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MacKenzie Scott’s billion-dollar bet on vibes

Every time a MacKenzie Scott grantee talks about receiving one of her multimillion-dollar gifts, there is always a hint of the same bashfulness, the same reverence, and the same glee.  Their eyes light up. They blush a little. There’s a giggle here and there.  “It’s disarming,” said Michael Lomax, head of the United Negro College […]

Taiwanese prosecutors charge Tokyo Electron for failing to prevent staff from allegedly stealing TSMC trade secrets, indicting the company on several counts (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Taiwanese prosecutors charge Tokyo Electron for failing to prevent staff from allegedly stealing TSMC trade secrets, indicting the company on several counts  —  Taiwanese prosecutors charged Tokyo Electron Ltd. for failing to prevent staff from allegedly stealing Taiwan Semiconductor …

Vince Gilligan explains how the Others put Carol in "time out"

Last week's episode of Pluribus has fans asking what the Others' motivations are.

Why you should donate blood, briefly explained

Donating money isn’t the only way you can help people. You can also give your blood.  Although approximately 62 percent of Americans are eligible to donate blood, only 3 percent do so each year. But someone needs blood every few seconds in the US. While the average red blood cell transfusion is about three units, […]

At a Tokyo forum, Masayoshi Son says he "was crying" over SoftBank selling its $5.83B Nvidia stake but "I just had more need for money to invest in OpenAI" (Dylan Butts/CNBC)

Dylan Butts / CNBC:
At a Tokyo forum, Masayoshi Son says he “was crying” over SoftBank selling its $5.83B Nvidia stake but “I just had more need for money to invest in OpenAI”  —  SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son on Monday downplayed the decision to offload the conglomerate's entire Nvidia stake …