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Asia
Netflix says it used A.I. to draw backgrounds in its latest anime due to a ‘labor shortage.’ Artists aren’t happy
Hong Kong really wants people to visit. To prove it, it’s giving away 500,000 air tickets
After accusing a Taiwanese actor visiting Bangkok of being drunk and having no passport, Thai police apologize for extortion claims
Environment
The Biden administration has decided that giant Alaska oil projects aren’t so bad after all
How Wall Street’s fossil-fuel money pipeline undermines the fight to save the planet
Cars have a death grip on American cities—but a new movement against parking spaces is starting to gain traction
Europe
In France, Gen Z is taking to the streets to defend their work-life balance. The fight for retirement starts at age 18
A battle may be shaping up between the two richest men in the world over who controls the luxury electric car market
Pivotal chipmaking player ASML is about to help the U.S. stymie Chinese production. CEO Peter Wennink is fighting to make sure his business isn’t collateral damage
Finance
Meta’s after-hours stock price rockets after Mark Zuckerberg announces plans to trim layers of middle management and flatten org structure
OpenAI’s first VC backer Khosla Ventures weighs in on the future of generative A.I.
Pfizer’s former CFO says you should ask yourself these questions if you want to become a finance chief
Health
Drinking bleach can be deadly, but many Americans are still buying fake bleach-based cures
The 45-year-old CEO spending $2 million a year on anti-aging is probably wasting his money, longevity expert says
Lung cancer rates in women have skyrocketed 79% over the last few decades—and many of them aren’t even smokers
Leadership
Intuit’s CEO doesn’t want to help you do your taxes. He wants to do them for you—and it’s a multibillion-dollar strategic move
It’s time to debunk the myth that layoffs save companies money
How to best prepare managers for layoff conversations with their teams
The Ledger
Keeping up with the SEC: Here’s what Kim Kardashian and your financial adviser have in common
Crypto lender BlockFi files for bankruptcy after FTX implosion
New York bans new crypto mining power plants—for now
Lifestyle
A dog rumored to have a $400 million fortune is getting his own Netflix documentary
DC Studios head says ‘Batgirl’ was ‘not releasable’ and says management made the right decision by axing the completed film that cost $90 million
Peloton CEO teases an ‘epic comeback’ for the pandemic stock darling
Personal Finance
‘I promise to give all of my money away before I die’: World’s biggest YouTuber paid for 1,000 people to get eye surgery but is slammed for ‘making content out of people who can’t see’
The Fed just bumped up its key interest rate to the highest in 15 years. Here’s what it means for you
Legendary ‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry issues an ominous warning after the latest stock market rally: ‘Sell.’
Politics
Australia won’t have King Charles III on its new banknotes, despite him being the country’s head of state
The Biden administration has decided that giant Alaska oil projects aren’t so bad after all
The Fed just bumped up its key interest rate to the highest in 15 years. Here’s what it means for you
Retail
Layoffs are the medicine America needs to take to break out of inflation’s vicious circle, says former Walmart U.S. CEO
Amazon Fresh shoppers will soon have to buy a lot more to get free Prime delivery
Ticketmaster and Live Nation were not supposed to create a monopoly. Here’s why music fans, lawmakers, and Taylor Swift are fed up with the ticketing platforms
Success
The groundhog has spoken and it’s 6 more weeks of winter
You need to detach and ‘psychologically recover’ from work, professors say. The solution: commuting.
America is failing to prepare Gen Z to enter the workforce due to a ‘glaring’ gap in tech skills
Tech
Elon Musk locked his Twitter account to test complaints from right-wing power users
Meta’s after-hours stock price rockets after Mark Zuckerberg announces plans to trim layers of middle management and flatten org structure
Meta may have spent more than $88,000 per person when it laid off 11,000 in 2022