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• Spotify CEO Daniel Ek starts his day later than many other major CEOs.
• Ek goes for a walk every day, even in Sweden's notoriously cold winters.
• He'll take just three or four meetings a day and set aside time to be available on an ad hoc basis.

Spotify CEO and cofounder Daniel Ek is known for being "ruthless"

• Ivanka Trump took the stand Wednesday in her father and brothers' civil fraud trial in New York.
• She was her father's top loan negotiator.
• The state AG says she used his fuzzy math to secure $400M from Deutsche Bank.

Ivanka Trump took the stand as New York's final direct-case

In an effort to cut cost for the sake of the development of its next generation spaceplane, Virgin Galactic will lay off a number of its employees and save on expenses in hopes of bringing in future profits from its commercial flights.

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The smaller PlayStation 5 with a detachable disc drive is expected to land soon, but why wait and pay full price when you can get the current console with one of its best new games thrown in for free?

As part of an early Black Friday promo, retailers are discounting the standard disc

Britain’s biggest chip plant has been bought by US semiconductor firm Vishay for $177mn. The Newport Wafer Fab in Wales was previously owned by Nexperia, which acquired the business in 2021. Nexperia is headquartered in the Netherlands, but the company is a subsidiary of China’s Wingtech. This ownership structure attracted intervention from UK lawmakers. Last year, the British government ordered

Things are going to get a little frigid in New York City — at least in the Ghostbusters universe. The first teaser trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire centers on a (literally) killer storm that descends on the city, which apparently carries something known as the “death chill.” Good thing we all know who to call.

Frozen Empire follows the story of 2

Earlier this year, io9 revealed the cover for LySandra Vuong’s Covenant, Oni Press’ graphic novel publication of the wildly popular Webtoon digital comic. Today, we’re thrilled to share the first chapter from the book, as well as some commentary from Vuong, aka Explodikid, ahead of the April 2024 release.

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• Bridgewater employees hired strippers so often that the firm adopted rules around them, a new book said.
• The rules applied to events at a firm-owned estate in Connecticut, the book said.
• The book also said Bridgewater spent millions renovating a mansion

Airbnb launched a new software update that enables the integration of smart locks so hosts don’t need to worry about issuing new door codes and guests can find them without hassle. The update could alleviate some stressors when renting an Airbnb, as guests

WhatsApp has recently been added to Apple’s App Store for Mac. I know it seems weird that it wasn’t there this whole time. You’ve not gone crazy, I swear.

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• Ukraine said it killed a Russian-backed lawmaker in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday.
• Mikhail Filiponenko, a deputy in Luhansk, died in a car bomb explosion, per Ukrainian intelligence.
• "Yeah, it was our operation," a Ukrainian official told Politico Europe.

A pro-Russian lawmaker was killed in a coordinated attack carried out by resistance

• "Looksmaxxing" is the Tiktok trend taking hold among some young men who want to be better-looking.
• Looksmaxxers trade tips on skincare, hair styles, and even tongue exercises to define the jawline.
• One fake trend that went viral: "bone smashing," where supposedly they'd break their own jaws. 

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