An interior decorator shares 7 mistakes you should never make in your backyard

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As an interior decorator, there are a few mistakes I'd avoid when designing a backyard.

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  • As an interior decorator, I've seen lots of mistakes that can downgrade a backyard.
  • I suggest avoiding dark-colored furniture and floodlights.
  • Water features can be a huge hassle without a proper maintenance routine in place.

Designing a backyard is more than picking out cool furniture or

Max’s new homepage personalization tech makes viewers stick around, says exec

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If you’ve been on Max lately, you might’ve noticed more personalized rows of content across your entire homepage. That’s because the streaming service formerly known as HBO Max rolled out a new “whole page optimization” system in the US last month to get viewers to keep coming back — and Warner Bros. Discovery says it’s working.

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I got stood up. I refuse to let dating app culture break my spirit.

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Less than 48 hours ago, I sat at a table in the sunshine outside my favourite wine bar waiting for my date to arrive. 15 minutes passed as I sipped my rosé, watching the world go by. "What's the grace period for lateness on a date?" I texted my mum. "30 minutes max," she replied, followed by a string of angry faced emoji. At 26 minutes past I messaged asking his ETA and a few minutes later I

Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and Sam Altman again

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Elon Musk has revived his complaint against OpenAI after dropping a previous lawsuit, again alleging that the ChatGPT maker and two of its founders — Sam Altman and Greg Brockman — breached the company’s founding mission to develop artificial intelligence technology to benefit humanity.

The new lawsuit filed in federal court in Northern California on Monday

Neuralink successfully implants its chip into a second patient's brain

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Neuralink's brain chip has been implanted into a second patient as part of early human trials, Elon Musk told podcast host Lex Fridman on Saturday. The company hasn't disclosed when the surgery took place or the name of the recipient, according to Reuters.

Musk said 400 of the electrodes on the second patient's brain are working out of 1,024 implanted. "I don't want to jinx it but it seems to have

HBO drops the first teaser for The Last of Us season two

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HBO has released the first teaser for The Last of Us season two and while short, it offers clues as to what we can expect when the series debuts in 2025. It starts off with Joel (Pedro Pascal) in conversation with a new character played by Catherine O'Hara (seemingly his therapist), reckoning with his past actions. "Did you hurt her?" she asks. "I saved her," he replies. 

On top of O'Hara's

Yahoo’s new fantasy sports app is for the true diehards

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Yahoo is a giant in the world of fantasy sports, but its app hasn’t gotten a meaningful update in years. Ahead of the 2024 NFL season, though, the company is rolling out a completely overhauled version of the Yahoo Fantasy Sports app that brings both a cleaner design and a huge amount of new content for fantasy players.

The new app is divided into three