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• David Paton's 1974 song "Magic" has been repurposed as the theme for Novo Nordisk's Ozempic campaign.
• Paton, his late bandmate's estate, and Sony Publishing have all profited from this, with Paton likely earning seven figures.
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Ukraine says Putin's troops are using Elon Musk's Starlink to coordinate attacks, and a new Wall Street Journal report points to a black market. Despite Musk's denial, House Democrats are pressuring him to stop any unauthorized military use of the terminals.

If you made it through that headline and you’re confused, don’t worry — I was, too, at first. Hatsune Miku is an internet fandom thing. She’s not a real person, and she didn’t get her start in some obscure anime — she’s a Vocaloid, which is a synthetic voice that can be fed melodies and song lyrics to

Elon Musk’s recent deposition, made public in a transcript published by HuffPost on Monday, revealed several interesting details about the owner of X. The deposition also included several heated exchanges between Musk, his lawyer, and the plaintiff. We read the whole 108-page transcript and pulled the best moments.

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James Cameron’s Aliens is one of the great sequels of all time. Heck, it might be one of the greatest movies of all time. And, in the almost 40 years since its release, moments, images, and characters from the film have cemented themselves in the pantheon of pop culture.

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• JPMorgan scrapped its recession forecast for the first half of 2024 and now sees 55% odds of a soft landing.
• The bank sees a 30% chance that global expansion persists without major policy easing. 
• Recent positive developments challenge the notion that higher rates are squeezing the economy. 

JPMorgan has backed off from its recession forecast for the first half of 2024 and

• A near-total abortion ban from 1864 will soon take effect in Arizona.
• GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake bashed the law as "out of step with Arizonans."
• But two years ago, she called the law "great" and said it could pave the way for other states.

Kari Lake, the Trump acolyte

Destiny 2’s The Final Shape expansion has a lot riding on it. It’s the culmination of a 10-year story and the conclusion of Destiny’s light and darkness saga. After a four-month delay, fans haven’t really seen much of The Final Shape, but today, Bungie delivered a preview of what’s to come. The teaser left me thinking that Destiny 2 is about to feel very

• A whistleblower has come forward with allegations about the safety of at least 1,400 Boeing planes.
• He said production shortcuts have led to misaligned fuselages on Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 jets.
• Boeing said the complaint does not represent the "quality and long-term safety" of its planes.

Another Boeing whistleblower

This week, SwitchBot announced that almost its entire line of smart home devices can now work with Matter through its SwitchBot Hub 2. This includes its mini K10 Plus robot vacuum — one of The Verge’s picks for best robot vacuum — as well as the soon-to-be-launched Swit

The Pretendo Network, an open-source Nintendo Network alternative, no longer requires a hacked Wii U console. With Nintendo’s servers for the obsolete console shutting down on Monday, the Pretendo Network shared a new workaround that provides (limited) access to its homebrew servers without jailbreaking your dusty old console.

An SSL (secure sockets layer) is a protocol that encrypts the