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Most high schoolers want to learn about financial topics, but only 10 states require it

2 mn readNorris Williford, a 22-year-old college senior, doesn’t just work at the MBM Kicks shoe store in downtown Richmond, Virginia — he owns it. And it was a high school class that helped him gain the skills for how to open a business at such a young age. “Ms. Hayer was actually one of my biggest influences. She […]

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Australia to force tech giants to keep paying for news

2 mn readAustralia’s government says it will create new rules to force big tech companies to pay local publishers for news. The long-awaited decision sets out a successor to a world-first law that Australia passed in 2021, which was designed to make giants like Meta and Google pay for hosting news on their platforms. Earlier this year […]

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‘There was almost a utopian feeling to it’: How StumbleUpon pioneered the way we use the internet

7 mn readStumbleUpon, a tool that led users to random websites, had a stranglehold on millennials in the 2010s. Its influence echoes through everything we do online. For Kaitlyn Arford, a 31-year-old freelance writer based in Kentucky, US, memories of her early experiences with the internet all coalesce around one website: StumbleUpon.  “Any time I had a […]

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Artists imagine a new utopia for Kenya’s capital

3 mn readKenya’s capital, Nairobi, has long been known as “the green city in the sun” because of its mix of forest and grasslands among the urban sprawl, but it all depends on where you are viewing it from. Seen from one of the city’s comfortable apartment blocks or homes, then yes, perhaps – from one of […]

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Meet the Modular New Ruger RXM 9mm Pistol

6 mn readRuger and Magpul have teamed up to produce a new 9mm handgun complete with a modular stainless-steel chassis system, which could be a universal adapter.  Dubbed the RXM, the new pistol is striker-fired and familiar, having the same general dimensions as many popular carry guns of the past few decades. Diving deeper, it has a serialized Fire Control Insert that […]

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House passes $895 billion defense bill with controversial provision on gender-affirming care

3 mn readThe House approved the massive $895 billion National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday, after a controversial provision on gender-affirming care prompted backlash from Democrats and threatened to topple the must-pass bill’s chances in the chamber.   In a 281 to 140 vote, the House approved the 1,800 page national security legislation to authorize funding for […]

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