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Lionel Messi picks Inter Miami in the MLS after being offered a $54 million per season contract

Per Forbes Lionel Messi has reportedly picked Inter Miami after previously being offered a $54 million per season contract that would cover four years. The decision comes as Messi's contract with Paris Saint-Germain is reaching its expiration date. Messi's Paris Saint-Germain contract expires on June 30,

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Mortgage Bankers Association data shows how new home buyers are facing the most unaffordable market ever

Per Business Insider The Mortgage Bankers Association have recently shared data that revealed how it was the worst time for new homebuyers. The data showed that Americans that want to buy a new home will be doing so in the most unaffordable market ever. MBA associate VP for housing economics

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Microsoft to add ChatGPT access to Azure Government cloud service

Per Bloomberg Microsoft has expanded the availability of ChatGPT in its ecosystem once again, and with the most recent update, it now integrates AI models to its Azure Government cloud computing services. This would make the artificial intelligence tool more accessible to the government. This comes after the company tapped

The typical US millennial makes between about $52,000 and $62,000

The typical US millennial makes between about $52,000 and $62,000. Meanwhile, The number of millennials that aren't looking to buy homes and plan to rent forever has increased. Three years ago, the number was just one in seven, but now, it is nearly one in four.

U.S. had intelligence of detailed Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream pipeline, months before it happened

U.S. had intelligence of detailed Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream pipeline, months before it happened. The intelligence reporting was shared online on Discord, purportedly by Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who was arrested in April and charged in relation to the leak of sensitive U.S. documents.

The new CEO of Twitter, Linda Yaccarino, has officially become the CEO of Twitter

NBCUniversal's Linda Yaccarino is confirmed to be the new Twitter CEO. She tweeted on Monday: all in a day's work. In May, Elon Musk said: Excited to announce that I’ve a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks! My role

SEC reportedly seeks temporary restraining order to freeze Binance US assets

SEC reportedly seeks temporary restraining order to freeze Binance US assets Coinbase was recently sued by the SEC over its staking program. This included allegations that the crypto company acted as an unregistered exchange and broker. The allegation also specifies how "13 assets listed on its platform were considered

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NYC office value would drop 44% below pre-pandemic numbers by 2029 due to remote work

Per NYP New York City office space has recently suffered due to remote work, with very few people returning to the office. A combined 2022 study by researchers from New York University and Columbia University found that its office value could drop by 44% below pre-pandemic numbers. This came as

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SEC's Gary Gensler: 'We already have digital currency. It’s called the U.S. dollar'

Per CNBC SEC Chair Gary Gensler is taking a strong stance against digital currency, saying there was already a digital currency, the "US dollar." He then pointed out other currencies and said they were already digital. This comes as Gensler is pressing against crypto and other digital currencies

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Coinbase sued by SEC over staking program, alleging it operated as an unregistered exchange and broker

Per CNBC Coinbase was recently sued by the SEC over its staking program. This included allegations that the crypto company acted as an unregistered exchange and broker. The allegation also specifies how "13 assets listed on its platform were considered crypto securities." The exchange reportedly saw its shares

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World Economic Forum survey shows 14 million worldwide jobs to disappear in 5 years

Per CNN The World Economic Forum has just released a survey with regard to the future of jobs amid the rise of technologies like artificial intelligence. In a report based on a survey of over 800 companies, the WEF found that 14 million jobs would be lost in the next

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PGA Tour merges with competitor LIV Golf: Agreement includes DP World Tour

Per CNBC PGA Tour is merging with LIV Golf in a deal including the DP World Tour (European PGA Tour). This comes despite the lawsuits between the two and how LIV was backed by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF). The deal between the two comes despite LIV Golf

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Irish government plans to cull 200K cows to meet EU climate change goals while planning to offer €5,000 per cow

Per Fox News The Irish government is reportedly planning to cull 200,000 cows in order for it to meet EU climate change goals. While it's still entertaining plans on how to do so, it was revealed that the government plans to offer €5,000 per cow in

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Binance's CZ sued by SEC for breaking US Securities

Per Bloomberg Binance Holdings Ltd.'s CEO, Changpeng Zhao, has been a prominent figure in crypto and is known as one the person who would've bought FTX upon its collapse but, as it did due diligence, found massive red flags within the country. Now, CEO CZ is

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FDIC: $472 billion in deposits were removed during Q1

Per FDIC The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has shared how there were almost half a trillion dollars worth of deposits removed in the first quarter of the year. This was reportedly the largest decline ever seen by the FDIC since 1984, when it started to collect industry data quarterly. This

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Elon Musk's Neuralink now valued at $5 billion after secondary trades

Per Business Insider While most people know Elon Musk for his work on Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter, another one of his companies, Neuralink, is also starting to gain more attention as its valuation rose to around $5 billion. This came as secondary sales resulted in an over-double increase in the

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Average age of US passenger vehicles on the road raches 12.5 years after its sixth year of increase

Per S&P Global Mobility It was recently reported that the average age of vehicles in the US that were still operational has increased for the sixth year in a row. Now, that average sits at 12.5 years. The country reportedly has over 284 million vehicles in operation

Amazon, $AMZN, is considering offering free mobile phone service to Prime subscribers in the US

Amazon, $AMZN, is considering offering free mobile phone service to Prime subscribers in the US, per Bloomberg. The tech giant is reportedly in talks with Verizon, T-Mobile, Dish Network and AT&T. Amazon is considering offering wireless plans for $10 a month or possibly for free, in a move

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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink thinks AI will boost productivity by 30%

Per Business Insider The CEO of BlackRock, Larry Fink, has recently given his thoughts on AI with the firm's experts saying that it could result in a 30% boost in production. This comes as the company has a team called AI Labs. The CEO reportedly gave his thoughts

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New York employees making $312,000 need to make almost 3x less in Houston to have the same purchasing power

Per Bloomberg New York has been among some of the most expensive cities in the US, and recently, it was reported that those working in the city would need to make 3x less to have the same purchasing power as they would have had in Houston. A New York earner

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30k Amazon employees had access to customer recordings from Alexa from Aug 2018 to Sept 2019: Amazon paid $25M in settlement

Per NYP The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against Amazon, claiming 30,000 employees had access to Alexa voice recordings from August 2018 to September 2019. This resulted in the company paying $25 million in settlements. As reported by Bloomberg, it was noted that US regulators made the complaint

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LEGO, a toy company, has been the latest company to face boycotts over alleged 'transgender building sets'

Per NYC LEGO was the latest company to be targeted by a boycott due to the company allegedly releasing "transgender building sets." However, a LEGO spokesperson denied these claims, saying they never released LGBTQIA+ sets aimed at children. The boycotts started coming after Oli London, a person who

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Jeff Bezos and fiancée Lauren Sanchez rent Kenny G's home for $600,000 monthly

Per NYP Amazon Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sanchez are renting the iconic home of Kenny G for $600,000 monthly. This comes as just part of Bezos' massive real estate portfolio. Kenny G's, an iconic soft-jazz saxophonist, house was in Malibu, where Bezos had just

The Senate has voted 52-46 to approve a Republican-led proposal to block President Biden’s student-debt forgiveness plan

The Senate has voted 52-46 to approve a Republican-led proposal to block President Biden’s student-debt forgiveness plan. The deal effectively requires the Biden administration to resume collecting monthly payments and charging interest for roughly 40 million Americans for the first time since they were paused in March 2020 at

Biden falls during Air Force visit

U.S. President Biden trips and falls during Air Force Academy graduation ceremony visit, is helped up and walks away unassisted. See full video: https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/1664344694338506752 As Biden was helped up, he pointed behind him, seeming to indicate what he tripped over. White House communications