It's no secret that Google Chrome is often the culprit behind a slow computer, even if your computer is relatively new.

Open enough tabs in Chrome and you can easily eat up all your RAM, which doesn't leave much for other things you might be doing on your computer. Extensions can use up your computer's processor, too.

One way to check whether Chrome is to blame for slowing down a perfectly good computer is to check your computer's processes. On Macs, that means checking Activity Monitor. For Windows PCs, check the Task Manager.

If you're seeing that Chrome is hogging a bunch of your resources like RAM and CPU, you could go one step further and check exactly which tabs, websites, and extensions are causing the biggest slowdowns on your computer.

Check it out:

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In Chrome, click the button with the three dots toward the top right of the Chrome window > More tools > Task Manager.

The Chrome Task Manager shows you exactly what is using up your computer's RAM and CPU, the two biggest parts that make your computer work smoothly.

If your computer gets hot and its fans are spinning audibly fast, it could mean something is using up your CPU resources.

Click on the "CPU" tab at the top to organize the list in order of CPU use. Here, a 4K YouTube video is clearly using up a ton of CPU power. Normal 1080p HD videos don't use up nearly as much CPU power.

You can stop and close an unused Chrome tab that is working your CPU too hard by hitting "End Process" at the bottom right of the Chrome Task Manager.

Chrome extensions can also hog your CPU. You can stop an extension the same way you can stop a Chrome tab. But it's also a good idea to go through your Chrome extensions and disable or remove those you don't use by heading to the Chrome settings > More Tools > Extensions.

The worst-case scenario is if some kind of malware was installed in Chrome on your computer and is using up a bunch of your CPU power. If that's the case, you'll need to use anti-malware software. Check out anti-malware software with the highest ratings from PCMag.

• Cruise self-driving cars have been involved in more crashes than any other company.
• Waymo, on the other hand, has had a higher percentage of its fleets involved in accidents — likely due to the more testing miles under its belt. 
• Tech.co compiled California DMV data to see where, when, and which companies were involved in self-driving crashes. 

Self-driving cars will be safer than our current roads, experts say. But until we get to full autonomy, there have been — and will likely continue to be — some speed bumps.

Because the technology is so new, self-driving car accidents tend to get a lot of attention. Cruise's 52 crashes, for example, pale in comparison to the 3,564 traffic deaths in California last year alone. Still, the incidents are top of mind for other drivers on the road — as well as for competing companies, which have a knack for secrecy.

Tech news and review site Tech.co combed through the California Department of Motor Vehicle data to quantify and locate each individual self-driving car crash in the state, including which company's vehicles were involved.

"There’s no progress without pain," Tom Fogden, who lead the research for Tech.co, said. "Our research shows that Californians, especially those in San Francisco are bearing the brunt of the change to self-driving vehicles, hopefully, it will all be worth it."

It's important to consider miles traveled when evaluating the findings. Waymo, for example, has now logged more than 10 million miles of self-driving tests — well above that of any competitors. Tech.co's data does not include crash rates per miles driven, only per vehicles in the fleet, an important distinction.

Cruise, by comparison, had only logged about 131,000 miles on California roads between December 2016 and 2017, according to its most recent state filing. In that same time period, Waymo logged 350,000, Ars Technica reported. 

Waymo declined to comment, while Cruise did not respond to a request from Business Insider. 

In some cases, it was a human driver at fault for a collision— including times when the computer would have made a safer decision. 

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As Fogden says, most of the crashes have occurred in Silicon Valley and San Francisco. You can see the clusters below. Keep scrolling to see how the competitors rank in terms of crash percentages.

Apple

% of fleet that's crashed: 3%

Total number of crashes: 2

"The newest member of the autonomous car crash club is Apple," says Tech.co "It’s been pretty secretive about its self-driving car program, but as California law states that all autonomous car crashes must be reported to the DMV, Apple couldn’t keep its August 28 crash quiet for long. It’s also suffered another in October."

Source: Tech.co

Drive.ai

% of fleet that's crashed: 10%

Total number of crashes: 1

Source: Tech.co 

• IFC Films faces sanctions from the MPAA after it screened without a waiver the uncensored director's cut of its serial-killer movie, "The House That Jack Built," directed by Lars von Trier.
• An R-rated cut of the movie comes to theaters December 14, but a possible sanction includes the R rating being revoked, which could limit its theatrical release.
• MPAA sanctions are rare, and the last time it happened was in 2007 against the movie "Captivity." The last rating to be revoked was in 1985.
• But industry experts explained to Business Insider why IFC doesn't have a lot to fear if "The House That Jack Built" loses its rating.

Controversy has followed director Lars von Trier's serial-killer movie, "The House That Jack Built," since it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. The uncensored screening prompted over 100 people to walk out because of its grisly depictions of violence against women and children.

On Wednesday, the movie's distributor, IFC Films, screened the version seen at Cannes for one night only in select theaters across the country. The movie pulled in $172,000 from 140 theaters, according to Exhibitor Relations, for an average of about $1,230 per venue.

But that night, IFC violated Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) ratings rules by screening the uncensored director's cut without a waiver in such close proximity to the release of the R-rated cut, which comes to theaters December 14. 

READ MORE: An uncensored screening of Lars von Trier's controversial serial-killer movie, 'The House That Jack Built,' violated MPAA ratings rules

Sanctions against IFC could include the movie's R rating being revoked, or the process for any other IFC Films awaiting a rating could be suspended. Any sanctions will be determined after a hearing with the Classification and Ratings Administration (CARA), which conducts ratings for the MPAA and National Association of Theater Owners. 

In a statement, the MPAA said, "The effectiveness of the MPAA ratings depends on our ability to maintain the trust and confidence of American parents. That’s why the rules clearly outline the proper use of the ratings."

The MPAA guidelines are in place, for starters, to avoid confusion for audiences, which can be intensified by a number of factors. For instance, on ticket service Fandango, the director's cut of "The House That Jack Built" is labeled as rated R, even though it is unrated (Fandango did not return a request for comment).

When a distributor submits a movie for a rating, it signs off on the MPAA ratings rules, so sanctions against a movie are rare. The last instance of sanctions was in 2007 against "Captivity," when a graphic image appeared on a billboard for the movie. The movie did not have a rating at the time, so it wasn't revoked, but the process was delayed.

Revocations are even more rare. According to data provided to Business Insider by the MPAA, only four movies have had ratings revoked in the organization's 50-year history, and the last was 1985's "Sudden Death" (the others are "The Divorcee" in 1976, "Mannequin" in 1979, and "Hard Country" in 1980).

Exhibitor Relations senior box-office analyst Jeff Bock told Business Insider that if "The House That Jack Built" loses its rating, that could influence the number of theaters that play the movie, and limit its expansion.

As a recent example, theater chains disagreed on whether to show the unrated version of the documentary "Bully" in 2012. AMC Theatres, the largest theater chain in the world, decided to let minors into the movie with written or verbal permission from a parent, and Regal let minors in if they were accompanied by a parent. But Cinemark refused to show the movie unless it was an R-rated version.

Considering the content of "The House That Jack Built," it probably faces a tougher battle.

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If another film or distributor faced these kinds of sanctions, it would cause panic. But von Trier is known for stirring the pot, and his risky films, such as the two-volume erotic drama "Nymphomaniac," are never box-office gold. His best performing movie, "Melancholia" in 2011, made $3 million in the US.

"This was never going to be a huge hit in multiplexes and was always going to be an arthouse audit," Bock said.

IFC distributes small, art-house fare, such as this year's "Wildlife" and "The Death of Stalin," which won over critics but didn't make big splashes at the box office. 

"IFC releases generally don’t command much distribution in the first place," said BoxOfficeAnalyst.com's Doug Stone.

The biggest blow would be if IFC's other films were impacted by the sanctions. But if only "The House That Jack Built's" rating is revoked, the controversy could even end up benefiting the movie, according to Comscore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian.

"Specialized films from notable and often controversial directors like von Trier can benefit from the heightened awareness that such news can create,"Dergarabedian told Business Insider. "Though the lack of a rating may limit mainstream theatrical access to the film, it is now higher on the radar screen than before."

What would be the best way to capitalize on the publicity?

"If the producers were smart, they'd sign a streaming deal," Bock said. "Pronto."

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• Ariana Grande's manager, Scooter Braun, defended Pete Davidson after an Instagram user said that he was "canceled" and the singer is "doing much better" since splitting with him.
• Braun noticed the remark and explained that Grande's team has no hard feelings toward the comedian. 
• "Stop the bull----,"he wrote in a now-deleted comment. "It is nothing like that and Pete is a good dude. No one has hate for this guy and he is a stand up guy. Show respect because trust me everyone on his side knows he deserves it and wishes him well."

Ariana Grande's manager, Scooter Braun, defended Pete Davidson against one angry fan online.

Davidson returned to Instagram for the first time since his breakup with the singer to share a series of photos promoting his upcoming movie "Big Time Adolescence," which was recently announced as part of the 2019  Sundance Film Festival lineup. The post was flooded with comments from Grande's fans, and Braun clapped back at one user in particular who wrote: "ur cancelled tysm for breaking with ariana bc she's doing much better BYE."

In a now-deleted comment, Braun told the fan to "show respect" for Davidson. He also said that Grande's team has no hard feelings toward the "Saturday Night Live" star.

"Stop the bull----," he wrote. "It is nothing like that and Pete is a good dude. No one has hate for this guy and he is a stand up guy. Show respect because trust me everyone on his side knows he deserves it and wishes him well."

Davidson and Grande broke off their engagement and split in October, following a whirlwind relationship that included matching tattoos and PDA-filled posts on social media. 

Read more: Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson reportedly split and no one is surprised

Since breaking up with Davidson, Grande has fully dedicated herself to new music, like her most recent track, "Thank U, Next." In the song, she name-drops her exes and what she's learned from them. The 25-year-old also mentioned almost marrying Davidson, and being "thankful" for him. 

Davidson also addressed the breakup with Grande during an episode of "SNL."

"I know some of you are curious about the breakup, but the truth is it's nobody's business," he said during the "Weekend Update" segment. "Sometimes things just don't work out, and that's OK. She's a wonderful, strong person, and I genuinely wish her all the happiness in the world."

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The Senate on Wednesday advanced a resolution to end US support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.

The resolution, which calls on the president to remove most US troops in Yemen, passed 63 to 37. The resolution failed to pass earlier this year.

Democrats unanimously voted in favor of the resolution, and even prominent Republicans, including Sens. Bob Corker, Lindsey Graham and Rand Paul, also voted in favor of the measure.

In 2015, Saudi Arabia formed a coalition to defeat the Iranian-backed Houthis fighting the Yemeni government.

The US has supported the coalition with limited intelligence sharing, training with the professed aim of making aistrikes more precise, limiting civilian casualties and mid-air refuels for coalition jets.

Amid the political backlash against the kindgom over the killing of a journalist by Saudi operatives, the Pentagon announced in November that it would stop refueling coalition jets. 

The coalition has conducted airstrikes that have indiscriminately killed and wounded thousands of civilians, and implemented a host of economic measures, such as periodic blockades and import restrictions, that have caused severe food insecurity and disease.  

In fact, the war in Yemen has been described as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. But it took the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi for US action against the Saudi-led coalition to grow stronger. 

Here are 5 brutal facts to know about the Saudi-led coalition's war in Yemen. 

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1. Approximately 84,701 children have died from severe acute malnutrition between April 2015 and October 2018. Children in such a state are in terrible pain, but often don't have the energy to cry.

Source: Save the Children, CNN

2. 17.8 million people are food insecure, and approximately 8.4 million civilians are on the brink of famine.

Source: World Food Programme, The New York Times

3. There have been 1,115,378 suspected cases of cholera between April 2017 and July 2018, with 10,000 new cases reported every week since June.

Source: World Health Organization, Reuters

• Startups come and go, meaning that those in the tech world often face the dilmemma of pick at which company where they'll actually be successful in the future.
• Major tech executives who have turned down lucrative offers include Instagram's Kevin Systrom and Bachelorette's Ali Fedotowsky.
• Here are some other big names in Silicon Valley who may have missed out on millions from opportunities they turned down.

Ali Fedotowsky walked away from Facebook when she opted to be ABC's Bachelorette.

Robert Cezar Matei missed his chance to join early Facebook, Square and Instagram teams.

It's impossible to know which startup is going to become the next billion dollar success story, and the risk of letting a golden opportunity slip through your fingers is something that tech workers grapple with every day.

While some who turn down lucrative offers still achieve success — Instagram's co-founder Kevin Systrom is a prime example — others may come to live in regret.

Here are how some Silicon Valley techies missed opportunities to make millions at companies like Facebook and Instagram:

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Instagram wanted Amanda Wixted to be its first hire but she was cozy at Zynga.

First, we should note that Amanda Wixted is plenty successful. She joined Zynga as an early employee and stayed through its IPO. But she probably could have made even more millions if she had left for Instagram when it came calling in 2010.

Wixted wrote about her missed opportunity back in 2012 on Quora.

In June 2010, Mike and Kevin were just getting started on their mobile web app which they called Burbn.  I was a lead engineer on the mobile team at Zynga at the time.  Mike contacted me about coming on board as their first hire.  We met, and they showed me their ideas for where they were thinking of heading with Burbn: a photo-sharing mobile app.

... It was a great team fit, but I just couldn't get excited about a photo-sharing app.  I felt, and I still feel, that I need to be working on more complicated things, so I've stayed in the games space...Of course, I'm kicking myself now.  Hindsight is 20/20 and all.

Wixted went on to found the company Meteor Grove Software, and served as CTO for the e-learning app Homer.

Ali Fedotowsky left Facebook to become the lead on ABC's "The Bachelorette." Sadly, she and the guy she picked didn't work out.

In 2009, Ali Fedotowsky faced a dilemma: She was a contestant on "The Bachelor," dating pilot Jake Palveka. In a tearful goodbye, she left Palveka to return to her job at Facebook. Fedotowsky had run out of vacation days while filming the show and didn't want to miss out on millions.

But when ABC offered to make her its Bachelorette, Fedotowsky left her sales rep gig at Facebook. Two years after her March 2010 departure, Facebook had a massive IPO that turned many of its employees into millionaires.

Fedotowsky's engagement to contestant Roberto Martinez ended shortly after the show aired and while Facebook didn't re-hire her, she went on to be a host on NBC's "1st Look."

Now, Fedotowsky is married to TV and radio host Kevin Manno and writes a blog called Ali Luvs.

Julian Targowski was offered a role at Instagram in 2011, but walked away to launch his own app.

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Julian Targowski was offered a role at Instagram in October 2011, but walked away to launch his own app. He says he wasn't even interested in the offer because he was loyal to his own team.

"I don't regret a thing," he says on Quora. "You realize a lot of things about yourself (how content you are with your current situation, how hard you're working, where you want to be in the next few years, etc) when things like this happen."

Targowski went on to work at a startup called DailyBooth, which was acquired by Airbnb in 2012 but closed down soon after.

• Sen. Claire McCaskill, the Missouri Democrat who lost re-election to a third term this month, says she wants to help a new generation of women learn how to get ahead in politics in part by being "self-effacing."
• But some of the senator's supporters disagreed with her, arguing online that women shouldn't be asked to conform with double standards, but instead be encouraged to break them.  

Sen. Claire McCaskill, the Missouri Democrat who lost re-election to a third term this month, said that after leaving Washington she wants to help a new generation of women learn how to use humor and be "self-effacing" in order to get ahead in the male-dominated world of politics. 

"I think I can really help other women understand that really difficult balance you have to have as a woman of being strong and opinionated, but very careful that you don't go too far over the line so that you're in the 'B-word' territory," McCaskill said in a Friday interview with NPR.

She added, "That's a really hard balance, and a lot of that has to do with being willing to be self-effacing and have a sense of humor." 

McCaskill acknowledged "it's awful" that women are often held to different standards than their male counterparts, but justified her approach by arguing that she's "just being realistic" about what it takes for women to succeed in politics.  

The two-term lawmaker has been open about the sexual harassment she's faced during her decades in politics, and again related the story of when the speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives suggested that, as a state senator in her early 20s, she perform sex acts to help build support for her proposed legislation.

McCaskill said she brushed off the harassment, in part by making fun of it. 

"I got through it with a sense of humor and I kept saying to myself, 'I'm going to have better jobs than these guys before this is over' — and, as it turned out, I did," she told NPR. 

Some of McCaskill's fans felt her remarks this week were out of sync with her record, and argued that women shouldn't be told to conform to a double standard. 

"All it does is erase their hard work if young women are forced to keep playing with one hand tied behind their back, backwards and in high heels," Jess McIntosh, editor of Shareblue Media and a longtime Democratic strategist, tweeted in response to McCaskill's comments. "The point of progress is to make it easier for the next gen, not to tell them to hamstring themselves because you had to."

McIntosh added, "Also not for nothing, one of the things I LIKED about Claire McCaskill was that 'self-effacing' was not an adjective you could apply to her."

Joan Walsh, a writer for the liberal Nation Magazine tweeted that she was "shocked" by McCaskill's comments. 

"I really thought differently about @clairecmc and looked forward to her unvarnished honesty in the future!" she wrote. 

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Through its We Make Fans platform, Turner celebrates content consumers of the highest order: People who don't just watch a show or follow a sports team but weave their favorite things into the fabric of their routines.

And it turns out this isn't just lip service to fandom. They did the research.

Over an 18-month period, Turner data specialists studied 10,000 people to identify the behavior patterns that distinguish true fans from more passive viewers. One fundamental finding: Eight out of 10 people are a fan of at least one thing.

As a global entertainment, sports, and news company with more than a dozen well-known brands, Turner has a vested interest in winning over hearts and minds. But the company's leadership in understanding fans through data holds implications for the rapidly transforming media industry.

The study's findings were certainly of great interest to Donna Speciale. As president of ad sales for Turner, she takes every opportunity to equip herself with data points craved by metrics-minded marketers.

After determining a base level of fandom, "We dove even deeper," Speciale said. "We uncovered that the more avid a fan is, the more engaged they are. Avidity is not only about doing more and spending more, but also getting more."

The things that advertisers get more of from fans are quantifiable. They include spikes in time spent watching content compared against channel-surfing, noncommittal viewers. And fans are also completists: They come back for more, which makes them reachable with marketing messages applied in phases.

Speciale cited "Conan," on TBS, as an example. "That's a mega iconic brand with a broad fan base who follows the show on all screens," she said. "And when we measure ad effectiveness for 'Conan' sponsorships, we see greater lifts in areas like advertiser opinion, awareness, and purchase intent when compared to the average viewer."

Beyond data

But even though content-consumption patterns can be tracked on a spreadsheet, the way content gets created hasn't fundamentally changed. New TV series still originate in the imaginations of creators. Creators still hope fans will want to immerse themselves in the world they've dreamed up. And athletes still push themselves to excel, while hoping for the fan support that rallies them when they tire.

"Data helps us think and target smarter, but without great content we will fall flat," Speciale said. "So it's not about metrics making a fan love a show more. It's about metrics powering us with the right guidance to better cultivate, identify, support, and mobilize fans."

Take Joshua Galang, a 21-year-old computer-science major at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in Massachusetts. Galang's admiration for the TBS animated series "Final Space" wasn't dictated to him by an algorithm. Drawn to science fiction since childhood, he discovered early promotion for the show — soon to enter its second season — on YouTube.

Galang was coaxed along from sampling the show into full-on fandom by two things. First, while episodes of many animated shows are self-contained, "Final Space" creator Olan Rogers adopted a serialized storytelling style Galang enjoys.

The second factor was that Galang came to feel that the makers of the show were only a social-media comment away.

"The cast and crew is so easy to connect with," said Galang, recalling an online exchange he had about 3D modeling with a "Final Space" art director. "It shows that they appreciate the fans as much as we appreciate them. It was that personal connection that made me realize I was far more invested than I was with other TV shows."

And Galang isn't just invested in the show — he's scheduled to be in it. Thanks to a fan contest he entered through the "Final Space" augmented-reality app, Galang flew to Los Angeles where he had the chance to help create a new character, then record the voice for it.

Remember those eight out of 10 people shown to be a fan of at least one thing? Speciale would like to find even the two who aren't and send them on a journey that resembles Galang's.

"Looking ahead, 2019 will be the year of the ultimate fan experience," she said. "And like always, that starts with content that sticks and content that makes sense for the environment — and is consistently entertaining and engaging."

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For the second-straight season, Stephen Curry is the NBA's highest-paid player.

Stephen Curry was once the biggest bargain in the NBA thanks to a contract he signed when there were still doubts about the long-term health of his ankles. But now he is cashing in big time, having replaced LeBron James last season as the highest-paid player in the NBA.

In all, 24 players in the NBA will make at least $25 million this season.

Below we take a look at this season's highest-paid players and how their contracts break down, with data provided by Spotrac.

24. Jrue Holiday — $25.40 million

Team: New Orleans Pelicans

Position: Point Guard

Contract: 5 years, $131.8 million

One thing to know: Holiday may have been one of the luckiest players in the NBA in recent seasons. After the Pelicans traded for Demarcus Cousins, they couldn't afford to let their point guard walk in free agency without a viable replacement. That gave Holiday all the leverage he needed for a max contract.

20t. Bradley Beal — $25.43 million

Team: Washington Wizards

Position: Shooting Guard

Contract: 5 years, $127.2 million

One thing to know: Beal struggled with injuries early in his career, but has missed just five games over the past two seasons. As a result, his game has flourished, and he has grown into a 23-point-per-game player.

20t. Hassan Whiteside — $25.43 million

Team: Miami Heat

Position: Center

Contract: 4 years, $98.4 million

One thing to know: Whiteside played in just 19 games in the first four seasons after being drafted by the Sacramento Kings in 2010. He grew into a max-contract player with the Heat but then fell off a bit in 2017-18, leaving many to think the Heat were stuck with a contract nobody would want.

• Developer Niantic revealed on Friday that trainer battles are coming to "Pokémon Go."
• Despite player-versus-player (PvP) battles being a major part of the traditional Pokémon games, "Pokémon Go" has always focused more on exploration and catching wild monsters.
• Niantic has yet to offer specific details on how battles between players will function.

"Pokémon Go" creator Niantic revealed via Twitter that player-versus-player battles will be coming soon, answering the wishes of the game's most dedicated fans after some two and a half years.

Battles between Pokémon trainers have always been a core component of traditional Pokémon games, but have been missing from "Pokémon Go" since the game launched in July 2016. In fact, their absence was one of the core criticisms that longtime Pokémon fans held against the mobile game.

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While "Pokémon Go" has always offered players a chance to show off their most prized pocket monsters by leaving them to guard the in-game "gyms," Niantic is now promising a chance for players to go head-to-head more directly. Notably, "Pokémon Go" recently got new social features that allow players to become friends and trade Pokémon with each other.

Niantic has yet to reveal when the trainer battle update will arrive, or provide details on how battles will function. Currently, Pokémon in "Pokémon Go" have just two attacks, compared to the four attacks available in the original Pokémon titles. 

While the number of players has certainly dipped since the game's peak in 2016, "Pokémon Go" continues to be a massive success around the world. "Pokémon Go" is in the midst of releasing a new batch of fourth-generation Pokémon, and the game grossed $73 million in October 2018, an increase of 67 percent from the prior year.

Niantic recently relaunched their original mobile exploration game "Ingress" under the name "Ingress Prime." The game is an alternative to "Pokémon Go" with similar, albeit more complex, mechanics and a unique story. Niantic is also working on a game set in J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World, in the same vein as "Pokémon Go," named "Harry Potter: Wizards Unite."

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• Before you find yourself chilled to the bone this winter, get a jacket from Patagonia's new Silent Down collection ($229-$349), which is quieter and more responsibly manufactured than most other outerwear options.
• I tried the Silent Down Jacket ($249), a light, soft, and very warm puffy jacket made from 100% recycled down and 70% recycled polyester. 
• I've already worn it multiple times in the last few weeks and plan on doing so for many more to come. 

Rapid footsteps approach, accompanied by a menacing swishing noise. You turn around, bracing to face the worst and — oh, it's just your friend in her winter jacket.

If I were to create a soundtrack of fall and winter sounds, it wouldn't contain the crunch of leaves under your feet or the satisfied sigh after the first sip of hot cocoa. It would mainly comprise the cacophony of coats and jackets being put on and taken off and pushed up against each other on public transportation. It's a small price to pay for warmth, but Patagonia has a new line of jackets and parkas, the Silent Down collection, that doesn't pay this price at all. 

The Silent Down Jacket is currently one of my favorite winter jackets, and not only because everyone on my entire floor can no longer hear me walking down the hallway.

Increasingly looming over me is the awareness that our time on a habitable Earth is rapidly dwindling. Sure, it's bleak, but it also means I care a lot more now about what brands I'm buying from and what they make their products out of. If I'm going to buy and wear something, I hope it doesn't leave the world a worse place than it was before.

Joining flats made from plastic water bottles and denim manufactured with recycled water (among many other innovative products), the Silent Down collection is one of those responsible creations. The shell and lining are made from 70% recycled polyester, while the insulation is 100% recycled down, made from reclaimed duck and goose down.

The recycled qualities in no way compromise the efficacy of the jacket. It's very soft and comfortable, and many features, in addition to the down insulation, keep me warm and toasty, including the double protection of both a zipper and snap buttons, and a stand-up collar for when I forget to or don't want to wear a scarf. I also love stuffing my hands into the warm and soft micro-brushed jersey-lined pockets, particularly because I'm not a fan of the inconvenience of gloves. 

Since it has a water-repellent finish, I wear it without hesitation on days when it might rain or snow, and it bounces back quickly after getting wet. It's also, as one online reviewer describes perfectly, "super smooshy." No formal term can better capture how easily it folds down and compacts despite its puffy full form. When I go on my holiday vacation, I'm definitely packing the Silent Down Jacket in lieu of heavier coats.  

I opted for the Kastanos Brown, a mustard yellow color I wish I owned more of because it's both eye-catching and seasonally appropriate. It also comes in black, gray, and blue. The other pieces in the Silent Down collection are the Parka ($349) if you really need to lean into winter weather protection, and the down Shirt ($229) for a more casual look. 

And while it's not actually completely silent (I doubt any article of outerwear can ever reach that point), it's certainly more quiet than most. Like any great piece of apparel, it doesn't rely solely on one interesting feature to make it a worthy buy. "Silent" is just one piece of the puzzle. 

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• Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke slammed Democratic Rep. Raúl Grijalva as a drunk over threats to probe his department when Democrats take the House majority in January.
• Grijalva is the likely incoming chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee and called for Zinke's resignation in an op-ed.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke slammed a Democratic congressman as a problem drinker on Friday in response to an op-ed calling for his resignation.

Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva, who is slated to serve as the next chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee when the 116th Congress convenes in January, wrote an op-ed for USA Today outlining why he believes Zinke is unfit to helm the Department of the Interior.

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Grijalva also pledged to vigorously investigate and probe Zinke's department in the new year.

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Regtech solutions seemed to offer the solution to financial institutions' (FIs) compliance woes when they first came to prominence around 24 months ago, gaining support from regulators and investors alike. 

However, many of the companies offering these solutions haven't scaled as might have been expected from the initial hype, and have failed to follow the trajectory of firms in other segments of fintech.

This unexpected inertia in the regtech industry is likely to resolve over the next 12-18 months as other factors come into play that shift FIs' approach to regtech solutions, and as the companies offering them evolve. External factors driving this change include regulatory support of regtech solutions, and consultancies offering more help to FIs wanting to sift through solutions. Startups offering regtech solutions will also play a part by partnering with each other, forming industry organizations, and taking advantage of new opportunities.

This report from Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service, provides a brief overview of the current global financial regulatory compliance landscape, and the regtech industry's position within it. It then details the major drivers that will shift the dial on FIs' adoption of regtech over the next 12-18 months, as well as those that will propel startups offering regtech solutions to new heights. Finally, it outlines what impact these drivers will have, and gives insight into what the global regtech industry will look like by 2020.

Here are some of the key takeaways:

• Regulatory compliance is still a significant issue faced by global FIs. In 2018 alone, EU regulations MiFID II and PSD2 have come into effect, bringing with them huge handbooks and gigantic reporting requirements. 
• Regtech startups boast solutions that can ease FIs' compliance burden — but they are struggling to scale. 
• Some changes expected to drive greater adoption of these solutions in the next 12 to 18 months are: the ongoing evolution of startups' business models, increasing numbers of partnerships, regulators' promotion of regtech, changing attitudes to the segment among FIs, and consultancies helping to facilitate adoption.
• FIs will actively be using solutions from regtech startups by 2020, and startups will be collaborating in an organized fashion with each other and with FIs. Global regulators will have adopted regtech themselves, while continuing to act as advocates for the industry.

In full, the report:

• Reviews the major changes expected to hit the regtech segment in the next 12 to 18 months.
• Examines the drivers behind these changes, and how the proliferation of regtech will improve compliance for FIs.
• Provides our view on what the future of the regtech industry looks like through 2020.
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• Your coworker has started taking extra-long lunches, seems to be coming to work every day in a suit, and stopped joking around so much.
• Those are all common signs that they might be about to quit their job. 
• As career experts explained to Business Insider, one or several employees leaving the workplace can destabilize how your team functions. 

Most bosses are caught off guard when facing a mass employee exodus, and the same can happen when just one valued employee resigns.

"As the boss, it's important to watch for the symptoms of an impending departure so you can address the issues before it's too late," said Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and the author of "Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job."

And a co-worker's departure — or several co-workers' departures — can quickly destabilize operations.

"Losing employees can create a substantial impact on everything from service delivery to scheduling,"Michael Kerr, an international business speaker and author of "The Humor Advantage," said. "It can impact the culture in a team in a negative way. And there's a substantial cost and time commitment involved in replacing and training new employees, so the more time a manager has to prepare for the changes, the better."

Taylor and Kerr shared 17 signs that your coworkers might be about to quit. Remember, however, that these are possible signs and indicators, not concrete proof that an employee is about to leave the company.

These are the signs you should watch out for so you can act before it's too late:

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There's a change in their appearance

If they start dressing unusually sharply, it may be because they are slipping out to job interviews during or after work, Kerr said.

The opposite might also happen.

"If someone is unhappy in their job, they may begin to dress down because they feel that no one is really paying attention anyway — or because they just don't really care anymore," Taylor said.

They start taking more time off

Folks who are liable to quit soon may begin calling in sick more often. They might use up their vacation days in bits and pieces, which could suggest that they are using the time off to search for other employment, Kerr said.

"And using up their sick days and vacation time (and even getting a lot of dental work done suddenly) might be a red flag that they are getting ready to jump ship and want to make sure they max out any benefits they feel owed to them," he added.

They show a drop off in any interest in work

Have you noticed that some of your coworkers have stopped offering suggestions or ideas at meetings, they offer little input into new projects, or seem suddenly disinterested in any of the broader details related to work? 

"This can be a sign they've lost their mojo and no longer really care what happens down the road because they know they won't be there in the future," Kerr said.

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• My apartment's bath tub is strangely configured to lack ledge or corner space for my products, and my shower head is about two feet above where it normally should be, so I can't reach caddies that hang from it.
• This $130 tension shower caddy from simplehuman solved all of these problems, and it's held up perfectly over two and a half years of use. 
• I really just think everyone should know it exists, because it was super helpful for me and might be for you, too.
• It's expensive, but it lasts forever and can transition to any type of bath tub or shower configuration.

As someone who tests products for a living, and whose focus was once specifically on skin care and beauty, you can imagine how filled my bathroom is with bottles and potions of every size. 

When I moved to my apartment in Brooklyn, the task of keeping all of the body products in my shower organized (or, at least, not slipping down into my tub every five seconds) was made especially challenging by the fact that my new bath tub had very little ledge space. My shower head was also so close to the high ceiling that I couldn't hang a caddy from it without having to use a ladder to reach my shampoo.

At one point, I even tried to tie a caddy to the shower head using string so it would hang low enough that I could reach it, a DIY project that... did not end well.

It turned out my downstairs neighbor, whose apartment is laid out exactly like mine, had already figured it out. She told me that she used this Simplehuman shower caddy, which had a tension rod long enough to hold the caddy securely into place between our high ceiling and the tub, and shelving that was extensive enough to support an excessively large collection of products.

So I got one (admittedly, as a Christmas gift from my wish list), and it turned out to be an excellent addition to my bathroom that has held up beautifully after two and a half years of use.

Every time my friends would come over and use the bathroom, they'd ask me about the caddy — where I got it (Amazon), how it's held up (amazingly well), how much it cost ($130), etc. A lot of them were looking for a solution to store three roommates' worth of products in the shower, which it can easily hold without taking up much real estate.

The caddy can be configured in quite a few ways, with up to three shelves and a built-in razor and toothbrush holder. The shelving features strategically placed holes in the wired bottoms that are designed for sticking bottles upside down so it's easier to dispense every last drop of product. 

There are also little towel hangers that clip anywhere along the main pole so you not only have a place to put your washcloths, you also have a sanitary way to dry them. And because no detail goes left unattended to by Simplehuman, there's even a designated spot for bar soap.

As for the tension rod, it can fit with as little as six and as many as nine feet between ends, and each end has a no-slip rubber base that won't budge out of place, even when your cat tries to dislodge it. It gets tall enough to use in bathrooms with high ceilings or standing showers, but small enough to install in a bathtub that just has terrible ledge configurations (like mine). 

The one downside to this caddy is that it's not cheap at $130. But, as with all Simplehuman products, the goal is that you pay once for a high-quality, well-designed product that always works how it's supposed to.

After nearly three years of using it, I can safely say that's just what you'll get. There's been no rust, no warping, no shape shifting, and no loose screws since I got it in 2015. If you're looking for a smart caddy that will serve multiple roommates, a weirdly shaped tub, or just a large product collection, this is the one I recommend whole heartedly.

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• A Frontier Airlines flight had to turn around Friday after part of an engine cover fell off the aircraft.
• A Frontier representative told Business Insider that part of an engine cover "separated from the aircraft." The representative said the flight landed safely.
• Frontier Flight 260 was traveling from Las Vegas to Tampa, Florida, but returned to Las Vegas around 30 minutes after takeoff.

A Frontier Airlines flight had to turn around Friday after part of an engine cover fell off the aircraft.

Frontier Flight 260 was traveling from Las Vegas to Tampa, Florida, and departed from McCarran International Airport, according to the flight-tracking site FlightAware. The aircraft, an Airbus 320, returned to McCarran around 30 minutes after takeoff.

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A Frontier representative told Business Insider that part of an engine cover "separated from the aircraft." The representative said the flight landed safely.

"During takeoff on Frontier flight 260 from Las Vegas to Tampa this morning, a section of an engine cover called a cowling came loose and separated from the aircraft," the representative said. "The engine continued to operate normally and the aircraft, an Airbus 320, landed safely." 

WGN reporter Dan Ponce posted a photo on Twitter that appears to show the torn engine cover. He said via Twitter that the photo was taken by his aunt, and that all of the flight's passengers received a breakfast voucher.

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• General Electric's price target was to $7 at Deutche Bank.
• The bank says it will ignore the bull case of the GE's free cash flow but doesn't foresee "a liquidity crisis" for the conglomerate.
• GE's management has sped up efforts to reduce debt by selling assets.
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General Electric tumbled Friday, down as much as 6.7% to $7.41 a share, after Deutsche Bank cut its price target to $7 from $11. The firm noted GE's struggling power business "remains flattish but does not continue to decline."

"We think the key debates can be boiled down to the trajectory of GE Industrial [free cash flow] and whether the company is headed for a liquidity crisis," said Deutsche Bank analyst Nicole DeBlase in a note distributed on Friday, according to CNBC.

The firm will ignore the bull case of the GE's free cash flow "since it probably wouldn't be viewed as credible," said DeBlase, adding that she sees "execution mishaps" from CEO Larry Culp's strategy review as a key risk moving forward, as well as outside factors like an economic downturn, or geopolitical instability.

Culp was appointed as GE's new CEO on October 1. At that time, management said the company would take a $23 billion goodwill writedown on its struggling power business, and that it remains committed to strengthening its balance sheet by ways which include deleveraging.

Shares rallied by more than 20% after Culp's promotion, as investors looked past the company's lagging power business, price-cost pressures compounded by US-China tariffs, and behind-schedule deliveries of its LEAP engine.

However, GE's stock has been under pressure recently, trading at post-financial crisis lows, after the conglomerate reported disappointing quarterly results, slashed its dividend to a penny, and said that the recent writedown of its power business was being investigated by federal regulators.

In order to increase investor confidence, GE management has been speeding up efforts to reduce debt by selling assets. Two weeks ago, GE announced plans to expedite efforts to sell a $4 billion stake in the oilfield-services provider Baker Hughes. Additionally, its finance arm, GE capital, sold a $1.5 billion healthcare equipment finance portfolio to US lender TIAA Bank.

With these efforts, there could be "positive trends in the company's Power business, upside to debt reduction targets, improved margin dynamics in the company's renewable energy business, general economic strength," making it unlikely that company will have "a liquidity crisis," DeBlase said.

By her calculation, in the most likely scenario, GE could see about $0.34 a share of free cash flow in 2019 and $0.25 in 2020.

GE was down 58% this year.

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For many, the holidays are the most magical time of the year, and, arguably, there's no location more magical than New York City during that time. The Big Apple is considered one of the most festive places to visit, and with good reason. From Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree to the glimmering lights of Dyker Heights, visitors can't help but get into the holiday spirit. 

But no locale is perfect, even during the most jolly season of the year. From endless crowds to below freezing temps, the iconic landmarks of the city can become overrated during the holidays. 

Here are a few reasons why New York City maybe shouldn't be at the top of your holiday bucket list.  

When it comes to spending the holidays in New York, the first stop on most people's list is Rockefeller Center.

The tree has attracted first-time visitors and locals alike since the tradition began in 1931. 

But sometimes you might not get as close as you'd like. The annual Tree Lighting ceremony, set to take place this year on November 28, enchants thousands of fans.

A combination of crowds, barricades, and tight security can get in the way of getting that perfect snap. 

And it's not much better during the day.

• Kalashnikov Concern, the Russian maker of the AK-47, unveiled a new rifle in August called the AK-308.
• It's unclear if the Russian military or police will purchase the rifle, but it appears Kalashnikov is trying to export the AK-308 to India.  
• Kalashnikov may also have other potential buyers, including Brazil and Pakistan.

Kalashnikov Concern, the Russian maker of the AK-47, unveiled a new rifle in August called the AK-308, which it demonstrated at the Army-2018 expo in Moscow. 

"The weapon is based on the AK103 submachine gun for the cartridge 7.62x51 mm with elements and components of the AK-12 automatic machine," Kalashnikov Concern said in a press statement at the time. 

"At the moment, preparations are under way for preliminary testing of weapons," Kalashnikov added.

The AK-308 weighs about 9 1/2 pounds with an empty 20-round magazine, Kalashnikov said. The gun also has a dioptric sight and foldable stock.

It's unclear whether the Russian military or police may purchase it, but the AK-308 appears to have been designed and is being marketed for export, according to The National Interest. 

And since New Dehli has been looking for 7.62x51mm rifles, and passed in May on other Kalashnikov weapons, the AK-308 "is an explicit Russian attempt to become India’s primary rifle exporter," The National Interest's Mark Episkopos wrote.

India has long been a buyer of Russian arms.

Last week, New Dehli purchased two new Admiral Grigorovich-class stealth frigates after purchasing two more in later October. 

In early October, New Dehli signed a $5.43 billion contract with Russia for S-400 missile defense systems, and the two countries were even expected to sign a deal for Russian AK-103 assault rifles, which shoot 7.62x39mm rounds. 

In April, Jane's 360 reported that India put on hold its collaboration to build the the Su-57 stealth fighter with Russia, but Russian state-owned has since reported that discussions between Moscow and New Dehli continue.

Whether or not Russia will procure a contract with India for the AK-308, Kalashnikov may also have other potential buyers, including Pakistan and Brazil, The National Interest reported. 

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• The latest Applebee's $1 Neighborhood Drink of the Month for December is the Dollar Jolly, a boozy Jolly Rancher-flavored cocktail.
• The cocktail comes in two flavors: Green Apple and Cherry. 
• The nostalgic drink is available at participating Applebee's locations nationwide starting today.  

The holiday season is among us and everyone is getting in the spirit — including Applebee's. To celebrate the month of December, Applebee's partnered with Jolly Rancher to create the Dollar Jolly —  a Jolly Rancher-inspired vodka cocktail.

"The Dollar Jolly embodies the holiday spirit: joy, delight and good times. Oh, and vodka too,” Patrick Kirk, vice president of beverage innovation at Applebee's said in a statement.

Applebee's worked with Jolly Rancher to create the cocktail 

The Dollar Jolly is December's Neighborhood Drink of the Month and comes in two flavors:  Cherry and Green Apple. At $1, each drink is a sweet blend of vodka and Jolly Rancher flavor. As a bonus, each drink is served with an actual Jolly Rancher on the side.

The boozy candy drink is available now at Applebee's nationwide until the end of December.

This isn't the first festive drink Applebee's has launched this year

Earlier this year, October's themed-drink was also festive — Applebee's served a Dollar Zombie, which was an electric blue rum and pineapple, passion fruit, cherry, and lime flavored cocktail topped with a gummy brain. 

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