Why Conrad from The Summer I Turned Pretty is the internet’s ultimate summer crush

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Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno), Belly (Lola Tung), and Conrad (Christopher Briney) in The Summer I Turned Pretty

Team Conrad girls, it really is our time. The third season of The Summer I Turned Pretty — Jenny Han’s swoony, sun-soaked YA romance brought to life on Prime Video — is well underway, and the rumors are true: Conrad Fisher has never been hotter. 

For the uninitiated, the show revolves around the arguably problematic love triangle at its center: Isabella "Belly" Conklin flip-flopping between the two

AI will augment high-skilled jobs but hit clerical work hardest, Australia's government predicts

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The Independent Shellfishermen's Co-operative (ISC) Company Secretary, Joanne Ackers, completes export paperwork for an order at Bridlington Harbour in Bridlington, England, on January 31, 2025.
An Australian government report projects that generative AI will automate many clerical jobs and transform high-skill roles by 2050.

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  • Clerical and admin jobs face the highest automation risk from generative AI, a jobs report said.
  • But high-skill roles are likely to be augmented by 2050, Jobs and Skills Australia found.
  • The government agency called for targeted training so all
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Meet 16 VC firms investing in innovative creator economy startups like Substack, Whatnot, and Agentio

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Amy Wu Martin at Menlo Ventures, Sasha Kaletsky at Creator Ventures, and Ishan Sinha at Point72 Ventures.
Meet VCs backing creator economy startups, including Amy Wu Martin at Menlo Ventures, Sasha Kaletsky at Creator Ventures, and Ishan Sinha at Point72 Ventures.

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  • Investors love AI startups, but they're also making bets on the power of human creators.
  • Creator economy startups have pulled in hundreds of millions of dollars from
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Robinhood has a stricter RTO for managers than individuals because it's good to know your manager is in 'more pain than you,' says CEO

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Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said the company's principle is that change has to start at the top.

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  • Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev enforces a different RTO policy depending on employees' rank.
  • Executives come in five times a week, and individual contributers come in three times.
  • "You have to be willing to do yourself, to an even higher degree, what you ask of everyone else," Tenev said.

It

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A Hugging Face research scientist is in talks to raise around $40 million for a buzzy robotics startup, sources say

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Remi Cadene's startup is reportedly working on robotics for industrial and commercial use cases.

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  • Hugging Face's robotics lead is in talks to raise about $40 million for his robotics startup, two sources told BI.
  • Investor interest in robotics is high, with $16 billion raised globally in 2025 so far.
  • Hugging Face has also launched a humanoid desktop robot, expanding into robotics
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I'm worried my teens are growing up too fast, so I booked a family vacation to Maine. The trip helped slow down time.

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The author's family was able to reconnect in Maine.

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  • As my teens grow up, I feel like time is slipping away, so I booked a family trip to Maine.
  • I worried they wouldn't have fun like they did when they were younger.
  • But we came together as a family, allowing for time to slow down.

Driving the narrow street into Northport, Maine, I worried I had made a big mistake.

My family

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Elon Musk's xAI empire is leaning into NSFW content. It's a risky move that could pay off.

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Elon Musk's xAI is embracing NSFW content. Experts told BI the move could be lucrative, but comes with significant risks.

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  • XAI is embracing NSFW content with its lingerie-wearing AI companion and a new "spicy" video generator.
  • Experts said the move could be lucrative, given the size of the adult entertainment market and Grok's ability to customize.
  • The move
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