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In 2011, Angelea Preston rose to the top. It’s about 3 weeks. “When I got called up to the All-Star game, I just wanted another chance,” the Buffalo, New York, resident explained to E! magazine. “Dirty Rotten Scandal: America’s Next Top Model” special will premiere March 11 at 9 p.m. “Then I won the show. I couldn’t believe it. I thought, ‘Oh my God, I can take this opportunity and make my dreams come true.'” Instead, as she details in a two-part documentary exploring ANTM’s checkered legacy, she was informed weeks after being crowned the Cycle 17 winner that the…

Kate Wieser | Moments | Getty ImagesHigher oil prices could push up inflation in the coming months, which could lead to higher estimates of Social Security cost-of-living adjustments in 2027.“Geographical and political tensions are currently driving up oil prices, which will continue to drive my COLA estimates higher,” Mary Johnson, an independent Social Security and Medicare analyst, said in an email.Based on new government inflation data from February, Social Security COLAs in 2027 could be 1.7%, Johnson said. This was up from the 1.2% Prime Minister Boris Johnson had predicted last month.Separately, the Coalition on Senior Citizens, a nonpartisan seniors…

Last week, Netflix announced the acquisition of InterPositive, an AI company co-founded by Ben Affleck that helps filmmakers edit footage in post-production. According to Bloomberg, the deal could be worth up to $600 million and rank among the streaming giant’s biggest acquisitions in history. The most Netflix ever paid for a single acquisition was about $700 million for the Roald Dahl Story Company. Netflix has not publicly confirmed the details, but sources told Bloomberg that InterPositive’s owners will be eligible for additional payments based on certain performance targets, and the actual cash payout could be lower. InterPositive creates tools that…

A technician pulls cables out of a truck to install Google Fiber.George Frey | Reutersgoogle The company said its fiber internet division, called GFiber, would merge with Astound Broadband to form an independent provider, with Google remaining as a minority shareholder. The new company will be majority-owned by investment firm Stonepeak and led by the existing GFiber management team, “leveraging its expertise in high-speed fiber innovation to manage the total network footprint,” Google said in a press release Wednesday. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter. Launched in 2010, Google Fiber was Google’s early effort to build…

Unable to get a clue as to Alexi’s U.S. men’s national team jersey number, Robin Thicke eventually guessed that he was Tom Brady, Jenny mentioned Patriots alum Julian Edelman, Ken Jeong claimed Travis Kelce, and Rita guessed Jason Sudeikis. So when the athlete finally revealed his true identity, the judges were completely shocked. However, as Alexi pointed out, there was a soccer ball above his head the entire time. “By the way,” the Olympian joked during the send-off. “I’m so sorry it’s not Tom Brady.” And while Alexi baffled the judges, she also had a great time on the show,…

Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced Wednesday night that the United States will release 172 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help reduce energy costs during the Iran war.Wright said the U.S. will start releasing barrels next week, but it will take about 120 days to deliver them all. President Donald Trump earlier said he would use reserves to keep energy prices in check. “We’ll do it and then we’ll fill it in,” Trump said in an interview with Cincinnati station WKRC. “I filled it up once and I’m going to fill it up again, but now…

Zendesk will acquire Forethought, a company that makes software that automates customer service interactions, the companies announced Wednesday. The deal is expected to be completed by the end of March. AI agents, especially customer service, may be all the rage right now, but Forethought was years ahead of its time. In fact, it was the 2018 winner of TechCrunch Battlefield, our iconic startup pitch competition. By the way, ChatGPT wasn’t released until late 2022. Following its Battlefield win, Forethought has acquired major customers including Upwork, Grammarly, Airtable, and Datadog, and the company says it will support more than 1 billion…

Don’t get frustrated watching viral videos about punching. A Japanese zoo housing a beloved macaque monkey that was abandoned by its mother shortly after birth in July has addressed public concerns that the monkey was being “bullied” by fellow primates. On March 10, the Ichikawa City Zoo reported on X (formerly Twitter), “We have received many concerns from both inside and outside Japan.At this time, there is no evidence that Punch has been attacked in a way that would threaten his survival.” Instead, the park declared that groups of Japanese macaques “follow a strict hierarchical society,” where “dominant individuals exhibit…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. new york stock exchangedow futures Oil prices fell late Wednesday as they continued to rise in extended trading.Futures, which track the Dow Jones Industrial Average, fell 461 points, or nearly 1%. S&P500 futures Although it decreased by approximately 0.9%, Nasdaq 100 futures It also fell by 0.9%. Late Wednesday, Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced that the United States would release 172 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Fuel delivery takes approximately 120 days. The announcement came after President Donald Trump said in an interview with Cincinnati…

Ford this week announced an AI assistant that can monitor and analyze millions of data points to help Ford Pro commercial customers drive revenue. The bet most other automakers are making is that they can make money with software. Ford Pro AI debuted at Work Truck Week in Indianapolis and is now available to all U.S.-based Pro telematics subscribers. AI Assistant is included in your subscription. Ford did not disclose U.S. subscriber numbers. We have over 840,000 subscribers worldwide. Ford Pro, which generated $66.3 billion in revenue in 2025, is a smart target for the company as it looks for…