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12 Useless Purchases You Need to Stop Making

wichayada suwanachun / Shutterstock.comMoney is tight enough these days that we don’t need to spend it on products or features that deliver no value to the consumer. So, watch out for everything in this handful of such things. Are you wasting money on any of these purchases? Read the full…

Image: Getty Images; Illustration: Bankrate Home equity rates posted broad gains this week. The $30,000 home equity line climbed 16 basis points to 7.26%, according to Bankrate’s national survey of lenders. Meanwhile, the five-year $30,000 home equity loan jumped 12 basis points to 8.03%. Even with this week’s increase, home…

Anthropic says it taught AI agents how to ‘dream’

Anthropic’s bid to build self-improving AI agents just spawned a new, anthropomorphic technique dubbed “dreaming.” Loading audio narration… The high-flying AI lab announced the new process at its developer conference on Wednesday. “Dreaming” is part of Anthropic’s push to overhaul software engineering and other knowledge work with increasingly autonomous tools.…

The 5 best Colleen Hoover books — and 5 you can skip

This New York Times bestseller, published in 2014, doesn’t shy away from the messy, complicated side of relationships.”Ugly Love” follows Tate, a nursing student who moves in with her brother and meets his emotionally closed-off pilot friend, Miles. The two quickly form a connection, but Miles makes it clear he’s…

6 Tips to Help You Find Remote Job Opportunities

fizkes / Shutterstock.comImagine getting paid to work at home in your pajamas with a cat curled on your lap and a cup of tea by your side. Working from home is the dream I’ve been living for the past 17 years. For me, it truly is as good as it…

Mortgage Rates Rise As Iran Conflict Drags On

Image by PM Images/Getty Images; Illustration by Hunter Newton/Bankrate Mortgage rates moved up once again this week, with the 30-year fixed rate averaging 6.43%, up from 6.37% last week, according to Bankrate’s latest lender survey. Current mortgage rates Loan type Current 4 weeks ago One year ago 52-week average 52-week…