#909: A total solar eclipse drives a boom in hotel bookings in far-flung places in Europe. Bumble reverses a feature that made it unique: men can now message first. Anthropic will now watermark its AI-generated content to comply with European regulators. The University of Michigan drops its first-semester grades for freshmen to help them get situated with college life. Finally, NYC mayor Mamdani wants Amazon to employ its delivery workers.
0:00 - Christmas Day sports
2:15 - Solar eclipse tourist boom
8:20 - Bumble lets men go first
13:00 - AI watermark
17:00 - Michigan drops letter grades
21:00 - Sprint Finish!
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