Month: August 2026

Your boss’s monitoring app didn’t just watch you — it shared your data to Facebook and a Russian search engine

• Surveillance

Your boss’s monitoring app didn’t just watch you — it shared your data to Facebook and a Russian search engine

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Researchers logged 121 instances of nine bossware platforms sending worker data to outside companies, including Meta.

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Despite his $2.6 billion net worth, MrBeast said he’s had to borrow cash and didn’t even have enough money in his bank account to buy McDonald’s

• Billionaires

Despite his $2.6 billion net worth, MrBeast said he’s had to borrow cash and didn’t even have enough money in his bank account to buy McDonald’s

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Jimmy Donaldson, the world’s most popular YouTuber, claims he didn't “technically” have enough money to buy McDonald’s...

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At Olympics-like event, Chinese robots smash athletic records set by humans — including Usain Bolt’s 100-meter sprint time

• Robots

At Olympics-like event, Chinese robots smash athletic records set by humans — including Usain Bolt’s 100-meter sprint time

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At a 100-meter sprint, a humanoid robot achieved a result of 9.39 seconds, beating the human record...

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Meet the 18-year-old junk remover who vibe-coded his own pricing calculator and makes up to $15,000 a month

• Gen Z

Meet the 18-year-old junk remover who vibe-coded his own pricing calculator and makes up to $15,000 a month

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Carter Grandbois' first job paid $500 for 30 minutes of work. "That was kind of an eye-opener."...

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Canada demand for trucks tariff relief imperiled trade talks

• Canada

Canada demand for trucks tariff relief imperiled trade talks

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But one Canadian industry official said it was the Americans who tried to divide the industry.

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‘I had no one to bird with who wasn’t 20 years older than me’: Meet the Gen Zers who transformed grandma’s hobby into an analog craze

• Gen Z

‘I had no one to bird with who wasn’t 20 years older than me’: Meet the Gen Zers who transformed grandma’s hobby into an analog craze

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“Bird watching, I think, used to be sort of a very, very niche thing, and now it...

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The CEO of $1.2 billion learning platform Preply says it all started with his online search for an English tutor

• Entrepreneurs

The CEO of $1.2 billion learning platform Preply says it all started with his online search for an English tutor

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Kirill Bigai, the cofounder and CEO of learning platform Preply, had to take on a consulting gig...

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Venezuela abandoning the bolivar and adopting the U.S. dollar would be the biggest currency switch since the advent of the euro, Hanke says

• Currency

Venezuela abandoning the bolivar and adopting the U.S. dollar would be the biggest currency switch since the advent of the euro, Hanke says

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"Taming inflation is the key to restoring stability in Venezuela, and all the other progress flows from...

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OTC Markets CEO: 250 years of market history just collided with a new SEC rule

• 250 Years of Innovation

OTC Markets CEO: 250 years of market history just collided with a new SEC rule

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If the SEC reform is finalized, growth-stage companies relying on discounted, dilutive private placements will gain a...

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American billionaires are showing off their farmland for elaborate hobbies, but a buying spree among the ultrarich risks pricing farmers out

• Agriculture

American billionaires are showing off their farmland for elaborate hobbies, but a buying spree among the ultrarich risks pricing farmers out

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Mark Zuckerberg and Alexis Ohanian have become amateur yeoman, but other one-percenters may be putting actual farmers...

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