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A group of state attorneys general has initiated an investigation into OpenAI (OPENAI), The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. In a subpoena from the New York attorney general, the company has been required to submit documents
A few months ago, if you’d asked me what I knew about mahjong, I probably would have said it’s a game older women play, like my grandma, and that I was definitely not interested in learning.Then I got hooked.After my cousin moved closer to where I live, she told me she wanted to learn to play mahjong and asked if I’d teach her. My first thought was that if my cousin, a millennial, was interested, I (a Gen Zer) probably wouldn’t be the only young person learning. Plus, I’d heard plenty of praise for the game from my mom’s friends…
The dining and lounge cars were great places to get to know other passengers and break up the days on the Amtrak journey. There was a sense of community on the train because it felt like almost everyone was on vacation and appreciating the dramatic views of the wild American West.It’s important to note that these cars are typically only on long-distance Amtrak routes, where many passengers might spend multiple days on board.The Nightjet train, however, is designed specifically to get passengers from one city to another while they sleep. There are no communal cars, and to me, they didn’t…
Disney is encouraging streaming staffers to embrace AI while warning against wasteful token usage.Streaming leaders at the Mouse House have recently been pushing employees to boost their velocity and productivity by using AI, two senior tech employees told Business Insider.”The No. 1 thing is to increase velocity,” or the pace of output, a high-level, AI-focused employee said.However, Disney doesn’t want its employees to be “tokenmaxxing,” Andre Rohe, Disney’s EVP of product engineering, said in a Wednesday meeting, according to two tech staffers in attendance. “Tokenmaxxing” refers to maximizing AI token usage, regardless of its impact on productivity.One software engineer shared…
Author Ahmed Barakat Author Ahmed Barakat Part of the Team Since Aug 2025 About Author Ahmed Balaha is a journalist and copywriter based in Georgia with a growing focus on blockchain technology, DeFi, AI, privacy, digital assets, and fintech innovation. Share Last updated: June 13, 2026 Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse went directly at JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon on Fox Business Wednesday, accusing him of ‘intentional misrepresentation’ over the CLARITY Act, the pending Senate legislation that would establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for U.S. crypto markets. The charge is specific: Garlinghouse says Dimon is distorting the bill’s compliance implications to protect…
At 49, Dave Nitsche was the picture of great health.A project manager for a Toyota subsidiary, he spent his free time competing in ultra-running and triathlon events, such as Ironmans, and hiking in Calgary, Alberta.”It was just a very active lifestyle — nothing unusual,” Nitsche, 57, told Business Insider. Then, a few days before his 50th birthday, “everything changed — the engine light turned on.”Nitsche’s vision suddenly became blurry in late 2019. Straight, vertical objects like telephone poles appeared wavy. He contacted his optometrist and was scheduled for an appointment a few days later. By the time he showed up, he had…
Author Ahmed Barakat Author Ahmed Barakat Part of the Team Since Aug 2025 About Author Ahmed Balaha is a journalist and copywriter based in Georgia with a growing focus on blockchain technology, DeFi, AI, privacy, digital assets, and fintech innovation. Share Last updated: June 13, 2026 The SEC just removed the single biggest legal obstacle standing between Crypto DeFi and US equity markets. On June 11, the agency formally proposed to rescind Rule 611 of Regulation NMS, the trade-through prohibition that has governed stock order routing since 2005, along with Rule 610(e), which bans locked and crossed quotations. For tokenized…
Simone Chavoor was tired of walking into work with an “ugly backpack from Amazon” on her shoulders.So the 43-year-old media professional went looking for an upgrade on eBay. She found one in a vintage Coach Beekman briefcase in the British tan colorway.It wasn’t perfect, by any means. Its leather was dry, and its hardware had become dull. The “project bag,” as collectors would call it, needed work. But Chavoor — who said she bought the bag for “less than a dinner for two at a mid-range restaurant” — was happy to take it on.In the end, Chavoor got more than…
In June 2018, the architects of the United Bid gathered for the last time in London, which a month earlier had become the base for their campaign to sell the world on the first-ever World Cup shared by three countries. The following morning, they would hand over their cellphones as a security precaution before boarding a flight to Moscow, where the 211 members of FIFA were primed to vote on whether to place its 2026 tournament jointly in Mexico, Canada, and the United States.Eight years earlier, soccer’s governing body had voted to award its 2022 showcase to Qatar — a…
Goldman Sachs’ youngest employees are walking into an “innovation supercycle.”CEO David Solomon said as much in his annual welcome letter to interns, sent Friday to the entire firm, where he also celebrated Goldman’s position as lead left bookrunner on SpaceX’s historic IPO.He’s sent a similar note every year since 2019, and said last summer that “the only constant is change,” which proved wise words ahead of a year defined by transformation, even to intern programs themselves.”It’s an extraordinary time,” Dan Dees, the co-head of global banking and markets, told some of the interns at an orientation last week, striking a…