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Welcome Generation Beta & The Heated Battle Over H-1B Tech Visas
Thu, 02 Jan 2025
Episode 488: Neal and Toby ring in the new year, along with the dawn of a new generation for babies born from 2025 and on. Welcome in ‘Generation Beta.’ Then, a public dispute is in full display over legal immigration of high skilled workers within the republican party, including Elon Musk. Also, the start of a new year also means the start of artworks entering the public domain. Meanwhile, victims from the Bernie Madoff ponzi scheme get their final payouts and the stock market finishes 2024 with a bang. Lastly, a preview into what’s coming in 2025 in the year ahead. Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://link.chtbl.com/MBD Watch Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Then get ready to feel old. The start of 2025 also marks the dawn of Generation Beta. It's Thursday, January 2nd. Let's ride.
Good morning. We are so back. Hope you all had a relaxing holiday break and are ready to hit the ground running in 2025. The U.S. enters the new year on edge after at least 15 people were killed in New Orleans early yesterday morning when a man drove a white pickup through a crowd on Bourbon Street in the heart of the French Quarter.
The suspect was killed by police and we know he's a US-born citizen from Texas who flew an ISIS flag on the back of his truck. Authorities are calling this a terrorist attack and believe he's not the only person responsible. The FBI said it's investigating all leads that will allow them to find his associates.
New Orleans was full of people, not only for New Year's, but because college football's Sugar Bowl was in town. That game between Georgia and Notre Dame was supposed to take place yesterday evening, but has been rescheduled for today out of security concerns.
Separately, a few hours later, a Tesla Cybertruck filled with fuel canisters and firework mortars exploded while parked outside of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, killing its driver and injuring seven others.
As of right now, authorities are treating the two as isolated incidents, but President Joe Biden said in a statement that law enforcement is investigating whether there's any possible connection with the attack in New Orleans.
One thread that does connect the two is that both drivers rented their vehicles off the car rental app Turo, sort of like this Airbnb platform for sharing cars, though officials called it a, quote, coincidence. The investigation into both these incidents is ongoing and will keep you updated as more information rolls in. Now onto the business news.
2025 isn't just the year where you're finally going to lock in. It also marks the dawn of humanity's newest generation, Gen Beta. Yep, while you're out there contending with lower back pain and the eggnog burps, babies born to your peers in the new year and onwards to 2039 are kicking off a brand new generational cohort.
Gen Beta will be the second generation after Alpha to have never written a one or a nine in the date section of a test since they're born entirely within the 21st century, and many of the youths born within the 14-year timeframe will live to see the 22nd century. Now, obviously, it's hard to predict what's in store for this generation.
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