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Apple is working on an artificial intelligence-based tool that could help developers create apps for its products, a new report claims.

According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple has been working on this software for a year, and it will be a part of the next major version of the tech giant's programming software Xcode. It could launch "as early as this year," the report says.

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Amber Smith currently works as a product owner for an insurance company.
  • Amber Smith, 27, went into the tech industry after college. 
  • But she was laid off twice in the space of a year in the sector.
  • She said she's made good money in tech, but it's a tough industry.

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Over the past week, an app called Kimi curiously outranked well-known streaming services, such as Netflix and Prime Video, in the App Store's list of top free entertainment apps. Now, Apple has pulled the application... most likely because it gave users access to pirated movies. As Wired reports, Kimi was disguised as an app that tests your eyesight by making you play spot the difference in



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Emery Bowles and his family in Iwakuni.
  • Emery Bowles quit his job in the US and moved to Japan to teach English in 2008.
  • Bowles found life in Japan safe and beautiful, despite language barriers and cultural differences.
  • He and his wife plan to keep moving between Japan and the US to expose their son to both cultures.

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Keida Dervishi is the 21-year-old cofounder of Soulmate Customs.
  • Keida Dervishi, 21, chose to start an embroidery business with her mom instead of going to college.
  • She started selling embroidered products on her Etsy shop at 17 but orders dried up. 
  • Consistently posting on TikTok and customization led to her business finally taking off. 

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My Air India flight from Delhi to Newark was rough, thanks to the broken seat, broken USB port, and broken seatback TV.
  • I flew on Air India's legacy long-haul economy product from Delhi to Newark, New Jersey.
  • The television and the USB port on my seat were broken, making for a rough 15 hours.
  • Customers have better cabins to look forward to as Air India's new management

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Getting deactivated can bring a sudden end to gig workers' income.
  • Gig workers often have their accounts deactivated, even if they've done nothing wrong.
  • But through an obscure clause in many companies' contracts, workers can get their accounts back.
  • Here are the top tips for getting reactivated from people who deliver for Instacart and Uber Eats.

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  • Problems for the US commercial real estate sector seem to be getting worse — and spreading.
  • Steeper interest payments, tighter bank lending, and declining asset values have slammed the sector.
  • Some bold buyers plan to capitalize on the chaos by scooping up bargains.

The tremors rattling US commercial real estate are spreading to other countries and sectors, and threaten to


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It almost sounds like a challenge: Can you make a feature length movie with only one on-screen actor, one location, and a budget of less than half a million?

Written by Lucy Campbell and shot by Matt Vesely, eerie sci-fi mystery Monolith exists within these potentially tricky parameters. Almost the entire movie takes place in a modern, isolated house in the rolling Adelaide Hills, South Australia



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NASA is getting another crack at landing on the moon, after a Pittsburgh company it contracted failed to reach its destination and plunged back to Earth last month.

This time it's Houston-based Intuitive Machines at the proverbial wheel, though its Nova-C spacecraft, dubbed Odysseus, is robotic with no astronauts aboard. The mission launched at 1:05 a.m. ET on Feb. 15 from Cape Canaveral, Florida



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TL;DR: As of February 16, get the Speedy Mag Wireless Charger for only $39.99 — a savings of 66%.


A low battery in the middle of a long day can be more than an inconvenience. Whether you need to keep in contact with friends or family or need to listen up for a call from work, keeping your iPhone powered doesn't have to mean parking next to an outlet all day. In fact, the Speedy Mag Wireless Charger



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TL;DR: Through February 19, get this 2024 Travel Hacker Bundle with lifetime subscriptions to Rosetta Stone, Dollar Flight Club, and RealVPN for $159.97 with the code TAKE20NOW.


Whether you're a seasoned globetrotter or the wanderlust is only just starting to take hold, there's a whole world to see, and it might be easier to get out there than you think. If you want to prepare for a lifetime of