Finance
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Bumble teases a swipe-free future as it doubles down on IRL meetups
Tinder isn’t the only major dating app turning away from the swipe and toward real-world events to attract Gen Z…
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OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300 and $400
More details continue to trickle out about OpenAI’s mysterious new hardware device — described previously as an AI-fueled smart speaker…
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Trump administration has spent nearly $4B to cancel offshore wind farms
The Trump administration is paying another $1.2 billion to cancel an offshore wind lease, this time to German utility RWE.…
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Amid cost of living stress, many parents are supporting children well into adulthood
Mabel Lago and her husband are retired and in their 70s. But before they decided to move from New Jersey…
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Court orders Instagram and Facebook’s Meta to pay $567M to address kids’ mental health online
A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to…
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Employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs in a sign of a wilting labor market
The U.S. job market unexpectedly stalled in July. A report Friday from the Labor Department shows that employers cut 23,000…
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Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps
Despite a lawsuit from xAI, a Minnesota ban on apps that allow users to “nudify” images can move forward, according…
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Base Power raises another $1B to save the grid using backyard batteries
Where most energy storage companies look for big tracts of land near large connections to the grid, Base Power is…
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Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users’ internet connections with strangers
Several popular Samsung smart TV apps contain code that share the owner’s internet connection with strangers, potentially putting millions of…
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Oil companies report sky-high profits thanks to wartime crude prices
Chevron just announced its highest quarterly earnings ever. Shell clocked its second-highest quarterly profits. And while ExxonMobil’s profits came in…
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