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• The last time a person visited the moon was in December 1972, during NASA's Apollo 17 mission.
• Astronauts say the reasons are budgetary and political, not scientific or technical.
• A US lander recently landed on the moon, and NASA could take people there by 2026 at the earliest.

Landing 12 people on the moon remains one of NASA's

• Elon Musk says a leaderboard of "dumb" government spending will expose waste — and he wants your two cents.
• Experts say the board "gamifies" the conversation — and it's likely going to get a lot of attention.
• Still, some also warned that it could oversimplify something that can be complicated.

Elon Musk wants to gamify the act of

• Since her breakout role in "Wizards of Waverly Place," Selena Gomez has starred in many shows and films.
• "Only Murders in the Building" is her top-rated project based on critics' reviews.
• Her earlier films, such as "Behaving Badly" and "Getaway," were not well received by critics.

Selena Gomez's

OpenAI is preparing to release an autonomous AI agent that can control computers and perform tasks independently, code-named “Operator.” The company plans to debut it as a research preview and developer tool in January, according to Bloomberg.

This move intensifies the competition among tech giants

• Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, is worth $15.5 billion, according to Forbes. 
• French authorities arrested Durov in late August amid an investigation into criminal activity by Telegram users.
• Durov, who says he's fathered over 100 children, is funding IVF treatments for women who will have his kids. 

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Sonos is still trying to climb out from the hole it dug itself earlier this year by recklessly shipping an overhauled mobile app well before the software was actually ready. Today, just a couple weeks after the release of its latest hardware products — the Arc Ultra and Sub 4 — Sonos reported its fiscal Q4 2024 earnings. And the damage done

After a lengthy consideration, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that Amazon’s “captive-audience meetings” are a violation of the National Labor Relations Act. These are mandatory meetings where an employer shares its stance on unionization.

“Ensuring that workers can make a truly free choice about whether they want union representation is one of the fundamental goals of the National

• A Philadelphia judge has explained why he didn't shut down Musk's $1 million-a-day sweepstakes.
• Pennsylvania officials had called the program an illegal lottery in seeking to halt it immediately.
• The decision would help Musk and his America PAC move for outright dismissal of the lawsuit.

Elon Musk's controversial $1 million-a-day swing state

• My high-achieving high school senior had been avoiding her college applications.
• Badgering her to get started only hurt our normally strong relationship.
• I learned she was just overwhelmed with schoolwork and the prospect of college.

My high school senior is typically a