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Elon Musk says he might bring conspiracy theorist Alex Jones back to X
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Elon Musk says he might bring conspiracy theorist Alex Jones back to X

Elon Musk said Saturday that he will consider allowing right-wing provocateur and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to return to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Mr Jones was banned from Twitter in 2018 after posting harassing messages, a month after other tech companies such as Facebook and YouTube also suspended his accounts.Mr. Jones, who last year was ordered to pay $1 billion to the families of the eight victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting after spending years promoting claims that the massacre was a hoax, he said he hopes Mr. Musk will be reinstated. his account. In an interview with Tucker Carlson that aired on X on Thursday, Mr. Jones said users regularly called Mr. Musk to bring him back to the platform.“My tendency is continually, 'Hey...
From unicornios to zombies: decades of ‘startups’ declare themselves in quiebra
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From unicornios to zombies: decades of ‘startups’ declare themselves in quiebra

This situation resulted in an impressive loss of money. In August, Hopin, an emerging firm that had raised more than $1,600 million and had been valued at $7,600 million, sold its core business for just $15 million. My passage, Zeus Living, a real estate company that received 150 million dollars, has announced the closure of its operations. Plastiq, an emerging technology finance company that has raised $226 million, has declared itself quiebra en mayo. In September, light motorcycle company Bird, which attracted a $776 million reversal, decided to pay on the New York Stock Exchange, acknowledging that its shares were priced too low. Its market capitalization of $7 million is less than the $22 million worth of the mansion its founder, Travis VanderZanden, purchased in Miami in 2021.“A...
DHL workers at the Kentucky Air Cargo Hub go on strike
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DHL workers at the Kentucky Air Cargo Hub go on strike

More than 1,100 workers at the DHL Express global air cargo hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport went on strike Thursday after months of failed negotiations with the carrier.A group of DHL hub workers who load and unload planes voted in April to unionize with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which has been in contract negotiations with the company since July. The union has since filed more than 20 complaints of unfair labor practices with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing the company of retaliating against organized workers. Teamsters Local 100, which represents unionized workers, voted to authorize a strike Sunday.“The company forced this work stoppage, but DHL has the opportunity to right this wrong by respecting our members and coming to term...
Why anonymous sperm donation ended and why this matters
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Why anonymous sperm donation ended and why this matters

In many states, if you are part of a couple raising a child and never marry or divorce, and your partner wants to sever the relationship, you can be considered a legal stranger to a child you helped raise but with whom you do not you share a genetic bond. “I worry that people may act in good faith but not understand the plight of these families,” says Douglas NeJaime, a law professor at Yale who is working with LGBTQ organizations and other academics on a joint statement of principles on access to information donor identification. “There is real legal risk in many places. And then there is the idea expressed by these laws, which is that biological ties are more important than other ties."Malina Simard-Halm, 27, the donor-conceived daughter of gay fathers, is a former board member of Fam...
That’s why a New York lobster roll (with fries!) costs $32
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That’s why a New York lobster roll (with fries!) costs $32

New York City wasn't always a lobster town.Fifteen years ago, Ms. Povich decided to change that. She first learned to love lobster in the backyard of her grandparents' house in Maine, which had a kosher kitchen but an enclosed outdoor space for the family to indulge in the shellfish.She and her husband Ralph started out selling whole lobsters in a building they purchased in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Soon after, he drove seven hours to Maine a couple of times a week to bring back fresh lobster meat and split-top rolls, which the couple says are much better suited for a lobster roll than the side-split version, the only like then. available in New York.They have built a lively business and a reputation for being a great place to spend a summer Saturday afternoon.The pandemic has upended everyth...
An iceberg the size of a city is moving away from Antarctic waters
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An iceberg the size of a city is moving away from Antarctic waters

It is huge. It's frozen. And it's touching.It's an iceberg called A23a. Wait, they call it that? Come on, we can do better.It's Superberg!For more than 100 years, no iceberg has been more famous than the one that sank the Titanic and abruptly ended Rose and Jack's fictional love story. But that was before a giant iceberg began wandering north from Antarctica.Where is he headed? How did it happen? What does all this mean? You have questions, we have answers.Where did this iceberg come from?The iceberg initially broke away from Antarctica – a process known as calving – in 1986. But it didn't get far and soon became stuck in the Weddell Sea, south of South America.This changed in 2020, when it started moving again. It is now advancing slowly and is almost about to pass the tip of the...
Google’s Next Top Model, Will the Cybertruck Crash? and This Week in A.I.
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Google’s Next Top Model, Will the Cybertruck Crash? and This Week in A.I.

This transcript was created using speech recognition software. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript and email transcripts@nytimes.com with any questions.casey newtonLook, Kevin, in Silicon Valley, we have some really incredible names, just of companies.kevin rooseThat’s true.casey newtonAnd I think sometime in the mid-2010s, we actually ran out of names. You know what I mean?kevin rooseRight, that’s when people just started removing vowels from stuff.casey newtonExactly. And everything was .io, and it was .ly, and it just sort of became kind of unhinged. And to me, this all reached its apotheosis —kevin rooseWhoa, great word.casey newtonThank you — about — Apotheosis would be a great nam...