Threads added a green dot to show you're online. I have a theory about why.

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Threads will show a green dot when you're live.

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A company's remote-working hire turned out to be in North Korea. He tried to hold it to ransom.

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Two women sit on a chair with national flags in front of the Grand People's Study House in Pyongyang, on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020.
The FBI has previously said that there are thousands of North Korean IT workers posing as non-North Koreans to get remote jobs in the US.

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Netflix is facing big questions from Wall Street ahead of earnings

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Inshur provides embedded insurance to ride-hailing companies like Uber. Check out the 16-slide pitch deck used to secure $19 million.

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff slams Microsoft's Copilot again, calling it 'disappointing'

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Salesforce CEO and cofounder Marc Benioff.

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Exclusive: The cofounder of GroupMe and Splice is taking on the $180 billion supplement industry with new startup SuppCo

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Steve Martocci, GroupMe and Splice cofounder, and now the cofounder and CEO of SuppCo.
SuppCo is Steve Martocci's latest consumer business, following successful brands such as GroupMe and Splice.

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Tim Cook is having a great week as Apple stock hovers within reach of record high

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Wall Street analysts expect Apple to get a boost from the rollout of its generative AI features, called Apple Intelligence.

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Klarna, the buy-now, pay-later firm, is looking to make a Robinhood-like product for trading stocks, an internal job ad shows

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Klarna is preparing for an IPO, widely anticipated to be in the US.

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Welcome to America's hottest comedy club: LinkedIn

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Ken Cheng doesn't believe in giving his employees raises to boost productivity. He has a simpler solution: Take away their desk chairs. Without the ability to sit, workers are more alert and inspired, he wrote on LinkedIn.

Chip giant TSMC reports blockbuster results even as questions over AI mania loom

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company just reported a strong quarter.

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