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Billionaire Charlie Munger thinks we should all be a lot happier. Munger, the longtime investment partner and friend of fellow billionaire Warren Buffett, says he doesn’t understand why people today aren’t more content with what they have, especially compared to harder times throughout history. “People are less happy about the …

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference after a meeting of the State Council on youth policy in Moscow, Russia, December 22, 2022.  Sergey Guneev | Sputnik | Reuters The latest round of Western sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine are beginning to pinch the country’s …

Passenger planes sit on the tarmac at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport on Nov. 4, 2022, before China ended Covid-related restrictions on travel. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China announced late Monday that travelers will no longer need to quarantine upon arrival on the mainland starting …

Harsh Jain says it’s an “open secret” that he doesn’t use his own fantasy sports app — for fantasy football, at least.  “I am still committed to fantasy football on Fantasy Premier League, the reason we created Dream11.”  Fantasy sports are online games in which players create virtual teams of …

Crowds gather to watch a band perform at the Solana mall in Beijing on Christmas Eve 2022, as the city recovers from a Covid wave. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — People are returning to the streets in China’s capital city as it emerges from a …

iPhone 14 Sofia Pitt | CNBC You may have gotten Apple’s iPhone 14 as a gift for the holidays. If you’re upgrading from a much older iPhone model, there’s going to be a bit of a learning curve when it comes to navigating your brand-new iPhone. If you were gifted …

LONDON — Two of the world’s biggest and most profitable soccer teams are on the market at the same time — and that’s no coincidence, according to analysts. In November, the owners of first Liverpool and then Manchester United confirmed they were open to new investment offers, with the potential …

Researchers at the University of Vermont analyzed 1,000 TikTok videos under the most popular hashtags related to body image and eating Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Under the bipartisan spending bill that passed both chambers of Congress as of Friday, TikTok will be banned from government devices, underscoring …

Move over, “Wednesday”: Netflix’s latest hit is a Zillow listing. Just in time for the streaming debut of its hotly anticipated “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” the streaming service’s marketing team has listed the film’s eponymous Greek island compound on the popular real estate site. The fictional Zillow listing …

Epic Games, creator of the massively popular video game Fortnite, was hit with the Federal Trade Commission’s biggest penalty ever for a rule break this week. The developer was ordered to pay $520 million for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act in part by tricking millions of players into …