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It's 9:30 a.m., and Augustus Doricko, the mulleted 24-year-old founder of the cloud-seeding company Rainmaker, is clutching a coffee. He and his colleagues spent the prior evening hopping from one Las Vegas hot spot to the next, gorging on "monstrously large" steaks and smoking cigars. They tried to end the night at Bruno Mars' jazz club, The Pinky Ring, but fled due to some sort



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Clips from Canada's Dragons' Den have gone viral after guest Simu Liu called out bubble tea business Bobba for cultural appropriation. Now investing Dragon Manjit Minhas has withdrawn her $1 million investment offer, Bobba is scrambling to do damage control, and Liu is calling for calm as they receive a significant amount of criticism online.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime is looking to establish a non US-centric financial and trading order.
  • Russia is proposing alternative payment systems and commodity centers.
  • The proposal aims to strengthen BRICS economies' sovereignty and reduce dollar reliance.
  • Challenges include entrenched dollar dominance and existing global trading systems' liquidity.

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Laura Jardine Paterson left Lebanon on a chartered flight for British nationals on October 2.
  • Laura Jardine Paterson began running a tech company in Lebanon full-time in 2021.
  • But she left on October 2 amid the escalating airstrikes heeding the UK government's calls for nationals to leave.
  • She said tech workers there want to keep working to distract themselves.

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TikTok is facing lawsuits in 14 different states.
  • Attorneys general in 14 different states filed lawsuits against TikTok last week.
  • They say TikTok's algorithm is addictive and harmful to children's mental health.
  • The suits mirror earlier ones against Big Tobacco and Purdue Pharma, legal experts told BI.

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This content originally appeared on Mashable for a US audience and has been adapted for the UK audience.

We've all heard the rumours that Macs don't need antivirus software. We hate to break it to you but that just isn't true. As security software brands will tell you: Any machine is susceptible to attack. Even the mighty Apple Mac.

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Jade Lily wanted to show off her grocery haul. In a recent video, the 26-year-old TikToker held up item after item: celebrity-endorsed supplements, packaged berries, coconut yogurt, bone broth, kombucha, and premade food from the hot bar. Last but not least, a "little bevvy," she said, displaying her grape-flavored Olipop. "I am an Olipop girly till I die,"


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OpenAI wants to change its corporate structure to a public benefit corporation.
  • OpenAI is changing its corporate structure.
  • The changes will likely give it more leeway over decisions and a defense against activist investors.
  • But strategy advisors say it'll need to get more serious about defining its public benefit.

OpenAI is in the midst of a massive corporate restructuring.

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Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

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Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer.

If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for October 14's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

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Beef prices are rising due to a historic drought and herd liquidation.
  • Beef prices in the US are rising due to a historic drought and herd liquidation.
  • Fast food chains like McDonald's and Burger King have already raised prices due to inflation.
  • Consumers may not see lower burger prices until 2027 or 2028, when beef supplies could recover.

Inflation has not been kind to food