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Sports brands like Nike face a daunting task ahead of Wimbledon. They must create stylish clothes that allow athletes to perform at their best while following the tournament’s strict rule: Everything must be white.
 
“One challenge for Spotify and its users around the world has been the lack of easily accessible payment systems–especially for those in financially underserved markets,” explains Alex Norström, the Spotify executive leading the company’s partnership with Facebook to develop a new cryptocurrency. “This creates an enormous barrier to the bonds we work to foster between creators and their fans.”
 
An Alphabet business unit called Sidewalk Labs will redo part of Toronto’s waterfront, adding snow-melting sidewalks and data-collecting sensors.
 
The 2026 Winter Olympics are headed to Italy, though the country is still a little confused about how it should brand the games.
 
Conservative conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been banned across social media. But a digital game of whack-a-mole is playing out with Jones’ ideas and voice still getting to places like YouTube.

“The penthouse is absolutely remarkable,” gushes Emily Santos, the realtor tasked with renting out the most-expensive apartment in the Midwest: a $45,000-a-month, two-floor, 8,000-square-foot spread in Chicago’s Old Town Park building.   
 
For Pride Month, a slew of corporations turned their logos into rainbow-colored emblems of diversity. These nine firms did, too, but they’ve also given millions of dollars to anti-gay politicians.
 
Who wants higher taxes? These billionaires do. A group of the ultra-rich led by George Soros is renewing a push for American politicians to put a new levy on their wealth.
 
The New Republic is looking to hire an income inequality editor. Perhaps that person could start by writing about the publication's planned compensation for the role: no benefits and a careful dance around rules that would force the position to be a full-time one.

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