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Daniel Yanisse, the CEO of Checkr, said the company aims to secure government contracts for identity verification.
  • The CEO of Checkr said the company aims to secure government contracts for identity verification.
  • Checkr wants to take on verifying eligibility for welfare and benefits, such as Medicare.
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An Icebreaker making the path for a cargo ship with an iceberg in the background near a port on the Alexandra Land island near Nagurskoye, Russia, Monday, May 17, 2021.
An icebreaker makes a path for a cargo ship near Russia.
  • NATO is falling behind in the race to build icebreakers, a top Norwegian military official said.
  • The official identified icebreakers as a capability gap between NATO and Russia and China.
  • These ships would be critical in a war in the Arctic, where tensions are rising.

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Zachary Squire and his partner Reed Morrissey are spinning out of Brevan Howard.
  • Tekmerion Capital is spinning out of Brevan Howard with $1 billion.
  • The systematic macro fund is run by Zachary Squire and backed by Engineers Gate and Michael Novogratz.
  • Squire, formerly at D.E. Shaw, Bridgewater, and HBK, is fundraising now that macro is "en vogue" again.

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Financially independent couple Josette Chang and Alexander Nathanson reside in Manhattan.
  • Josette Chang and Alexander Nathanson achieved financial independence in their early 40s.
  • They made a couple of key money moves, including hiring a planner and investing their savings.
  • They also chose to pay off their mortgage early, eliminating their biggest expense.

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All of Aston Martin's supercars are made in a factory in the UK.
  • British supercar maker Aston Martin said it's cutting up to 20% of its workforce.
  • Like the rest of the industry, the company is facing a major headache over US tariffs.
  • President Donald Trump announced a new 15% global tariff on Saturday after a Supreme Court defeat.

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Donald Trump gave his State of the Union address 2026 on Tuesday, and at one hour and 47 minutes it was just as rambling as you'd expect.

In the clip above, Jimmy Kimmel recaps some of the U.S. president's main talking points before giving his own, slightly less rosy version of how things are in the country.

"Here's the real State of the Union, OK?" Kimmel says. "We have a nutjob wannabe king who's


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In a small office in Košice, Slovakia, a group of malware analysts leaned closer to glowing screens. At first look, the code before them looked like another Android Trojan: familiar routine, familiar ambitions.  But something about this one hinted at a different origin story, not just another script written by botnets or crime rings, but […]



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OpenAI has successfully convinced the court to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s xAI, accusing the company of stealing its trade secrets. In her decision, US District Judge Rita F. Lin wrote that xAI’s complaint “does not point to any misconduct by OpenAI” and instead attributes all listed misconducts to its eight former employees who “ left for OpenAI at around the same time.”

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Bill Gurley, the Silicon Valley venture capitalist and a general partner at Benchmark Capital, says AI can serve as "jet fuel" to a career.
  • Bill Gurley offered advice to people who still believe in SaaS companies during an interview on CNBC.
  • He said to stop complaining about falling prices and pick "them up off the floor."
  • He also said that complex "circular"

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