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Continental Resources to develop Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt oil block
Continental Resources on Wednesday announced that it reached an agreement with Venezuela’s state-owned oil company to develop oil in the South…
Amazon is upping its minimum hourly wage for operations workers — and offering employees a new Whole Foods discount
Amazon is upping its minimum pay for core operations workers to $20 an hour and giving all US workers new grocery discounts. The $1-an-hour raise…
We got another trailer for ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.’ Here’s everything we know about the film.
A new dawn is rising in “The Hunger Games” universe (literally). “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” is set to hit theaters on November 20…
The 25 highest-grossing book adaptations at the box office
Hollywood loves a book adaptation movie. Even better, a franchise of them. Book adaptations have grown significantly in popularity since the 1990s…
Why it feels like every brand is having a scandal right now
It was the summer of brand scandals — but not because marketers are suddenly more accident-prone. The reason: the internet has become highly attuned…
I had a long-distance relationship for 3 years. We now live together, but our situation was perfect for my 20s.
In 2021, I met a handsome Frenchman in the lobby of a Lisbon hostel. At the time, I was 25, and he was 22. We had dinner together, and after a few…
The 20 biggest US airports ranked from worst to best for passenger satisfaction
There are large airports, and then there are “mega airports.” The annual JD Power North America Airport Satisfaction Study measured overall passenger…
Canada’s latest play in its trade fight with the US: it might join the EU as an ‘associate’ member
Canada could become the European Union’s first “associate member” as it looks to strengthen its international relationships amid escalating trade…
I quit my Google software engineering job and became a watercolor artist. Here’s how I’m using — and not using — AI.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sara Wilczynska, a 41-year-old watercolor artist and founder of Swil Arts who lives in San…
OpenAI’s CFO says AI is replacing some jobs, but many are mundane ones
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said that AI is reducing the need for some workers, but only repetitive ones. In a Tuesday interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer on…