Charlie Munger, the longtime vice chair of Berkshire Hathaway, died this week at 99. Once described by Bill Gates as “the broadest thinker I have ever encountered,” Munger seemed largely content to let his friend and business partner Warren Buffett absorb the spotlight at Berkshire’s annual shareholder gatherings in…Read more...

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Next time you shuffle your Spotify playlist or jump on a Zoom or Google video call, see whether you notice this: ✨. Or perhaps you have an eagle eye and have noticed it already, and are curious about what clicking on that button will do. Or maybe you’ve blindly clicked on it before without thinking twice about what…Read more...

Meta has been taking down Chinese Facebook accounts that were likely designed to polarize US and Indian voters ahead of the 2024 elections.Read more...

Disney shareholder Nelson Peltz isn’t backing off after all. Read more...