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The BepiColombo mission snapped this image of Mercury during a flyby in June 2023.

Mercury is a little-known, still mysterious world.

But one thing is certain. Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, can't actually travel backward in retrograde, and doesn't impact us on Earth. The notion of Mercury retrograde, a common reference in astrology wherein communication and travel are temporarily impaired, can, of course, be a fun musing. The event occurs when Mercury appears to start



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We had an incredible time staying in luxurious hotels in Morocco.

My girlfriend always dreamed of going to Morocco for her 40th birthday.

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The US Department of Energy will loan Rivian $6.6 billion to build an electric vehicle factory in Georgia, as Democrats scramble to finalize their climate agenda before Donald Trump takes office.

Rivian, lacking the funds to start the construction process, put its Georgia factory plans on hold earlier



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Jose Palafox and his family reside in the Bay Area.
  • Jose Palafox used a DST 1031 exchange to defer taxes on his Portland rental sale.
  • The strategy allows reinvestment into a trust, so Palafox no longer has to manage a property.
  • It wasn't the simplest strategy to execute and involved a lot of paperwork and moving parts.

In the summer of 2024, Jose Palafox took advantage of a little-known


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Sydney Nicole Gifford stands in her living room. Everything surrounding her is white, and she is wearing a white and beige outfit.
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One Amazon influencer makes a living posting content from her beige home. But after she noticed another account hawking the same minimal aesthetic, a rivalry spiraled into a first-of-its-kind lawsuit. Can the legal system protect the vibe of a creator? And what if that vibe is basic?

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Little by little, countries around the world are taking steps to change how Apple's App Store functions. The most recent development comes from Brazil, where the nation's antitrust regulator Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Economica (CADE) on Monday issued Apple an ultimatum of sorts. CADE has given Apple 20 days to make changes that allows for purchases from third-party app developers without


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There’s a new Star Wars show coming out, and it'll arrive sooner than expected. Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premieres on December 2 at 9PM ET with two episodes on Disney+. The show was originally scheduled to debut on December 3, but Disney moved it up just a few days beforehand. New episodes will drop at the same time each Tuesday for the remainder of the season.

For the uninitiated, this is a live


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