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This entrepreneur made billions on crypto. His next frontier is outer space

Perched on a dusty high desert plain about 100 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, the Mojave Air and Space Port looks more like a final destination for aerospace experiments than a stepping stone to...

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Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone talks AI, reinvention, and reclaiming relevance

Yahoo is at a critical inflection point. Despite having a large user base—across Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, and Yahoo News—the media company hasn’t reclaimed the buzz of its early days. CEO Jim...

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Tesla stock price tumbles as the Big Beautiful Bill reignites public feud...

Shares of Tesla are down in premarket trading today after President Donald Trump and the EV maker’s CEO, Elon Musk, traded barbs on their social media platforms, reigniting a public feud that had...

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Trump’s big bill keeps senators in tense, overnight session as July 4th...

The Senate is slogging through a tense overnight session that has dragged into Tuesday, with Republican leaders searching for ways to secure support for President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks...

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Tony Hawk says driving is his “only alone time” in new CarGurus series

We’re used to seeing skateboarding legend Tony Hawk on wheels, but a new campaign has him discussing his time behind the wheel rather than on a board. Hawk, along with professional snowboarder Zeb...

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Barcelona is having the hottest June in over 100 years as a severe heat wave...

Barcelona recorded its hottest month of June since records started over a century ago, Spain’s national weather service said on Tuesday as Europe remained in the grip of the first major heat wave this...

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TikTok could be making you more politically polarized. Here’s how

People on TikTok tend to follow accounts that align with their own political beliefs, meaning the platform is creating political echo chambers among its users. These findings, from a study my...

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Tucker Carlson’s pivot away from MAGA has earned him unlikely praise, but is...

There’s a famous satirical article from The Onion whose headline reads, “Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point.” The face of the man featured in that article has since...

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6 Questions U.S. stock investors are facing as the third quarter kicks off

The U.S. stock market completed a roller-coaster first half of the year at record-high levels, but a host of factors could knock equities off their perch over the rest of 2025. The benchmark S&P...

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Social Security July update: Here’s why checks could be smaller for millions...

Up to two million Americans could see their Social Security payments reduced by 50% in late July. The reduced payments are being implemented so that the Social Security Administration (SSA) can claw...

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Palestinian aid fundraisers face hurdles on GoFundMe

Over the past 20 months, as Palestinians have suffered under Israel’s increased military presence, crowdfunding websites have become one way for monetary relief to reach those in need. However, a...

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Senate narrowly passes Trump’s megabill after overnight voting session

Senate Republicans hauled President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill to passage Tuesday on the narrowest of margins, pushing past opposition from Democrats and their own GOP ranks...

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What is the ‘pearl earring theory’? The TikTok trend blaming jewelry for...

“Girl With a Pearl Earring” has taken on a new meaning on social media. TikTok loves a theory, especially ones that attempt to explain dating struggles. The “pearl earring theory” is the latest to go...

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Microsoft says AI can diagnose tough medical cases better than physicians

The digital health market is growing, and according to Microsoft, its new AI Diagnostic Orchestrator (MAI-DxO) is among the latest in generative, artificial intelligence to support accurate, complex...

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Minimum wage hikes take effect for 880,000 workers across the U.S.

Workers in about 15 locations nationwide are about to receive a boost in their paychecks, thanks to minimum wage increases that went into effect this week around the country. On Tuesday, July 1,...

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No tax on tips or overtime, with a catch: What to know as Trump’s ‘big,...

On Tuesday, the Senate narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act with a 50-50 vote—with Vice President JD Vance breaking the tie—to get the legislation across the finish line...

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Figma files to go public on the NYSE as ‘FIG’

The collaborative design tool Figma continues its march toward going public in one of the most highly anticipated IPOs in the history of design software. Wasting no time licking its wounds after...

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Patagonia and other outdoor brands bet on nonpartisan support for public...

If you follow any variety of outdoor-focused brands on social media, you probably noticed these that companies were less focused in recent weeks on pushing products and more focused on pushing...

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Why embedded fintech will help small businesses grow

In today’s unpredictable economy, more small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are feeling tight on time, resources, and bandwidth. Having the right tech in place can help; the past decade has seen an...

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How to tell if the article you’re reading was written by AI

So, we’ve all been there. You’re two paragraphs into a blog post. The headline was catchy enough, the intro kind of made sense, and now your eyes are glazing over. You read over a word, a blurb, a...

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