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Amazon Moved Its Prime Day to June This Year — Here’s the Real Reason Why
Amazon switched its Prime Day from July to June 23-26. The timing tells one story. What it's discounting tells another.
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This Weather Startup Is Beating the World’s Top Forecaster. Here’s Its Unlikely Secret Weapon.
A Stanford startup sold its weather data for years. Then it figured out the one thing rivals couldn't copy.
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Discounts Don’t Cut It Anymore — Here’s How One Franchise Is Upping the Loyalty-Program Game
The chicken chain is trying to stand out from the pack by offering members WWE suites, NBA seats and exclusive merch drops.
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Nvidia CEO Declares That PCs Are About to Get Their First ‘Reinvention’ in 40 Years — Here’s What’s Changing
The world's most valuable company is entering the PC chip market, partnering with Microsoft to reimagine the computer for AI.
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New Survey Says AI Is Falling Woefully Short on One Big Promise — It ‘Should Be Making Executives Uncomfortable’
A new Bain & Co. survey of 951 large companies found that AI cost savings are coming in far below what executives projected.
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Anthropic Just Filed to Go Public — It Could Be One of the Biggest IPOs Ever
The announcement puts the company behind Claude on track to go public this fall. The valuation is now $965 billion.
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Want to Open a Dairy Queen? The Company Will Hand You $150,000 Cash.
The Minneapolis-based brand is paying franchisees who open new Grill & Chill locations — and the payout gets bigger for repeat openers.
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This Startup Will Clean Your NYC Apartment for Free — As Long As You Allow Them To Do This One Thing
A German startup is sending cleaners to NYC homes with cameras on their heads to train the next generation of household robots.
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This 20-Year-Old Started Making YouTube Videos in High School — His First Movie Made $118 Million Over the Weekend
Kane Parsons turned his viral "Backrooms" YouTube series into the No. 1 movie in America, beating a "Star Wars" spinoff on its opening weekend.
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This $2 Billion Bakery Franchise Found That ‘Smaller Is Better’ and Is on Track to Hit 1,000 Stores
Inside the growth strategy of 29-year-old dessert franchise Nothing Bundt Cakes.
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A Google Engineer Used Confidential Search Data to Win $1.2 Million on Polymarket, Feds Say — His Best Bet Involved an Alleged Killer
Michele Spagnuolo allegedly used internal data to bet on accused killer D4vd becoming Google's most-searched person of 2025.
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A Blue Origin Rocket Blew Up on the Launchpad — Jeff Bezos Called It a ‘Very Rough Day’
No one was injured in the explosion, but the fireball destroyed Blue Origin's only launchpad and could impede NASA's moon missions.
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The ‘World’s Richest Restaurateur’ Snapped Up Iconic Vegas Casino Caesars Entertainment for $17.6 Billion
Tilman Fertitta already owns Landry's, the Houston Rockets, and the Golden Nugget casinos. Now he's adding Caesars to his empire.
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The New Claude Opus 4.8 Just Dropped — It Was Trained to Be More ‘Honest’ and Stop ‘Jumping to Conclusions’
The company says the latest version of its flagship AI model knows to admit when it doesn't know something and stops making unsupported claims.
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He Watched His Stanford Friends Become Dotcom Millionaires — Then Bought 8 Applebee’s and Became a Billionaire
Greg Flynn skipped the dotcom rush to bet on franchising. He now runs more than 3,000 outlets across seven brands and three countries.
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Google’s CEO Was Asked If Companies Should Plan for ‘Zero’ Search Traffic — Here’s How He Answered
The Google CEO sat down with The Verge and got pressed on whether websites should plan for the death of search traffic.
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Robinhood Will Now Let AI Trade Your Stocks and Swipe Your Credit Card — Here’s How It Works
The platform is letting users connect Claude and Cursor to dedicated accounts. AI agents can trade, shop and book on your behalf.
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Ferrari Just Launched a $640,000 EV and It’s Already Backfired: ‘The Destruction of a Legend’
The Italian sports car maker is betting big on its new EV. But enthusiasts, analysts and an ex-chairman think the Luce is a lemon.
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Family Dining Chains That Don’t Serve This Meal Saw Sales Grow 11.6%
Restaurants serving only breakfast and lunch are beating traditional family diners. Here's the reason why.
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This Real Estate Developer Is Buying Up Empty Offfice Buildings in Denver for Pennies on the Dollar — His Plan Could Be a Template for America’s Dying Downtowns
Asher Luzzatto bought 7% of downtown Denver for pennies on the dollar. He's betting people will want to live in abandoned offices.
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Sam Altman Warned AI Could Lead to a ‘Jobs Apocalypse’ — Now He Says He Is ‘Delighted to Be Wrong’
The OpenAI chief expected AI to wipe out entry-level positions, but admits he underestimated the 'human part' of employment.
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BP Just Ousted Its Chairman for ‘Unacceptable’ Conduct — He’d Been on the Job Less Than Eight Months
Albert Manifold was brought in to revamp the oil giant. Then a whistleblower report surfaced and the board took decisive action.
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This $173,000 Chinese Luxury Car Is Loaded With 40 Speakers and a 40-Inch Screen — It’s Half the Price of a Maybach
The Chinese have dominated EVs and now they want to do the same with luxury cars. Meet the Maextro S800 — all the gadgetry at half the price.
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He Loaned Elon Musk $1 Million When Tesla Was Nearly Bankrupt — Now He’s About to Make More Than $100 Billion
Elon Musk's best friend Antonio Gracias bet early on Musk. His 7.3% SpaceX stake could soon make him one of the 50 wealthiest people alive.
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Apple’s Top Executive Uses a Whoop — What That Says About the Company’s $100 Billion Apple Watch Problem
Apple Watch has dominated fitness trackers, but its leaders are retiring, talent is fleeing and innovation has stalled, Bloomberg reports.
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The Man Who Built 7-Eleven Into a Global Empire Had One Three-Word Motto —Here’s What It Was
Toshifumi Suzuki, known as "The God of Retail," started with one Tokyo store and built up an empire with tens of thousands of locations.
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Wyndham Hotels Team With Applebee’s to Get Free Food Delivery to Your Room: ‘There’s Nothing Better Than A Burger In Bed’
Wyndham Rewards members can now get free Applebee's delivery to their hotel rooms with orders over $15 — plus bonus points.
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Americans Can’t Spell ‘Business’ — These Are the 9 Other Words They Struggle With, According to Google
New research analyzed Google searches for "how to spell" — and the results reveal which common words Americans struggle with most.
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With Regulations Squeezing Airbnb’s Core Business, the Company’s CEO Just Said a Single Word That No One Expected
Regulatory crackdowns have hurt Airbnb's core business, so it's now turning to other offerings — making it the Amazon of travel.
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Walmart Just Issued a Worse-Than-Expected Outlook — Here’s What It Says About the Economy
The retail giant's shares dropped 7% amid fears consumers will spend less now that tax refund season has ended.
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