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☆ Is That Black Friday Sale Really a Deal? Ask These Shoppers
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Ann-Marie Alcántara | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The holiday season is here—and so are the stresses that go with shopping for gifts. For years, shoppers have struggled with fake reviews on Amazon and influencers hawking products for pay on their feeds. Now, they’re also facing rising inflation and shorter return windows.

☆ 11-year-old British boy beats Einstein and Hawking on Mensa IQ test
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Sakshi Venkatraman | Sakshi Venkatraman Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

His performance beats those of physicists Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein, who were both estimated to have IQs around 160. Mensa, an international society open to high-IQ individuals, confirmed Shah's score to NBC News, saying he placed in the top 2% of the population and "has great potential." Shah's father, Irfan, told the Post that when his son was 7, he discovered a mathematical phenomenon that he couldn't explain. But Shah's parents said they're teaching him to nurture his work ethic and social life in addition to his natural abilities. “I still tell him that ‘your dad is still smarter than you,’” Shah's father told the Post.

☆ Elon Musk Makes an Offer You Can Refuse
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Matthew Hennessey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Elon Musk wants to start selling subscriptions for full access to Twitter. Mr. Musk is flirting with a complete betrayal of the social media social contract. The most valuable commodity in the online economy is, and always has been, you. Your eyeballs, your time, your interest, your profile, your posts—social-media sites offer advertisers access to all of it. In the first six months of 2022, Twitter had $2.2 billion in ad sales.

☆ ‘The Good Nurse’ Review: Hippocratic Hypocrite
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

As fascinating as they can be to watch, neither Eddie Redmayne nor Jessica Chastain ever has what we usually call chemistry with their co-stars. But isolated brilliance is precisely what helps “The Good Nurse” shine, and it could hardly be otherwise given the story. A true-crime drama at its core, this psycho thriller-cum-police procedural stars both actors as medical practitioners, one of whom is killing people. There’s never much pretense made about who the murderer is. These two are firmly in the friend zone, at least until patients start dropping dead.

☆ Influencers Are Getting Rich by Hawking Dubious Financial Advice
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

On TikTok and YouTube, "passive income" side-hustles have skyrocketed in popularity. On TikTok and YouTube, influencers are getting rich while spreading dubious financial advice for how to make money fast — and failing to give viewers a full picture of the risks involved. Followers can make hundreds — if not thousands — of dollars in passive income by renting out property, day-trading, or dropshipping, influencers say. Instead, creators sell courses that promise to teach people how earn money through passive income — helping them get rich while selling the dream of easy cash. These financial influencers are drawing in a lot of young people: A recent survey found that 34% of Gen Z consumers obtain financial advice from TikTok, while only 24% of this age group seek advice from financial advisors.

I no longer miss the “old” Kanye West, now known as Ye. I’m tired of hearing about the new Ye, and I wish we could stop talking about him altogether. Days before that, he appeared with far-right pundit Candace Owens flaunting “White Lives Matter” T-shirts during Paris Fashion Week. This includes to stopping asking for the “old Kanye” back. Chop up the soul Kanye, set on his goals Kanye.” At first, I sang the lyrics with hope that the “old Kanye” who once had such a hopeful swagger would return, that he would get past his ego and be born again as the creative powerhouse whose every move we followed with anticipation instead of dread.

☆ Crisis-hit Sri Lanka — which ran out of fuel earlier this year — snaps up cheap Russian oil for the first time ever
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sri Lanka has been buying large amounts of Russian crude since March 2022. Three months ago, Sri Lanka said it was sending an official delegation to Russia to negotiate oil deals amid a crippling fuel shortage. But it's just one of the emerging markets dealing with economic crises now lining up to buy discounted Russian oil. It's unlikely that Sri Lanka had ever purchased Russian crude before March this year, Kpler's lead crude analyst Viktor Katona said. The US has banned Russian crude and the European Union set to implement an oil embargo on Russian oil by the end of the year.

☆ Kim Kardashian and Scott Disick are being sued for a 2021 Instagram 'loop giveaway.' Here are 4 takeaways from the 32-page potential class-action lawsuit.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Tanya Chen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Scott Disick and Kim Kardashian are being sued for hawking an Instagram "loop giveaway" in 2021. Celebrity influencers Scott Disick and Kim Kardashian are facing a $66 million potential class-action lawsuit that claims their 2021 Instagram lottery was a total sham. To enter, users had to follow a list of 75 accounts Disick was following at the time, and comment on his post promoting it. Why 'loop giveaways' are controversialThis type of Instagram lottery, also known in the industry as a "loop giveaway," has become a lucrative growth hack for top tier creators. The lawsuit alleges that the winners of the loop giveaway were not made public enough.

☆ William Shatner describes space travel in new book "Boldly Go"
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN interviewed him in June about the book, his trip to space with the Jeff Bezos-backed space tourism company Blue Origin, and what’s next for the 91-year-old. William Shatner: Fifty-five or 60 years ago I read a book called “Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson. Shatner: The whole idea here is to get people accustomed to going to space, as if it’s like going to the Riviera. The song “So Fragile, So Blue,” is very much about my experience in space. And then I have my book, called “Boldly Go,” coming out in the fall.

☆ YouTubers are pushing dodgy crypto investment advice. Here’s why you should ignore it.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Rob Price | Meghan Morris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Together, these revenue streams mean cryptocurrency influencers profit off their viewers no matter which way the market turns. Of course, crypto YouTube is a far cry from the regulated world of traditional finance. Armstrong told the Post that he made "maybe close to a million" from before dropping sponsored content in January 2022. A price list leaked by ZachXBT appears to show that dozens of small crypto influencers also have menus for similar undisclosed deals. But with little regulatory oversight, crypto influencers show little sign of slowing down — despite the precipitous decline of the crypto market.

☆ Alex Jones' billion-dollar judgement: The conspiracy theorist has turned career-ending setbacks into profit windfalls, but this could be too much to overcome
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Ashley Collman | Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

Robbie Parker was later falsely called a crisis actor, and the Parkers are among those who sued Alex Jones for defamation. Longtime informal adviser to Donald Trump, Roger Stone (right), and and Alex Jones (left) speak to reporters in December 2018. Picture showing a computer screen displaying the Twitter account of Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones taken on August 15, 2018 in Washington DC. "Alex Jones is likely to continue being Alex Jones, which means he's likely to try all kinds of shenanigans to avoid accountability," said Holt. "The money awarded in damages does not repair what Alex Jones has done to those parents' lives, but it could be a step towards dismantling the toxic empire that Alex Jones has built around his brand."

Kanye West’s breakup with Gap Inc. reflects a broader trend of celebrities seeking more control over the brands they create or back. But in this instance, Mr. Shabelman said the friction between Mr. West and Gap fits into a larger development in the world of celebrity marketing. Mr. West “doesn’t need those corporations,” said Anjali S. Bal, an associate professor of marketing at Babson College. Mr. West formally notified Gap on Thursday that his Yeezy LLC fashion brand was terminating his partnership with the apparel chain. More recently, tennis champion Naomi Osaka last year began a media company called Hana Kuma in partnership with SpringHill Co., an entertainment firm co-founded by LeBron James.

☆ Even as the West tries to wean itself off Russian oil, Moscow has found itself yet another buyer: Myanmar
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-19 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Myanmar is buying Russian oil, which it says is "high-quality" and cheap. This time, Myanmar is joining the line to buy Russian gas and fuel oil, according to Reuters and Bloomberg. He said military chief Min Aung Hlaing sealed a fuel oil deal with Russia during a trip to Moscow in July. Russian fuel oil exports are expected to start arriving in Myanmar in September, Reuters reported, citing local media. Myanmar is the latest in a list of crisis-hit countries — including Sri Lanka and Laos — to actively seek out Russian oil.

☆ Russian state-energy giant Gazprom saw its natural-gas production in July slump to its lowest level since 2008
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-02 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyRussian state-energy giant Gazprom saw its daily natural-gas production slump to its lowest level since 2008, according to a Bloomberg calculation published on Monday. Europe depends on Russia for 40% of its natural-gas needs, such as cooking in homes and firing up power stations. As Russia is a major natural-gas supplier to Europe, the natural-gas crunch has sent prices soaring this year, in turn supporting the Kremlin's coffers. European countries including Germany and Italy are also working to wean themselves off Russian gas. To mitigate the impact from lower energy sales to Europe, Russian President Vladimir Putin is hawking Russia's energy exports to other markets, such as Asia — but at a discount.

☆ Europe is hurting because Russia has cut down its natural-gas supply — but Russia is even worse off: study
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-01 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russia has slowed natural-gas exports to Europe since invading Ukraine. A Yale University analysis found the move to be hurting Russia more than it's hurting Europe. Europe depends on Russia for 40% of its natural-gas needs, such as cooking in homes and firing up power stations. It's fretting over a winter energy crisis, as Russia has reduced natural-gas flows to the continent, citing sanctions-related challenges. Putin is pivoting east to sell Russian energy, but buyers are driving hard bargainsTo mitigate the impact from lower energy sales to Europe, Russian President Vladimir Putin is hawking Russia's energy exports to other markets, such as Asia — but at a discount.

☆ How creators are making money by going live on YouTube, TikTok, Amazon, and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-13 | by ( Geoff Weiss | Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Career prospects for livestreaming creators extend far beyond the gaming space. And Aussie sleepfluencer Jakey Boehm earned $34,000 in one month via TikTok Live, where fans pay to thwart his rest – turning on neon lights, for example, or loud music. Brands are also embracing TikTok Live, paying three times as much for sponsored streams as compared to static posts. Insider has spoken with a handful of creators, startups, and industry insiders about the rise of livestreaming and how creators are making money by going live. How streamers are making money on YouTube:How streamers are making money on TikTok:How streamers are making money on Instagram:How streamers are making money on Twitch:How streamers are making money on Amazon Live:

☆ La doar 4 ani, o fetiță din Marea Britanie are un IQ comparabil cu cel al lui Einstein
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-31 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +5 min

Împlinise un an și o lună, iar tatăl său i-a spus într-o zi cifra „1” . Ea a răspuns imediat „2”, apoi tatăl a spus „3”, fetița a continuat cu „4” și tot așa până la 15, a povestit tatăl. Sociabilă și cu simțul umoruluiOdată, erau la supermarket și a Dayaal a început să intre în vorbă cu oamenii, întrebându-i despre copiii lor și câți ani au. Iar atunci când a făcut testul nici măcar nu împlinise 4 ani, avea 3 ani și 11 luni. În ciuda vârstei sale fragede, micuța are capacitatea de a recunoaște cuvinte și a face calcule ca un copil de 5 ani.

Persons: Dayaal, Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein, ro . Raj, Sarbjit Singh, Ea, Putea, Raj, Lynn Kendall, Li Organizations: Google Locations: Great Barr, Birmingham -

☆ Profeţia şocantă făcută de Vladimir Putin despre viitor, în plină criză COVID: „Va conduce lumea!”
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-12 | by ( ) www.ziarulnational.md time to read: +1 min

Vladimir Putin crede că ţara care „va domina” în domeniul inteligenţei artificiale va conduce lumea, scrie go4it.ro. Liderul de la Kremlin a declarat că Rusia vrea să fie un lider în domeniu, dar nu îl va monopoliza… ci va împărtăşi cunoştinţele cu „întreaga lume”. Eric Schmidt, fostul șef al Google, a declarat că SUA va fi depăşită de China în domeniul inteligenţei artificiale, dacă Washingtonul nu acţionează repede. Vor folosi această tehnologie atât pentru obiective comerciale, cât şi militare, cu toate implicaţiile rezultate din asta”, a declarat Schmidt. China şi-a anunţat strategia privind inteligenţa artificială şi şi-a propus ca până în 2030 să fie lider mondial în domeniu.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Stephen Hawking, Eric Schmidt, Schmidt Organizations: Google Locations: Kremlin, Rusia, SUA, China

☆ Cum este să fii testat cu vaccinul rusesc Sputnik V — Moldova.org
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-21 | by ( Diana Preașcă | Tatiana Beghiu | ) www.moldova.org time to read: +20 min

Primul om care a primit Premiul Nobel pentru Pace a fost fondatorul Crucii Roșii, elvețianul Henri Dunant în 1901. Din 1901, premiul a fost acordat unui număr total de 213 de cercetători, dintre care doar trei au fost femei. Mecanismul a fost numit Crispr/Cas9 și a fost supranumit „foarfecele genetic”. Este angajată a Institutului de Medicină Howard Hughes și membră Academiei de Științe și a Academiei de Medicină din SUA. Din 1901, premiul a fost acordat, în total, de 111 ori, iar 184 de oameni de știință au devenit laureați ai acestuia.

Persons: Nobel, Pace, Antonio, PAM, SUA Dwight D . Eisenhower, Henri Dunant, Theodore Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, german Willie Brandt, SUA Henry Kissinger, Teresa, SUA Barack Obama, Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel, Andrea Ghez, Max Planck, . Penrose, Albert Einstein, Sir Roger Penrose, Stephen Hawking, Wilhelm, Nielson Bohr, Marie Curie, Pierre Curie, Antoine Henri Becquerel, franceze Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna, Emmanuelle Charpentier, Medicină Howard Hughes, Jacobus, van’t, Maria, Curie, Harvey J ., Michael Houghton, Charles M . Rice, virusologul Harvey J ., Chiron, Houghton, american Charles M . Rice, Louis, Emil Adolf von Bering, Ronald Ross, Robert Koch, Ivan Pavlov, Frederick Banting, John McLeod, Alexander Fleming, Ernest Chain, Howard Florey, Louise Glück, Glück, Anders Ohlsson, Sarah Lawrence, Rudyard Kipling, Doris Lessing, Bob Dylan ., Svetlana Aleksievici, Paul R ., Robert B . Wilson, Stanford . Robert B . Wilson, Paul R . Milgrom, Milgrom, Wilson, Alfred Nobel, Jan Tinbergen, Ragnar Frisch Organizations: Universitatea din, Națiunilor Unite, ONU, Organizația, Organizația ONU, Crucii Roșii, Regale, franceze, Science, Academiei, Științe, Academiei Naționale, Medicină, Academiei de Științe, Academiei de Medicină, maimuțelor, Universitatea St, Organizației Mondiale a Sănătății, Academia Suedeză, Nobel, Academia suedeză, Universității Columbia ., Academiei Americane, Academiei Poeților, Universitatea Yale ., Universitatea Stanford, Stanford ., Universității Harvard, Stanford Business School, Banca Centrală, Academiei Regale Locations: Stockholm, Universitatea din Oslo, Roma, ONU, Republica Democrată Congo, Nigeriei, Sudanul de Sud, Siria, Yemen, german, SUA, Universitatea din Oxford, Germania, Universitatea din California, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Regatului Unit, Franța, Olanda, Universitatea din Alberta, Canada, american, Washington, americană, New York, maghiară, Yale, Boston, Iowa, engleză

☆ Cine sunt laureații Premiului Nobel 2020 și ce știm despre ei — Moldova.org
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-13 | by ( Diana Preașcă | Tatiana Beghiu | ) www.moldova.org time to read: +20 min

La Stockholm, ceremonia de premiere pentru câștigătorii Premiului Nobel și banchetul de gală de la primărie au fost anulate. Emmanuelle Charpentier (51 ani) și Jennifer Doudna (56 de ani) sunt a șasea și respectiv a șaptea câștigătoare ale Premiului Nobel pentru Chimie din istorie. Mecanismul a fost numit Crispr/Cas9 și a fost supranumit „foarfecele genetic”. Este angajată a Institutului de Medicină Howard Hughes și membră Academiei de Științe și a Academiei de Medicină din SUA. Premiul Nobel pentru MedicinăPremiul Nobel pentru Medicină le-a revenit în 2020 cercetătorilor Harvey J.

☆ Unde ajungi dacă călătoreşti printr-o gaură neagră?
▼ + stars: | 2020-01-02 | by ( ) tvrmoldova.md time to read: +4 min

Găurile negre sunt obiecte cosmice cu o masă atât de mare încât gravitaţia acestora nu permite nici măcar luminii să îi scape. Pornind de la planetele şi norii de praf din proximitatea acestora şi ajungând la fotoni, nimic nu iese din găurile negre. Totuşi, dacă, în mod total inexplicabil, am reuşi să supravieţuim atunci când am fi atraşi într-o gaură neagră, ce am găsi în interiorul acesteia? Există găuri negre? Întrebarea legată de călătoria printr-o gaură neagră pleacă de la asumpţia că acestea există.

Persons: Richard Massey, Karl Schwarzschild, Massey, Albert Einstein, Nathan Rosen, Kip Thorne, Thorne, David Finkbeiner, Igor Novikov, Nicăieri, Stephen Hawking Organizations: Live Science, Universităţii Locations: Universităţii Durham, Univers

☆ 20 delicious reasons to visit Pakistan
▼ + stars: | 2019-10-15 | by ( Halima Ali | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Nabeel Ahmed/iStockphoto/Getty ImagesThese easy-to-make crispy, fried fritters are a classic finger food served as a starter or a side dish. MEAT DISHESBiryaniThis rice dish is often served on special occasions. Mint/Hindustan Times/Hindustan Times via Getty ImagesThought to have developed in the royal kitchens of the 16th-19th century Mughal Empire, this rice dish is often served on special occasions. The meat and rice are cooked separately before being layered and cooked together with an assortment of spices. ShutterstockKeer is another dessert eaten at weddings or on celebratory occasions such as Eid al Fitr, the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

Persons: it’s, Pakoras, Nabeel Ahmed, Shutterstock, Paya Paya, Nihari, Stuart Freedman, –, Eid, Fitr, It’s Organizations: CNN, Hindustan Times, Getty, . Portland Press Herald, Portland Press Herald, Press, Corbis Locations: China, Afghanistan, Iran, India, Pakistan, Pakistani, Punjab province, Shutterstock

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