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  • Pharrell Williams told Zane Lowe's Apple Music interview series that writing "Happy" broke him.
  • Williams said writing "Happy" for "Despicable Me 2" came from a place of sarcasm.
  • He said the song's success made him realize his insignificance in the universe.

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Comedian and writer John Mulaney will host a live variety talk show on Netflix, the streaming company announced in a post on X. The show may be similar to Mulaney's Everybody's in LA, a live talk show that streamed on Netflix for six episodes in May 2024. 

Mulaney's production company will produce and he'll be the showrunner, but no other details were revealed. However, at an event in LA, Netflix



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The 02 is Lynk & Co’s first all-electric car. | Image: Lynk & Co

Lynk & Co just launched the 02, the company’s first fully-electric vehicle that’s designed from the ground up to be shared with family, friends, or anyone willing to pay for the privilege. The EV is interesting, but not nearly as interesting as Lynk & Co’s unique approach to car ownership.

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The Bluesky app will now let users pin posts to the top of their profiles. | Image: Bluesky

Bluesky will now let you pin posts, apply language filters, and customize fonts and text sizes. The decentralized short posting platform announced these and other new features via the Threads account it created yesterday, seizing the chance to promote its superiority — “we’re not



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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon praised his bank's third-quarter performance but warned of mounting global risks.
  • JPMorgan reported third-quarter earnings on Friday that beat analysts' expectations.
  • The banking giant increased revenue by 7% and earnings per share by 1%.
  • CEO Jamie Dimon warned of a worsening global environment and lingering threats to the US



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Starting in November, Xbox players will be able to play and purchase games directly from the Xbox App on Android. Sarah Bond, the president of Xbox at Microsoft, has made the announcement on X, with a comment that the "court's ruling to open up Google's mobile store in the US will allow more choice and flexibility." She's talking about the ruling on Google's four-year antitrust battle with Epic



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Amsterdam-based scaleup Lumicks has secured €20mn from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to accelerate the discovery of immunotherapy drugs for cancer.  The venture debt funding will help Lumicks further develop and market its cell avidity analyser, a machine with the potential to transform the way researchers study and develop treatments for Europe’s second most deadly disease.  Lumicks’ tech



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The F-16 is a combat-proven American-made fourth-generation fighter that is in use across NATO. A batch of the jets were recently delivered to Ukraine to aid its fight against Russia, but building a new fighter fleet is no easy task.
  • Ukraine needs more trained pilots to effectively build a reliable F-16 fighter fleet.
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At Tesla’s We, Robot event at Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio in California, the company finally unveiled its robotaxi. The car is expected to go into production before 2027, but even Musk caveated that, saying he was “highly optimistic with timeframes.”

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A TSA security checkpoint at Denver International Airport.
  • The TSA found over 5,000 firearms at airport checkpoints in the first nine months of 2024.
  • In the third quarter of 2024, one firearm was found for every 7.5 million passengers.
  • Passengers attempting to fly with guns presents a "significant challenge," TSA boss David Pekoske said.

More than 5,000 firearms were found