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Chipotle CEO says doing business in California is getting harder

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:24 GMT

By Eliyahu Kamisher and Karen Breslau | BloombergChipotle Mexican Grill Inc. Chief Executive Officer Brian Niccol said California’s business environment is slowing the company’s ambitions for growth in the state.“Unfortunately it’s getting harder versus being easier,” Niccol said on Bloomberg TV’s California C-Suite special, examining the state’s challenges. “There’s a lot of other places where we operate restaurants where it’s a heck of a lot easier.”The remarks contrast with the optimism that Chipotle showed over California five years ago, when it announced plans to move the company’s headquarters to Newport Beach from Denver.Niccol said he still plans to expand the restaurant chain beyond the more than 400 locations it has across the state, “but it would be even more growth if it was a little bit easier” to open the stores and run them.While California is a hub for technology innovation and industry, some business leaders have expressed frustration with its regulatory burdens and...

Ex-Uber chief security officer sentenced to probation for covering up 2016 data breach

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:24 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Uber’s former chief security officer will serve three years of probation and pay a $50,000 fine for covering up a 2016 data breach involving 57 million users of the San Francisco-based ride-hailing service, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.A jury in October convicted 54-year-old Palo Alto resident Joseph Sullivan of obstruction of the Federal Trade Commission and misprision of a felony, or having knowledge that a federal felony was committed and taking steps to conceal that crime, prosecutors said in a statement Thursday.Sullivan could have received up to five years in prison for the first charge and up to three for the second.In a sentencing memorandum, prosecutors said Sullivan deserved at least 15 months in prison.“Instead of doing what he knew was the right thing, he engaged in a rigorous effort to ensure that the victims, the FTC, law enforcement and the public never learned that he and his cybersecurity team had made mistakes that allowed two hackers to ...

49ers notes: Deebo Samuel hates Eagles; Lynch knows ‘Seahawks are coming’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:24 GMT

SANTA CLARA — Long story short, here are quick thoughts, quotes and notes amid the 49ers’ offseason program, and ahead of next week’s rookie minicamp:—  “Most hated team is the Eagles right now — 100 percent,” Deebo Samuel told Complex. “I mean, hey man, we done wiped the Rams so many times. All the trash talk coming from the Eagles fan base and the players, you just get tired of that.”— Samuel re-iterated his offseason stance that the 49ers lost the NFC Championship Game “because we played with 10 people,” he told Complex in an interview posted Thursday. Samuel then noted that Brock Purdy is “still recovering from his surgery. Trey (Lance) is fully healthy. We went and got another quarterback in Sam Darnold. That was the only piece we were missing. If we had another quarterback, we would’ve been alright.”— Darnold is suiting up in No. 14, ideally resembling his USC days more than his washed tenures with the New York Jets and Carolina Panthe...

Ambev: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:24 GMT

SAO PAULO (AP) — SAO PAULO (AP) — Ambev SA (ABEV) on Thursday reported first-quarter profit of $712.2 million.The Sao Paulo-based company said it had profit of 4 cents per share.The beverage company posted revenue of $3.95 billion in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on ABEV at https://www.zacks.com/ap/ABEVSource

Could AI pen ‘Casablanca’? Screenwriters take aim at ChatGPT

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:24 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — When Greg Brockman, the president and co-founder of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, was recently extolling the capabilities of artificial intelligence, he turned to “Game of Thrones.”Imagine, he said, if you could use AI to rewrite the ending of that not-so-popular finale. Maybe even put yourself into the show.“That is what entertainment will look like,” said Brockman.Not six months since the release of ChatGPT, generative artificial intelligence is already prompting widespread unease throughout Hollywood. Concern over chatbots writing or rewriting scripts is one of the leading reasons TV and film screenwriters took to picket lines earlier this week.Though the Writers Guild of America is striking for better pay in an industry where streaming has upended many of the old rules, AI looms as rising anxiety.“AI is terrifying,” said Danny Strong, the “Dopesick” and “Empire” creator. “Now, I’ve seen some of ChatGPT’s writing and as of now I’m not terrified because Chat is a terrible ...

La OMS dice que el covid-19 ya no es una emergencia sanitaria mundial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:24 GMT

(CNN) — El covid-19 ya no es una emergencia de salud global, anunció este viernes la Organización Mundial de la Salud.El Comité de Emergencia del Reglamento Sanitario Internacional de la OMS discutió la pandemia este jueves en su 15ª reunión sobre el covid-19, y el director general del organismo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, coincidió en que la declaración de emergencia de salud pública de interés internacional, o PHEIC, debería terminar.“Durante más de un año, la pandemia ha tenido una tendencia a la baja”, dijo Tedros en una conferencia de prensa este viernes.“Esta tendencia permitió que la mayoría de los países vuelvan a la vida como la conocíamos antes del covid-19”, dijo Tedros. “Ayer, el comité de emergencia se reunió por decimoquinta vez y me recomendó que declarara el fin de la emergencia de salud pública de interés internacional. Acepté ese consejo”.Las recetas médicas para el tratamiento del TDAH aumentaron durante la pandemia de covid-19, segú...

Trump is accused in court of rape. Will it matter in 2024?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:24 GMT

E. Jean Carroll testified in sometimes searing detail about the day she says Donald Trump raped her in a department store dressing room two decades before he became president, allegations the Republican has repeatedly and vehemently denied. Taking the witness stand in support of Carroll this week, two friends told jurors that they spoke with the former magazine columnist shortly after the alleged 1996 attack, and that they believe she is telling the truth. Other women testified about separate encounters; one said Trump grabbed and groped her while they were on a flight in the late 1970s, the other told jurors he forcibly kissed her at his Florida home in 2005. The accounts, shared during the civil trial on Carroll’s claims of battery and defamation against Trump, mark the first time that any of the numerous allegations of sexual misconduct against the former president have been heard in a court trial. Given a chance to rebut Carroll’s accusations on the witness stand, Tr...

¿Cuándo y cómo se podrá consultar el padrón electoral para las elecciones 2023 en Argentina?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:24 GMT

(CNN Español) — En Argentina comenzó a regir el calendario electoral de cara a las elecciones presidenciales y legislativas de 2023. ¿A partir de qué fecha se podrá consultar el padrón y cómo se podrán cambiar los datos en caso de ser incorrectos? Conoce los detalles.El 25 de abril fue el día designado por la Comisión Nacional Electoral como la fecha límite para registrar cambios en los datos de los votantes de Argentina de cara a las elecciones presidenciales y legislativas.¿Cuándo son las elecciones en Argentina, qué se vota y qué hay en juego?Hasta esa fecha, aquellas personas que registraban un domicilio distinto en su documento y querían modificarlo de cara a los comicios, podían hacerlo a través del Registro Nacional de las Personas (Renaper).Este viernes 5 de mayo se dio a conocer el padrón electoral provisorio. Allí se pueden consultar los datos de los votantes, revisar que el nombre, el apellido y el DNI sean correctos y pedir modificaciones en caso de que no sean los...

Sunday DC road closures posted for Women’s Half Marathon and 8K

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:24 GMT

A number of D.C. roadways will closed for the National Women’s Half Marathon and 8K scheduled for Sunday morning.The races will both begin and end at West Potomac Park in Southwest, starting with the half-marathon at 7 a.m. and followed by the 8K at 7:30 a.m.Runners of the half-marathon course will circle the Tidal Basin and head past the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Kennedy Center and Embassy Row.More information on both race courses, including maps, can be found on the event’s website.D.C. police said the following streets will be closed to vehicle traffic on Sunday, May 7, from about 5:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.:1200 block of Maine Avenue, SWWestbound I-395 Exit to Maine Ave & 12th Street Tunnel Exit, SWSouthbound Potomac River Freeway Split to Route 66, NWTheodore Roosevelt Bridge Ramp to Ohio Drive, NWWestbound E Street Expressway ramp to Southbound Potomac River Freeway, NW9th Street Tunnel ramp to Maine Ave, SWU.S. Park Police said it will close the followin...

World Health Organization downgrades COVID-19 pandemic, says it’s no longer a global emergency

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:24 GMT

GENEVA (AP) — World Health Organization downgrades COVID-19 pandemic, says it’s no longer a global emergency.Source