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TikTok has emerged as a dominant platform for news, especially for young...

About 17% of adult Americans now get their news on TikTok, compared to only 3% of Americans in 2020.  That’s according to a new report from Pew Research Center, which surveyed 10,658 U.S adults...

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FBI says Iranian hackers emailed stolen Trump info to Biden campaign

Iranian hackers sought to interest President Joe Biden’s campaign in information stolen from rival Donald Trump’s campaign, sending unsolicited emails to people associated with the then-Democratic...

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Tupperware: A timeline of the iconic brand’s defining moments

Tupperware Brands filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, after years of struggling with poor demand for its food storage containers and rising financial losses. Here’s a look at some of the key...

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7 key takeaways from MrBeast’s leaked HR document

Few people have the cultural clout of Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson. Despite recent controversies involving accusations of bullying and safety risks on his latest show, the 26-year-old YouTuber remains...

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Something big is happening in the housing market: What Fed rate cuts will...

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. On Wednesday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced that the central bank would begin...

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Harris is quickly gaining on Trump when it comes to the economy. Here’s why

Given that the stickiest moments from last week’s presidential debate seem to be Donald Trump’s false claim that Haitian immigrants are eating cats in Ohio, and Taylor Swift’s post-debate endorsement...

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Retire like a pro by doing these 5 things

If you find it hard to plan for retirement, here is a little secret: It is hard for everyone – even the world’s foremost experts on the topic. Take Christine Benz, for example. As the longtime...

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Mortgage rates drop to lowest level since early 2023 after rate cut

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. edged closer to 6% this week to its lowest level since early February 2023. The rate fell to 6.09% from 6.20% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac...

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MomTok tried to make Neom look like paradise, and it backfired spectacularly

Promotion for Neom, the upwards of $500 billion, 10,000-square-mile region under construction in Saudi Arabia, has always been a little off. There are the videos touting Neom’s 105-mile-long city, The...

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LinkedIn plans to use your data to train its AI. Here’s how to stop it

LinkedIn users might not realize they’re giving permission for the site to use their personal data and any content they create on the platform to train the company’s generative AI models, but if...

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Biden adminstration completes key environmental report needed for a lithium mine

The Biden administration on Thursday published a key environmental report for ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine in Nevada, the last step needed before approving what would become one of the largest...

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Amazon debuts Amelia, an AI assistant for its sellers

Amazon.com announced on Thursday a new artificial intelligence application that it says will help its independent sellers with sales metrics, inventory maintenance and product advertising, among other...

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Nike stock jumps after hours on news that CEO John Donahoe is being replaced...

Shares of Nike (NYSE: NKE) jumped in after-hours trading on Thursday after news broke that CEO John Donahoe is leaving the company and will be replaced by Elliott Hill, a Nike veteran who had held a...

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Who is Nike’s new CEO? Elliott Hill—many old employee’s favorite pick for the...

CEO John Donahoe is departing Nike after a tumultuous four years at the company. He is being replaced by Elliott Hill, who will step in as president and chief executive on October 14. A relatively...

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$3 billion in U.S. grants aim to boost EV battery production in these states

The Biden administration is awarding over $3 billion to U.S. companies to boost domestic production of advanced batteries and other materials used for electric vehicles, part of a continuing push to...

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Nvidia is partnering with this AI firm to refine climate tech

United Arab Emirates-based artificial intelligence company G42 has teamed up with U.S. chipmaker Nvidia to work on climate tech, G42 said on Friday, ahead of the first-ever visit to the White House by...

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Telegram’s chatbots involved in massive medical data breach 

Stolen customer data including medical reports from India’s biggest health insurer, Star Health, is publicly accessible via chatbots on Telegram, just weeks after Telegram’s founder was accused of...

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Stick with Uber Eats: Olive Garden is rolling out home food delivery with a...

Olive Garden, a longtime holdout against third-party delivery apps, reversed course on Thursday by announcing a partnership between its parent company, Darden Restaurants, and the ride-hailing company...

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Pagers were the original ‘always on’ device well before the deadly attack on...

The small plastic box that beeped and flashed numbers was a lifeline to Laurie Dove in 1993. Pregnant with her first baby in a house beyond any town in rural Kansas, Dove used the little black device...

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Coffee prices are set to soar due to drought in this country

Silvio Almeida’s coffee plantation sits at an ideal altitude on a Brazilian hillside, whose clay-rich soil does well at retaining moisture from rainfall and a nearby reservoir.Lately, though, water is...

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