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Friday Notes: Release Day, AI and Big Business, NFL Draft Recap

Tyler Cowen makes the case that AI could shrink the big-firm advantage — Midjourney has 11 employees; OpenAI has 375 to Meta's 60,000. Plus Jack Harlow's Jackman drops and the Celtics punch their ticket to the semifinals.

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Thursday Notes: Pras, NBA Playoffs, Jai Paul and more

Pras Michel's RICO trial begins as the Miami Heat stun the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA Playoffs. Jai Paul, music's most elusive artist, breaks his silence.

Wednesday Notes: Thundercat x Tame Impala, Sports Roundup

Thundercat and Tame Impala's 'No More Lies' is here — a cosmic funk meeting between two genre-bending acts. Wednesday's cultural notes have more.

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Tuesday Notes: HBCUs, Fear of God, Young Workers x Remote work, Harry Belafonte, Selloane Moeti, and more

Harry Belafonte's passing marks the end of an era in music and civil rights activism. Tuesday's notes also cover HBCUs' gender gap, Fear of God, and the remote work debate.

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Monday Notes: NBA Playoffs, Startups brace for a tough summer

On Sunday, April 23rd, the NBA Playoffs delivered an exciting slate of four games. The technology industry is also undergoing significant upheaval, including startup valuations, layoffs, and AI for voice actors. Read about two Chefs redefining and keeping alive Soul food.

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Sunday Notes: NAACP vs. Mississippi, Sixers 1983 Championship

The NAACP files suit against Mississippi over racially unequal policing in a landmark civil rights challenge. Sunday also honors the 1983 Philadelphia 76ers champions.

Saturday Notes: NFL x Gambling, AI, Kofi Kinaata

The NFL wrestles with the ethics of sports betting as AI disrupts media. Kofi Kinaata brings Ghanaian music to wider attention in Saturday's roundup.

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Friday Notes: Swizz Beatz, Fear of God, NBA Playoffs, Jalen Brunson

Swizz Beatz, Lloyd Banks, Suté Iwar, and The Weeknd all drop today. Fear of God returns to the Hollywood Bowl stage after a decade away, and the Cavaliers are systematically hunting Jalen Brunson in the NBA Playoffs first round.

Thursday Notes: NBA Playoffs, Bringing your whole self to work and more

NBA Playoffs continue, Barkley Hendricks' Jack Shainman retrospective opens, and Netflix's Cleopatra documentary sparks controversy in Egypt.

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Wednesday Notes: Buy Now, Pay Later, Music x AI, NBA Playoffs, Afro-pop and more

Buy Now Pay Later comes to the grocery store, UMG removes an AI-generated Drake and Weeknd track, and Rema makes the Billboard Hot 100.

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Tuesday Notes: Ralph Yarl, Jalen Hurts, NBA Playoffs Recap, Sakhile Mhlongo

16-year-old Ralph Yarl was shot at the wrong house in Kansas City. Jalen Hurts signed the largest deal in NFL history the same week.

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Monday Notes: Fashion, Brooklyn Real Estate, JAY-Z, NBA Playoffs

Ahmad Jamal died at 92, the same week JAY-Z sampled Gil Scott-Heron, Brooklyn speculators targeted Black-owned brownstones, and the NBA Playoffs began.