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In spring 2026, the cost to finance a home remains stubbornly high. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage recently surged to 6.75%, erasing the brief relief buyers saw earlier in the spring. That jump represents a meaningful shock to the system. For a buyer putting 20% down on…
Walmart's AI shopping assistant is called Sparky.Scott Olson/Getty ImagesMajor retailers, such as Walmart and Sephora, are integrating AI into their shopping experiences.Tech companies, including OpenAI and Google, are also racing to win in AI-driven online shopping.Today’s AI assistants can help with product recommendations, checkout, and customer service.Retail is becoming a…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Carol Merlo and her son, Kevin Masterson. Merlo is a 73-year-old entrepreneurship coach from Dallas. Masterson is a 41-year-old AI mentor from Lewisville, Texas. It’s been edited for length and clarity.Carol Merlo: I used ChatGPT for personal stuff, like, what supplement…
College might prepare you for a job, though not necessarily how to network for one.Building those professional relationships matters more than ever because while it’s easier than ever to apply to jobs, it’s often harder to stand out from a pile of AI-tailored résumés.Finding ways to connect with people on…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Arden Missal, a 30-year-old physician’s assistant and blogger based in Jupiter, Florida. It has been edited for length and clarity.I’m a physician assistant working in psychiatry in Florida. When I finished PA school in 2022, I had over $150,000 in student…
Vibe coding is addictive: build one app with AI, and suddenly, you’re tokenmaxxing your way through all the free credits.That’s exactly what happened to me weeks after my experiment with building an Asana-inspired dashboard for my team.This time, a friend asked me to build a Pinterest-style web app to help…
Call it Europemaxxing. Call it a Scandinavian surge. Whatever is happening, Europe’s tech scene is feeling hot.From Legora to Lovable, Klarna to Yann LeCunn’s new AMI Labs, a new generation of European startups is bedding in and defying the pull of Silicon Valley. In some areas, they’re matching or pulling…
A Ukrainian vehicle crew said it used an Italian B1 Centauro to strike a house nearly seven miles away, one of the longest indirect tank gun shots reported in the war.”The furthest shot I had was from a closed position. It was 11 kilometers. At 11,100 meters, I hit a…
A top Uber exec said AI is not giving the company bang for its buck. In a Rapid Response interview released on Saturday, Uber’s operations chief, Andrew Macdonald, said it was becoming harder to justify AI costs within the company.He said that Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga went viral after…
Memorial Day is here, and whether you need to do grocery shopping for the week ahead or just need to pick up some refreshments for a gathering, consumers will have plenty of options. Most restaurants, grocery stores and national retailers will remain open on Monday, May 25. However, banks, post…
