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The Margin: This chart shows the obscene amount of swearing lawmakers are doing in public
Market Watch - 3 Oct 2019 15:56
Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris cursed in public recently as political swearing has hit an all-time high.
PepsiCo Revenue Climbs but Profit Drops on Higher Expenses
Wall Street Journal - 3 Oct 2019 13:01The 15 richest women in America, ranked
Business Insider - 3 Oct 2019 17:02
Taylor Hill/Getty Images Forbes released its 2019 edition of the Forbes 400 list, which ranks the wealthiest people in America. Individuals need a minimum net worth of $2.1 billion to make the list. Many of the women on ...
Airbus plant in Alabama spared fallout from U.S. tariffs
Reuters - 3 Oct 2019 05:21
Alabama aerospace workers won an unexpected reprieve from escalating trade tensions on Wednesday when the United States spared an Airbus plant in the state from the impact of tariffs against the European planemaker - at ...
Apple CEO Tim Cook Defends DACA To Supreme Court
The Huffington Post - 3 Oct 2019 04:52
The tech giant filed a brief that says it employs hundreds of recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals because they "embody Apple's innovation strategy."
UAW mulls no-confidence vote in General Motors CEO Mary Barra
New York Post - 3 Oct 2019 03:59
United Auto Workers is looking to get a leg up in its negotiations with General Motors -- by going directly after the company's charismatic boss. Brass at the labor union -- whose strike has idled 46,000 workers at 34 pl...
GM can withstand losses of UAW strike -- because of what it stands to gain
USA Today - 3 Oct 2019 21:33
The UAW's nationwide strike against GM has cost the company about $1 billion. But GM can withstand the loss because of what it stands to gain.
FTC orders Juul, R.J. Reynolds, other vaping companies to provide key documents
USA Today - 3 Oct 2019 19:25This depressing map of the Arctic lets you track 40 years of melting sea ice
Fast Company - 3 Oct 2019 19:08
Get in touch with your inner Greta Thunberg. If you’re looking for a reason to not get out of bed today, here’s one for you: The Arctic sea ice is melting and it’s melting fast. Read Full Story
TaxWatch: Americans save a record amount in 529 education plans -- why that's not necessarily a good thing
Market Watch - 3 Oct 2019 18:58
These tax-advantaged saving plans show people are planning for their children's future, so why are some experts concerned by this increase?
McDonald's announces Cinnamon Cookie Latte, its first seasonal drink in more than 5 years
USA Today - 3 Oct 2019 18:22
Donut Sticks are coming back to McDonald's with a new chocolate dipping sauce Nov. 6, along with the new McCafé Cinnamon Cookie Latte.
Uber's push into on-demand recruitment is a natural progression for the gig economy
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2019 17:18
Uber Works is a new on-demand staffing service that connects employers with shift-workers, including cooks, cleaners, waiters, and laborers.
Microsoft's AI-powered eye gaze tech is exclusive to the Surface Pro X
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2019 17:12
Microsoft's Surface Pro X features eye gaze technology that uses AI to adjust the appearance of your eyes so it seems you're looking straight at the camera.
California's landmark privacy law: What it does, what has changed and what it means for investors
Market Watch - 3 Oct 2019 13:04
Despite a last-minute push by Big Tech to water down the nation's first-ever privacy law, six bills tacked onto California Consumer Privacy Act do not fundamentally change it.
A reporter was permanently blinded after being shot in the face with a rubber bullet during Hong Kong protests, lawyer says
Business Insider - 3 Oct 2019 11:22
Screenshot/Channel News Asia An Indonesian journalist was blinded from an eye injury she got covering protests in Hong Kong, her lawyers say. Veby Indah, an editor for the Indonesian-language paper Suara, was hit in the ...
The Wall Street Journal: Sports Illustrated's new operator to slash jobs
Market Watch - 3 Oct 2019 05:49
TheMaven Inc., which earlier this year licensed the rights to Sports Illustrated's print and digital publications, is planning to eliminate more than 40 positions at the sports media bible as part of a broader overhaul, ...
North Korea claims its 'significant' submarine-launched missile test succeeded
Business Insider - 3 Oct 2019 04:45
KCNA via AP North Korea claimed it tested a new submarine-launched ballistic missile, calling it a "significant achievement" in its efforts to contain external threats and bolster its military power. The purported test-f...
The Rudy Dossier
TPM - 3 Oct 2019 03:15
Good TPM Readers, I was in the midst of writing out a post explaining how there was a lot of...
DeepMind's AI can apply learned knowledge to complete novel tasks
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2019 23:58
In an experiment, DeepMind researchers investigated the extent to which AI agents could generalize learned knowledge to unseen tasks.
Mobile marketer IronSource gets $400 million investment from CVC Funds
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2019 23:34
CVC Funds has invested $400 million in mobile marketing firm IronSource, making IronSource one of Israel's first unicorns, with a valuation over $1 billion.
Chasing Chinese consumers, Tiffany CEO sends top bling abroad
Reuters - 3 Oct 2019 23:29
Tiffany & Co is sending more of its priciest jewelry to mainland China to reach consumers kept at home by a weak currency, Chief Executive Alessandro Bogliolo said on Thursday.
Facebook open-sources data set for code search AI benchmark
Venture Beat - 3 Oct 2019 23:14
Facebook AI researchers are open-sourcing a data set and search corpus from Stack Overflow and GitHub respectively to make a code search AI benchmark.