For years, the entertainment media industry speculated wildly about who would succeed Bob Iger as Disney CEO. More specifically, it was wondered how Iger could be succeeded after overseeing the most successful company period in Hollywood history. Earlier this year, we were given part of the answer when former head of parks and resorts Bob Chapek was abruptly named Iger’s immediate replacement. The longtime Disney chief was set to transition into a creative role before riding off into the sunset and wanted to clear up the hierarchy before leaving. So much for carefully laid plans. In light...…For years, the entertainment media industry speculated wildly about who would succeed Bob Iger as Disney CEO. More specifically, it was wondered how Iger could be succeeded after overseeing the most successful company period in Hollywood history. Earlier this year, we were given part of the answer when former head of parks and resorts Bob Chapek was abruptly named Iger’s immediate replacement. The longtime Disney chief was set to transition into a creative role before riding off into the sunset and wanted to clear up the hierarchy before leaving. So much for carefully laid plans. In light...WW…

SEE ALSO:unsafe working conditions amid the pandemic.The researchers accumulated “potential turnover indicators” for more than 500,000 workers in the U.S. and based their analytics on “personal factors tied to embeddedness that were in the public domain, such as the number of past jobs, employment anniversary and tenure, skills, education, gender and geography.”“We used machine learning to classify each individual as unlikely, less likely, more likely, or most likely to be receptive to new job opportunities,” the authors wrote., , , , , , ,We get it: you like to have control of your own...…SEE ALSO:unsafe working conditions amid the pandemic.The researchers accumulated “potential turnover indicators” for more than 500,000 workers in the U.S. and based their analytics on “personal factors tied to embeddedness that were in the public domain, such as the number of past jobs, employment anniversary and tenure, skills, education, gender and geography.”“We used machine learning to classify each individual as unlikely, less likely, more likely, or most likely to be receptive to new job opportunities,” the authors wrote., , , , , , ,We get it: you like to have control of your own...WW…

New Yorkers who encounter a situation requiring authorities’ attention are instructed to follow a two-step process: If it’s an emergency, call 911. If it’s not an emergency, call 311.According to NYC.gov and the New York Police Department, the act of smoking marijuana qualifies as an emergency, and citizens . This instruction helps ensure that a stark racial disparity in arrests continues, and also raises the risk of nonviolent crimes escalating into problematic and potentially dangerous confrontations.It’s also yet another example of how police resources are used—and perhaps misused—in New...…New Yorkers who encounter a situation requiring authorities’ attention are instructed to follow a two-step process: If it’s an emergency, call 911. If it’s not an emergency, call 311.According to NYC.gov and the New York Police Department, the act of smoking marijuana qualifies as an emergency, and citizens . This instruction helps ensure that a stark racial disparity in arrests continues, and also raises the risk of nonviolent crimes escalating into problematic and potentially dangerous confrontations.It’s also yet another example of how police resources are used—and perhaps misused—in New...WW…

President Donald Trump is threatening and planning to ban the popular video sharing app TikTok from the US because of the security risk.The meteoric rise of TikTok, Gen Z’s favorite short-video app, is nothing short of a miracle. Never in digital history have we seen a consumer product made by a foreign company But the timing of its rise may also be its downfall, as it comes in the midst of between the U.S. and China. TikTok’s overnight success has now become the worst nightmare for its Chinese parent company, ByteDance.Last Friday, Trump said he’s ready to sign an executive order to ban...…President Donald Trump is threatening and planning to ban the popular video sharing app TikTok from the US because of the security risk.The meteoric rise of TikTok, Gen Z’s favorite short-video app, is nothing short of a miracle. Never in digital history have we seen a consumer product made by a foreign company But the timing of its rise may also be its downfall, as it comes in the midst of between the U.S. and China. TikTok’s overnight success has now become the worst nightmare for its Chinese parent company, ByteDance.Last Friday, Trump said he’s ready to sign an executive order to ban...WW…

NASA and ‘ grand dream of taking humans back to the moon now has a dashing new participant from Japan.Late last month, Tokyo-based startup revealed the final design of its lunar lander, Hakuto-Reboot (Hakuto-R), paving the way for the company to make its first touchdown on the moon as soon as 2022, using a Falcon 9 rocket.The new expected launch date is almost a year behind ispace’s original timeline. “The new target launch date was chosen in order to ensure higher reliability for Hakuto-R customers and overall mission success,” the company said in a statement.The Hakuto-R lander is a...…NASA and ‘ grand dream of taking humans back to the moon now has a dashing new participant from Japan.Late last month, Tokyo-based startup revealed the final design of its lunar lander, Hakuto-Reboot (Hakuto-R), paving the way for the company to make its first touchdown on the moon as soon as 2022, using a Falcon 9 rocket.The new expected launch date is almost a year behind ispace’s original timeline. “The new target launch date was chosen in order to ensure higher reliability for Hakuto-R customers and overall mission success,” the company said in a statement.The Hakuto-R lander is a...WW…

At Uber’s 2020 shareholders meeting on Monday, a group representing large Uber shareholders took issue with how much the ride-sharing giant is paying its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi while the and its contractor drivers struggle to make ends meet amid the coronavirus pandemic.CtW Investment Group, an advisory firm working with some of Uber’s substantial shareholders, called for shareholders to vote against Uber’s Say-On-Pay proposal regarding Khosrowshahi’s compensation package.“Say-On-Pay” is a legal term that describes a corporate governance rule that gives shareholders the right to vote on the...…At Uber’s 2020 shareholders meeting on Monday, a group representing large Uber shareholders took issue with how much the ride-sharing giant is paying its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi while the and its contractor drivers struggle to make ends meet amid the coronavirus pandemic.CtW Investment Group, an advisory firm working with some of Uber’s substantial shareholders, called for shareholders to vote against Uber’s Say-On-Pay proposal regarding Khosrowshahi’s compensation package.“Say-On-Pay” is a legal term that describes a corporate governance rule that gives shareholders the right to vote on the...WW…

For most of 2020, Elon Musk has dominated news headlines for and Tesla’s , so much so that it’s easy to forget that another Musk-owned transportation venture, has also been making rapid progress.On Tuesday, Musk announced on Twitter that, after a full year in the making, The Boring Company’s“Tunnels under cities with self-driving electric cars will feel like warp drive,” the entrepreneur described the future in .Tunnels are the final piece along with electric vehicles and self-driving to complete Musk’s green, driverless urban transportation dream.The Boring Company built a test tunnel in...…For most of 2020, Elon Musk has dominated news headlines for and Tesla’s , so much so that it’s easy to forget that another Musk-owned transportation venture, has also been making rapid progress.On Tuesday, Musk announced on Twitter that, after a full year in the making, The Boring Company’s“Tunnels under cities with self-driving electric cars will feel like warp drive,” the entrepreneur described the future in .Tunnels are the final piece along with electric vehicles and self-driving to complete Musk’s green, driverless urban transportation dream.The Boring Company built a test tunnel in...WW…

If you remember about coronavirus in the pandemic’s early days (including his dead-wrong prediction that the U.S. would be free of COVID-19 cases by the end of April), you should probably think twice before taking him seriously on other pandemic-related issues. But when the Tesla CEO talks, the internet listens.In a spontaneous tweet storm seen by his 37 million followers Friday morning, Musk spoke his mind on the heated debate in Washington over “Another government stimulus package is not in the best interests of people, [in my opinion],” the billionaire said bluntly.Another government...…If you remember about coronavirus in the pandemic’s early days (including his dead-wrong prediction that the U.S. would be free of COVID-19 cases by the end of April), you should probably think twice before taking him seriously on other pandemic-related issues. But when the Tesla CEO talks, the internet listens.In a spontaneous tweet storm seen by his 37 million followers Friday morning, Musk spoke his mind on the heated debate in Washington over “Another government stimulus package is not in the best interests of people, [in my opinion],” the billionaire said bluntly.Another government...WW…

As the nears its final lap with multiple phase 3 trials underway, the primary question has shifted from whether we will have a working vaccine at all to how much one (or more of them) will cost.The good news is that it probably won’t be as outrageous as most medical innovations wind up costing in the U.S. when first released. Given the unusual circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government is expected to the development of the first available COVID-19 vaccine, and most vaccine developers have promised to sell their products on a not-for-profit basis. Still, prices vary...…As the nears its final lap with multiple phase 3 trials underway, the primary question has shifted from whether we will have a working vaccine at all to how much one (or more of them) will cost.The good news is that it probably won’t be as outrageous as most medical innovations wind up costing in the U.S. when first released. Given the unusual circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government is expected to the development of the first available COVID-19 vaccine, and most vaccine developers have promised to sell their products on a not-for-profit basis. Still, prices vary...WW…

Any app that doesn’t protect its code—small, big, stupid, pointless—is vulnerable. Unprotected code doesn’t play favorites; it could be a banking app or an app that allows you to draw mustaches on cats. If it contains code, it has the potential to be hacked. Every device and system is hackable—it’s just a matter of time and hacker motivation. Observer recently connected with Asaf Ashkenazi, chief strategy officer at Verimatrix, who warned that the security of every connected device matters. And Ashkenazi knows; he’s been a cybersecurity industry veteran for more than 15 years and is a...…Any app that doesn’t protect its code—small, big, stupid, pointless—is vulnerable. Unprotected code doesn’t play favorites; it could be a banking app or an app that allows you to draw mustaches on cats. If it contains code, it has the potential to be hacked. Every device and system is hackable—it’s just a matter of time and hacker motivation. Observer recently connected with Asaf Ashkenazi, chief strategy officer at Verimatrix, who warned that the security of every connected device matters. And Ashkenazi knows; he’s been a cybersecurity industry veteran for more than 15 years and is a...WW…