Since the pandemic, Madison has noticed an increase in high net worth individuals booking entire expeditions. “A client bought an entire trip last year to… Read More »The wild world of extreme tourism for billionaires | WIRED
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Media magnate Barry Diller has taken The Daily Beast off the auction. Mr Diller, the chairman of digital media company IAC, said on Friday that… Read More »Barry Diller ends talks to sell The Daily Beast
Beset by powerful storms and overheated by a dome of hot air, Texas endured a dangerous early heat wave this week that broke temperature records… Read More »Faced with brutal heat, the Texas Electric Grid has a new ally: solar power
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Why would you say anything if you won the game? McGough admits that her “hard” working-class background may have left her feeling “enough” now. She… Read More »Millionaires beg governments to tax them more | WIRED
About 10 months before he was arrested on fraud charges, cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried posed for a photo during the 2022 Super Bowl in Inglewood,… Read More »The Super Connector that built Sam Bankman-Fried’s Celebrity World
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Enlarge / Artistic image of Playstation chief Jim Ryan as he emailed about the proposed deal between Microsoft and Activision. Publicly, Sony has been adamant… Read More »Private email shows PlayStation chief unconcerned about Xbox-exclusive Call of Duty
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On two separate occasions last year, train cars carrying tens of thousands of kilograms of smokeless powder — enough propellant to make at least 80… Read More »Chinese company sent large shipments of gunpowder to Russian munitions factory
