iCloud.ca

• Madeleine Collins left home at 22 and spent 15 years abroad before settling in San Diego.
• As a British expat raising kids in the US, she gravitated toward other Brits.
• Now, in her 50s, it's her friendships with Americans that have instilled a sense of belonging.

My move to San Diego ca

Today, X announced some updates to its creator subscriptions platform. The leading change gives participating accounts the option to make part of tweet threads only visible to subscribers. This new Creator Subscriptions feature is called Exclusive Threads, an ironic name choice given X's main text-based social media posting competitor is called Threads.

• An article profiling four young finance bros in designer clothes has gone viral.
• One of them told Business Insider that he expected a big reaction because "controversy sells."
• Meme accounts have mocked the piece, which violates Wall Street's unspoken rule against flashiness.

Demarre Johnson usually

• Naoko Takeda wrote on LinkedIn that Block offered her a pay bump and retention bonus after its recent layoffs.
• Takeda said she quit instead. "That's not an honor. It feels shameful and dehumanizing," she wrote.
• Business Insider viewed messages in which two employees said their retention bonuses were $60,000 and $80,000.

Survived the Block

• The US struck an Iranian drone carrier, and the vessel is on fire, the CENTCOM commander said Thursday.
• The carrier, capable of launching uncrewed systems, is the size of a World War II aircraft carrier.
• Adm. Cooper shared other updates on the war, including decreases in Iranian ballistic missile and drone

A package of child safety bills is headed to the House floor following an hours-long session that left Democrats and Republicans divided. On Thursday, lawmakers on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to advance the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act; Sammy's Law; and the App Store Accountability Act, which would require app stores to introduce age-gating.

The KIDS

• Costco CEO Ron Vachris said the company is committed to returning tariff refund value to members.
• The company is one of hundreds suing the US government for refunds of Trump's IEEPA tariffs.
• "We always want to be the first to lower prices and the last to raise them," Vachris said.

Costco CEO Ron Vachris sa

After weeks of failed negotiations, public ultimatums, and lawsuit threats, the Defense Department has formally labeled Anthropic a "supply-chain risk", escalating its fight with the AI

Amazon's website appears to be stabilizing after experiencing technical issues that kept users from logging in and prevented prices from displaying correctly. DownDetector reported a spike of outage reports around 2PM ET, but as of 5:56PM ET, user complaints have fallen significantly.

The Amazon.com homepage currently loads, and Engadgets staff have been able to load product pages and view prices