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Taylor Swift surprised fans with 15 more songs from 'The Tortured Poets Department' 2 hours after the album was released
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Taylor Swift released her new album, "The Tortured Poets Department," at midnight ET on Friday.Two hours later, she surprise-released a deluxe edition with 15 extra songs.Four of the extra songs were already teased as vinyl exclusives, while the others were kept hidden.Taylor Swift packed a one-two punch early Friday morning, releasing two versions of her new album mere hours apart.
At midnight ET, Swift unveiled her much-anticipated album "The Tortured Poets Department." The standard edition's 16-song tracklist was announced back in February.
But two hours after the album's arrival, Swift surprise-dropped a deluxe edition dubbed "The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology," which includes a total of 31 songs.
Four of these were previously teased as vinyl-exclusive bonus tracks: "The Black Dog," "The Albatross," "The Bolter," and "The Manuscript." The remaining 11 had been kept hidden from fans.
Swift pulled off a similar "chaotic surprise" in 2022 when she released an extended version of "Midnights," dubbed the "3am Edition," in the early hours of the morning.
Earlier this week, rumors had swirled about Swift teasing a double album release due to photos of her flashing a peace sign and several other two-related clues. Swift's website was later updated with a countdown to 2 a.m. ET, which confirmed the superstar had something up her sleeve.
Still, the near-doubled length of "The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology" managed to shock many Swifties online.
Like the standard edition of "The Tortured Poets Department," all additional songs were written by Swift and coproduced with either Jack Antonoff or Aaron Dessner — save for "I Look in People's Windows," which Antonoff and Swift coproduced with Patrik Berger.
You can stream both versions of the album now on all major platforms.
China just made it even harder for people in the country to access WhatsApp and Threads
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Apple has removed WhatsApp and Threads from its Chinese app store following a government order.WhatsApp has been blocked in China since 2017 and its parent company Meta since 2009.Other Western platforms like Gmail, YouTube, Snap, and Spotify have also been censored in China.Apple removed WhatsApp and Threads from its app store in China after being told to do so by the Chinese government, according to the Wall Street Journal.
China's top internet regulator asked Apple to remove the two apps because of national security concerns.
"We are obligated to follow the laws in the countries where we operate, even when we disagree," an Apple spokesperson told The Journal.
The Chinese government has blocked WhatsApp since 2017, while its parent company, Meta, has been blocked since 2009. Other Western media platforms, including Gmail, YouTube, Snapchat, and Spotify, have also been censored in China.
Some users find ways to access these platforms through virtual private networks, but removal from the app store may prevent this.
Apple did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment sent outside normal business hours.
A Meta spokesperson referred BI to Apple for comment.
WhatsApp has over 2 billion users globally, while Instagram Threads, which launched in July, has over 130 million global users, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in February.
China is an important manufacturing and consumer market for Apple. CEO Tim Cook visited the country last month to open a new store in Shanghai and rub elbows with top policymakers. That visit came after iPhone sales dropped earlier this year. And in January, Chinese chipmakers drew up plans to create chip production lines to supply processors to local smartphone makers. The move stands to hurt Apple, which has so far benefited from tight export restrictions.
China's direction to Apple comes as US policymakers debate a ban on TikTok, the popular Chinese app. Some lawmakers are concerned about data harvesting and political influence. The bill would prevent Apple and Google from distributing TikTok's app in their app stores and ban US websites from hosting TikTok.
Oil disruption fears in the Middle East are getting real after reports of an Israel strike on Iran
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Oil prices jump and stocks sink on reports of escalating Middle East tensions.Israel struck Iran early Friday morning, multiple agencies reported, citing US officials.Potential wider conflict in oil-rich Middle East could disrupt energy supplies.Oil prices jumped while stocks sold off after reports of an escalation in Middle East tensions.
Israel struck a site in Iran early Friday morning, multiple outlets reported, citing US officials.
International benchmark Brent crude oil futures rose as much as 4.2% before trading 2.8% higher at $89.54 a barrel at 11:15 p.m. EDT. US West Texas Intermediate futures were 3.2% higher at $85.40 a barrel.
The strike on Friday came days after Iran attacked Israel on Saturday with a barrage of more than 300 missiles and drones. On April 1, Iran's embassy in Damascus, Syria, was hit with a strike. Israel didn't claim responsibility for the strike, but Iran held it accountable and vowed retaliation.
Earlier this week, Israel pledged retaliation over Iran's missile and drone attack. Oil markets shrugged off Iran's attack on Israel as the market assessed the conflict would remain contained. Friday's reports changed this.
Markets have been on edge over fears of a widening of the conflict in the Middle East — a major oil-producing region. A broader conflict could disrupt energy supplies, which could impact the global economy.
If the reports turn out to be true, "fears over further escalation will only grow, as well as concerns that we are potentially moving closer towards a situation where oil supply risks lead to actual supply disruptions," ING commodity strategists wrote on Friday.
"It's a shoot first and ask questions later dynamic for investors. This is Israel's 'tat' to Iran's 'tit,' and the fear is that this tit-for-tat situation could spiral further out of control," Kyle Rodda, a senior market analyst at Capital.com, an online trading platform, told Business Insider.
"Iran seems to be downplaying the attack for now, which says to me that it does not wish to inflame the situation further and create conditions in which it will be forced to retaliate with equal or greater force," Rodda said.
"However, the event is fresh and fluid, so uncertainty prevails," he added.
Stock markets are also selling off on the news while the price of gold, a safe haven, rose to near a record high.
US stock futures fell, with S&P500 down 1.3%.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index was 3.5% lower at 11:16 a.m. local time.
The spot gold price was 1.2% higher at $2,406.92 an ounce.
Satellite images show Russia's been upgrading its Black Sea Fleet naval base after being pounded by Ukraine's attacks: UK defense ministry
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Russia has been fortifying its Black Sea Fleet naval base, says the UK's defense ministry.The ministry added that the Black Sea Fleet has become less active after its commander was replaced.Russia's navy has suffered significant losses since the Ukraine war began in 2022.Russia has been beefing up the defenses for its Black Sea Fleet naval base in Novorossiysk, the UK's defense ministry said in an intelligence dispatch on Thursday.
The "maintenance, logistics and weapons-handling infrastructure at Novorossiysk has highly likely been improved," the ministry wrote in an X post, citing a satellite photo it had obtained.
The UK's defense ministry noted in its update that the Black Sea Fleet "has largely withdrawn its ships and submarines from Sevastopol further eastwards to Novorossiysk."
Basing the fleet at Novorossiysk, the ministry said, was the fleet's "best method of avoiding Ukrainian sea-borne attack."
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Russia's naval forces have suffered significant losses since the Ukraine war began in February 2022. In February, the head of the UK's armed forces, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin estimated that 25% of Russia's vessels in the Black Sea had been sunk or damaged.
Ukraine's success in naval warfare also resulted in the replacement of the Black Sea Fleet's former commander, Admiral Viktor Sokolov, with Vice Admiral Sergei Pinchuk.
"The fleet has been the least active since the war began," the UK's defense ministry said on Thursday, noting that the shift had taken place following Sokolov's removal in March.
The focus on the Black Sea, by both the Russians and Ukrainians, underscores the importance of the maritime trading route. For Ukraine, access to the Black Sea has been critical for exporting the country's grain and foodstuffs.
This isn't the first time the Russians have tried to shore up their naval defenses to stave off future Ukrainian attacks.
Last month, the UK's defense ministry said it had "identified four barges positioned at the entrance to the Black Sea Fleet facility of Novorossiysk Sea Port."
"Pinchuk, has likely sought to improve the survival chances of Russian vessels by adopting further preventative and defensive measures, including narrowing the entrance gap to port facilities," the UK defense ministry wrote on March 31.
Representatives for the Russian defense ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.
Zuckerberg says Meta's Llama 3 is really good but no chatbot is sophisticated enough to be an 'existential' threat — yet
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Meta launched the latest iteration of its chatbot, Llama 3, on Thursday.Mark Zuckerberg said the chatbot is "state-of-the-art" and has improved reasoning.However, no model, including Meta's, poses "existential risks," he told The Verge.Meta launched the latest iteration of its AI chatbot on Thursday with Llama 3, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg says it's supposed to be really good.
The new model boasts "state-of-the-art" performance on various industry-standard benchmarks and comes with "improved reasoning," according to a company blog post. Meta said that it will integrate the model into its AI assistant, Meta AI, which will be available to use across other Meta products, including Instagram.
"With this new model, we believe Meta AI is now the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use," Zuckerberg said in an Instagram post on Thursday.
So, will the bots now take all of our jobs or even lead to our extinction?
Eh, not yet, Zuckerberg said.
In a recent interview with The Verge, the Meta CEO said that no company, not even Meta, is working on a model that is sophisticated enough for humanity to be concerned.
"In terms of all of the concerns around the more existential risks, I don't think that anything at the level of what we or others in the field are working on in the next year is really in the ballpark of those types of risks," he told the publication.
It's one reason Zuckerberg feels that the company can continue making Llama open-source or available for the public or researchers to tinker with.
If Meta's model achieves multimodality — meaning the ability to deliver results in various forms of media, including text, images, and video — then that may be a case when the company won't want to make all aspects of its model open-source, Zuckerberg said.
"For example, image generation is one that we're looking at closely Especially in an election year, is that a net positive thing to do? I think that's something that we're still thinking through," he told The Verge.
A Meta spokesperson declined to provide comment.
Israel strikes Iran, according to multiple reports
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An Israeli strike hit Iran, multiple outlets reported, citing unnamed senior US officials.Israel has not claimed responsibility for the strike.The strike comes less than a week after Iran launched a barrage of more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel.An Israeli strike hit Iran on Thursday night, causing several explosions, unnamed senior US officials told multiple outlets.
Explosions were heard near an Iranian military base on Thursday, per multiple news outlets. Though there is still a lack of clarity about the cause of the explosions and the damage caused, reports from ABC News, CBS News, CNN, and NPR, citing US officials, say Israel struck Iran.
The Israeli military mounted the strike, The New York Times reported, citing two Israeli defense officials it had spoken to.
At press time, Israel has not formally claimed responsibility for the strike.
CNN, citing the semi-official FARS news outlet, reported the explosions were heard in the city of Ghahjaworstan, which is located near Isfahan, Iran. The Iranian news outlet said t" Ghahjaworstan is located near Isfahan Airport and the eighth hunting base of the Army Air Force."
The American official who spoke to CNN said the target struck was non-nuclear. On Friday morning, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on X that it could "confirm there is no damage to Iran's nuclear sites."
"Nuclear facilities should never be a target in military conflicts. IAEA is monitoring the situation very closely," the organization wrote.
Iranian air defense was also activated, per Iranian state media. CNN, citing an announcement by an airline company spokesperson on Iranian TV, reported that all flights to Tehran, Isfahan, and Shiraz were suspended. That suspension has since been lifted, a Civil Aviation Organization told CNN.
On the markets, oil prices shot up after reports of a possible escalation in the already-fraught relations between Israel and Iran. International benchmark Brent crude oil futures rose as much as 4.2% before trading 2.8% higher at $89.54 a barrel at 11:15 p.m. EDT, BI's Huileng Tan reported.
The reported explosions and strike come several days after Iran's unprecedented and large-scale attack on Israel last weekend, during which Tehran and its proxies fired more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel. Nearly all of the munitions were shot down by Israel and its partner forces in the region, including the US.
Israeli officials earlier this week vowed to retaliate for the attack, despite many of its Western partners urging restraint, warning that any action could trigger a larger military confrontation and plunge the Middle East even further into violence.
"In case the Israeli regime embarks on adventurism again and takes action against the interests of Iran, the next response from us will be immediate and at a maximum level," Iran's foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told CNN's Erin Burnett on Thursday.
The Israel Defense Forces, the US Department of Defense, and US Central Command did not respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.
I raised my son in Germany until he was 6. Now, we're back in the US, and my family is going through reverse culture shock.
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Liz Humphreys moved to Europe with her husband and raised her son in Berlin until he was 6.After moving back to New York, she was surprised by all of the rules surrounding kids.She has found that there are advantages to raising children in both cities.My three-year-old son was busy flattening his piece of clay into a pancake when another ball of clay came flying through the air. It hit him squarely on the back of the head and he started to cry. My husband and I were sitting nearby at his weekly art class, held in a high-ceilinged, 20th-century building in Prenzlauer Berg, a trendy neighborhood in Berlin.
We turned to see a toddler continuing to throw clay balls. The child's mom was siting next to her son, not saying anything, and simply letting him continue his aggressive antics. I tried to catch her eye, but she refused to make contact. We quietly approached the instructor to ask if she might step in — as perhaps she wouldn't want clay thrown at other kids in her classroom, after all — but she said resignedly, "That's not my place."
Since my family of three had arrived in Berlin, I had experienced many of these refusals by German parents and other adults to get involved or to correct bad behavior in their children — in playgrounds, on playdates, on museum visits.
I found that the Berlin attitude around children was, by and large, to let them resolve things among themselves — even for toddlers.
My family has been back in New York City for a year and a half, and we're still struck by all the "rules" surrounding kids here. Not that all these rules are bad. As my now eight-year-old son's second-grade teacher says, "How will kids learn what not to do if we don't teach them?"
The author and her son spent time at Berlin's green spaces, including this listening party on the grounds of Silent Green, a former crematorium in Berlin.JF Grossen
Berlin was affordable for raising a family and had great childcare
In 2012, my husband and I moved to Europe from New York City for work. We started in Amsterdam, moved to London — where my son was born — and relocated to Berlin when he was just over a year old. We didn't speak German and had never considered living in Germany.
Right from the get-go, we were amazed by how much farther our money went in Berlin. Though rental inventory was tough to come by, we paid $2,900 a month for a three-bed, two-bath duplex with a private roof deck and elevator — a wonderful amount of space to raise a child. That's half the price we're now paying for our much smaller two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan.
We were also impressed by the affordability of Berlin's childcare. Starting from the age of one, all kids are entitled to a free day care/preschool combo — called Kita, or kindergarten — for a minimum of 5 to 7 hours a day; working parents, those looking for work or studying, or single parents are eligible for even more: 7 to 9 hours of daily care. The care is available year-round.
My son was supervised by three teachers and with the same 10 kids every year, which allowed him to make close friends. His school was also bilingual German-English, so he became fluent in German within a few years, even though we didn't speak it at home.
Also unlike in most of the US, in Germnay, school up until the equivalent of first grade is play-based and very child-driven, with lots of time spent outside.
The public school in New York has been a huge change
When we arrived back in New York, my son started first grade in public school. He was quickly overwhelmed by the more anonymous classroom of around 30 students with one teacher. He also had difficulty adjusting to all of the structure around the school day. He was used to spending more time outdoors and wandering around the classroom as he pleased.
My husband and I were also shocked to learn that school ended at 2:35 p.m. Now in order to work a full day, we have to pay for afterschool classes and find options for summer camp.
We also didn't worry much about safety in Berlin. For such a large city, Berlin is exceedingly safe. In the 2024 Safety Index by Global Residence Index, Berlin ranked 46, while New York City was 107. Over there, it's not uncommon to see kids walking on their own to school starting in first or second grade. Back in the US, we would never even think about letting our son take the short walk to school without adult supervision.
There have been positives of being back in New York
Though the reverse culture shock is real, we do still love being back in New York. We appreciate the diversity compared to Germany, both ethnic and socio-economic.
We take advantage of the numerous cultural opportunities for both kids and adults, such as museums and theater. And even though there aren't quite as many playgrounds as in Berlin, we enjoy the welcoming vibe, where it's easy for kids to make friends.
I've also noticed more parents taking ownership of unruly children.
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The world's richest person just put 2 more of his kids on the board of his $404 billion company
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Bernard Arnault has appointed two more of his children to LVMH's board.Alexandre Arnault is a VP at Tiffany & Co while Frédéric Arnault heads LVMH's watches division.Four of Bernard Arnault's five children now sit on the luxury conglomerate's board.French luxury goods billionaire Bernard Arnault, the world's richest person, has appointed two more of his children to LVMH's board.
Arnault announced the appointments on Thursday following a vote at LVMH's shareholder AGM.
The new appointments are Alexandre Arnault, executive vice-president of product, communications, and industrial at Tiffany & Co, and Frédéric Arnault, head of LVMH's watches division.
Four of Bernard Arnault's five children now sit on the LVMH board.
Delphine Arnault, his oldest child, and CEO of Christian Dior Couture, has been on the board since 2003, while Antoine, CEO of Christian Dior SE, the holding company the family uses to control LVMH, joined it in 2006.
Only Jean Arnault, Bernard Arnault's youngest son, doesn't sit on the company's board. Jean Arnault is a director in Louis Vuitton's watches division.
Bernard Arnault, who cofounded LVMH in the 1980s, is the French luxury conglomerate's CEO and chair. Its brands include Louis Vuitton, Dior, Marc Jacobs, Givenchy, Moët & Chandon, and Fenty Beauty.
Bernard Arnault is currently the world's richest person with a net worth of about $221 billion, according to estimates by Bloomberg.
He's been priming his children for leadership roles in LVMH their whole lives, and has never publicly said who he wants to take over his role at the company in the future.
"The best person inside the family or outside the family should be one day my successor," Bernard Arnault told The New York Times in September. "But it's not something that I hope is a duel for the near future."
Colon cancer rates are rising in young people. If you have two symptoms you should get a colonoscopy, a GI oncologist says.
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Cases of colon cancer have risen in younger people by 2% per year since 2011. GI oncologist Dr. James Cleary shared common signs and symptoms to look out for. If you have two of these symptoms at the same time, you should get a colonoscopy, he said.Colorectal cancer is on the rise among younger people, but catching it early increases the chances of a full recovery. This means it's crucial to know the symptoms and get tested if they arise, particularly if you have more than one.
Rates of colorectal cancer in people under 50 have been rising by 2% each year since 2011, according to the American Cancer Society. And it's now the deadliest cancer among men that age in the US, and the second deadliest among women.
Around $24.3 billion was spent in the US on colorectal cancer-related healthcare in 2020, accounting for 12.6% of all cancer treatment costs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Comparatively, breast cancer, the cancer with the highest treatment cost, accounts for 14% of all costs, the CDC said.
Most colon and rectal cancers start as small growths, known as polyps, in the lining of the organs. Usually, they are harmless, but sometimes they can develop into cancer.
Often polyps are asymptomatic, so it's important to have regular screenings because those found in the early stages can usually be fully removed, according to Mayo Clinic. The recommended age to start cancer screening is 45, but those with a genetic predisposition, family history of the disease, or other colorectal risk factors may be advised to get tested at a younger age.
"We used to start doing colonoscopies as a screening method at the age of 50, but now the age has been moved back to 45 in recognition that more young people are getting colorectal cancer. So please get your colonoscopy," Dr. James Cleary, a gastrointestinal oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, told Business Insider.
But those who develop signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer before the age of 45 may also want to get screened. "If you're having one symptom, you should think about getting a colonoscopy, but if you're having two of these, statistically speaking, your chances are higher, and you really should go get a colonoscopy," Cleary said.
For example, abdominal pain or cramping and weakness or fatigue are both symptoms of the illness. Although these can be signs of many conditions, if you experience both at the same time you might consider getting tested for cancer.
Cleary shared three of the other common signs and symptoms of colon cancer to look out for.
Iron deficiency anemia
Iron deficiency anemia, which is where a person has low iron levels, can be a sign of colon cancer.
This usually occurs because colon cancer can cause bleeding, particularly rectal bleeding, another symptom of the disease, Cleary said. However, the bleeding can happen on a microscopic level, that a patient wouldn't be aware of.
A loss of blood causes anemia because the red blood cells in the blood contain iron. So if you lose blood, you lose some iron.
"When someone is found to have iron deficiency anemia, I think the important question is always going to be 'why is the person having iron deficiency anemia?' And if you really can't come up with a good cause, that person really should undergo a colonoscopy," he said.
Common symptoms of iron deficiency anemia include tiredness, lack of energy, shortness of breath, and headaches. You can get a blood test to check your iron levels.
Changes in bowel movements
Changes in bowel habits can also be a potential sign of colorectal cancer, but this can show up in a number of ways, Cleary said. If the tumor is low down in the rectum, for example, this can cause a narrowing of the stool because it needs to squeeze past to leave the body.
Changes such as going to the bathroom more often, pencil-thin stools, and blood in the stool are common in colorectal cancer patients, he said.
Other changes can include diarrhea, constipation, and not feeling relieved after a bowel movement.
Unintentional weight loss
Unintentional weight loss can be a sign of any type of cancer, including colon cancer, Cleary said. He tends to see this in patients with very late-stage colon cancer.
"It is usually pretty significant, 10 to 20 pounds over six months to a year," he said, without the patient actively trying.
If people have unintentional weight loss, they should see their doctor and figure out what's going on because it's a high-risk feature, he said, particularly if they are experiencing another symptom, such as rectal bleeding, at the same time.
More and more Americans are becoming 'ALICEs.' They can't afford rent and groceries but are falling through the cracks in the country's safety net.
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ALICE is an acronym for a group of Americans who are asset-limited, income-constrained, and employed.Most ALICEs earn too much to qualify for government assistance but not enough to afford daily life in the US.Their existence points to a gap in how the US measures who's struggling economically.Imagine making just enough money at your job that you don't qualify for food stamps or disability payments, but not enough to afford rent and healthcare. That would make you an ALICE.
ALICEs — or Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed — is a term coined by United Way's United for ALICE program to describe Americans who work and make more than the Federal Poverty Level for a family of four of $31,200, or $15,060 for an individual, but who struggle to pay for basic needs.
Many ALICEs are workers whose wages typically aren't enough to cover their bills, meaning they live paycheck to paycheck. Some are forced to sacrifice rent payments for food or childcare for medical appointments.
About 29% of the US population are ALICEs, while 13% are below the Federal Poverty Level, according to United for ALICE's calculations using data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey and United Way's estimates for how much a family needs to get by.
Many government initiatives have tried to help people rise out of poverty. Still, as Stephanie Hoopes, national director at United For ALICE, told BI, the Federal Poverty Level is outdated in many ways, as it doesn't account for regional differences and the growing proportion of people's budgets that go to food. Hoopes also said that less attention is paid to assisting those who are better off financially but still can't invest in their futures.
For the most part, poverty shares across the US have been falling — something that, on its face, seems like good news for American workers. And while those measures might reach the most financially distressed Americans, the benefit cut-offs leave behind the still-precarious group of ALICEs.
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