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The Walt Disney Company faced a legal defeat today after its lawsuit alleging retaliation was dismissed in a Florida court. The claim focused on the state’s violation of the company’s First Amendment rights for standing against Governor Ron DeSantis’ “Don’t Say Gay” bill, a homophobic law that endangers the human…

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• Land sales and home prices showed some improvement in China's property market, Reuters reported.
• Government land sales rose for the first time in two years, while prices saw their fastest rise since mid-2021.
• But Evergrande's liquidation could dampen confidence for a while, Fitch Ratings wrote.

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Amazon launched a new generative AI shopping assistant, Rufus, on Thursday. The chatbot is trained on Amazon’s product catalog, customer reviews, community Q&As and “information from across the web.” It’s only available to a limited set of Amazon customers for now but will expand in the coming weeks.

The company views the assistant as customers’ one-stop shop for all their shopping needs. Rufus

The start of the year is always a huge time for Lego, so it’s not surprising that February is looking a little slim on releases compared to last month. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t some very cool sets dropping—including the long-awaited release of the Dune set, and its glorious, glorious Long Baron.

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• Most of the nearly $100 million Donald Trump owes E. Jean Carroll stems from verbal attacks on her. 
• Last year, a jury found that Trump sexually abused Carroll and she was awarded $2 million for it. 
• After two defamation trials, the former president is on the hook for almost $100 million more.

A Manhattan federal

• DoorDash started charging New York City customers a new fee on Thursday, the company said.
• The $1.99 fee is a response to NYC's new minimum wage law.
• Other delivery companies have recently added similar fees in NYC and Seattle.

DoorDash followed through with its claim that delivery orders in New York City would be

Tech companies want AI to grow. To do that, they need more and more powerful chips.

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If you’ve considered splurging on a premium monitor, Samsung has some deals worth investigating. The company’s offerings, including the 55-inch Odyssey Ark (available for a record-low $2,000), 57-inch Odyssey Neo G9 ($500 off) and 49-inch Odyssey OLED G9 ($400 off) are among the models discounted in a wide-ranging monitor sale on Amazon and Samsung’s website.

The 55-inch Odyssey Ark is a 4K