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• Alphadyne Asset Management hired JPMorgan's Thomas Byuen as a commodity index portfolio manager.
• Hedge funds like Balyasny and Jain Global have poached big bank commodity traders in recent years.
• Despite losing money this year, commodity strategies have been a top performer

• Google's NotebookLM launched Audio Overviews, which quickly gained attention for its realism.
• The feature uses the information you feed it to create a "deep dive" discussion hosted by two AI hosts.
• I fed it information about a number of topics and was surprised by the quality of the podcasts.

Google's new AI tool is already

Every time Dale Sperling's mother pops by for her weekly visit, she brings with her a possession she wants to pass on. To Sperling, the drop-offs make it feel as if her mom is "dumping her house into my house." The most recent offload attempt was a collection of silver platters, which Sperling declined.

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• Chris Williams is an ex-VP of HR at Microsoft and has over 40 years of experience in his industry.
• Williams says he's seen people struggle at work and shared when those struggles might mean trouble.
• If you work too hard to finish your work, it could be a sign that you're not good at your job.

In the past, I've discussed how to tell if your

• TSMC has high power usage, and Taiwan's tight electricity supply will test its chip production.
• Taiwan's sluggish electricity growth challenges the semiconductor industry's expansion.
• TSMC aims for net zero emissions by 2050, but renewable energy growth faces hurdles

• Tim Tully taught himself to code when he was six and went to school for computer science.
• He started his career in software engineering at startups and later worked at Yahoo and Splunk.
• He joined VC firm Menlo Ventures in 2021 and has invested in generative AI startups like Pinecone.

Venture capitalist Tim Tully's programming experience began at

I try to have an open mind when reviewing anything, but to be honest, I was kinda ready to dismiss the Acer Chromebook Plus 516 GE as a gaming device out of the box.

After all, Chromebooks aren’t for gaming, right? These are cheap(er) laptops largely meant for students or people who don’t need advanced features from their computer. Most PC games aren’t supported by ChromeOS and the internal specs

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