Kevin O'Leary says the US needs to go 'DEFCON 19 against China' and break the country with heavy tariffs

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Kevin O'Leary called for the imposition of heavy tariffs on China during an interview with Fox News on Sunday.

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  • Kevin O'Leary says the US needs to impose heavier tariffs on China.
  • "You squeeze them because the Chinese only understand the stick," O'Leary told Fox News on Sunday.
  • Former President Donald Trump says he'll impose
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An AI chatbot of a girl murdered in 2006 was created on a hugely popular service — and her family had no idea

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Jennifer Ann Crecente, who was murdered in 2006, had her photo and name used in a chatbot created on Character.ai that her father discovered this week.

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  • Jennifer Ann Crecente, a high school girl murdered in 2006, recently reappeared as a chatbot on Character.ai.
  • Her father told BI that he discovered the bot on Wednesday — he never gave consent

I'm a British expat who worked in China's brutal 996 tech culture. I'm relieved they laid me off.

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Forsdike said the long work hours under China's 996 culture took a toll on his mental and physical health.

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  • Jack Forsdike is a British citizen who worked for two years at a Chinese tech giant in Guangzhou.
  • He experienced 996 when he became a game designer in 2024 and soon realized why it's dreaded.
  • He told BI how 996 took control of his life and that it was only the minimum of the

'April' review: A visceral Georgian abortion drama

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Déa Kulumbegashvili's April is a bone-rattling drama about what it means to be a woman in the country of Georgia. The nation's laws permit pregnancy termination only up to 12 weeks — before some people even know they're expecting — and even then, rural stigma prevents many of them from accessing care. Kulumbegashvili places her protagonist Nina (Ia Sukhitashvili) against this volatile backdrop, as

Kamala Harris hits '60 Minutes' without Donald Trump. Political scientists weigh in on whether the interview matters.

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Kamala Harris has faced sharp criticism from opponents who've said she hasn't given enough public interviews.

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  • Kamala Harris on Monday appeared on CBS's "60 Minutes."
  • CBS said former President Donald Trump had earlier agreed to participate; a spokesman denied that.
  • Harris is conducting a media blitz targeting specific voter blocks this week.

Vice President Kamala Harris appeared

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I crafted a masterplan at Google to try to get promoted as fast as humanly possible. This is what went into it.

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Jerry Lee, 29, was a former manager at Google. While working at Google, Lee said that he strategized his workload to achieve his most important goal — getting promoted as quickly as humanly possible.

Jerry Lee

  • Jerry Lee worked at Google for three years after graduating from college.
  • While at Google, Lee said his most important goal was to get promoted as quickly as possible.
  • Lee said he networked with

I stayed in a glamping tent and a tiny house resort on a small island near Singapore. One was a better escape from city life.

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Only two accommodations are available on Lazarus Island: a tiny house resort and glamping tents.

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  • Lazarus Island is 5 miles from mainland Singapore.
  • On a recent trip there, I spent one night in a glamping tent and the other in a tiny house.
  • The tiny house was more comfortable, but the glamping tent felt like a proper escape from the city.

In August, I hopped on a 20-minute

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Meryl Streep and Martin Short have a long friendship. Here's every time the 'Only Murders' costars have denied dating rumors.

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Meryl Streep and Martin Short at the season four premiere of "Only Murders in the Building" in August.

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  • Meryl Streep and Martin Short play love interests on Hulu's "Only Murders in the Building."
  • The stars have been friends for years but fueled dating rumors in recent months.
  • Reps for the actors, as well as Short himself, have said that the actors are just friends.

Meryl Streep

Read 5 résumés that helped techies land $300,000-plus jobs at Google, Meta, Amazon, and Salesforce

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5 techies share the résumés that landed them roles in FAANG companies.

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  • Five techies share the résumés that helped them get coveted roles at Big Tech companies.
  • Some emphasized following résumé norms, such as keeping newer achievements at the top.
  • But others suggest breaking résumé rules to come across as more authentic and a team player.

For Ankit Virmani, revamping his résumé w

Elon Musk's weirdest weekend, explained

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In September, there were signs that Elon Musk's attempts to elect Donald Trump — on and off the network formerly known as Twitter — were faltering.

Now, after a weekend in which Musk immortalized the hashtag #DorkMAGA at a Trump rally, appropriated the @America account from its owner, and used it to literally offer money to swing state voters, those attempts have entered uncharted territory.

How