The Batman Is Coming Back to Theaters

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WB is bringing one of its best superhero films in years back to the big screen, and a look at The Penguin along for the ride.

Percy Jackson Sets Sail For a Perilous Season 2

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Disney+'s adaptation of the Rick Riordan books will return in 2025, and it's taking Percy and friends to the Bermuda Triangle.

CEO compensation at some of the largest companies was a whopping 268 times as much as their average worker last year

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  • S&P 500 CEOs earned 268 times as much as their median worker last year.
  • Some CEOs earned thousands of times as much than their median workers, ALF-CIO reported.
  • The labor group said another Trump presidency would worsen the executive pay gap.

Everyone is benefitting from payflation — except workers and consumers.

Companies cut costs last year while raising prices and paying their CEOs

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The FCC proposes requiring robocallers to disclose when they’re using AI

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed a new set of rules this week that would require robocallers to disclose when they’re using artificial intelligence for phone calls and text messages.

The proposal builds on the FCC’s ban on making AI-generated robocalls without the express prior consent of the person

The career rise of Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO, who died from cancer at 56

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Susan Wojcicki, who led YouTube as CEO for almost 10 years, died from cancer at 56.

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  • Susan Wojcicki was one of Google's first employees, eventually leading YouTube for almost a decade. 
  • She stepped down from the role in 2023. The next year, she died of cancer at the age of 56. 
  • Here's a look at the life and death of Susan Wojcicki.

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Former Twitter chairman is suing X for $20 million over pay he says was ‘wrongfully withheld’

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Omid Kordestani, who was Twitter’s executive chairman from 2015 to 2020 and served on the board until Elon Musk acquired it in 2022, is suing X over $20 million worth of shares he says the company is refusing to pay. Kordestani filed the lawsuit on Friday with a California superior court.

Per the lawsuit, Kordestani left a high paying job at Google to join Twitter, which offered him a

Russia's GDP growth slowed in Q2 while inflation continued to soar on the back of heavy state spending: report

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Moscow.

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  • Russia's GDP growth slowed to 4% in Q2, while inflation continued to rise.
  • Economists have long been warning that the Russian economy is showing signs of "overheating."
  • Russia's central bank raised its key interest rate to 18% last month in an attempt to combat inflation.

Russia's economic growth slowed to 4% in the second quarter of 2024, down from 5.4% in Q1, AFP

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We went to the Amalfi Coast during peak summer season. These 4 tips made our trip better — but there's one mistake I won't make again.

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My family visited the Amalfi Coast during its busiest season.

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  • My family visited the Amalfi Coast during the peak summer season, and it was hot and crowded.
  • I was glad we didn't deal with the hassle of renting a car, and we had comfy shoes.
  • I wish I hadn't booked so many excursions and tried to pack too much into the trip.

When I planned my family's trip to Southern Italy — including a

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