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☆ Twitter staff tell colleagues who quit not to turn the situation into an 'us-vs-them Squid Game'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Twitter staff tell colleagues who quit not to turn the situation into an "us-vs-them Squid Game." One said: "I just hate that he is the kind of person that makes me feel like everything is a trap." Employees took to the anonymous forum Blind to air their grievances and urge colleagues to understand why they may decide to stay on. Lets keep this about the people, and not turn it into us-vs-them Squid Game type of s**t," the user added. Another Blind user said he didn't click the link, responding to another user asking whether Twitter was worth joining.

☆ 36 Hours in Mexico City
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Elisabeth Malkin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

8:30 p.m. Head to JuárezAfter the commotion of the Historic Center, go to Juárez for a quiet dinner at Amaya . Unlike some of the buzzier stalwarts of the city’s creative dining scene in Roma, Amaya is where locals linger over wine and conversation. It is the chef Jair Téllez’s second restaurant in the city (his first is Merotoro ), and his idiosyncratic take on Baja-Med cuisine is consistently excellent. The high-ceilinged dining room is accented with a colorful mural and vivid floor tiles. Dinner for two without wine, about 1,700 pesos.

☆ GQ Awards honour 'Squid Game' star Lee, rapper Stormzy, among others
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Hanna Rantala | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] Lee Jung-jae accepts the award for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series for "Squid Game" at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, U.S., September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniLONDON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Actors Lee Jung-jae, Sydney Sweeney and Andrew Garfield, England soccer captain Leah Williamson and rapper Stormzy were among the honourees at the 2022 GQ Men Of The Year Awards in London on Wednesday. "This is the 25th GQ Men of the Year awards at British GQ. And what better time to just be a little bit radical, try something new, have a bit of fun. Other honourees include actor Ben Whishaw, documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux, Olympic distance-running champion Mo Farah and "House of the Dragon" star Emma D'Arcy.

☆ Amazon employees are cobbling together lists of teams experiencing layoffs, and a 'Safe List,' in a communication vacuum from leadership
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Katherine Long | Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Staff anxious to know more formed a Slack channel to discuss layoffs. The channel keeps a tally of teams where employees appear to have been cut, and a "Safe List." In a Slack channel, created Tuesday morning, employees are swapping news of job cuts, sharing resources, and supporting laid-off colleagues. Members of the new Slack have also drafted a "Safe List" of divisions that likely have avoided serious layoffs, underscoring the uncertainty some Amazon employees are experiencing. Employees criticized the offer, including the warning of layoffs, on the internal Slack channel.

☆ I spent a night on a superyacht and now I know why the superrich love them so much
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I spent a night on a superyacht in Croatia that can accommodate up to 30 people. The superrich love them and the yachting industry is booming and I now know why. Miha Menegalija of charter broker Goolets says owning a superyacht is one way to showcase your wealth. GooletsBefore boarding the Ohana, I had never been on a boat, let alone on a superyacht. It may not come as a great surprise, but I certainly could get used to spending plenty of time on a superyacht.

The setting for the second season of “White Lotus,” which premieres on HBO on Sunday, has shifted from a lavish five-star hotel nestled on a pristine beach in Hawaii to a luxury resort in the foothills of Sicily. What hasn’t changed is that the staff members working at the hotels are more relatable than the guests. Reboots of “Gossip Girl” and “The Kardashians” met similar fates as they failed to reach the heights of their originals. As most of us belong to the 99%, shows that scrutinize the top percentile are that much more delectable. “White Lotus” is one of the shows that manages to navigate both successfully, showcasing trust-fund babies who self-implode without the viewer feeling sorry for them.

☆ U.S. tech giants face pressure from Europe's telcos to pay for building the internet
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Michael Bocchieri | Getty ImagesIn Europe, the battle between U.S. Big Tech companies and telecommunications firms has reached fever pitch. In May 2022, EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager said she would look into requiring Big Tech firms to pay for network costs. In South Korea, companies have similarly lobbied politicians to force "over-the-top" players like YouTube and Netflix to pay for network access. Tech companies, naturally, don't think they should pay for the privilege of sending their traffic to consumers. There's also the matter of why internet users pay their providers in the first place.

☆ Harry Styles as a mer-creature in his new music video is something you'll never unsee
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Harry Styles has always been one to color outside the lines as an artist, and his latest music video is only the latest example. In the video for “Music For a Sushi Restaurant,” which premiered on Thursday, the former One Direction star appears as a mer-creature – half man, half squid (or is it an octopus?) – who finds himself in the kitchen of a sushi restaurant as cooks all around him chop up and fry various aquatic animal for gourmet dishes. Standout moments include Styles’ mer-creature acting like a bit of a diva backstage at the divey establishment, getting a manicure and having everyone wait on him hand and, well, tentacle. “Music For a Sushi Restaurant” is the third single off Styles’ third studio album “Harry’s House,” released in May.

☆ Netflix opens 'immersive' store for fans of popular shows
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Netflix series "Squid Game" is played on a mobile phone in this picture illustration taken September 30, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/IllustrationLOS ANGELES, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Streaming giant Netflix has opened a Los Angeles store that it hopes will combine retail therapy with an "immersive" experience for fans of its popular "Stranger Things," "Bridgerton," and "Squid Game" shows. The store - open until early January - offers shoppers the chance to take photos alongside the iconic Young-hee animatronic doll with laser eyes from “Squid Game" and Queen Charlotte’s throne from period drama "Bridgerton." Costumes and props from the shows are also on display, including a guitar used by one of the main characters in "Stranger Things." Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Danielle Broadway and Phil Lavelle, editing by Deepa BabingtonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Netflix threw shade at 'House of the Dragon' and 'Rings of Power' with a chart showing 'Dahmer' surpassing them in Google Trends
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Netflix touted the success of "Dahmer" by comparing it to "House of the Dragon" and "Rings of Power" on Google Trends. It shared a chart in its Q3 earnings report on Tuesday that showed "Dahmer" surpassed the shows in interest. In its third-quarter earnings letter to shareholders on Tuesday, Netflix threw shade at the two fantasy TV shows with a Google Trends chart, which showed searches for "Dahmer" surpassing both shows after its debut on September 21. The Google Trends data shows that the "Dahmer" search term skyrocketed in interest after its debut, well past the "Rings of Power" and "House of Dragon" search terms. As the Google Trends chart shows, the ability to watch all of 'Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story' helped drive significant interest in the show."

Oct 17 (Reuters) - Netflix Inc's (<NFLX.O>) subscriber growth forecast will be in focus when it reports third-quarter results on Tuesday, with the streaming pioneer set to launch an ad-supported plan to better compete with rivals such as Disney+ and HBO Max. Last week, Netflix said it would launch the plan in November at $6.99 a month, much before its previous estimate of early 2023 and Disney+'s December rollout. read more read moreAnalysts have said the long-resisted move will boost growth at a time when the market for connected TV advertising is booming. Analysts, polled by Refinitiv, expect Netflix to add a little more than 1 million subscribers in the third quarter. Netflix could generate net U.S/Canada ad revenue of $1.7 billion and international net ad revenue of $1 billion in 2025, according to brokerage MoffettNathanson.

☆ A Salt-Loving Nation Tries to Shake the Habit
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Miho Inada | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TOKYO—Pickled squid innards and cucumbers in brine are among the foods that make Japanese meals strikingly salty. Don’t forget the soy sauce. Government health officials worry all that salt is driving high blood pressure, a condition sprinkled across half the adults in Japan. Yet rather than trying to remake Japanese cuisine, food researchers are working to sate salt lust without sodium’s unsavory side effects.

The $6.99 cost for the "Basic with Ads" plan is $3 less than Netflix's lowest-priced tier without commercials. Subscribers to the plan will see roughly four to five minutes of advertising per hour, Netflix said. A "limited number" of movies and TV shows will not be available on the ad-supported plan because of licensing restrictions, "which we're working on," it added. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterNetflix executives had adamantly opposed adding commercials to their service for years. Other streaming services including Hulu, Disney+ and HBO Max have cheaper, ad-supported options or will offer them soon.

☆ Inside YouTube star MrBeast's 'extreme' thumbnail strategy that has led to viral success
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

With more than 100 million subscribers, Jimmy Donaldson, known online as MrBeast, is easily one of the top performing creators on YouTube. On Donaldson's main channel, his viral videos show him recreating Squid Game (291 million views), burying himself alive (196 million views), and spending 50 hours in solitary confinement (194 million views). Chaudry asked Donaldson what his team does when a video isn't performing well, and how much of an impact switching a video's thumbnail image can have. "Sometimes it's just not the thumbnail," Donaldson added. MrBeast has a dedicated YouTube thumbnail teamStill, Donaldson and his team strategize at length about the thumbnail before uploading a video.

☆ I got paid to test 'Survivor' challenges. It's like competing, but you stay in resorts instead of the wild.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Kaila Yu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

He worked on "Survivor" for two seasons as part of the show's "Dream Team," which tested challenges before they aired. I got the job because my girlfriend was working in the art department for the showIn 2009, getting a "Survivor" job was more about who you knew. It was fun because everyone would make side bets on which "Dream Team" players would win. The "Dream Team" would stand in on set to help with camera angles and lighting. I didn't return for Season 22 for personal reasons, but I would highly recommend working on "Survivor's Dream Team."

Note: Data for 2020 is from June 2020 through May 2021; for 2021, it is from June 2021 through May 2022. Path of Hai Feng 718 over 365 days Encounters with Chinese fishing vessels Note: Data is from June 2021 through May 2022. Transshipment allows fishing vessels to stay at sea year-round Parked side by side, carrier vessels exchange fuel, crew supplies and the catch from fishing vessels. This allows fishing ships to fish for longer periods. Fish hold where fish is transported from Fender to maintain a safe distance between ships FISHING VESSEL CARRIER VESSEL Crane to transport catch from fishing vessel to carrier vessel Fish hold where fish is transported from Fender to maintain a safe distance between ships FISHING VESSEL CARRIER VESSEL Crane to transport catch from fishing vessel to carrier vessel Transshipment between a squid fishing vessel and a cargo carrier in the North Indian Ocean last year.

☆ Photos show the tragic mass stranding event the killed a super pod of 200 whales in Australia
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

200 long-finned pilot whales have now died in the mass stranding event. The episode comes two years after 380 pilot whales were stranded and died in the same harbor area. - About 200 pilot whales have perished after stranding themselves on an exposed, surf-swept beach on the rugged west coast of Tasmania. GLENN NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty ImagesThis event comes just two years after the largest mass whale stranding happened in the same harbor. The largest ever recorded whale mass stranding was in 1918, when approximately 1,000 pilot whales came ashore on the Chatham Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

You can watch all the news from the Tudum event live via Netflix's YouTube channel on September 24. How to watch Netflix Tudum 2022You can watch the Netflix Tudum 2022 livestream event on Netflix's YouTube channel. What is Netflix's Tudum event? Tudum is an annual Netflix event that's a lot like Comic-Con for Netflix fans. Tudum 2022 is a chance for filmmakers to talk about popular and upcoming titles with fans.

☆ V&A celebrates 'Korean Wave' of popular culture with new exhibition
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Korean Wave" are K-Pop costumes, K-drama props as well as a replica of the bathroom set in Oscar-winning film "Parasite". Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"'Hallyu' actually means Korean wave and it refers to this meteoric rise of popular culture from South Korea that has taken the world by storm in the past few decades." The exhibition is split into different sections including K-pop and its fans, television drama and cinema, fashion and beauty. The Korean Wave" exhibition at the V&A in London, Britain, September 21, 2022. The Korean Wave" opens on Saturday and runs until June.

No one knows what all the sperm whale codas mean, but they can have distinctive rhythms and tempos, known as “dialects,” Hersh said. They’ve now determined that there are at least seven distinct sperm whale “vocal clans” across the Pacific Ocean, each with their own identity codas, Hersh said. And the sperm whale clans may be thousands of years old. Beguš is part of Project CETI — the Cetacean Translation Initiative — which was established last year to decipher the sounds of sperm whales. “As the authors note, we still understand little about the function of sperm whale codas,” she said in an email.

☆ Why Do All These 20-Somethings Have Closed Captions Turned On?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Cordilia James | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Closed captions are cool now. Just ask anyone under 40. More viewers, especially younger ones, are using tools that transcribe dialogue in the content they’re watching online, from Netflix movies to TikTok videos. This isn’t just about watching “Squid Game” drama in Korean with English subtitles.

"Squid Game" became Netflix Inc's (NFLX.O) most-watched series ever after its release last September, creating countless online memes and Halloween costumes and kickstarting sales of green tracksuits. 1/3 Park Hae-Soo, Lee Jung-Jae, Kim Ji-Yeon, Hwang Dong-Hyuk, Jung Ho-Yeon and Oh Young-Soo, of "Squid Game", arrive at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 12, 2022. "So many characters died, especially beloved ones died. The Emmy's directing honour epitomised Hwang's never-dreamed-of journey with the series, but he was disappointed at missing the trophy for best drama series, which went to HBO's "Succession". "Of course what I wanted the most was best drama series.

☆ I redeemed 47,000 Amex points for a phenomenal first-class flight to Asia worth $14,000, and it was one of the best in-air experiences of my life
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Chris Dong | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Here's how I booked it using credit card points — and a rundown of the flight itself. Earn 5x Membership Rewards® Points on prepaid hotels booked with American Express Travel. More Information Earn 100,000 Membership Rewards® points after you spend $6,000 on purchases on your new Card in your first 6 months of Card Membership. Earn 5X Membership Rewards® Points for flights booked directly with airlines or with American Express Travel up to $500,000 on these purchases per calendar year and earn 5X Membership Rewards® Points on prepaid hotels booked with American Express Travel. Bottom lineOne of the best things about transferable credit card points, such as Amex Membership Rewards, is the incredible flexibility that they offer.

The 2022 Emmys is hosted by Kenan Thompson and will be held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. How to watch the 2022 Emmy AwardsYou can watch the 2022 Emmy Awards live on September 12 at 8 p.m. $1.99 from Peacock TV Originally $4.99 Save 60%NBC and its related channels are also available through several live TV streaming services, including Sling TV, Youtube TV, FuboTV, and Hulu + Live TV. Deal Sling TV Sling is one of the most affordable live TV streaming services you can sign up for. 2022 Emmy nomineesThe 2022 Emmys feature nominees across several categories and honor the best shows of the year.

☆ Netflix continued to bleed subscribers for the second quarter in a row — a first for the company that proves why it's introducing an ad-supported plan and cracking down on password sharing
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-19 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It's addressing slowing growth by cracking down on password sharing and introducing an ad-based plan. Netflix said on Tuesday that it lost 970,000 subscribers in the second quarter of the year, and it now has 220.67 million global subscribers. It's blamed its slowing growth on a number of factors, including economic strains, password sharing, and increased streaming competition. While it lost subscribers for the last two quarters, Netflix is bullish about Q3 and forecasted adding 1 million subscribers during the time period. It was already testing ways to monetize password sharing in other Latin American regions.

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