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Whoops! I just (accidentally) screwed Jeff Bezos out of $130
A short story about a big discount.
Peter Kafka
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Dollar General has shut down self-checkout at a whooping 12,000 stores in the last few months. Here's why.
Dollar General removed self-checkout from 12,000 stores this spring as the company fights retail th…
Alex Bitter
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Whoop's CEO on staying nimble as a company and why the startup pays employees to sleep more
Whoop's CEO on in-person collaboration, meditation, staying nimble, and why the startup pays employ…
Hugh Langley
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Jimmy Fallon wakes up at 6 a.m. to a sunrise alarm clock and then checks his WHOOP score to see how he slept
"The Tonight Show" host says his sunrise alarm clock eventually gets so bright it's like "a police …
Ana Altchek
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The 'enormous sacrifice' of shift work can lead to significantly earlier deaths, a senior exec at wearable firm Whoop says
People who work night shifts like doctors, nurses and firefighters experience disruption to their c…
Sawdah Bhaimiya
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Whoops: Google's ad for new ChatGPT rival Bard shows the AI chatbot giving an inaccurate answer
Google's new AI chatbot Bard showed an inaccurate answer to a question about the discoveries of the…
Britney Nguyen
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Techies on a plane celebrated after hearing a passenger whoop at the news SVB customers would get their money, VC says
Prashant Fonseka, an investor, turned off his phone's WiFi on a flight to get a break from SVB's co…
Britney Nguyen
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Whoop CFO Tricia Gugler shares how the booming health-tech company uses capital to innovate
Whoop recently closed a successful round of funding, valuing the human-performance company at $3.6 …
Lily Katzman
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Kevin Hart says Dave Chappelle's Hollywood Bowl incident 'needed' to happen: The suspect 'got their ass whooped'
After running on stage and tackling Dave Chappelle, the attacker was hospitalized for his injuries …
Taylor Ardrey
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Peloton, Oura, and Whoop: High-performance apps become a lifestyle and status symbol in quarantine
The work-from-home economy has people obsessed with tracking heart rate, temperature, sleep, and ac…
Bartie Scott,Hillary Hoffower
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Insider Transportation: Lucid's newly revealed Air could whoop Tesla's Model S — if the startup can crack the marketing game
Plus: Nikola's deal with General Motors, United's new game plan, Airbus' cup holder problem, and mo…
Alex Davies
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Experts say anti-vaxxers are discouraging parents from giving their babies a crucial vaccine, and it could lead to a resurgence of life-threatening whooping cough
Social-media users are spreading misinformation about the Tdap vaccine, which prevents infant pertu…
Anna Medaris Miller
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Video shows a police officer telling a Black motorist 'you're going to get your a-- whooped' before forcing him out of the car
Virginia State Police said they placed the trooper on leave and said his behavior was "not in agree…
Michelle Mark
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Justin Bieber backed down from his Tom Cruise UFC challenge: 'He'd whoop my ass'
It even piqued the former two-weight UFC champion Conor McGregor's attention, who amped up his crus…
Alan Dawson
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Russian mercenaries reportedly want revenge after getting whooped by US forces in Syria
In the battle on February 7 that reportedly saw hundreds of Russians killed, their tanks and vehicl…
Alex Lockie
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Russian military contractors reportedly tried to test the US military in Syria - but they got whooped
As the US's declared mission in Syria of fighting ISIS nears completion, its other motives have tak…
Alex Lockie
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Khabib Nurmagomedov's manager says the Russian won't be fighting 'irrelevant' Conor McGregor again because he's 'already whooped his ass'
During the buildup to the brawl, McGregor attacked a bus carrying Nurmagomedov in New York, while t…
Barnaby Lane
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Conor McGregor says there's nothing more embarrassing than getting your 'a-- whooped on national TV'
With 21 wins (18 by knockout) from 25 fights, McGregor is known more for his victories than his los…
Alan Dawson
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Charles Barkley rips Kyrie Irving over LeBron James apology: 'I would have whooped his a--'
"'We made it to the conference finals without you,'" Barkley said as the voice of a young Celtics t…
Cork Gaines
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Apple and Google are taking over the wearables market. Here's why Boston's Whoop thinks a small startup can win by giving away its fitness-tracking straps for free.
It's an innovative way to stand out in a market that is swiftly being occupied by tech giants. At t…