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- A $100 billion mystery is unfolding on tariffs and inflation and economists are cracking the case
The hottest question in economics is why the massive price hikes tariffs were supposed to bring still haven’t materialized halfway through 2025.
- FC Barcelona Ace Lamine Turns 18 And Reveals Huge Wish For Next Season
FC Barcelona prodigy Lamine Yamal finally turned 18 on Sunday as his team started its preseason campaign, and he revealed his huge wish for the upcoming season.
- This car-repair chain’s revenue skyrocketed 130x in the past five years—and 83% of its workforce doesn’t have a college degree, including its CEO
Matt Ebert reflects on how he came into the car collision repair industry “literally, by accident.”
- Sweet Loren’s CEO was unfulfilled in her ‘real’ jobs—beating cancer gave her the guts to quit and launch the $120 million cookie brand
Loren Castle, the CEO of Sweet Loren’s, launched the refrigerated cookie dough brand after a cancer diagnosis in her 20s made her re-evaluate her career. Now, it’s stocked in over 35,000 supermarkets.
- AI startups believe Google’s Chrome is vulnerable to a new wave of intelligent browsers
Perplexity’s AI-enabled web browser, Comet, can send emails and schedule meetings as well as provide answers to questions.
Technology
- 5 big EV takeaways from Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”
Experts have advice for how the EV-curious buyer might navigate this tricky moment.
- AI therapy bots fuel delusions and give dangerous advice, Stanford study finds
Popular chatbots serve as poor replacements for human therapists, but study authors call for nuance.
- Man’s heart stopped after common bacterium caused ultra-rare infection
The bacterium is widespread in the environment, but only rarely causes disease.
- New Windows 11 build adds self-healing “quick machine recovery” feature
New recovery mode lets Microsoft fix "widespread boot issues" affecting PCs.
- Belkin shows tech firms getting too comfortable with bricking customers’ stuff
There's no easy alternative, and IoT customers are paying the price.
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