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  • Business Insider is taking Juneteenth off on Wednesday, June 19.
  • I wrote an out-of-office message to educate people and let them know I won't be checking email.
  • Juneteenth recognizes the end of slavery in the US on June 19, 1865.

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There are quite a few popular home trends that professionals hate.
  • Business Insider asked interior designers about decorating trends they don't like. 
  • Experts said all-white interiors and open shelving are impractical for most people. 
  • Shiplap, palm prints, and accent walls can look overly trendy and easily become dated.
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Black Myth: Wukong is gorgeous. It’s built up a lot of momentum, feeding trailer after gorgeous trailer, and at Summer Game Fest this year, I finally got to play it. Is it just a gorgeous tech demo with a heavy dose of Chinese mythology or your next gaming challenge?

A Chinese folk story, Journey to the West, inspired Game Science Studio’s action RPG. You play as the “destined one,” a monkey hero



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Jesse Rosenthal and Rachel Pohl traveled around the US for around a year, and they now live in Tennessee.
  • Rachel Pohl and her husband left San Francisco and traveled around the US for around a year.
  • They ended up looking for a place to settle down when Pohl was pregnant.
  • While they thought Durham, North Carolina, would be the answer, Chattanooga, Tennessee, ended up being their

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Andrew Bustamante spent seven years working covertly as an officer in the Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA recruited him while he was applying to join the Peace Corps after leaving the US Air Force. Bustamante possesses an intimate knowledge of the intelligence community's inner workings. He says that he orchestrated several drone strikes during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and that he


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Google DeepMind has taken the wraps off of a new AI tool for generating video soundtracks. In addition to using a text prompt to generate audio, DeepMind’s tool also takes into account the contents of the video.

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It's a great day because our favorite smartwatch for 2024 is back on sale. That's right, the 41mm Apple Watch Series 9 is currently down to $299 from $399 — a 25 percent discount. The only catch is that the deal is available on just the (Product) RED model. However, you can get the small to medium or medium to large size wrist options.

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US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Woodside, California, on November 15, 2023.
  • Xi Jinping said the US was trying to trick China into invading Taiwan, the Financial Times reported.
  • The Chinese leader made the claim to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, per the FT.
  • Experts told BI the accusation was meant to drive a wedge