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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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Daveigh Chase, Voice of ‘Lilo’ From ‘Lilo & Stitch,’ Dies at 35
Daveigh Chase, who moved between some of early-2000s Hollywood’s most recognizable roles as a child actor, died Tuesday at 35 from complications tied to meningitis. She was best known for voicing Lilo in Disney’s Lilo & Stitch. In the same year, she was also known for her unsettling turn as Samara Morgan in The Ring. Her death was confirmed to TMZ by her boyfriend, Roy Hernandez. He had recently launched a GoFundMe as her condition worsened. He said she had been diagnosed with meningitis alongsi
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Dame Dash Previews Jay-Z & Cam’Ron Diss Track; Social Media Reacts
Dame Dash is escalating his ongoing disputes with Hip-Hop heavyweights Jay-Z and Cam’ron by releasing a preview of a new diss track. Dash took to Instagram on Monday to share a snippet of the song, titled “Cheap Teeth,” a collaboration with his artist Nicky Licky that targets his former business associates and friends. The move comes after months of public tension between the three figures. The conflict has seen a significant uptick recently, with Cam’ron frequently mocking Dash on his popul
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How will the UK under 16s ban on social media work?
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would impose a ban on social media sites for children under 16 and restrictions on gaming and livestreaming platforms to "give kids their childhood back". Below are details of what is being banned, how the measures will be enforced, and when they are expected to take effect: TIKTOK, YOUTUBE AND INSTAGRAM BANNED The government said it would block children using social media platforms whose purpose is to enable user-to-user social interaction and wh
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Serena Williams set to partner with Karolina Muchova for Berlin doubles
US tennis great Serena Williams, on the comeback trail nearly four years after retiring, will partner Czech Karolina Muchova in the doubles at next week's Berlin Open grass court tournament. "We're going to play doubles. I'm pretty excited about it. "It doesn't happen every day that such an amazing athlete, not only in tennis but overall in sports, asks you to play tennis with her. I hope it's going to be fun," Muchova told a press conference in Berlin on Saturday. Williams, a 23-time Grand S
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