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Banks are fighting for customer dollars right now, and people with cash to spare are well-positioned to benefit from a high rate environment



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OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman.
  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and others often talk about the "median human."
  • Altman has said his vision for artificial general intelligence was equivalent to a median human. 
  • The terminology, used by many in the tech bubble, has been raising eyebrows.

Tech bros aren't always known for their sensitivity.

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US Army soldier Travis King can reportedly be seen in this photo on a tour of the Joint Security Area in the village of Panmunjom before he crossed the border into North Korea.
US Army soldier Travis King can reportedly be seen in this photo on a tour of the Joint Security Area in the village of Panmunjom before he crossed the border into North Korea.
  • North Korea said it will expel US soldier Travis King, according to state media.
  • It said that King had confessed to illegally intruding into the country.
  • King, a US Army private, ran across the DMZ on



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Elon Musk took X out of the EU's disinformation code of practice earlier this year
  • An EU report found X has the highest proportion of Russian disinformation of any major social network.
  • A senior official warned that the site "has to comply with hard law" over disinformation.
  • X said that it disagreed with the "overall framing" of the data published in the EU's report.

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Twitter — or rather, X — is the biggest source of disinformation of all the six major social media networks, an EU-commissioned report has found. The study examined over 6,000 posts and over 4,000 user accounts across X , Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. It focused on three countries considered to be at risk due to upcoming elections and the associated threat of Russian



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Real-estate related crime is increasing in the US, according to the FBI.
  • The FBI said 11,500 people lost a total of $350 million to real-estate scams in 2021, up 64% from 2020.
  • Home-title theft, in which fraudsters pose as property owners to sell real estate, can be prevented.
  • An attorney and a theft victim share preventative tips, from getting MLS alerts to monitoring mail.

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Footage of the testing of a new Ukrainian underwater armed drone called the Marichka.
  • A new video shows the testing of Ukraine's new $433,000  underwater drone.
  • The 20-foot-long drone, called Marichka, is meant to attack Russian warships from below the surface.
  • It is unclear when exactly the drone will be put into action.

A new video shows Ukraine's $433,000 underwater drone that could



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Cars with Russian number plates wait to cross the border from Russia to Finland at the Nuijamaa border checkpoint in Lappeenranta, Finland, on September 22, 2022.
Cars with Russian number plates wait to cross the border from Russia to Finland at the Nuijamaa border checkpoint in Lappeenranta, Finland, on September 22, 2022.
  • EU countries bordering Russia have started banning Russian vehicles from entering their territories.
  • The European Commission recently said that vehicles registered in Russia are not allowed into the

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Job seekers seeking employment in 2015
  • Getting a promotion didn't stop many US workers from joining the Great Resignation.
  • In fact, an ADP analysis found that US workers were more likely to leave after getting promoted.
  • Promotions could make workers more attractive to other employers.

If you just got promoted, you might want to think about quitting.

In a recent report, the ADP


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Insider ranked the cost of living for nine places in Georgia, including Atlanta, using C2ER's Cost of Living Index.
  • Atlanta had the highest Cost of Living Index score among nine Georgia cities, a research group found.
  • However, all nine of those areas fall below the national average on the Cost of Living Index. 
  • The Cost of Living Index is based on several categories

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Our experts answer readers' personal loan questions and write unbiased product reviews (here's how we assess personal loans). In some cases, we receive a commission from our partners; however, our opinions are our own.

Personal loan rates depend a lot on the borrower: The rates for the best personal loans tend to be around 6%, and right now, people with good or excellent credit may be eligible for



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Our experts answer readers' home-buying questions and write unbiased product reviews (here's how we assess mortgages). In some cases, we receive a commission from our partners; however, our opinions are our own.

Mortgage rates have spent most of September holding relatively steady, but they've trended up a bit this week and are now the highest they've been so far this year. 

While borrowers can't