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Investigation Reveals Phia App's Alleged Misuse of Affiliate Sales
Phoebe Gates' AI shopping app Phia faces scrutiny for claiming unearned sales through deceptive practices.
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Phoebe Gates's Shopping App Phia Suspended Over 'Cookie Stuffing' Accusations
Phia, the $40M-funded shopping startup co-founded by Bill Gates's daughter, faces scrutiny after a Bloomberg investigation found it may have claimed affiliate commissions it didn't earn.
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Judge Approves Musk's $1.5M SEC Settlement Despite 'Significant Misgivings'
A federal judge has signed off on Elon Musk's settlement with the SEC over his delayed disclosure of Twitter stake, closing a lengthy legal saga.
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Venetian Activists Gear Up to Protest US Ambassador's Yacht Visit
Protesters in Venice plan to disrupt the US ambassador's arrival by superyacht, echoing past dissent against billionaire weddings.
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Elon Musk Shows Support for Armie Hammer's Film ‘Citizen Vigilante’
Elon Musk promoted Armie Hammer's film ‘Citizen Vigilante’ on his X account, igniting discussions around its controversial themes.
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Musk Streams Banned Armie Hammer Film on X to 240M Followers
Elon Musk posted the Germany-banned film 'Citizen Vigilante' to his X account for 48 hours, boosting the Armie Hammer comeback project to No. 2 on Apple TV.
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Orbital Data Centers Draw Skepticism From SoftBank's Son and Beyond
Elon Musk's push to build data centers in space is facing hard questions about cost, timing, and whether the idea serves AI's most urgent needs.
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US Judge Presses DOJ Over Dropping Adani Fraud Case
A US federal judge ordered the Justice Department to justify its move to drop bribery charges against Gautam Adani, calling the explanation terse and conclusory.
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Evan Spiegel and Miranda Kerr Erase $550M in Medical Debt
Snap chief Evan Spiegel and his wife Miranda Kerr quietly bankrolled the cancellation of roughly $550 million in medical debt for more than 261,000 Californians.
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Arnault Pledges 50M Euros for New Polytechnique Math Institute
LVMH chief Bernard Arnault is giving 50 million euros through his family holding Agache to build a mathematics institute at his old school, Ecole Polytechnique.
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OpenAI Eyes 2027 IPO as Altman Holds Firm on $1 Trillion
OpenAI is reportedly willing to push its public debut to 2027 rather than accept anything less than Sam Altman's $1 trillion valuation target.
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Djokovic Joins Private Equity Firm General Atlantic as Advisor
Novak Djokovic is trading the baseline for the boardroom, joining private equity giant General Atlantic as a global strategic advisor and deepening his bet on health, wellness and sports tech.