Crisis
A grandmother died after she was pinned against a wall for two days by her Sleep Number bed
McKinsey to pay $650 million for role in opioid crisis More: How the Opioid Crisis Started [The Daily, NYT | audio]
Meta asks the government to block OpenAI’s switch to a for-profit Meta argues OpenAI “should not be allowed to flout the law by taking and reappropriating assets it built as a charity and using them for potentially enormous private gains.”
The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk’s Tesla. […] Removing the crash-disclosure provision would particularly benefit Tesla, which has reported most of the crashes – more than 1,500 – to federal safety regulators under the program. […] the NHTSA crash data shows Tesla accounted for 40 out of 45 fatal crashes reported.
This study employs a Bayesian Probit model to empirically analyze peer effects and herd behavior among consumers during the “Double 11″ shopping festival, using data collected through a questionnaire survey. The results demonstrate that peer effects significantly influence consumer decision-making, with the probability of participation in the shopping event increasing notably when roommates are involved. Additionally, factors such as gender, online shopping experience, and fashion consciousness significantly impact consumers’ herd behavior.
almost one in four (24%) young people (16-24) [in UK] say they’ve never been readers [..] People who are good at reading have different brains […] Will people’s preference for video over text affect our brains or our evolution as a species?
