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 Utilities are cautiously adopting AI for predictive maintenance and fieldwork support.
  • Utilities are using AI to modernize the aging grid with tools to manage growing energy demands.
  • Predictive maintenance and genAI assistants are predicting grid risk and reducing repair time.
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If you've spent any time in the overlapping Venn diagram of astrology fanatics, wellness gurus, and millennials who browse Zillow for fun, then you've probably encountered whispers — or rather, full-blown TikToks — about astrocartography.

This niche brand of astrology, first developed in the 1970s by an American astrologer named Jim Lewis, is part of today's




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Bella Ramsey as Ellie and Pedro Pascal as Joel in season two, episode six of "The Last of Us."
  • Warning: Major spoilers ahead for "The Last of Us" season two.
  • Neil Druckmann, the co-creator of the game and the TV show, has exited the HBO series.
  • He will not return to work on "The Last of Us" season three.

Warning: Major spoilers ahead for "The Last of Us" season two.

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My husband and I were newlyweds when we moved in with my parents. It was a great experience.
  • Less than a year after we got married, my husband and I moved in with my parents.
  • We spent five months there and enjoyed quality time watching TV and playing games.
  • I'm grateful for our time together and the opportunity to see my hometown in a new light.

Six years after I moved out, I never


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Apple cofounder and former CEO Steve Jobs would argue with someone about the "shape of a glass," Marc Andreessen said.
  • Steve Jobs was "one of the most disagreeable people in the history of humankind," Marc Andreessen said.
  • But he added this was part of why Jobs was a "genius" because he took nothing for granted.
  • Andreessen got to know Jobs in the 1990s as a young founder.

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Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network."
  • "The Social Network Part II" is going forward at Sony.
  • It will be written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, who wrote the original movie.
  • Here's our dream cast for the film.

Whether Mark Zuckerberg likes it or not, the story of Facebook is heading back to the big screen.

After years of speculation, in June, it was officially announced that Aaron Sorkin, the


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I quit my job to travel full time.
  • After going through a tough breakup, I quit my job to travel the world.
  • At first, I loved spending time in places such as Spain, Italy, Thailand, and Taiwan.
  • But the lifestyle became tough, and after 18 months, I returned home to find stability.

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics published new unemployment and job growth data on Thursday.
  • The US added 147,000 jobs in June, surpassing the expected 111,000.
  • Economists expected an uptick in unemployment, but it dropped to 4.1%.
  • Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in June that job market conditions have been solid.

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As AI reshapes the labor market, the real threat isn't job loss — it's the collapse in what skills are worth, says MIT economist David Autor.
  • Tech leaders and some economists have warned that AI could trigger mass unemployment.
  • Economist David Autor believes AI won't kill jobs and could instead create a "Mad Max" scenario.
  • It could make your skills less valuable and



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For many people living in the post-physical-office era, it's the ultimate nightmare: Being in a video call only to realize there's something utterly inappropriate going on in your background. Or foreground.

A new FaceTime feature in iOS 26, highlighted by iDeviceHelp, puts an end to at least some of the possibly unpleasant scenarios, as it pauses the video if someone is undressing during a FaceTime