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Welcome back to our Sunday edition, where we round up some of our top stories and take you inside our newsroom. Happy Father’s Day to all of the committed and inspiring dads out there. I know I’m forever grateful to mine, Larry Heller, for his love and advice over the years — including about Business Insider!You might not know who Alexandr Wang is, but you’re about to. Meta effectively just spent about $15 billion to hire the 28-year-old CEO of Scale AI, BI’s Peter Kafka writes.On the agenda today:But first: Forget college degrees.If this was forwarded to you, sign up…

Ananda Lewis, former MTV VJ and TV host, died last week from breast cancer at age 52.After revealing in 2020 that she had been battling breast cancer for more than two years, Lewis announced she was foregoing conventional treatment in favor of holistic methods such as juicing, herbal remedies and detox regimens.Lewis’ cancer had already reached an advanced stage by the time it was detected — delayed in part by her long-standing fear of mammograms and concerns about radiation exposure.MORE: Former MTV VJ and talk show host Ananda Lewis dies at 52Like Lewis, some cancer patients are questioning traditional cancer…

When job-hopping, make sure not to accidentally bring your old company’s culture along for the ride, said Bob Baxley, a former director of design at Apple.”I think my own particular mistake, and I’ve seen this with some other Apple executives as well, is we went directly from Apple — I left Apple on a Friday and I started Pinterest on a Monday,” Baxley said on a recent episode of Lenny’s Podcast. “And I didn’t give myself time to recalibrate to the Pinterest culture.”After leaving Apple in 2014, Baxley went on to work as the head of product design at Pinterest,…

A new golf comedy called “Shanked,” which follows the hijinks at a country club where employees clash with pampered members, made its debut this month. The first episode runs about 20 minutes and resembles a low-budget comedy you might have once seen on Comedy Central.But it’s not on cable. It’s on YouTube.Welcome to 2025, when the big question in Hollywood isn’t whether YouTube can work in the living room, but rather, how much of the entertainment landscape can it conquer.”Shanked” isn’t the only scripted show on YouTube, with top creators like Dhar Mann and Alan Chikin Chow making TV-like series…

Hello, health enthusiasts! My name is Kaitlin Reilly, and I am here to share the internet’s best tips for living well this week.It’s Father’s Day, and Yahoo Life spoke with some of our favorite dads about how they raise their kids and keep their bond strong. Actor and author Hill Harper, who is a single dad to his 9-year-old son, Pierce, tells Yahoo Life that he’s limiting his child’s screen time and instead prioritizing extracurriculars like sports — and even a Mandarin course!Meanwhile, content creator and dad Strider Patton is connecting with his daughter in a unique way: by braiding…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani had never gone 10 games without hitting a homer for the Los Angeles Dodgers until this month.The three-time MVP ended his drought Saturday night — and then started making up for lost time.Ohtani hit two homers against the Giants, emphatically reaching 25 homers for the fifth consecutive season during Los Angeles’ 11-5 victory over San Francisco.Ohtani led off the game with his 24th, hammering Landen Roupp’s fourth pitch 419 feet deep into the right-field bleachers with an exit velocity of 110.3 mph.The slugger had gone 10 for 40 with no RBIs since his most…

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — After more than a year of uncertainty and criticism, the Club World Cup kicked off in Miami on Saturday and soccer may never be the same.At least that’s what FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been telling anyone who would listen.“This tournament will be the start of something historic that will change our sport for the better,” he said this week as part of an exhausting schedule of public engagements to drum up interest in the monthlong event staged across 11 cities in the United States.Soccer’s newest tournament is what the sport has been waiting for,…

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — At 37, Florida Panthers forward Brad Marchand might not only be getting better with age in the 14 years since winning his first and only Stanley Cup title. Some might even suggest he’s still got his looks, too, as Marchand joked on Saturday night.“Man, that guy’s good looking,” Marchand said with a laugh when asked what the 23-year-old version of himself might have to say in reflecting back to winning the Cup in his second NHL season with the Boston Bruins in 2011.Looks aside, what’s definitely not changed is Marchand’s scoring touch, which has placed him…

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — Sam Burns only wobbled twice on a soggy Oakmont course Saturday and held his nerve with a great lag from just inside 60 feet on the final hole for a 1-under 69, leaving him one round away from a U.S. Open title and no margin for error.Burns, who has never contended in his 20 previous majors, next takes on the Sunday pressure of golf’s most stringent test alongside Adam Scott, the 44-year-old Australian and the only player among the top 10 with experience winning a major.Scott, whose lone major was 12 years ago at the Masters,…

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — His hair is speckled with gray. Even if he remains a fan favorite in some circles, when picks to win the U.S. Open were being made, not many included 44-year-old Adam Scott. Once third-round action at Oakmont wrapped up Saturday, though, the list of the top 10 names on the U.S. Open leaderboard was made up of two kinds of players: Those who had never won a major. And Scott, the 2013 Masters champion. On a day that brought back memories of that Sunday, 12 years and two months ago at Augusta, one of Australia’s biggest…