YouTube's former chief product officer says getting money from Google felt like pitching a VC

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Ex-YouTube chief product officer Shishir Mehrotra said he had to "ask for investment" from Google's "cash pile."

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  • YouTube's former chief product officer Shishir Mehrotra said the company didn't have "infinite money."
  • On the "Grit" podcast, Mehrotra said that YouTube paid Google 25 cents for every dollar it made.
  • "Google had a cash pile over there, but
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The Alien: Earth burger let me live out my Xenomorph-killing dreams

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In the days leading up to the release of FX's Alien: Earth, the show has gone on a full publicity rampage.

FX has introduced tie-in products with everything from SoulCycle to Skullcandy headphones. On Aug. 9, they also launched "The Hunt," a series of pop-up stunts where fans could check out containment pods teeming with mysterious alien life and enter sweepstakes to win swag.

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Ford’s Secret Weapon to Beat Tesla Is a $30,000 EV Truck

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Just as the American EV market braces for a brutal winter, Ford is making a shocking pivot. As federal tax credits disappear, the automaker is doubling down with a new strategy borrowed not from Silicon Valley, but from China.

My partner and I each moved home to save money. We miss living together, but can finally afford our dream trips.

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My long-term boyfriend and I both chose to live with family so we can save money and travel.

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  • I'm 29 and have been living at home with my mom and sister for the last few years.
  • This arrangement has its downsides, like being long-distance with my boyfriend of eight years.
  • However, moving back home has allowed me to save money and travel the world.

If you told 18-year-old me that I'd be living

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The 50 best-selling music artists of all time

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Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Taylor Swift attend the "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" Concert Movie World Premiere at AMC The Grove 14 on October 11, 2023 in Los Angeles, California

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  • The best-selling musicians of all time include Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw, and Whitney Houston.
  • RIAA ranked the best-selling musicians of all time based on total album units sold in the US.
  • Swift
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Gamescom 2025: What to expect, how to livestream

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Gamescom 2025 is right around the corner, and it’s set to be one of the biggest gaming events of the year. Over the course of several days, Cologne will once again become the center of the gaming universe, with publishers, developers, and fans all gathering for a week packed with world premieres, hands-on demos, and more livestreamed showcases than you’ll reasonably have time to watch.

Whether you

Hamilton TikTok trend goes viral as musical marks 10th anniversary

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TikTok’s latest obsession is reenacting Hamilton’s Best of Wives and Best of Women, but genderswapped

Lin-Manuel Miranda is a man on the receiving end of many opinions. Some feel he is the talent of a generation while others find him mindbogglingly cringy. The most evolved critics (me) think he is both. But none of that really matters for the thousands of TikTok users enjoying a brand new trend borne of his 2015 musical, Hamilton.

The trend features predominately young women, all of whom somehow

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