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Mark Zuckerberg Dethroned: Three 22-Year-Old Mercor Founders Become Youngest Self-Made Billionaires
Mercor’s 22-year-old founders have become the world’s youngest self-made billionaires after a $350 million funding round valued the AI recruitment startup at $10 billion, surpassing Mark Zuckerberg’s record. Mercor, a fast-rising recruitment startup powering AI model training for Silicon Valley’s biggest labs, has created the world’s youngest self-made billionaires. Three 22-year-old cofounders, including two Americans of Indian origin, have dethroned Mark Zuckerberg as the world’s youngest sel
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Soho House Acquired for £2 Billion as Ashton Kutcher Joins Board
Private members' club chain Soho House has been snapped up for $2.7bn (£2bn) by a consortium involving Hollywood actor turned investor Ashton Kutcher. The group opened its first club in London in 1995, and now has 46 Soho Houses in Europe, North America and Asia, as well a string of other up-market hospitality businesses. It is widely regarded as being a popular haunt of A-list celebrities, and one of its London venues was reportedly where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had their first date.
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Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony Brings Milano‑Cortina 2026 to a “Beauty in Action” Finale
The 2026 Winter Olympics closed with a ceremony that played like a love letter to Italy and to the athletes who spent 17 days on snow and ice. Staged inside Verona’s ancient Arena, the show aired at 8:30 p.m. local time (2:30 p.m. ET), with a primetime encore for U.S. viewers, and formally marked the end of the Milano‑Cortina Games. In a first for a Winter Olympics, two separate cauldrons in Milan and Cortina were extinguished as part of the farewell, underscoring the twin‑city identity that de
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World Cup 2026 Ticket FOMO Is Setting In as Fans Wait for Answers
With less than four months to go before the 2026 World Cup kicks off across the U.S., Canada and Mexico, the biggest storyline off the pitch is simple: who’s actually getting into the stadiums. FIFA says it received around 500 million ticket requests during the initial application window that ran from December 11 to January 13, a number that’s left many fans refreshing inboxes and wondering when they’ll find out if they were successful—and whether there will be another shot. The first wave of n
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Shia LaBeouf and Mia Goth Quietly End Their Marriage
Shia LaBeouf and Mia Goth have quietly ended their marriage, with multiple outlets confirming they separated in 2025 after years of an on‑again, off‑again relationship that began in 2012. A rep previously confirmed the pair had filed for divorce years ago, but the couple reconciled, welcomed daughter Isabel in 2022 and were still referring to each other as husband and wife as recently as LaBeouf’s 2022 letter to Variety. In the wake of what’s been described as “a lot of drama last year,” LaBeou
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BAFTA Fallout: Wins, Slurs and a Messier Oscars Race
The morning after the BAFTAs, the conversation is less “who wore what” and more about how a chaotic night in London has scrambled awards season and sparked a broader debate about what live TV chooses to air. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another dominated with six trophies, including best film, director and adapted screenplay, while Robert Aramayo’s I Swear win over presumed frontrunner Timothée Chalamet has pundits re‑running their Oscar math. With supporting categories now split bet
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