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• People think the US economy is booming. Top economist David Rosenberg says that's not necessarily true.
• In a recent research note, he listed five indicators that challenge the narrative that the economy is booming.
• "Not everything is coming up smelling like roses, as the consensus narrative and Fed commentary would have you believe," Rosenberg said.

The prevailing narrative right now is that

Ford, Mercedes-Benz, and Tesla occupy the top three spots in a new ranking of 18 global automakers based on their efforts to eliminate carbon emissions, environmental harms, and human rights violations from their supply chains. US automakers in particular made the most progress in cleaning up their supply chains, with Tesla

Following almost 30 years of service, the European Space Agency’s ERS-2 satellite re-entered Earth’s atmosphere at approximately 18:17 CET on February 21. Launched in 1995 and with an original mission life of just three years,  ERS-2 set new standards for Earth observation, collecting valuable data on the ozone layer, ocean temperature, and mankind’s overall impact on the planet. In 2011, ESA

• Pop star Taylor Swift has been at the center of political discussion in recent months.
• Earlier in February, Trump warned  her not to be "disloyal" to him by endorsing Biden.
• A recent survey found that Swift's endorsement would sway about 1 in 20 votes from young adults.

Polit

SAVE $50: As of today, Feb. 27, you can get a pair of Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 for just $99.99 at Amazon. That takes 33% off the noise-cancelling earbuds' list price of $149.99.

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Super Sushi Pinball, a game that does not prominently feature sushi, never actually launched. It was meant to be Sony’s second game in the US, intended for the NES during a time when such news would not have melted the brains of console diehards, and was marketed in video game magazines for over a year. “This

During Monday’s Supreme Court arguments in a pair of consequential social media cases, the justices prodded for ways they could rule without giving either side everything they asked for.

The justices seemed largely skeptical of the most sweeping provisions in Florida’s and Texas’ social media laws, which would force

• Elon Musk has been heavily criticising Google over the past week.
• Last week, Google paused its AI image generation tool after users complained it was too "woke."
• Musk has been all over the controversy and used it to promote his own AI chatbot, Grok.

Elon Musk has a new obsession: Google.

The billionaire has been posting about the Big Tech

• A hard landing is guaranteed for the US Morgan Stanley's chief US economist.
• That's because the full impacts of Fed tightening haven't been fully felt in the economy.
• It could take 18 months after the last rate hike to feel the full weight of higher rates, economists say.

A hard-landing recession is certain to come for the economy, and high rates are to blame even

TikTok has hyped up car dates, so much so that Mashable recently broke down how to have sex in a car. According to a new trend called "hamstering," though, people are taking that a step further.

"Hamstering" or the "thirsty hamster" on TikTok describes the sexual act of one partner with a penis going atop a car with a sun roof and a partner inside the car fellating them through the open roof. The

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub and other adult entertainment sites, for failing to enforce the state’s new age verification laws, first reported by 404 Media on Monday.

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Ebon Moss-Bachrach discusses how he’ll become The Thing for Fantastic Four. Doug Bradley wants one last outing as Pinhead. Get a look at Krysten Ritter in Orphan Black: Echoes. Rachel Brosnahan teases David Corenswet’s Superman suit in Legacy, plus, Kung Fu Panda 4 riffs on Dune. Spoilers, away!

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