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- Bon Jovi’s Signature Hit Reaches The Top 10 — For The Second Time
Decades after it became one of Bon Jovi's most successful singles, "Livin' on a Prayer" debuts inside the top 10 on Billboard's Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart.
- Bruno Mars Beats His Own Personal Best With His Latest No. 1
"I Just Might" becomes Bruno Mars's longest-running No. 1 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, beating the 10 weeks that "That's What I Like" managed.
- AI angst mutates into ‘FOBO’ as Fear of Becoming Obsolete takes over American workforces
EY's Joe Depa says he sees a split in staff. There's "high adoption, right out of the gate" for juniors but senior workers "are somewhat resistant."
- The corporate ‘storyteller’ is marketing’s newest messiah—and just as hollow as every buzzword before it
From "paradigm shift" to "purpose-driven," corporate America always chases a new great abstraction. Don't hold your breath about the new in-house oracle.
- Debunking A Persistent Myth: U.S. Refineries Can’t Handle Shale Oil
U.S. refineries can process shale oil, but economics—not capability—drive imports and exports. Here’s why the system works and why export bans miss the mark.
Technology
- CBP facility codes sure seem to have leaked via online flashcards
Quizlet flashcards seem to include sensitive information about gate security at CBP locations.
- Artemis II is going so well that we're left to talk about frozen urine
"I think the fixation on the toilet is kind of human nature."
- Tech companies are trying to neuter Colorado’s landmark right-to-repair law
A state bill is a glimpse of how corporations are limiting people's ability to make their own fixes and upgrades.
- Trump proposes steep cut to NASA budget as astronauts head for the Moon
Congress will likely reject the White House's NASA cuts, just as it did last year.
- Ice Age dice show early Native Americans may have understood probability
Ice Age hunter-gatherer "were intentionally relying on random outcomes in repeatable, rule-based ways."
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