CES 2018 begins, Steve Bannon backpedals, church economics

[Quartz - qz.com]() Quartz Daily Brief sponsored by Good morning, Quartz readers! What to watch for today Theresa May reshuffles her cabinet. The UK prime minister will [shake up her top team]( today and tomorrow, with education secretary Justine Greening and party chairman Patrick McLoughlin thought to be vulnerable. David Davis, responsible for steering the UK out of the EU, is expected to continue in his role. French president Emmanuel Macron visits China. He’s the first European leader to visit since last year’s Communist Party congress, when Chinese president Xi Jinping [consolidated his power](. During his three-day visit, the countries are expected to [sign trade deals]( and discuss increased cooperation as the UK and US recede from the international stage. CES 2018 begins. The world’s largest consumer electronics show [gets underway in Las Vegas]( with preview events in advance of Tuesday’s official kick-off. Expect robots, voice assistants, and cars galore. Sponsor content by Harvard Business School Authentic leadership comes from within. But accessing and making the most of it requires self-exploration and careful guidance. The Authentic Leader Development program at HBS is designed to help senior executives [uncover and nurture innate leadership qualities]( that foster trust and integrity. Over the weekend The Golden Globes marked a night of firsts. Aziz Ansari [became the first Asian]( to win for best actor in a TV comedy (Master of None), while Sterling K. Brown is the first African-American to win best actor in a TV drama (This Is Us). Oprah Winfrey [won the Cecil B. DeMille Award]( for lifetime achievement, the first black woman so honored, while many actresses wore black in [protest of sexual harassment](. Steve Bannon backpedaled after the White House book backlash. Trump’s former chief strategist [released a statement]( Sunday, saying that Donald Trump Jr. was a “good and patriotic” man—Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury book quoted him as saying Trump’s son was “treasonous.” Bannon then said he actually meant his accusations of treachery to be aimed at Paul Manafort. An Iranian oil tanker hit a Hong Kong freighter off China’s coast. Over 30 crew members are missing and the burning ship, which was carrying about 1 million barrels of crude, [has spilled oil]( into the East China Sea, about 300 km (186 miles) from the coast of Shanghai. The vessel was en route from Iran’s Kharg Island to Daesan in South Korea. A BBC journalist quit her job over the gender pay gap. Carrie Gracie resigned from her role as China editor in Beijing with an open letter saying that two [male colleagues made at least 50% more]( than women in the same roles—something she found out last year when the BBC’s huge gender pay gaps were revealed. Gracie says she will return to a former role in the BBC newsroom, “where I expect to be paid equally.” Donald Trump said he’s ready to talk to Kim Jong-un. The president [said he would]( “absolutely” talk to the North Korean leader, with preconditions. He took credit for the breakthrough meeting to be held tomorrow by the two Koreas and said: “If something can come out of those talks, that would be a great thing for all of humanity.” Apple shareholders pushed for addiction research. Activist investor Jana Partners and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System pension fund have demanded that the company study the impact of its technology on mental health. Together they control about [$2 billion of Apple shares](. Quartz obsession interlude Karen Hao on the secret lives of students who mine cryptocurrency in their dorm rooms. “Mark was a sophomore at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, when he began mining cryptocurrencies more or less by accident… By March 2017, he was running seven computers, mining ether around the clock from his dorm room.” [Read more here](. Matters of debate Arbitrary deadlines are the enemy of creativity. Creative work operates on “event time,” meaning it requires [as much time as needed]( to organically get the job done. “Shitpost” is the word that best describes the internet in 2017. It’s [defined as the]( “posting of worthless or irrelevant online content intended to derail a conversation or to provoke others.” Trump is too sick to lead. The president suffers evident mental impairments that make him a danger to his country, a [leading psychiatrist warns](. Quartz announcement Sign up for our special-edition [CES Daily Brief](. The Consumer Electronics Show is the first major global event of the year, and Quartz is here to guide you through it. Even if you’re not one of the thousands of tech and media industry professionals descending on Las Vegas this week, you’ll probably spend the rest of the year talking about and using the technology featured there. [Sort through the noise]( and experience the event through the eyes of our tech team. Surprising discoveries A cave painting in Kashmir likely depicts a supernova. The rock art is [about 5,000 years old](. There’s a battle over Charles Manson’s remains. Three competing parties [claim the rights]( to the cult leader’s body and possessions, including one man who says he’s Manson’s son. The hottest place on Earth this weekend was a suburb of Sydney. In Penrith the [temperature soared to]( 47.3°C (117°F). Low-income communities in the US are too poor to support churches. Pastors are [struggling to keep the doors open](. Caffeine’s ills are overblown. 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