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When you should ‘burn a bridge’ in your career and 5 ways to do it

Not all career ‘bridges’ are worth keeping.

We’ve all heard it: For decades, it’s been a crux of career advice. Keep every door open. Stay on good terms. Never fully walk away. Don’t burn that bridge.

Apple’s new deal with Formula One aims to grow U.S. audience

Apple’s reach will only help grow F1 in the U.S., which currently hosts races in Miami, Las Vegas, and this weekend in Austin.

Formula One announced a five-year deal Friday with Apple, which will be the global motorsports series’ U.S. broadcast partner beginning next season.

What Sora’s Martin Luther King Jr. problem revealed to OpenAI

What looks like a climbdown from the ChatGPT maker is actually a compromise in an era of rapidly evolving norms around intellectual property.

Martin Luther King Jr. did plenty to change the world for the better. And nearly 60 years after his assassination, he’s at the center of a major concession by the world’s leading AI company that puts a battle over intellectual property and the right to control one’s image into the spotlight.

Retro design is making a comeback in tech and home decor

Welcome to the retro reset, where ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s aesthetics are getting a second life.

It might start with a cassette deck that streams Spotify and charges your phone. It doesn’t have to stop there.

Banking with MrBeast?

Instead of throwing money at his fans, the billionaire YouTuber wants to help them manage it. 

The MrBeast burger. MrBeast toys. Rumors of a MrBeast phone company. Could a MrBeast bank be next?

Apple just stole something massive from ESPN—and no one saw it coming

Apple TV will stream all F1 racing events ad-free—no add-on pass required—as part of a 5-year, $140 million-a-year agreement.

Apple’s mission to remake Apple TV into a streaming hub for sports is on track, literally.

Sports media startup OffBall is finding traction with a new way to engage fans: WhatsApp group chats

Your favorite star athlete has entered the chat.

Would you want to be in a group chat with your favorite sports celebrities and athletes? You’ll have your chance this fall, thanks to a collaboration between WhatsApp and OffBall. 

Investor Josh Wander indicted for alleged $500 million fraud scheme

Wander was a cofounder of Miami-based 777 Partners, which owned stakes in an Australian airline and soccer clubs. 

An American businessman whose firm invested in several European soccer clubs that struggled under its ownership has been indicted in New York on charges of financial wrongdoing in an alleged $500 million fraud scheme.

Wall Street regains footing as banks recover from sell-off

Bank stocks stabilized after several financial institutions reported stronger profits for the latest quarter than analysts expected.

The U.S. stock market seems to be steadying on Friday, as banks recover some of their sharp losses from the day before.

U.S. blocks a global fee on shipping emissions at international meeting

Trump urged countries at the International Maritime Organization headquarters to vote ‘No’ on adopting regulations that would move the shipping industry away from fossil fuels.

The U.S. has succeeded in blocking a global fee on shipping emissions as an international maritime meeting adjourned Friday without adopting regulations.