Eclipse mania swept across North America as a breathtaking celestial event on Monday promises a rare blend of commerce, science -- and celebration. Festivals, viewing parties, and even a mass wedding were held along the eclipse "path of totality." This year's path of totality was 115 miles wide and home to nearly 32 million Americans, with an additional 150 million living less than 200 miles from the strip and those further away enjoyed a partial eclipse. The next total solar eclipse that can be seen from a large part of North America won't come until 2044.

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Two key U.S. legislators released a bipartisan data privacy legislation aimed at strengthening privacy safeguards and limiting the type of consumer data that tech firms can gather. The American Privacy Rights Act empowers Americans to prohibit the sale or demand the removal of personal information. The legislation seeks to establish "clear, national data privacy rights and protections for Americans" and would provide a mechanism for Americans to pursue legal action if needed.

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Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT creator OpenAI, has become a billionaire, Forbes said Monday. Altman, who became the face of the global AI frenzy when his company released ChatGPT in 2022, cracked the magazine's list of billionaires in the 2,692nd position. Altman has insisted that he does not own equity in OpenAI, a company that made him almost a household name with estimated worth about $80 billion.

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Who are the world's youngest billionaires? How old and rich are they?

Monday's answer: Instead of Audrey Hepburn, Truman Capote originally wanted Marilyn Monroe to play the starring role of Holly Golightly in the movie version of his book "Breakfast at Tiffany's".