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When OpenAI announced last week the end of its drawn-out corporate restructuring, one of the freedoms the company had managed to negotiate for itself was the ability to more easily sign cloud contracts with Microsoft’s competitors. With the new agreement in place, the company waived its first right of refusal to be OpenAI’s compute provider. OpenAI is wasting no time taking advantage of that



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  • I retired as a birth and postpartum doula and went back to school for UX/UI design.
  • I made a point to apply to three jobs every night to find a full time role to pay the bills.
  • In September I applied to over 80 jobs and didn't get any job offers.

In September, I applied to 83 jobs — and got ghosted or rejected by every single one.

While I've been working since 2000 in different


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BYD is betting on overseas expansion as it faces obstacles back home.
  • China's EV race is heating up again, and not even Tesla's biggest rival is safe.
  • BYD has seen sales and profits drop as it battles a new wave of competition.
  • The EV giant's local competitors Geely, Xpeng, and Nio all reported record sales in October.

In China's red-hot EV market, it's


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Google has started rolling out a new version of its Translate app with a feature that allows you to create more accurate Gemini AI-assisted translations, 9to5Google reported. The feature appears as an AI model picker at the top of the app, allowing you to choose between "Fast" and "Advanced" translations. It's appeared for some users on iOS but not Android to date, and the Advanced mode only


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When I review products, I try to take other perspectives and use cases into account as much as possible. I'm very aware that I'm not the target audience for every device. But once in a while I run into something that seems like it was designed specifically for me and it just hits different. With the Acer Predator Triton 14 AI, that's pretty much the situation. While it isn't the flashiest or most


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The Thanksgiving meal we ordered from Costco was filling and delicious.
  • We let Costco handle Thanksgiving dinner by ordering a premade meal from the warehouse chain's site.
  • The $180 meal for eight people included a turkey breast, rolls, six sides, and two pies.
  • Our super tasty dinner required little work to reheat, giving us more time to spend with family.

I love the holiday season and all


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The USS New Jersey battleship.
  • The USS New Jersey is the longest, fastest, and most decorated battleship in US history.
  • It served in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon, and the Persian Gulf.
  • The battleship is now a floating museum in Camden, New Jersey.

The USS New Jersey is a battleship of superlatives.

Fastest battleship ever built? Check. The ship's fastest speed was




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Welcome back! Looking for something to watch? We have a new video podcast starring the great Katie Notopoulos and Emily Stewart. "Well Spent" covers how we buy, what we buy, and why we buy. Their first episode examines a doozy of a purchase: a


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  • Private jet companies are competing for clients who have it all with extravagant perks.
  • It's some of the most lavish marketing on the planet, from luxury trips to swanky suites at sporting events.
  • Here's a look inside the exclusive world of private aviation — and the benefits that come with it.

On a Thursday afternoon this spring, a few dozen well-heeled travelers descended


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Museum mannequins inside the Minuteman II missile procedures trainer.
  • The National Museum of the US Air Force features a Minuteman II missile procedures trainer.
  • The simulator was used to train crew members to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
  • Similar models are still used to prepare missileers to launch missiles at a moment's notice.

Missileers in the U