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☆ Standard Chartered-owned crypto firm Zodia launches in Singapore
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Zodia Custody, a company that helps large institutions store their crypto, launched in Singapore on Tuesday in a bid to tap into the country's rapidly growing digital asset market. The development makes Zodia the first entity that is owned by and partnered with banks to provide digital asset custody services for financial institutions in Singapore, Zodia said in a news release. Zodia is also part-owned by SBI Digital Asset Holdings, the crypto division of Japanese bank SBI. "Singapore is a market that has been no stranger to the crypto world for a long time," Sawyer said. Standard Chartered has a "fantastic brand" in Singapore, Sawyer said, adding that the backing of such a large institution has helped boost its conversations with major financial firms.

Persons: Zodia, StanChart, Julian Sawyer, Sawyer, blockchain, Crypto, Zodia's, Coinbase Organizations: Standard Chartered, Northern Trust, SBI Digital Asset Holdings, SBI, CNBC, Starling, Chartered, Arrows, United, United Arab Emirates Locations: Singapore, British, Asia, Africa, Japan, Pacific, Abu Dhabi, United Arab, India

☆ Musk Calls McDonald's Promo Involving Cybertruck-Inspired Spoons 'Fake News'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk called a Tesla McDonald's promotion "fake news." Musk replied to a post about Cybertruck-inspired spoons, saying, "Fake news afaik." An X user later pointed out the information came from Tesla's verified Weibo page. This led Merritt to point out the information came from Tesla's verified Weibo page. On an earnings call in April, Musk said he hoped to hand over the first customer trucks by late September.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Elon, Sawyer Merritt, Merritt, Tesla, merch Organizations: Service, McDonald's, Tesla Locations: Wall, Silicon, China

Warmer temperatures under climate change are expected to further drive the expansion of invasive species. Invasive species are plants or animals, often moved around by human activity, that take hold in an environment with deleterious effects. ERADICATING INVADERSAbout three-quarters of the negative impacts from invasive species occur on land, especially in forests, woodlands, and farmed areas. Getting rid of invasive species once they are established, however, is difficult. Last December, the world's governments committed in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework to reducing the introduction and establishment of priority invasive species by at least 50 percent by 2030.

Persons: Graeme Sawyer, David Gray, Helen Roy, Anibal Pauchard, Roy, Gloria Dickie, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Northern Territory, billabong, REUTERS, United Nations Intergovernmental, Services, Chile's Institute of Ecology, Thomson Locations: Darwin, Hawaii, Africa, West Nile, New Zealand, Kunming, Montreal, London

☆ Tesla gave the Model 3 a makeover and cut the price of Full Self-Driving by $3,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tesla gave its Model 3 a major makeover – the first in six years. But the company cut the price of its Full Self-Driving feature in the US by $3,000. AdvertisementAdvertisementTesla has released a sleeker version of its Model 3 sedan in the first major revamp of one of its cars. It's the first time Tesla has updated a model for the Chinese market ahead of the US, Reuters reported. In the US, the price of the Full Self-Driving system was reduced by $3,000 to $12,000 hours after Tesla unveiled the updated Model 3.

Persons: Tesla, Gray, MK89sGnC9A — Sawyer Merritt Organizations: Morning, Reuters, Elon, Analysts, EV, Bloomberg Intelligence Locations: China, Shanghai, Asia

☆ As Teens Take to E-Bikes, Parents Ask: Is This Freedom or Danger?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Matt Richtel | More About Matt Richtel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For Ms. Wood of Boulder, Colo., that meant less time carting Sawyer in the car. In early August, Sawyer crashed while riding her e-bike without a helmet. “These kids don’t have driver’s licenses,” Ms. Wood said. They go really fast.”After news of Sawyer’s accident spread around town, Scott Weiss, a Boulder resident and parent of two teenagers, decided to sell the family’s two e-bikes. He said he would sell the e-bikes only to someone “college-age” or older: “I don’t want to sell it to someone who is not prepared to make the mental judgments you have to make.”

Persons: Wood, carting Sawyer, Sawyer, Ms, Scott Weiss, ” Locations: Boulder, Colo

☆ CloudKitchens, ghost restaurant news and updates
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Meghan Morris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In 2021, Kalanick raised $850 million at a $15 billion valuation from backers including Microsoft. One, a physical ghost kitchen arm called CloudKitchens in the US, transforms mainly warehouses into private kitchen spaces that big companies and mom-and-pops alike can rent. 2021 fundraiseTravis Kalanick Theo Wargo/WireImageIn late 2021, CloudKitchens' parent company raised $850 million at a $15 billion valuation, Insider exclusively reported. Some entry-level sales employees have struggled at Otter, Insider reported. CloudKitchens US locationsA 2021 Insider analysis showed how CloudKitchens (and competitor Reef) snapped up properties across the US.

Persons: Travis, Kalanick, Travis Kalanick, Uber, –, fundraise Travis Kalanick Theo Wargo, CloudKitchens, John Curran, they're, Sawyer, Meghan Morris Organizations: Microsoft, Morning, Storage Systems, CSS, Investors, Uber, Financial, City Storage Systems, Wall Street, Amazon, CIA, Otter Locations: Los Angeles, Saudi, Miami

☆ A couple bought an abandoned farm in Portugal for $103,000 and turned it into an off-the-grid homestead where they're raising 2 small kids — see how they did it
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

A couple moved from the UK to Portugal to live on an abandoned farm they bought for $103,000. The couple moved from the UK to Portugal to restore and live on an abandoned farm. The couple fell in love with the second property they viewed — an abandoned farm set on three acres of land. The couple — who were living and traveling around in a van at that time — bought the farm for 95,000 euros, or about $103,000. The Newbys have been documenting every step of their Portuguese farm renovation on their YouTube channel.

Persons: Tara Newby, They've, Tara, —, Sawyer, John, we've, Portugal's, John said, who've, they've, you'll, We've Organizations: Service, YouTube, Google Locations: Portugal, Wall, Silicon, Lisbon, England, Bristol, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Antarctica, Europe

☆ You can live like a coastal grandmother in Diane Sawyer's 20-acre Martha's Vineyard estate for $24 million — see inside
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

The coastal grandmother aesthetic started as a TikTok trend, and has been all the rage since last summer. It's inspired in large part by Diane Keaton's character in the Nancy Meyers movie "Something's Gotta Give." Diane Keaton in the Nancy Meyers movie "Something's Gotta Give." Warner Bros. Pictures/Columbia PicturesThe coastal grandmother trend is defined by light-filled, bright interiors; neutral colors; beaches; and florals. Fans of Nancy Meyers movies including "The Holiday" and "It's Complicated," which are often praised for the aspirational homes they depict, may be particularly drawn to the property.

Persons: It's, Diane Keaton's, Nancy Meyers, Diane Keaton Organizations: Warner Bros . Pictures, Columbia

☆ Diane Sawyer Lists Longtime Martha’s Vineyard Home for $24 Million
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Katherine Clarke | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Dow Jones, diane, sawyer

☆ Elon Musk says its X logo design, which was submitted by a fan, will be refined after some users mocked it
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk is rebranding Twitter to X, but not everyone's pleased about it. The billionaire ditched the bird logo design and replaced it with a large art-deco style "X." The billionaire announced on Saturday he was ditching Twitter's bird logo and replacing it with a large "X." "I will start bawling If that logo turns emo and has an X on It," one user said, who shared a photo of Twitter's bird logo. Musk has previously spoken about his vision for X to be an all-encompassing "everything app" similar to the popular Chinese app WeChat.

Persons: Elon, Musk, Sawyer Merritt Organizations: Twitter

☆ Elon Musk wants you to call a tweet an 'x' as Twitter rebrands
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Twitter has started its rebrand to the "X" app that owner Elon Musk has long talked about building. Twitter's iconic blue bird logo is out as it rebrands to the "X" app, and it turns out "tweets" are out too. Twitter owner Elon Musk said posts on the platform should take on a new name — "x's" — consistent with the transition to "X." "x's," Musk replied. Twitter ushered in its new image pretty quietly, projecting the new X logo onto its San Francisco headquarters in the middle of the night.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, witter, ike, ake Organizations: Twitter, EO, ust, eads Locations: usk

☆ Elon Musk says he's ditching a 'silly' Twitter policy that stopped an account dedicated to a beagle from being monetized
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk vowed to scrap a Twitter policy that barred an account dedicated to a dog from going pro. The change comes just days after Twitter introduced a new program to share revenue with users. Musk tweeted "consider this silly policy deleted as of now," Deadline first reported. Elon Musk says he will delete a Twitter policy preventing accounts featuring "animals or fictional characters" from being turned professional and monetized. The account tweeted, "Bag status: canceled" after noting it was unable to monetize its tweets.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, influencers, Andrew Tate, Sawyer Merritt, Mark Zuckerberg Organizations: Twitter, Morning

"Need to reach positive cash flow before we have the luxury of anything else," Musk wrote in response to a tweet. Musk took over Twitter in October of last year in a deal valued at around $44 billion, including about $13 billion in debt. He also claimed at that time that the company was "roughly breakeven," and expected to become cash flow positive within the next quarter. A number of widely followed accounts on Twitter posted that they were dismayed they did not qualify to earn income from the program yet. It's not clear how much Twitter paid creators in total in this first round of payments.

Persons: Elon Musk, Porte, Alain JOCARD, ALAIN JOCARD, Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Comcast's NBCUniversal, NBCUniversal, Twitter, Andrew Tate —, Tate, influencers, Omar Qazi, Sawyer Merritt, Brian, Ed Krassenstein Organizations: SpaceX, Twitter, Porte de, Getty, BBC, CNBC, Internet Hall of Fame, of, X Corp Locations: Paris, AFP, Romania

☆ Andrew Tate, Ashley St. Clair, and Billy Markus are among the Twitter personalities who say they're getting thousands of dollars under the site's new ad-revenue program
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In some cases, Twitter has told them to expect tens of thousands of dollars. Billy Markus, the creator of Dogecoin who has 2.1 million followers, tweeted on Thursday that he was getting $37,050. Several accounts connected to Musk were told they'd also be getting payments. Sawyer Merritt, a Tesla investor who posts regular commentary about Musk's businesses, tweeted that Twitter would pay him $6,465. "It makes a lot of cents to create here!," Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino tweeted on Thursday after the program was announced.

Persons: they're, Andrew Tate, Elon Musk's, Billy Markus, Dogecoin, Brian, Ed Krassenstein, Ed, Ashley St, Claire, she'd, Ian Miles Cheong, Benny Johnson, he'd, Rogan O'Handley, Wokeness, Twitter, Musk, Zuby, they'd, Jonas Lismont, Sawyer Merritt, podcaster Jason Calacanis, Linda Yaccarino Organizations: Morning, Twitter, Meta Locations: Romania

☆ Industry Ventures just raised $1.4 billion for one of the largest venture capital secondary funds ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Industry Ventures is one of the largest players in the VC secondary market, where shares of startups are bought and sold. Industry Ventures, a pioneer in the venture capital secondary market where shares of startups are bought and sold, has raised $1.4 billion for its latest flagship secondary fund, according to an SEC filing. The last time the industry saw a fund of this size was when StepStone Group closed its $2.3 billion secondary fund in 2021. "Everyone is gonna have to have a secondary strategy," said Ken Sawyer, co-founder of Saints Capital, another major player in the VC secondary market. This latest fundraise by Industry, which is backed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management among others, could be a sign of increased interest in the VC secondary market.

Persons: Industry Venture's, Ken Sawyer, Sawyer Organizations: Industry Ventures, Industry, SEC, StepStone Group, titans, Insight Partners, Tiger Global, Saints Capital, Goldman Sachs, Management

☆ The 20 Best Texas Barbecue Restaurants From the New Generation
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Brett Anderson | Priya Krishna | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Clockwise from top left: pork in the pit at Valentina’s; Pitforks and Smokerings, in Slaton, Texas; a tray of barbecue at Pitforks and Smokerings; the chalkboard menu at Pitforks and Smokerings; a platter of smoked meat at Charlie’s, in Beaumont; Evan LeRoy and Sawyer Lewis, co-owners of LeRoy and Lewis, in Austin. Credit... Jessica Attie for The New York Times, JerSean Golatt for The New York Times, JerSean Golatt for The New York Times, JerSean Golatt for The New York Times, Jessica Attie for The New York Times, Sarah Karlan for The New York Times.

Persons: Evan LeRoy, Sawyer Lewis, Lewis, Jessica Attie, JerSean Golatt, Sarah Karlan Organizations: Austin . Credit, The New York Times Locations: Slaton , Texas, Pitforks, Beaumont, LeRoy, Austin .

☆ 'Swiftie' moms are passing down their passion — and parasocial relationship with Taylor Swift — to their kids
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

"People pull their kids from school for way stupider reasons than to go to a Taylor Swift concert," Vladek says to CNBC Make It. "That's the part Taylor Swift has done so brilliantly," she says. Taylor Swift doesn't." "When I was pregnant, I would hold my phone to my belly and play Taylor Swift," she says. "Honestly, I'd be crushed [if my daughter didn't like Taylor Swift].

Persons: Karen Vladek didn't, Taylor Swift, Taylor, Vladek, Maddie …, Swift, Tim McGraw, Michael Jackson, isn't, Kate Kurtin, Kurtin, Katy Perry, Russell Brand, Katy Perry's, —, Sally A, Theran, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jessica Sawyer, Sawyer, Jessica Dinney, Swift's, Dinney, wouldn't, didn't, Harry Potter, I've Organizations: CNBC, California State University , Los, Wellesley College, Disney, Twitter Locations: Houston, Austin , Texas, California State University , Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Jacksonville , Florida, Tampa , Florida, Tampa

☆ FDA advisors raise doubts about seasonal updates to Covid vaccines as with flu shots
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's independent panel of advisors raised doubts about the need to "periodically" update Covid vaccines, noting that it's unclear if the virus is seasonal like the flu. But the original voting question included language about whether the panel recommends a "periodic update" to Covid shots. But several advisors cautioned against calling Covid seasonal like the flu. "It's not clear to me that this is a seasonal virus yet," said Henry Bernstein, a pediatrician at Cohen Children's Medical Center. In response to the advisors, FDA's Marks emphasized that Covid shots will likely require another update "at some point."

Persons: Peter Marks, Arthur Reingold, Henry Bernstein, Mark Sawyer, Sawyer, FDA's Marks Organizations: Union Station, The U.S . Food, University of California, Children's Medical Locations: Los Angeles , California, The U.S, Berkeley, U.S, San Diego

☆ Sebastian Steudtner has turned to science as he chases the world’s biggest waves
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Matt Majendie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —Sebastian Steudtner holds the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed. Steudtner holds the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed. Win, win, win or perform, perform, perform. How boring is it to win and win and win? If I want to catch waves, I don’t think about you because you’re in my way, so you’re naturally competitive.

April 23 (Reuters) - A 45-foot tall Disneyland dragon burst into flames after catching fire late on Saturday during a show in Anaheim, California, causing those in attendance to flee, local media and officials said, adding no injuries or deaths were reported. "The dragon's head started to glow, and I see fire and kind of smoke coming out," Elaine Gilmer, who was at the event, told ABC News. Videos from the incident showed the dragon fully engulfed in flames, leading to cast members being evacuated from Tom Sawyer Island, where the show was staged. The Anaheim Fire Department said no injuries were reported. The response to the incident went relatively smoothly, according to ABC News.

☆ What Are People Even Doing All Day?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Malia Wollan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

For Laroi, there is no clearly defined day or night. Sometimes he drives all night and sleeps all day; sometimes he sleeps all day and drives all night. One day a week, Sophie works late so she can meet with far-flung colleagues in real time. Now she has enough energy left at the end of the day to go grocery shopping and cook dinner. The time markers reflect the time of day when participants told an interviewer they would normally be doing the activity shown.

☆ Actor Jeremy Renner says horrific snowplow accident was 'my mistake'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Lisa Richwine | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

LOS ANGELES, April 6 (Reuters) - Oscar-nominated actor Jeremy Renner said he was at fault in a New Year's Day snowplow accident that left him close to death and that he apologized to his family for putting them through the ordeal. Renner stuck one foot out of the plow to look back at Alex and did not set the parking brake. Renner, then worried that the snowplow would roll back and crush his nephew, said he tried to jump back into the vehicle to stop it. Renner was nominated for an Academy Award for best actor for his work in 2008 film "The Hurt Locker" and for best supporting actor for his work in 2010 movie "The Town." Renner credited the support of his family with helping him survive the snowplow accident.

☆ US actor Jeremy Renner says he broke over 30 bones in snowplow accident
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Danielle Broadway | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LOS ANGELES, March 29 (Reuters) - "Hawkeye" actor Jeremy Renner said he broke more than 30 bones and sustained a collapsed lung and pierced liver in a January snowplow accident, disclosing for the first time the full extent of his injuries. The actor, 52, spoke in an interview with ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer, and clips were released on Wednesday. The interview will air April 6.loadingIn his accident, Renner was plowing snow at his Nevada home when the machine began to roll away while the actor was not in the driver seat. “I was awake through every moment,” Renner told Sawyer as he recalled the physical pain he felt. He was nominated for an Academy Award for best actor for his work in 2008 film "The Hurt Locker" and for best supporting actor for his work in 2010 movie "The Town."

☆ The 'He Gets Us' Jesus ads that ran during the Super Bowl preached a message of unity. Instead, they just made everyone more angry.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Aidan Pollard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The $20 million pair of Super Bowl ads are part of a larger, $100 million campaign launched last spring, The Washington Post reported. "Something tells me Jesus would *not* spend millions of dollars on Super Bowl ads to make fascism look benign," Congresswoman Alexandria Ocassio-Cortez wrote in a tweet Sunday. "With the money the 'He Gets Us' people spent on their right-wing Jesus ads, they could permanently house 1,563 people experiencing homelessness," Democratic strategist Sawyer Hackett chimed in. —Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) February 12, 2023The backlash extends beyond the two commercials that ran during the Super Bowl, and into the campaign more broadly. In the days following the Super Bowl, the campaign has responded to some of the backlash.

☆ Dogs Win the Super Bowl Ad Lineup, Surveys Show
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Patrick Coffee | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

The winner of USA Today’s annual Super Bowl Ad Meter was a commercial for dog-food delivery company Farmer’s Dog Inc. that tracked one chocolate Lab’s relationship with its owner from puppyhood to old age. The USA Today rankings had some overlap with other results. Research by Ace Metrix, a unit of TV ad measurement firm iSpot.tv Inc., crowned Jeep’s Super Bowl commercial as the most likable of the night. Jeep had the game’s most likable ad, according to Ace Metrix. “In past years, we’ve seen the majority of Super Bowl conversation generated in the weeks leading up to the Big Game,” a Mars spokeswoman said.

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