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Max, the AI robot competing on Season 6 of

The Circle has never had a contestant like Max before. And that's saying something, since Netflix's outrageous reality competition series has featured famous contestants like Spice Girls Melanie Brown and Emma Bunton and a catfisher posing as NSYNC alum Lance Bass. Max takes catfishing to a new extreme in Season 6, in that he's not even a human. For the first time in The Circle's history, an



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Elon Musk.
Elon Musk.
  • A South Korean woman lost $50,000 after falling in love with a fake Elon Musk.
  • The Musk impersonator befriended her on Instagram, where he told her he "contacts fans randomly."
  • Fake Musk then claimed he could make the woman rich by helping her invest her money.

A South Korean woman says she lost $50,000 to a con artist who was posing as Elon Musk.

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The European Union has adopted a right-to-repair directive that will make it easier for consumers to get their devices fixed. The new rules extend a product's guarantee if it breaks under warranty, while obliging manufacturers to repair devices no longer covered. The law still needs to be approved by member nations. 

Devices sold in Europe already offer minimum two-year warranties, but the new



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Joe Biden and Xi Jinping standing together, with Biden waving.
The meeting of US President Joe Biden and China's leader, Xi Jinping, in November kicked off a series of high-level engagements between the two countries.
  • More engagement between the US and China doesn't mean they trust each other more, an analyst says.
  • Eurasia Group's Ian Bremmer emphasized that Washington and China still disagreed on many issues.
  • But

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Elon Musk wearing a suit and standing next to a black Tesla at a car manufacturing plant.
Elon Musk said on Tuesday that Tesla was moving up production for cheaper cars.
  • Elon Musk has said Tesla will get cheaper electric vehicles out sooner.
  • The move came after Tesla lowered prices amid falling sales and increasing competition.
  • Tesla's first quarter was marked by fewer deliveries, layoffs, and a stock rout.

Elon Musk dangled a long-awaited prize —



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Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek.
Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek.
  • Daniel Ek said Spotify underestimated the impact of laying off 1,500 people in December.
  • "It took us some time to find our footing," Ek told investors in an earnings call.
  • The streaming giant had cut 2,300 jobs over three rounds of layoffs last year. 

Laying off 1,500 people in December ended up creating a "significant challenge" for



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The wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge is seen beyond the stern of the container ship Dali weeks after the catastrophic collapse.
The wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge is seen beyond the stern of the container ship Dali weeks after the catastrophic collapse.
  • Baltimore officials are blaming the Francis Scott Key Bridge's collapse on the Dali's owner and manager.
  • In a legal filing on Monday, they accused the ship of leaving port even after its alarms