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Instacart CEO Fidji Simo spoke during the company's second-ever earnings call on Tuesday.
  • Don't expect Instacart to replace its gig worker shoppers with robots anytime soon.
  • Instacart CEO Fidji Simo says the company can deliver faster and more efficiently using its human shoppers.
  • That's a contrast with companies like Kroger, which have built warehouses to automate order picking.

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  • The 30-year fixed mortgage rate spiked to 6.87% in the last week, the highest level in two months. 
  • Elevated borrowing costs for prospective buyers sent mortgage applications lower. 
  • A hot inflation report for January is likely to keep borrowing costs elevated as the Fed stays hawkish. 

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Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is sworn in during a hearing before the House Committee on the Judiciary at the Rayburn House Office Building on July 26, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  • GOP members narrowly voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday.
  • The impeachment happened a week after the Senate's bipartisan border

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I never played the original Mario vs. Donkey Kong, which came out in 2004 for the Game Boy Advance.  So I brought no nostalgia or past experience to the new version coming out this week, which feels thoroughly modern in all ways except the gameplay. Mario is limited — he can’t run quickly, he doesn’t jump very high, you lose a life with a single mistake. Coming from the brand-new Super Mario Bros



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When I was a kid, I was given a Virtual Boy — Nintendo’s very ‘90s predecessor to the VR headsets we know today — and I loved it. Since then, I’ve been obsessed with adding new technology to my gaming experience including a 3D projector for movies and gaming, saving up for my first HTC Vive headset, and even tiptoeing into the Metaverse. 

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A female skull in a 1,000-year-old Ukrainian cemetery adorned with rings around the neck is believed to be a "social marker."
  • A 1,000-year-old cemetery discovered near Kyiv, Ukraine, is presumed to have a pagan history.
  • Researchers found some skeletons with buckets on their feet and elaborate rings around their necks.
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US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference in Washington, DC, on March 22, 2023.
  • Recession odds are below 50%, but a Fed policy mistake could worsen them, Mohamed El-Erian told CNBC.
  • If they keep rates longer than necessary, such as cutting after June, the chances of a recession rise.
  • Tuesday's CPI data was a wake-up call for investors who have

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Retail giant Walmart is reportedly in talks to acquire budget TV maker Vizio, according to The Wall Street Journal. The $2 billion deal would make Vizio a house brand for Walmart and would allow the company to directly compete in the affordable smart TV space currently dominated by Amazon and Roku.

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Is anyone alive better at being a celebrity than Jennifer Lopez? Whether you know her from Grammy-nominated albums, her barrage of absolutely winsome romantic comedies, her bold turns in sexy comedies like Out of Sight and Hustlers, or even her tabloid-plagued love life, everyone and their mother and their grandmother knows JLo. A multi-hyphenate pop icon, she's forged the persona of a glamour