believe was written by AI. The story's headline describes the late NBA player Brandon Hunter as "useless." "Brandon Hunter useless at 42," the headline read. A former NBA player dies young, and AI writes this headline:"Brandon Hunter useless at 42"And check that prose:"Former NBA participant Brandon Hunter who beforehand performed for the Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic, has handed away on the age of 42." https://t.co/xEvVVHo9DP pic.twitter.com/EiKlZEhluS — Joshua Benton (@jbenton) September 14, 2023It described Hunter as a "former NBA participant" who was "handed away on the age of 42."

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☆ Ukraine's army keeps outsmarting Russia on the battlefield, with cunning ruses and opportunistic attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Tom Porter | Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

"Deception has succeeded against Russian forces at all echelons and across all three service branches," the report said. A Russian drone had earlier damaged a tank there, and Afanasyev wanted to make sure it didn't happen again. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe company says over 250 of these decoys have so far been handed over to the Ukrainian military. In eastern Ukraine's Popasna, a base used by the mercenary pro-Russian Wagner Group was bombed to rubble by Ukrainian troops in April 2022. Ukraine's 110th brigade then "worked effectively to attack the Russian soldiers," he said.

Persons: it's, Ivan Oleksii, Oleksii, Cmdr, Oleksandr Afanasyev, Afanasyev, Vladimir Solovyov, Wagner, Igor Russak, Ukraine's, Huw Dylan, David Gioe, Joe Littell Organizations: Service, Royal United Services Institute, Russian, Getty, Kremlin, Wagner, Russian Wagner, Wired, Purpose, Center for Information Resilience, 25th Airborne Brigade, Modern War Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, Russian, Kyiv, Makiivka, Lyman, Donetsk, St Petersburg, Ukraine's, Avdiyivka, Europe, Izium, Kharkiv, Kherson

☆ Wilyer Abreu, Red Sox too strong for Yankees in Game 1
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/37] Sep 12, 2023; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Tanner Houck (89) pitches against the New York Yankees during the first inning at Fenway Park. Abreu (3-for-4) and Rafaela (2-for-4) each had multiple hits, drove in a run and scored another for the Red Sox (74-72), who took back sole possession of fourth place in the American League East. Less than an hour prior to first pitch, the Red Sox parted ways with chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom. The Red Sox got the scoring going in the first inning on Abreu's two-out single that dunked down in left field. In the seventh, Rafaela's two-out solo shot just inside Pesky's Pole in right doubled the Boston lead.

Persons: Tanner Houck, Eric Canha, Wilyer Abreu, Ceddanne Rafaela, Trevor Story, Abreu, Rafaela, Chaim Bloom, Gleyber Torres, Oswald Peraza, Michael King, Rafael Devers, Justin Turner, Triston Casas, Houck, Estevan Florial, Torres, Anthony Volpe, Alex Cora's, Rafaela's, Adam Duvall, Garrett Whitlock, Chris Martin Organizations: Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Fenway, Red Sox, American League East, Boston, New, Yankees, Boston College, Estevan, Thomson Locations: Boston , Massachusetts, USA, Rafaela, New York, New England

☆ Elon Musk just escalated his war against the media
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk is escalating his war on the media. Musk says it's for "esthetics" but his long history of blasting the news media suggests otherwise. AdvertisementAdvertisementElon Musk isn't shy about his disdain for the media, and his latest change to X makes that even more apparent. Musk has previously called The New York Times "propaganda" and "an unregistered lobbying firm for far left politicians." When NPR subsequently said it would quit Twitter, Musk threatened to give its handle away unless it started posting again.

Persons: Elon Musk, Elon, Fortune, Musk, X, Musk's Organizations: Reuters, The New York Times, Facebook, New York Times, Twitter, Times, NPR Locations: clickbait, Washington, The, Russia, China

☆ Why is RFK Jr.'s voice raspy? He has a neurological disorder called spasmodic dysphonia
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Kennedy, 69, previously revealed he was diagnosed in his early 40s with a rare neurological condition called spasmodic dysphonia. What is spasmodic dysphonia? Spasmodic dysphonia is a neurological disorder that causes involuntary spasms in the muscles of the voice box, also known as the larynx, according to John Hopkins Medicine. Spasmodic dysphonia may also be inherited, but a specific gene for the disorder has not yet been identified. Other notable people with spasmodic dysphonia include "Hellboy" actress Selma Blair, CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues, and journalist Diane Rehm.

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☆ Top investors say these stock sectors are 'super cheap' and Warren Buffett likes them both
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

I mean they're always kind of cheap, but they're really cheap," Link said. Housing stocks have risen sharply, with the SPDR S & P Homebuilders ETF (XHB) up about 23% over the past year. Both investors agreed that energy stocks could see a similar rally to housing in the years ahead. "I believe what we are seeing with homebuilders is going to happen with energy stocks in two to three years. In addition to energy stocks being cheap, they could also see fundamentals improvement if oil prices continue to rise, Link said.

Persons: Fundstrat, Tom Lee, Stephanie Link, Lee, Warren, Link Organizations: CNBC, Hightower Advisors, Berkshire, Occidental Petroleum, Chevron, Diamondback Energy, Exxon, Devon Energy Locations: Horton, Chevron, homebuilder

"High level, we want this to become something like your personal AI friend," said developer Div Garg, whose company MultiOn is beta-testing an AI agent. The race towards increasingly autonomous AI agents has been supercharged by the March release of GPT-4 by developer OpenAI, a powerful upgrade of the model behind ChatGPT - the chatbot that became a sensation when released last November. GPT-4 facilitates the type of strategic and adaptable thinking required to navigate the unpredictable real world, said Vivian Cheng, an investor at venture capital firm CRV who has a focus on AI agents. OpenAI itself is very interested in AI agent technology, according to four people briefed on its plans. There are at least 100 serious projects working to commercialize agents, said Matt Schlicht, who writes a newsletter on AI.

Persons: Siri, Alexa, Tony Stark's, Kanjun Qiu, Reid Hoffman, Mustafa Suleyman, Qiu, OpenAI, Vivian Cheng, CRV, Aravind Srinivas, Jarvis, Yoshua Bengio, Satya Nadella, Apple's Siri, it's, Google, Edward Grefenstette, Jason Franklin, WVV Capital, Hesam Motlagh, Matt Schlicht, Anna Tong, Jeffrey Dastin, Kenneth Li Organizations: Microsoft, Google, U.S . Federal Trade Commission, Reuters, FTC, OpenAI's, Financial Times, Amazon, Alexa, Investors, WVV, Google Ventures, Entrepreneurs, Thomson Locations: Silicon, Jarvis, GPT, Cognosys, San Francisco, Palo Alto

☆ As the world gets hotter, millions of workers face up to the challenge of heat stress and productivity losses
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Anmar Frangoul | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

According to those involved in the report's production, warmer working environments can create some very challenging scenarios indeed. Issues relating to productivity also apply to equipment, facilities and buildings, Fox said. "The economic losses due to heat stress at work were estimated at US$280 billion in 1995," the U.N. agency said. "This clothing can be quite cumbersome … and quite hot to wear, even under cold conditions," Fox said. Fox noted that buildings of this type haven't particularly been designed with heat ingress — especially extreme heat ingress — in mind.

Persons: Tim Fox, Fox, Marco Bertorello, that's, Laura Kent, Jorge Guerrero, Yolanda Díaz, Díaz, It's Organizations: World Meteorological Organization, of Mechanical Engineers, CNBC, International Labour Organization, Workers, AFP, Getty, ILO, Fox, Factories, Health, Safety, Spain's, Labour, Social, State Meteorological Agency, Spain's Labour Ministry, Reuters, heatstroke . Trade, Union Locations: Europe, Italy, Ronda, Spain, Madrid, heatstroke, Britain, Ireland

☆ The Titan tragedy will join the Byford Dolphin accident as one of the most gruesome deep-sea incidents in history
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Titan tragedy joins the Byford Dolphin accident in history's most gruesome deep-sea incidents. It joins the Byford Dolphin accident of 1983 — another deep-sea chamber compression incident but with a very different set of circumstances that killed five and injured one. The Byford Dolphin incidentOn November 5, 1983, four divers — Edwin Coward, Roy Lucas, Bjørn Bergersen, and Truls Hellevik — returned from a deep-sea commercial mission near the Byford Dolphin oil rig. Graphic showing the layout of the living chambers and the diving bell where the Byford Dolphin accident happened. Unlike the divers near the Byford Dolphin oil rig, the Titan passengers didn't have any excess nitrogen in their blood.

Persons: — Edwin Coward, Roy Lucas, Bjørn Bergersen, Hellevik —, IFLScience, William Crammond, Giertsen, it's, Crammond, Martin Saunders, Stefan Williams, uncrewed submersibles, James Cameron, Cameron, It's, Williams Organizations: Titan, Service, Obscura, Divers Alert, of Forensic Medicine, Science Times, Daily Science, University of Sydney, Good Morning America, ABC News, Eiffel, NBC

☆ 16 years ago, people spent days in lines around the block to buy iPhones. Apple is announcing a new gadget today and no one seems to care.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Nicholas Carlson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Today, Apple is launching itself into a whole new area of gadgets. No one seems to care, with Apple reportedly projecting low sales the first year. Just about 16 years ago — on June 29, 2007 — the Internet was introduced to a new micro-celebrity. The fact remains that behind him on that day 192 months ago, a line curled around the block. Did you even know, before you opened this post, that today, Apple is launching another massive new product?

Persons: Greg Packer, Dima Gavrysh, REMY, Steve Jobs's, Hasan Chowdhury, Dan Ives, Siri Organizations: Apple, Press, LA, Associated, Reuters, Developers, Bloomberg, Wedbush Securities Locations: New York, France, Cupertino

☆ Manhattanhenge is coming to New York City tonight. Here's where to see it best.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Manhattanhenge is happening in New York City on Monday. It's the phenomenon where the setting sun perfectly aligns with the city's street grid. The astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson coined the term. The term Manhattanhenge was coined by the popular astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, a native New Yorker. The Tudor City Overpass in Manhattan and Hunter's Point South Park in Queens are two more scenic spots, he says.

☆ 4 great white sharks showed up in New York and New Jersey waters early, having migrated thousands of miles for food
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Mark Reeth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Every year great white sharks head for feeding grounds in waters near the northern US and Canada. One of them is an 8 foot 8 inch male juvenile named Jekyll who weighs just shy of 400 pounds. OCEARCH has been capturing, tagging, and tracking great white sharks since 2007 in order to study their migratory patterns. These great white sharks have traveled thousands of milesAccording to the OCEARCH tracker, a male juvenile great white nicknamed Jekyll has traveled 1,595 miles in 103 days from Georgia to the waters of Atlantic City, where his tracker pinged his location on May 15th. Simon, another male juvenile, traveled 1,520 miles in the last 106 days from Florida to join revelers in the waters of Fire Island on May 2nd.

☆ All the ways cars suck, according to the guy who wrote the book about it
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Knowles told Insider why Americans, and the world, love cars so much, despite the downsides. One person even wrote to The New York Times, suggesting that pedestrians crossing their street should point their guns at anyone driving in self-defense, Knowles wrote. Now, thanks to lobbying efforts by the automotive industry to move pedestrians off the roads and into cars, Americans view cars much differently, he said. Cars suck because they blow — chemicals and particulate matter, that is, Knowles wrote. Despite this, Knowles wrote, cars persist.

☆ Paul Tudor Jones says he's always going to keep a small amount of bitcoin in his portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Legendary hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones said he's still hanging on to his bitcoin and always will. "So I'm sticking with it, and I'm going to always stick with it as a small diversification in my portfolio." Bitcoin has a fixed supply cap of 21 million coins, as designed and mandated by the Bitcoin code. "They've done so well recently because of the fact that we have had these great risk premiums," Jones said about bitcoin and gold. Jones has also previously said on CNBC that buying bitcoin is like investing in an early tech company .

☆ Hardcore wrestling fans are torn over the WWE-UFC merger – but they love the drama
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

For wrestling fans, though, the story's not about those numbers. And wrestling fans aren't afraid to share their opinions. Some are worried that a return to a pay-per-view model for WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania, is on the horizon. The WWE's exclusive streaming deal with Peacock, which includes WrestleMania streaming rights, is set to expire in 2026. In late March, before the UFC deal was announced, WWE CEO Nick Khan said the company keeps fans' price sensitivity in mind.

☆ Last time Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina called a rape accuser greedy and crazy he won. It's a different world now.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

By the time he won an acquittal in a high-profile, 2011 Manhattan criminal trial, Tacopina had attacked what he called her "functional tolerance" for alcohol. She remembered in graphic detail being immobilized in her bed — too drunk to resist — as she was allegedly raped, she told jurors. "She called him a rapist," Tacopina told the jury in openings Monday. "I can dance backwards and forwards in four-inch heels," she told Tacopina when he questioned her dressing-room balancing act. "It caused me to realize that staying silent does not work," she told Tacopina of the courage she saw in that #MeToo wave.

☆ A Philadelphia food-delivery driver hunting for big tips says he declines 75% of orders and hangs out in wealthy areas: 'I'm not doing this to gamble. I'm doing this to make money'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The 22-year-old said he didn't accept orders with low tips and wealthy neighborhoods tipped better. The majority of orders he sees do include a tip, Jack said. As inflation continues to weigh on Americans' pocketbooks, even more customers may decide to cut back on delivery tips to save a buck or two. Jack DoorDashLooking for big tips is like a 'treasure hunt'Jack doesn't just cross his fingers and hope for orders with big tips. Today, Jack said his DoorDash and Uber Eats tips were roughly at a pre-pandemic level, if not slightly higher.

☆ US military releases combat drone footage of a mysterious object — what looks like a silver orb. The Pentagon says it's not aliens.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The US Military released a video showing a mysterious silver orb flying in the Middle East. The head of the Pentagon office who reviews these incidents said there's no evidence of aliens. He added that his office is reviewing more than 650 incidents of UFOs reported by the military. The video released by the military shows a silver orb flying across the screen of a sensor located at a Middle Eastern military base. Correction: April 20, 2023 — An earlier version of this story's headline incorrectly identified who discussed the mysterious object.

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