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2 days ago | 
morningbrew.com | Matty Merritt
Don’t be alarmed by the glow coming from underneath your preteen’s bedroom door. It’s probably just a blocky nectarine tree. The Roblox game Grow a Garden, a gardening simulator, set a new record for video-game players this weekend, with its 16 million concurrent users beating Fortnite’s previous record of 14.3 million.
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6 days ago | 
morningbrew.com | Matty Merritt
There’s a huge disconnect between the executives spamming your LinkedIn feeds with promises to go all-in on AI and the company leaders still fighting with the seventh-floor printer. Meanwhile, their employees are kinda just…doing whatever they want.
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1 week ago | 
morningbrew.com | Matty Merritt
The Fisher-Price See ’n Say could start debating your toddler. Toymaker Mattel announced a partnership yesterday with OpenAI to use AI technology in its toys and experiences—and to help design them.
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1 week ago | 
fortune.com | Matty Merritt
Excessive moving costs can now be reserved for couches and the physical toll of eating a loaded-up Subway sandwich in a moving U-Haul. New York City’s FARE Act took effect yesterday, banning landlords from requiring renters to pay broker fees. While it’s considered a win for New York renters, experts say landlords may just raise rents to make up the difference. Before yesterday, landlords could hire brokers for their properties and pass on the cost to future tenants.
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1 week ago | 
morningbrew.com | Matty Merritt
Excessive moving costs can now be reserved for couches and the physical toll of eating a loaded-up Subway sandwich in a moving U-Haul. New York City’s FARE Act took effect yesterday, banning landlords from requiring renters to pay broker fees. While it’s considered a win for New York renters, experts say landlords may just raise rents to make up the difference. Before yesterday, landlords could hire brokers for their properties and pass on the cost to future tenants.
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1 week ago | 
morningbrew.com | Matty Merritt
A year since it suggested eating a small rock every day, Google’s AI tools have swallowed up news sites’ traffic faster than we devour granite at the end of the week when we haven’t hit our recommended stone-gobbling quota. Google’s keeping the eyeballs: Organic search traffic to HuffPost and the Washington Post has fallen by about half over the past three years, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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2 weeks ago | 
morningbrew.com | Matty Merritt
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a straight woman can bring a lawsuit against her employer for so-called reverse discrimination, opening the floodgates for similar lawsuits from people claiming bias because of traits like being white, male, or straight. Some background: An Ohio woman named Marlean Ames, alleged her employer denied her a promotion and demoted her because she was straight.
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2 weeks ago | 
morningbrew.com | Matty Merritt
After spending seven years banished to a squeaky treadmill with a busted TV, Wells Fargo can finally join its rivals muscling up in the free weights section. The Federal Reserve announced Tuesday that it would lift the asset cap it imposed on the bank in 2018 as punishment for its fake accounts scandal. This is a big win for Wells Fargo, since the restriction stunted its growth and cost the bank an estimated $39 billion in profits.
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2 weeks ago | 
morningbrew.com | Matty Merritt
Canada Dry is no longer the biggest winner during turbulence. Dollar General reported better-than-expected Q1 earnings yesterday and raised full-year estimates—not in spite of tariff price hikes, but because of them. The budget retailer credits economic uncertainty with pushing higher-income shoppers into its discounted aisles. Dollar General said its sales jumped 5% last quarter, rising from $9.9 billion during the previous quarter to $10.44 billion.
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2 weeks ago | 
morningbrew.com | Matty Merritt
For a couple grand, you can finally talk about off-loom beading for four days straight with a continuous stream of piña coladas coming at you. The cruise industry has more than rebounded from the pandemic, with a record 19 million Americans expected to set sail this year. And a growing number of them are opting for niche, themed cruises. There’s a cruise for thatThese days, it’s more a question of what there isn’t a cruise dedicated to than what there is.
