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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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Kanye Names His Personal Picks for Hip-Hop’s Mount Rushmore
Kanye West’s career has been shaped as much by shifting relationships as by music. His collaborations have produced landmark albums, but his public breaks with figures like Jay-Z and Pusha T have also become part of his story. Now, a recently surfaced extended interview offers another glimpse into how he sees the current rap landscape. The footage, from a conversation with Justin Laboy on The Download, first aired last year but has reemerged online in a longer cut. During the interview, Laboy
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“Costs from Trump's tariffs paid almost entirely by US consumers”, NY Fed says
As President Donald Trump changed tariff agreements with a number of countries, there was one constant: goods became more expensive for US companies and consumers. In research released Thursday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a group of analysts and economists found that in 2025, the average tariff rate on imported goods rose to 13% from just 2.6% at the start of the year. The New York Fed found that 90% of the cost of increased tariffs, which Trump imposed on goods from Mexico, China
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How Ray Turned Super Bowl Weekend Into His Own Co‑Hosted Show
Ray isn’t in the booth calling the game, but he and Tota have basically turned Super Bowl weekend into a live‑streamed crossover episode for their communities. Instead of a blazer and a studio desk, his “set” is the Fanatics red carpet and the NFL’s celebrity flag football field, where they stream for hours, bouncing between events, reading chat and grabbing whoever wanders past for off‑the‑cuff interviews. Clips from Vegas show Ray doing a goofy NFL “check‑in” segment, reuniting with Tota on t
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Lieu Presses Bondi on Epstein Files and Alleged Trump Assault in Fiery House Hearing
Rep. Ted Lieu used this week’s House Judiciary oversight hearing to press Attorney General Pam Bondi on why the Justice Department has not prosecuted high‑profile men linked to Jeffrey Epstein, including former Prince Andrew and at least one witness’s allegation involving Donald Trump. In a tense exchange, Lieu said both Bondi and her predecessor Merrick Garland had “dropped the ball,” then accused her of lying under oath after she testified there was “no evidence” Trump committed a crime, citi
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