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  • Barcelona is the latest global city to effectively ban short-term rentals, including Airbnb.
  • City officials feel restricting tourist rentals helps keep housing affordable for local residents.
  • Lisbon, Florence, and Amsterdam have levied Airbnb bans that experts said could be working.

In July, thousands of Spaniards took to the streets of Barcelona to protest


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Capsule's cofounders, Michele Van Ruiten (left) and Kelsey Pedersen (right) want to redefine shopping.
  • Capsule aims to revolutionize shopping with an interactive app for on-demand product discovery.
  • The app uses computer vision and generative AI to identify and recreate products globally.
  • Consumers don't want to just "replicate things they see online," Capsule's



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  • Celine Dion performed at the Paris Olympics, her first live show since sharing her health condition.
  • Dion has said that she first felt the effects of Stiff Person Syndrome in 2008.
  • Here's a timeline of her health updates before and after sharing her diagnosis in 2022.

Celine Dion first noticed her Stiff Person Syndrome symptoms in 2008 while on her "Taking Chances" world



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A boy shields himself from a water blaster.
  • I'm a child therapist, and I get so many calls from parents during the month of August.
  • People often tell me that their kids are fighting too much or that everyone is on edge.
  • I like to remind them that August is hard on kids and parents.

As a child therapist, my voicemail inbox hits capacity between the first weeks of August.

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Elon Musk.
  • X owner Elon Musk said advertisers may have violated the RICO Act by refusing to advertise on X.
  • At the same time, X has filed an antitrust lawsuit against a group of advertisers.
  • An attorney said despite Musk's claims, there isn't an actionable RICO complaint.

Elon Musk's relationship with advertisers has hit a new low.

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Maureen, 67, (not pictured) is a former elementary school teacher living on $1,600 a month in Social Security benefits.
  • Maureen, a retired teacher, struggles to live on $1,601 monthly from Social Security.
  • She has a 401(k) but hasn't used it because she's worried about making it last the rest of her life.
  • Many baby boomers face similar challenges and over half have $250,000

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Laura Graves and her husband Samuel each make six figures but are struggling to find a home in their budget in the Portland area.
  • A millennial couple who each make six figures say they're struggling to afford a home in Portland.
  • They don't want their monthly mortgage payment to exceed 30% of their take-home income.
  • They said they've been saving less for retirement and cutting back on chi

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Some Fisker EV owners now find themselves stuck with slowly falling-apart vehicles.
  • Some Fisker owners are struggling to keep their cars running after the EV startup went bankrupt.
  • BI spoke to five Fisker Ocean owners who said they've been experiencing problems for months.
  • One owner compared his car to a "lawn ornament," and another was charged $5,000 for a loaner



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San Francisco, California
  • 26-year-old Anirudh Kaushik decided to purchase a home in San Francisco during the pandemic.
  • He chose a tenancy-in-common, or TIC, ownership model with an adjustable-rate mortgage.
  • Kaushik shared the details of his investment strategy in an interview with Business Insider.

Today's housing market poses various challenges for Gen Z and millennials looking to buy property



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The author (not pictured) and her husband have been long-distance for the majority of their marriage.
  • My husband and I have been long-distance for the majority of our marriage.
  • We've learned a lot about ourselves and each other.
  • I've learned I'd prefer to live together, and next year, we're planning on making that happen.

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Ever since Overwatch took over in the gaming mainstream, it seems every company wants its piece of the pie within the hero-shooter genre. That's how we've arrived at NetEase Games' Marvel Rivals, the latest live-service hero shooter from the Diabolo Immortal developers.

I was recently invited to the game's closed beta that ran from July 23 to August 5. Featuring a who's who cast of Marvel Comics