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Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payment technology company, is proud to announce its inclusion in Fast Company’s annual Brands That Matter list. Flutterwave is recognized in the Global Brands category, for its ability to create an emotional connection with customers, whether by leading on the environment or pop culture, engaging B2B customers, or responding meaningfully to current events. The list highlights 129 brands and 10 CMOs of the Year that inspire genuine engagement and loyalty from their consumers—and influence new adopters to buy in. Related Stories Africa’s leading payments technology company, Flutterwave partners with Spacefinish for new headquarters design Africa’s rising unicorns: The continent’s tech giants leading the charge Flutterwave’s collaboration with music streamer Audiomack has been recognized by Fast Company for fostering a stronger connection between creators and their audience. The collaboration supports Audiomack’s mission to help artists monetize their work, especially in emerging markets where traditional music distribution channels are often unable to do so. Other brands on the list include American Express, Canva, Disney, Eventbrite, Guinness, and Nike. The year’s list honors large international organizations, emerging companies, and nonprofits. Flutterwave’s inclusion in Fast Company’s Brands that Matter list underlines its mission to connect the world to Africa through payments with messaging that resonates with its audience. Commenting on this recognition, Yewande Akomolafe-Kalu, Associate Vice President, Branding and Storytelling, Flutterwave said: “ Whether on or off the stage, offline or online, Flutterwave’s commitment to excellence is unwavering. We’re eager to build on this momentum in 2025, ensuring our voice connects authentically with our diverse audience across the world and delivers tangible value to our community. Our marketing team works with quiet determination, stepping into the spotlight strategically. Being recognized by industry leaders like Fast Company validates our behind-the-scenes work. This acknowledgment reflects more than just an award—it demonstrates our strategic impact in driving Flutterwave’s growth as we solidify our global leadership in the technology ecosystem,” She added. “We’re so proud to award such a wide variety of honorees this year and shine a spotlight on leading marketing executives,” said Brendan Vaughan, Fast Company editor-in-chief. “ The thread that binds brands like Arc’teryx, Tony’s Chocolonely, and the NFL together is their commitment and creativity in how they build connections with audiences through cultural relevance.” This award is a reflection of Flutterwave’s innovative and people-centered marketing initiatives, approaches, and campaigns tailored to a global audience while accommodating the peculiarities of different local markets. The Send App by Flutterwave’s Summer Campaign celebrated the ups and downs of travel through the lens of a couple of friends and a major globetrotter to inspire Flutterwave’s audiences to explore the world. The campaign also offered some value-added services such as free eSIM cards and travel brochures for selected destinations to make travel more accessible and fun for everyone. Similarly, Flutterwave leveraged its position as an ecosystem leader and enabler to share valuable insights on remittance patterns during the International Day of Family Remittances. This initiative not only highlights Flutterwave’s commitment to supporting seamless cross-border transfers for Africans in the diaspora but also reiterates the critical role remittances play in supporting millions of people across the continent. Flutterwave has had a remarkable year, receiving multiple international and local recognitions. The company was named the 2024 “Most Innovative Company” for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa by Fast Company and recognized as the “ FinTech of the Year” at the African Banker Awards held in Nairobi, Kenya. Additionally, Flutterwave moved seven places up on the prestigious 12th annual CNBC Disruptor 50 list and was included in the Top 100 Cross-Border Payment Companies by FXC Intelligence. These recognitions highlight Flutterwave’s unwavering commitment to excellence and its leadership in the ecosystem.
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was on the verge of backing a 16-week federal abortion ban earlier this year when aides staged an intervention. According to Time magazine's cover story on his selection as its 2024 Person of the Year, Trump's aides first raised concerns in mid-March that the abortion cutoff being pushed by some allies would be stricter than existing law in numerous states. It was seen as a potential political liability amid ongoing fallout over the overturning of Roe v. Wade by a conservative majority on the Supreme Court that includes three justices nominated by Trump in his first term. Trump political director James Blair went to work assembling a slide deck — eventually titled “How a national abortion ban will cost Trump the election" — that argued a 16-week ban would hurt the Republican candidate in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, the magazine reported. “After flipping through Blair’s presentation" on a flight to a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in April, Trump dropped the idea, according to the report. "So we leave it to the states, right?" Trump was quoted as saying. He soon released a video articulating that position. At the time, Trump’s campaign denied that he was considering supporting the 16-week ban, calling it “fake news” and saying Trump planned to “negotiate a deal” on abortion if elected to the White House. Here are other highlights from the story and the president-elect's 65-minute interview with the magazine: Trump reaffirmed his plans to pardon most of those convicted for their actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. “It’s going to start in the first hour,” he said of the pardons. “Maybe the first nine minutes.” Trump said he would look at individuals on a “case-by-case" basis, but that “a vast majority of them should not be in jail.” More than 1,500 people have been charged with federal crimes stemming from the riot that left more than 100 police officers injured and sent lawmakers running into hiding as they met to certify Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 victory . More than 1,000 defendants have pleaded guilty or been convicted at trial of charges, including misdemeanor trespassing offenses, assaulting police officers and seditious conspiracy. Trump insisted he has the authority to use the military to assist with his promised mass deportations , even though, as his interviewers noted, the Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the use of the military in domestic law enforcement. “It doesn’t stop the military if it’s an invasion of our country, and I consider it an invasion of our country," he said. “I’ll only do what the law allows, but I will go up to the maximum level of what the law allows. And I think in many cases, the sheriffs and law enforcement is going to need help." Trump did not deny that camps would be needed to hold detained migrants as they are processed for deportation. “Whatever it takes to get them out. I don’t care," he said. “I hope we’re not going to need too many because I want to get them out and I don’t want them sitting in camp for the next 20 years.” Trump told Time he does not plan to restore the policy of separating children from their families to deter border crossings, but he did not rule it out. The practice led to thousands of children being separated from their parents and was condemned around the globe as inhumane. “I don’t believe we’ll have to because we will send the whole family back,” he said. “I would much rather deport them together, yes, than separate.” Trump dismissed the idea that Elon Musk will face conflicts of interest as he takes the helm of the Department of Government Efficiency , an advisory group that Trump has selected him to lead. The panel is supposed to find waste and cut regulations, including many that could affect Musk's wide-ranging interests , which include electric cars, rockets and telecommunications. “I don’t think so," Trump said. “I think that Elon puts the country long before his company. ... He considers this to be his most important project." Trump lowered expectations about his ability to drive down grocery prices. “I’d like to bring them down. It’s hard to bring things down once they’re up. You know, it’s very hard. But I think that they will,” he said. Trump said he is planning “a virtual closure" of the "Department of Education in Washington.” “You’re going to need some people just to make sure they’re teaching English in the schools," he said. “But we want to move education back to the states.” Yet Trump has proposed exerting enormous influence over schools. He has threatened to cut funding for schools with vaccine mandates while forcing them to “teach students to love their country" and promote “the nuclear family,” including “the roles of mothers and fathers” and the “things that make men and women different and unique.” Asked to clarify whether he was committed to preventing the Food and Drug Administration from stripping access to abortion pills , Trump replied, “It’s always been my commitment.” But Trump has offered numerous conflicting stances on the issue, including to Time. Earlier in the interview, he was asked whether he would promise that his FDA would not do anything to limit access to medication abortion or abortion pills. "We’re going to take a look at all of that,” he said, before calling the prospect “very unlikely.” “Look, I’ve stated it very clearly and I just stated it again very clearly. I think it would be highly unlikely. I can’t imagine, but with, you know, we’re looking at everything, but highly unlikely. I guess I could say probably as close to ruling it out as possible, but I don’t want to. I don’t want to do anything now.” Pressed on whether he would abandon Ukraine in its efforts to stave off Russia's invasion , Trump said he would use U.S. support for Kyiv as leverage against Moscow in negotiating an end to the war. “I want to reach an agreement,” he said, “and the only way you’re going to reach an agreement is not to abandon.” Trump would not commit to supporting a two-state solution, with a Palestinian state alongside Israel, as he had previously. “I support whatever solution we can do to get peace," he said. "There are other ideas other than two state, but I support whatever, whatever is necessary to get not just peace, a lasting peace. It can’t go on where every five years you end up in tragedy. There are other alternatives.” Asked whether he trusted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , he told Time: “I don’t trust anybody.” Trump would not rule out the possibility of war with Iran during his second term. “Anything can happen. It’s a very volatile situation," he said. Asked if he has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin since the Nov. 5 election, Trump continued to play coy: "I can’t tell you. It’s just inappropriate.” Trump insisted that his bid to install Matt Gaetz as attorney general ”wasn’t blocked. I had the votes (in the Senate) if I needed them, but I had to work very hard.” When the scope of resistance to the former Republican congressman from Florida became clear, Trump said, “I talked to him, and I said, ‘You know, Matt, I don’t think this is worth the fight.'" Gaetz pulled out amid scrutiny over sex trafficking allegations, and Trump tapped former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi for the Cabinet post. Trump, who has named anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, did not rule out the possibility of eliminating some childhood vaccinations even though they have been proved safe in extensive studies and real world use in hundreds of millions of people over decades and are considered among the most effective public health measures in modern history. Pressed on whether “getting rid of some vaccinations” — neither Trump nor the interviewers specified which ones — might be part of the plan to improve the health of the country, Trump responded: “It could if I think it’s dangerous, if I think they are not beneficial, but I don’t think it’s going to be very controversial in the end.” “I think there could be, yeah," Trump said of the prospect of others in his family continuing in his footsteps. He pointed to daughter-in-law Lara Trump , who served as co-chair of the Republican National Committee and is now being talked about as a potential replacement for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, whom Trump has chosen for secretary of state. Trump said the former and soon-to-be first lady Melania Trump will be joining him at the White House during second term and will "be active, when she needs to be.” “Oh yes,” he said. “She’s very beloved by the people, Melania. And they like the fact that she’s not out there in your face all the time for many reasons.”It has taken new Michigan coach Dusty May just nine games to guide the Wolverines into the Top 25. May and the Wolverines enter the poll at No. 14 and strive to continue their strong start when they face Arkansas in the Jimmy V Classic on Tuesday night in New York. Michigan (8-1) has reeled off seven straight wins to crack the rankings for the first time in nearly 25 months. "All this stuff doesn't matter to me," May said of the rankings. "It does change the complexion of what we think about and things like that. Overall, I like where we are. We have guys who work well together and they put in the time." The Wolverines look to remain hot against the Razorbacks (7-2). John Calipari's first Arkansas squad has won its past two games. Calipari spent the previous 15 seasons as coach of Kentucky and claims he's excited to be in Arkansas. "I'm not bitter about anything. I'm not," Calipari said. "This is the first page of the first chapter of a new book. The timing for me and my career and my life, this is perfect. And I appreciate the fans and everybody giving me the opportunity to do that." The Razorbacks will be searching for their initial milestone victory under Calipari during their first visit to Madison Square Garden since 1997. Their losses this season are to then-No. 8 Baylor and Illinois on neutral courts. Calipari grabbed several players out of the transfer portal in the offseason, including guard Johnell Davis, one of the stars of the Florida Atlantic team that reached the 2023 Final Four. That squad was coached by May. One of the other Florida Atlantic starters was center Vladislav Goldin, who followed May to Michigan after the coach was hired in the offseason. Goldin has strung together three straight solid games, including a season-best 24 points in a 67-64 road win over then-No. 11 Wisconsin on Dec. 3. He followed that up with 20 points and a season-high 11 rebounds in Saturday's 85-83 home win over Iowa. "He's just been a guy that you can see when he's really locked in and focused there's a different level of play," said May, "and I think now he's finding that level of play." Goldin is part of a balanced attack. Roddy Gayle Jr. averages a team-best 12.2 points per game, followed by Tre Donaldson and Danny Wolf at 12.1 and Goldin at 12.0. Wolf averages a team-best 10 rebounds per game. Arkansas is coming off a 75-60 home victory over UTSA on Saturday. Adou Thiero excelled by matching his career high of 26 points to go with 10 rebounds. Thiero scored 17 points in the second half when the Razorbacks overcame a five-point halftime deficit to outscore the Roadrunners by 20. "We've been seeing that the whole summer," Arkansas forward Trevon Brazile said of Thiero's strong play. "Him dominating. Dominating in practice and (Calipari) pushing him. This is just a reflection of the work he's done this summer and him trusting the coaches." Thiero leads the Razorbacks with averages of 18.6 points and 6.1 rebounds. Boogie Fland is averaging 15 points and Zvonimir Ivisic is scoring 12 per game. Davis (9.3) started slow with just two double-digit outings in the first seven games before averaging 12.5 over the last two games. Michigan holds a 4-3 edge in the all-time series. The Wolverines recorded an 80-67 home victory on Dec. 8, 2012 in the most recent meeting. --Field Level Media
Pathstone Holdings LLC Trims Stock Position in Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. (NASDAQ:CTSH)(The Center Square) – Adoption of institutional neutrality is supported by better than 6 in 10 tenured and nontenured faculty at the University of North Carolina, Wake Forest University and Duke University, a report says. Nationally, 66% of faculty say “colleges and universities should not take positions on political and social issues,” says Silence in the Classroom, the 2024 FIRE Faculty Survey Report. At Duke, the percentage is 71%, at Carolina 65%, and at Wake 64%. Higher education is facing mounting challenges, from the costs to the positions it favors. Silencing students or faculty has drawn sharp criticism from Capitol Hill to every corner of the nation sending people to the ballot box. Carolina, established in 1789, is the nation’s oldest public university. It also earlier this year became embattled in free speech controversy tied to the war between Hamas and Israel. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression , as FIRE is more formally known, is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization billing itself as “defending and sustaining the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought.” Surveys on topics related to free expression and academic freedom were made of 6,269 tenured, tenure-track and nontenure faculty at 55 four-year colleges and universities in America. In North Carolina, the sampling was of 145 at Carolina, 80 at Duke, and 55 at Wake Forest. For each campus, respondents said the top “difficult issue to discuss” is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Asked for top three issues, the Middle East saga was 79% at Carolina, 71% at Wake Forest and 68% at Duke. Each campus was split on the second and third choices. At Duke, 57% said affirmative action and 51% transgender rights. At Carolina, 54% said affirmative action and 53% racial inequality. And at Wake, 63% said racial inequality and 55% transgender rights. All were talking points of various candidates, particularly the presidential race, in the election cycle climaxing last month. In response to faculty feeling “they could not express their opinion because of how others would respond,” the choices of “occasionally,” “fairly often” and “very often” drew a combined 69% at Wake Forest, 69% at Duke and 67% at Carolina. Fairly often and very often were 35% at Duke. Statements pledging commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is rarely or never justified of faculty job candidates, said 61% at Duke, 44% at Carolina and 42% at Wake Forest. Nationally, the response was 50%. Academic freedom leaned more toward secure than not at all three institutions on a split of about 60%-40%. As for faculty feeling a need to “hide their political beliefs from other faculty in an attempt to keep their job,” answers of “never” were chosen by 43% at Duke, 42% at Carolina and 36% at Wake Forest. Among the national findings of the FIRE survey: • More faculty (35%) than during the McCarthy era (9%) say they toned down their writing for fear of controversy. • Threats of discipline for teaching, research, academic talks or other off-campus speech was incurred by 14%. • Faculty feeling unable to speak freely for fear of how others would respond was 27%. • Fear of damaged reputations because of misunderstandings with something said or done was 40%. • Fear of losing jobs because of misunderstandings with something said or done was 23%.
“It will be Supriya Sule for the Centre and Ajit Pawar for the State. This is what Baramati has decided. That’s why, Supriya tai (elder sister) won during Lok Sabha, and Ajit Pawar will win in the State Assembly election,” a Baramati city resident had told The Hindu just days before the State Assembly election. On November 23, when the counting ended, Ajit Pawar was declared victorious against his nephew, Yugendra Pawar, by a massive margin of 1,00,899 votes. The margin, though lower than in the previous election, is significant this time due to the political situation in the State, where several candidates have won or lost by very narrow margins. In many ways, the margin indicates a decisive mandate by the people of Baramati, the home bastion of the Pawars in the sugar-rich belt of western Maharashtra for decades now. It is also important as the entire Pawar family, including Ajit Pawar’s brother Shrinivas Pawar, and the politically inactive Pratibha Pawar (Nationalist Congress Party founder Sharad Pawar’s wife), had hit the ground to campaign against him. In fact, Mr. Sharad Pawar had fielded Mr. Ajit Pawar’s nephew Yugendra Pawar against him. So, Mr. Ajit Pawar’s success has personal and political significance. On Sunday (November 24, 2024), Mr. Sharad Pawar said that the Baramati result had been anticipated. Mr. Yugendra Pawar told The Hindu that it had always been an uphill fight. The strategists in Mr. Ajit Pawar’s team heaved a sigh of relief after the success of their plan against a veteran of Maharashtra politics, Mr. Sharad Pawar, in a constituency where unfavourable reports on Mr. Ajit Pawar were seen till the Lok Sabha election. They decoded the secret behind the success of seven-term MLA Mr. Ajit Pawar, who has now won his eighth term from the Pawar family bastion, at a time everyone from the Pawar family, including his own brother, had campaigned against him. Behind the victory was a meticulous strategy put in place by a core team of loyalists, after microscopically studying the constituency, both at a community level, as well as at the level of the constituent village. Separate manifestos were put in place for each village, and for each community group, highlighting the work done by Mr. Ajit Pawar over his long tenure, and what he promised to do once voted to power. Mr. Ajit Pawar has been representing Baramati for seven straight terms now. He has never seen defeat here. This is his eighth term as the Baramati MLA. Another important strategy was the assessment of the reasons for a backlash during the Lok Sabha election, and working on the image building aspect, particularly among a few communities, including the Scheduled Castes and the Muslims. “Additionally, we made sure that the 20,000 outstation voters came to Baramati to vote that day. If it had been a close fight, these 20,000 votes would have played a decisive role. The booth committee workers were activated to take the work of Ajit Pawar till the last voter,” Kiran Gujar, a close aide and strategist for Mr. Ajit Pawar, said. With respect to the discontentment against the non-performing local leadership that was perceived to be close to Mr. Ajit Pawar, they were moved aside, and Mr. Ajit Pawar himself communicated this to the electorate. “This helped people believe that ‘Dada’ lives by his word,” a Mahayuti leader said. It further helped the latter that Mr. Sharad Pawar did not express a negative opinion about Mr. Ajit Pawar in the last rally held in Baramati on November 18, a party leader said. Muslim voters choose “There are 117 villages. There are 1,000 votes in each village. We targeted them. Moreover, 70% of the Muslim community voted for ‘Dada’. We showcased how ‘Dada’ had done work worth ₹65 crore for them. In the last election, only 10% [Muslims] had voted for us. So this was a clear gain,” a Mahayuti leader said. The younger generation chose Mr. Ajit Pawar over Mr. Yugendra Pawar, Mr. Gujar said. When contacted, Mr. Yugendra Pawar told The Hindu that he was still assessing the reasons for his defeat. “This trend was seen in the entire State. Stalwarts didn’t make it. To go up against someone like Ajit Pawar was not easy. But we have to stand for what we believe in, our ideology. He has been in power for 30-35 years. So we knew this was difficult. Does it mean that you just give up? We used to think that there is a wave for tutari (trumpet, the NCP-SP election symbol), that the MVA will come to power. I am young and new. I can again start from scratch and rebuild everything. Up-down goes on. Didn’t desert anyone, stayed loyal. It is surprising; lot of good, intelligent, clean people have lost,” Mr. Yugendra Pawar said. Published - November 24, 2024 10:33 pm IST Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Maharashtra / Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 / India / electionFrom AI Visionary to Industry Leader: Himanshu Sinha on Transforming Enterprises with Machine Learning and Generative AI
A social media ban encompassing children and younger teens in Australia brought up a serious question societies have been facing for years but somehow choose to neglect. Should young kids have uninterrupted access to social media platforms and how can we tackle certain harms platforms pose? This year marked the 20th anniversary since Facebook entered our lives and forever changed the course of how we interact with each other, exchange views, share important dates and in the end, basically interact on a daily basis. This platform grew rapidly as users became intrigued with sharing the photos on their timelines, playing FarmVille and much more. Many more platforms followed, and their user bases were expanding equally fast. In recent years we got TikTok, Threads and before that Snapchat and Instagram. But what once looked like a simple way to connect soon emerged as something much larger. These platforms became a web for content creators and in some cases predators alike. While many rely on content creation to earn a living, concerns about other social media aspects persist. What struck me the most, in addition to bizarre examples of personal identities being stolen or people being swindled, was an investigative story shared by The New York Times earlier this year: "A Marketplace of Girl Influencers Managed by Moms and Stalked by Men." It offered an in-depth story showing the importance and role of parents in ensuring or at least trying to ensure their children's online safety. "Over the years, Elissa has fielded all kinds of criticism and knows full well that some people think she is exploiting her daughter," the article said, detailing the experience and story of a mom running a modeling account for her young daughter. I instantly remembered it when considering a more pressing issue: children's safety on the web. The ban on under-16s using social media starting in 2025 recently adopted by the Australian Parliament brought even more focus to this complex issue. While authorities should step in instances when public safety comes into question, I think this issue has a broader correlation with how fast certain technologies proliferate and the new norm of having and using smartphones. Thus, people tend to linger on big platforms like X, Facebook and Instagram. And of course, there is a role of families in this as well. Just a couple of days ago I read about the concept of "containment" in technology and the more I think of the bans on social media, I go back to it. What if it would be possible to predict certain harmful impacts of technology, in this case, social media and apps, and work on issues before they become widespread? Internet access is surely a blessing and social media, although in some cases disruptive, is also a major force that makes our work easier, helps us broaden our horizons, remain in touch with relatives and friends living miles away, and so on. But specifically when it comes to kids and their safety, that is where red flags pop up. Quite naive and very young, children adapt to online space, video games and long stints in front of the screen, which according to many studies are proven to have adverse effects on eyesight and posture but also often result in a lack of real-life connections. Compare the kids from the '90s and those from Generation Alpha and you will easily spot the difference. While families and monitoring also play a decisive role, the fact is that children born in 2020 will naturally have closer ties to readily available technology, especially social media, than those born some five decades before them. The kids of the newer generation are born to parents who have used the internet and social media for the larger part of their lives, and this is a new standard. Yet, how we decide to introduce certain things to these children, including social media, and at what pace stays broadly our personal decision. Nevertheless, surroundings and friends at times also play a role in introducing kids to Instagram, TikTok, Roblox and YouTube, whether we like it or not. That is where regulation and countermeasures start to make sense. Although in my opinion, it is a bit unclear how you could enforce a straight ban on a kid who is already 13 or 14, some measures such as parental device monitoring can play a key role and work to at least partly minimize the potential negative impacts. Evaluating media literacy, a report by the U.K.-based communications regulator Ofcom in April this year found that "five-to-seven-year-olds are becoming increasingly present online," which it said may pose "greater risks for them." "Children this age are also more likely to use WhatsApp (37% vs 29%), TikTok (30% vs 25%), Instagram (22% vs 14%), and Discord (4% vs 2%) compared to last year," the report said. On the other hand, new data from the WHO Regional Office for Europe cited in September "a sharp rise in problematic social media use among adolescents, with rates increasing from 7% in 2018 to 11% in 2022." The report defined problematic social media use as a pattern of behavior characterized with addiction-like symptoms. "These include an inability to control social media usage, experiencing withdrawal when not using it, neglecting other activities in favor of social media," it said. However, the debate on the risks of social media is much broader. Ministers in Sweden's government are considering imposing age limits on social media platforms if tech companies find themselves unable to prevent gangs from recruiting young people online to "carry out murders and bombings in the Nordics," Reuters reported on Monday. Gang violence and high crime rates per capita have been an issue for this Northern European country for some time now, yet it appears that police and authorities have identified the role of social media in it as well. Social media's effect on other aspects of daily life also comes to the fore. Consider the word "brain-rot" we've been hearing about a lot this last week. "Brain rot" is the official Word of the Year for 2024, according to the Oxford English Dictionary’s publisher, Oxford University Press. It is defined as the "supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state," resulting from the “overconsumption” of trivial material, especially stuff found on the internet and social media. It is the result of mindless scrolling on social media. This word spiked in popularity this year, pointing to yet another danger of the virtual environment. Currently at a crossroads and facing uncertain times amid many geopolitical fluctuations and the rapid proliferation of other technologies such as AI, social media should not be our primary focus and source of external contact. We should push ourselves and those younger than us that there is a world outside of it – no matter how hard that might seem.Defense fund established by supporters of suspected CEO killer Luigi Mangione nears $200K
Nvidia’s stock dips after China opens probe of the AI chip company for violating anti-monopoly lawsIt has taken new Michigan coach Dusty May just nine games to guide the Wolverines into the Top 25. May and the Wolverines enter the poll at No. 14 and strive to continue their strong start when they face Arkansas in the Jimmy V Classic on Tuesday night in New York. Michigan (8-1) has reeled off seven straight wins to crack the rankings for the first time in nearly 25 months. "All this stuff doesn't matter to me," May said of the rankings. "It does change the complexion of what we think about and things like that. Overall, I like where we are. We have guys who work well together and they put in the time." The Wolverines look to remain hot against the Razorbacks (7-2). John Calipari's first Arkansas squad has won its past two games. Calipari spent the previous 15 seasons as coach of Kentucky and claims he's excited to be in Arkansas. "I'm not bitter about anything. I'm not," Calipari said. "This is the first page of the first chapter of a new book. The timing for me and my career and my life, this is perfect. And I appreciate the fans and everybody giving me the opportunity to do that." The Razorbacks will be searching for their initial milestone victory under Calipari during their first visit to Madison Square Garden since 1997. Their losses this season are to then-No. 8 Baylor and Illinois on neutral courts. Calipari grabbed several players out of the transfer portal in the offseason, including guard Johnell Davis, one of the stars of the Florida Atlantic team that reached the 2023 Final Four. That squad was coached by May. One of the other Florida Atlantic starters was center Vladislav Goldin, who followed May to Michigan after the coach was hired in the offseason. Goldin has strung together three straight solid games, including a season-best 24 points in a 67-64 road win over then-No. 11 Wisconsin on Dec. 3. He followed that up with 20 points and a season-high 11 rebounds in Saturday's 85-83 home win over Iowa. "He's just been a guy that you can see when he's really locked in and focused there's a different level of play," said May, "and I think now he's finding that level of play." Goldin is part of a balanced attack. Roddy Gayle Jr. averages a team-best 12.2 points per game, followed by Tre Donaldson and Danny Wolf at 12.1 and Goldin at 12.0. Wolf averages a team-best 10 rebounds per game. Arkansas is coming off a 75-60 home victory over UTSA on Saturday. Adou Thiero excelled by matching his career high of 26 points to go with 10 rebounds. Thiero scored 17 points in the second half when the Razorbacks overcame a five-point halftime deficit to outscore the Roadrunners by 20. "We've been seeing that the whole summer," Arkansas forward Trevon Brazile said of Thiero's strong play. "Him dominating. Dominating in practice and (Calipari) pushing him. This is just a reflection of the work he's done this summer and him trusting the coaches." Thiero leads the Razorbacks with averages of 18.6 points and 6.1 rebounds. Boogie Fland is averaging 15 points and Zvonimir Ivisic is scoring 12 per game. Davis (9.3) started slow with just two double-digit outings in the first seven games before averaging 12.5 over the last two games. Michigan holds a 4-3 edge in the all-time series. The Wolverines recorded an 80-67 home victory on Dec. 8, 2012 in the most recent meeting. --Field Level Media
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