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Catherina Gioino

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Your ‘flexible hot girl summer’ is going to cost you

Your hot girl summer plans to Europe are still on, but just plan a few months ahead to save as much as possible.

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Exclusive: Advocacy groups file complaint against Roblox, alleging its manipulative design puts kids at risk

The complaint follows a parent who lost her son to people who groomed him on the platform.

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ThredUp’s CEO has a warning for five-day companies: You’re going to lose the talent war

A four-day workweek leaves employees more content and well-rested, and that directly translated to increased and sustained revenues.

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Trump and Mark Cuban end war of words to tag-team America’s drug pricing crisis: ‘Democrats want cheaper medications, too’

Trump seemed to relish winning the support of his one-time foe, turning to Cuban and saying, "Well, he made a mistake. It was a big mistake."

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‘This is what the consumer wants’: A new lawsuit about PFAS and other ‘forever chemicals’ is heating up the cookware industry

Two cookware giants are suing a newer startup over claims that PFAS are toxic despite the lack of evidence. The cookware startup says consumers want...

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The American airline industry is so untrustworthy that 89% of travelers are bracing for delay or cancellation

You're not the only one who thinks their next trip for summer vacation will be a nightmare.

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Not the Allbirds effect: Japan’s top bidet maker Toto has been quietly making chip supplies for decades, and the stock market finally noticed

Toto didn't just flush its old business to make chips: it's been making the same components to power the world's AI infrastructure for years.

18.05.2026 2

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Pope Leo launches an AI commission days before he releases a papal letter alongside Anthropic cofounder Christopher Olah

The pope will unveil his first papal encyclical next week alongside an Anthropic cofounder, just as he remains vocal against the use of AI worldwide.

18.05.2026 4

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A 45,000-person labor strike at Samsung’s memory chip plants could throw a wrench into the AI boom

Nearly 45,00

17.05.2026 10

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Americans would rather live near a nuclear power plant than a data center—by a lot

Some people surveyed pointed to a fear of AI, while others cited growing concerns of noise and water pollution.

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America’s data centers are thirsty. Rural towns are paying the price—from tanked water pressure to stolen desert groundwater

Residents in different states were curious why their water was being diverted to data centers instead of their homes in water-fraught communities.

13.05.2026 1

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DHS wants to build AI smart glasses using the facial recognition tech ICE agents already ‘could be’ using on Americans

Budget documents describe "operational prototypes" that would let immigration agents identify people on the street using biometric data.

12.05.2026 3

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Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents have to find a new power source after their energy source looks to redirect lines to data centers

Roughly 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents could lose 75% of their power after their energy provider said it's directing energy to neighboring data centers.

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Girls say AI is a smarter tutor, a funnier comedian, and has better better taste than their parents, new Girl Scouts survey finds

Girls ages 5 to 13 are increasingly seeing AI as a friend.

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Santa Clara County is suing Meta over allegations it profited from scam advertisements that particularly targeted seniors and families

The lawsuit claims certain ads promoted scams likes financial products and fraudulent cures.

11.05.2026 3

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Amex bought Resy. Chase bought The Infatuation. Inside the credit card industry’s quiet takeover of how you spend

Credit card companies aren't just rewarding your spending anymore—they're designing where you spend it.

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These experts made their careers grading travel credit cards and they say you’re being ripped off. It’s a $1.28 trillion crisis

The industry has "sold the dream to people who probably don't need that dream sold to them — and should just be getting a flat 2% cash back card."

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You’re probably safe from the Hantavirus outbreak, but here’s what you absolutely must not do, experts say

If you take proper precautions when cleaning areas with recent rodent activity, you're likely safe from the hantavirus.

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Airfare is up 15%, gas is past $4, and SAP Concur data shows business travel is quietly breaking

Business travelers are skipping the car rental entirely in favor of train travel.

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Apple promised a smarter Siri, but a lawsuit says it didn’t deliver—and you can get up to $95 back

Apple agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit that alleges the tech giant overpromised its Siri features.

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Addiction, emotional distress, dread of dull tasks: AI models ‘seem to increasingly behave’ as though they’re sentient, worrying study shows

When AI models were given disphoric stimuli and asked about outlook for the future, the response was "grim." The smarter the model, the sadder they...

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Vornado CEO Steven Roth ‘shocked that our young mayor would pull this stunt’ and says Zohran Mamdani should know better than to target Ken Griffin

Vornado and Ken Griffin's Citadel are expected to build a $6 billion tower in New York, but Citadel's COO and Roth referenced it may not go through.

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Gen Alpha is using makeup to pass age verification tech online. One mom caught her son using an eyebrow pencil

The youth are no longer wearing makeup to sneak into the newest bar: they're drawing on mustaches to get into the next hottest club, the Internet.

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The Met Gala raised a record $42 million as Silicon Valley picked up the tab—and as celebs protested Jeff Bezos’ sponsoring of the event

The Met Gala raised a record $42 million this year, powered by Silicon Valley sponsors. Other usual regulars decided to skip because of their...

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China stopped issuing new robotaxi licenses over a glitch. America can’t stop them from rolling into active shooter situations

As robotaxis rack up incidents with zero federal consequences, new research finds more states are passing laws to get Americans to drive less.

04.05.2026 5

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Starbucks CEO gets roasted for $9 ‘premium experience’ remarks, but Wall Street toasts his tariff-era turnaround strategy

Brian Niccol pitched a $9 cup of coffee as an affordable luxury that people don't mind "splurging" on. The internet didn't agree.

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Trump picked a fight with the Pope: The one person he can’t fire, can’t outbid, and can’t outlast

The Vatican, the oldest institution in the world, has faced attacks from leaders throughout history—and from the U.S. This time it's unprecedented.

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Betting on the Kentucky Derby is more popular than ever. So why is it so confusing?

Americans bet a record $234 million on a two-minute race last year. Getting that money down legally remains hard, thanks to Kentucky's laws.

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A Chick-fil-A worker got fired and then showed up behind the register to allegedly refund himself over $80,000 in mac and cheese

The cheesy scheme allegedly netted a former employee over $80,000 in a refund scheme.

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Meta’s threat to quit New Mexico ‘is showing the world how little it cares about child safety,’ AG says

On May 4, Meta and New Mexico square off in court over injunctive relief requested by the NM Attorney General.

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High earners are feeling the pain of wealth creep—and it’s leading to a new trade-off in their spending

Some high earners are skipping their morning latte and putting that money into things they value more, like vacations, restaurants, and concerts.

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AI’s entry-level hiring nightmare is another gift to boomers’ retirement plans

AI can be "incredibly dangerous" for Gen Z, wealth advisor Jonny Jonson told Fortune, but "actually great" for older workers' portfolios.

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Premium card perks are ‘designed to create a win-win-win for everyone’ but customers are paying with heavy annual fees and data

As consumers hunt for savings, elite credit cards are leaning on partner perks that can help offset costs and turn rewards into household budgeting.

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Disneyland implements facial recognition to keep the lines moving, but guests say they didn’t know it was optional

The "Happiest Place on Earth" has a new bouncer.

28.04.2026 4

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Your job can actually kill you: More than 840,000 people die annually from health conditions linked to work stress, ILO report says

A new ILO report says long hours, job insecurity, bullying, and other psychosocial risks at work are tied to a total 1.37% loss of the global GDP.

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I used Claude’s new Dispatch feature for a month. Here’s everything I was able to do

The new AI feature is less “chatbot on your phone” and more a way to send your computer errands while you’re away.

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You should pick your credit card perks like Warren Buffett picks his stocks, TD Bank exec says

The billionaire’s philosophy for preaching the ways of compound interest might also apply to how many credit cards you have in your wallet.

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Trek spent over $300,000 closing women’s cycling’s prize-money gap. Its CEO says the point is to make the checks obsolete

Trek is topping off women’s cycling prize purses, and says its bill is shrinking as race organizers move toward equal pay.

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The man who helped put meat at the top of RFK Jr.’s new food pyramid is Steak ’n Shake’s new ‘Chief MAHA Officer’

The burger chain recently announced you could pay for its burgers and shakes with Bitcoin, and even introduced an employee Bitcoin bonus.

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Ken Griffin’s Citadel fires back at NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani ‘tax the rich’ video featuring his $238 million penthouse

Citadel's COO subtly hinted the company may forgo a potential $6 billion investment in Midtown Manhattan after the NYC Mayor vowed to "tax the rich."

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Uber riders complain they were charged more for paying with Amex cards—one viral video shows a $13 difference

Some users claim to

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Trump administration reportedly nears $500 million rescue deal for Spirit Airlines

The deal, which has not been finalized, would reportedly give the government warrants to purchase Spirit stock.

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Chip Roy introduces the Mamdani Act to punish immigrants for ideology—including socialism and Marxism

The act expands on existing immigration law that bans the entry of any immigrant affiliated with the Communist Party. Roy’s act expands it to...

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‘Something sinister could be happening’: FBI looks into dead or missing nuclear and space defense scientists tied to NASA, Blue Origin, and SpaceX

Eleven scientists related to nuclear and space defense programs are missing or dead since 2022. Nearly four years later, Congress is finally looking...

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JetBlue told a grieving customer to clear his cookies after a $230 price hike—then deleted the evidence

The FTC has been studying surveillance pricing since 2024 and recently its chairman told a Senate committee it may be time to review its disclosure...

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Italian court rules every Netflix price hike from 2017 to 2024 unlawful and orders the company to refund subscribers up to 500 euros

According to Italian consumer law, companies cannot unilaterally alter subscription prices without stating a legitimate justification in the contract.

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Exclusive: Your delivery robot will now offer the blind real-time, on-the-ground eyes around sidewalk hazards

Coco Robotics is partnering with BlindSquare, the world's most popular GPS app for the blind, to turn data from delivery robots into spoken alerts.

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‘We should absolutely be concerned about non-college-educated men today’: higher rents, living at home, falling out of the labor market

"Very real economic forces" are "limiting the options for non-college-educated men," said Gabrielle Penrose of the American Institute for Boys and...

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Exclusive: Adam Silver on winning the Edison Achievement Award: ‘Sports remind us that some of the most important forms of innovation are human’

The NBA Commissioner has an unlikely background to lead the league through crises and global expansion, but Adam Silver says executives should get...

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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani points at Ken Griffin’s $238 million penthouse on tax day: ‘Today we’re taxing the rich’

He wasn’t actually taxing the rich, that day.

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