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☆ Rudy Giuliani’s apartment was emptied weeks ago, victims in defamation case say
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Katelyn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

They are also trying to take possession, at the court’s direction, of Giuliani’s 26 luxury watches and a 1980 Mercedes-Benz he kept in Florida. The expensive furniture Giuliani had used in real estate photos of the property earlier this year was moved out four weeks ago, he said. Josh Ritchie/Bloomberg/Getty Images“We note that broadcasts, such as those described above, currently provide Mr. Giuliani’s only source of earned income,” Giuliani’s attorney, Kenneth Caruso, told the court. Moss and Freeman’s team have already complained to the judge about Giuliani using the car on Tuesday, submitting to the court the photos. Separately, Giuliani’s lawyers say the property that was in the Manhattan apartment is now in a storage facility on Long Island, but Freeman and Moss’ team say they are struggling to get access to the items there, too.

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☆ Palantir CEO says the company 'eviscerated' sales so hard execs have stopped talking about how 'crazy' he is
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

CEO Alex Karp said revenue growth was driven by AI demand in the US. AdvertisementPalantir CEO Alex Karp took a victory lap on Monday as the company reported big third-quarter earnings. "We absolutely eviscerated this quarter, driven by unrelenting AI demand that won't slow down," Karp, who co-founded Palantir in 2003, said in an earnings release. In a letter to shareholders that accompanied the earnings report, Karp said the US market was still the core of Palantir's business. The CEO added that Europe was being "left behind" in AI innovation and needed to adapt or "risk ruin."

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☆ What to watch for on Election Day as Harris and Trump face off
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Pre-election polling showed her race against former President Donald Trump could be the closest in history. Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Gov. Montana: Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat, is facing an even tougher challenge in Montana, a state Trump carried by over 16 points in 2020. AdvertisementCalifornia 22nd: Rep. David Valadao is one of 18 House Republicans representing a district President Biden won in 2020. Valadao is also one of the only two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the January 6 Capitol riot.

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☆ Four takeaways from Alex Karp's triumphant Palantir earnings call
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Alex Karp touted Palantir's blockbuster earnings in a triumphant investor call. He said AI models are commodities — it's what you do on top of them that counts. Other Palantir execs have helped shift the focus away from Karp. AI models are commodities — it's what you do on top that counts. Palantir execs were surprised by the company's quarterly earnings.

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☆ I live in a 450-square-foot apartment and couldn't keep my antique dealer grandma's stuff, so I had to give away valuable items.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Eliza Evans, 38, inherited many items from her grandmother, who was an antique dealer. Grandma was in her element as she picked out the items she wanted. I told them I was going to set up a museum in my house to display the precious items. There were several trips to Goodwill over the years, but I still couldn't part with the sentimental stuff. Do you have an interesting story to share with Business Insider about decluttering or dealing with inherited "stuff" you don't need?

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☆ Elon Musk’s lawyer says $1M giveaway winners not randomly chosen, which could raise legal issues
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( David Ingram | David Ingram Is A Tech Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Legal experts told NBC News that the disclosure could have legal fallout for Musk across multiple jurisdictions under laws designed to protect consumers from deceptive practices. Chris Gober, a lawyer for America PAC, made the disclosure at a hearing about the giveaways. Elon Musk awarded Kristine Fishell a $1 million check at a town hall in Pittsburgh on Oct. 20. Typically under state law, “this is actually bread and butter stuff for them,” he said in a direct message. The Justice Department, which had warned Musk’s super PAC that its offer may run afoul of federal election law, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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He recently told the Wall Street Journal editorial board that Chinese President Xi Jinping respects him but also knows he’s “crazy” and wouldn’t provoke him. But Chinese officials might also see potential for Musk to be a mitigating influence on issues such as tariffs. Like other American business leaders, Musk has met with senior Chinese officials as Beijing courts international companies. AP fileIf Chinese officials receive Musk almost like a world leader, the Chinese public treats him like a rock star. Chinese officials have not been shy about making the connection between what Musk says and where he makes his money.

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☆ The Dow needs Nvidia to give chipmakers representation in index after Intel's plunge
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Ari Levy | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Nvidia, on the other hand, recently leapfrogged Intel as the biggest chipmaker by revenue, creating a clear one-for-one swap opportunity. With Intel being the only chipmaker in the index, the sector is underrepresented relative to its position in the economy. Nvidia positioned itself to join the Dow in May, when the company announced a 10-for-1 stock split. Amazon joined the Dow in January, giving the internet sector greater representation in the index. Meta's price of almost $562 would currently give it the heftiest weighting in the Dow, just ahead of UnitedHealth Group .

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☆ I wish I'd dropped out of college. Graduating with a degree didn't justify my now-mounting debt.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Eibhlis Gale-Coleman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But, in hindsight, I wish I'd dropped out just to save myself on my now-mounting debt. Since then, nobody has asked me about my college degree. AdvertisementI believe my best — and safest — bet would have been to switch to an online degree when the pandemic first hit. It just goes to show that sometimes, a bit of risk-taking can pay off; I wish I'd been bolder. I'll definitely chalk up my university experience as "You live, and you learn" territory; I still really enjoyed aspects of my college experience.

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☆ Gen Z, millennials are using AI for personal finance advice, report finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Ana Teresa Solá | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A new report by Experian found that 67% of polled Gen Zers and 62% of surveyed millennials are using artificial intelligence to help with their personal finances. Users say that generative AI tools like ChatGPT have helped in areas including saving and budgeting (60%), investment planning (48%) and credit score improvement (48%). The Gen Z respondents were ages 18 to 27 while millennials were ages 28 to 43. According to data Experian provided to CNBC, 98% of Gen Z adults and 98% of millennials had a positive experience with the software. While using generative AI can help as a first step to drawing up a budget or figuring out how to increase your credit score, always verify the information through external resources, experts say.

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☆ Paralyzed by Choice: the Golden Age of Online Shopping Is Over
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Emilie Friedlander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Online shopping, which the US Census Bureau estimates accounts for roughly 16% of all retail sales, theoretically makes it easier to find exactly what we are looking for. AdvertisementThe golden age of comparison shopping isn't so golden after all. Ursu has studied two factors in shopping: search costs and search fatigue. Ursu guessed that the most exhausting stage of shopping is comparison shopping — when people pore over minuscule details between products to find the best one. Related storiesIf people abandon their shopping carts because they get overwhelmed by search fatigue, it can come back to bite retailers.

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☆ Sam Altman's hiring strategy bets on talent, not age
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Altman says he prioritizes talent over age in his hiring decisions. The job market in Big Tech is increasingly polarized with many job seekers facing a bleak outlook. AdvertisementOpenAI CEO Sam Altman says his hiring strategy is focused on talent over age. Advertisement"You want both, and I think what you really want is just like an extremely high talent bar of people at any age, " Altman said. While Altman may prioritize talent over age at OpenAI, some older tech employees say they are experiencing ageism in the workforce.

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☆ Tesla, Alphabet or GM? A breakdown of the autonomous driving battle and how to trade it
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Michael Khouw | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Autonomous driving is at a pivotal juncture, with several companies vying for leadership in a sector that promises to revolutionize transportation. While Tesla (TSLA) has dominated the autonomous vehicle headlines with its Full Self-Driving (FSD) system, it may not be the best autonomous driving investment. Waymo: A leader in the autonomous race Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet , has long been a frontrunner in the autonomous driving sector. Tesla's FSD software relies primarily on optical cameras, supported by advanced AI algorithms to interpret the road environment. The value autonomous driving adds to stock Currently, Alphabet, GM, and Tesla are not generating meaningful revenue from autonomous driving or robotics technology.

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☆ A lawsuit accuses Bain Capital's PowerSchool of trafficking in student data. The edtech giant says everything it does is legal.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

PowerSchool sells student data without parents' informed consent, a federal lawsuit alleges. Related storiesPowerSchool spokesman Austin Zerbach told BI that no PowerSchool product sells any form of student data. The public disclosures of PowerSchool say the edtech company "may" collect data such as "extracurricular program membership" and "student assessments." AdvertisementTechnology can easily re-identify anonymized student data, said Chad Marlow, senior policy counsel at the ACLU, where he focuses on privacy, surveillance, and technology issues. "No PowerSchool product, including Connected Intelligence P20W, sells any form of student data," the spokesman said.

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☆ AppLovin's 300% surge in 2024 leaves ad-tech company with big expectations for earnings
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Cj Haddad | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

AppLovin has soared 310% in 2024, beating every U.S. tech company with a market cap of at least $5 billion, according to FactSet data. The technology helps put more targeted ads on the mobile gaming apps the company owns, and works for other studios that license the software. They said the company's "real opportunity" is to catch the influx in brand advertising towards mobile gaming from more conventional channels like social media or legacy broadcasting. Because of its position in digital advertising, AppLovin faces potential competition from some of the most well-capitalized companies on the planet. In 2022, AppLovin gave up on efforts to buy gaming software developer Unity Software for $20 billion, after Unity shareholders rejected the bid.

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☆ Elon Musk has a lot to gain if Trump wins. A Harris presidency is more uncertain.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Musk could gain influence at the federal level if Trump is elected president. It's unclear what a Harris administration would mean for Musk and his business empire. Musk under HarrisWhile Musk could gain power, government contracts, and looser regulations under Trump, it's unclear how he might be impacted under a Harris administration. For X, which Musk has branded as the platform for freedom of speech, Gordon said a Harris administration could pressure it to ban material labeled as "misinformation." AdvertisementIt's also possible nothing would meaningfully change for Musk under a Harris administration.

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☆ Trump and Harris' frantic final 2024 campaign stops show why North Carolina matters
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Trump spent Friday in Michigan and Wisconsin, Saturday in North Carolina, and today will be in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia. If Harris won Michigan and Wisconsin, she would still need to add Georgia or North Carolina to her column. "Donald Trump is worried about losing North Carolina," Harris spokesperson Ammar Moussa wrote on X under two siren emojis. AdvertisementDoug Sosnik, a longtime advisor to Bill Clinton and a North Carolina native, doesn't see Harris' path there. North Carolina is "not a level playing field" for Democrats, Sosnik said, pointing to Democrats' struggles there except for Obama.

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☆ Washington DC is full of obsolete government buildings. See how one is being transformed into hundreds of luxury apartments.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Cotton Annex, a landmarked federal building, is one of the latest to be transformed. The Cotton Annex building, built in 1937 just half a mile from the Washington Monument, is one of them. The US government has an independent agency, the Public Buildings Reform Board, that sells valuable but underutilized buildings, like the Cotton Annex. It also reinvented some features of the original building for a modern audience: The building's residents-only speakeasy features the original skylight once used to inspect cotton. Read on to see how the Cotton Annex was built and how it's being transformed.

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☆ Rise of Middle-Class Shoplifters: Americans Are Stealing From Stores
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

And before you ask, no, he doesn't feel bad about it, especially when he pilfers from Whole Foods. AdvertisementBut there's also a lot we don't know about retail theft. "No, I don't feel bad about stealing from Jeff Bezos," one 20-something occasional shoplifter in Washington, DC, told me. "It doesn't feel like a world in which I can really get by and build a life very easily anymore, " he said. Advertisement"If most of this is happening in Walgreens and Walmart and places like that, I don't know, is it a problem?"

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☆ The Rise of GodGPT: Religions Are Using Bots for Spiritual Formation
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( John Brandon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

"Dealing with social anxiety can be challenging, but there are several approaches that might help," the bot responded. "Cathy represents our innovative approach to leveraging technology in support of spiritual exploration," says Rev. Lorenzo Lebrija, the founding director of TryTank and an Episcopal priest. But they've designed it to help spiritual seekers talk about subjects they feel "vulnerable or defensive" about. John Brandon is a journalist who has published over 15,000 articles on social media, technology, leadership, mentoring, and many other topics.

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☆ How Missile Defense Works (and Why It Fails)
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Agnes Chang | Samuel Granados | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

How Missile Defense Works (and Why It Fails) Iran fired two of the largest barrages of ballistic missiles ever at Israel this year. Neither attack caused major damage, but some Israeli and American officials said it may have been a Here’s why stopping a ballistic missile attack is hard. A defensive missile called an interceptor must be fired soon after that to reach the incoming missile in time. Israel’s best-known defense system, the Iron Dome, was built to stop short-range rockets, and is too slow and limited when it comes to ballistic missiles. Interceptor Enemy missile Kill vehicle Re-entry vehicle SPACE ATMOSPHERE Enemy missile Re-entry vehicle Interceptor Kill vehicle SPACE ATMOSPHERE Enemy missile Re-entry vehicle Kill vehicle Gimbaled sensor Rear thruster Enemy missile Re-entry vehicle Kill vehicle Gimbaled sensor Rear thruster Enemy missile Re-entry vehicle Warhead Enemy missile Re-entry vehicle Warhead Layers of defense Layers of defense Both an interceptor and an enemy missile shed the boosters that power them into space.

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☆ Frustration grows as federal agency struggles to combat election lies spread by Americans
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Some internal proposals to support election officials’ efforts to combat disinformation have made little headway. Jen Easterly, director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in an interview in Washington, DC, on October 2, 2024. Ben Curtis/APThe agency has advised election officials on how to communicate clearly with voters and to prepare for security incidents. Some election officials interviewed by CNN were skeptical about the federal government’s ability to debunk election lies that are part of a broader rise of misinformation in America. The agency now has a team of former election officials who provide physical and cybersecurity services to election offices around the country.

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☆ Can the Lions hold off another era of Packers dominance?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Rohan Nadkarni | Rohan Nadkarni Is A Sports Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

In the 30 years between the Detroit Lions’ winning divisional titles — a drought that lasted from 1993 to 2023 — the division they were in changed names. Meanwhile, in the same period, the Green Bay Packers were dominant. Are the Packers and Love about to embark on another run of divisional dominance? Whatever this division has been called for the last 30 years, the odds were Green Bay was going to win it. If this really is a new era of Detroit football, Sunday is a chance for the Lions to make a statement.

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Sales of single-family homes were down 12% in September compared with the same time in the previous year. But interest rates, rising home prices and skyrocketing insurance costs likely played bigger roles than the recent hurricanes. “Florida recovers much faster than you think,” said Brad O’Connor, chief economist for Florida Realtors. Because of stricter building codes implemented in the years after Hurricane Andrew devastated South Florida in 1992, newer homes withstand hurricanes better than older ones, O’Connor said. The number of households dropped from about 340,000 to about 326,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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☆ Passing down an inheritance? Here's how to handle these 4 complicated assets — including houses and retirement funds
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Christine Ji | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Beware of legal and tax complications for common assets such as houses and retirement funds. You can also liquidate the business, which will convert business assets into cash. Like a family business, these assets might have a lot of sentimental value but might not be easily passed down. Donating collections can be an effective way to circumvent capital-gains and estate taxes. Confront disagreements about assets like a house early on, and provide details about complex assets like a family business.

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