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- Elon Musk on MacKenzie Scott giving away $26 billion of her fortune: ‘sadly,’ it makes the world a worse place
Musk has offered thoughts on philanthropy: "It’s very easy to give money away to get the appearance of goodness" but it's very difficult to get "reality."
- Dave Portnoy quit an $80K sales job to start Barstool—he hand-delivered papers in a secondhand van while living with his girlfriend’s mom for 6 years
Dave Portnoy left his cushy 9-to-5 and spent years delivering papers and even scooping dog waste before success. Now he’s worth $250 million.
- Bruno Mars Rises Again On A Historic Ranking With Another Week At No. 1
"I Just Might" by Bruno Mars now stands alone as the fifth-longest-running No. 1 of all time on Billboard's Hot R&B Songs chart with 23 weeks ruling the roster.
- The Backstreet Boys Are Back – On The Billboard Charts
"Bottle Up," the new single by the Backstreet Boys, debuts on multiple Billboard charts in America. The tune ties as the band's worst performer on one radio roster.
- Mara Brock Akil On Her Debut Novel 'The Revelation Of Dionne Daphne' And The Journey Of Healing
Mara Brock Akil, award-winning showrunner and creator of Girlfriends, Netflix’s hit show Forever, and more, is a master at world-building, and now she’s expanding her talents with her debut novel, The Revelation of Dionne Daphne.
Technology
- In a bold move, Rocket Lab acquires Iridium Communications
"We believe this will be one of the most transformative deals in the space industry."
- Think tank games out how to respond to disaster scenarios in space warfare
"Where does the threshold live that an action necessitates some proportional reaction?"
- Agent confidence on the technical frontier
Enterprise investment in AI is booming. Gartner is calling 2026 an “inflection year” for organizations to align their AI projects with strategic business objectives. As the pressure to prove ROI mounts, executives and technology leaders are looking to agentic AI to drive the measurable financial outcomes their businesses seek. A prime opportunity for AI agents…
- Comcast is splitting its media and broadband properties
NBCUniversal and Sky will be spun off into separate companies.
- The Download: metric weaknesses and AI elephant warnings
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The inevitable weakness of metrics There are plenty of useful things a metric can reveal. There are even more that it can obscure or corrupt. Like a lot of people bitten…
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