Rep. Seth Moulton, a moderate Massachusetts Democrat, said Wednesday that he will challenge Sen. Edward Markey for the Democrat nomination in next year’s Senate race, arguing it’s time for the party to embrace a new generation of leadership.
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Lacy Pryde told Newsweek: “My son thought I was playing a prank on him.”
Microsoft Reveals Design Concepts for New Office Icons
Microsoft has unveiled design concepts that significantly differ from the final versions of its newly launched Office icons, revealing a creative process that involved multiple iterations, reports 24brussels.
The concepts for the Word icon feature various interpretations, including a notepad-like design and innovative visualizations of documents. Among these experiments, Microsoft considered designs where the Word lettering is a focal point, along with versions that either integrate the text discreetly or omit it altogether. Ultimately, the chosen design features three horizontal bars instead of the previously proposed four, with variations that include both lettering and icon-only formats.
In regards to Excel, the designated icon heavily emphasizes the configuration of cells, mirroring the traits of its existing visual identity. Although most concept designs closely parallel the final icon, one design, titled “X,” stands out for its distinctiveness.
For PowerPoint, Microsoft tested multiple approaches to represent its traditional slide concept. Some iterations transform the lettering into a ribbon-like “P,” while others introduce a pie chart element. However, the finalized PowerPoint icon adopts a more conservative style, marked by a rounded and colorful update of its predecessor.
As the rollout of Microsoft’s new Office icons continues across Windows and iOS platforms, the company predominantly utilizes versions with lettering for Windows, while opting for letterless icons on iOS.
Readers are invited to share their thoughts on whether they prefer any of the concept versions over the final designs selected by Microsoft.
Chancellor accused of removing environmental protections to win short-term growth and save her budget
Last-minute changes to the government’s landmark planning bill have sparked a furious backlash from nature groups who have mounted an attack on the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, over her plans to remove environmental protections.
The changes to the legislation come as it enters its final stages before being signed into law.
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- Finnair canceled 40 flights, affecting 5,000 passengers, due to issues with the covers on plane seats.
- The airline suspended operations for eight Airbus A321 jets over fire protection concerns.
- A manufacturer told the airline that it wasn’t verified whether it was OK to clean seat covers with water.
Thousands of people had their flights canceled after an airline found it may have broken fire safety regulations by cleaning plane seats with water.
Finnair canceled around 40 flights on Monday and Tuesday, affecting some 5,000 passengers, an airline spokesperson said in a statement to Business Insider.
The Finnish flag carrier temporarily suspended operations for eight of its 15 Airbus A321 jets, they added.
This was because Finnair received information from the manufacturer of the planes’ seat covers, saying that it hadn’t been “properly verified” whether washing them with water affected fire protection.
“Safety is always our top priority, and we always follow the manufacturers’ maintenance instructions as well as the guidelines and recommendations of the authorities,” the spokesperson said.
On Monday, the eight jets were flown without passengers to Finnair’s hub in the capital, Helsinki, they added.
“We are investigating options so that we can return the aircraft to service as soon as possible.”
This isn’t the first time fliers have had their plans disrupted after an airline became aware of a rare issue.
In June, a KLM flight U-turned over the Atlantic Ocean and returned to Amsterdam, after the airline realized the plane would reach its deadline for maintenance.
“To prevent the license from expiring during the flight, it was decided to return to perform the maintenance in the Netherlands,” a KLM spokesperson previously told Business Insider.
Also that month, an American Airlines flight bound for Naples, Italy, changed course to Rome after the airline appeared to send a plane that was too big for its intended destination.
The airline used a Boeing 787-9 instead of its usual 787-8 on that route. The latter is about 20 feet longer and, therefore, has different requirements for rescue and firefighting services.
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- Marc Benioff said that AI innovation is “far exceeding” client adoption.
- Salesforce’s stock has dropped around 34% in comparison to its peak in December 2024.
- Benioff said that people don’t understand that the Agentforce AI is at the core of the company’s products.
Marc Benioff doesn’t think enough companies have figured out how to adopt AI.
“Customers are getting their head around how to deploy AI,” Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, told CNBC host Jim Cramer on Tuesday.
Earlier on Tuesday, Benoiff kicked off the Dreamforce conference at San Francisco’s Moscone Center with a keynote, where he touted how clients such as Williams-Sonoma and Dutch jewelry maker Pandora have adopted Salesforce’s AI products.
“The speed of innovation is far exceeding the speed of customer adoption,” said Benioff to Cramer. “These customers have to go back and modify massive architectures they have and systems they’re running.”
The comments on AI adoption come as Salesforce shares are down more than 28% compared to the same time last year and around 34% compared to their peak in December 2024. The company said in August that it cut its support staff from 9,000 to 5,000 employees, thanks to the adoption of AI agents.
When asked about the stock decline, Benioff said that the Agentforce platform has rapidly grown since the company first introduced it a little over a year ago, but there is little understanding of how the company is using autonomous bots to drive efficiency.
“People don’t understand that Agentforce is part and parcel of Salesforce,” said Benioff. “It is the core of every product we make now, it is the platform.”
The Dreamforce conference is set to bring tens of thousands of guests to San Francisco this week as Benoiff attempts to sell software like Tableau and Slack, powered by AI. Tickets typically run from $999 to $2,299. Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Dario Amodei, CEO of AI lab Anthropic, are both scheduled to have chat sessions with Benoiff throughout the week, topped off with music performances from Metallica and Benson Boone.
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Just what I need for the hot weather 😎
Syria’s interim leader arrives on his first visit to Russia, set to meet with Putin
A play is rarely dead with Dart darting here and there, buying time and, when necessary, taking off and running.