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Sylvania Harrod.
  • Sylvania Harrod transitioned from Big Tech to private equity by leveraging his tech experience.
  • Harrod's career spanned roles at Amazon, Cisco, Dell, and others, and each had both pros and cons.
  • Amazon's culture and entrepreneurial spirit were career highlights, despite some lacking benefits.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene reported earning over $178,000 in book royalties in 2024. That's more than her annual salary of $174,000 and more than any other lawmaker reported making.
  • Marjorie Taylor Greene was the highest-grossing author in Congress last year.
  • She reported over $178,000 in book royalties for "MTG," her 2023 autobiography.
  • That's more than the

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Mark Zuckerberg is the richest billionaire in California
  • Meta has recruited over a dozen top researchers from DeepMind and Scale AI, Business Insider found.
  • That includes one researcher who helped Google win a gold medal at the International Math Olympiad.
  • The tech giant is on a quest to build what it calls "superintelligence."

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said older people tend to use ChatGPT as a "Google replacement" while college students use it like an operating system.
  • OpenAI wants to build its own healthcare applications with two new leaders at the helm.
  • The AI giant hired Doximity's cofounder and Instagram's cohead of product to its healthcare team.
  • OpenAI is entering the ring after years of

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Chanos & Co. Founder and Managing Partner Jim Chanos speaks at the 2025 Sohn Investment Conference, in New York.
  • Jim Chanos discusses of AI's potential to destroy old business models.
  • Chanos compares AI's impact to the Internet's, which digitized and disrupted analog businesses.
  • He also highlighted concerns over AI spending, likening it to past telecom and dotcom capital booms.

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Apple’s big September event is just around the corner, and while most of the attention is on the iPhone 17, Cupertino’s other headline product, the Apple Watch, has been getting less buzz.

Last year’s Apple Watch Series 10 was a modest upgrade that left many underwhelmed, though its lightning-fast charging helped make up for it. Based on leaks and reports from the supply chain, the upcoming Series



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There's an avalanche of Apple news coming our way in a matter of weeks.

The tech giant is fast approaching its annual iPhone announcement event, which should take place in early September, if previous years are any precedent. Apple hasn't officially announced the date and time for the event, or even acknowledged its existence, but we all know it's going to happen.

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Matilda Djerf says she has never spent a week fully unplugged.
  • Matilda Djerf, 28, says she has never spent a week fully disconnected from the internet.
  • The Swedish influencer and founder of fashion brand Djerf Avenue says "being in the DMs is too important."
  • "If you run a business for Gen Z, you have to be online," Djerf said.

Matilda Djerf, 28, the founder of the fashion brand Djerf


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