Americans everywhere are struggling to purchase homes, with sales reaching a 30 year low in 2024. Despite the tribulations of the housing market itself, the number one real estate site in the country – Zillow – is thriving. CEO Jeremy Wacksman sat down with The New York Times to discuss what may be causing the dip in the housing market and what …
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Demi Vollering’s crash at the Tour de France Femmes has sparked a heated debate about rider behaviour and respect in the women’s peloton, with Visma-Lease a Bike directeur sportif Jos van Emden responding to FDJ-Suez team manager Stephen Delcourt’s criticism. The high speeds and huge stakes of the Tour de France Femmes have highlighted the impact and consequences of crashes …
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177 Credit: Instagram Brandi Glanville has made no secret of believing that many of her recent health issues are related to having some sort of parasite. Now, former Real Housewives of Orange County star Vicki Gunvalson claims she is experiencing the same issues, which she attributes to the unaired season of Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip. Real Housewives Ultimate Girls …
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NPR’s Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with political analyst and pollster Frank Luntz about how Trump’s most loyal supporters think about the controversy surrounding the so-called Epstein files. SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: How is the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files playing among the president’s base? We’re going to put that question to Frank Luntz. He’s a longtime political analyst and pollster. …
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With Aiden back in Carrie’s life on And Just Like That…, one man has gone the way of Skipper Johnston. After appearing on the first two seasons of HBO Max‘s Sex and the City continuation as Carrie’s (Sarah Jessica Parker) friend and podcast co-host Jackie Nee, Bobby Lee recently addressed his absence from Season 3. “Some of the woke elements …
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Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s AI CEO, has a vision of Copilot that involves it being so highly personalized that “it will age.” Microsoft has been increasingly pushing Copilot to be a personalized AI assistant, with a big redesign last year that included a conversational voice mode. Now, Suleyman’s Microsoft AI team is launching a new Copilot virtual character that will interact …
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AI companies are pushing agents as the next Great Workplace Disruptor, but experts say they’re still not ready for prime time. AI agents often struggle to make decisions by themselves, hallucinate frequently, can’t cooperate with other agents, fail at confidentiality awareness, and integrate poorly with existing systems. Industry pioneers like Andrej Karpathy and Ali Ghodsi have said that, like the …
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In their annual financial report, Ubisoft made a statement that no doubt already has many gamers riled up. On page 10, while discussing the Group’s Business Model and Strategy, they go out on a limb to say that microtransactions make premium games more fun. The adoption of monetization and engagement policies that respect the player experience and are sustainable in …
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Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My wife, “Judy” and I have two boys, ages 7 and 9, and they want me to build them a treehouse in the giant oak tree in our backyard. I’m a master carpenter by trade, so this would be no big …
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