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☆ Saadiyat: The 'island of happiness' just off Abu Dhabi
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Chris Dwyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Jon Arnold Images Ltd/Alamy Stock PhotoWhile Abu Dhabi itself is home to bombastic contemporary architecture, Saadiyat – an easy 20-minute drive from downtown and Abu Dhabi International Airport – is a natural wonderland, edged by small sand dunes. Elevated boardwalks protect them from beachgoers – part of a conservation project led by Jumeirah at Saadiyat Island Resort and its inhouse marine biologist. Department of Culture and Tourism Abu DhabiOpen year-round, Saadiyat Beach Golf Club is home to a Gary Player signature 18-hole golf course. Luc Castel/Getty ImagesInaugurated in 2017, The Louvre Abu Dhabi is France’s largest cultural project abroad. Louvre Abu Dhabi isn’t the only highbrow place on Saadiyat – behind the dunes there are two world-class educational institutions, too.

☆ Take a look at the wildest vehicles designed by Kittyhawk, Google cofounder Larry Page's failed flying-car company
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Hugh Langley | Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Last September, Larry Page's flying car company Kittyhawk, closed its doors. It was a stunning failure for what was once the vanguard of the eVTOLs (electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft) industry. The company was started in 2015 and explored a range of concepts for eVTOLs over its lifespan. In our exclusive story on the rise and fall of Kittyhawk, we revealed several of the company's ideas for new flying cars. Another of the ideas, an autonomous taxi named Wisk, is still alive as part of a joint venture with Boeing.

☆ How TikTok is trying to become the music industry's everything app, even if it risks 'pissing off' record labels
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Its music ambitions could ruffle feathers at record labels and publishers — unless it pays out. TikTok's app regularly sparks trends that help songs go viral, making it a favorite of marketers at major labels and independents. TikTok works closely with record labels and artists on promotional efforts like livestreamed concerts, in-person performances, and private listening parties with TikTok stars. Spotify has maintained a tenuous relationship with the labels over the years as it's sought to balance profit margins while splitting revenue with artists, labels, and publishers. Still, even as record labels and publishers push TikTok to pay more to music rights holders, they're investing more in the app.

☆ Climate change thaws world's northernmost research station
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Lisi Niesner | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Researchers have been studying the polar region for decades — with Ny-Aalesund’s weather records going back more than 40 years. But their work has become vitally important as climate change ramps up. That’s because what happens in the Arctic can impact global sea levels, storms in North America and Europe, and other factors far beyond the frozen region. August temperatures in Ny-Aalesund were on average 5.1C degrees, about 0.5C warmer than normal for the month. I’ve never seen that,” Gallet said in his office this month, as rain drizzled from a gray sky.

☆ Scientists identify mind-body nexus in human brain
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The researchers called this system the somato-cognitive action network, or SCAN, and documented its connections to brain regions known to help set goals and plan actions. "Basically, we now have shown that the human motor system is not unitary. A second system, the SCAN, is more important for integrated, whole body movements, and is more connected to high-level planning regions of your brain," Gordon said. I'm not a philosopher, but one succinct statement I like is saying, 'The mind is what the brain does.' "Some neuroscientists think of the brain as an organ intended primarily to perceive and interpret the world around us.

☆ Inside the Rise and Fall of Kittyhawk, Larry Page's Failed Flying Car Company
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Hugh Langley | Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

Killing off projects had become something of a tradition at Kittyhawk, the secretive flying-car startup launched by the Google cofounder Larry Page. Larry Page has used his Google money to found a series of flying car companies with one common goal: "to free the world of traffic." "When Bloomberg did their original exposé, that's when urban air mobility became a thing," a former Kittyhawk employee recalled. Everyone thought: If Larry Page is in this space, there must be something here." Interpreting "Larry-isms" or "learning to speak Larry" were essential skills for any Kittyhawk employee who wanted to retain their sanity.

☆ Ex-Fox News producer claims the company withheld damning recordings of Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell that could help Dominion's defamation lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg is claiming her ex-employer withheld evidence from Dominion. Grossberg claims Fox failed to turn over audio recordings featuring Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani. That line is cited in the lawsuit filed by Dominion, which is seeking $1.6 in damages for what it says was defamation. "The Trump advisor tellingly responded that there were in fact no issues with those machines," according to Grossberg's legal filing. Powell, likewise, was unable to back up some of her wilder claims, according to the filing.

☆ Las Vegas betting reputation as party capital on Super Bowl
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

PHOENIX, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Las Vegas will put its reputation as the world's party capital on the line next year when the United States's biggest sporting party comes to Sin City with everyone predicting a Super Bowl supernova. Sam Joffray, CEO of the Super Bowl Las Vegas Host Committee told Reuters high expectations come with the territory when you are talking about Las Vegas and because of that they are well aware that they will need to up their game. The Super Bowl will be held at the $1.9 billion Allegiant Stadium, home of the Las Vegas Raiders, in 2024. "Vegas has no shortage of experience hosting big events but the Super Bowl - we need to up our game. The Super Bowl may have some competition for biggest weekend honours with Formula One also making its Las Vegas debut a few months earlier in November.

☆ For fans Super Bowl no longer a game, it's an 'experience'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-12 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

PHOENIX, Feb 11 (Reuters) - In just a half-century of evolution the Super Bowl has gone from sports event, to America's biggest party, to a week long and very expensive immersive "experience". Next year it will almost certainly make another leap when "immersive experience" and "party" morph into one big Super Bowl supernova in Las Vegas, as Sin City hosts the game for the first time. "If you go back 10 years ago Super Bowl was only about the game and now it is much, much more," said Wilder. For John Wegman, a businessman from Rochester and a Buffalo Bills season ticket holder, seeing a Super Bowl was on his bucket list. "Super Bowl with my father, my mother, my brother was a bucket list thing and we are doing it in style."

☆ Dogs hit the catwalk at New York Fashion Week
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Feb 10 (Reuters) - Humankind's best friends stole the show at Elysian Impact's Inaugural CatWalk FurBaby fashion show on Friday during New York Fashion Week. The event brought together designers, models, and rescue animals for a day of fashion and fundraising for animal welfare organizations. [1/3] A dog walks on the runway during the CatWalk FurBaby show during the New York Fashion Week in New York, U.S., February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon 1 2 3Dr Christina Rahm, CEO of DRC Ventures, the event's lead sponsor - who has three dogs and a cat - manages various brands including a couture luxury pet and human fashion line. So we did a couture line as well," she said backstage ahead of the show.

☆ With over 100 anti-LGBTQ bills before state legislatures in 2023 so far, activists say they're 'fired up'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Jo Yurcaba | Jo Yurcaba Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

So far, Texas has taken the lead with 36 such bills, according to Equality Texas, a statewide LGBTQ advocacy group. Four states — Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee and Arizona — have enacted restrictions on gender-affirming medical care for minors, though federal judges have blocked them from taking effect in Arkansas and Alabama. State Sen. David Bullard, the Republican sponsoring the bill, told The Oklahoman that gender-affirming medical care is a “permanent change in your body that cannot be reversed. Accredited medical associations — including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychological Association — have supported gender-affirming care for minors. Advocates and doctors who treat trans youth have said many of the health care restrictions proposed by state legislators mischaracterize what gender-affirming care is.

☆ One of the last remaining execs from 'Twitter 1.0' confirmed he has left the company
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

One of the last remaining execs from pre-Elon Musk Twitter has left the company. Behnam Rezaei, Twitter's head of product and engineering, had worked at the company since 2017. Musk said in December that Twitter had around 2,000 staff left. Behnam Rezaei, Twitter's head of product and engineering, said in a series of tweets that he left Twitter on Tuesday. Former Twitter staff have used the moniker "Twitter 1.0" to refer to the company pre-Musk.

☆ Millions of people are still moving to Florida. They might regret it.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The state's population has been steadily increasing for decades. But some that have moved to Florida will come to regret the decision — and may ultimately move out. A nearly 14,000-member Facebook group for people moving out of Florida has cited severe weather, low wages, crowded beaches, changing politics, and steep housing prices as reasons people left. Nicole Panesso lived in Florida her whole life until moving to Tennessee earlier this year, she previously told Insider, citing low wages and high expenses as reasons why. For Greg May, Florida's high temperatures were the main reason he left for North Carolina, he previously told Insider.

☆ Americans are still moving to Florida. They might regret it.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

☆ U.S. population growth inches higher in 2022, driven by immigration
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Kanishka Singh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The population of the United States accelerated in 2022 from its slowest rate on record, driven by net international immigration, as growth began to recover from a slowdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Census Bureau said on Thursday. That compared with net migration of more than 376,000 the previous year, signaling a potential return to pre-pandemic levels. Florida was the fastest-growing state in 2022, with an population increase of 1.9% to about 22.2 million, the Census Bureau figures showed. Eighteen states experienced a population decline in 2022, compared to 15 and the District of Columbia the prior year. Declining populations in both states reflected net migration to other states.

☆ I hang Christmas lights for multimillion-dollar mansions in LA. I'm on track to make $250,000, and I get wild requests.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Annita Katee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

His guys work 16-hour days, and his business is on track to make multiple six figures. So just like that, I took the leap and started my light-installation company, Elegant Outdoor Lights, in September 2021. Courtesy of Elegant Outdoor LightsLast year was our first Christmas, but this year is our first full season. Courtesy of Elegant Outdoor LightsI love the ones who want to be involved, as it's really fun to interact with them and connect with their personalities and tastes. And while I love being able to work all year round, yes, Christmas really is the best time of year.

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried's story keeps getting wilder and weirder as details emerge from his past and more people speak out.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The more details that emerge, the more I feel like this is going to make a great Michael Lewis book (and movie) one day. Among the highlights from his testimony include his assertion that the crypto market is "the largest Ponzi scheme in history." In other news:Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, in Washington. A top FTX exec blew the whistle on Sam Bankman-Fried's moves just two days before the crypto exchange collapsed. Morgan Stanley's Mike Wilson said the stock market could fall further in 2023.

As the COP15 biodiversity summit kicks off in Montreal, businesses and corporate leaders are pushing for an ambitious agreement with strong policies that will provide guidance to companies seeking to change. They are under increasing pressure to show progress in tackling climate change and reducing harm to the environment. The agency has said some $384 billion will be needed each year for nature projects by 2025. "If we take that mindset to nature, it leads to the investment models that would allow us to invest in nature as infrastructure," he said. "Two years ago, all these governments around the world said 'let's put trillions of dollars into nature.'

☆ Fury says he may need surgery on right elbow
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Boxing - WBC World Heavyweight Title - Tyson Fury v Derek Chisora - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - December 3, 2022 Tyson Fury celebrates after winning his fight against Derek Chisora Action Images via Reuters/Andrew CouldridgeLONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - WBC heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury said he might need elbow surgery, potentially delaying a unification showdown with Ukrainian rival Oleksandr Usyk early next year. The Briton told ESPN television after his 10th-round stoppage of title challenger Derek Chisora on Saturday that his right elbow was the problem. "I’ve got some hand problems and I’ve got to maybe have some surgery on my elbow but after that, I’m ready for anybody," he said. Fury taunted Usyk, who was ringside for the fight at London's Tottenham Hotspur stadium, and challenged him to get the fight on. read moreThe Briton also said he would take on his undefeated compatriot Joe Joyce, the 2016 Olympic super-heavyweight silver medallist, at Wembley if the Usyk fight could not be made.

☆ Germany knocked out of World Cup after extraordinary finale to Group E
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Germany was knocked out of the 2022 World Cup on Thursday after a quite extraordinary finale to Group E, despite beating Costa Rica. As he did in the famous victory over Germany, Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu used his substitutes masterfully, bringing on Dōan and his left-footed strike brought Japan level. Wataru Endo celebrates with teammates after Japan qualified for the knockout stages of the World Cup. Costa Rica took a stunning lead as Juan Pablo Vargas prodded home after an frantic goalmouth scramble to leave Germany trailing. With just over 20 minutes remaining in the two games, Spain and Germany – both recent World Cup winners – were in danger of going home.

My family lives in an affluent area, but I don't want my kids to take money for granted. I thought I was giving my kids the best childhood ever until my 4-year-old asked why we didn't own a "bigger golf cart." I thought I had time to teach my two young kids about money, but I was wrong. Here's how I'm teaching my kids about money, finances, and how to appreciate what you have. "Not everyone is lucky enough to live in a nice house with lots of toys like you and your brother," I explained.

☆ Analysis: COP27 loss and damage fund heralds 'new dawn for climate justice'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Megan Rowling | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Yeb Saño, head of Greenpeace Southeast Asia, said the fund's approval "marks a new dawn for climate justice." While the loss and damage fund would not be enough to deal with growing climate losses, "it is a much-needed political signal to rebuild broken trust" between rich and poor nations, he said in a video statement. Their opposition was rooted in fears of being held financially liable for the impacts of their historically high greenhouse gas emissions. FOSSIL FUELS MISSINGPolitical figures had urged countries at COP27 to set aside geopolitical fights in order to keep climate action on track. Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, global climate and energy lead for environmental group WWF, who presided over COP20 in Peru, said leaders had missed the chance in Egypt to speed up the rapid and deep emissions cuts essential to limit climate damage.

☆ There have only been 2 Black elected governors in US history, but the 2022 midterm elections could usher in unparalleled change
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

There have only been two Black elected governors in US history, but that could change on Tuesday. With the victory, Wilder became the first Black elected governor in the United States, generations after P.B.S. He said people brag about him as the first Black governor elected in America. However, this year, Black gubernatorial candidates weren't overly reliant on the party leadership to help them land the nominations in their respective states. At the end of the day, if that's what I accomplished, that's not enough," Moore told Insider.

☆ Over 200,000 trans people could face voting restrictions because of state ID laws
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Jo Yurcaba | Jo Yurcaba Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +12 min

Seaton showed his state ID. “So I expect that we’re going to hear more stories of trans people being harassed, whether by voters, poll workers, poll monitors or other folks who are present during the election.”Impact of voter ID laws on trans votersVoter identification laws differ widely by state. Eight of those states have strict photo ID laws. Since the 2020 election, 12 states have enacted new or stricter voter ID laws, according to VoteRiders, a nonpartisan voting rights organization. In the 15 states without ID laws, voters’ identities are usually verified by checking them against their voter registration information, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

☆ How much 2 basketball TikTokers earned from NIL endorsements during a year at a D2 HBCU
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Colin Salao | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Brandon and Jayden Beloti are brothers who played basketball for Elizabeth City State University. Each had a few hundred thousand followers on TikTok when new NIL rules kicked in on July 1, 2021. The Beloti brothers played basketball during the 2021-22 season for Elizabeth City State University, a HBCU in Division II of the NCAA. The brothers' TikTok followings helped them easily secure NIL dealsBoth brothers began to balance being creators with their school and basketball lives. The Beloti brothers are now focused on building careers as creators with Zone 6(left to right) Jayden and Brandon Beloti representing Zone 6.

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