Gambling Scandal Rocks the NBA & Oil Jumps After US Sanctions Russia

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🗓️ 24 October 2025

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Episode 699: Neal and Toby unpack the gambling scandal that’s led to the arrests of Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier, which also involves an organized crime family. Then, the US just placed sanctions on two Russian oil producers, further putting pressure on Putin. Also, Trump pardons convicted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who pleaded guilty for money laundering in 2023. Meanwhile, the Korean skin care industry gets a boost from a Kardashian. And Google takes another quantum leap towards…quantum computing. Finally, Wall Street starves for the CPI report and Stranger Things finale will be 2 hours. 00:00 - Bye, Clippy. Hi, Mico 3:30 - Gambling scheme shakes NBA 8:45 - US sanctions Russian oil 12:20 - Binance founder gets pardoned 17:30 - Quantum computing power’d 20:15 - Korean skincare boomin’ 24:30 - Sprint Finish! Learn more at disneycampaignmanager.com Get your MBD live show tickets here! https://www.tinyurl.com/MBD-HOLIDAY 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://www.swap.fm/l/mbd-note⁠⁠⁠ Watch Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	At BP, we're delivering on our downstream plans.
0:05.8	Achieving 96% refining operating availability.
0:09.9	The best first half performance in our historical portfolio since 2001.
0:15.9	Helping to drive efficiency, reliability, and production to safely deliver for customers.
0:23.0	Learn more at BP.com forward slash strategy at work.
0:31.0	Good morning, Bird Daily Show. I'm Neil Fryman. And I'm Toby Howell.
0:35.2	Today, you've heard of K-pop, but K-Beauty is right on its heels.
0:39.8	Ben, basketball hasn't seen a gambling scandal this big since I bet Neil I could beat him in horse.
0:44.9	It's Friday, October 24th.
0:46.9	Let's ride.
0:52.7	Happy Friday, especially to everyone who misses Clippy, because Microsoft is reincarnating its
0:58.9	annoying but lovable software assistant nearly 30 years after it debuted.
1:03.7	Meet Miko, a new artificial intelligence character you could think of as Clippy 3.0.
1:09.5	Miko is a floating emoji-like blob that's meant to embody Microsoft's
1:13.2	co-pilot virtual assistant. It'll answer your questions while you use Microsoft apps and respond to your
1:18.4	behavior. If you're in study mode, it'll don't glasses. If you tell it something a little sad,
1:23.4	it'll sympathize with its facial expressions. Most importantly, you can shut off Miko when it gets
1:28.7	too sassy. One of the more common complaints with that persistent animated paperclip,
1:33.5	Toby, is the world ready for a new clipy? All I have to say is how dare you stand where he stood?
1:39.9	An expressive avatar blob named Miko. Are you kidding me?
1:44.9	Give me an anthropomorphize paperclip or give me death.
1:48.0	I do like that they included an Easter egg in homage to Clippy,
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