Kyle Nowak

🏢 Rippling’s believe it or not: The payroll and HR startup, most recently valued at $13.5 billion, this week sued rival and direct competitor Deel (valued at $12 billion), accusing it of corporate espionage.

🔥 It’s Thursday, March 20th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🖱📰 Click to see a list of bite-sized stories you should know for today.

“The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.”

–Eric Hoffer (1902-1983)

⚾ The LA Dodgers topped the Chicago Cubs 4-1 yesterday in the first matchup of a two-game series in Tokyo, Japan, kicking off the MLB regular season and also tossing a nod to a tradition that’s tied the US and island nation in the Pacific together for 150+ years.

🏫 It’s no secret that boys and girls face different challenges as they grow and mature into adults. A new Pew Research survey of ~1,400 US teens aged 13-17 attempts to quantify those differences.

🏛️ The Executive and Judicial Branches are currently locked in a power struggle related to last weekend’s deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members by the Trump administration, which occurred despite a court order halting the move.

🔥 It’s Wednesday, March 19th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

Here are five stats from this past week that made our team go “whoa.” Hopefully you will, too.

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“If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.”

–Chinese proverb (Unknown)

🎓 Getting a Hahvahd education will soon carry a price tag of $0 for many students’ families (how do you like them apples?). The Ivy League school yesterday announced plans to significantly expand its financial aid for the 2025-26 academic year.

❓ Our question to you: In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job Donald Trump is doing as president?

💰 The line between trading futures and gambling is blurring. Robinhood yesterday unveiled a prediction markets hub inside its app that allows users to bet on the likelihood of certain events, ranging from financial policy outcomes to sports results.

🔥 It’s Tuesday, March 18th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🚘 In a video posted to YouTube this weekend, former NASA engineer Mark Rober documented a Tesla Model Y and LiDAR-equipped Lexus competing head-to-head in a series of tests.

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“A person sees in the world what they carry in their heart.”

–Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

🏀 March Madness brackets were officially revealed yesterday.

❓ Our question to you: Do you agree with the Trump administration’s goal of shuttering the Education Department entirely?