Month: October 2024

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1A - The News Roundup For October 4, 2024

Hurricane Helene ripped through several states in the southeast and southern Appalachian regions of the U.S.

Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance faced off on Tuesday in what's expected to be their only debate of this election cycle for Vice President.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces crossed the border into Lebanon this to conduct what authorities called "localized raids" into Lebanese villages that they claim pose threats to Israeli communities.

They also battled Hezbollah militants.The United Nations extended its Kenya-led mission against gangs in Haiti for another year on Monday as violence continues to plague the island nation, but would not commit to sending a peacekeeping force.

We cover all this and more during this week's News Roundup.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Can you remotely blow up a mobile device?

On September 17th, 2024 thousands of pagers intended for use by Hezbollah exploded across Lebanon and Syria. The next, hundred of walkie-talkies detonated in the same manner. This operation was precedented in design, but not in scale -- and across the planet, people began to wonder: Is my own equipment safe? Can you really remotely blow up a mobile device?

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Consider This from NPR - In states where votes are close, organizers are aiming to ‘lose by less.’ Why?

In a state where every vote matters, campaigns are not only trying to win in counties where they're strongest. They're also trying to lose by less in places where votes for their candidate are harder to find. We take a look at volunteers in Wisconsin who are working to make less more.

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Consider This from NPR - In states where votes are close, organizers are aiming to ‘lose by less.’ Why?

In a state where every vote matters, campaigns are not only trying to win in counties where they're strongest. They're also trying to lose by less in places where votes for their candidate are harder to find. We take a look at volunteers in Wisconsin who are working to make less more.

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Consider This from NPR - In states where votes are close, organizers are aiming to ‘lose by less.’ Why?

In a state where every vote matters, campaigns are not only trying to win in counties where they're strongest. They're also trying to lose by less in places where votes for their candidate are harder to find. We take a look at volunteers in Wisconsin who are working to make less more.

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The Daily Signal - FEMA Whistleblowers Call Out Agency Mismanagement, Jobs Report Shows Positive Growth in September, Supreme Court Sides With the EPA| Oct. 4

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:


  • Whistleblowers call out FEMA mismanagement and misallocated funding
  • Jobs report shows positive growth in September.
  • Supreme Court rules on EPA regulations.
  • Dockworker dispute over wages ends, but union negotiations continue.



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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: CoinDesk Markets Week In Review

CoinDesk Indices presents notable data insights from the week, followed by additional analysis from Hugo Takimoto, Head of Product and Liquidity at Rho Labs.

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The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) functions as a benchmark for the performance of the digital asset market, delivering institutional quality information to digital asset investors. Subsets of the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) are investable CoinDesk Crypto Sectors and the CoinDesk 20 Index, designed to measure the performance of top digital assets. Today’s takeaways are provided by Tracy Stephens, senior index manager at CoinDesk Indices with additional analysis from Hugo Takimoto, Head of Product and Liquidity at Rho Labs.

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The Journal. - Why Microsoft Wants Three Mile Island’s Nuclear Power

Last month, Microsoft and Constellation Energy announced a deal to restart Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island, the site of the country’s worst nuclear power accident. WSJ’s Jennifer Hiller reports that the goal is to power the tech giant’s growing artificial intelligence ambitions.


Further Listening:

- Artificial: The OpenAI Story 

- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's Big Bet on AI 


Further Reading:

- Three Mile Island’s Nuclear Plant to Reopen, Help Power Microsoft’s AI Centers 


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Motley Fool Money - An AI IPO, 20 Years of RB

Cerebras is approaching chipmaking differently, can it carve out a space for itself in an industry of titans?  


(00:45) Asit Sharma and Jason Moser discuss:

  • The dock workers strike, its daily cost, and the industries it could impact most.
  • Upcoming AI chip IPO Cerebras, and how the company is approaching high-performance chips differently than the competition. 
  • Fresh earnings from: Nike, Paychex, and McCormick.


(19:04) October 2024 marks 20 years of Rule Breakers at The Motley Fool. To celebrate, we’re airing a portion of a conversation with David and former Rule Breakers analyst Matt Argersinger from our premium Epic Opportunities podcast. David fielded questions from our investing team about his own investing process, reflected on his 6 traits of a Rule Breaker and the companies that the framework led him to follow. 


(35:56) Jason and Asit break down two stocks on their radar: Pepsico and Joby Aviation.


Stocks discussed: NKE, PAYX, MCK, PEP, JOBY


Motley Fool Epic members can access the full conversation with David:


Host: Dylan Lewis

Guests: Jason Moser, Asit Sharma, David Gardner, Rick Engdahl

Engineers: Rick Engdahl, Austin Morgan 

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Cato Daily Podcast - These Candidates Have Terrible Views on Freedom of Speech

Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz seems to have a poor understanding of what the First Amendment protects. Donald Trump pledges to use the Department of Justice to punish Google over the presentation of negative news stories about him. Cato's Brent Skorup and Nico Perrino of FIRE detail the candidates' troubling views.

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