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From Wired. Alex Wellerstein joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about nuclear science. Which nations have nuclear bombs? Who decides who gets to have nuclear warheads and who doesn’t? Why were Hiroshima and Nagasaki targeted at the end of World War II? What happens to someone’s body in an atomic bomb explosion? How…
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From Wall Street Journal. President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the July jobs report showed little growth. WSJ’s Chief Economics Commentator Greg Ip explains the data. #Jobs #Trump #Shorts
From Cheddar. Dr. Richard Besser, President & CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and former CDC acting director, unpacks the impact of RFK’s mRNA funding cuts. Connect with Cheddar! On Facebook: https://facebook.com/cheddar On Instagram: https://instagram.com/cheddar On the web: https://cheddar.com In your inbox: https://need2know.cheddar.com/subscribe
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From Cheddar. Robots on passport duty. China’s Hangzhou International Airport is now using humanoid robots to assist passengers, answer immigration questions in multiple languages, and work alongside self-check kiosks. Connect with Cheddar! On Facebook: https://facebook.com/cheddar On Instagram: https://instagram.com/cheddar On the web: https://cheddar.com In your inbox: https://need2know.cheddar.com/subscribe
From The Economist. Amid mounting evidence of war crimes, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has announced a new offensive on Gaza City. Our foreign editor looks at who could stop him.Click the link [in bio] to read how attitudes to the war are changing inside Israel
From Vox. The future of thrift and vintage reselling is rapidly evolving. This video is presented by Verizon Business. Verizon Business has no editorial influence on our videos, but their support makes videos like these possible. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Thrifting has taken off in the last decade, from secondhand fashion to vintage records,…
From Cheddar. Big Tech is powering the market, but the consumer isn’t keeping up. 📈📉 Jess Inskip, Director of Investor Research at StockBrokers and host of Market MakeHer Podcast, warns that tech’s narrow lead could set the stage for volatility. Connect with Cheddar! On Facebook: https://facebook.com/cheddar On Instagram: https://instagram.com/cheddar On the web: https://cheddar.com In your…
From Wall Street Journal. Blackdot, an Austin startup, created an AI-driven tattoo robot, raising about $7 million to make a machine it says boosts precision and reduces pain.The device at Bang Bang studio uses an algorithm to convert designs into dots, scanning skin and applying ink with a triple-pointed needle. #AI #Tattoo #WSJ
From Cheddar. Bankrate’s Ted Rossman breaks down record-high $1.209 trillion in U.S. household credit debt and the financial risks looming for year’s end. Connect with Cheddar! On Facebook: https://facebook.com/cheddar On Instagram: https://instagram.com/cheddar On the web: https://cheddar.com In your inbox: https://need2know.cheddar.com/subscribe
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From The Economist. McKinsey, the consulting giant, is approaching its centenary, but growth has slowed and rivals are closing in. Jason Palmer, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, and Tom Lee-Devlin, our business editor, explore whether this industry titan can stay top dog. 00:00 – Has McKinsey lost its shine? 00:40 – What is happening at…
From Wall Street Journal. Buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans from companies like Affirm, Afterpay and Klarna have exploded as an alternative to credit cards. In January, the CFPB reported that more than two-thirds of BNPL loans went to borrowers with lower credit scores, raising both growing consumer risks and risks for providers. Amid economic…
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From Vox. Almost every tech platform is designed to grab and hold your attention, to keep you clicking, scrolling, and buying for as long as possible. Sports gambling has become one of the clearest examples of this. The industry has created frictionless apps on your phone that let you bet on everything from March Madness…
From Bloomberg. In a residential loft building in Chelsea, one of New York City’s original horse elevators managed to survive into modernity – against all odds. Installed in the late 1880s to lift horses to the upper floors of a 5-story stable, it served the equestrian parking needs of New York’s booming Chelsea neighborhood until…
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From Business Insider. Frank’s RedHot is the best-selling hot sauce in America, beating out competitors like Tabasco and Cholula. But how did the company build such a diehard following, even as hundreds of competitors swarm the market? CHAPTERS: 00:00 – Introduction 01:00 – How Frank’s RedHot Is Made 02:41 – The Slick Test 03:01 –…
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From 60 Minutes. From 2011, Scott Pelley’s report on conditions in northern Japan in the aftermath of the that year’s earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent nuclear power plant radiation crisis. Also from 2011, Bob Simon’s visit to Otsuchi, the Japanese town that was inundated by the tsunami. From 2014, Simon’s report on the recovery from three…
From The Economist. Are America’s nukes too old? The US government seems to think so—it’s in the middle of the biggest overhaul of its nuclear infrastructure in 50 years. Our diplomatic editor visited a strategic-missile base to find out more.
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From Wall Street Journal. Flying private has become the ultimate luxury splurge for many wealthy individuals, surpassing Ferraris, Hermès Birkin bags topping $14,000 or even waterfront Hamptons homes. For many of those aspiring to join the ranks of the truly rich, having “private-jet money” is the new goal, dividing the 1% from the 0.1%. #PJ…
From 60 Minutes. It’s been 80 years since the first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Thirty years after the bombings, Morley Safer visited Japan to see what had become of the cities. "60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of…
From Cheddar. Robots building homes. 👀 Cosmic Buildings CEO Sasha Jokic shares how their AI microfactory is making sustainable tiny homes a reality. Connect with Cheddar! On Facebook: https://facebook.com/cheddar On Instagram: https://instagram.com/cheddar On the web: https://cheddar.com In your inbox: https://need2know.cheddar.com/subscribe
From Cheddar. Welcome to Big Business This Week! As summer winds down, JD Durkin breaks down the biggest business headlines of the week with News Director from Fast Company, Christopher. Everything from Apple’s big announcement at the White House to Musk’s Tesla package and the evolving future of ChatGPT. Watch! Connect with Cheddar! On Facebook:…
From Wall Street Journal. From vanishing minibars to disappearing closets, hotel rooms are shrinking. With the rise of Airbnb and hotel occupancy rates plateauing, operators are on the hunt for the most profitable design to maximize profits. Take Marriott’s Moxy brand, for example — its rooms are less than half the average size yet can…
From The New York Times. A teacher follows a student home and gets more than she bargained for in this scene from “Weapons,” the latest twisty horror film from the writer and director Zach Cregger (“Barbarian”). The movie involves a classroom of children who go missing in a small town, save for one boy, Alex…
From The Atlantic. Part IX: After Hurricane Katrina and the breach of the levees in 2005, Floodlines examined what went wrong in New Orleans and what those errors meant for the people left behind. Now, 20 years later, the host, Vann R. Newkirk II, revisits New Orleans to meet up with Le-Ann Williams again and…
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From The Atlantic. Soviet dissidents have long admired the United States and its Founding Fathers for their attachment to a moral core, the basis for individual human liberty. So what happens when American power is used not for moral interests but for solely pragmatic ones? Host Garry Kasparov is joined by George Friedman, the founder…
From Bloomberg. For decades, Samsung was the world’s leading memory chip maker, but the tech giant was recently surpassed by smaller rival SK Hynix. Is it too late for South Korea’s biggest company to get back in the AI race? #Samsung #AI #Technology ——– Like this video? Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg?sub_confirmation=1 Get unlimited access to Bloomberg.com for…
From RETRO REPORT. This version of a previously released video is in Japanese. Japanese survivors recall the day the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and warn of future risks. Education Resources: https://retroreport.org/video/what-japans-atom-bomb-survivors-have-taught-us-about-the-dangers-of-nuclear-war-2/ Teachers, create your free Retro Report account now: http://bit.ly/RR-Reg CONNECT WITH RETRO REPORT Browse our video library: http://bit.ly/RR-library Website: http://www.retroreport.org Bluesky:…
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From Cheddar. These aren’t your average robots. And this isn’t your average fight. Kazaa Lite and Synthesis 30 face off in a high-stakes 30lb semifinal hosted by the National Havoc Robot League, featured in this week’s 3-hour special. Catch the action on Cheddar, airing weekends at 11AM ET. Connect with Cheddar! On Facebook: https://facebook.com/cheddar On…
From Insider. Sharon Stone spoke to Business Insider about working with Robert De Niro on the set of "Casino." She reflected on his uncanny ability to challenge and provoke her as an actor. Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/sharon-stone-best-movies-basic-instinct-casino-2025-7 MORE INSIDER VIDEOS: How Casino Card Counting Actually Works | Authorized Account | Insider Former CIA Officer Rates 12…
From Wall Street Journal. China has ramped up military and dual-use infrastructure along its border with India over the past decade. Experts say Beijing’s extensive network of roads, railways and airports in Tibet and along the Himalaya Mountains are part of a risky effort to dominate the region. WSJ breaks down the infrastructure race between…
From VICE News. Shane and nuclear-physics prodigy Taylor Wilson on the past, present, and future of atomic science, how Cold-War close calls, and today’s aging launch warning systems, make accidental nuclear war scarier than a deliberate attack, why Russia’s hypersonic torpedoes and cheap Ukrainian drones both reveal the same uneasy truth: deterrence math is being…
From Business Insider. The US Army announced it will invest $36 billion over the next five years to modernize its force, with a heavy emphasis on drone technology. Graham Flanagan, Business Insider’s chief video correspondent, went inside a combat training exercise with the Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment in southern Germany, where soldiers are learning to…
From Wired. Biomedical scientist Dr. Andrea Love returns to WIRED to answer a new slate of the internet’s burning questions about pseudosciences, health fads, and false wellness claims. How can someone avoid falling into the trap of pseudoscience? Why do people swear by lion’s mane mushroom as a supplement? Does acupuncture do anything? Is it…
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From Insider. Special forces members review scenes from movies and television and rate how realistic they are. Elliot Ackerman, a former Marine Corps special operations team leader, rates Marine Corps scenes in movies and television for realism. Ackerman discusses the depiction of the Iraq War and the war in Afghanistan in films such as "Jarhead,"…
From Wall Street Journal. Economists braced for the worst when President Trump announced his tariff plan in April, yet the U.S. economy remained resilient. Inflation has defied the worst of expectations so far, but weakness in the July jobs report showed a weaker labor market and slower GDP growth in the first half of 2025…
From Cheddar. Apple’s U.S. investment just got an upgrade. Apple is pouring another $100 billion into U.S. manufacturing, bringing its total domestic investment to $600 billion. CEO Tim Cook joined President Trump at the White House to announce the plan, which focuses on expanding the U.S. supply chain and advanced manufacturing. But it does not…
From The Atlantic. At the onset of the AIDS crisis in the early 1980s, U.S. cities began trying new ways to stop the spread of infection among drug users. Ideas that were first seen as radical, such as needle exchanges, quickly caught on—because they worked. San Francisco is one of the first places where such…
From The Economist. How much influence does Nvidia’s boss have over Donald Trump? Our business columnist looks at the extent of tech mogul Jensen Huang’s powers of persuasion over America’s president.
From Cheddar. So, would you let AI dress you? J.D. Durkin tried on outfits using Google’s new generative AI try-on tool, right on the floor of the NYSE. Forget ever stepping into a fitting room again. Connect with Cheddar! On Facebook: https://facebook.com/cheddar On Instagram: https://instagram.com/cheddar On the web: https://cheddar.com In your inbox: https://need2know.cheddar.com/subscribe
From Cheddar. Seth Schachner, Managing Director at Strat Americas, breaks down Disney’s Q3 results: streaming profits, parks growth and ESPN rights deal with the NFL. Connect with Cheddar! On Facebook: https://facebook.com/cheddar On Instagram: https://instagram.com/cheddar On the web: https://cheddar.com In your inbox: https://need2know.cheddar.com/subscribe
From Wall Street Journal. President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because of revisions to the jobs number. The jobs reports usually have revisions as a result of companies delayed response times and other factors, but why were the recent revisions so large? WSJ explores how the BLS collects data, why…
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From Cheddar. President Trump says major banks are discriminating against conservatives, including himself. Connect with Cheddar! On Facebook: https://facebook.com/cheddar On Instagram: https://instagram.com/cheddar On the web: https://cheddar.com In your inbox: https://need2know.cheddar.com/subscribe
From VICE News. When Russia invaded, the women of Kyiv’s leading contemporary dance group lost their stage, and almost their sense of purpose. Match in a Haystack follows their journey to reclaim meaning through movement, creating their first show since the war began. Amid blackouts, air raids, and constant fear, these dancers fight for more…
From The Atlantic. “Ukrainians are more adept at understanding American politics than Americans are,” the journalist Tim Mak tells David Frum. “Their lives depend on it.” Subscribe now and watch the next episode of “The David Frum Show.” Subscribe to The Atlantic on YouTube: http://bit.ly/subAtlanticYT
From The Atlantic. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, President Donald Trump’s signature second-term domestic legislation, implements a nationwide work requirement for Medicaid. Republican lawmakers insist that this will not cut the insurance program—but in reality, Annie Lowrey argues, the new rule will “saddle taxpayers with billions of dollars of new costs and low-income Americans…
From The Economist. Donald Trump announced Swiss exports to America will soon face tariffs of 39%, which came as a shock to Switzerland
From Wall Street Journal. AI data centers could use up to 12% of all U.S. electricity by 2028. But how much power does it take to create one video and what really happens after you hit “enter” on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern visited “Data Center Valley” in Virginia to trace the journey and…
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From The Atlantic. On this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with a warning about the crumbling of U.S. support for Ukraine under President Donald Trump. He lays out how the Trump administration has slowed the flow of weapons to Ukraine, undermined sanctions on Russia, and made empty promises about…
From Cheddar. Robocop, but make it real. 😳 A humanoid robot was spotted directing traffic in Shanghai, wearing a helmet and reflective gear. It stood at a busy crosswalk in the city’s Bund Square, guiding vehicles through the intersection. Would you feel safe with a robot managing the roads? Connect with Cheddar! On Facebook: https://facebook.com/cheddar…