Artificial intelligence will make Big Tech even bigger. Something needs to be done about the power imbalance, researchers warn

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Good morning, readers. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I enjoy some of Taylor Swift's music but definitely don't consider myself a Swiftie.

I do, however, find myself enchanted by her financial knowledge.

Meta's latest round of layoffs will hurt productivity and damage employee morale

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Donald Trump got back on Instagram after 2 years and the first thing he did was sell NFTs

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Donald Trump.

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Kellyanne Conway said Democrats could turn the youth vote into a 'turnout machine,' warning the GOP shouldn't just 'wait for the young to get old'

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Former White House senior counselor Kellyanne Conway.

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Influencers could get their own White House briefing room as part of Biden's strategy to reach younger voters for 2024, Axios reports

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The James Brady Press Briefing Room.

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I was sick of racist comments and scammers posing as my business online. Here's why I paid to get verified on Instagram.

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Adella Colvin is the owner of LolaBean Yarn Co. in Grovetown, Georgia.

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I got laid off from Meta. Here's how being a TikTok and Instagram creator gave me more time to evaluate my future after being let go.

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Rawan got laid off from her product-marketing job at Meta in November 2022.
Rawan, who prefers not to publicly disclose her last name, got laid off from her product-marketing job at Meta in November 2022.

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A man renovated his wife's crumbling childhood home into a dream property for his five kids and loved it so much he started flipping homes full-time. See inside.

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The Millers embarked on a $200,000 renovation to turn a rundown property into their family home.

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Tech workers are taking to TikTok to debate 'fake work'

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Do some employees at tech companies find themselves without enough work to do? Former employees of companies like Meta and Google sounded off on the topic on TikTok.

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TikTok commands the attention of 150 million American users. That's its best defense yet against Biden's threat of a ban.

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TikTok reports that it's up to 150 million monthly active users in the US. That means effort to ban the app could meet stiff resistance.

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