Paramount has set the base salaries for its new C-suite on the heels of Skydance closing its $8 billion acquisition of the media giant. David Ellison, founder of Skydance and now CEO of Paramount, will receive a base salary of $3.5 million, as will Paramount president Jeff Shell, according to financial documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday. …
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Pittsburgh Steelers star defensive lineman and captain Cam Heyward is seeking a reworked contract that would give him a pay raise, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. Heyward, who is the second year of a three year contract that runs through 2026, has no guaranteed money left on that deal. When he inked it, the deal averaged just $15 million …
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Summary: A new study reveals that our brains treat sensitivity and decision bias as separate processes when rewards are at stake. Using eye-tracking and EEG during a visual task, researchers found that attention-related brain regions ramp up when we focus on potential rewards, but only when it boosts sensitivity—not bias. Surprisingly, decision bias—our tendency to say “yes” or “no” based …
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The Tesla board has reinstated Elon Musk as the highest-paid CEO in history with a staggering new $29 billion pay package. His new deal with the $970 billion electric-vehicle maker comes after a Delaware judge twice rescinded Musk’s previous moonshot mega-grant. Musk’s pay has been held up in litigation for the past seven years. “It is imperative to retain and …
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A Miami jury decided that Elon Musk’s car company Tesla was partly responsible for a deadly crash in Florida involving its Autopilot driver assist technology and must pay the victims more than $240 million in damages. The federal jury held that Tesla bore significant responsibility because its technology failed and that not all the blame can be put on a …
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IN A NUTSHELL 🌞 Researchers in Japan have achieved a breakthrough by dramatically enhancing the efficiency of producing clean fuel from sunlight through innovative catalyst redesign. 🔬 The team’s focus on lead-based oxyhalides increased the surface area of catalyst particles, leading to record-high quantum yields for hydrogen production. ⚗️ A novel microwave-assisted synthesis method allowed for the creation of ultra-small …
Read More »A.I. researchers are negotiating $250M pay packages Hacker News Thanks for Your $1 Billion Job Offer, Mark Zuckerberg. I’m Gonna Pass. – WSJ The Wall Street Journal A.I. Researchers Are Negotiating $250 Million Pay Packages. Just Like N.B.A. Stars. The New York Times Meta dishes out $250M to lure 24-year-old AI whiz kid: ‘We have reached the climax of ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ Yahoo …
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John Cena seemingly turned babyface again last night on WWE SmackDown and slyly paid tribute to Hulk Hogan in the process. Last night’s episode of SmackDown kicked off with a face-to-face promo between Cody Rhodes and John Cena. In a surprising turn of events, Cena seemingly turned babyface ahead of his street fight with Rhodes this Sunday at SummerSlam. The …
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Dillon Angulo, who was seriously injured in a Florida crash involving Tesla’s Autopilot driver assist technology, speaks to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Miami on Friday. David Fischer/AP hide caption toggle caption David Fischer/AP MIAMI — A Miami jury decided that Elon Musk’s car company Tesla was partly responsible for a deadly crash in Florida involving its Autopilot driver …
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A federal jury in Florida found Tesla partly liable for a deadly 2019 crash involving Tesla’s Autopilot driver assist software, according to reports from The New York Times and CNBC. Tesla has been ordered to pay $200 million in punitive damages and about $43 million in compensatory damages, CBS News reports. Tesla’s Autopilot feature is designed to control a vehicle’s …
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