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How 1880s technology made it possible for 2 women to travel around the world in under 80 days::In 1889, Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland went around the world. Making the trip in under 80 days required trains, ships, and other technology.

Some tech workers questioned whether UPS drivers deserved high pay — others jumped in to note the importance of the jobs and harsh working conditions.

Russia used concrete to build its deeper defenses, presenting a tougher challenge for Ukraine's counteroffensive, per a top official.

Your mom can now recommend matches for you on Tinder::Tinder’s matchmaker feature lets your friends and family play Cupid for you, but don’t worry, they won’t be able to message anyone on your behalf.

Luxury fashion house Prada will be designing NASA’s new spacesuits so astronauts can fly in style::Prada engineers will assist Axiom Space’s team with developing design features for the spacesuits and adapt material to the space and lunar environment.

Robinhood is cutting jobs, reorganizing teams, and focusing on credit cards to solve a shrinking user base, insiders say::Robinhood is reorganizing and its future in credit cards was discussed in all-employee meeting, insiders say.

You might expect the whirring blades of a helicopter to spark concern or annoyance from animals in the vicinity. But for the reptilian residents of a crocodile farm, a low-flying chopper seemed to signal mating season....

Grindr has a reputation for its hookup culture, but the company says a quarter of its users are there to network. The CEO says he even hired people through the app.::Grindr CEO George Arison told WSJ that he personally hired people through the app.

Inside the strange, secretive rise of the ‘overemployed’::He was working three full-time jobs at Meta, IBM, and Tinder. His bosses didn’t know.

‘Steve Jobs’ biographer Walter Isaacson says Apple will be the company ‘most hurt’ if economic tensions between US and China escalate::Tim Cook recently visited China for the second time this year amid reports of sluggish iPhone 15 sales and a probe into big tech supplier Foxconn.

A US salvage company is suing Colombia for half of a shipwreck’s estimated $20 billion treasure....

AI-generated art can’t be copyrighted, federal judge rules, with potential consequences for Hollywood studios::A federal judge ruled against an attempt to have an AI-generated artwork copyrighted, saying “human authorship is a bedrock requirement.”

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The definitive account of how WeWork went from a $47 billion valuation to a basket case in just 6 weeks::The WeWork cofounder Adam Neumann picked the wrong time to be the visionary leader of a company with imperial ambitions and obscure finances.

Thousands of employees in the US Department of the Interior are using accounts that are easily hacked::The Interior Department is tasked with protecting the country’s natural resources, like gas pipelines. Hundreds of its senior officers even used “password-1234” on their accounts.

OpenAI recruiters are trying to lure Google AI employees with $10 million pay packets, report says::OpenAI has already won over top talent from Google and Meta to work for the AI firm.

‘The most stunning demo I’ve ever seen in my life’: ChatGPT impressed Bill Gates by acing AP Bio exam::ChatGPT’s AP Biology score demonstrates near human-level competency, according to tech billionaire Bill Gates.