Nevada government offices close after massive network security incident

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The Nevada legislature building.

Renewing driver's licenses, obtaining marriage certificates, and conducting any government business were impossible on Monday in Nevada, following a "significant state network degradation affecting the ability to conduct normal business," according to the state attorney general's office.

Nevada closed all in-person services at state offices on Monday following the "network security incident," which

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Why Netflix could one day get into the theme park business — and why it hasn't so far

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Netflix has all kinds of intellectual property to make a theme park. But ... it won't.

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  • Netflix is opening two "Netflix Houses" in the US this year.
  • Are those theme parks? Kind of. But they're really marketing programs for Netflix superfans.
  • A few years ago, it seemed hard to imagine Netflix having enough popular, home-grown shows to stock a theme park — even a tiny one. Now
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Labubus are a billion-dollar bubble ready to burst

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Labubus are a trend — and all trends come to an end.

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  • Labubus are all the rage.
  • One estimate has them hitting a billion dollars in sales this year.
  • I smell a bubble that could burst one day. Remember Beanie Babies?

Labubus are having a moment. That much is clear. I don't have to tell you that.

You see them on Dua Lipa or Lisa from Blackpink. You

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Elon Musks xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over App Store drama

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xAI's Grok app on the App Store

Elon Musk threatened to sue Apple for favoring ChatGPT over Grok in the App Store — and now he has.

On Monday, Musk's AI company xAI officially filed a lawsuit against Apple as well as ChatGPT creator OpenAI over the two companies' business partnership.

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Business deals born at Burning Man, from Google's CEO hire to an investment in drones

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Some business leaders have taken inspiration from their time in Black Rock City.

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  • Some tech leaders have found inspiration at Burning Man over the years.
  • Burning Man has influenced business decisions for moguls like Sergey Brin and Jeffrey Katzenberg.
  • Notable attendees include Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos.

For some tech leaders, Burning Man is better than a boardroom.

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