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Best Beach Reads for Bankers, Investors, or Dealmakers

Best Beach Reads for Bankers, Investors, or Dealmakers : "For me, it's a game plan of how to actually seek solutions to the biggest existential threat that we actually face as a species and as a planet. Whenever I introduce people to the book, you see people get obsessed with the kinds of things that we can be doing, whether that's regenerative agriculture, renewable energy, or reducing food waste."
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SBF accused of even more shady moves

https://outlook.office.com/mail/inbox/id/AAQkADljY2I1ZjY1LTdkYWMtNDFiZC1hM2RmLTJlZTg3Nzc4ODA2MgAQAAWfhhX3m1lIl3vKkqq%2FWLU%3D SBF accused of even more shady moves Shady SBFEd Jones/Getty The temperature got cranked even higher on the hot water FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was already submerged in. FTX’s new management sued him and some of its other former execs this week, hoping to claw back over $1 billion of company funds. The collapsed crypto exchange claims the ex-execs misappropriated the money for “pet projects” and personal use such as… Gifting $10 million to Bankman-Fried’s father—cash that FTX believes is now being used to bankroll SBF’s legal defense. Routing $725 million in FTX stock to company executives who provided nothing in return that would justify the equity. Using $546.1 million to buy a stake in Robinhood. Perhaps most surprisingly, FTX also contends Bankman-Fried’s brother planned to tap into its budget to purchase the Pacific island nation of Nauru as a poten...
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Footballer Benjamin Mendy cleared of rape and attempted rape | Chester | The Guardian

Footballer Benjamin Mendy cleared of rape and attempted rape | Chester | The Guardian : Some%20of%20the%20women%20said%20they%20were%20made%20to%20give%20in%20their%20phones%20after%20arriving%20at%20the%20house%20and%20felt%20unable%20to%20call%20for%20help.%20But%20Mendy%20said%20he%20only%20asked%20guests%20to%20put%20their%20phones%20in%20a%20box%20because%20he%20was%20concerned%20about%20privacy%2C%20particularly%20when%20holding%20lockdown-busting%20parties%2C%20and%20that%20the%20women%20could%20have%20their%20phones%20back%20whenever%20they%20wanted.%0A%0AThe%20parties%20were%20fuelled%20by%20alcohol%20and%20nitrous%20oxide%20balloons%20and%20often%20involved%20guests%20stripping%20down%20in%20Mendy%u2019s%20pool.%20People%20would%20have%20sex%20in%20rooms%20all%20over%20the%20house%2C%20sometimes%20swapping%20partners.%0A%0AMendy%20admitted%20not%20wearing%20a%20condom%20during%20any%20of%20the%20encounters%2C%20saying%20that%20while%20he%20knew%20the%20risks%20he%20%u201Cdidn...
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The week in charts: Meta takes on Twitter, office commitment issues�and performative productivity - Raconteur

The week in charts: Meta takes on Twitter, office commitment issues�and performative productivity - Raconteur : Workers%20lose%20a%20third%20of%20day%20to%20performative%20work%0A%0AThe%20need%20to%20appear%20productive%20is%20causing%20UK%20workers%20to%20spend%2030%25%20of%20their%20working%20day%20engaging%20in%20performative%20work%2C%20according%20to%20a%20new%20study%20commissioned%20by%A0Slack.%A0%0A%0A%0AThis%20type%20of%20work%2C%20also%20known%20as%20%u2018productivity%20theatre%u2019%2C%20doesn%u2019t%20contribute%20to%20any%20company%20goals%20and%20is%20simply%20done%20to%20make%20it%20appear%20as%20though%20people%20are%20working%20hard.%20Examples%20include%20scheduling%20in%20meetings%20that%20you%20don%u2019t%20need%20to%20attend%20or%20keeping%20workplace%20messaging%20apps%20open%20when%20you%u2019re%20away%20from%20your%20desk%2C%20so%20it%20looks%20as%20though%20you%u2019re%20still%A0online.%A0%0A%0AThis%20trend%20can%20be%20viewed%20as%20a%20response%20to%20the%20...
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PGA Tour Policy Board Member Resigns Over Concerns of LIV Deal: WaPo

PGA Tour Policy Board Member Resigns Over Concerns of LIV Deal: WaPo : A member of the PGA Tour policy board, which plays a critical role in moving the organization's deal with LIV Golf forward, resigned from his position, citing concerns with Saudi Arabia's role in a reporter's death in 2018, The Washington Post reported. Randall Stephenson, one of 10 board members since 2012, submitted his resignation letter dated Sunday and reviewed by The Post. According to the report, Stephenson said the deal was "not one that I can objectively evaluate or in good conscience support, particularly in light of the US intelligence report concerning Jamal Khashoggi in 2018." PGA Tour and LIV Golf, which is backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), announced a merger in June, agreeing to "unify the game of golf on a global basis." The move shocked the golf world as the two organizations were in the middle of several lawsuits while players who stayed w...
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%u2018It%20had%20to%20be%20totally%20bananas%u2019%3A%20Greta%20Gerwig%20on%20bringing%20Barbie%20to%20life%20%7C%20Greta%20Gerwig%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : Gerwig was invited to write Barbie by the actor Margot Robbie who, with Warner Bros, had bought the rights to the film
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Elon Musk Reportedly Microdoses Ketamine for Depression

Elon Musk Reportedly Microdoses Ketamine for Depression : Musk has gotten in hot water in the past for using drugs. In 2022, the billionaire said he and the "whole of SpaceX" had to be drug tested for a year after he smoked weed on a 2018 podcast with Joe Rogan. And Tesla board members expressed concern when Musk told The New York Times in 2018 that he'd begun using Ambien to sleep.�
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Meghan labeled untalented as fallout from collapse of Spotify deal rumbles on | Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex | The Guardian

Meghan labeled untalented as fallout from collapse of Spotify deal rumbles on | Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex | The Guardian : %u201CTurns%20out%20Meghan%20Markle%20was%20not%20a%20great%20audio%20talent%2C%20or%20necessarily%20any%20kind%20of%20talent%2C%u201D%20Zimmer%20is%20quoted%20as%20saying.%0A%0A%u201CAnd%2C%20you%20know%2C%20just%20because%20you%u2019re%20famous%20doesn%u2019t%20make%20you%20great%20at%20something.%u201D%0A%0ALast%20week%2C%20Bill%20Simmons%2C%20founder%20of%20the%20Ringer%20podcast%20network%20that%20he%20sold%20to%20Spotify%20in%202020%20for%20%24196m%2C%20accused%20the%20Sussexes%20of%20being%20%u201Cgrifters%u201D%20in%20a%20profanity-laden%20speech%20on%20his%20own%20podcast.%0A%0AThe%20Guardian%20has%20reached%20out%20to%20Zimmer%2C%20and%20Archewell%20representatives%2C%20for%20comment.%0A%0ASpotify%20scrapped%20the%20deal%20for%20the%20podcast%20Archetypes%20after%20only%2012%20episodes%20were%20made%2C%20featuring%20Markle%20in%20conversation%20with%2...
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Is%20it%20possible%20to%20spot%20a%20good%20liar%20%u2013%20and%20why%20do%20we%20all%20tell%20tales%3F%20%7C%20Life%20and%20style%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : People%20who%20convince%20themselves%20of%20their%20own%20truthfulness%20while%20being%20dishonest%20may%20act%20no%20differently%20to%20normal.%20The%20weight%20of%20empirical%20research%20shows%20it%u2019s%20hard%20to%20identify%20even%20very%20purposeful%20liars%20from%20their%20behaviour.%20A%20meta-analysis%20from%202006%2C%20%u201CAccuracy%20of%20Deception%20Judgments%u201D%2C%20by%20social%20psychologist%20Charles%20F%20Bond%20of%20Texas%20Christian%20University%20and%20others%2C%20looked%20at%20more%20than%20200%20studies%20to%20find%20that%20people%u2019s%20accuracy%20when%20distinguishing%20truth%20from%20lies%20isn%u2019t%20much%20better%20than%20chance.%20A%20more%20recent%20review%2C%202019%u2019s%20%u201CReading%20Lies%3A%20Nonverbal%20Communication%20and%20Deception%u201D%2C%20led%20by%20Aldert%20Vrij%20of%20the%20Uni...
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Bild-Zeitung dismisses more than 200 employees: AI is moving in

Bild-Zeitung dismisses more than 200 employees: AI is moving in : The number of dismissals is in the "low" three-digit range, according to company circles. "Low" can mean: 200 employees have to go. One "efforts" to "avoid operational dismissals and find socially acceptable solutions," says an e-mail signed by the "Bild" editors-in-chief Marion Horn and Robert Schneider, the head of the "Bild" group, Claudius Senst, and the "Bild" managing director Christoph Eck-Schmidt. The fact that Springer no longer discusses the use of AI, but carries it out, makes it clear in the passage of the mail, in which it says that "unfortunately you also have to part with colleagues who have tasks that are replaced by AI and/or processes in the digital world or do not find themselves in this new constellation with their current skills". Anyone who is no longer needed is no longer a secret: "The functions of editorial mana...
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Email - Masnjak Igor - Outlook

Email - Masnjak Igor - Outlook : Satya%20Nadella%20would%20never%20do%20this.%0A%A0%0ABut%20this%20is%20absolute%20%uD83D%uDD25%20marketing.%A0%0A%A0%0AHere%20is%20Steve%20Ballmer%2C%20former%20CEO%20of%20Microsoft%2C%20promoting%20Windows%201.0.%0A%A0%0ATurn%20your%20sound%20on%20and%20enjoy.%0A%0ASome%20of%20my%20favorite%20moments%3A%0A%A0%0A*%20%u201CWindows%20integrates%20Lotus%201-2-3%20with%20Miami%20Vice%u201D%20%u2014%20I%20have%20no%20idea%20what%20it%20means%20but%20it%20sounds%20provocative%0A%A0%0A*%20%u201CYou%20get%20a%20clock...and%20can%20you%20believe%20it%3F%21%21%20Reversi%u201D%0A%A0%0A*%20%u201C%24500%2C%20%241000...even%20more%3F%20No%21%21%21%20It%27s%20just%20%2499%22%0A%A0%0A*%20%u201CExcept%20for%20Nebraska%u201D%20%3A%29%0A%A0%0AWhat%20did%20you%20most%20like%20about%20Ballmer%27s%20pitch%3F%20Reply%20back%20and%20let%20me%20know.%0A%0AThat%20said%2C%20while%20Satya%20is%20not%20making%20amazing%20sales%20videos%2C%20he%20and%20his%20team%20at%20Microsoft%20...
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The%20Creator%20of%20%u2018Silo%u2019%20Says%20Same-Day%20AI%20Movies%20Are%20Coming%20Soon%20%7C%20WIRED

The%20Creator%20of%20%u2018Silo%u2019%20Says%20Same-Day%20AI%20Movies%20Are%20Coming%20Soon%20%7C%20WIRED : Sci-fi publishers are already�dealing with AI-generated work. As a sci-fi writer, does that give you pause? I think that these are inevitable developments, but how we use them and approach them is what's not inevitable. We could be optimistic and hopeful and creative with these tools, or we can pull our hair out and be upset and stressed out about them. That's what we can choose, and I'm going to choose to be excited about something that we've created together, cumulatively, because [generative AI tools are] basically based on all of our writing together, even people who don't think of themselves as writers. It's learned from you.
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The%20Creator%20of%20%u2018Silo%u2019%20Says%20Same-Day%20AI%20Movies%20Are%20Coming%20Soon%20%7C%20WIRED

The%20Creator%20of%20%u2018Silo%u2019%20Says%20Same-Day%20AI%20Movies%20Are%20Coming%20Soon%20%7C%20WIRED : Sci-fi publishers are already�dealing with AI-generated work. As a sci-fi writer, does that give you pause? I think that these are inevitable developments, but how we use them and approach them is what's not inevitable. We could be optimistic and hopeful and creative with these tools, or we can pull our hair out and be upset and stressed out about them. That's what we can choose, and I'm going to choose to be excited about something that we've created together, cumulatively, because [generative AI tools are] basically based on all of our writing together, even people who don't think of themselves as writers. It's learned from you.
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Meeting%20with%20war%20correspondents%20%u2022%20President%20of%A0Russia

Meeting%20with%20war%20correspondents%20%u2022%20President%20of%A0Russia : The�problem is that our regions are different not only in�their budgets but even in�their capacity for�organisation, whereas assistance must be equally effective in�all regions. But they vary and�so this assistance also varies. What do you think about this?
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When sports are repackaged as investment vehicles, a turning point is reached | Sport | The Guardian

When sports are repackaged as investment vehicles, a turning point is reached | Sport | The Guardian : The%20International%20Cricket%20Council%20has%20signed%20a%20major%20partnership%20with%20Aramco%20and%20there%20are%20persistent%20rumours%20of%20a%20lucrative%20Saudi%20Twenty20%20league%20in%20the%20near%20future.%20Tennis%20is%2C%20quite%20frankly%2C%20a%20sitting%20target.%20Formula%20One%2C%20boxing%3A%20too%20late%2C%20lads.%20The%20NBA%20recently%20changed%20its%20rules%20to%20allow%20sovereign%20wealth%20funds%20to%20buy%20into%20its%20franchises%2C%20although%20the%20commissioner%2C%20Adam%20Silver%2C%20recognises%20Saudi%20investment%20is%20%u201Ca%20two-edged%20sword%u201D.%20Which%20is%20nice.%0A%0A
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Here%u2019s%20what%20Mark%20Zuckerberg%20thinks%20about%20Apple%u2019s%20Vision%20Pro%20-%20The%20Verge

Here%u2019s%20what%20Mark%20Zuckerberg%20thinks%20about%20Apple%u2019s%20Vision%20Pro%20-%20The%20Verge : %u201CI%20think%20that%20their%20announcement%20really%20showcases%20the%20difference%20in%20the%20values%20and%20the%20vision%20that%20our%20companies%20bring%20to%20this%20in%20a%20way%20that%20I%20think%20is%20really%20important%2C%u201D%20Zuckerberg%20told%20employees%2C%20who%20were%20gathered%20at%20the%20company%u2019s%20Menlo%20Park%2C%20California%2C%20headquarters%20for%20its%20first%20all-hands%20meeting%20since%202020.%20Zuckerberg%20said%20that%20the%20Quest%20is%20about%20%u201Cpeople%20interacting%20in%20new%20ways%20and%20feeling%20closer%u201D%20while%20also%20%u201Cabout%20being%20active%20and%20doing%20things.%u201D%0A%0A
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Barbie Director Greta Gerwig Compares Margot Robbie Starrer To A Disco, Revealing The Inspiration Behind The Making Of Mattel Doll Musical

Barbie Director Greta Gerwig Compares Margot Robbie Starrer To A Disco, Revealing The Inspiration Behind The Making Of Mattel Doll Musical : Greta%20Gerwig%20has%20compared%20the%20%u2018Barbie%u2019%20movie%20to%20disco%20music.%20The%2039-year-old%20filmmaker%20was%20inspired%20by%20musicals%20such%20as%20%u2018The%20Wizard%20of%20Oz%u2019%20when%20it%20came%20to%20her%20tale%20about%20the%20beloved%20Mattel%20doll%2C%20and%20she%20hopes%20it%20gives%20audiences%20a%20fun%2C%20communal%20experience%20in%20the%20same%20way%20as%20the%20popular%201970s%20musical%20style.%0A%0A
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We%20finally%20have%20the%20world%u2019s%20first%20female%20crash%20test%20dummy%20and%20here%u2019s%20why%20it%u2019s%20significant

We%20finally%20have%20the%20world%u2019s%20first%20female%20crash%20test%20dummy%20and%20here%u2019s%20why%20it%u2019s%20significant : Astrid%20Linder%20said%20that%20it%20wasn%u2019t%20just%20the%20height%20and%20weight%20of%20the%20dummy%20that%20has%20changed.%20Speaking%20to%20NPR%2C%20Linder%20said%2C%20%u201CWe%20have%20a%20very%20strong%20focus%20on%20how%20the%20torso%20looks%20like.%20And%20there%20we%20have%20some%20geometrical%20differences%20between%20males%20and%20females%2C%20but%20we%20also%20have%20differences%20in%20joint%20stiffnesses.%20And%20females%20have%20less%20muscles%20and%20with%20a%20lower%20total%20strength%2C%20which%20correspond%20to%20a%20lower%20stiffness%20between%20the%20joints.%u201D%0A%0A
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