MacKenzie Scott Donates $640 Million to Non-Profits After Elon Musk’s ‘Ex-Wife’ Comment on X
The winning applicants span 38 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.
Pairing live support with accurate AI outputs
A live agent spends hours each week manually documenting routine interactions. Another combs through multiple knowledge bases to find the right solution, scrambling to piece it together while the customer waits on hold. A third types out the same response they’ve written dozens of times before. These repetitive tasks can be draining, leaving less time…
Shifting power in real estate commissions
Thanks to a recent court settlement, the real estate industry is teetering on the edge of a significant transformation. This change is poised to revolutionize how real estate commissions are…
NBCUniversal’s Peacock will let you watch four live streams at once for 2024 Paris Olympics
Today, during NBCUniversal’s annual technology conference, One24, the company revealed a slew of features coming to its streaming service Peacock ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics in July. The most notable feature to launch on Peacock is multiview, which allows subscribers to view up to four simultaneous matches at once. Next to picture-in-picture mode, many […]
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There is a new most expensive drug in the world. Price tag: $4.25 million
There is a new most expensive drug ever—a gene therapy that costs as much as a Brooklyn brownstone or a Miami mansion, and more than the average person will earn in a lifetime. Lenmeldy is a gene treatment for metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) and was approved in the U.S. on Monday. Its maker, Orchard Therapeutics, said…
EU signals doubts over legality of Meta’s privacy fee
The European Union has given its strongest signal yet that a controversial tactic rolled out by Meta last November to extract consent to tracking from regional users of Facebook and Instagram — by forcing them to choose between paying a monthly subscription or agree to tracking — won’t wash under the bloc’s updated digital governance […]
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Mastering This Essential Business Skill Can Significantly Elevate Your Leadership Capabilities
This important skill is crucial in business, often determining the trajectory of one’s career.
Is Selena Gomez the Next Beauty Billionaire? Rare Beauty, Worth Around $2 Billion, Reportedly Up for Sale
Gomez’s makeup line, Rare Beauty, crossed $400 million in net sales from February 2023 to February 2024, as per the Business of Fashion.
Want to Attract Success? Don’t Do These 9 Things
We are constantly told what to do if we want success — but what about the habits to avoid?
Astera Labs’ IPO pops 54%, showing that investor demand for tech with an AI-twist is high
Astera Labs started its life as a public company trading at $52.56 per share, up 46% when the bell rang. The company priced its IPO last night at $36 per share, above its raised price range. Astera’s debut marks the first material technology offering this year that TechCrunch is tracking. Reddit, the well-known social forum […]
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Building a more reliable supply chain
In 2021, when a massive container ship became wedged in the Suez Canal, you could almost hear the collective sigh of frustration around the globe. It was a here-we-go-again moment in a year full of supply chain hiccups. Every minute the ship remained stuck represented about $6.7 million in paralyzed global trade. The 12 months…