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In a behind-the-scenes clip from The Daily Show, Jon Stewart is asked by an audience member whether or not he'd consider running for office — and he kind of evades the question. But his answer is interesting nonetheless.

"This is a question that comes up a lot, and I think it speaks to — if I may, and I don't know the motivation — it speaks to this desperation and dissatisfaction that we have with



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The Swiss resort town of Davos hosts the World Economic Forum each January, bringing together politicians, policymakers, and business executives.

The billionaires and business execs are hitting the slopes.

A sleepy ski town tucked in the Swiss


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Martin Luther King Jr. fought for both racial and economic equality.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. fought for both racial and economic equality during his life.
  • He argued for a guaranteed basic income in a 1967 book.
  • These days, many tech leaders are calling for something similar.

Billionaire tech bros like Sam Altman and Elon Musk like to think they operate on the


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Venture capital powerhouse Sequoia Capital is preparing to invest in Anthropic, the AI startup best known for its Claude family of large language models, in one of the largest private funding rounds in tech this year. The deal is being led by Singapore’s GIC and U.S. investor Coatue, each contributing roughly $1.5 billion, as part of a planned raise of $25 billion or more at a staggering $350



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Jerome Powell, Donald Trump, and Lisa Cook collage
  • The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over whether Trump can fire Fed board member Lisa Cook.
  • The oral arguments come amid a new criminal probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
  • December arguments over the firing of an FTC commissioner suggest how the Supreme Court might rule.

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Threads is winning the mobile war against X.

New data from Similarweb (via TechCrunch) indicates that Meta's short-form social network is winning over X when it comes to daily active users on iOS and Android.

In January, Threads had 141.5 million daily active users on mobile, compared to X's 125 million daily active users on the two major mobile platforms.

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