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S2The power of perception, with musician Jewel  From heartbreak to grief, musicians have always used personal pain to influence their art. Singer-songwriter and poet Jewel Kilcher is no different, but her story is far from ordinary.The stories of how she got her name and how she got to where she is today are connected by one thing: her strained and transformative relationship with her parents. In her interview with Big Think, Jewel explains how her challenging upbringing bred authentic creativity, connection and a strong resolve where others would have crumbled.
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S35 brilliant novels told from a side character's perspective We often see ourselves as life’s main character and sometimes we are. Other times, however, we’re a side character in someone else’s story. We’re not the driving force of important events but an observer of another person’s actions.In such cases, we may not get top billing with our name in the title, but that doesn’t mean our role is unimportant. As these five famous novels show, being the side character can give us access to deeper truths and a richer appreciation of the human condition than those too busy propelling the story forward.
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S4A cosmic glitch in gravity Einstein’s theory of gravity is a cornerstone of modern cosmology. It has been tested and proven correct over and over again and is supported by the discovery of countless cosmic phenomena: from the gravitational lensing detected by Arthur Eddington in 1919 and the anomalies observed in the orbit of Mercury, to galactic redshifts and gravitational waves. The theory of general relativity—to give Einstein’s theory of gravity its proper name—has precisely predicted them all.But astronomical observations near the “cosmological horizon”—where the farthest galaxies recede from us at nearly the speed of light—suggest gravity may act differently at the very largest scales. Now, some scientists propose Einstein’s theory of gravity could be improved by adding a simple “footnote” to his equations, which amounts to a “cosmic glitch” in the scientific understanding of gravity.
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S5Minority Business Development Agency's Leader Addresses What Comes Next In March, a federal judge ruled that the Minority Business Development Agency, an organization that has helped thousands of minority-owned businesses over the last 55 years, had to begin serving people regardless of race. The agency has since made adjustments to give help to all businesses owned by socially or economically disadvantaged people in obtaining financing and government contracts.The Associated Press recently spoke to Eric Morrissette, acting undersecretary of commerce for minority business development and leader of the MBDA, about what comes next for the agency. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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S6Drugstore Deserts Crop Up as Chains Close Branches An industry that saw waves of store growth before the COVID-19 pandemic faces headwinds like falling prescription reimbursement, persistent theft and changing shopping habits. But as drugstores right-size their physical footprint, experts say they can leave behind communities that have come to depend on them as trusted sources of care and advice--both of which can be hard to find in many urban and rural areas."That trust, you just can't quantify it," said Omolola Adepoju, a University of Houston health services researcher. "And I don't think it gets spoken about enough when we talk about pharmacy closures."
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S7Democrats Wanted an Agreement on Using AI in the Election Campaigns. It Went Nowhere The Democratic National Committee was watching earlier this year as campaigns nationwide were experimenting with artificial intelligence. So the organization approached a handful of influential party campaign committees with a request: Sign onto guidelines that would commit them to use the technology in a "responsible" way.The draft agreement, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, was hardly full of revolutionary ideas. It asked campaigns to check work by AI tools, protect against biases and avoid using AI to create misleading content.
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S8Chipotle in Restaurants are among the biggest beneficiaries of social media promotions and marketing campaigns, to the point where customers will often proclaim their love for a brand on video. But when diners are unhappy, things can turn sour pretty fast when vindictive goes viral--as casual-fast Mexican grill chain Chipotle is now learning.Chipotle used its own social media chops when it came under fire from a widening cadre of TikTok users accusing the company of serving smaller portions at the same prices--allegations of a taco-scale case of shrinkflation. That led to a knock-on reaction of people filming orders being prepared to ensure they weren't being cheated out of their due--and showing their evidence if they felt shorted. The trend went far enough that many uploaded clips touted that the act of recording their food preparation resulted in supersize servings getting dished up by nervous employees--a claim that seems to encourage more people to try the so-called "Chipotle phone hack."Â
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S9Airline Boss Says Boeing Needs Strong CEO to End Crisis The head of Dubai airline Emirates urged Boeing to pick an engineering and business heavyweight to lead a deep overhaul of the U.S. aerospace giant and said the task of ending the planemaker's recent confidence crisis "must get done"."Is it fixable and salvageable? Yes, it is. Will it get things back to where it needs to? It must. And you'll only do that with very strong leadership, who are fixated on doing the right thing," Emirates Airline President Tim Clark told reporters on the sidelines of a major airlines summit.
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S10Why Jos Chef and activist José Andrés has his hand in a lot of pots--literally and figuratively. So it should not come as a total surprise that he's vacating his role as CEO of the restaurant group he founded three decades ago.But as Andrés told Washingtonian, he's not stepping back--he's actually "stepping up." He will still be the face and "creative force" of the company as the founder and executive chairman of José Andrés Group, which includes nearly 40 restaurants ranging from tapas spots to food halls as well as a media arm handling projects such as books and podcasts. Sam Bakhshandehpour, who joined José Andrés Group as president in 2019, will take over as CEO.Â
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S11Poppi Lawsuit Says Company's Gut Health Claims Are Fizzy This is according to claims in a new class action lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California: Kristin Cobbs, a San Francisco resident, brought the suit against VNGR Beverage LLC, Poppi's parent company, alleging that the Austin-based soda brand's "gut-healthy" tagline is misleading and violates California's False Advertising Law. But the lawsuit alleges that Poppi only contains "two grams of prebiotic fiber, an amount too low to cause meaningful gut health benefits for the consumer from just one can." It also claims that one would have to consume more than four sodas per day in order to experience meaningful gut health benefits.
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S12How to Navigate the Human-to-Human Shift in B2B Connections As CEO of Gift Baskets Overseas, I find myself at the helm of an organization deeply entrenched in the evolution of corporate dynamics. Our journey, marked by the transition from traditional B2B connections to a more nuanced human-to-human (H2H) approach, underscores the delicate balance between embracing AI-driven innovation and preserving the essence of human interaction.Throughout our trajectory, I've championed integrating cutting-edge technology to optimize operations and elevate customer experiences. AI and automation have become indispensable tools in our arsenal, empowering us to anticipate customer needs, personalize interactions, and streamline processes with precision. However, amidst this technological revolution, I remain steadfast in my belief that genuine human connections are the bedrock of sustainable growth.
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S13Gen Z and Millennials Are Opening High-Fee Credit Cards. What That Says About Their Spending Habits American Express has seen its shares rise by 25 percent this year, and part of this is owed to its high-spending Gen Z and Millennial consumers: Approximately 60 percent of new accounts made this first quarter were opened by these two groups, the company shared in its first-quarter review. "We continue to attract high-spending, high credit-quality customers to the franchise, with new card acquisitions accelerating sequentially to 3.4 million in the quarter," CEO and chairman Stephen Squeri said in a press release. These younger generations are creating accounts with premium Gold and Platinum cards, the Wall Street Journal reported: More than three-quarters of new accounts in 2023 for these two plans were by Gen Z and Millennial consumers. Instead of starting with cheaper or no-fee cards and then building up, these spenders immediately secure plans with higher fees and benefits--such as the $250 annual fee of the Gold card or the $695 annual fee of the Platinum.
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S14Chobani Founder Hamdi Ulukaya Has Acquired America's Oldest Craft Brewery On Friday, the billionaire and founder of the New Berlin, New York-based yogurt brand Chobani announced that he acquired the San Francisco-based beer company for an undisclosed sum under his family office, Shepherd Futures. It is a personal acquisition unrelated to Chobani.Anchor Brewing Company is his second acquisition. Ulukaya made his first acquisition in 2015 when he bought out a private equity firm's stake in Philadelphia-based coffee company La Colombe for $60 million; in December 2023, Chobani bought out Ulukaya's personal stake and took over the company.
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S15Research: Why Companies Should Disclose Their Lack of Progress on DEI Many companies have set goals to increase employee diversity, and many companies have fallen short of meeting their goals. Most leaders would likely prefer to keep this lack of progress quiet, but research shows that there may be benefits to being transparent about it. Specifically, this type of disclosure can signal that you take diversity seriously and are genuinely committed to the goals you’ve set for your organization. That said, taking too long to make progress can dampen any goodwill you might receive from disclosure.
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S165 Signs Your One-on-Ones Aren't Working Despite all that one-on-one meetings can offer, they can be challenging to navigate, whether you’re new to management or have spent several years in a leadership role. Here some signs that your one-on-ones have gone stale, are unproductive, or are falling short of their potential: you don’t want to go to the meeting, you always go over time, you can’t fill the time, you leave every meeting feeling deflated, or you and your direct report are both on second screens. The author presents several ways to make the most of this valuable time.
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S17Stop Overlooking the Leadership Potential of Asian Employees How can U.S. organizations successfully tap into the talents of their Asian employees, helping them advance in their careers while also benefiting from the unique skills and perspectives this group has to offer? This article explores why so many Asian employees see their careers suddenly stagnate, and offers five actions organizations can take to help employees move past this roadblock. Further, the authors explain why increased investment in Asian employees can pay off for the organization at large.
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S18How to Manage: Getting Out of the Weeds Before you became a mid-level manager, you were probably doing some individual contributor work: designing, producing, or selling something. Now your workday is likely focused on people and project management, including ensuring that everyone and everything is fulfilling a vision. Filling this more strategic role can feel uncomfortably abstract, making you want familiar and tangible tasks—to meddle in what used to be your business.
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S19Who's As thousands of people gathered outside Taiwan’s legislature on Tuesday to protest against a bill that would give more power to China-friendly parties, Yuan, who was volunteering at a nearby church, noticed that the large crowd was running short on supplies. He fired off posts on the Threads app listing items that protesters needed, such as snacks, bottled water, and plastic bags. Supplies arrived within minutes.
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S20What the AI boom is getting wrong (and right), according to Hugging Face's head of global policy As the competition between massive artificial intelligence companies heats up, the repository Hugging Face has emerged as a rare point of neutral ground. Built as a GitHub-style clearinghouse for open-source data sets and models, the site has become a vital resource for anyone working in AI. Without the regulatory baggage of a giant like Meta or Google, Hugging Face has also become a voice of reason in the policy world, advising regulators around the world on the unique promise and risk of AI, while leading its own technical work on bias assessment and watermarking.The company’s head of global policy, Irene Solaiman, is at the center of that work. A former public policy manager at OpenAI, Solaiman was the first person to test ChatGPT for social-impact bias. Now, her team at Hugging Face is advising regulators from the U.S. to the European Union on how best to approach the nascent AI industry, and how to navigate thorny issues of bias, consent, and existential risk along the way.
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S21How Donald Trump Could Weaponize US Surveillance in a Second Term Every president of the United States has within their grasp the power of a vast surveillance state that has grown significantly over the past few decades and has beaten back any real effort to rein it in. Through America's numerous enigmatic intelligence agencies, presidents possess the ability to dive deeply into the communications, movements, and relationships of everyday Americans. Presidents of both parties have abused the surveillance state, but under a second Trump administration, this power could be abused in ways it has never been before.Donald Trump, a now convicted felon and the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, has said he plans to prosecute his political opponents should he return to the White House. He's said he would allow states to monitor pregnant women and prosecute those who seek abortions. Trump wants to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. He plans to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell civil unrest, which means sending the military into the streets. The much publicized Project 2025 outlines how he would quickly replace thousands of career civil servants in the federal government with loyalists.
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S22How to Use Discord: A Beginner's Guide The communication platform Discord has expanded greatly over the nine-ish years since its launch, growing from a humble bit of chat software into a juggernaut of the social internet. Users love it for texting, voice calls, or video calls with friends or strangers with common interests. ItâÂÂs like Zoom, but more flexible and fun. It's Slack, but without that feeling that your boss is always checking your online status. Facebook, without an algorithm that prioritizes the types of posts that turned your aunt into a racist.Discord is primarily intended for gaming and niche interest groups. Since it was originally built for gamers, and youâÂÂll still find a lot of communities dedicated to gaming on the platform. During the pandemic, Discord expanded its reach in an effort to appeal to more than just gamers, and the platform has grown into a space where the conversations reach far outside of gaming territory into music, culture, politics, art, finance, and weirdo AI art.
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S2316 Best Cheap Headphones and Earbuds for $100 or Less (2024) If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIREDThe Best headphones under $100 are harder to find than you might think. Here at WIRED, it's part of our job to listen to music all day, often on exceedingly fancy and bonkers-expensive models. We have playlists for testing bass, for assessing detail, for dance partiesâwe get way into it. But believe it or not, we like testing the cheap stuff just as much. It's like a treasure hunt to find the ones that pack in the most tech for the money. And they're getting better every year.
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S24The Big-Tech Clean Energy Crunch Is Here Big Tech's appetite for energy is just about visible from the east coast of Scotland. Some 12 miles out to sea sits a wind farm, where each of the 60 giant turbines has blades roughly the length of an American football field. The utility companies behind the Moray West project had promised the site would be capable of generating enough electricity to power 1.3 million homes once completed. That was before Amazon stepped in.In January, Amazon announced it had struck a deal to claim more than half the site's 880 megawatts of output, part of its ongoing attempt to slake its unquenchable thirst for power. As the world's biggest companies race to build the infrastructure necessary to enable artificial intelligence, even remote Scottish wind farms are becoming indispensable.
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S25Lovense Mini Sex Machine Review: All the Key Features at an Affordable Price If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIREDSex machines are usually an investment. They cost several hundred dollars, involve complicated machinery, and take up so much space in your home that you'd only really want one if you planned to make regular use of it. But if there was ever going to be a sex machine for people who have a more casual interest, the Lovense Mini Sex Machine might just be the one.
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S26Sonos Ace Review: The Most Comfortable Headphones for Travel If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIREDAs soon as you want to hear the same music in multiple rooms, you understand why so many people love Sonos. When it comes to set-it and-forget-it multiroom audio, the company makes the hardware and software experience easier than anyone. From speakers to soundbars (and even turntables and networked amps), Sonos has taken over the homes of everyone who doesn't want to drop oodles of cash on a "real" custom-installed system with wires running through walls. In a roundabout way, this makes a somewhat-costly Sonos system feel affordable.
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S27The 11 Best Travel Adapters (2024): Plug Adapters and Universal Adapters If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIREDWhether you're planning a country-hopping odyssey or a quick business trip, your journey will go more smoothly with the right kit. That includes good travel adapters so you can safely charge all of your gadgets wherever you land. We've tested several, and our favorites below will work in most parts of the world.
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S28Woman Who Received Pig Kidney Transplant Has It Removed Surgeons in New York have removed a pig kidney less than two months after transplanting it into Lisa Pisano, a 54-year-old woman with kidney failure who also needed a mechanical heart pump. The team behind the transplant says there were problems with the heart pump, not the pig kidney, and that the patient is in stable condition.Pisano was facing heart and kidney failure and required routine dialysis. She wasn't eligible to receive a traditional heart and kidney transplant from a human donor because of several chronic medical conditions that reduced the likelihood of a good outcome.
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S29A Former President's Daughter Used X to Bombard South Africa With Conspiracy Theories On March 9, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, daughter of former South African president Jacob Zuma, tweeted a video that purported to show former US president Donald Trump encouraging âÂÂall South Africans to vote for uMkhonto WeSizwe,â her fatherâÂÂs party, in the countryâÂÂs May 29 elections. In another post, just days before the elections, Zuma-Sambudla, who has more than 300,000 followers, shared videos and photos of what appeared to be paper ballots. The accompanying text accused the African National Congress (ANC), the party currently leading the government, of stealing votes. That post has been viewed nearly 650,000 times.Experts who spoke to WIRED say that X, formerly Twitter, was a major source of election-related mis- and disinformation in the lead-up to the vote, which dealt a major blow to the ANC. And Zuma-Sambudla was a super-spreader.
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S30The Uncanny Rise of the World's First AI Beauty Pageant When poet John Keats wrote in âÂÂOde on a Grecian Urnâ that âÂÂbeauty is truth, truth beauty,â he probably didnâÂÂt have AI influencers in mind.Perhaps he should have. Back in April, Fanvue, an AI-infused creator platform that falls somewhere between OnlyFans and Cameo in terms of services, launched what itâÂÂs calling the âÂÂworldâÂÂs first beauty pageant for AI creators.â On Monday, the World AI Creator Awards announced the contestâÂÂs 10 semifinalists. Drawn from a pool of more than 1,500 applicants, they are vying for the chance to make a liar out of KeatsâÂÂand a prize package valued at about $20,000.
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S31The Consequences of Socioeconomic Mobility In a study conducted in the urban slums of Brazil, Wharton’s Leo Pongeluppe finds that economic mobility is often accompanied by social stigma.Entrepreneurship can be a promising career path for people facing discrimination in traditional job markets, and training programs that develop entrepreneurial skills can help improve socioeconomic mobility. But they can also bring unintended consequences, according to a new study by Wharton management professor Leandro (Leo) Pongeluppe.
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S32S33Nvidia jumps ahead of itself and reveals next-gen "Rubin" AI chips in keynote tease On Sunday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reached beyond Blackwell and revealed the company's next-generation AI-accelerating GPU platform during his keynote at Computex 2024 in Taiwan. Huang also detailed plans for an annual tick-tock-style upgrade cycle of its AI acceleration platforms, mentioning an upcoming Blackwell Ultra chip slated for 2025 and a subsequent platform called "Rubin" set for 2026.
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S34S36Google accidentally published internal Search documentation to GitHub Google apparently accidentally posted a big stash of internal technical documents to GitHub, partially detailing how the search engine ranks webpages. For most of us, the question of search rankings is just "are my web results good or bad," but the SEO community is both thrilled to get a peek behind the curtain and up in arms since the docs apparently contradict some of what Google has told them in the past. Most of the commentary on the leak is from SEO experts Rand Fishkin and Mike King.
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S37Daisy Ridley trained for months to play first woman to swim English Channel In August 1926, American champion swimmer Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel, completing the 21-mile feat in 14 hours and 34 minutes—a record that would stand until 1950. She was just a few months shy of her 21st birthday. It's the kind of classic sports story tailor-made for the silver screen, and Disney has obliged with its new biopic The Young Woman and the Sea, starring Daisy Ridley as Ederle.
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