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Google Tasks is one of the best things Google ever added to its Gmail service, and if you're not using it, you're seriously missing out.

• The S&P 500 set a new milestone on Thursday when it briefly passed 5,000 points for the first time.
• The benchmark US stock index has defied doomsayers and vindicated its true believers.
• Yet experts including Burton Malkiel and Gary Shilling have warned its returns are likely to falter.

The S&P 500 made history on Thursday

The world is being ripped apart by AI-generated deepfakes, and the latest half-assed attempts to stop them aren’t doing a thing. Federal regulators outlawed deepfake robocalls on Thursday, like the ones impersonating President Biden in New Hampshire’s primary election. Meanwhile, OpenAI and Google released watermarks…

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• Some Gen Z workers are recording their layoffs and posting the videos on social media in a new trend.
• Dan Schawbel, a future-of-work expert, told BI they're rewarded with validation and connection. 
• Remote work may have made Gen Z lonelier, but there are consequences to exposing

• The former Fox News host Tucker Carlson interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin. 
• Putin most likely chose Carlson because of his ignorance of Russia and its history. 
• Putin steamrolled Carlson with two hours of dubious history that he used to justify war on

The recent changes to immigration rules in the UK have prompted some entrepreneurs to fear that they may be forced to leave the country as they don’t pay themselves enough to meet the new earnings criteria. This could prove a considerable mistake for a country that actively wants to attract and encourage startups. Immigrants make up a disproportionate share of entrepreneurs — 39% of the UK’s

• A lawsuit says a "whistling sound" previously came from the door plug of the Alaska Airlines blowout jet.
• "This plane was a ticking bomb," the attorney, who is representing passengers on the flight, said.
• The 737 Max 9 left Boeing's factory missing key bolts designed to secure the plug, the NTSB said.

A "whistling sound" came from

• After getting a tech job and starting a successful coaching business, I became the breadwinner.
• At the same time, my husband took a pay cut, but we pooled all our earnings. 
• My husband said he became jealous of my salary, and he had to go to therapy.

This as-told-to essay is part of our series Splitting the Difference, which examines the financial lives of couples, and is based

Apple took its time to get into mixed reality/spatial computing/putting screens on your face. But finally, the Vision Pro is here. Do you need one? Probably not. Will it change the world in a year? Probably not. Is it meant for developers, wealthy Apple devotees and influencers, hoping it’ll pay dividends in content? Yeah.

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It also has incredibly sharp, vivid displays, the best augmented

• President Putin suggested a prisoner swap deal for detained American journalist, Evan Gershkovich.
• The trade seemingly involves Russian assassin, Vadim Krasikov, who is serving life in Germany.
• Previous attempts by the US to negotiate Gershkovich's release have been unsuccessful.

President Vladimir Putin said he's open to making a deal for the release of

Elon Musk is still trying to make X audio and video calls happen, even though, like the infamous “fetch,” we all know it’s not going to happen. His latest tactic: Giving up his phone number and using X exclusively for calls and texts.

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• Concerns about President Joe Biden's fitness and age have been raised by voters.
• Those issues were compounded by a Special Counsel report painting him as an "elderly man with a poor memory."
• Polls suggest a different Democratic nominee