The consumer slowdown is here and its flashing a recession warning for the economy

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People shop during the going-out-of-business sale at Target Canada in Toronto, February 5, 2015. Target Corp is closing its stores in Canada after the insolvent retailer came to an agreement with its landlords to start liquidation.

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  • Consumers are finally slowing their spending and experts say that's a warning sign of the economy. 
  • Americans have propped up the economy with a
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Europa's Icy Crust Is 'Free-Floating' Across the Moon's Hidden Ocean, New Juno Images Suggest

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On September 29, 2022, NASA’s Juno spacecraft made its closest flyby of Europa, coming to within 220 miles (355 kilometers) of the Jovian moon’s frozen surface. The closeup view of Europa revealed incredible details of the moon’s chaotic terrain, which suggest that its icy crust is not where it used to be. The images…

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AI chatbots spew out nonsense too often. But there's a solution: retrieval-augmented generation.

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  • Retrieval-augmented generation is enhancing large language models' accuracy and specificity.
  • However, it still poses challenges and requires specific implementation techniques.
  • This article is part of "Build IT," a series about digital tech trends disrupting industries.

The November 2022 launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT kicked off the latest wave of interest in AI, but it

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Activision forms a studio to develop a brand-spanking new IP

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Activision just announced that it's working on a brand-new IP, with a mission “to craft a franchise with an enduring legacy that resonates far beyond games.” To help steward this mysterious franchise into the world, the company has opened up a new internal studio called Elsewhere Entertainment.

The team is headquartered in Warsaw, which is where CD Projekt Red cooks up The Witcher and Cyberpunk

A former Facebook director says managers need to kill the weekly 1:1 meeting. Here's why.

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Aditya Agarwal wrote on X that "1:1s descend into nitpicking sessions."

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  • Former Facebook director Aditya Agarwal argues weekly 1:1 meetings often do more harm than good.
  • Weekly check-ins, he says, lead to nitpicking and inhibit holistic feedback.
  • Agarwal suggests quarterly meetings and real-time availability for better guidance.

A former Facebook director thinks the weekly 1

The printer company, that makes a camera, prints one more edition

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The new Ricoh GR III HDF has a highlight diffusion filter instead of an ND filter. | Alex Parkin, The Verge

When Ricoh launched its very first office copier, the Ricopy 101, in 1955, the product’s popularity sparked a term — supposedly folks would say “make a Ricopy” instead of “make a copy.” And with the company’s current camera lineup, the GR III, they have made a lot of

Some business leaders like Jeff Bezos hate the phrase 'work-life balance.' Here's what they prefer instead.

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Work-life balance seems like it wouldn't be controversial, but some of the world's biggest business leaders aren't big fans of the term.

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  • Over the years, CEOs and business leaders have shared their thoughts on the idea of work-life balance.
  • Some aren't a fan of the phrase and think workers should take a different approach to navigating work and life.
  • Jeff Bezos