A Hawaii real estate investor and broker are suing Shohei Ohtani, claiming the Los Angeles Dodgers star and his agent got them fired from a $240 million luxury housing development on the Big Island’s coveted Hapuna Coast that they brought him in to endorse. According to the lawsuit filed in Hawaii Circuit Court on Friday, Ohtani’s agent, Nez Balelo, increasingly …
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60-Year-Old Model’s Real Body Photos Go Viral Paulina Porizkova, the Czech supermodel who became one of the most recognizable faces throughout the ’80s and ’90s, is going viral for her honest take on aging. For her 60th birthday, Porizkova posted side-by-side images on Instagram of her body at 60. In the first, she’s kneeling on a beach cabana in a …
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The Real Reason You Haven’t Been Replaced by AI Yet Gizmodo AI and Trump put squeeze on consulting firms as industry’s post-pandemic boom fades Axios As AI Comes for Consulting, McKinsey Faces an “Existential” Shift The Wall Street Journal AI Is Here, and a Quiet Havoc Has Begun Hindustan Times AI Is Taking Jobs Away, Shoppers Fret Over Prices, Columbia Hacked, More Investing News TheStreet …
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Every misogynist joke poses a question to its female audience: Can you laugh along? Will you be chill or are you going to make a big deal out of this? Are you going to be a bitch about it? Arriving in the form of a dildo, the joke that is also the question becomes a double entendre: Can you take …
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Scientists apparently underestimated the aggression of itty-bitty male fiddler crabs when they deployed a friendly robot version during mating season. In a paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, animal behavior researchers from the UK’s University of Exeter detailed the embarrassing end to their experiment with “Wavy Dave,” a 3D-printed, Bluetooth-controlled crab-bot trained to wave at its …
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You know those people who make you do a double-take when you find out their real age? The ones who look 40 when they’re pushing 60, or seem frozen at 50 while celebrating their 70th birthday? We’ve all met them. And while we might assume they hit the genetic lottery, the truth is more encouraging than that. While genetics do …
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Scientists apparently underestimated the aggression of itty-bitty male fiddler crabs when they deployed a friendly robot version during mating season. In a paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, animal behavior researchers from the UK’s University of Exeter detailed the embarrassing end to their experiment with “Wavy Dave,” a 3D-printed, Bluetooth-controlled crab-bot trained to wave at its …
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As if suspiciously AI-generated descriptions of real estate listings weren’t enough, agents are starting to use AI-generated images of houses that don’t exist to sell expensive properties. The Register spotted a dubious listing of a fully renovated 3-bedroom in the UK with a photo — which has since been deleted, but can still be viewed in an archived version — that …
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Runwise co-founders (L-R) Jeff Carleton, Lee Hoffman and Mike Cook. Courtesy of Runwise A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future …
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There’s nothing better than an escapist summer series. I discovered Outlander after my second child was born, when—exhausted by a newborn’s constant needs—the idea of disappearing into 18th-century Scotland was irresistible. Based on Diana Gabaldon’s novels, the show follows Claire Randall (Caitríona Balfe), a plucky nurse who enters an ancient stone circle and travels in time from 1946 to 1743, …
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