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☆ 67 million watched first Harris-Trump debate, blowing past Biden matchup
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —The first presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump drew an estimated 67.1 million viewers across 17 television networks, according to Nielsen data. In 2016, a record 84 million tuned in to the first debate between Hillary Clinton and Trump. While fewer Americans watched the debate on television than in previous election years, millions more watched on digital platforms. ABC said the telecast the most-watched debate on any network in at least 16 years and that more than 7 million watched on the various Disney-owned streaming platforms. Hours before the debate, ABC offered to provide DirecTV a free feed of the telecast for a three-hour period.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Harris, David Muir, Linsey Davis, Trump, Hillary Clinton, Nielsen, Muir, Davis, “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, Nielsen, ABC News, CNN, Trump, Democratic, Biden, ABC, NBC, Fox News, Disney, FCC, DirecTV, ESPN, FX Locations: New York, Philadelphia

We'll show you how to watch the presidential debate from anywhere, including cable, streaming, and free options. How to watch the presidential debate in the USThere are tons of ways to watch the debate live in the US. Sling TV and Fubo are great services to upgrade your live TV viewing options and watch the presidential debate. How to watch the presidential debate in CanadaThe debate will be available to stream through CTV News Live in Canada. Like the first presidential debate, tonight's debate will last 90 minutes.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, David Muir, Linsey Davis, Trump, Joe Biden, Biden, Harris, Trump's, Dana Bash, Peacock, ExpressVPN, Vance, Tim Walz Organizations: Business, National Constitution Center, ABC News, Longtime ABC News, CNN, ABC, MSNBC, Fox News, Fubo, Hulu, NBC, CBS, FOX, Paramount, CTV News, BBC News, BBC, Constitution Center Locations: America, Philadephia , PA, Canada, Philadelphia , PA, Pennsylvania, J.D

☆ Clean energy sector looks to create even more jobs after the election — regardless of who wins
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Kate Rogers | In Katerog | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

While job growth in the sector faces uncertainty after the election, industry watchers say the future of energy production and consumption is always changing. The IRA is projected to generate more than 300,000 jobs annually for new energy project construction and about 100,000 permanent jobs each year, according to EESI. The rate was more than double the growth for the rest of the energy sector and the overall U.S. economy, according to the newly released 2024 U.S. Energy and Employment Report. Recent data from the Department of Energy showed clean energy employment increased by 142,000 jobs last year, accounting for more than half of new energy sector jobs. One sector that faces particular uncertainty after the election is clean energy, which has received a boost from the Biden administration but faced skepticism from Trump.

Persons: — it's, it's, Daniel Bresette, there's, Biden, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Nicole Bulgarino, Caroline Leilani Stevenson, Stevenson, Harris, Trump, Joe Biden Organizations: Energy, Environmental, Energy Study Institute, . Energy, Science, Department of Energy, Trump, Ameresco, Department of Defense, Green, Deal, CNN, White, Green New, Economic, of New Locations: U.S, Europe, Ameresco, Honolulu, Maui, New York, of New York

☆ Trump will attack Harris' biggest vulnerabilities at the debate. Her response could decide the election.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Trump appears to have begun to slow Harris' rise, which began after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race. At the same time, Harris has abandoned many of her most progressive views that she took during her failed 2020 Democratic presidential primary run. "She's not really quite sure what she believes that's why she is pretty evasive to answering questions on policy, policy positions that she has supported in the past and supposedly what she does not support now," Wolking said. Tuesday's debate will mark the first time Harris and Trump will be in the same room together. With perhaps the exception of the Nixon-Kennedy debate, no other presidential debate will loom larger in history.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Trump, Harris, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, pollsters, Trump's, Ben Warner, Warner, They've, Kamala, Matt Wolking, Tim Walz, CNN's Dana Bash, She's, Wolking, hasn't, Bash, Biden, Democratic pollster Evan Roth Smith, Roth Smith, Reid Hoffman, Roth, Doug Sosnik, he'll, Sosnik, Clinton, Nixon, Kennedy Organizations: Service, New York Times, Super Bowl, NFL, University of Missouri, Culinary Union, Democratic, Voters, Trump Locations: Siena, Pennsylvania, Washington, Minnesota, Nevada

☆ Amid AI boom, tech can't afford to neglect spending in these IT areas
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-08 | by ( Bob Violino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Data analytics and decision-makingIn the digital economy, data is gold. Those organizations that leverage data and data analytics well can improve the customer experience and move out in front of competitors. With advancements in data analytics, companies can take advantage of real-time data processing, predictive analytics, and AI-powered analytics to make informed decisions quickly, Gilchrist said. AI, as neededYes, companies should continue to invest in AI solutions, but in many cases with a more discerning approach. "AI investments should focus on areas where automation, predictive analytics, or AI-driven insights can solve specific business problems or create new revenue streams."

Persons: Christopher Gilchrist, Forrester, Gilchrist, Janelle Hill, Hill Organizations: Gartner, IT, Investments

☆ The controversial plan to regreen a desert
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-08 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The Dutch engineer wants to transform a huge stretch of inhospitable desert into green, fertile land teeming with wildlife. “The only holistic way out of this situation is with large-scale ecological regeneration”So-called desert regreening projects are not new, and this is one of a number around the world seeking to transform arid landscapes. Costfoto/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesFor van der Hoeven, it was further proof his plan could work. “The scale reaches a level that helps prove that restoration can be done on a planetary scale.”It would add to other huge desert regreening projects also underway. The project was scheduled to kick off this December, but conflict has slowed everything down, van der Hoeven said.

Persons: der Hoeven, “, Van, van der Hoeven, Ali Moustafa, ”, Van der, der, it’s, John Liu, Wolfgang Kaehler, Liu, ” Liu, Susan Gardner, Gardner, Alice Hughes, ” Hughes, Raymond Pierrehumbert, Pierrehumbert, — “, Van der Heoven, He’s, Van der Hoeven Organizations: CNN, United Nations, World Bank, UN, Hong Kong University’s School of Biological Sciences, University of Oxford Locations: Dutch, Africa, Asia, Maryland, Dubai, Lake Bardawil, Sinai, Bardawil, Egypt, China, California, Gansu Province, Yongjing, Gansu province, Nairobi, Hong, Gaza

☆ A Gen Z Stanford graduate who left an engineering job to pursue filmmaking was surprised by the overlap in industries
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-07 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But soon after graduating, McRuer made an unlikely early-career pivot, ditching his dependable product design job to pursue his passion for film. The 2019 graduate studied product design at Stanford's School of Engineering. The internship quickly evolved into a full-time product design position. He initially thought he could get his filmmaking fix via a hobby that played second fiddle to his engineering work. But McRuer said he was ultimately surprised by the overlaps he's seen working in both engineering and film — particularly when producing.

Persons: —, Jason McRuer, McRuer, I'm Organizations: Service, Business, Stanford's School of Engineering, Sundance Film, Global Health Labs, City of Locations: LA, City, City of Angels, Coast, Brooklyn

☆ Common food dye can make skin transparent in mice, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“But when we put them together, we were able to achieve transparency of the mouse skin.”Once the dye had completely diffused into the skin, the skin became transparent. In mice, the researchers were able to observe blood vessels directly in the surface of the brain through the transparent skin of the skull. Guosong Hong/Stanford UniversityThe transparent areas take on an orangish color, Ou said, similar to that of the food dye. 5 dye, a common food coloring, was used at a low concentration in the study, and its effects were easily undone, according to the researchers. “However, a partially transparent (mouse) will already enable numerous research opportunities to answer questions relating to development, regeneration, as well as aging.”

Persons: Wells, ”, Zihao Ou, ” Ou, “, Hong, Ou, Guosong Hong, Stanford University Christopher Rowlands, Rowlands, wasn’t, Jon Gorecki, Gorecki, tartrazine Organizations: CNN, University of Texas, NSF, Stanford University in, Stanford University, US Food and Drug Administration, California, Environmental Health, Stanford, Imperial College London Locations: H.G, Dallas, Stanford University in California, California, bioengineering, Ou

☆ Why Cramer advises against running out to buy Nvidia's post-earnings stock dip
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-28 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Jim doesn't see a need to step in first thing Thursday morning and buy the dip. Through its Nvidia AI Enterprise service, Nvidia is in the process of building out a potentially massive software business. Quarterly commentary During Nvidia's fiscal second quarter, better-than-expected sales were driven by strength in all key segments, including a Data Center segment revenue record. Regarding China, Kress said, "Data Center revenue in China grew sequentially in Q2 and is a significant contributor to our Data Center revenue. Guidance Taking a closer look at guidance, Nvidia's fiscal third quarter may not have beaten the Street's estimates by the magnitude some were hoping for, but it's far from disappointing.

Persons: Lindy, Triple Lindy, Jensen Huang, Hopper, Blackwell, Jim Cramer, Jim doesn't, Colette Kress, Kress, it's, inferencing, ChatGPT, Cloud prem, Nvidia Isaac, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Andrej Sokolow Organizations: Nvidia, Revenue, Triple, Moore's, Hopper, Blackwell, Amazon Web Services, Google, Enterprise, Devices, Intel, Apple, Data Center, Networking, Management, Data, Centers, Automotive, Siemens, Nvidia Blackwell, Mercedes, Benz, Nvidia Omniverse, CNBC, Getty Locations: China, Boston, Silicon Valley

☆ Leaked Amazon documents reveal 9 top factors customers consider before buying AI models and services
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-28 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AWS wants to focus on cloud infrastructure and AI foundation models, not AI chatbots. The guidelines, which Business Insider obtained, also list nine important factors customers consider before purchasing generative-AI models and services. Amazon; InsiderHere are the nine factors:AdvertisementCustomization: The ability to tailor AI models for specific requirements (e.g., the style of a model's outputs). The ability to tailor AI models for specific requirements (e.g., the style of a model's outputs). Advertisement"AWS has more generative AI services than any other cloud provider, which is why our AI services alone have a multi-billion dollar run rate," the spokesperson added.

Persons: —, Matt Garman, It's Organizations: Service, AWS, Web

☆ Leaked Microsoft salary data shows the pay gap between Microsoft AI and the rest of the company
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The doc includes more than 500 submissions from people who identified themselves as Microsoft employees in the US. The move came in response to a growing number of its workers feeling underpaid compared to Microsoft's tech peers like Amazon . AdvertisementAs a reminder, this pay data is based on Microsoft employees' self-reporting, so it's not a complete picture. However, the pay gap between Microsoft AI and the rest of the company is undeniable. These are the 100 most-used AI apps, according to a top VC.

Persons: —, Chelsea Jia Feng, Insider's Ashley Stewart, Ashley, Satya Nadella, Drew Angerer, Mustafa Suleyman, it's, they're, Tyler Le, Jerome, Jerome Powell's, Goldman Sachs, Jamie Dimon's, Dimon, Ned Davis, Justin Sullivan, Andreessen Horowitz, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, Jack, Jerome Powell, Sabrina Carpenter, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, Milan Sehmbi, Amanda Yen Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Business, Microsoft Microsoft, Getty, Bloomberg Creative, JPMorgan, Treasury, Ned Davis Research, Big Tech, RBC Capital Markets, Consumer, Engineers, BI Locations: Washington, New York, London

☆ Opinion | What Harris Has to Do Next, and Fast
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-20 | by ( Patrick Healy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If the Republican convention’s message for America last month had to fit on a bumper sticker, it would read, “Trump is God.” Delegates deified him relentlessly as the risen Trump after the assassination attempt. They told me over and over that he was spared to save the country with his re-election. Only on the final night did Donald Trump come crashing down to earth with his nomination speech. The most divisive man in America was suddenly getting a measure of good will from skeptical voters after he was nearly killed. The good news for Democrats is that Harris seems to understand this.

Persons: “ Trump, ”, Trump, Donald Trump, Biden’s, “ Harris, Don’t, Bill Clinton, Kamala Harris, Harris Organizations: America, Democratic, “, Democrats Locations: America

☆ The era of freeloading is officially over
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

But thanks to the fine-tuning of the tech that Corporate America uses to police subscriptions, those freeloading days are over. Costco and Disney this month took a page from the Netflix playbook and announced they are cracking down on account sharers. Disney’s streaming business — Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ — only became profitable in the second quarter this year. Like Netflix, Costco is betting that you’re already emotionally invested in the routine and the satisfaction of getting a closet’s worth of toilet paper that can last the whole year. Last year, the store reported $4.6 billion in revenue from membership fees, and that accounts for the majority of its profit.

Persons: CNN Business ’, they’d, It’s Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, Thought Police, Costco, Netflix, America, Disney, Wall Street, Amazon, Apple, HBO, YouTube, Hulu, ESPN, Costco there’s Locations: New York

Stars from Hollywood's golden age are being reborn through celebrity estate AI voice cloning deals, a sign of how some of the "Wild West" concerns about unauthorized AI impersonation are being addressed by new business models. Safeguards include active moderation of content, accountability enforceable with bans, and special provisions for safeguarding the impact of AI voice on the 2024 election. Among the current generation of actors, there remains significant anxiety surrounding the use of AI in generating voice content. Voice actors for video games have raised concerns, and last year's film and television strike had significant roots in anxieties over the use of AI. AI voice licensing could alleviate workload for voice actors, he added, without supplanting them, as they "intercede in the process by focusing on offering correction or enhancement to ineffable aspects such as intonation, warmth, and emphasis, which still present challenges."

Persons: Burt Reynolds, Andreessen Horowitz, Judy Garland, James Dean, Sir Laurence Olivier, ElevenLabs, Sam Sklar, Scarlett Johansson, " Sklar, Frito, Tom Waits soundalike, Waits, Lovo, Steve Cohen, Pollock, Cohen, Bette Davis, Sklar, Nauman Dawalatabad, Dawalatabad, Michele Cobb Organizations: Golden Globe, Beverly Hilton Hotel, Sequoia, New York Times, Washington Post, Disney, Google, Apple, MIT Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Audio Publishers Association, CNBC

☆ New data shows the Olympic athletes breaking out on social media, from gymnast Rebeca Andrade to rugby player Ilona Maher
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Tiara White | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Her engagement rate was 33.19%. "It wasn't necessarily him posting on social media," said Alex Cacres, US head of marketing at Metricool. People are tuning in to watch athletes who showcase their personalities and are entertaining on social media. Gen Z, in particular, is predominately following the Paris Games on social media, which is driving the greater emphasis on social media coverage compared to past Olympics, Cacres said. "[Social media] has made it so much easier to consume the Olympic content, which I feel wasn't the case back a few years ago," she said.

Persons: —, Rebeca Andrade, aren't, Ilona Maher, who's, Henrik Christiansen, Metricool, Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles, Noah Lyles, Stephen Nedoroscik, Katie Ledecky, Torri Huske, Trinity Rodman, Gretchen Walsh, Lee Kiefer, Nada Hafez, Maher, Biles, Dani Ramirez, Hafez, Huske, Walsh, Andrade, Nedoroscik, Alex Cacres, Christiansen, Cacres, he's Organizations: Service, Games, Business, Paris Games, Sprout Social Locations: Paris, Instagram

☆ Fine-Tuning His Attacks on Harris, Trump Tries Using Her Words Against Her
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Michael Gold | Simon J. Levien | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As former President Donald J. Trump continues to reach for attacks on his new opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, that might halt her political momentum, he unveiled a new tactic at a rally in Bozeman, Mont., on Friday night, aiming to use Ms. Harris’s own words against her. Interrupting his typical pattern of a digressive and lengthy speech, Mr. Trump played two video compilations of past remarks by Ms. Harris that his campaign hopes will portray her as overly liberal and inept. The first video drew on statements that Ms. Harris made during the 2020 presidential campaign, when she tacked to the left and backed progressive ideas on criminal justice reform. The second was a montage of interviews and speeches that Mr. Trump’s campaign used to mock her speaking style and insult her intelligence. The videos did little to alter the message that the Trump campaign has deployed against Ms. Harris for weeks and that Mr. Trump summed up during his speech on Friday.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris’s, Harris Organizations: Ms Locations: Bozeman, Mont

☆ The AI world's most valuable resource is running out, and it's scrambling to find an alternative: 'fake' data
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has argued that AI models should eventually produce synthetic data good enough to train themselves effectively. As the well of usable human-generated data dries up, more companies look into using synthetic data. Rather than being pulled from the real world, synthetic data is generated by AI systems that have been trained on real-world data. Synthetic data may help offer some effective "countertuning" to the biases produced by real-world data, too. 'Habsburg AI'While the AI industry found some advantages in synthetic data, it faces serious issues it can't afford to ignore, such as fears synthetic data can wreck AI models.

Persons: —, that's, Sam Altman, Gary Marcus, It's, Nathan Lambert, Gretel, SynthLabs, Meta, Timnit Gebru, Margaret Mitchell, LLMs, Sadowski, Alexandr Wang, AlphaGeometry, Marcus Organizations: Service, Google, Business, Oxford, Gartner, New York University, Allen Institute, AI, Nvidia, Meta's, Anadolu, Getty, Rush, Microsoft, Monash University Locations: Cambridge, Habsburg

☆ In the battle between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, clothing says a lot
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewIf Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump ever stand next to one another on the debate stage, viewers watching from their living rooms will notice — even if subconsciously — what the two candidates are wearing. AdvertisementTrump has tailored the traditional masculine suit to fit both his body and his brand. Guy said that Trump often wears navy blue Brioni suits, which are reminiscent of 1980s power silhouettes. Related storiesTrump's campaign celebrated his styling choices, as spokesperson Steven Cheung said, "President Trump has the most style of any President in history." Given his background in reality television, Saha said that Trump understands the game of quick visual communication and knows that clothing can send signals about values.

Persons: —, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Harris, Derek Guy, Guy, Trump, Sparsha Saha, Shauna Shames, Shames, Steven Cheung, pantsuits, Manolo, she'll, Saha, Joseph Altuzarra, It's, Rachel Tashjian, I've Organizations: Service, Democratic, Business, Trump, Harvard, Rutgers University, Converse, New York Times, Vogue, Republican, Washington Post Locations: American, Washington

☆ Olympics 100-meter final: Welcome to the the most intimidating start line in sports
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“I think it was the worst pressure you could ever be put under,” British former sprinter Allan Wells, who won 100m gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, told CNN Sport. “You run through it in your head thousands of times – the start, the gun going off,” Wells added. “It was the worst feeling you could ever have but still be in control of what you were hoping to achieve,” said Wells, one of only three British sprinters to win 100m gold at the Olympics. The legendary Bolt, winner of three consecutive 100m gold medal between 2008 and 2016, said that he would try not to overthink things. Bolt was famously relaxed on the start line, fist-bumping race officials and playing up to the crowd with gestures and poses.

Persons: crouch, Allan Wells, ” Wells, – you’ve, you’ve, Zharnel Hughes, cramping, Hughes, ”, Wells, Bolt, ” Donovan Bailey, Canada’s, ’ That’s, ” Bailey, Bailey, Michael Johnson, ’ ” Donovan Bailey, John Giles, Noah Lyles, “ Noah, ” Jo Brown, Lyles, “, Brown, she’s, “ They’ll, ‘, ” Noah Lyles, Yu, Christian Petersen, Kishane Thompson, Ferdinand Omanyala –, Sha’Carri Richardson, Shelly, Ann Fraser, Pryce, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, Paris ’ Stade de France, CNN Sport, Olympics, NBC, Olympic, Olympic Games Locations: British, Tokyo, Atlanta, Seville

Molly Solomon, NBC's executive producer of the Olympics, referred to Snoop Dogg as an "ambassador of happiness" during a press call this week. Pumped-up audienceNBCUniversal had been banking on the success of the Paris Olympics, and Snoop Dogg, for the past few years. The following year, NBC's executives met with Snoop Dogg to discuss his future place in the Olympics broadcast, she said. Ahead of the Games, Snoop Dogg was also present at the Olympic trials earlier this summer, and since then has popped up in various places. Snoop Dogg cheers the USA team for women's gymnastics at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Persons: Snoop Dogg, Arturo Holmes, Molly Solomon, We've, Snoop, Solomon, Denis, Victoria Valdivia, Hans Lucas, Billie Jean King, Caeleb, Michael Phelps, Krissy Birdsall, NBCUniversal, Kevin Hart, Peacock, Dogg, Carl Recine, NBC's, Mike Tirico, …, Tirico, Kelly Clarkson, Peyton Manning, Ralph Lauren, Kendall Wright, Coco Gauff, Kelly Cheng, Wally Skalij, it's, John Fortunato, Alex Cooper, Jenna Mindes, we've, Rick Cordella, Bob Costas, Al Michaels Organizations: Bercy Arena, Getty, NBC, Comcast, Games, AFP, Team USA, University of Wisconsin, Paris Olympics, Tokyo Games, Eiffel, CNBC, Olympics, National Football League, Northwestern University, USA, Los Angeles Times, Fordham University Gabelli School of Business, NBC Sports, Paris Locations: Paris, U.S, Paris —, Seine, France, Victoria, Madison, Tokyo, USA, Woodcliff Lake , New Jersey, Minneapolis

☆ How 5G connectivity has evolved at the Olympic Games
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Chris Stokel-Walker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It's the culmination of years of fine-tuning over successive Olympic Games — as this timeline shows. The Olympic Games are perhaps the world's best-known sporting competition, broadcast to billions worldwide. Here's how 5G capabilities have progressed at the Olympic Games since 2018, starting with a small trial at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and expanding to today's Games-wide connectivity experience. The companies jointly developed the 5G network at what organizers called "the most innovative Olympic Games ever." Beijing Winter Olympics 2022China has long been an innovator of mobile technology, and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing proved no exception.

Persons: —, Markus Nispel, Mario Reis, Orange, Bertrand Rojat, Rojat Organizations: Paris, Service, Olympic, Extreme Networks, Europe, Olympic Games, today's, KT, Korea Telecom, Sync, Tokyo, Intel, NTT Docomo, Tokyo Games, Olympic Broadcasting Services, Games, Paris Olympic Locations: Paris, Africa, Pyeongchang, South Korea, Tokyo, Beijing, China, Orange

☆ A Nvidia employee shares 4 lessons he learned at the company over the last 5 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA 38-year-old Subhan Ali is an AI product lead at Nvidia and has watched the company go through exponential growth over the last five years. But now that the AI boom is in full swing, Nvidia could become the world's most powerful company. Ali posted 23 lessons he learned at the company and shared them on LinkedIn. AdvertisementHe suggests doing things that are "radically different" and to build a vision around that. "If people or teams see something differently, it's just better in everyone's interest to openly discuss that," Ali told BI.

Persons: —, Ali, Nvidia hasn't, he's, doesn't Organizations: Service, Nvidia, Big Tech, Apple, Business, LinkedIn

☆ Taco Bell to roll out AI drive-thru ordering in hundreds of locations by end of year
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Yum Brands hopes to use artificial intelligence to take down drive-thru orders at hundreds of Taco Bell restaurants by the end of this year. In May, executives said Taco Bell would expand its pilot of voice AI from five locations to 30 restaurants in California. Currently, more than 100 Taco Bell restaurants in the U.S. use voice AI. Taco Bell had nearly 7,700 U.S. locations at the end of 2023, according to company filings. Five KFC restaurants in Australia are also testing voice AI tech in drive-thrus, Yum Brands said.

Persons: McDonald's, Taco, Taco Bell, Lawrence Kim Organizations: Yum Brands, Taco Bell, IBM, Brands, Yum, KFC Locations: U.S, White, Chicago, California, Australia

☆ Most Americans are tuning into political news after a month that rocked the 2024 campaign. Here’s what they’re hearing
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Jennifer Agiesta | Ariel Edwards-Levy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In initial data from late June and through July, about 8 in 10 Americans said each week that they’d read or heard at least something about Biden or Trump, respectively. But the focus had shifted away from his criminal conviction: first to his debate against Biden, and then to the assassination attempt against him. By contrast, two more standard campaign milestones – the Republican National Convention and Trump’s selection of a running mate – drew less public attention. The Breakthrough survey project will run throughout the 2024 campaign, tracking the things Americans say they read, hear and see about the candidates. Looking at the trend over time shows a sharp divergence between the conversations around Trump and Biden following the presidential debate.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, SSRS, Trump, Trump –, –, Harris, Biden, they’d, Robert F, Kennedy, Jr, Hillary, ’, CNN’s Dana Elobaid Organizations: CNN, Trump, Democratic, Georgetown University, University of Michigan, Biden, “, Republican National Convention, Heritage Foundation, Republicans, s3mc.org, Biden’s

☆ Apple's reportedly delaying its AI rollout — and that could be a good thing, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewApple is delaying the launch of Apple Intelligence after weeks of anticipation, but the tech giant might be onto something. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Analysts told Business Insider that it's no big deal. AdvertisementMunster told BI that Apple should consider moving the iPhone 16's release date to align with Apple Intelligence.

Persons: —, Siri, Gene Munster, Apple, William Kerwin, Dan Ives, Munster, " Kerwin Organizations: Service, Apple Intelligence, Business, Bloomberg, Analysts, Asset Management, Apple, Morningstar Locations: WWDC

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