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The witnesses painted a portrait of Mr. Bankman-Fried, 31, as a controlling boss who directed them to commit fraud. She was apprehensive about the move, she said, because she knew that would mean borrowing $1 billion in FTX customer funds for the transaction. “That’s OK, I think this is really important, we have to get it done,” Mr. Bankman-Fried told Ms. Ellison, according to her testimony. At Mr. Bankman-Fried’s urging, Mr. Sun said, he ran through a few theoretical options to justify the borrowing and spending of FTX customer money. But Mr. Sun, who testified after securing an agreement that prosecutors would not pursue charges against him, said he had once again told Mr. Bankman-Fried that none of those options were supported “by the facts.” Mr. Bankman-Fried responded by saying “something like, ‘Got it,’” Mr. Sun testified.

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☆ T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach return to the air with a podcast. ‘Nothing is off limits’ for the former ABC anchors
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

New York CNN —Former ABC News anchors T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach are on-air partners again, this time with a new podcast. The pair are joining iHeartMedia to host a new “highly anticipated” weekly podcast, called “Amy & T.J.” beginning December 5, the company announced Wednesday. It’s the “first time Robach and Holmes speak publicly since their own names became a part of the headlines,” a released teased. The duo was taken off the air, and later released from the network, following a report of an undisclosed romantic relationship earlier this year. Last December, photos surfaced in the Daily Mail showing the pair apparently engaged in a romantic relationship.

Persons: Holmes, Amy Robach, Amy, T.J, ”, Kim Godwin, ” Holmes, Robach, Eva Pilgrim, DeMarco Morgan Organizations: New, New York CNN, Former ABC News, Spotify, Daily, ABC Locations: New York, ”

☆ How Apple's thinking about AI spending and deployment differs from Big Tech rivals
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Bob Woods | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

And, of course, we've been doing research across a wide range of AI technologies, including generative AI, for years," he said. The upgraded camera uses machine-learning AI to tell the difference between a person and an animal in the frame. Laura Martin, a tech analyst at Needham, is among those who say Apple is "far behind" its big tech rivals. The early edge in generative AI is paying off for rivals, as was evidenced by Microsoft's recent earnings report. "We believe they are on the cusp of what will be the introduction of an AI App Store over the next year," he said.

Persons: Brendan Burke, That's, Tim Cook, Cook, we've, Siri, Apple, it's, Laura Martin, Martin, I'm, Ives, that's, what's, OpenAI, Google's Bard, Burke, Claude Organizations: Apple, Microsoft, Google, Vision Pro, Amazon Web Services, Bloomberg, Meta, Financial Times Locations: Cupertino, California, Seattle, Paris, Beijing, Anthropic

☆ 'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary explains how young student-loan borrowers can also invest and pay off their credit card balances
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Federal student loan payments resumed for many Americans in October. Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary said borrowers shouldn't focus solely on paying down their student debt. He said cutting spending can help borrowers also save for retirement and pay off their credit card balances. That's according to "Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary , who has been giving young Americans advice on how to manage their finances now that the pause on federal student loan payments has come to an end. In addition to investing and student loan repayments, O'Leary said borrowers should also dedicate some money to a third area: their credit card balances .

Persons: Shark, Kevin O'Leary, —, O'Leary, Fox Business's Stuart Varney, Joe Biden's Organizations: Service, Good Morning, Education Department, Fox Business Locations: —

The witnesses have painted a portrait of Mr. Bankman-Fried, 31, as a controlling boss who directed them to commit fraud. “That’s OK, I think this is really important, we have to get it done,” Mr. Bankman-Fried told Ms. Ellison, according to her testimony. At Mr. Bankman-Fried’s urging, Mr. Sun said, he ran through a few theoretical options to justify the borrowing and spending of FTX customer money. But Mr. Sun, who testified after securing an agreement that prosecutors would not pursue charges against him, said he had once again told Mr. Bankman-Fried that none of those options were supported “by the facts.” Mr. Bankman-Fried responded by saying “something like, ‘Got it,’” Mr. Sun testified. Prosecutors then played a clip from an interview that Mr. Bankman-Fried gave ABC’s “Good Morning America” days before FTX filed for bankruptcy in November.

The witnesses have painted a portrait of Mr. Bankman-Fried, 31, as a controlling boss who directed them to commit fraud. She was apprehensive about the move, she said, because she knew that would mean borrowing $1 billion in FTX customer funds for the transaction. “That’s OK, I think this is really important, we have to get it done,” Mr. Bankman-Fried told Ms. Ellison, according to her testimony. At Mr. Bankman-Fried’s urging, Mr. Sun said, he ran through a few theoretical options to justify the borrowing and spending of FTX customer money. Prosecutors then played a clip from an interview that Mr. Bankman-Fried gave ABC’s “Good Morning America” days before FTX filed for bankruptcy in November.

Paris Hilton did “The View” and spoke with the BBC. Kerry Washington appeared on NPR’s “Fresh Air” and “Good Morning America.” Arnold Schwarzenegger opted for Kelly Clarkson and Howard Stern. But for Britney Spears, the endlessly sought after and speculated about pop star who released her memoir, “The Woman in Me,” this week, there was mostly Instagram. (In the book, Spears writes of mentioning the arrangement in a 2016 interview, only to have it edited out.) Now legally cleared to do and say what she pleases, however, Spears has held back, essentially throwing out the playbook for promoting a celebrity tell-all.

Persons: Prince Harry, Stephen Colbert ”, Paris Hilton, Kerry Washington, ” Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kelly Clarkson, Howard Stern, Britney Spears, Spears Organizations: “, CBS, ABC, BBC, America

☆ She Was Oprah Before Oprah
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Maya S. Cade | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Alice Travis was a seasoned reporter when she auditioned in 1975 for the ABC show that would become “Good Morning America.”Travis, who was then 32, had already co-hosted two major-market news shows: “Panorama” (alongside Maury Povich), in Washington D.C., and “AM New York.” The Black-owned weekly newspaper New York Amsterdam News once described her as “one of the brightest and brainiest of the undiscovered teevee personalities.”So she was unprepared for what she said a network executive told her after the audition. “‘Quite frankly your color is not to your advantage,’” Travis recounted over lunch in Manhattan this past summer. “Shocking statements, but after a while they no longer shocked.”Travis was among the first wave of Black television newswomen hired nationwide, part of an early effort to diversify American newsrooms in the wake of the protests and racial conflicts of the 1960s. While her rejection by the ABC morning show was painful, what she did next was groundbreaking: She became the first Black woman to host her own national talk show.

Persons: Alice Travis, ” Travis, Maury Povich, ”, “, ’ ” Travis, newswomen Organizations: ABC, America, Washington D.C, New York Amsterdam News Locations: Washington, New York, Manhattan

☆ Hamas and Iran are longtime allies. Did Tehran help with its attack on Israel?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

It’s something that we’re going to keep looking at closely.”Yet Iran’s evolving relationship with Hamas and its Palestinian militant partners, the Islamic Jihad, is well documented. Israel says Iran supports Hamas to the tune of some $100 million dollars a year. (Much of the Western world and some Arab countries consider Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad to be terrorist groups.) Therefore Iran is an asset for Hamas and Hamas is an asset for Iran,” Michael said. In April, Hamas’ senior political leader Ismail Haniyeh visited the Lebanese capital for meetings with Nasrallah.

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☆ Robin Roberts and Amber Laign Speak ‘Freely, Openly and Passionately’ About Their Love
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Sadiba Hasan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On a recent Thursday morning, after ABC’s “Good Morning America” had finished its broadcast, Robin Rene Roberts and Amber Laign sat in the corner table of a restaurant a couple hundred feet away from the studio. They were giddy because their wedding day was two weeks away, and they were excited to share their love story. And Ms. Laign wasn’t always comfortable stepping into the public eye. But now, the couple are embracing the spotlight. On Friday, Sept. 8, they married in their home in Farmington, Conn., and they sat down with The New York Times for an exclusive interview about their journey together.

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CNN —New audio has been released of Princess Diana talking about how Britain’s Prince Charles – now King Charles III – was disappointed that they were having a boy, not a girl, when Prince Harry was born. The late princess recorded a series of audio tapes in the 1990s and had them secretly delivered to author Andrew Morton before her death in a high-speed car crash in 1997. ABC’s Good Morning America got an exclusive listen to the tapes in which Diana says her husband wouldn’t even talk to her stepmother Raine Spencer. ‘Pain, Raine?’She recalled Spencer reacting by saying she had “no idea how much pain your mother put your father through.”The late Princess responded: ‘Pain, Raine? When asked if he would release more audio, Morton said, “There is global interest, but we’ll have to see what happens.”

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☆ House prices won't fall – and could soar 15% when mortgage rates drop, says 'Shark Tank' investor Barbara Corcoran
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Home prices won't drop, and could surge 15% once mortgage rates fall, Barbara Corcoran says. There's a shortage of homes for sale as people don't want to give up their cheap mortgage rates. The housing market is in good shape, and buyers will pounce once rates drop, Corcoran says. In response to a massive inflation spike last year, the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates from almost zero to more than 5% since last spring. In June, she suggested home prices could jump as much as 20% once interest rates drop by two percentage points.

Persons: Barbara Corcoran, Corcoran, it's Organizations: Service, Federal Reserve, Corcoran Group Locations: Wall, Silicon, Florida

☆ Barbara Corcoran says this is the No. 1 mistake new home buyers can easily avoid: 'Go back for another look'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Barbara Corcoran says the biggest mistake new homebuyers do is forget to go back for a second look. "People fall in love with the house and think at that moment in time it's their new house," she said. Industry experts agree that going back for a second look is crucialMike Biryla, a real estate agent at The Agency, agrees with Corcoran that going for another look before signing on the dotted line is worth it. "When you go back for a second look, it should be to make sure that the floor plan makes sense for you." Biryla tells CNBC Make It a second look is about reaffirming your initial feeling.

Persons: Barbara Corcoran, Corcoran, Mike Biryla Organizations: America, Industry, The Agency, CNBC, Getty

☆ Biden pledges U.S. support for Maui through wildfire recovery
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Jonathan Allen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

During his remarks, Biden highlighted the efforts of first responders - many of whom have been personally affected by the wildfires. Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Hawaii on Monday to survey the devastation and meet with first responders, survivors and federal, state and local officials. Reuters Graphics Reuters Graphics-- Hundreds of people remain unaccounted for as the death toll rose to 110. Maui officials have identified three others, but their names have been withheld pending family notification, Maui County said. Reuters Graphics-- Residents have been outraged by the tourists enjoying Maui's tropical beaches while search-and-rescue teams trawl ruins and ocean waters for victims of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.

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WASHINGTON/LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) - Chinese state-linked hackers since May have secretly accessed email accounts at around 25 organizations, including U.S. government accounts, in a stealthy cyberespionage campaign, Microsoft (MSFT.O) and U.S. officials said on Wednesday. Microsoft did not say which organizations or governments had been affected, but added that the hacking group involved primarily targets entities in Western Europe. White House National Security Council spokesman Adam Hodge said an intrusion in Microsoft's cloud security "affected unclassified systems," without elaborating. The State Department "detected anomalous activity" and "took immediate steps to secure our systems," a department spokesperson said in a statement. Private sector cybersecurity experts have said newly discovered hacking activity shows how Chinese groups are improving their cyber capabilities.

Persons: Jake Sullivan, ABC's, Adam Hodge, Hodge, John Hultquist, Will Dunham Organizations: WASHINGTON, Microsoft, White House, U.S . State Department, ., White, National Security, The State Department, U.S, Thomson Locations: LONDON, U.S, United States, Western Europe, China's, London, China

☆ 'The Dropout' star Amanda Seyfried says she had the same cringeworthy dance skills as Elizabeth Holmes in high school
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Amanda Seyfried says she had the same awkward dancing skills as Elizabeth Holmes in high school. The actor told The WSJ she took inspiration from her school dance routines for one sequence. Seyfried won an Emmy for her portrayal of Holmes in "The Dropout." Amanda Seyfried and Elizabeth Holmes shared a key trait while attending high school: terrible dancing. "Elizabeth Holmes was also on the dance team in high school," Seyfried said.

Persons: Amanda Seyfried, Elizabeth Holmes, Seyfried, Holmes Organizations: Wall Street, Entertainment Locations: Bryan , Texas

PinnedTorrential rainfall generated widespread flooding across western New England and parts of New York State on Monday, flooding homes and washing away roads and bridges as people were stranded in vehicles. In Vermont, where flooding was expected to intensify throughout the day, officials said about 20 people so far had been rescued by boat, with another two dozen evacuated from homes. And at least one person, a woman in her 30s, died in the flooding in New York’s Hudson Valley, the authorities said. The downpour was generating flash flooding in five counties across northern Vermont, where up to three inches of rain have fallen so far, the Weather Service said. In central Vermont, Addison, Orange, Rutland and Windsor counties are at risk of a flash flood through the early afternoon.

Persons: Steven M, Neuhaus, ”, ABC’s, Mr, John F, Irene, Claire Moses Organizations: New York State, America, National Weather Service, Weather Service, New York, Orange, Kennedy, Boston Logan International Airport, Amtrak, Weather Prediction Locations: New England, New, Vermont, Hudson Valley, Orange County, N.Y, “, Burlington, Addison, Orange, Rutland, Windsor, Hudson, New York, LaGuardia, Boston, New York City, Albany, East

☆ See images of the floods plaguing New York and New England
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Parts of the Burlington, Vermont, area have seen 6 inches (15 cm) of rain, with 2 inches (5 cm)of downpours expected Monday afternoon. Amtrak suspended passenger train service between the state capital Albany and New York City after flooding damaged tracks. Amtrak shares some of that route's track with the Metro-North commuter railroad into New York, which suspended some service on that line and another. "This is an all-hands-on-deck" event, Vermont Governor Phil Scott said at a news conference, a day after declaring a state of emergency for Vermont. About two dozen state roads were closed as potentially deadly flooding spread across much of the state from the Massachusetts state line north to the Canadian border, Vermont State Police said.

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[1/3] Debris from overnight flooding along Cedar Pond Brook is pictured in Stony Point, New York, U.S., July 10, 2023. "Widespread, heavy rainfall capable of producing considerable to catastrophic flooding is beginning to unfold, road washouts are ongoing, and are expected to increase in extent and severity over the course of the day," the weather service said on Monday. On Monday morning, Amtrak suspended passenger train service between Albany and New York after flooding damaged tracks. "So that's basically what our priority is today, to try to get to them and open up these major arteries." About two dozen state roads were closed as life-threatening flooding spread across much of the state from the Massachusetts state line north to the Canadian border, Vermont State Police said.

Persons: Mike Segar, Boston's Logan, Steven Neuhaus, ABC's, Neuhaus, Melissa Roberts, Kathy Hochul, Irene, Phil Scott, Jeannette Haight, Brendan O'Brien, Rich McKay, Ed Osmond, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, National Weather Service, New York's LaGuardia, Amtrak, U.S . Military Academy, Orange County . New, Vermont State Police, Burlington, Media, Thomson Locations: Stony Point , New York, U.S, Eastern New York, Boston, Western Maine, Albany, New York, Orange County , New York, Highland Falls, Fort Montgomery, New York City, Orange County ., Ontario County, Vermont, New England, Massachusetts, Andover, North Carolina, Chicago, Atlanta

☆ Hollywood Actors Extend Contract Talks at Deadline
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Nicole Sperling | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The union representing some 160,000 television and movie actors said on Friday night that it would continue contract negotiations with the major Hollywood studios and streaming services, extending the current deal — which had been set to expire at midnight — through July 12. The decision is a welcome reprieve, at least for the moment, for a beleaguered Hollywood, where a writers’ strike has entered its ninth week with no end in sight. A second strike by the actors’ union, SAG-AFTRA, the industry’s largest labor organization, would essentially shut Hollywood down. Should the actors go on strike, they and writers would be together on the picket lines for the first time since 1960. The actors last went on strike for a significant period in 1980, when they were out for three months.

Persons: Fran Drescher, ABC’s, ” Organizations: Hollywood, SAG Locations: Hollywood

☆ 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.

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☆ 2023 NBA draft: How to watch the next wave of basketball talent find their new teams
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —It marks the dawn of a new generation of basketball talent; the NBA draft is here and its more exciting than ever. How to watchThe 2023 NBA draft takes place on Thursday, June 22 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, and is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. To see who is selected by which team, fans can watch the draft on ABC, ESPN or via the NBA league pass. Two-time NBA MVP Jokić is what all general managers are stiving for, a late round pick who blossoms into a superstar player. First round draft orderHere is who will pick where in the first round of the 2023 NBA draft:1.

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☆ Man who sat next to a plane passenger accused of opening a door mid-flight says it reminded him of a disaster movie
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A video captured the moment an Asiana Airlines passenger opened the emergency exit door mid-flight. The man sitting next to the passenger told CNN that he thought he was going to die. A man who sat next to an Asiana Airlines passenger accused of opening a plane door mid-flight last month said it reminded him of a disaster movie. Lee also said that the man sitting next to him "seemed tense" and that both of them were "trembling with fear." Lee told CNN that he feels like he's "been born again" after the incident.

Persons: Lee Yoon, Lee Organizations: Airlines, CNN, Asiana, Airbus, Daegu International Airport, Associated Press, AP Locations: Jeju, Daegu

☆ Opinion: Apple Vision Pro augmented reality could change the world
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Opinion Rizwan Virk | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —It’s not surprising that Apple’s debut Monday of its $3,499 Vision Pro headset integrating virtual and augmented reality was greeted with mixed reactions, including skepticism, criticism and even lampooning. Each previous incarnation of a headset that immerses the wearer in a virtual world (called virtual reality, or VR) or lets wearers see their surroundings with virtual objects overlaid on them (augmented reality, or AR) started with overhyped expectations only to flame out. I am also doing my doctoral research on the history of virtual and augmented reality (known together as “extended reality”). These apps will be available to Vision Pro users as well. It’ll do anything your Mac or iPhone can do — and more.”And that’s why I believe that over time Apple’s Vision Pro will actually make science fiction scenarios of ubiquitous computing a reality.

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