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☆ Rescued Hostage Describes Months of Uncertainty and Terror in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Isabel Kershner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Idling away the hours in a darkened room in Gaza with two other hostages, Andrey Kozlov sometimes heard one of his captors on the other side of the door typing away on a laptop. The man was a constant presence in the apartment, while other guards worked shifts and went out to the market, Mr. Kozlov said in an interview, from a hotel room in a Tel Aviv suburb a month after his rescue from captivity. The guards were unmasked, but they were careful not to reveal their names, telling the hostages to call them all Muhammad. To differentiate between them, Mr. Kozlov said the hostages gave them nicknames like Big Muhammad and Little Muhammad. Their main jailer had a rounded face, so they called him “Muhammad H’dudim,” Hebrew slang for “Muhammad Chubby Cheeks.”

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☆ Biggest risks of using gen AI like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Apple Intelligence in your private life
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Cheryl Winokur Munk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Many consumers are enamored with generative AI, using new tools for all sorts of personal or business matters. From OpenAI's ChatGPT to Google's Gemini to Microsoft Copilot software and the new Apple Intelligence, AI tools for consumers are easily accessible and proliferating. How is your information used and how might it be used? If you're entering a confidential document, the AI model now has access to it, which could raise all sorts of concerns. Set a short retention period for generative AI for searchConsumers might not think much before they seek out information using AI, using it like they would a search engine to generate information and ideas.

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☆ Landing a job at Microsoft, Meta, Google or Nvidia is tough. Here's what you need to know about the hiring process.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Nvidia, meanwhile, emphasizes technical exercises such as HackerRank coding assessments, while Microsoft evaluates candidates' problem-solving, design, coding, and testing skills. Here's a summary of Big Tech firms' hiring process guides to give you an idea of what to expect. GoogleOnce you've applied for a job and a recruitment team member thinks you might be a good fit, they will be in touch to start the hiring process. According to Google's guide, the first step typically involves taking a Google hiring assessment to test your skills. The Facebook and Instagram owner has compiled a comprehensive guide about its "Full Loop Interview" process, which includes three to five conversations.

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☆ AI tools and startups are helping workers bluff their way through job interviews. Just don't call it cheating.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Read previewMichael Guan wants you to use AI to bluff your way through that job interview. He's the cofounder and CEO of Final Round AI, a startup building artificial intelligence-powered tools for job seekers. There's a debate in Silicon Valley about the appropriateness of candidates using AI in job interviews. An AI-powered proxy interview demoArjun, a professional interview proxy, hopped on a call to explain how it worked and then gave a demo. Guan argued that using AI during a job interview isn't underhanded; it shows the worker's ingenuity.

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☆ AI Is Quietly Being Used to Pick Your Pocket With Personalized Pricing
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Albert Fox Cahn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Under the long-standing law, companies can face ruinous penalties for price discrimination only if they're discriminating against other businesses. Tyler Le/BII say low-grade shock because at the time personalized pricing discrimination was far less widespread and harmful than it is today. And many of those that don't disclose using personalized pricing still do it. AI pricing also means that those who are the most desperate and most vulnerable will often pay the most. So much of AI pricing acts as a regressive tax, charging those with the most the least.

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☆ I lost my wallet. Here's what experts say I should do to protect my identity and money
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Genna Contino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Eventually, tired from my frantic searching, I accepted defeat and contacted the bank to lock my cards. After losing my wallet, I decided to ask a few sources what course of action I should take to protect my money and identity. I then made a list of everything that was in my wallet ... and that was the easy part. Soon after requesting a replacement debit card, Bank of America sent me a virtual one that I was able to add to my Apple wallet and use immediately. Other tips and tricks to manage a lost wallet

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☆ Hunter Biden Sues Fox News Over a Series That Included His Nude Photos
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Michael M. Grynbaum | More About Michael M. Grynbaum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden’s son Hunter Biden sued Fox News on Sunday, arguing that a mini-series produced by the company broke the law by sharing explicit photos and videos of him without his permission. The program, “The Trial of Hunter Biden,” which first appeared in 2022 on Fox Nation, the network’s streaming service, presented a dramatized version of a criminal trial of Mr. Biden, with fictional charges. The mini-series integrated real-life images of Mr. Biden in the nude and engaged in sex acts, imagery that was discovered on a laptop that Mr. Biden abandoned at a computer repair shop in Delaware. The law allows people to sue anyone who shares their sexually explicit photos and videos without permission. “Fox published and disseminated these intimate images to its vast audience of millions as part of an entertainment program in order to humiliate, harass, annoy and alarm Mr. Biden and to tarnish his reputation,” the lawsuit states.

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☆ Hunter Biden sues Fox News over ‘mock trial’ miniseries
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Hunter Biden has sued Fox News and its parent corporation, accusing the right-wing network of smearing him and unlawfully publishing his explicit images without his consent in a 2022 miniseries about his legal troubles. The miniseries, “The Trial of Hunter Biden,” was a six-part offering on the Fox Nation digital streaming network, and was also promoted on Fox News, the cable TV channel. It featured a dramatized “mock trial” about Hunter Biden’s overseas financial dealings that led in part to his federal tax indictment and that also fueled House Republicans’ struggling impeachment inquiry into his father. Fox News took down the miniseries in late April, one day after Hunter Biden threatened to file a lawsuit. “The program was removed within days of the letter, in an abundance of caution, but Hunter Biden is a public figure who has been the subject of multiple investigations and is now a convicted felon.

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☆ Gen Z workers vs. millennial bosses: 'Having high expectations and wanting work-life balance and an employer who cares isn't a bad thing'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Tess Martinelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

For example, some millennials who manage Gen Zers face the unique challenge of weighing their corporate conditioning against more progressive ideals. Courtesy of Maya PennSome people say that Gen Z's eclectic style is unprofessional, but 24-year-old Maya Penn said Gen Z is simply embracing authenticity. Another tool she's implemented is adopting a softer approach to giving feedback after she noticed her Gen Z employees were interpreting her initial approach as criticism. Despite the challenges of leading Gen Z, this manager said the younger generation has taught her to prioritize her personal life. "Some people complain that they're hard to work with, but having high expectations and wanting work-life balance and an employer who cares isn't a bad thing," Tooker told BI.

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☆ 5 money management tips to ensure your funds keep growing
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Sponsor Post | Sponsored Apple Card | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

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☆ Inside the New Job Stress Test Used From the NFL to the C-Suite
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Scott Nover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

In fact, I outperformed nearly all draft prospects in certain categories of this test, floundering on only one. Related storiesFor many years, the standard-bearer for evaluating the brains of NFL athletes was the Wonderlic, a short IQ test with a series of increasingly difficult questions. Stroud, then favored to be the first player selected in the NFL draft, over the Alabama quarterback Bryce Young. But then Stroud, the alleged dolt, went on to have one of the best rookie campaigns of any NFL quarterback, while Young struggled all year. Unfazed by the controversy over Stroud, S2 has begun selling its tests to other sectors.

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☆ Inside Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy spending: $100 on pizza, $4 polyester ties, and 'deep bronze' tanning lotion
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

They also include quite a few Amazon purchases, including cheap ties and "deep bronze" tanning lotion. For the first time, Giuliani disclosed the financial details of Giuliani Communications, the company he owns that produces his video livestreams on social media. On a monthly basis, Giuliani Communications spends more money than it makes — even before the WABC cancellation. Earlier filings were compiled by Joseph Ricci, an accountant whose firm was paid $4,000 by Giuliani Communications in May. Ricci has since declined to work on the banruptcy, Giuliani's lawyers have said.

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☆ An ex-Survivor contestant who brought in five figures from her online business while filming the show explains how she created a lucrative passive income stream in 3 steps
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The 36-year-old single mom runs an email marketing business. Here's how Wilcox created passive income in three steps. Wilcox started her email marketing business during the pandemic. "Everyone talks about passive income, but they keep growing. Earning passive income doesn't happen overnight.

Persons: —, Liz Wilcox, Wilcox, I'm, Here's, it's Organizations: Service, LAX, Business

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Amazon enters $2 trillion club
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Abid Ali | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose as investors parse comments from Fed officials and await key inflation data due Friday. $2,000,000,000,000Amazon's market capitalization surpassed $2 trillion for the first time on Wednesday, joining the ranks of tech giants like Apple and Microsoft. YouTube dominanceAlphabet's YouTube, the pioneer of user-generated content, continues to dominate media consumption, now accounting for nearly 10% of all TV viewership in the U.S.

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☆ No More Work Friends: Personal Relationships on the Job Are Overrated
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

We spent weeks planning a "cake party" for our other work friends. The general line is that work friendships are good because social connections at work keep people productive and engaged and help them manage stress. On a fundamental level, work friendships aren't the same as friendship friendships. Advertisement"I think we should try to bring our best professional selves to work, but why should we bring our intimate selves to work?" There's space for moderation, though, or even the chance to shed some work friendships for good.

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And they were everywhere, although, naturally, New York City was a magnet, as it has always been for L.G.B.T.Q.+ people looking for a place in which they can be themselves. New York City was where you lost your soul, and we wanted to be closer to the earth. I wore an eight-and-a-half-foot-tall Statue of Liberty costume to the Easter Parade in New York City, and Kirsten came along with me. By the time I turned 30, I’d been telling people I was older for years, because I’m not the type to bemoan the loss of my youth. Going to New York felt like this moment of emerging to a wider audience, and then I started to travel a lot.

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☆ 4 investors share the strategies they're using to earn passive income and build wealth while they sleep
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Whereas, with passive income, the idea is you do upfront work and then the gig pays you while you sleep. Insider has spoken with individuals and couples who have built passive income streams that are helping them build wealth without having to put in a ton of hours. "I 100% think that it can be a lucrative passive income stream," Erika said of investing in a franchise. That comes out to about $40,000 a month in just subscription revenue. "Everyone talks about passive income, but they keep growing.

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☆ Opinion: Bosses are striking back at workers who use mouse jigglers
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Opinion Jeff Yang | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Especially the last bit: Corporate America is obsessed with ensuring their employees are staying productive when they’re working remotely, away from the gimlet eyes of management. It’s easy to imagine the types of pretend productivity gadgets these employees might have used: “mouse jigglers,” gizmos with a questionable name that make random, small motions of a mouse or touchpad. And Wells Fargo’s crackdown on these gadgets is just the latest attempt by big business to rein in perceived slacking by remote employees. That perceptual gap reflects a vast and growing mutual distrust between workers and employers in America. They’re how workers are battling back against boardroom Big Brother, in a technological arms race that’s only getting wilder as devices get more sophisticated.

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☆ Supreme Court allows White House to press social media companies to remove disinformation
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( John Fritze | Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the White House and federal agencies such as the FBI may continue to urge social media platforms to take down content the government views as misinformation, handing the Biden administration a technical if important election-year victory. Republican officials in two states – Missouri and Louisiana – and five social media users sued over that practice in 2022, arguing that the White House did far more than “persuade” the tech giants to take down a few deceptive items. That might include, the justices theorized, social media threats targeting public figures or disclosures of sensitive information about US troops. The case arrived at the high court at a time when the government has repeatedly warned of foreign efforts to use social media to influence elections. The jawboning case was one of several high-profile matters the court is deciding at intersection of the First Amendment and social media.

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☆ YouTube dominates streaming, forcing media companies to decide whether it's friend or foe
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +15 min

But media companies such as Netflix, Disney and Warner Bros. Those competing truths have led media and entertainment companies to concoct a wide array of strategies to combat the growing threat. John Lamparski | Getty ImagesEarlier this year, YouTube Chief Executive Officer Neal Mohan announced that users watch more than 1 billion hours of YouTube content on TV screens each day. Disney has made bespoke YouTube content for its new preschool series "Disney Junior's Ariel," which debuts June 27, to introduce the mermaid character to kids. That's YouTube 2.0."

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☆ A 36-year-old single mom explains how she turned her skill for getting people to open their emails into a business that brings in $40,000 a month
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

That's how ignorant I was," the 36-year-old single mom told Business Insider. I'm used to working with beginners. That's when I thought, 'OK, I'm really on to something.'" "The first two years of the membership, it wasn't overwhelming but it definitely wasn't passive. "More than the money, I really want to do that because I want to show people what is possible.

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☆ AI unlocks creation of video content without having to film, Synthesia CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAI unlocks creation of video content without having to film, Synthesia CEO saysVictor Riparbelli, CEO and co-founder of Synthesia, discusses the company's new products which enable users to create personalized AI avatars using their laptop or phone cameras, as well as the broader AI landscape in Europe.

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☆ Nvidia-backed AI startup Synthesia now lets you make multilingual video presentations using just your phone or webcam
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Synthesia, which says it's used by nearly half of the Fortfune 500, uses AI avatars for all kinds of purposes. Synthesia's AI video assistant can produce summaries of entire articles and documents. SynthesiaSynthesia also launched a new AI video assistant which can produce summaries of entire articles and documents. The company's competitors include AI video tools Veed, Colossyan, Elai, and HeyGen. And Chinese-owned social media app TikTok also recently debuted Symphony Assistant, a product that allows creators to make their own AI avatars.

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☆ I walk over 3 miles to work once a week. A rucking expert helped me turn it into a better workout.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewWhen I first heard of rucking, a workout favored by both Guy Fieri and the Fittest Woman on Earth, I realized I already sort of do it. Julia PugachevskyKeep the heavier items towards the topCihlar said that your shoulders sometimes feel sore when you start rucking. For more seasoned ruckers, she recommended getting real rucking shoes because trainers "break down faster once you start adding that load." Julia PugachevskyI wore my running shoes and switched to mules at work (which had the bonus of making my pack just a little heavier, too). Julia Pugachevsky/StravaWhen I first started walking to work, I minimized it and didn't consider it a real workout.

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