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Jan 2025
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🐳 ā€œAI’s Goodwill Hunting momentā€ — Chin...

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One Chinese AI app, DeepSeek, just shocked the world… and the entire US tech market.

Costco is swapping Pepsi for Coke in the food court… here’s how Coke’s beating Pepsi.

7% of workers have Unlimited Paid Time Off… but people only take 16 days in practice.


$KO $PEP $COST


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