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Apple Shares Sink on China Ban, US Retail Worker Exodus and ChatGPT Traffic Slips Again
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TGIF news lovers! Step into the shadowy world of headlines, where secrets, scandals, and stories await to unravel the mysteries of today's top news. 📰🌟
US Retail Workers are Tired, Overworked, and Quitting: What’s Behind America’s Retail Worker Exodus?
- Working conditions for US retail workers have been on a steady downward trajectory since their return to work following mandatory Covid lockdowns.
- The job is more complicated than ever, and its wages are increasingly not a match for the demanding work.
- Employees must deal with a plethora of new challenges, from shoplifting to customer service to online orders.
- The pandemic years have added whole new taxing duties hazardous to employees health.
- They’re ready to call it quits - the American retail workforce is facing record rates of employee resignation. Source: Read More
Do you think the US will be able to avoid a recession? |
Apple Shares Sink as China Widens iPhone Ban
- Apple Inc. shares fell almost 3%, wiping out nearly $200 billion of market value in two days.
- China plans to expand a ban on iPhones from government-backed agencies and state companies.
- The 6.4% drop is Apple's worst week slump in a month.
- Nvidia's stock price dropped 5.5% after a dubious conspiracy theory spread on social media accused the AI leader of lying about their sales.
- Apple and Nvidia's stock tumble this week is unprecedented, as the tech sector as a whole has been enjoying a steady incline this year.
- The tech sector relies heavily on the success of these two titans, as Apple and Nvidia make up two-thirds of the index’s gain. So, one bad apple can definitely spoil the bunch - or, in this case, a $250 billion loss. Source: Read More
ChatGPT Traffic Slips Again
- OpenAI's ChatGPT website saw worldwide desktop and mobile website visits to the ChatGPT website decrease by 3.2% to 1.43 billion in August.
- Average time spent on the website also decreased from 8.7 minutes on site to 7 minutes on site in August.
- However, August worldwide unique visitors ticked up to 180.5 million users from 180 million.
- School coming back into session in September may help ChatGPT's traffic and usage, and some schools have begun to embrace it.
- Back to school traffic will determine if the ChatGPT hype is finally waning or if we have with ourselves the best school cheating ... erm teaching tool ever made. Source: Read More
Elon Musk "Chilling" with the Enemy?
- Musk cut off Ukrainian forces' access to the SpaceX Starlink system, which they depend on for communication, while they tried to launch a submarine drone attack on a Russian naval fleet in the Black Sea.
- He feared the attack would be like a "mini-Pearl Harbor" that would inspire Russian retaliation.
- Musk had reportedly been in communication with senior Russian officials.
- It seems Elon Musk has his finger on the pulse of international relations, whether he's striking deals with governments or... chilling with the enemy? Source : Read More
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Anna Eisenberg ❤️
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