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The debt that Elon Musk took on from big banks to buy Twitter was the worst deal since the 2007-2008 financial crisis. But when one of the world’s richest and most influential people comes calling, it’s hard to say no if you want more of your business — and your company’s — in the future. But those banks aren’t the only ones financing the Twitter deal.There are plenty of other investors who moved their stakes from the original Twitter to Musk’s new version of X, or invested to gain influence in whatever the new version is. I’ve known some of…

Jenna Ortega said she deleted X, then known as Twitter, after a “horrifying” experience of encountering AI-generated pornographic images of herself on the platform when she was a minor.In an interview with The New York Times published on Saturday, the 21-year-old actress reflected on how she feels about artificial intelligence.”I hate AI,” she told the magazine, noting that while AI “has the potential to be used for amazing things,” it is also being used for malicious purposes online.”Did I, at 14, create a Twitter account because I had to, and enjoy looking at salacious edited content of myself as a…

Rapper Macklemore said he canceled a planned concert in Dubai because of the UAE’s role in the “ongoing genocide and humanitarian crisis” in Sudan. He cited reports of the UAE’s support for paramilitary groups that continue to fight government forces in the country.The rapper’s announcement has renewed attention on the UAE’s role in the war rocking the African country. While the UAE has repeatedly denied supplying weapons to the Rapid Relief Forces and supporting its leader, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, UN experts reported in January that they had “credible” evidence that the Emirati was sending weapons to the RSF from northern…

LOS ANGELES — During a slow summer weekend at the box office, new movies failed to make waves and older titles dominated. What you need to know: “Deadpool & Wolverine,” “Alien: Romulus” and “It Ends With Us” once again topped the box office charts, beating out new releases like “You Only Blink Twice” and “The Crow.” The third “Deadpool” film made $18.3 million, the latest “Alien” film made $16.2 million in its second weekend, and “It Ends With Us” made $11.9 million. The Walt Disney Co., which owns 20th Century Studios, held the top two spots on the chart, with…

The 2024 college football season has begun, with Week 0 featuring appetizer platters on Saturday and Week 1 featuring football from Thursday through Monday over Labor Day weekend. With just a week until the Oklahoma Sooners begin their season, expectations are high for their inaugural season in the SEC. Third-year head coach Brent Venables believes his team is poised to excel defensively and is hoping the offense performs well as well. Nationally, the Sooners began the season ranked 16th in both the NBA LBM Coaches Poll and the Associated Press, a number that would rise after No. 10 Florida State…

The “striking resemblance” between dancehall artiste Popcaan and Canadian actor Ryan Gosling, who was named one of People magazine’s “50 Hottest Bachelors” in 2004, has once again become a hot topic on social media, particularly Twitter and The Shade Room. The Shade Room recently released a list of celebrity look-alikes that includes Popcaan and Hollywood star Ryan Gosling, best known for his roles in Love Story and Feel-Good Story. Other celebrities on the list included Beyonce, Offset and Aretha Franklin. The post, which rounded up some comparisons from Twitter, was captioned: “Chilly! Everyone’s going crazy over this celeb lookalike thread…

Lydia Ko has done it again. The newly inducted LPGA Hall of Famer used a dominant late showing on Sunday to win her third major title at the 2024 AIG Women’s Open at St. Andrews. Ko defeated world No. 1 Nelly Korda, No. 2 Lilia Boo and No. 6 Luoning Yin by two strokes to win her first major championship in more than eight years. With his victory, Ko will take home the first place prize of $1.425 million, up from the $1.35 million he won last year. The 2024 AIG St. Andrews Women’s Open will have a total prize…

Eli Lilly (LLY) and Novo Nordisk (NVO) have become hot stocks over the past year thanks to their blockbuster obesity treatment GLP-1.Over the past year, Lilly and Novo shares have risen 72% and 44%, respectively. Novo is the largest company in Europe by market capitalization, while Lilly ranks eighth among U.S. companies with a market capitalization of $900 billion.Shares in both companies have been boosted by promising studies showing the drugs’ uses expanding beyond weight loss and diabetes treatment, as investors chase the next big breakthrough in the field.During a recent Good Buy or Goodbye segment (video above), Matt Higgins,…

US rapper Macklemore has announced that he will not perform in Dubai in October following the United Arab Emirates’ alleged involvement in the ongoing conflict in Sudan.The UAE has repeatedly denied supplying weapons to the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that is a rival faction of the country’s junta and is currently fighting the Sudanese army.However, in January, UN experts reported “credible” evidence that the UAE was sending weapons to the RSF from northern Chad several times a week.”People have continued to ask me to cancel shows and boycott doing business in the UAE in solidarity with the people…

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — As Lydia Ko walked up to her husband, Jun Chung, and placed her hand tenderly on his cheek beside the practice putting green, the newlyweds couldn’t have looked more at ease as they competed for a major championship. After hitting a few practice putts, Ko walked over to the falconer who’d been on-site all week to chat about the magnificent creatures whose job it is to scare away pesky seagulls on the Old Course. Meanwhile, on the nearby 18th green, 2023 AIG Women’s British Open champion Lilia Vu was up and down for birdie, trying to…