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Google Fires 28 Employees During Anti-Israel Protests
Google fired 28 workers after anti-Israel protests took over its corporate offices in New York, Seattle and Sunnyvale, California. The next day, Pichai reiterated in a blog post that such behavior would not be tolerated. Google has denied that its Nimbus project is assisting Israel with weapons or intelligence services.
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Read more at Fox Business
Climate and Health Data - A Collaboration With CarbonPlan
The project required combining highly sophisticated analysis of climate and health data with on-the-ground reporting to produce immersive narratives and interactive visuals. Together, we built one of the best and most accessible models of how many days each year people experience health-threatening heat. The team turned that analysis into a series of graphics and interactives that let people explore where people were most affected, and understand why.
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Read more at The Washington Post
Sedentary Breaks Can Improve Heart Health and Longevity
The HHS daily physical activity recommendations only account for about two percent of daily waking hours, leaving the remaining 98 percent of the time for sedentary activity. The best recommendation is “the more, the better,” said John Pentikis, ergonomics branch manager at DHA-PH. This nonexercise activity best serves as a supplement to moderate or vigorous physical activity but can substantially benefit health due to its potential to improve heart health.
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Read more at DVIDS
Sports Leagues and Gambling Addiction
The NBA has slapped Toronto Raptors center Jontay Porter with a lifetime ban. Sports leagues are more immersed in the sports betting ecosystem than ever before. The NBA is in the middle of a $1 billion deal with Caesars, DraftKings, and FanDuel.
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Read more at Fortune
College Football's Spring Transfer Portal - Winners and Losers
Colorado is off to a hot start in the spring transfer window. Alabama and Ole Miss are hoping to make a run for the expanded College Football Playoff in 2024. The Crimson Tide has had a huge weekend and parlayed impactful visits into a flurry of commitments from players at positions of need.
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Read more at CBS Sports
Maya Rudolph Shares a Personal Story
Maya Rudolph, 51, is the daughter of successful songwriters and musicians Richard Rudolph and Minnie Riperton. "They weren't actors," she said, explaining that despite her parents’ success, she didn’t get a leg up. Rudolph was only six years old when Ripperton died of breast cancer in 1979 at the age of 31.
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Read more at Vanity Fair
DJT Shares Are Trading Lower on Tuesday
The stock has been in free fall for the last month. In an exchange filing last week, the company said it sent a letter to Nasdaq regarding suspected short-selling activity in its shares.
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Read more at Benzinga
The DOL Overtime Rule Will Change the Salary Level Methodology for determining exempt employees
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) issued a statement on behalf of Beth Milito, Executive Director of NFIB’s Small Business Legal Center. The U.S. Department of Labor’s overtime rule increasing the minimum salary threshold for exempt employees.
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Read more at NFIB
ChatGPT - Chat With an LLM
When you use an application to chat with an LLM today — such as ChatGPT — you have little transparency about your interactions with the model. The model version can change silently with new training. And your prompts are probably filtered, i.e., modified, behind the scenes. Smart contracts using LLMs will encounter these issues.
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Read more at CoinDesk
Best Hotels in the World
Tripadvisor reveals 2024 Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best Awards. Out of 8 million listings, fewer than 1% achieved the milestone. New York City is still one of the top tourist destinations in the world. The Luma Hotel in Times Square is listed in second place.
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Read more at New York Post