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Cafiero now replies to work messages using her deskptop.
  • Rebecca Cafiero felt that staying connected to her business meant being on her phone constantly. 
  • After deleting Gmail, Slack, and Voxer from her phone, she noticed positive changes in her life. 
  • Deleting the apps has helped her spend more time with her kids and improved her focus.

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The Bay Bridge and the San Francisco skyline including the Salesforce Tower are seen in this view from the bay on Monday, March 9, 2020.
  • Cities remain at the forefront of economic growth. 
  • Six US cities have been ranked as having world-leading economic vitality by the Oxford Economics Global Cities Index.
  • But while they perform well on economic factors, the cities fall down on

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A rendering for The Line, a vast horizontal skyscraper in Neom.
  • Saudi Arabia's Neom project is one of the world's most ambitious ventures.
  • Designs for the megaproject include a city between twin mirrored skyscrapers and a desert ski resort.
  • Some experts have expressed doubts that Neom will live up to its promises.

Saudi Arabia has grand plans for its Neom megaproject.

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Severe turbulence dislodged oxygen masks and caused injuries to dozens of passengers on Singapore Airlines flight SQ321.
  • A Singapore Airlines passenger died Tuesday after a flight was hit by turbulence.
  • Serious injuries due to turbulence are extremely rare, per FAA data.
  • The incident also serves as a reminder for passengers to wear their seatbelts whenever possible.

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Martha's Vineyard Airport.
  • Massachusetts' new tax on the wealthy generated $1.8 billion, exceeding expectations.
  • Approved in 2022, the tax added 4% on incomes over $1 million.
  • The increased revenue comes amid high-income earners leaving the state.

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Nintendo is buying (PDF) Florida-based studio Shiver Entertainment from the Embracer Group, which is splitting up its rather messy gaming empire and is letting go of certain assets. Shiver was founded in 2012 and is mostly known for working with publishers and developers to port games to the Switch, including couple of Scribblenauts titles and Hogwarts Legacy. Nintendo will acquire the "boutique



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Amid a looming ban in the U.S., TikTok has just announced a new program for creators who make positive social change. Titled the TikTok Change Makers Program, the initiative is TikTok's "first-ever global social impact creator elevation program" dedicated to spotlighting creators dedicated to education, activism, and advocacy.

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New data from United For ALICE, shared exclusively with Business Insider, reveals how much Americans nationwide need to get by.
  • A growing share of Americans are struggling to get by despite holding down jobs.
  • They're ALICE: asset-limited, income-constrained, and employed. They can't always afford necessities.
  • ALICE household survival budgets are in the six-figures in some parts

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Google's AI Overviews, a recently launched feature that provides AI-written summaries for certain queries, is soon getting ads.

We knew the AI Overviews would get advertisements in some form from the get go, but now Google shared more details about how this will look. In a blog post Tuesday, Google explained that it will "soon" start "testing Search and Shopping ads in AI Overviews for users in



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Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Linnea and Andrii talk about multilingual LLMs, Raspberry Pi, OpenAI and Scarlett Johansson, AI-written essays, and more. The guest of the show is Peter Garraghan