Monday, November 4

What you missed today

Author

Max
November 04, 2024

Good evening!

A lot of unions hitting the picket lines today…

Here are the 7 things you missed today:

1.  🪧 Labor Strikes Shut Down Canadian Ports

Workers unions out of Canada’s largest container port in Vancouver and the Port of Prince Rupert shut down operations this morning for a labor strike, stopping containers and cargo immediately. According to the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, $800 million in trade flows through West Coast ports every day.

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3. 🐝 Meta’s New Nuclear Power Plant Was Stopped By… Bees?

Yes, bees. A rare species of bee, to be exact, was found on land where Meta was planning to put a nuclear-powered artificial intelligence data center. In addition to the bees, the deal has come under fire with environmental and regulatory challenges. News is buzzing over what Meta’s next step will be…

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5. 📰 NYTimes Tech Guild Is On Strike

Tomorrow is Election Day in the US, a big day for newspapers and journalism organizations everywhere – what better way to ring it in than with a strike of over 600 software engineers, product managers, data analysts, and designers? That’s the reality The New York Times is facing today after Tech Guild members went on strike at midnight fighting for fair contracts and a demand for more fair labor practices.

6. 💉 Novo Nordisk Is Working On Once-Monthly GLP-1

Known for its hit weight-loss and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic, Novo Nordisk has joined forces with Denmark-based Ascendis Pharma to speed up the development of a long-acting, once-monthly GLP-1 drug. Currently, GLP-1 medications are administered as once-weekly injections.

7.  📺 Amazon Brings AI Recaps To Prime Video

You know when you want a summary of a TV show but you’re nervous to search the internet and find spoilers? Amazon wants to solve that. Its new “X-Ray Recaps” is a generative AI-powered feature that creates concise summaries of entire seasons, single episodes, and even parts of episodes. The main draw is that there are guardrails built in, so the AI won’t generate spoilers (apparently).

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