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Jeff Bezos Asked His Parents for $240,000 to Start Amazon: Their One Question

Jeff Bezos Asked His Parents for $240,000 to Start Amazon: Their One Question

In 1995, Jeff Bezos asked his parents for $240,000 to start Amazon, and their first question was simple: "What is the Internet?" That moment, recou...

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Oil Prices Fall as Trump Says Iran War Ending Soon

Oil Prices Fall as Trump Says Iran War Ending Soon

Oil prices fell sharply after President Donald Trump declared that the US war on Iran is “effectively over” and “ending fairly soon,” easing market...

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Orbán's Brother Detained in Hungary Smuggling Probe

Orbán's Brother Detained in Hungary Smuggling Probe

Viktor Orbán's brother has been detained in a people-smuggling investigation, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar, marking a dramati...

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David Walliams Case: Key Legal Issues in High Court Injunction

David Walliams Case: Key Legal Issues in High Court Injunction

The David Walliams case has thrust key legal issues surrounding celebrity injunctions into the spotlight. The high court attempt by the comedian an...

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JD Vance's 2028 Pitch Reveals a Profound Weakness as a Candidate

JD Vance's 2028 Pitch Reveals a Profound Weakness as a Candidate

JD Vance's first 2028 pitch reveals a profound weakness as a candidate: his inability to honestly confront his party's midterm defeat. In the wake ...

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Jensen Huang Affair: Nvidia CEO Espionage Scandal Explained

Jensen Huang Affair: Nvidia CEO Espionage Scandal Explained

Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, has admitted to an extramarital affair with a woman named Alice Huang, who is alleged to be a Chinese intelligence...

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NVIDIA's Huang Scandal Exposes Succession Risk and Taiwan Reliance

NVIDIA's Huang Scandal Exposes Succession Risk and Taiwan Reliance

NVIDIA's Jensen Huang has admitted to an infidelity to his staff, and the company's board has opened an investigation to determine whether the othe...

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UK Retail Abuse: Over Half of Shop Workers Face Weekly Harassment

UK Retail Abuse: Over Half of Shop Workers Face Weekly Harassment

UK shop workers are facing a growing crisis of customer abuse, with new research from the charity Retail Trust revealing that more than half (54%) ...

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Paraguay's Eucalyptus Empire: A Community's Fight for Land

Paraguay's Eucalyptus Empire: A Community's Fight for Land

In the Indigenous community of Tacuarita, Paraguay, the arrival of the company Paracel six years ago seemed like a blessing. The firm improved dirt...

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ChatGPT Teen Mode: A Psychoanalyst's Take on Teen Mental Health

ChatGPT Teen Mode: A Psychoanalyst's Take on Teen Mental Health

ChatGPT's Teen Mode, launched by OpenAI in August, automatically enrolls every user under 18 and introduces guardrails against destructive content....

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UK Interest Rate Hike Expected as Services Sector Growth Accelerates

UK Interest Rate Hike Expected as Services Sector Growth Accelerates

The Bank of England is expected to raise UK interest rates on Thursday after a closely watched survey showed growth across the UK’s services sector leapt last month to an...

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UK Labour's Growth Obsession: Why a Different Economics Is Possible
UK Labour's Growth Obsession: Why a Different Economics Is Possible
UK Labour's growth obsession has become the defining economic strategy of the new government, but critics argue that a different economics is possible. As Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Mayor... Read more...
UK Slavery Apology: A Necessary Process Finally Begins
UK Slavery Apology: A Necessary Process Finally Begins
The UK's refusal to apologize for slavery and the slave trade had threatened to derail the Commonwealth heads of government meeting (Chogm) this week, but a necessary process of reconciliation... Read more...
Binance $6.3bn Heist: How Fake Job Interviews Enabled Hackers
Binance $6.3bn Heist: How Fake Job Interviews Enabled Hackers
The $6.3 billion Binance heist was executed using a combination of malware, bogus job interviews, and an internal AI tool, the cryptocurrency exchange has revealed. The attack, which began with... Read more...
Greenland Becomes Key to EU Internet with Submarine Cable Plan
Greenland Becomes Key to EU Internet with Submarine Cable Plan
Greenland is becoming a key piece in Europe's internet infrastructure as the European Union plans a submarine cable that would connect the island directly to the EU, bypassing the United... Read more...
EU Approves JD.com's $2.5B Takeover of MediaMarkt Parent Ceconomy
EU Approves JD.com's $2.5B Takeover of MediaMarkt Parent Ceconomy
The European Commission has approved JD.com's acquisition of Ceconomy, the German parent company of MediaMarkt and Saturn, in a deal valued at approximately €2.2 billion ($2.5 billion). The conditional approval,... Read more...
Anthropic IPO to Make 80% of Employees Millionaires
Anthropic IPO to Make 80% of Employees Millionaires
The Anthropic IPO is poised to create a staggering number of new millionaires, with reports suggesting that 80% of the company's employees will become millionaires following the public offering. This... Read more...
Poundland Crisis: MPs Demand Action Against Predatory Capitalism
Poundland Crisis: MPs Demand Action Against Predatory Capitalism
MPs have called on the government to protect Poundland and other high street stores from “predatory capitalism” and asset-stripping, as the retailer's future remains uncertain. The chain, which employs 12,000... Read more...
Trump to End $4B Military Aid to Israel by Year's End
Trump to End $4B Military Aid to Israel by Year's End
President Donald Trump announced on election day that the United States will end military aid to Israel by the end of this year, cutting nearly $4 billion in assistance. The... Read more...
Rolls-Royce Subsidy: Should Taxpayers Get Shares Instead
Rolls-Royce Subsidy: Should Taxpayers Get Shares Instead
The debate over the Rolls-Royce subsidy has intensified after a letter to the Financial Times suggested that instead of giving the company £1.25bn to develop a next-generation narrow-body jet airliner,... Read more...
Pardoned Jan 6 Participant Charged Again for Threatening Judges
Pardoned Jan 6 Participant Charged Again for Threatening Judges
A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol is now facing new federal charges for threatening to kill federal judges.... Read more...
Andy Burnham Should Lead on Brexit Like Pericles
Andy Burnham Should Lead on Brexit Like Pericles
Andy Burnham should lead on Brexit like Pericles led Athens, argues a recent letter to The Guardian. The letter responds to an editorial about the changing Brexit debate, noting that... Read more...
UK Aid Cuts to Commonwealth Nations Spark Controversy
UK Aid Cuts to Commonwealth Nations Spark Controversy
The UK government has made deep cuts to overseas aid for Commonwealth countries, a Guardian analysis reveals, despite warm words from King Charles and Prime Minister Andy Burnham at this... Read more...

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