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Nov 2023
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🛍️ “Black Friday Football” — Amazon’s T...

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Amazon is about to host Black Friday NFL football on Prime — This is the Holy Grail of American Capitalism.

The most controversial dish at your Thanksgiving table? It’s cranberries, specifically canned cranberries — So we have to tell you about Ocean Spray’s wild (and surprisingly legal) cranberry monopoly.

And the latest twist in the OpenAI drama? The coup has turned into a mutiny — 97% of OpenAI employees have threatened to quit, which reveals the real winner (Microsoft).


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