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☆ Jiang Ping: Rural Chinese student sparks awe and suspicion after beating math elites in global contest
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Yuxuan Jiang | Joyce Jiang | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Launched in 2018 by Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba, the free online contest is open to math enthusiasts worldwide, though Chinese math majors typically dominate the top places. She was later trained by math teacher Wang Runqiu at Lianshu Secondary Vocational School, where she studies fashion design. Social stigma for vocational studentsAmong the cacophony of commentary, some suspect the harsh public scrutiny of Jiang is rooted in social prejudice against vocational students. But structural discrimination in China’s schools, universities and workplaces means society still favors academic degrees over trades. Jiang considers math her “Plan B,” prioritizing fashion design for future study, according to The Beijing News.

Persons: Jiang Ping, Alibaba, –, Wang Runqiu, Wang, Jiang, Richard Xu, China’s, Yin Wotao, ”, Yin, there’s, “, Zhao Yong, ” China’s, Einstein, Zhao Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Harvard, Oxford, MIT –, DAMO Academy, Xinhua, Secondary Vocational School, Weibo, Harvard Business School, CNN, University of Kansas, Beijing, Communist Party, Zhejiang University Locations: Hong Kong, China, China’s Jiangsu, Xinhua, Lianshui, Beijing, Hangzhou, Jiangsu, Germany, Finland

☆ ‘We don’t want to leave people behind’: AI is helping disabled people in surprising new ways
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But advancements in AI technology are already beginning to remove the need for volunteer helpers on the other end. Applications for blind users are just one area where AI is helping to advance what’s known as “assistive technology,” tools designed to help people who are disabled or elderly. New generative AI tools are especially promising for accessibility applications because they’re designed to understand and produce information in various formats, including text, audio, photos and videos. The effort, called the Speech Accessibility Project, involves collecting recordings from volunteers with conditions such as Parkinsons, Down Syndrome, ALS and other disabilities that can affect speech. “We don’t want to leave people behind … technology in general has the ability to level the playing field,” Andersson said.

Persons: Matthew Sherwood, Sherwood, Chris, OpenAI, ” Sherwood, Eve Andersson, Google’s, ” Andersson, ”, Clarion Mendes, ” Mendes Organizations: New, New York CNN, Google, Apple, Tech, CNN, Big Tech, Microsoft, University of Illinois, Clarion Locations: New York, University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign

☆ A second Trump term would be 'chaos' for student loan borrowers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewDonald Trump has long regarded the student loan forgiveness measures rolled out under the Biden administration as a stunt to garner "publicity for the election." At a campaign event in late June, Trump called Biden-era student debt relief measures "vile," suggesting that student loan borrowers shouldn't count on forgiveness under a second Trump administration. A recent Supreme Court ruling striking down the Chevron doctrine has already weakened the Education Department. Biden-era student loan forgiveness measures, as well as his new income-driven SAVE repayment plan, are making their way through court challenges led by conservative groups, which are not likely to be resolved before 2025. Advertisement"Overall, I think a Biden administration is going to be more favorable for college affordability than a Trump administration," Kantrowitz said.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Biden, he's, Trump, Pell Grant, Jan Miller, Mark Kantrowitz, Kantrowitz, Betsy Mayotte, who'd Organizations: Service, Biden, Business, of Education, Department of Education, US Department of Education, Education Department, Senate, Trump, The, Student Loan Advisors, Education Department's, Education Locations: Washington ,, Mayotte

☆ Opinion: Many people can’t physically flee disasters. We are failing to help them
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Opinion L. Vance Taylor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Editor’s Note: Luis “Vance” Taylor is the chief of the Office of Access and Functional Needs at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. And for some individuals with access and functional needs, it was a nightmare. Unfortunately, nobody from the emergency management team had told the accessible transportation provider that they were part of the plan. Yet virtually all disasters have one critical commonality: They disproportionately impact individuals with access and functional needs, such as people with disabilities and older adults. Inclusive emergency management is an achievable mission.

Persons: Luis “ Vance ” Taylor, Taylor, CNN — I’ll, I’ve, there’s, Vance Taylor, Elijah Nouvelage, arth, I’m, you’re, Bill de Blasio, Jonathan Lamberton, Andy Katz, There’s, Allen J, we’re Organizations: California Governor’s, Emergency Services, CNN, Operations Center, Governor's, Emergency, Centers for Disease Control, New, Emergency Management, Pacific Press, California State Operations Center, Los Angeles Times, Getty, Twitter, Facebook Locations: California, Oroville, United States, Sierra Nevada, Sacramento, Oroville , California, New York City, , California

☆ Texas Utility Considers Mobile Generators as Beryl Leaves Millions Without Power
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Ivan Penn | More About Ivan Penn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

With millions of utility customers in East Texas cut off from electricity by the storm, the utility serving the overwhelming majority of those customers said it was working to set up mobile power sources for critical facilities. The utility, CenterPoint Energy, which supplies power in and around Houston, said that some 2.26 million customers had lost their electric service at the peak on Monday, and that the figure had since fallen only slightly. The company said it was looking into using mobile generation units to provide temporary power to places like cooling centers, health care facilities, police and fire stations, senior centers and educational centers. “We are mobilizing all of our available resources, as well as mutual assistance resources from other utility companies, to begin the process of quickly and safely restoring power to our customers,” Lynnae Wilson, senior vice president for electric business at CenterPoint, said in a statement. “We understand how difficult it is to be without power for any amount of time, especially in the heat.”

Persons: ” Lynnae Wilson Organizations: CenterPoint Energy Locations: East Texas, Houston, CenterPoint

☆ A software consultant who trades stocks gained 805% in 2023 betting on observable chart patterns. He shares the signal he uses to find reversals.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewGoverdhan Gajjala is a day trader who is also a software consultant working from home. The flexibility of his day-to-day schedule opened a doorway to pick up stock trading as a side gig. Too many unknowns, including sudden news headlines, could pop up along the way and impact a stock's price. For him, this meant turning to day trading, where stocks are only held between seconds to hours but not overnight. He joined the course's private access program, a paid educational platform for trading stocks, and spent a year learning the content.

Persons: —, it's, Gajjala, Mark Minervini, Norman Zadeh Organizations: Service, Business, US, PSQ

☆ Opinion: What Britain’s first Asian prime minister, Rishi Sunak, meant to my family
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Opinion Sunder Katwala | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

He has a place in history books as the first British Asian prime minister — but now also as the prime minister to suffer one of the heaviest election defeats in Britain’s modern political history. “I would like to see him carry on as prime minister — but the country also needs a change of government,” Dad said. He became prime minister just seven years after becoming an MP — shorter than any other recent occupant of Downing Street. Again, on becoming prime minister, Sunak personally had a much better public reputation than his Conservative Party. Diversity at the topSunak as a Hindu was the first ever British prime minister to practice a non-Christian faith.

Persons: Sunder Katwala, Read, Rishi Sunak’s, Sunder, Sunak, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss’s, Dad, ” Dad, “, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak, Theresa May, Richard Pohle, dented Organizations: British, CNN, Conservative Party, Sunak, Britain, Brexit, National Service of, Reuters, Commonwealth, Reform, Downing, Twitter, Wales Locations: Downing, Britain, India, Covid, London, France, British, Scotland

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Macy's, Tesla, Novo Nordisk and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Crypto stocks — Stocks tied to bitcoin price slid after the cryptocurrency dropped 5% to its lowest level since February , with the now defunct Mt. Macy's — Shares of the retailer jumped more than 6% following a Wall Street Journal report that an investor group has hiked its takeout offer. Arkhouse Management and Brigade Capital Management are now offering about $24.80 per share for Macy's, up from $24 previously, the report said. Tesla — The electric vehicle manufacturer popped 2%, marking a continuing comeback after its second-quarter vehicle deliveries number beat analyst estimates earlier this week. Shell — Shares popped 1%.

Persons: Stocks, Energy, CleanSpark, Instructure, Tesla, CNBC's Hakyung Kim, Tanaya Macheel, Sarah Min, Jesse Pound Organizations: Marathon, Francisco Partners, KKR, Reuters, Macy's, Journal, Arkhouse Management, Brigade Capital Management, Novo Nordisk —, Harvard, Novo Nordisk's Ozempic, Deutsche Bank, Shell Locations: Novo, Singapore, Rotterdam

☆ A woman's breast cancer was missed on multiple mammograms. She had higher breast density, which can hide tumors.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewJoAnn Pushkin did everything she could to spot breast cancer early. "So on the same day I learned I had breast cancer, I learned I had dense breasts, and I learned it had been missed because I had dense breasts." Even large tumors are hard to spot in some mammogramsA side-by-side mammogram image of cancer in a "not dense" breast and a "dense" breast. Related storiesAdditionally, having dense breasts also increases your risk of developing breast cancer, though the CDC said scientists are still unsure why. AdvertisementHow to assess your own riskWomen who are at high risk for breast cancer (regardless of breast density) should have a yearly MRI in addition to a mammogram.

Persons: —, JoAnn Pushkin, Pushkin, Katie Couric, Rosa DeLauro, Brian Fitzpatrick Organizations: Service, Business, FDA Locations: mammograms, New York

☆ China faces economic headwinds as it grapples with an aging — and shrinking — population
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Ernestine Siu | In Ernestinesiu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Fertility rates across OECD countries have halved since 1960, according to a new OECD report. He said the three countries are disproportionately impacted by a rapidly aging population, largely due to improved standards of living, which have a "very strong inverse relationship with fertility rates." These improved conditions have led to a greater opportunity cost for having children, Xu said. Shrinking workforceA decline in fertility rate puts pressure on the economy and the society at large as the working population shrinks. China's policy shiftsIn China, policymakers have been putting a big emphasis on "productivity growth," Xu told CNBC.

Persons: Leren Lu, Darren Tay, Erica Tay, Tianchen Xu, Xu, BMI's Tay, Tay, Maybank's Tay Organizations: OECD, BMI, Risk, United Nations, Economist Intelligence, Economic Co, National Bureau of Statistics, CNBC, Economist Intelligence Unit Locations: China, Asia, South Korea, Japan, East, Southeast Asia, Maybank

☆ I want to give my kid the kind of summer I had in the '90s. I'm limiting technology and choosing spontaneity over structure.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Liz Hammond | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I had a mom-fail moment when I realized I hadn't registered my 4-year-old son for swimming lessons and summer camp before the cutoff. We had frozen pizza for dinner, and he went to sleep without a fight, tired after a long day of playing outside. AdvertisementThe world looks a lot different now, but I'm planning on bringing this spirit to our summer by subscribing to these philosophies. When I was a kid, it was during those long, boring summer afternoons that I formed my love of reading. Summer feels like the right time to loosen up and approach feeding my kid with a little more ease.

Persons: I'm, didn't, bento, Liz Organizations: Service, Business, Montessori Locations: Canadian, Vancouver

☆ The 10 highest-paying blue-collar construction jobs in the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( John Towfighi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

For many, trade jobs provide a financially secure alternative to a college degree. AdvertisementA new report by Pro Tools Reviews, an industry news and review site, highlights the highest-paying trade jobs in the US, giving insight into career opportunities that don't require a college degree. Experts at Pro Tools analyzed May 2023 wage data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics — the latest available — to determine the most lucrative trade jobs. Pro Tool Reviews also examined the most in-demand trade jobs in the US. AdvertisementHave you recently switched to a trade job, or are you a recent graduate looking to land a trade role?

Persons: —, Zers, Gen Zers, Clint DeBoer, DeBoer Organizations: Service, Business, Pro, Tools, Bureau of Labor Statistics —, boilermakers, LinkedIn Locations: jtowfighi@businessinisder.com

☆ We're paying for private school for our son, but we won't pay for college
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Laura Niebauer Palmer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

As we entered the kindergarten room on a tour of our local public school, the entire class was wearing headphones and engrossed in their tablets. Related storiesI knew that moving him into our local public school setting would be at odds with who he is naturally and would be like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. Unfortunately, the local public school system prioritizes teaching to the standardized state test, continuously makes cutbacks to the arts and music programs, and has burgeoning class sizes with too few teachers. AdvertisementInvesting in his education during these crucial formative years makes more sense for our family than paying college tuition, which he may or may not even attend. While we will not pay for his college education, we have set up a custodial account for him, which he will have complete control of upon turning 18.

Organizations: Service, Montessori

Robert Smith, founder, chair and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, speaks at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 2, 2016. With this debt, Vista could generate strong returns if Pluralsight's business performed well, according to the sources. They also show that Vista propped up Pluralsight by allowing it to borrow $162.5 million from its private equity fund. "The company experienced rapid deterioration of its business in the first quarter," Vista wrote in a fund document dated May 28. In a May 28 update to fund investors, Vista said Pluralsight's equity value went from $1.5 billion to zero in the first quarter of 2024.

Persons: Robert Smith, Lucy Nicholson, Vista, Pluralsight, Goldman Sachs, Golub, Gustavo Schwed, NYU Stern, It's, Steven Kaplan, Kaplan, Chris Walters, Aaron Skonnard, Walters, Skonnard, KBRA, Milana Vinn, Greg Roumeliotis, Dave Gregorio Organizations: Vista Equity Partners, Milken Institute Global Conference, REUTERS, Vista Equity, Reuters, Cloud, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Vista, NYU, Chicago Booth School, Business, Thomson Locations: Beverly Hills , California, U.S, Vista, BlackRock, Oaktree, Pluralsight, New York

☆ A.I. ‘Friend’ for Public School Students Falls Flat
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Dana Goldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

platform named Ed was supposed to be an “educational friend” to half a million students in Los Angeles public schools. In typed chats, Ed would direct students toward academic and mental health resources, or tell parents whether their children had attended class that day, and provide their latest test scores. Ed would even be able to detect and respond to emotions such as hostility, happiness and sadness. Alberto Carvalho, the district’s superintendent, spoke about Ed in bold terms. Los Angeles agreed to pay a start-up company, AllHere, up to $6 million to develop Ed, a small part of the district’s $18 billion annual budget.

Persons: Ed, ”, Alberto Carvalho, democratize, —, “, ” Mr, Carvalho, Carvalho’s, AllHere Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Within a year of completing solar-installation training, I landed a full-time job that lets me live the life I want
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Erin Greenawald | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Now he has a marketing job for a solar company that offers flexibility and career mobility. My career has been the wildest ride since I got my solar-installation training just a year ago. AdvertisementI graduated in May 2023 and, after a summer job traveling to Alaska to create educational programs, started job searching in the solar industry in the fall. The solar industry needs everything that any other industry needs, and the growth is happening so fast. When I envision the future of my solar career, it seems like the sky's the limit.

Persons: Aaron Nichols, —, Nichols, he's, I've, It's Organizations: Service, North American Board of Certified Energy, , SunCast Locations: Alaska

☆ Watch now: ETF Edge on reshoring trends, weight loss drugs and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

[The stream is slated to start at 1:10 PM ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] CNBC's ETF Edge is dedicated to the fastest-growing trend in investing right now: ETFs. Every Monday, Bob Pisani will be joined by a panel of top market participants to offer educational and actionable advice to help you build your best portfolio.

Persons: Bob Pisani Organizations: Edge

☆ How Wall Street giants like JPMorgan are using AI to manage your retirement portfolio and the risks and regulations surrounding it, according to the founder of an AI safety software platform
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Christine Ji | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Now, investment advisors are finding new and expansive use cases for AI in financial management. Vanguard is using AI to aggregate information from earnings transcripts and research reports, and has recently begun using AI to manage four of its stock funds. State Street is adding a generative AI feature to its platform which will answer customer questions about their portfolio and run analyses on portfolio data. There are some risks to using AI in investing, especially when your money could be on the line. Congress has pushed back on the rule, but Crawford is confident that AI regulation is in the cards, given the technology's far-reaching nature.

Persons: —, Alec Crawford, They're, Crawford, it's, chatbots — Organizations: Service, Inc, JPMorgan, Vanguard, Business, SEC, GameStop

☆ Opinion: Ukraine’s new weapon against Russia? Lego
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Opinion Roy Schwartz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Pictured in Lego miniature is Kyiv’s Golden Gate, released as part of United24's second wave of Ukrainian monument replicas. The inspiration for a Lego campaign came from these initiatives and from Lego Architecture, an adult-oriented line of sets recreating iconic landmarks. The second wave, #UKRAINEinLEGObricks, released last month, includes Kyiv’s Golden Gate, Crimea’s Khan Palace, Lviv’s Oblast’s Pidhirtsi Castle, Odesa’s National Academic Opera and Mykolaiv’s Astronomical Observatory. Mykolaiv’s Astronomical Observatory is featured in Lego's second wave of monument recreations. UNITED24All models are made from authentic Lego bricks, though the Lego company isn’t affiliated with the project nor the artists building the sets.

Persons: Roy Schwartz, Volodymyr Zelensky, Yaroslava Gres, Gres, United24, isn’t, Brick, Mark Segedie, ”, ” Eric Law, he’d, “, Law, ” Gres, there’ll Organizations: Twitter, Facebook, CNN, Russia, Deloitte, US, Council, Foreign Relations, World Bank, Lego Foundation, Lego Architecture, Opera, raffles, Velykokostromska Locations: royschwartz.com, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian, Chicago, Khan, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, American, Tacoma

☆ 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

☆ Mom of 18-year-old with a doctorate shares her 4 non-negotiable parenting rules: 'How can they be the best versions of themselves?'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Jimalita Tillman knew her daughter Dorothy Jean was gifted at a very young age. Home-schooled from age 7, Dorothy Jean took high school-level courses a year later and earned her first college diploma, an associate's degree, at age 10. She added a bachelor's degree at age 12 and an environmental science master's degree two years later, both online. Last year, at just 17 years old, Dorothy Jean earned a doctoral degree in integrated behavioral health from Arizona State University. Watching Dorothy Jean accomplish so much at a young age has been "humbling," her mother tells CNBC Make It.

Persons: Jimalita Tillman, Dorothy Jean, Dorothy, Tillman, they'll, Esther Wojcicki, Cindy Graham, Graham, HuffPost, Michele Borba, That's Organizations: Arizona State University, Leadership Institute, CNBC, Bills Locations: Chicago

☆ 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.

Persons: —, Liz Wilcox, Wilcox, I'm, she'd, I've, she's Organizations: Service, Google, Business, Netflix, Black, LAX Locations: Destin , Florida

☆ Opinion: Five keys to unlocking a creative, restful life
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Opinion Tess Taylor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

If, like me, you’re wondering about how to rest more, and rest better, you’re in luck. What makes for a creative life? What’s left is creative work, whether we call it “creative” or not. For instance, being a preschool teacher or a social worker or a sales rep is creative work: It requires judgment, empathy, decision making and problem solving. People who flourish in stressful, demanding jobs are ones who have good boundaries between work life and their personal lives.

Persons: Tess Taylor, CNN — It’s, you’re, Tess Taylor Adrianne, —, unsustainably, Alex Soojung, Kim Pang, ”, Alex, Zoom, I’ve, Kim Pang Andreas Gebert, haven’t, It’s, I’m, What’s, I’d Organizations: “, CNN, Research Locations: Silicon Valley, Cambridge

☆ How YouTube became a TV powerhouse and how much ad revenue it makes
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The Google-owned video platform dominated streaming TV viewing for all of 2023, ahead of Netflix, by one widely cited measurement. It also only includes free YouTube, not YouTube TV, YouTube's pay TV service. With those platforms included, YouTube takes second place in monthly TV viewing, behind linear giant Disney, with an 11.5% share. In 2023, YouTube reached a deal to make NFL's Sunday Ticket games an add-on for YouTube TV subscribers. YouTube TV is a $72.99 a month bundle of TV channels.

Persons: —, It's, Here's, Nielsen, isn't, it's, influencers, Gen, Zers, alums Organizations: Service, YouTube, Google, Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount, NFL, Business, Showtime, Starz, Procter, Procter & Gamble, Nielsen, Hollywood, Madison Ave, Read, Shorts, Warner Bros ., Deloitte, Alpha Locations: Procter &, Netflix's

☆ Watch now: ETF Edge on index rebalancing and all things Russell
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

[The stream is slated to start at 1:15 PM ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] CNBC's ETF Edge is dedicated to the fastest-growing trend in investing right now: ETFs. Every Monday, Bob Pisani will be joined by a panel of top market participants to offer educational and actionable advice to help you build your best portfolio.

Persons: Bob Pisani Organizations: Edge

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