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The Orange County Sheriff’s Department is piloting the VR headsets to create a virtual version of its crime centers, where cops monitor surveillance data in real time. https://lnkd.in/etfUCYZi

The Irvine Police Department paid extra for an early edition of the Cybertruck that it plans to use for community outreach around its anti-drug program, according to documents obtained by Forbes.

The vice president has plenty of money, but she could be even richer if she had invested wisely. Read more: https://lnkd.in/etyNcySq

As Donald Trump looks to reclaim the White House, key questions about his first term remain unanswered, such as how much he profited from holding onto his private businesses when he became president. Some details have emerged—how much revenue he generated, how much taxable income he declared, even rough profit estimates for certain years. But an in-depth, four-year accounting of his operating income has remained elusive. Until recently.

Leonid Radvinsky, the billionaire owner of Onlyfans, earned more than $1.2 million a day from the social media subscription site best known for hosting adult content. Annual accounts for OnlyFans’ British parent company Fenix International show that the business paid a $472 million dividend to Radvinsky in 2023 after a surge in revenues and profits. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eupfayVq

A former public school teacher and Army National Guardsman who served six terms in Congress and has led Minnesota since 2019, Walz has spent the better part of his life in public service. Such a career helped shape his political views. It also left him the least wealthy politician on a major party ticket this election cycle.

Takaya Awata parlayed a tiny local diner into quick-service giant Toridoll Holdings. Now he wants to taste global success. Read more: https://lnkd.in/es6HrX-P

With Covid in the past and another election on the horizon, Trump’s Palm Beach club is making money like never before.

There are about 144,000 monthly searches for the term "AI girlfriend" across the world, according to AI tracking site, Tools for Humans. But the rise in popularity of AI girlfriends could be dangerous experts say, and potentially lead to individuals being alienated or addicted to the technology. This and more in The Prompt. https://lnkd.in/gT-DEnCe

During a speech about her economic policy plans in August, newly minted Democratic nominee Kamala Harris attacked Donald Trump for supporting tax cuts for the wealthy. “If you want to know who someone cares about, look [at] who they fight for,” she told the Raleigh, North Carolina crowd. “Donald Trump fights for billionaires and large corporations. I will fight to give money back to working- and middle-class Americans.” Even as she tries to claim the economic populism mantle, though, her campaign is bankrolled by plenty of billionaires.