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Delaney Airhart and Jack Trusler

The bride and groom spent Sunday under the impression that they were cementing their union in the eyes of God, who unfortunately was busy watching a Frasier rerun at the time.

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Kraken parent Payward agrees to buy Hong Kong-based Reap, which connects financial systems with digital assets, for $600M, and issues stock at a $20B valuation (Crystal Tse/Bloomberg)

Crystal Tse / Bloomberg:
Kraken parent Payward agrees to buy Hong Kong-based Reap, which connects financial systems with digital assets, for $600M, and issues stock at a $20B valuation  —  The owner of crypto exchange Kraken has agreed to pay $600 million for Reap Technologies, a stablecoin-oriented provider of cross-border and business payments services.

Critical Role Campaign 4 finally shares lore about the gods of its world

Critical Role's Campaign 4 is heating up, and thanks to a new Beacon exclusive newsletter, fans finally get some info on the world's deities.

Help! My friend is replacing me with AI.

In February, the TikTok creator Brittany Panzer posted a video over five minutes detailing the unraveling of her friendship. There was no disagreement, no blowup, not even ghosting. Panzer felt she’d lost her friend to ChatGPT. At first, Panzer’s friend used artificial intelligence for relationship advice and casually mentioned that she’d consulted the technology in […]

Kalshi raised $1B led by Coatue at a $22B valuation, its third round in seven months after raising $1B and $300M+, and hits $178B in annualized trading volume (Michael J. de la Merced/New York Times)

Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Kalshi raised $1B led by Coatue at a $22B valuation, its third round in seven months after raising $1B and $300M+, and hits $178B in annualized trading volume  —  The platform for betting on sports, politics, the weather and more has raised $1 billion and sees big financial firms as a key source of growth.