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• Chinese tech employees are speaking out against the demand work culture.
• A former ByteDance employee told SCMP that she once fainted on the job after weeks of long hours.
• The grueling schedule is known as "996" culture in China.

Chinese tech workers are choosing not to put up with the demanding

• Sen. Bernie Sanders is running for reelection in 2024.
• The 82-year-old is the last senator to announce his reelection plans this year.
• His 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns helped ignite the contemporary progressive movement.

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the longest-serving independent in American history

Samsung is expanding its OLED TV range with a new entry-level lineup. It's introducing the S85 series alongside several additional sizes of the S90D.

The S85D includes many of the same features as more premium models, such as the NQ4 AI Gen2 Processor, 4K AI Upscaling capabilities and Pantone Validated Colors. Dolby Atmos, the Samsung TV Plus ad-supported streaming service and Samsung Gaming Hub

• Trade with Russia has slumped in the first quarter amid tightening US sanctions, the Financial Times said.
• Companies in countries such as China are turning to costly underground channels to keep trading.
• The ruble has also risen in popularity, as other currencies are pulled back.

Moscow's key trade partners are getting cold

• More Gen Zers are "disconnected youths," meaning they're not employed or enrolled in school.
• People between the ages of 14 and 24 are in their "decisive decade."
• This decade can determine an adult's economic and social outcomes.

Young Americans are feeling

A tokamak in France set a new record in fusion plasma by encasing its reaction in tungsten, a heat-resistant metal that allows physicists to sustain hot plasmas for longer, and at higher energies and densities than carbon tokamaks.

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• Gen Z's 'decisive decade' of 14 to 24 years can significantly impact their socioeconomic future.
• Educational attainment and mental health can shape young adults' fortunes.
• Gen Zers outcomes also depend on factors like family income level

Save up to 28%: Amazon Kindles are marked down to some of their lowest prices. The Kindle Paperwhite is down to $114.99, a 23% savings, while the Kindle Scribe is back down to its lowest price of $279.99.

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• Columbia has canceled its main commencement event in the wake of campus protests.
• The school said it'd focus on smaller ceremonies and relocate festivities away from the South Lawn.
• Protests over Israel's war in Gaza led to dozens of arrests.

Columbia is canceling its main commencement event in the

Mother's Day is only six days away. But what do you get the mom who has everything?

One of Star Wars’ finest gaming protagonists, and the galaxy far, far away’s premiere Space Barbie, Cal Kestis, is finally getting a Lego minifigure replica. Hooray! Less hooray: right now, the only way to get him is if you buy a pretty hefty Imperial Star Destroyer, to boot.

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As I write this, two contrasting regulations on the development of artificial intelligence — namely generative AI — are making their way through the European and British parliaments. The British approach is very simple — looking to ensure AI companies fit into existing laws governing technology companies.  In contrast, the EU approach, as White & Case analysis describes, is an entirely new piece