SoftBank just handed OpenAI $500 million. For Masayoshi Son, it's just the beginning.

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Masayoshi Son's SoftBank looks set to invest $500 million in OpenAI.

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Fears of automation are at the heart of the dockworkers strike

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Dockworkers picket near the Port of Miami entrance and demand a new labor contract.

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It looks like Google cofounder Sergey Brin is selling his superyacht

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Sergey Brin's yacht Dragonfly has been listed for sale for $30 million.

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This audio engineer is a huge Apple fan. But he thinks you shouldn't buy the AirPods Max.

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Apple recently introduced new colors and the USB-C port for their AirPods Max headphones.

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Bonobos cofounder Andy Dunn has a new IRL social startup. Read the 31-page pitch deck it used to raise $11.5 million.

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The team behind Pie, an IRL-social startup founded by Andy Dunn, is based in Chicago.

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I was an early Amazon executive. Andy Jassy is right to get employees in the office 5 days a week.

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John Rossman thinks Amazon's return-to-office push aligns with its leadership principles.

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You probably can't make more than $1 million a year on Substack. But Matthew Yglesias does.

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Matthew Yglesias co-founded Vox.com, but left four years ago to start his own Substack. It's turned out be a very profitable decision.

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Gen Z's new side hustle: getting rich off Airbnb

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Mark Zuckerberg is now $76 billion richer this year — and one of only 3 people in the $200 billion club

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the world's third-richest person.

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Before and after satellite photos show Hurricane Helene's destruction of the Florida coast

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Hurricane Helene hit Florida as a Category 4 storm on Thursday, causing severe flooding, power outages, and widespread damage across multiple states.

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