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Astronomers detected hundreds more new worlds beyond the solar system this year and worked to better understand what makes them tick. 

The number of confirmed exoplanets — planets that don't orbit the sun — is up to 5,788, according to NASA, with thousands of additional candidates under review. All these worlds exist in our galaxy, though scientists believe they detected one planet outside the



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Portrait photo of Aravind Srinivas, a co-founder of Perplexity AI.
Aravind Srinivas, cofounder and CEO of Perplexity AI, recently spoke at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
  • The CEO of Perplexity AI shared some principles that guided him as a startup founder.
  • Aravind Srinivas talked about having "an extreme bias for action" in a recent talk at Stanford.
  • He also said he believes in taking chances on hiring people who have "some chips on their

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Paris' Notre Dame will reopen next month.
  • Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is set to reopen on December 7.
  • It's been more than five years since a fire devastated parts of the historic building.
  • Take a look at new images of the restored cathedral below.

Notre Dame Cathedral, one of Paris' most iconic buildings, is set to reopen its doors on December 7, more


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  • A settlement earlier this year was expected to change the way Americans buy and sell homes.
  • Some predicted more people would forego hiring traditional real-estate agents for their deals.
  • Four people who sold or bought homes this year without a traditional broker shared how they did it.

A 2023 court ruling against the country's biggest association of real-estate agents was




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  • Aaron Neyer joined Google in 2021 as an engineer after several years of self-discovery and nomadic living.
  • In January 2023, he was one of over 12,000 employees laid off. He felt a sense of relief and openness.
  • Neyer now leads a nonprofit, is involved with local government, and is pursuing a second master's degree.

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Kevin Weil showed no sign of the heat when he took to the stage at the Marriott Marquis in downtown San Francisco on an unseasonably sweaty early October morning.

Trim and tan, outfitted in the de rigueur Silicon Valley uniform of a slim-fit gray tee, stonewashed blue jeans, and an Apple Watch Ultra, the




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Sailors walk past USS Zumwalt.
The Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers have struggled to find an adequate purpose, but are now being readied to carry hypersonic missiles still in development.
  • The US Navy is converting Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers into hypersonic missile shooters.
  • The expensive Zumwalt class has struggled to find a suitable mission and weapons.
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  • Blackstone opened an office in Miami during the pandemic, mostly as a hub for its tech workers.
  • The firm is now focusing on building its Miami finance bench with local talent and 'homegrown teams.'
  • A Miami-based Blackstone employee told BI what it's like to work for the PE giant in South Florida.

When Julio Garcia was a business student at the University of Miami in 2017, Blacks


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TL;DR: Live stream Toronto Raptors vs. Dallas Mavericks in the NBA for free on Ran.de. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.


Toronto Raptors vs. Dallas Mavericks is one of the most interesting NBA matchups this weekend. We know that the Raptors are not exactly lighting up the league this season, but it's going to be fascinating to see how they cope with the


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