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☆ 'The Apprentice' director shares the challenges of making a Donald Trump movie despite receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the former president
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Ali Abbasi's film 'The Apprentice' faced backlash from Donald Trump after its Cannes debut. Advertisement"The filmmakers now readily admit they fabricated scenes and created fake stories to fit some deranged narrative about President Trump that is completely untrue," Trump communications director Steven Cheung said Friday. Do a Donald Trump movie!" But frankly, my motivation was that it is not a Donald Trump movie. Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump and Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in "The Apprentice."

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☆ Getting more F-16s is only half the battle. Ukraine also desperately needs to be training more pilots.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Ukraine needs more trained pilots to effectively build a reliable F-16 fighter fleet. AdvertisementUkraine desperately needs more trained pilots to effectively build a formidable F-16 fighter fleet, air warfare experts told Business Insider. AdvertisementTraining bottleneckF-16 training for Ukraine's pilots is being done by a coalition of countries, including the Netherlands, Canada, Denmark, the US, and Romania. "The number of F-16s we have in Ukraine, the number of pilots who have already been trained, is not enough," he said. AP Photo/Efrem LukatskyBohnert said the number of F-16s Ukraine is getting from its partners is "definitely not enough."

Persons: —, Michael Bohnert, Gordon, Skip, Davis, Bohnert, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Efrem, Troels Lund Poulsen, George Barros, Ukraine's, Lockheed Martin, That's, Efrem Lukatsky, Lukatsky Bohnert, Zelenskyy, Russia's, it's Organizations: Training, Service, Ukraine, RAND Corporation, US Army, Defense Investment Division, REUTERS, Politico, AP, Danish Defense, General Dynamics, Lockheed, Associated Press, Ukrainian, Air, Patriot Air and Missile Defense, US Air Force Locations: Ukraine, Soviet, Netherlands, Canada, Denmark, Romania, Norway, Belgium, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Russia

☆ Milwaukee’s Black voters expose cracks in Democratic foundation for Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“How do you feel about Kamala Harris?” Johnson asks when a woman answers the door and steps out onto the porch. … She’s making a good image for herself and for the Democrats.”A year ago, Lang was blunt about Biden’s struggles in Milwaukee’s Black neighborhoods. “If I were a gambling man, I would probably put my money on Harris,” Jones told us in an interview at Confectionately Yours, a new Black-owned coffee shop and bakery on Milwaukee’s Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Milwaukee-based entrepreneur Eric Jones describes the change in "energy" and voter enthusiasm since Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic presidential nominee. Harris’ work as San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general might help woo suburban voters but, at a minimum, raises questions here.

Persons: Wisconsin CNN — Devonta Johnson, Kamala Harris, ” Johnson, “, ”, Johnson, Harris, Joe Biden, –, Angela Lang, Lang, ” Lang, Biden, Trump, Kamala, rollin ’, that’s, canvassers, ’, Brian McMutuary, Jacqueline Kalil, CNN Brian McMutuary, ” McMutuary, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, “ Nope, ” Eric Jones, ” Jones, Martin Luther King Jr, Eric Jones, ‘, ’ ’ ’ Jones Organizations: Wisconsin CNN, Trump, Black, Democratic, BLOC, Communities, CNN, “, Young, San, Democratic Party Locations: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee’s Black, Menomonee Falls, . Milwaukee, San Francisco, California, “

CNN —Concerns are mounting for the safety of United Nations peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon amid Israel’s ground incursion, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix warned on Thursday, after Israeli fire resulted in the injury of two UN troops. The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported early Thursday that the peacekeepers were injured after an Israeli tank fired toward an observation tower at its headquarters in the southern Lebanese city Naqoura. “The IDF is operating in southern Lebanon and maintains routine communication with UNIFIL,” the IDF said in a statement after Thursday’s incident. UN peacekeepers have been stationed in southern Lebanon since 2006, per a mandate by the United Nations Security Council. Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni summoned the Israeli ambassador in Rome on Thursday after what she described as “unacceptable” behavior by the Israeli forces.

Persons: Jean, Pierre Lacroix, Peace Operations Lacroix, ” Lacroix, ” UNFIL, ”, Farhan Haq, –, Indonesian –, Wafiq Safa, Giorgia Meloni, Stefano Messina, Yoav Gallant, “, Micheál Martin, Simon Harris, Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell Organizations: CNN, United Nations, UN, UN Security, Peace Operations, UN Interim Force, Israel Defense Forces, UNIFIL, IDF, Indonesian, United Nations Security Council, Hezbollah, Italy’s, Israel’s, Italian UNIFIL, Irish, European Union High Representative, Foreign Affairs Locations: Lebanon, Iran, Lebanese, “, Naqoura, Israel, Beirut, Italy, France, Ireland, Rome, Italian, ” France, EU

Sean Rayford/Getty Images Cars move slowly through Matlacha, Florida, on Thursday after Hurricane Milton damaged power lines. Chris Urso/Tampa Bay Times/AP A satellite image captures Hurricane Milton reaching the coast of Florida on Wednesday, October 9. Chris O'Meara/AP David Jalving throws outdoor furniture into his father's pool in Fort Myers to prepare for Hurricane Milton. Marta Lavandier/AP A man in Progreso boards up an apartment building to protect it from Hurricane Milton on Monday. “Many areas in the county have incurred severe property damage because of back-to-back impacts from Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton,” Pinellas County Consumer Protection said in a public advisory Thursday.

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☆ A 2,000-year-old temple is being restored to its original spectacular colors, adding new meaning to its ancient Egyptian inscriptions
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The temple of Edfu is over 2,000 years old and centuries of dirt had built up on its walls. All the grime covered vibrant colors that add a new layer of meaning to the inscriptions. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! AdvertisementA restoration team is transforming the Temple of Horus from a dusty, grimy sight into a glimpse of the colorful masterpiece it once was. The temple is covered, up to its ceiling, with inscriptions, images, and hieroglyphs that Egyptians painstakingly created more than 2,000 years ago.

Persons: —, Horus, Edfu, Martin A . Stadler Organizations: Service, University of Würzburg, Egyptian Ministry of Tourism Locations: Edfu, Egypt

The extent of the damage to homes and businesses from Hurricane Milton is still being assessed. “There’s a lot of people feeling that anxiety, feeling the stresses, compounding with two different storms so close together,” Martin said. My mental health cannot handle that." Before Hurricane Milton hit, families in Tampa, Florida, were still coping with damage by flooding from Hurricane Helene. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recommends to call or text 1-800-985-5990 24/7.

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☆ Ethel Kennedy, human rights activist and widow of Robert F. Kennedy, dies at 96
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Ethel Kennedy, the widow of former US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and a longtime human rights activist, died Thursday, her family said. Former Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy III announced the news of his grandmother’s passing on X. Ethel Kennedy was hospitalized after suffering a stroke last week. Photographs of the shooting aftermath show Ethel Kennedy, leaning over her husband with her hands over his chest as he bled onto the floor. In the decades following her husband’s death, Ethel Kennedy emerged as an environmental and human rights activist in her own right, founding the nonprofit organization Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights to champion the causes her late husband pushed for. She met Robert F. Kennedy in 1945 through his sister, Jean Kennedy, on a ski trip.

Persons: Ethel Kennedy, Robert F, Kennedy, Joe Kennedy III, David, Michael, Mary, Maeve, Saoirse, Gideon, Josie, ”, John F, Martin Luther King Jr, Rory, Cesar Chavez, Daniel Arap Moi, Kerry, Barack Obama, Ethel Kennedy’s, Kennedy Jr, Donald Trump ., Jean Kennedy, George Skakel, Ann Skakel, Saoirse Kennedy Hill, Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, CNN’s Paul LeBlanc, Tom Foreman Organizations: CNN, Former Massachusetts, United, Democratic, Farm Workers, Kenyan, Trump, RFK Jr Locations: United States, Los Angeles, Mexico, Chicago, Greenwich , Connecticut

☆ FEMA was strapped for cash even before America's hurricane double whammy
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

FEMA for two months had to pause $9 billion meant for communities still recovering from past disasters. In this case, for nearly two months, FEMA hoarded $9 billion to make up for delayed funding from Congress. But Biden-administration officials warn of another shortfall as soon as January, especially after Hurricane Milton slammed into the Tampa area late Wednesday. "So if FEMA delays reimbursements, local governments have to bear those costs, and they may put off recovery efforts. FEMA officials have repeatedly said they have enough resources to respond to Hurricane Helene and now Hurricane Milton but declined to specify how much disaster aid remained available.

Persons: Milton, Helene, Hurricane Milton, Biden, Craig Fugate, Obama, Carlos Martín, Martín, Yucel Ors, Joe Biden, Mike Johnson, Hurricane Helene, Johnson, Ors Organizations: Hurricanes, FEMA, Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Hurricane, FEMA doesn't, Harvard University, National League of Cities, White, Republican, Fox Locations: Florida, Hurricane, Vermont, California, Pacific, Tampa, Washington, Louisiana, Milton, North Carolina , Georgia, South Carolina , Florida , Tennessee, Virginia, Asheville , North Carolina, Asheville

CNN —Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday night, making landfall as a powerful Category 3 storm. The intense hurricane spawned tornadoes, dumped rain across much of the state, left millions without power and claimed at least 12 lives, including five people in St. Lucie County. Milton is the third hurricane to hit Florida this year — which has only happened during five other hurricane seasons since 1871. Many areas in Florida are also recovering from the aftermath of a Milton-spurred torrent “supercharged” tornadoes, according to National Hurricane Center Director Michael Brennan. Milton was the fifth hurricane to make landfall in the United States this year, joining Category 1 Beryl, Category 1 Debby, Category 2 Francine and Category 4 Helene.

Persons: Hurricane Milton, Lucie County, Helene, Deanne Criswell, Michael Brennan, “ We’ve, Lucie Mayor Shannon Martin, CNN’s Jim Acosta, “, I’ve, Hurricane Irma, Milton, Beryl, Debby, Francine Organizations: CNN, Hurricane, NASA, Climate, FEMA, National Hurricane Center, National Weather Services Locations: Coast, St, Lucie, Siesta, Milton, Florida, Gulf, Mexico, St . Petersburg, Hillsborough, Lucie County, Port St, Tampa Bay , Melbourne, Miami, Hurricane, Hardee, Highlands, Tampa, Petersburg, Sarasota, United States

This article is part of the Opinion series At the Brink,about the threat of nuclear weapons in an unstable world. It follows a decades-long freeze on designing, building or testing new nuclear weapons. The new buildings and cutting-edge machinery will eventually process the uranium needed to make the next generation of American nuclear weapons. Now there are an estimated 12,000 nuclear weapons in the world. It is undeniably true that the world is becoming more contentious, and nuclear weapons do deter our adversaries.

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☆ Why The New York Times' lawyers are inspecting OpenAI's code in a secretive room
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Lawyers for The New York Times are poring through ChatGPT's source code and training material. It is there to be inspected by lawyers for The New York Times. The Times' lawyers can share their notes with up to five outside consultants to help them understand what the code does. That text includes stories from The New York Times, articles from other publications, and an untold number of copyrighted books. OpenAI similarly used high-quality, well-researched, well-written, and fact-based New York Times articles to make ChatGPT so impressive, the Times argues.

Persons: morass, —, Sam Altman, Susman Godfrey, Mother Jones, George RR Martin, Jodi Picoult, Nehisi Coates, Kristelia García, Axel Springer, García, OpenAI, Justin Nelson, Godfrey, Nelson, Daniel Ek, Sean Parker, Matthew Sag, poring, Christa Laser Organizations: The New York Times, Service, Times, Publishers, Fox News, The New York Daily News, Georgetown University Law, Business, New York Times, Microsoft, Napster, Anthropic, OpenAI, Spotify, Emory University, America, Cleveland State University Locations: United States, Manhattan

But residents in St. Lucie County faced an entirely different threat: fatal tornadoes that were “supercharged” compared to typical hurricane-spawned tornadoes, National Hurricane Center Director Michael Brennan told CNN Thursday. “Their whole homes with them inside were lifted up, moved, destroyed,” St. Lucie County Sheriff Keith Pearson said. The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office was damaged in Fort Pierce as Hurricane Milton crossed into Florida. “There’s no way we could have predicted this type of activity because this is just not precedented,” Port St. Lucie Mayor Shannon Martin told CNN’s Jim Acosta on Thursday morning. Julene Martin-Morganelli, board of directors president at Sunnier Palms Park and Campgrounds, was in her house when a tornado hit the area, she told CNN Thursday.

Persons: Milton, Lucie County, Michael Brennan, Keith Pearson, Hurricane Milton, Eric Hasert, Hurricane Irma, “, Lucie Mayor Shannon Martin, CNN’s Jim Acosta, I’ve, Lucie, Julene Martin, Martin, Morganelli, ”, ‘, Laura Gabriel, Gabriel Organizations: Lucie County , Florida CNN, CNN, National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center, Spanish Lakes Country Club, South Florida Logistics, Sheriff's, USA, Prestige Storage Locations: Lucie County , Florida, Siesta Key, Florida, St . Petersburg, St, Lucie, South Florida, Spanish, Portofino Shores, Holiday Pines, Lakewood Park, South, ” St, Fort Pierce, Hurricane, ” Port St

As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida, the staff at Sarasota Memorial Hospital are getting ready. The main hospital, Sarasota Memorial, is the largest. Staff at Sarasota Memorial can bring their pets to the hospital's temporary shelter. Courtesy Sarasota Memorial Health Care SystemAt AdventHealth Tampa Emergency Department, Dr. Alex Waldman, 35, is part of the B team. He’s preparing his house for the storm and bolting the hurricane shutters.

Persons: Milton, We’re, ”, David Verinder, Verinder, “ They’re, they’re, Alex Waldman, Waldman, Hurricane Helene, “, Helene, Lee, Monica Collins, Collins, Hurricane Ian, Fort Myers, she’s, Ian, He’s, I’m, I’ve, ” Waldman Organizations: Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota Memorial Health Care, Sarasota Memorial, Staff, Sarasota, Sarasota Memorial Health, Tampa Emergency Department, Lee Health, Southwest Florida Hospital, Skilled, Children’s, of Southwest, Hurricane Locations: Florida, Sarasota, Tampa, Hurricane, Fort Myers, of Southwest Florida, Miami, Fort

☆ Trump versus Harris: What the November election means for defense stocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

No matter who voters choose, whether it is former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris , Liwag doesn't expect a meaningful shake-up in the outlook for defense stocks. Still, the analyst notes that even cases where an administration cuts defense spending, stocks can still carve out gains. During the Obama administration, the defense budget fell 3.3%, but defense stocks gained 2.1%. The defense stocks Morgan Stanley covers have outperformed the S & P 500 since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Liwag said. "Historically, the conventional wisdom has been that Republicans are positive for defense spending and defense stocks, while Democrats are negative," Harned said.

Persons: Bernstein, Douglas Harned, Lockheed Martin, Morgan Stanley, Kristine Liwag, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Liwag, Bernstein's Harned, Harned, Harris, Wolfe Research's, Tobin Marcus, Marcus, Ronald Epstein, Epstein, Trump, Northrop, Obama, Northrop Grumman, Morgan Stanley's, Michael Ciarmoli, Truist, Leonardo Organizations: P Aerospace, Defense, Industry, L3Harris Technologies, Lockheed, CNBC, " Bank of America, Democratic, Senate, Republican, U.S . House, Trump White House, Republican Senate, Trump, Abrams, Space Force, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Hamas, Dynamics, Northrop, Gulfstream, Leonardo DRS, Moog, Republicans Locations: Ukraine, U.S, Russia, Crimea, Iran, Israel

☆ Meet the executive tasked with Citi's hardest challenge: getting the bank's house in order
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

For Selva, leading the Transformation is unlike any test he has faced in his three-decade career at Citi. To do so, he has to solve for Citi's decades of underinvestment in its infrastructure, which affects every business line of the bank. Under Selva, Citi was the No. Related stories"The challenge with the Transformation role is you are accountable yet not responsible," the managing director in the Transformation said. Courtesy of CitiBringing in Ryan, the bank's head of technology and business enablement, to help the bank catch up makes sense.

Persons: Jane Fraser, Anand Selva, Selva, Sen, Elizabeth Warren, We've, Fraser, Gonzalo Luchetti, Luchetti, Kathleen Martin, Martin, Mike Mayo, Tim Ryan, Mayo, Vernon Yuen, Adora Tidalgo, Anand, Jim O'Donnell, Win McNamee, Andy Sieg, Tidalgo, Phil Waxelbaum, Jeffrey Warren, Ryan, Warren, Ashutosh Nawani, Japan Mehta, Mehta, Nawani, Tom Williams, Timothy Coffey, Janney Montgomery Scott, they've, Stephen Biggar Organizations: Citigroup, Citi, Federal Reserve, Currency, OCC, Business, underperformance, BI, Citi ., Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Asia Pacific, divesting, Employees, Merrill Wealth Management, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Russell Reynolds Associates, Securities, Exchange Commission, Bloomberg, Getty, Argus Research Locations: Selva, Chennai, India, Asia, who's, Wells, Madurai, Coimbatore, China, Singapore, New York, Fraser, Europe, Ryan

☆ Declassified army photos look like they’ve been pulled from a fashion magazine
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Zoe Whitfield | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Matthieu Nicol, whose singular new monograph is called “Fashion Army,” isn’t especially engrossed in the military. Of the nearly 15,000 he found in the online archive, “Fashion Army” re-contextualizes an edit of 350, featuring images of non-models from various military branches posing in uniform. Courtesy Matthieu Nicol/SPBH/MACKThe catalog-style images were produced for reasons unknown. Courtesy Matthieu Nicol/SPBH/MACK"Fashion Army" explores how military style has influenced different subcultures for decades. Military research always has civilian applications.” Courtesy Matthieu Nicol/SPBH/MACKThe correlation between the images here and wider fashion trends is explicit, too.

Persons: Harris, Walz, Chappell Roan’s, Matthieu Nicol, ” isn’t, ”, Rencontres d’Arles, Army ”, SPBH, MACK, Nicol’s, Angelo Flaccavento, “, Nicol, they’ve, ” Nicol, Louis Vuitton, Pharrell Williams, Helmut Lang’s, Chalamet, ” Flaccavento, Williams, Nigo, Juergen Teller, Martin Margiela Organizations: CNN, DNC, Army, SPBH, Army’s Natick Soldier Systems Center, US Army’s Natick Soldier Systems Center, US Army, Vuitton, Wonka, Billionaire Boys Club, C.P ., U.S . Army, “ Locations: Boston, Vietnam, —, Marfa, Las Vegas, Stone

☆ Why some Florida residents aren’t evacuating ahead of Hurricane Milton
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Paul P. Murphy | Michelle Krupa | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Traffic flows east Tuesday along Interstate 4 as residents continue to follow evacuation orders ahead of Hurricane Milton. A motorist drives past broken utility poles downed by strong wind gusts as Hurricane Milton approaches Fort Myers, Florida, on Wednesday, October 9. Chris O'Meara/AP David Jalving throws outdoor furniture into his father's pool in Fort Myers to prepare for Hurricane Milton. Julio Cortez/AP A man clears debris left by Hurricane Helene from his home in Treasure Island, Florida, on Monday. Marta Lavandier/AP A man in Progreso boards up an apartment building to protect it from Hurricane Milton on Monday.

Persons: Vivienne Marran, ”, Hurricane Milton, Marran, Helene, they’ve, we’ve, “ I’ve, ” Marran, Helene –, “, Holly Speckhart, Julio Cortez, ‘, Jane Castor, you’re, ” Speckhart, Ian – Bridgit, Budd, Milton, Fort, Ricardo Arduengo, Connor Ferran, Fort Myers, Joe Raedle, Paul Hennessy, Saul Martinez, Stephen Lundgren, Doug Engle, Payton Wyse, Andrew Goncharsky, Lee, Nicolette Mariano, Kaila Jones, Yamil Lage, Damon Higgins, Ted Carlson, McKenzie, Evan Purcell, Purcell's, Anna Maria Island, Carlson, Rebecca Blackwell, Hurricane Helene, Bryan R, Smith, Matthew Dominick, NASA Aurelio Ortiz, Lorenzo Hernandez, Mike Carlson, Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters John Fedor, Chris O'Meara, David Jalving, Marta Lavandier, Pete, Octavio Jones, Tristan Wheelock, Gerald, Martin Zetina, Gregg Newton, ” Anna Maria Island, William Tokajer, ” Tokajer, “ We’ve, we’ll, “ we’ve, I’ve, We’ve, who’d, –, “ you’ve, ” CNN’s Mary Gilbert, Rebekah Riess, Andy Rose, John Berman Organizations: Sol , Florida CNN, CNN, Hurricane, Tampa Bay, ” Tampa Fire Rescue’s, Milton, Tampa Bay Rays, Tampa Mayor, Orlando International Airport, Anadolu, Getty, Disney, Vanguard, School, Ocala, USA, Fort, Palm Beach Daily, Florida Army National Guard, Bradenton, Tampa General Hospital, NASA, International, Reuters, AP, Tampa International Airport, Bloomberg, AP Contractors, New Port Richey, AP Tropicana, Holmes Beach Police, Social, Isla del, Sunshine Skyway Locations: Sol , Florida, St . Petersburg, Gulf, Mexico, Tampa, Milton, ” Tampa, Hurricane, Ohio, Cincinnati, Sanibel, Fort Myers , Florida, Orlando, Ocala , Florida, Lee County, Fort Myers, Sebastian , Florida, Havana, Cuba, AFP, Palm Beach, Bradenton Beach, Tampa , Florida, Celestún, Port Richey , Florida, Tampa Bay, Treasure Island , Florida, St, Pete Beach , Florida, Fort Myers Beach, Progreso, New Port, St . Petersburg , Florida, Kissimmee , Florida, Florida, Isla, Isla del Sol, Holmes Beach

☆ Where are Gen Z's tech founders?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Amanda Hoover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

So where are Gen Z's tech founders? Gen Z founders and would-be founders are stepping into a vastly different tech world from that of their predecessors — a world where launching a unicorn is far more difficult, and publicly scrutinized, than it was for the garage-band generation of Jobs and Gates. Gen Z is coming of age in an era when the same Big Tech companies are diffuse and dominant. In other words, millennial founders ran so that Gen Z founders could walk. Perhaps we won't see Gen Z founders standing before a crowd and unveiling their latest shiny products anytime soon.

Persons: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Gen X, Sergey Brin, Elon Musk, Travis Kalanick, Peter Thiel, Millennials, I'm, Zuckerberg, Whitney Wolfe Herd, Brian Chesky, Elizabeth Holmes, Sam Bankman, Gen, aren't, Zers, Jerry Neumann, millennials, Uber, Z, There's, Neumann, Kimberly Eddleston, they've, Adam Neumann, Holmes, Alexandra Debow, that's, Alexandr Wang, Wang, They've, Ibrahim Rashid, Rashid didn't, COVID, Rashid, Martin Shkreli, Forbes, Alexis Barreyat, Barreyat, Julian Kage, Kage, they'd, Debow, It's, Eddleston, Emma Chamberlain's Organizations: Boomers, Columbia University, Big Tech, Northeastern University, Facebook, New York University, MIT, Wired, Forbes, University of Chicago, Deloitte, Harvard, Harvard Business Locations: swaggering, Silicon Valley

☆ Black bear and 3 cubs attack man after they break into his Colorado home
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A 74-year-old Colorado man was injured in his home by a black bear after the animal and its three cubs opened a partially cracked sliding glass door, authorities said. The attack Thursday in Lake City was the first bear attack in the state this year, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The man who was injured responded by grabbing a chair and trying to direct the bear out the door, officials said. The sow and her cubs were euthanized after confirmation of their involvement in the attack, officials said. Last year, six bear attacks were reported across Colorado, according to Parks and Wildlife.

Persons: “, “ It’s, Lucas Martin, Brandon Diamond, ” Organizations: Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Wildlife, Area, Parks and Wildlife Locations: Colorado, Lake City, ” Parks, Hinsdale County, Denver, Parks

☆ Here are key steps to file a homeowners insurance claim after a natural disaster, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Ana Teresa Solá | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"You'll eventually have to schedule with the insurance company to actually review and inspect the damage." "Then you can call the insurance company, take pictures of the damage and [move] items into safer locations," Martin said. Make a log of damagesDuring your call, provide your insurance company with some initial details, like if your roof blew off or several windows broke, said Porter. Materials purchased to protect the home before the natural disaster — for example, plywood to cover windows — are oftentimes not covered. You also want to keep a record of receipts when you start working with contractors to rebuild from the damage, experts say.

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☆ Meryl Streep and Martin Short have a long friendship. Here's every time the 'Only Murders' costars have denied dating rumors.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Meryl Streep and Martin Short play love interests on Hulu's "Only Murders in the Building." The stars have been friends for years but fueled dating rumors in recent months. AdvertisementMeryl Streep and Martin Short were friends long before playing love interests on "Only Murders in the Building," but fans can't stop rooting for them to get together in real life. But Short, whose wife Nancy Dolman died in 2010, has repeatedly said that he and his "OMITB" costar are just platonic. Here's a complete breakdown of Streep and Short's friendship.

Persons: Meryl Streep, Martin, —, Martin Short, Streep, Loretta Durkin, Oliver Putnam, Don Gummer, Nancy Dolman Organizations: Service, Broadway

☆ China penalizes European brandy in tit-for-tat response
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

An investigation has preliminarily determined that dumping of brandy from the EU is threatening China’s own brandy sector with “substantial damage,” the Chinese Commerce Ministry said. It also accounted for 99% of China’s brandy imports last year, with French brandy shipments reaching $1.7 billion. The Chinese commerce ministry gave no details. Ahead of the vote, in late August, China had suspended its planned anti-dumping measures on EU brandy, in an apparent goodwill gesture, despite determining that EU brandy had been sold in China at below-market prices. At the time, the Commerce Ministry said its probe would end before January 5, 2025, but that it could be extended.

Persons: Hennessy, Remy Martin, Pernod Ricard, Remy Cointreau, Martell Organizations: Paris Reuters, European Union, Chinese Commerce Ministry, EU, Commerce Ministry, China’s Commerce, distillers, SAIC, European Locations: Beijing, Paris, China, France

☆ The challenges Floridians are facing while trying to evacuate
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Alisha Ebrahimji | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Chris O'Meara/AP David Jalving throws outdoor furniture into his father's pool on Tuesday to prepare for Hurricane Milton. Marta Lavandier/AP A man boards up an apartment building to protect it from Hurricane Milton in Progreso, Mexico, on Monday. The state of Florida is trying to keep gas stations supplied as people try to fill up before hitting the road. Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg/Getty Images“Lines at gas stations have been long,” DeSantis acknowledged Tuesday during a news conference. “Gas stations are running out quicker than they otherwise would.”Gas price tracking service GasBuddy reported that as of Tuesday afternoon, 17.4% of gas stations statewide were without fuel, a dramatic spike from just 3% on Monday.

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☆ 'Joker 2' stumbles at box office with lackluster $40 million debut
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Variety-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

“Joker: Folie à Deux,” a genre-bending sequel to the billion-dollar comic book smash, hit a sour note at the box office even as it opened to No. That’s a problem because the R-rated sequel carries a substantial $200 million price tag (the first film was produced for a trim $65 million). So, “Folie à Deux” needs to generate at least $450 million to break even, according to sources familiar with the film’s financials. Muted buzz for “Folie à Deux” began at Venice Film Festival, where “Joker” took home the fest’s top prize in 2019. Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga attend the Los Angeles premiere of "Joker: Folie a Deux" on Sept. 30.

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