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WorkDonald Trump Jr. Emerges as a Loyal Enforcer In recent weeks, as the president-elect builds out his administration, his son has served as something of a loyalty scanner. As they review candidates at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, the president-elect is concerned with who looks good and who can deliver a message, people around them say. His son is focused on whether they mean what they are saying, and if they present a threat to the MAGA order. Work
WorkWorkFamily estrangement doesnt have to be foreverOur mission could not be more clear and more necessary: We have a duty to explain what just happened, and why, and what it means for you. We need clear-eyed journalism that helps you understand what really matters. Reporting that brings clarity in increasingly chaotic times. Reporting that is driven by truth, not by what people in power want you to believe.
WorkHow new digital workers will lead to an unlimited ageOver the past two years, weve witnessed advances in AI that have captured our imaginations with unprecedented capabilities in language and ingenuity. And yet, as impressive as these developments have been, theyre only the opening act. We are now entering a new era of autonomous AI agents that take action on their own and augment the work of humans. This isnt just an evolution of technology. Its a revolution that will fundamentally redefine how humans work, live, and connect with one another from this point forward. WorkUK parliament deeply divided over assisted dyingThe U.K. is the latest among a string of European countries to attempt to permit assisted dying. Irish MPs earlier this yearendorseda parliamentary report calling for assisted dying. Similar attempts to introduce legislation have been made recently inScotland,Jersey and the Isle of Man.Meanwhile, France was debatingan assisted dying bill earlier this year, but progress was interrupted due to a snap election. And various forms of assisted dying are already legal in Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland.
WorkWorkElon Musks xAI goes after OpenAI - The Economist (No paywall)An underappreciated force behind great technological change is intenseand pettyrivalry. In the war of the currents in the late 19th century, Thomas Edison electrocuted stray animals to discredit Nikola Tesla. A century later Steve Jobs traded insults with Bill Gates during a battle between Apple and Microsoft. Even Silicon Valley, a satirical HBO series, starts with a feudand the priceless quip: These are billionaires, Richard. Humiliating each other is worth more to them than we will make in a lifetime.
WorkWorkIt might be now or never for the BIOSECURE Act - STAT (No paywall)The BIOSECURE Act would restrict U.S. pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies from doing business with certain Chinese companies, including WuXi AppTec and WuXi Biologics. The bill would increase costs for drugmakers. The biopharma industry has come to rely heavily on those companies for contract manufacturing and other important services.
WorkCustomers are quitting luxury brands as price hikes go too far - WSJ (No paywall) Demand for luxury goods is expected to be flat in 2024 at constant exchange rates, according to consulting firm Bain, but things arent stable below the surface. Luxury brands have lost more than 10% of their usual customer base since 2022, Bain estimates. It is the first time in memory that the sectors shopper numbers have shrunk. For the past three decades, brands have focused on attracting new middle-class consumers to expand their salesa democratization" of luxury that helped triple the size of the business. Work
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WorkWork WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkFrance says Netanyahu has 'immunity' from ICC arrest warrantsProvisions for immunity from prosecution at the International Criminal Court apply to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the French foreign ministry said Wednesday. It said the Israeli leader was covered by immunity rules that apply to states which are not a party to the ICC. WorkWorkWorkSeoul blanketed by heaviest November snow on recordSeoul has recorded its heaviest November snowfall since records began over a century ago in 1907. The South Korean capital was covered with at least 16 cm of snow on Wednesday - beating the city's previous record of 12.4cm from November 1972. WorkWorkWorkThis malaria vaccine is delivered by a mosquito biteScientists have developed a new vaccination strategy for malaria -- boosting immunity through bites from genetically engineered mosquitoes. The immunization is delivered through insects infected with modified versions of the parasite that causes malaria. WorkWorkWorkWant to Raise a Kid in Canada? That'll Be $293,000Between the housing crisis, an underperforming child care system, soaring food costs, and a status-driven culture that encourages top-of-the-line purchases, from strollers to high chairs, parenthood now comes with a hefty price tag. WorkWorkWorkWorkWhat Google Off-loading Chrome Would Mean for Users - The New Yorker (No paywall)Using the Internet sometimes seems disconcertingly synonymous with using Google. Google Search, the most popular search engine on the planet, indexes the open Internet, driving traffic to Web sites, and Google Ads provides the revenue that publishers survive on. Gmail is how some two billion people receive their e-mail; many Gmail in-boxes have been accumulating messages for a decade or more. Last, but certainly not least, the companys browser, Google Chrome, is what a staggering three billion people use to navigate the Internet. According to some estimates, Google holds nearly ninety per cent market share in search engines in the U.S. Chrome, in turn, provides the audience data that Googles ads leverage to target users, and links the companys other services together. When youre using Chrome, it is smoothest and easiest to also use Googles search, mail, and even new generative-A.I. programs such as Gemini. Google Chrome is the top of a slippery funnel that users slide down, deeper into the Google ecosystemwhich is precisely why, following a landmark antitrust ruling, the United States Department of Justice is trying to wrest Chrome away from the company. WorkShop Sustainably This Holiday Season with the Help of Consumer Psychology - Scientific American (No paywall)Rachel Feltman: Its almost Thanksgiving, and you know what that means: its already been Black Friday for, like, a week. What used to be a post-turkey American shopping tradition has ballooned into a global phenomenon of November sales. If youre feeling the urge to do some serious damage to your bank account this week, youre definitely not aloneand you shouldnt blame yourself; these sales are designed and marketed to send you into a shopping spiral. WorkWorkHoliday Shopping, Up Close and Personal Now Ms. Martino, 53, sits in a jewel box herself. Six years ago, she started a business, Lemon Zesty, making tote bags and other items printed with sassy images of her own creation. (She calls it “fresh art with a sour twist.”) This year, she was selling her wares in a stall at the Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park, one of New York’s largest seasonal markets, with some four million visitors. WorkAre Airline Loyalty Programs Worth It? Ms. Brantner recalled a time when she had to spend $15,000 each year with Delta to reach the top-tier status. Now the company is asking customers to spend $28,000 annually to earn Diamond status. She also learned that her American Express Delta Reserve credit card would be imposing restrictions on how many times she could use the airline’s Sky Club lounges — unless she spent at least $75,000 on her card each year. WorkAs Israel-Hezbollah Cease-Fire Takes Hold, Thousands in Lebanon Head Home “We can finally go home. We’re so happy, thank God,” said Hanna Trad, 39, who fled to Beirut in September, with her husband and three children, from their southern village, Maarakeh. But she added that she had heard that many of her neighbors had been killed and that the windows of her house were shattered. WorkOpinion | Is Communist China Coming for Your Turkey, Too? China has excellent reasons for wanting to ensure that its huge population has enough to eat that have nothing to do with the United States. Older Chinese generations still harbor painful memories of mass hunger in the decades before China’s era of economic reform began in the late 1970s. President Xi Jinping has reminisced about going to bed hungry in his youth, with nothing but soup for dinner. He has called food security “a red line that would trigger terrible consequences were it ever to be compromised.” Worka??Massive attacka?? on Ukrainea??s power network under way, says minister Kellogg told Voice of America at the Republican convention in July that Ukraine's options were "quite clear". "If Ukraine doesn't want to negotiate, fine, but then accept the fact that you can have enormous losses in your cities and accept the fact that you will have your children killed, accept the fact that you don't have 130,000 dead, you will have 230,000-250,000," he said. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkAppeals Court Again Blocks U.S. From Cutting Texas Border Wire Along Rio Grande The Fifth Circuit has been hailed by some Trump-aligned Republicans as a model for the future of conservative jurisprudence. Three of its judges are often discussed as possible Supreme Court nominees during President-elect Donald J. Trump’s second term. One of those three, Stuart Kyle Duncan, wrote Wednesday’s ruling. WorkWorkThis 22-Foot Turkey Roosts in a Region of Roadside Giants For small places that will never have the tallest building or grandest stadium, having one of the world’s largest of something — truly, anything — can be a way to forge an identity, pull in visitors and, perhaps most of all, share a laugh. |
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