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Welcome to the inaugural meeting of the board of The Vergecast Inc. The one and only item on the agenda for today? Build the greatest tech company in the history of the universe. We will borrow, steal, and buy the best products and businesses from tech companies around the world in order to offer the best possible line of products. Money is no



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Biden had to cancel a meeting with the German chancellor to make his bedtime
  • Biden canceled a meeting with Olaf Scholz, saying he had to go to bed, according to a report.
  • The meeting was an informal gathering during the G7 summit to discuss Ukraine.
  • The White House has faced scrutiny over Biden's mental acuity and ability to run for a second term.

President Joe Biden canceled


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President Joe Biden (left) is 'trying to run out the clock,' according to former Obama advisor David Axelrod (right).
  • President Joe Biden is trying to "run out the clock," a former Obama advisor told CNN.
  • David Axelrod said that after the NATO summit and GOP convention, time gets too short to make a change.
  • Biden has come out forcefully against

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I have helped a lot of people buy Coach bags over the years.
  • I've worked as a sales associate at Coach for two years, and I've seen customers make mistakes. 
  • Buy a bag that actually fits your essentials, not just whatever's trendy.
  • Keep your receipt and don't assume highest prices means highest quality and best bag for you. 

I've worked as a Coach sales associate for two



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Danielle Meinert, 31, finishing a salad. For most of her life, she had ARFID, a restrictive eating disorder.
  • Danielle Meinert, 31, developed a restrictive eating disorder when she was two.
  • She could only eat bread and cheese, and exposure to new foods through therapy was very distressing.
  • Meinert tried psilocybin and now eats salads, sushi, and fruit.

The Mediterranean diet, considered



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  • Tesla gives special treatment to data from VIPs, including Elon Musk, when training its self-driving AI.
  • Current and former staff say they were told to work on routes Musk drove as well as influencers.
  • Experts say it means Tesla's resources toward self-driving vehicles are being unevenly distributed.

Tesla's self-driving cars seem like a marvel of



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  • A Bank of America Institute report shows the median pay raise for job-to-job movers has cooled.
  • Job switching has slowed from its Great Resignation era highs.
  • Middle- and higher-income job seekers could "have somewhat less leverage," per the report.

Here's some less-than-great news if you're looking to job-hop because of your pay: People changing roles likely won't be getting


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To protect critical underwater infrastructure from potential attacks or natural disasters, NATO is backing a project that aims to reroute internet from subsea cables to satellites in space. The Alliance will reportedly support the project with a grant of €400mn through its Science for Peace and Security Programme (SPS). While the initiative hasn’t been publicly announced yet, Eyup Kuntay Turmus —



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If you're in the market for some new tech then Amazon's early Prime Day deals have you covered. The latest deal worth shopping is a 32 percent discount on the second-generation Apple AirPods Pro. The Prime Day sale brings them down to $169 from $249 — a new all-time low price. These earbuds are our choice of best wireless earbuds for iPhone users

The second-gen AirPods Pro came out in 2022 and



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Spotify is bridging the gap between podcasters and their listeners by launching a comment section for podcasts, which will start showing up on episodes today. Listeners can find the service's new comment section by scrolling past the play controls or navigating to the episode page once they're done listening. At launch, all posts will be private by default, and creators will have full control over