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☆ Smucker's has found a return-to-office solution that workers seem to like — in-person work for only 22 weeks a year
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Smucker has an RTO policy that requires workers to be on-site only during 22 "core" weeks. The Smucker model appears to be a hit with workers, who can live anywhere as long as they return for "core" weeks. Amazon's CEO Andy Jassy just told employees it was "past" time to commit to its return-to-office mandate of three days a week. Last week, Goldman Sachs told more of its workers to start coming into the office five days a week. Facebook/JifThe company has about 6,000 employees worldwide, but the "core" weeks program is targeted at the 1,300 corporate workers based at its Orrville headquarters.

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☆ Nvidia's stock closes at record after Google AI partnership
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Nvidia President and CEO Jensen Huang speaks at the COMPUTEX forum in Taiwan, May 28, 2023. Nvidia shares rose 4.2% Tuesday to close at a record, after the chipmaker announced a partnership with Google that could expand distribution of its artificial intelligence technology. The day after the better-than-expected earnings report, the stock climbed to a record intraday high of $502.66 before retreating in the afternoon. On Tuesday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang appeared at a Google conference to tout an AI agreement between the two companies. Through the partnership, Google's cloud customers will have greater access to technology powered by Nvidia's powerful H100 GPUs.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Huang Organizations: Nvidia, Google, Facebook, Meta, Microsoft Locations: Taiwan

You can create a Facebook business page to grow your brand and expand your reach. It's easy to customize your Facebook business page with photos, a call to action button, publishing tools, and more. It's easy to create a Facebook business page and customize it with photos, business hours, page roles, upcoming events, and more. Here's how to create a Facebook business page. Facebook business pages are different from Facebook profiles as they serve different purposes.

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☆ Ukraine showed off experimental new land drones, including one mounted with a turret
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine shared images of experimental land drones it has been testing. The photos showed one mounted with a camera and what might be a turret and a feed for ammunition:Experimental drones being tested by Ukrainian forces, seen in a photo shared on August 28, 2023 by state-affiliated media. Facebook/@Михайло ФедоровIn a post, Fedorov said that 25 drones had been tested, and shared images of four different types. Most visible have been the aerial drones which both Ukraine and Russia uses for reconnaissance, targeting, to drop bombs, and also exploding drones which detonate on impact. Ukraine has made great strides in the drone market in recent months, with companies expanding their operations to land robots, the platform added.

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☆ Russia may 'suddenly break' under pressure from Ukraine's counteroffensive, former US general Petraeus says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine's arduous counteroffensive is "far from over," General David Petraeus has said. Nonetheless, with enough pressure the Russian line can "suddenly break," he wrote. Faced with this, even the US would struggle, Petraeus told CNN. "Ukraine is applying pressure on their opponent until something breaks, at which point they will commit their reserves and strike," Petraeus and Kagan wrote. "When the conditions are right, they're picking their way through these minefields now," Petraeus told CNN.

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☆ Nvidia's earnings Wednesday will be a big test for AI bulls
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Revenue: $11.22 billion, according to Refinitiv. A closer look at estimates shows just how reliant Nvidia has become on AI chips. By contrast, Nvidia's Datacenter group, which houses AI chips, is looking at a 111% increase in revenue to $8.03 billion, according to estimates. Nvidia's AI chips, including the A100 and H100, have been difficult to purchase in recent months as startups, big companies, governments and cloud providers all have placed orders. Last year, the U.S. placed export restrictions on Nvidia, which forced the company to make specialized, slower versions of its AI chips for the Chinese market.

Persons: Jensen Huang, StreetAccount, chatbot, Nvidia's, Huang, TSMC, Morris Chang, Biden Organizations: Nvidia, Facebook, Meta, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Locations: Taipei, Refinitiv, China, U.S

☆ GOP presidential candidate Larry Elder's financial disclosure shows he made between $1 million-$5 million from far-right newspaper, The Epoch Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

GOP presidential candidate Larry Elder filed his financial disclosure on Monday, three months late. He reported earning between $1 million and $5 million from the far-right newspaper, The Epoch Times. In the disclosure, Elder said he made between $1 million and $5 million from The Epoch Times. AdvertisementAdvertisementFounded in 2000, The Epoch Times is a nonprofit publication with close ties to the Chinese religious sect, Falun Gong. Joan Donovan, a nationally-recognized misinformation and disinformation expert, said in an interview with NBC News that The Epoch Times was "a known disinformation operation."

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☆ TikTok challenger backpedals into public arena
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Anita Ramaswamy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Aug 21 (Reuters Breakingviews) - A celebrity-studded video app is fighting to contend in the public arena. The Triller app, started in 2015, runs a TikTok-like feed, but it has backed away from the battle. Brands generated most of Triller’s $48 million in revenue last year, but recent acquisitions have fueled much of the latest growth. Details are scant on Triller’s user count beyond the 550 million accounts it says it has signed up since inception. Follow @AnitaRamaswamy on TwitterCONTEXT NEWSVideo-sharing app Triller said on Aug. 2 that it plans to pursue a direct listing of its shares on the New York Stock Exchange.

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You can change your name on Facebook in the Settings section of the website or mobile app. Here's what you need to know about Facebook's name change policy and how to change your name on a desktop browser or the Facebook mobile app. Note: Choosing a name that matches an ID or document on Facebook's approved ID list can help you regain access to your Facebook accountHow to change name on FacebookYou can change your name on Facebook desktop or the Facebook mobile app once every 60 days. Tap Settings & Privacy, then Settings. Tap Settings & Privacy, then Settings.

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You can post a Facebook Story with simple text and photo using a web browser or create polls, music stories, and more using the mobile app. Dave Johnson/Business Insider2. Dave Johnson/Business Insider3. Dave Johnson/Business Insider4. To do that, tap "Share" under a post in your news feed and then choose "Share to Your Story."

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Whether you've recently changed your last name or want to add a fun nickname, changing your name on your Facebook profile is a fairly straightforward process. Here's what you need to know about Facebook's name change policy and how to change your name on a desktop browser or the Facebook mobile app. Note: Choosing a name that matches an ID or document on Facebook's approved ID list can help you regain access to your Facebook accountHow to change name on FacebookYou can change your name on Facebook via a desktop browser or the Facebook mobile app once every 60 days. Tap Settings & Privacy, then Settings. Tap Settings & Privacy, then Settings.

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Da Ponte denied a Bloomberg report that the payments processor paused development of its stablecoin in February. But da Ponte argues this troubled backdrop is exactly why PayPal is poised to succeed. Then there's the hypothetical digital dollar that would be the Fed's take on a central bank digital currency, or CBDC. "We have a large base of consumers; we have a large base of merchants," da Ponte said of PayPal's "two-sided network." Da Ponte sees PayPal's more than 20-year tenure in the payments space as one of the company's chief advantages in the stablecoin market.

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Images from the Philippine Coast Guard also showed the Chinese ship moving dangerously close in front of the Philippine Coast Guard vessels as they escorted the resupply boats. Manila’s claims are backed by the international Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague, which ruled in 2016 that China has no legal basis to claim historic rights to the bulk of the South China Sea. “Two Filipino supply vessels and two coast guard vessels illegally intruded into the waters adjacent to Renai Reef in China’s Nansha Islands,” Gan Yu, spokesman for the China Coast Guard, said according to the statement published on its website Sunday. Gan reasserted Chinese territorial claims on the islands and the South China Sea and vowed to continue law-enforcement activity within the region. And on Monday, China’s coast guard, in a statement, accused Manila of trying to “permanently occupy” Chinese sovereign territory.

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☆ New side hustle alert? People are renting out Starlink satellite-internet dishes on Facebook Marketplace for around $30 per day
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Some people have taken to renting out SpaceX Starlink kits on Facebook Marketplace. One startup CEO said he'd found a renter that was making $5,000 a month renting out seven devices. People are taking to Facebook Marketplace to rent out SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet for vacationers and remote workers. Facebook MartketplaceInsider identified over a dozen Starlink rental listings on Facebook Marketplace with prices ranging from $25 to $35 per day. Facebook Marketplace isn't the only place people are attempting to turn Starlink into a side hustle.

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Yeah, you’re going to need one of those fancy pizza ovens to replicate this in your home. I think right now, every media company in the world is trying to figure out what replaces Twitter. And they say, you’re going to about to make the easiest money you’ve ever made in your entire life. You’re going to have more people beating a path down your door than you thought was possible. We now have Ubers that are so — I don’t know if you’ve looked at your Uber receipts recently.

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☆ If Elon Musk understood anything about China, he'd know his attempt to make X a super app like WeChat is doomed to fail
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Elon Musk thinks turning X into an everything app like WeChat could make the company profitable. Elon Musk may be going all in with his plan to turn X into an everything app in the vein of China's WeChat. In fact, Musk gave us all some insight into what X might one day look like when he expressed his admiration for China's everything app, WeChat, last summer. We don't have anything like that outside of China," Musk continued. Even foreigners would be hard pressed to make their way around China without using the WeChat app to make simple purchases.

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☆ The strange, improbable rise of Mark Zuckerberg 3.0
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +27 min

In early July, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the latest and perhaps most consequential product in Meta's history: a new model of Mark Zuckerberg. Silicon Valley Zuck was a husband and father with a legacy to build and protect at all costs. Silicon Valley Zuck was suddenly faced with something he'd never dealt with before, shrinking revenue. Still clinging to his persona as Silicon Valley Zuck, Zuckerberg engaged in an all-out media blitz to hawk his vision for the metaverse. They were the sort of people Harvard Zuck would have scoffed at and Silicon Valley Zuck would have gently ignored.

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☆ Facebook cofounder slams Elon Musk, calling Tesla and SpaceX 'scams he got away with'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Dustin Moskovitz said Elon Musk's successful companies could be seen as "scams he got away with." The Facebook cofounder said Musk sucked up resources from others by overpromising with Tesla. Moskovitz pointed to Musk's promises on autonomous cars, and a report that he exaggerated Tesla ranges. Apparently Mark Zuckerberg isn't the only Facebook founder that's wary of Elon Musk. Spokespeople for Tesla, SpaceX, and Musk also did not respond to a request for comment ahead of publication.

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☆ You have a month left to get your share of Facebook's $725 million settlement — here's how
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Facebook users have less than one month left to apply for their share of a $725 million settlement over the social network's privacy violations, part of the lengthy fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal that rocked the U.S. electoral process and Silicon Valley. In all, the Cambridge Analytica scandal cost Meta, Facebook's parent company, nearly $5.9 billion. Beyond the $725 million settlement, the company paid a record $5 billion settlement to the Federal Trade Commission, alongside a further $100 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission. In some ways, it's a much different company than it was during the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The $725 million settlement was not an admission of wrongdoing.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Keller Rohrback, Donald Trump's, Facebookuserprivacysettlement.com, It's, We're, Zuckerberg Organizations: . House Financial, Capitol, Facebook, Cambridge, U.S, Federal Trade Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, People, Twitter Locations: Washington, Silicon Valley, Cambridge, U.S

☆ Google, Microsoft, and Meta can't stop talking about A.I. — here's why Apple rarely mentions it
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesMicrosoft, Google and Meta are rallying everyone around AI, even though the future is murkyGoogle launched Bard AI, it's own chatbot to rival Microsoft and OpenAI's ChatGPT. Google, for example, has announced its plans to revamp its search engine using an AI model called Search Generative Experience. Google and Pichai say that the company's text-generating AI models will make its search engine better and could even answer questions that normal Google search can't. Zuckerberg was effusive about AI technology and its applications in virtual reality, ad targeting and recommending content from accounts users don't follow. UBS analyst Lloyd Walmsley wrote this week that generative AI was still an "overhang" over Google.

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☆ Asian shares climb after Fed hikes as expected; eyes on Europe, Japan
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Stella Qiu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

S&P 500 futures rose 0.2% while Nasdaq futures gained 0.5%, helped by a 6.8% jump in Meta Platforms (META.O) in after-hours trading. In Asia, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) rose 1.2% amid hopes that U.S. tightening cycle could be over now. On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve delivered a quarter-point rate hike and kept the door open for more, as widely expected. The European Central Bank is widely expected to raise interest rates for the ninth time in a row on Thursday. Brent crude futures were up 0.9% at $83.69 per barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 1% to $79.59.

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For Yavuz and his counterparts, there's serious appeal in having another ad-supported app inside Meta's ad manager. Once Meta adds a check box to extend ads to Threads, ad buyers will check it. Facebook's ads, technology, and interfaces are much better than Twitter's," said Trevor Dudeck, CEO of ad agency Lemonade. "If it's just the same thing as Instagram, that's not going to be as enticing," said one executive at a major digital advertising agency. When Zuckerberg inevitably adds the Threads checkbox to Meta's ad platform, it'll be ominous for Twitter's flailing ad business.

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☆ Meta's stellar quarter shows Zuckerberg can both monetize and cut costs
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

But the company delivered on those lofty expectations with a quarter that was the best among the group so far. Taken together, the company has been able to significantly accelerate revenue growth. Coupled with rebounding operating margins, the stock is now more deserving of a so-called growth stock multiple instead of the "value" label investors had attached to the firm last year. But for now, Zuckerberg has a pass because, to his credit, Meta's cost structure has been reduced significantly this year. After buying back $9.22 billion worth of stock in the first quarter, Meta only repurchased $793 million in the second quarter.

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☆ The Solo Trip: Explore at Your Own Pace
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Julie Weed | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The freedom to explore at your own pace, open to connecting with people you meet along the way, can feel as intoxicating as a tropical breeze. But solo travel can be daunting, too, especially when problems arise. And of course, solo travelers need to keep certain safety considerations in mind. Start off easy“Keep your first trip simple,” said Carolyn Ray, who runs JourneyWoman, a website for solo travelers, and has visited more than 40 countries on her own. Find fellow nature lovers through local groups like Alaska Outdoors, in Anchorage, which organizes hikes.

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☆ Musk risks even more damage to Twitter's business as the messaging app changes name to X
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Elon Musk announced that there will be a rebranding of Twitter soon, and speculation points to the implementation of X.Elon Musk has long been enamored with the letter X. Musk had already converted Twitter's corporate name to X Corp, which itself is a subsidiary of X Holding Corp, as revealed in an April court filing. Musk's desire to turn X into a super app requires "time, money and people," which Twitter "no longer has," said Proulx. "Twitter's rebrand is a reminder that Elon Musk, not Threads or any other app, is and has always been the most likely 'Twitter killer,'" Enberg wrote. WATCH: Elon Musk wouldn't be who he is without 'demon mode' and his drive.

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