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TikTok—the Chinese-owned social network—has been flooded with advertisements pushing street drugs and prescription pills like codeine, benzos and Adderall.

Read the full story on Forbes:https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/08/21/tiktok-profits-off-drug-dealer-ads-for-cocaine-opioids-and-xanax/
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With $200-million-plus villas and apartments selling for a record $12,900 per square feet, this man-made luxury development overlooking the Mediterranean is home to several billionaires, professional race car drivers and other ultra-wealthy investors who enjoy living tax-free.

Read the full story on Forbes:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2026/08/30/inside-the-worlds-most-expensive-neighborhood-550-million-apartments-f1-stars-and-billionaires/
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Three Stanford friends-turned-OpenAI-colleagues left the AI behemoth to start an enterprise company that relies on open source models. Fifteen months later, the twenty-something founders are raising $350 million at a $3.25 billion valuation.

Read the full story on Forbes:https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2026/09/01/applied-compute-openai-the-ex-openai-guys-building-cheaper-open-source-alternative/
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The digital maps platform MapQuest has soared to the top of Apple’s App Store rankings after refusing to adhere to President Donald Trump’s order to change Lake Ontario’s name to Lake America, even as its larger rivals Google Maps and Apple Maps have chosen to do so.

Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/09/02/mapquest-tops-app-store-download-charts-after-defying-trump-on-lake-ontario/
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Elon Musk’s fortune jumped more than $200 billion while two other former No. 1 world’s richest both dropped out of the top 10.
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