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Autumn is here, and once again, warnings are going up about the spread of the covid-19 virus — along with the flu and RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus. To try to minimize the upsurge, the US government is once again offering free home rapid antigen tests to each US household. According to the government website, orders will start shipping

DirecTV has reached an agreement to acquire Dish TV, Sling TV, and the rest of Dish parent company EchoStar’s wider TV business, a move that would combine Dish’s roughly 8.1 million subscribers with DirecTV’s 11

• Ukraine struck three ammunition depots deep inside Russia this month, causing significant damage.
• According to UK intel, the strikes caused the largest loss of Russian and North Korean ammo in the war.
• The UK Ministry of Defence said Russia has struggled to stop strikes

Buyers that paid at least $93,990 to be among the first to own (and beta test) Tesla's Cybertruck are finally getting a key, promised feature: Full Self-Driving (FSD). Several people on the Cybertruck Owners Club forum — including an Angeleno who posted a video — say that it has finally arrived in early access to select users, Electrek reported. 

After Tesla promised that FSD would arrive to

• Five French luxury icons grew $50 billion richer last week on the back of China's stimulus plans.
• LVMH's Arnault, the L'Oréal heiress, the brothers behind Chanel, and Kering's founder all made bank.
• They were still much richer at their peak, and two rank among the biggest wealth losers this year.

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• A leaked internal guidebook from MrBeast is being passed around the tech world.
• Tech workers and investors are digging into the YouTuber's views on hiring, managing, and more.
• Is MrBeast the ultimate "founder mode" leader?

MrBeast is the world's most popular YouTuber. He's also the hottest new thought leader in Silicon Valley.

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• Blackstone is investing big in data centers and other AI infrastructure.
• That means getting ahead of the data-center labor shortage with training programs and internships.
• Alhaji Dawon tells how he got a job working alongside college grads before earning his own degree.

Investors around the world are clamoring to invest in data

For customers still unsure whether they’re ready to make the switch to an all-electric vehicle, Ford is sweetening the pot.

Today, the company launched a new initiative called the “Ford Power Promise,” in which it will provide a suite of benefits to customers who buy or lease a new EV. And chief among them is a complimentary home charger for all new customers

Gone are the days of elite footballers buying pubs. Today’s star players prefer to put their money into tech. Kylian Mbappe is one of the new generation’s leaders. The French captain has his own investment company, Coalition Capital, which just bought a stake in German electronics giant Loewe Technology. The luxury brand has an ambitious business plan. Over the next few years, the company aims to

• After 10 years of living in Austin, my husband and I decided to move to the suburbs.
• It wasn't an easy decision, but we found that a lot of what we loved about Austin was disappearing.
• We hated that many of the city's unique small businesses were being forced out due to high rents.

Ten years ago, my husband and I traded the

• Bowen Yang poked fun at Chappell Roan on "Saturday Night Live" while dressed as the baby hippo Moo Deng.
• Chappell Roan fans accused Yang of not taking her mental-health struggles seriously.
• Yang said on Instagram that he supported Roan's

With Amazon offering the AirPods Pro 2 at the same price as the AirPods 4, now is the perfect time to snag these earbuds before they fly off the shelves.