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Kevin Durant put $250K into Hugging Face. Nvidia is reportedly buying it for $12.9B. That check is now worth ~$60M. 240x. More than he’ll make in the NBA this season.
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Kevin Durant Could Earn Massive Payout from Early Hugging Face Investment After Reported $12.9B Sale

Kevin Durant is one of the greatest basketball players in history and, apparently, a fairly shrewd investor as well.

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@immasiddxApr 17
Adobe and Figma stock after Claude Design’s announcement. It is so over. 😭
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@claudeaiApr 17
Introducing Claude Design by Anthropic Labs: make prototypes, slides, and one-pagers by talking to Claude. Powered by Claude Opus 4.7, our most capable vision model. Available in research preview on the Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans, rolling out throughout the day.
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@BetaKitFeb 26
After losing @JNJParents’s backing, @UofT has turned to BioLabs to run its life sciences lab space. The partnership ensures the 30+ early-stage life science startups already relying on the lab’s equipment can continue their work. betakit.com/u-of-t-taps-biol…

U of T taps BioLabs to take over incubator after Johnson & Johnson pulls support | BetaKit

The university says the partnership ensures that the more than 30 early-stage startups under JLabs can continue their work.

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Jeff Bezos is taking on a formal CEO role again - NYT He is co leading a new AI startup called Project Prometheus to use AI for engineering & manufacturing in computers, autos and spacecraft It already has about $6.2B in funding & nearly 100 hires from OpenAI, DeepMind and Meta
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AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs and spike unemployment to 10% to 20% in the next one to five years, predicts Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. cbsn.ws/4i0nCkG
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Create more than you consume. Build more than you buy. Give more than you take. Do more than you say. Start more than you stall. Ask more than you assume. Endure more than you complain. Success isn't a magic list nobody knows, it’s an obvious list nobody does.
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What no one tells you about being a CEO. 1. If you want to be the boss, first be the top performer where you are.
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Peter Thiel has now sold his entire stake in Nvidia and 76% of his Tesla shares. Michael Burry's entire portfolio is now short positions in Nvidia and Palantir. Softbank has now sold its entire stake in Nvidia.
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Here’s how old these companies are: 🇨🇳 TikTok: 7 years 🇺🇸 Instagram: 13 years 🇺🇸 Airbnb: 15 years 🇺🇸 Twitter/X: 18 years 🇺🇸 Facebook: 20 years 🇺🇸 Tesla: 20 years 🇺🇸 Google: 25 years 🇺🇸 Netflix: 26 years 🇺🇸 Amazon: 30 years 🇺🇸 Apple: 48 years 🇺🇸 Microsoft: 49 years 🇯🇵 Sony: 78 years 🇮🇳 Tata Motors: 78 years 🇰🇷 Samsung: 86 years 🇺🇸 Boeing: 107 years 🇩🇪 BMW: 108 years 🇺🇸 IBM: 112 years 🇮🇹 Fiat: 125 years 🇫🇷 Renault: 125 years 🇺🇸 Coca-Cola: 131 years 🇯🇵 Nintendo: 135 years 🇯🇵 Toshiba: 148 years 🇫🇮 Nokia: 159 years
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Best universities in the world for engineering: 1.🇺🇸 Harvard 2.🇺🇸 Stanford 3.🇺🇸 MIT 4.🇬🇧 Oxford 5.🇬🇧 Cambridge 6.🇺🇸 Berkeley 7.🇺🇸 California Institute of Technology 8.🇺🇸 Princeton 9.🇸🇬 National University of Singapore 10.🇬🇧 Imperial College London Times Higher Education
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% who say the current economic situation in their country is bad: 🇳🇬 Nigeria - 89% 🇦🇷 Argentina - 87% 🇹🇷 Türkiye - 83% 🇰🇷 South Korea - 82% 🇬🇧 UK - 78% 🇮🇹 Italy - 76% 🇯🇵 Japan - 76% 🇫🇷 France - 75% 🇿🇦 South Africa - 72% 🇨🇦 Canada - 65% 🇦🇺 Australia - 62% 🇪🇸 Spain - 62% 🇩🇪 Germany - 61% 🇧🇷 Brazil - 60% 🇭🇺 Hungary - 58% 🇸🇪 Sweden - 47% 🇵🇱 Poland - 43% 🇲🇽 Mexico - 36% 🇳🇱 Netherlands - 34% 🇧🇩 Bangladesh - 32% 🇮🇳 India - 20% According to Pew Research Center, Spring 2024 survey.
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Number of universities from top 1000: 🇺🇸US: 154 🇬🇧UK: 94 🇨🇳China: 59 🇮🇹Italy: 49 🇩🇪Germany: 49 🇦🇺Australia: 44 🇮🇳India: 38 🇪🇸Spain: 36 🇫🇷France: 36 🇯🇵Japan: 33 🇨🇦Canada: 32 🇮🇷Iran: 29 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia: 18 🇰🇷South Korea: 18 🇹🇼Taiwan: 16 🇷🇺Russia: 15 🇨🇭Switzerland: 15 🇵🇰Pakistan: 14 🇳🇱Netherlands: 13 🇪🇬Egypt: 13 🇫🇮Finland: 12 🇧🇪Belgium: 12 🇸🇪Sweden: 11 🇹🇷Turkey: 10 🇵🇹Portugal: 10 🇿🇦South Africa: 9 🇦🇪UAE: 8 🇮🇪Ireland: 8 🇦🇹Austria: 7 🇭🇰Hong Kong: 7 🇧🇷Brazil: 7 🇳🇴Norway: 7 🇲🇾Malaysia: 6 🇩🇰Denmark: 6 🇬🇷Greece: 6 🇹🇭Thailand: 5 🇳🇿New Zealand: 5 🇷🇴Romania: 4 🇬🇭Ghana: 4 🇮🇱Israel: 4 🇮🇸Iceland: 4 🇵🇱Poland: 4 🇱🇧Lebanon: 4 🇷🇸Serbia: 3 🇯🇴Jordan: 3 🇨🇿Czechia: 3 🇨🇱Chile: 3
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World's 10 best cities in 2024: 1. 🇺🇸 New York City, US 2. 🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa 3. 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany 4. 🇬🇧 London, UK 5. 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain 6. 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico 7. 🇬🇧 Liverpool, UK 8. 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 9. 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy 10. 🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal According to TimeOut
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🇨🇦 Largest Canadian companies: 1. Royal Bank of Canada 2. Shopify 3. Toronto Dominion Bank 4. Canadian Natural Resources 5. Canadian National Railway 6. Enbridge 7. Canadian Pacific Railway 8. Thomson Reuters 9. Bank of Montreal 10. Brookfield Corporation 11. Constellation Software 12. Scotiabank 13. Alimentation Couche-Tard 14. Suncor Energy 15. CIBC 16. lululemon athletica 17. Manulife Financial 18. TC Energy 19. Cenovus Energy 20. Imperial Oil Note: by market capitalization
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Time since launch: 🇺🇸 Polaroid camera: 75 years 🇯🇵 Sony Walkman: 45 years 🇺🇸 Microsoft Windows: 38 years 🇺🇸 Amazon: 29 years 🇺🇸 Netflix: 26 years 🇺🇸 Google: 25 years 🇺🇸 iPod: 22 years 🇺🇸 LinkedIn: 21 years 🇺🇸 Facebook: 20 years 🇺🇸 Gmail: 20 years 🇺🇸 YouTube: 19 years 🇺🇸 Reddit: 19 years 🇺🇸 Twitter: 18 years 🇺🇸 iPhone: 17 years 🇺🇸 Kindle: 16 years 🇺🇸 WhatsApp: 15 years 🇺🇸 Uber: 15 years 🇺🇸 iPad: 14 years 🇺🇸 Instagram: 13 years 🇺🇸 Zoom: 13 years 🇺🇸 Twitch: 13 years 🇨🇳 TikTok: 7 years 🇺🇸 AirPods: 7 years 🇺🇸 ChatGPT: 1 year 4 months
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Countries by quality of life: 1. Luxembourg 🇱🇺 2. Netherlands 🇳🇱 3. Iceland 🇮🇸 4. Denmark 🇩🇰 5. Finland 🇫🇮 6. Oman 🇴🇲 7. Switzerland 🇨🇭 8. Norway 🇳🇴 9. Austria 🇦🇹 10. Estonia 🇪🇪 ~ 11. Japan 🇯🇵 12. Germany 🇩🇪 13. Spain 🇪🇸 14. Sweden 🇸🇪 15. USA 🇺🇸 22. Australia 🇦🇺 24. UAE 🇦🇪 25. Singapore 🇸🇬 26. UK 🇬🇧 27. Belgium 🇧🇪 28. Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 32. France 🇫🇷 33. Canada 🇨🇦 37. South Korea 🇰🇷 39. South Africa 🇿🇦 40. Italy 🇮🇹 41. Uruguay 🇺🇾 50. Mexico 🇲🇽 51. Turkey 🇹🇷 59. Argentina 🇦🇷 60. India 🇮🇳 61. China 🇨🇳 63. Brazil 🇧🇷 66. Russia 🇷🇺 68. Pakistan 🇵🇰 75. Indonesia 🇮🇩 78. Egypt 🇪🇬 81. Iran 🇮🇷 82. Venezuela 🇻🇪 84. Bangladesh 🇧🇩 85. Nigeria 🇳🇬 According to Numbeo
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🚗 Car brands with the most loyal customers (% who would buy again): 🇺🇸 Rivian: 86% 🇩🇪 Mini: 77% 🇩🇪 BMW: 76% 🇩🇪 Porsche: 76% 🇺🇸 Tesla: 74% 🇰🇷 Genesis: 73% 🇯🇵 Lexus: 73% 🇯🇵 Subaru: 70% Car brands with the least loyal customers: 🇺🇸 Cadillac: 61% 🇺🇸 Chrysler: 60% 🇩🇪 Mercedes-Benz: 59% 🇩🇪 Audi: 59% 🇺🇸 Jeep: 58% 🇯🇵 Nissan: 55% 🇩🇪 Volkswagen: 51% 🇯🇵 Infiniti: 43% According to Consumer Reports 2024
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World leaders were once … 🇮🇳 Narendra Modi - Tea seller 🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelensky - Comedian 🇦🇱 Edi Rama - Painter 🇦🇺 Tony Abbott - Trainee Priest 🇧🇬 Boiko Borisov - Bodyguard 🇨🇦 Justin Trudeau - Bouncer 🇨🇦 Stephen Harper - Mailroom Assitant 🇭🇷 Ivo Josipovic - Music Composer 🇫🇷 Nicolas Sarkozy - Cleaner 🇬🇹 Jimmy Morales - Comedian 🇮🇸 Johanna Sigurdardottir - Flight Attendant 🇮🇪 Michael Higgins - Waiter 🇮🇹 Silvio Berlusconi - Singer 🇱🇷 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - Drugstore Clerk 🇱🇷 George Weah - Soccer Player 🇱🇹 Dalia Grybauskaite - Factory Worker 🇲🇬 Andy Rajoelina - DJ 🇲🇳 Khaltmaagiin Battulga - Wrestler 🇳🇴 Jens Stoltenberg - Journalist 🇵🇰 Imran Khan - Cricketer 🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin - Agent/Spy 🇷🇺 Dmitry Medvedev - Street cleaner 🇸🇮 Borut Pahor - Model 🇬🇲 Adama Barrow - Security Guard 🇹🇷 Recep Erdogan - Lemonade Seller 🇬🇧 Boris Johnson - Journalist 🇺🇸 Donald Trump - Collecting Bottles 🇺🇸 Barack Obama - Ice cream scooper 🇺🇸 Joe Biden - Maintenance Worker 🇺🇾 Tabare Vazquez - Oncologist 🇻🇦 Pope Francis - Nightclub Bouncer 🇻🇪 Nicolas Maduro - Bus Driver
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Age of companies: 🇫🇮 Nokia: 158 🇯🇵 Toshiba: 148 🇯🇵 Nintendo: 134 🇯🇵 Hitachi: 114 🇺🇸 IBM: 113 🇯🇵 Panasonic: 106 🇺🇸 Disney: 100 🇺🇸 Motorola: 95 🇰🇷 Samsung: 86 🇺🇸 HP: 85 🇯🇵 Sony: 78 🇺🇸 Microsoft: 49 🇺🇸 Apple: 48 🇺🇸 Dell: 40 🇨🇳 Huawei: 36 🇺🇸 Amazon: 29 🇺🇸 Netflix: 26 🇺🇸 Google: 25 🇺🇸 Salesforce: 25 🇺🇸 SpaceX: 22 🇺🇸 LinkedIn: 21 🇺🇸 Tesla: 21 🇺🇸 Facebook: 20 🇺🇸 Gmail: 20 🇺🇸 YouTube: 19 🇺🇸 Reddit: 19 🇺🇸 Twitter: 18 🇺🇸 Airbnb: 15 🇺🇸 WhatsApp: 15 🇺🇸 Uber: 15 🇺🇸 Instagram: 13 🇺🇸 Zoom: 13 🇺🇸 Twitch: 13 🇺🇸 OpenAI: 8 🇨🇳 TikTok: 7
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