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Mortgage rates are significantly lower than this time last week, according to Freddie Mac. The average 30-year mortgage rate dropped 26 points to 7.50% — this is the lowest the rate has

UPDATE: Nov. 10, 2023, 5:00 a.m. EST This story has been updated with additional laptop deals from Walmart's first Black Friday deals event.

The Lenovo Legion Glasses are life-savers. As we speak, I'm recovering from a surgical procedure that requires me to lie down. If it weren't for the Legion Glasses, gaming would be a struggle.

With these spectacles, I can rest on my bed and game to my heart's desire while looking up at an 86-inch virtual display that appears to be hovering under my ceiling.

• Microsoft temporarily blocked employees from using ChatGPT on Thursday, CNBC reported.
• Staff were warned OpenAI's chatbot is an "external service" that posed privacy and security risks. 
• Microsoft, which has invested billions in OpenAI, later told CNBC the block was accidental.

Microsoft temporarily blocked its employees

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has an 81% approval rating, according to a Gallup poll.
• But he's declared that Ukraine won't hold a wartime election.
• An election in the near

• You can sign up to be an Amazon seller and start making some cash.
• You don't have to pay to sign up, but Amazon takes a fee for every sale.
• You don't need an LLC to sell on Amazon.

Once an online bookseller, today Amazon makes money through its media production empire, music streaming services, massive advertising operations, live football telecasts, and sales

Having made his career interviewing a whole host of challenging and intimidating subjects, surely documentary maker Louis Theroux will have no trouble eating his way through a few spicy wings, right?

Well, yes and no. During the episode above of First We Feast's Hot Ones, Theroux manages to keep most of his cool intact while answering questions on everything from his own favourite documentaries to

Disney has pushed back the release of Deadpool 3 from May 3rd 2024 to July 26th, Deadline reports, days after a tentative deal was reached to end the actors’ strike. According to The Hollywood Reporter, production will resume on the film in the next couple of weeks in

• The US economy has defied most analysts' predictions this year, with growth staying strong.
• That could set the stage for a "roaring '20s" decade, according to UBS.
• Higher growth, inflation, and interest rates could come to define the period, the Swiss bank said.

The economy's surprising

• Shoplifting rates are below pre-pandemic levels across the US, according to new crime-data analysis.
• While rates are up in New York and Los Angeles, they're down in Seattle and San Francisco.
• Meanwhile, incidents appear to