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☆ Hazardous air quality leaves some workers gasping for help
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

William MedinaWhen wildfire smoke smothers US cities and communities, suddenly creating a hazardous air quality event, workers like Leichenger say they’re left gasping for help to keep doing their jobs. On Thursday, Teamsters Local 804 partnered with New York City Democratic Socialists of America to distribute donated KN95 masks to workers. That could include greater attention paid to improving indoor air quality as well as flexible work arrangements. Research is limited, however, as to how wildfire smoke ultimately affects job choices and to what extent people become disinclined to work in higher-exposure fields with greater exposure, he said. For now, workers like Leichenger remain on the front lines.

Persons: William Medina, Uber, Matt Leichenger, Leichenger, “, lightheaded, ” Leichenger, ”, ” Jim Mayer, ” Medina, Mark Borgschulte, “ There’s, Marshall Burke, Borgschulte, ” Borgschulte, “ It’s Organizations: Minneapolis CNN —, UPS, CNN, bodega, Teamsters, New York, New York City Democratic Socialists of America, Friday, Deliveristas, University of Illinois, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, University of Stanford’s Department of Earth System, Research Locations: Minneapolis, Queens , New York, Brooklyn, New York City, Medina, Queens, bodega, York, Canada, New York, Colorado, Texas, California, Oregon

☆ Apple exec shows off his guitar skills, proves his guitar solo in pre-recorded event was legit
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

While it received a lot of buzz, so did a surprising guitar solo from Apple exec Craig Federighi. Federighi demonstrated his guitar skills again during an interview this week. But a guitar solo from one Apple executive during the livestream may have stolen the show. In the pre-recorded video clip from the WWDC keynote stream, Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, is shown wearing a leather jacket and holding a triple-neck electric guitar. Gruber, who runs the Apple-focused blog DaringFireball.net, was also joined by Greg Joswiak, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing.

Persons: Craig Federighi, Federighi, Apple's, John Gruber's, Gruber, Greg Joswiak, Joswiak, Craig Organizations: Apple, company's, WWDC, YouTube

☆ Mark Zuckerberg reportedly bashes Apple's Vision Pro: 'Every demo that they showed was a person sitting on a couch by themself'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Mark Zuckerberg criticized Apple's Vision Pro headset at a companywide meeting, The Verge reported. He said that Meta's vision was "fundamentally social," while Apple's vision is "not the one I want." On paper, and even according to early hands-on impressions, Apple's headset looks far superior to Meta's — even if Apple's headset is exorbitantly more expensive. In the Thursday meeting, Zuckerberg said that Apple's headset design didn't have any innovations that Meta hadn't "already explored and thought of." Zuckerberg highlighted that, in the case of the Quest 3, Apple's headset "costs seven times more."

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Apple's, Zuckerberg, Apple, Meta, it's, Price, Read Organizations: Meta, Apple

☆ Brazil Is Key to Slowing Global Warming. But Its Carbon Market Has Struggled.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Paulo Trevisani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +8 min

With Brazil struggling in its efforts to create a regulated carbon market, the country’s new president is moving to scrap his predecessor’s approach and start anew. Financing carbon-capture projects such as reforestation could also generate carbon credits. For example, a local regulated carbon market could help exporters avoid the carbon border adjustment mechanism the EU plans to charge on some imported products from 2026. Exporters also hope a regulated market would help repair Brazil’s abysmal environmental reputation, a product of its history of deforestation. The da Silva administration plans to have a carbon market operating in a couple of years, Toni said.

Persons: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Jair Bolsonaro, ”, Gustavo Pinheiro, Luiz Gustavo Bezerra, Mayer Brown, Pelerson Penido Dalla Vecchia, Antônio Queiroz, Bezerra, Ana Toni, Silva, Toni, da Silva, Marina Silva, Annie Groth, “, Paulo Trevisani Organizations: Brazil, Climate, Society, Union, Vale, Agence France, group’s, International Chamber of Commerce, EU, Sustainable Business, National Secretariat, Street, Brazil’s Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade, Services, Environmental Ministry, United Nations Locations: Brazil, Paris, Braskem, Brazilian, Pennsylvania, Peru, Dubai

☆ Insurance employees reportedly threaten to quit after CEO backtracks on remote-work policy: 'I sold my house and moved closer to my grandkids'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Insurance company Farmers Group announced changes to the company's remote work policy last month, WSJ reports. Workers at insurance giant Farmers Group are reportedly threatening to quit or unionize after the company's new CEO backtracked on its remote work policy. "I sold my house and moved closer to my grandkids," another worker's comment read, according the Journal. Farmers Group spokesperson Carly Kraft told Insider over email that the company will shift to this hybrid work policy in September. The hybrid policy change will impact roughly 60% of the company's employees, Kraft wrote.

Persons: backtracked, Raul Vargas, Carly Kraft, Kraft, Meta, Jeff Dailey Organizations: Farmers Group, Workers, Employees, Farmers, Street, . Farmers Group, Amazon

☆ Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer bets on digital problem that Apple iOS 17 is focused on, too
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Carolyn Chun | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Whenever there's mention of a new CEO opening in tech, former Yahoo CEO and former Google vice president Marissa Mayer's name always seems to come up. However, Mayer raised some eyebrows in 2020 when instead of turning up at another Silicon Valley giant, she launched startup Sunshine to focus on the seemingly "smaller" problem of contacts. Mayer and co-founder Enrique Muñoz Torres started working on Sunshine in 2018 to automate the mundane task of organizing contact information. The company also has Sunshine Birthdays and Sunshine Circles that delve into organizing birthdays and sharing information with groups. "The idea is that Sunshine Contacts basically becomes the brain that operates your contacts," Mayer told CNBC back in 2020 when the app was launched.

Persons: Marissa Mayer's, Mayer, CNBC's Julia Boorstin, Enrique Muñoz Torres Organizations: Yahoo, Google, CNBC, Summit, Sunshine, Lumi Labs Locations: Sunshine, Santa Barbara , California

☆ People who were whisked away in golf carts to try out Apple's $3,500 headset are calling it 'magic' that is 'still searching for a purpose'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Following the announcement of Apple's Vision Pro headset at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, some attendees were whisked away in golf carts to a location on the company's campus to try out the new headset. Many noted the device's display screens were impressive (each have a more-than 4K resolution) and its hand-eye scrolling and tapping functions were responsive and worked mostly smoothly. YouTuber Brownlee said the most impressive thing about the headset was the device's internal eye-tracking technology, calling the experience "telepathic." The Verge's Patel was impressed by the device's display, which he said was "easily the highest-resolution VR display I have ever seen," and its "video passthrough" technology — the device's display adjusting to show a person who is talking to you in-person or your surroundings. "The most perfect headset demo reel of all time is still just a headset demo reel — whether Apple's famed developer community can generate a killer app for the Vision Pro is still up in the air," The Verge's Patel wrote.

Persons: YouTuber Marques Brownlee, Nilay Patel, —, YouTuber Brownlee, Brownlee, I've, Patel, Robin Roberts, Roberts, Joanna Stern, Stern Organizations: Apple, Developers, Apple's, Developers Conference, Vision

☆ 12 photos that show off all the cool features of Apple's new Vision Pro headset
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The company announced its hotly-anticipated mixed-reality headset called Vision Pro. Take a look at these photos that show some of the headset's features. Morning Brew Insider recommends waking up with, a daily newsletter. Apple just unveiled its hotly-anticipated mixed-reality headset called "Vision Pro." After years of rumors circulating about the product, the headset and its many features were finally revealed at Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday.

Organizations: Apple

☆ Europe is struggling with a precarious water situation ahead of another drought-riven summer
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

European policymakers are battling to get to grips with a growing water crisis ahead of what researchers fear could be yet another climate crisis-fueled summer of drought. Water resources in Europe are growing increasingly scarce because of the deepening climate emergency, with record-breaking temperatures through spring and a historic winter heatwave taking a visible toll on the region's rivers and ski slopes. Reservoirs in Mediterranean countries like Italy have fallen to water levels typically associated with summer heatwaves in recent weeks, threatening agricultural production, while protests have broken out over water shortages in both France and Spain. It comes as temperatures are poised to climb through summer and many fear Europe's already "very precarious" water problem could get even worse. "We are actually getting problems with the water supply here — we have to think about this."

Persons: Europe's, Torsten Mayer Organizations: Arenas, Arenas del Rey, Austria's University of Graz, European Union, University of Graz Locations: Arenas del, Granada, Spain, Europe, Italy, France, Germany, Austria

Apple unveiled its first mixed-reality headset, the Apple Vision Pro, on Monday. Tim Cook revealed Apple's first mixed-reality headset, the Vision Pro, during the company's annual keynote at the Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday. The Apple Vision Pro AppleWhen the headset detects someone else is nearby, it'll populate the outer display with your face. Apple's Vision Pro lets others in the room know when you're busy inside an application. The "Reality Dial" on Apple's Vision Pro headset AppleThe headset's input can also be physical — Apple's new headset works with the company's Magic Trackpad, keyboard, and MacBook.

Persons: Tim Cook, Bob Iger, Apple's, —, Apple, Iger, it's, You'll, Mark Zuckerberg Organizations: Apple, Apple Vision, Disney, Vision, Worldwide, Apple Watch, Apple's, Meta's, Sports, Bloomberg, Meta, Reality Labs, New York Times

☆ Home Depot is selling a sleek modern tiny home frame with a spiral staircase for under $50K — but it'll cost far more to get it move-in ready
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

But the unit will cost you more to complete the design with windows, doors, and other finishings. The product details on Home Depot's website specify that the $43,832 price-tag includes the steel structure and the parts needed for assembly. You'll have to pay many thousands more to finish the home with doors, windows, electrical plumbing, and other details. The steel frame will not be impacted by termites, mold, rodents, and bugs, per the Plus 1 Homes product details. Tiny homes and accessory dwelling units have been gaining newfound interest over the last year.

Persons: —, you'll, Gen Z Organizations: Service

☆ MetLife Stadium Gets an N.H.L. Outdoor Doubleheader, of Sorts
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Outdoor N.H.L. hockey will make its debut in New Jersey next year when MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford will host a four-team doubleheader of sorts in the league’s so-called Stadium Series. The New Jersey Devils will play the Philadelphia Flyers on the night of Saturday, Feb. 17, and the Islanders will play the Rangers on the same ice the following day, the National Hockey League announced on Saturday. stadium and it’s our goal to bring it to life in a way that, frankly, we haven’t seen that much,” said Steve Mayer, the N.H.L.’s chief content officer. “We are going to get super creative and highlight the area.”

Persons: “, ”, Steve Mayer, ’ Organizations: MetLife, New Jersey Devils, Philadelphia Flyers, Islanders, Rangers, National Hockey League Locations: New Jersey, East Rutherford

☆ Obama says his advice for success in any career is 'just learn how to get stuff done'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Barack Obama talked in a recent interview about finding meaning in and outside of work. The former US president said his main advice for workers is to "just learn how to get stuff done." He said pursuing a career path that aligns with your passions will pave "an extraordinary career." In an interview with LinkedIn's editor-in-chief Daniel Roth, Obama talked about career advice, finding purpose in work, and the role AI will play in reshaping the workforce. When asked about the rise of AI, Obama said society will have to start to have conversations that re-examine how we approach work.

Persons: Barack Obama, —, Daniel Roth, Obama, Louis, Roth Organizations: Service, Netflix, Pulitzer Locations: pandemics

☆ Nvidia's founders came up their trillion-dollar idea while spending hours drinking Denny's coffee and eating Grand Slam breakfasts: 'We were not good customers'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Nvidia's cofounders told WSJ they came up with the idea for the company over breakfast at Denny's. The company, worth $1 trillion, makes graphics cards for gaming and chips that power AI tech. Nvidia with well-positioned to profit off the AI arms race, Insider previously reported. "We were not good customers," Nvidia cofounder Chris Malachowsky told the Journal. You can read more about Nvidia's founding over at The Wall Street Journal.

Persons: Nvidia's cofounders, Nvidia cofounders Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, Curtis Priem, Huang, Alan Diaz, Bard, Matthew Fox, Mark Zuckerberg's, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak Organizations: Nvidia, Morning, Wall Street, WPP, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard, Apple, Jobs Locations: San Jose , California

☆ 'The Little Mermaid' defied backlash and review-bombing by opening at No. 1
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"The Little Mermaid" debuted this weekend and was "review-bombed" on some movie-review sites. Since Disney announced its live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid," the film has been targeted with online hate, namely racist complaints about Halle Bailey being cast as the mermaid Ariel. But that didn't stop it from taking the top spot at the weekend box office upon its release in the US. Despite backlash and review-bombing, the film had a notable opening weekend for box office earnings: The film was the fifth highest-grossing release on Memorial Day weekend in history, per IMDb. 'The Little Mermaid" ticket sales did beat out Disney's 2019 live-action remake of "Aladdin," which grossed $116.8 million when it opened on Memorial Day.

Persons: Halle Bailey, Ariel Organizations: Disney, Rotten

☆ Tom Hanks' rant about the frustrations of movie night in the streaming era is hilarious — and right on the money
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Tom Hanks sounded off in an interview on the plethora of entertainment options available today. He suggested that going to a movie in theaters is a worthwhile compromise. Actor Tom Hanks vented a bit about exactly that in a podcast interview with The New Yorker, offering up some highly relatable observations. Great, you pick up the remote and it takes you forever to agree on what you're going to watch on Apple or Netflix or Hulu or Amazon Prime. Hanks, who currently stars in Netflix's "A Man Called Otto," has a history of being outspoken about the industry's move toward streaming.

☆ Obama agreed to spending cuts to end the 2011 debt ceiling crisis. Here's what happened next
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

What happened after the 2011 deal was signedThe joint committee in 2011 was tasked with finding additional deficit reduction measures to offset a $1.2 trillion increase in the debt ceiling. The committee did not accomplish its goal, which triggered the spending caps, known as sequestration. In the end, spending was curtailed by about $1.5 trillion out of the total $2.1 trillion agreed to in the 2011 deal, Riedl said. One of the major sticking points to ending the debt ceiling impasse was the depth of the spending cuts. “People were operating under the presumption that the spending caps would never actually happen,” Payne said.

☆ Arby's employee who died after she was accidentally locked inside walk-in freezer 'beat her hands bloody' trying to get out, lawsuit says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The children of a woman who died in a Louisiana Arby's earlier this month are suing for negligence. The lawsuit claims Nguyet Le died because a broken freezer latch caused her to be locked inside while alone in the restaurant. The suit also alleges multiple managers were aware the latch had been broken for at least nine months before Le's death. Employees allegedly used a screwdriver to get the door open, and often propped the door open with a box so the freezer, kept at -10 degrees Fahrenheit or below per company policy, didn't close all the way, according to court documents. Le's children are seeking at least $1 million in damages, claiming Arby's and the franchisees were negligent in failing to inspect and repair the broken freezer latch for at least nine months.

☆ Budding fashion designers are learning the benefits of creating digital outfits for Roblox
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

This year the Parsons School of Design teamed up with Roblox, an online gaming platform, for a design course. The course aims to prepare students for a fashion world that's increasingly merging with the digital world, The Verge reported. Digital designs on platforms like Fortnite have already proved to be profitable on these platforms. The digital fashion sector will be worth $50 billion by 2030, according to Morgan Stanley. And luxury fashion brands, including Gucci and Burberry, are already designing for the metaverse and Roblox, Insider reported.

☆ A retailer just blocked 42,000 customers from its site for returning too many items. It could trigger a new wave of returns backlash.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Grace Mayer | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sweden-based online fashion retailer Bootz AB blocked 42,000 customers for returning too many items. Bootz's policy is part of a larger trend among retailers who are charging customers for making too many returns. While levying these measures against customers isn't new, shoppers are making more returns than ever before, Insider reported. Some retailers are now wanting customers to shoulder the cost of returns, by charging them fees to make those returns, Insider reported. Amazon, TJ Maxx, and Abercrombie & Fitch, are just a few brands that are charging customers who make online returns.

☆ An influencer posted a promotion for Biore that talked about surviving a mass shooting. People were horrified.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bioré and an influencer faced backlash for a sponsored video that mentioned a school shooting. In the video, the influencer Cecilee Max-Brown talked about coping with anxiety after she survived the shooting. Critics said the brand's video, which was part of a mental health awareness campaign, trivialized school shootings. From a school shooting, to having no idea what life is going to look like after college. A Bioré spokesperson told Insider that the brand's intention wasn't to imply Bioré products would help with mental health.

☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with former TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | 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 EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with former TikTok CEO Kevin MayerFmr. TikTok CEO and Candle Media Co-CEO Kevin Mayer joins 'Last Call' to discuss the state of streaming as more major platforms announce changes and mergers.

Persons: Kevin Mayer Fmr, Kevin Mayer Organizations: Candle Media

☆ Anheuser-Busch loses LGBTQ+ equality rating from Human Rights Campaign for handling of Bud Light backlash
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Human Rights Campaign removed Anheuser-Busch's equality score and "Best Places to Work Title." The group has since removed this designation in response to the company's handling of backlash from a Bud Light promotion that featured transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, USA Today reported. In April, Mulvaney posted a promotion on her Instagram that featured custom Bud Light beer cans with prints of her face. In a statement provided to Insider, Jay Brown, senior vice president of programs, research, and training at Human Rights Campaign, said the group decided to suspend Anheuser-Busch's equality score after several attempts to contact the company's executive team. Last year, the Human Rights Campaign gave Anheuser-Busch its highest equality rating: a 100 on its 2022 Corporate Equality Index score, a tool that weighs a company's corporate policies, practices, and benefits for its LGBTQ employees.

☆ The No. 1 skill that sets successful introverts apart from most other people: It's 'what helps us thrive'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

There's a common misconception that introverts have to mimic stereotypically extroverted personalities to succeed: Be outspoken, always raise your hand and command a room. "If you know that you prefer smaller settings, you might not want to apply for a job at a large corporation," Allen says. The most daunting part might be opting out of extrovert-friendly situations without bothering anyone else, Allen says. Allen's advice: Come prepared with clear examples of situations you'd like to avoid, how you'd like to contribute instead and why it'll make you both happier and more productive. DON'T MISS: Want to be smarter and more successful with your money, work & life?

☆ This CEO said he ditched brainstorm meetings and his employees loved the change
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

With idea generation starting outside of meetings, Drew Himel said meetings now avoid digressions. The change has cut down on the overall number of weekly meetings too, Himel told Insider. Himel told Insider over email that since making the change, he's noticed his team has shown up well-prepared to contribute to meetings. Himel said Fireside used to have 20-minute daily meetings, but they've cut those meetings down to one weekly 20-minute meeting. "If you think about how that compounds with each individual's time spent in meetings, we're saving tens of hours on a weekly basis now," Himel told Insider.

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