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Chemical cloud in Atlanta’s suburbs prompts another shelter-in-place order

Residents east of Atlanta were again warned Tuesday to take shelter where they are if shifting winds push the still-billowing chemical cloud from a chlorine factory fire over their neighborhood. A...

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U.S. job openings rise to 8 million in August

U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in August as the American labor market continued to show resilience. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that employers posted 8 million vacancies in August, up...

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The Black List founder says Hollywood is thinking about risk all wrong

After altering how Hollywood discovers scripts, The Black List is now targeting the book world. Founder and CEO Franklin Leonard proved that overlooked scripts like Slumdog Millionaire and I, Tonya...

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Nvidia rival Cerebras Systems files for IPO as demand for chips soars and...

With demand for AI chips soaring, California-based AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems has filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in preparation for an initial public offering....

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What kind of music makes you most productive at work? Here’s what the science...

Jamming out at a concert puts music front and center in a person’s life, but only for a moment. Most of the time, music serves more as sonic wallpaper, spicing up the background while we go about the...

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Sonos outlines a plan to win back user trust after its app fiasco

Speaker company Sonos laid out a number of new plans and commitments on Tuesday in an attempt to turn around the beleaguered sound company following a bug-riddled app relaunch in May that’s still...

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Port strike is latest in America’s labor activism era

The U.S. dockworkers who went on strike early Tuesday are just the latest unionized group to back their demands for better contracts by walking off the job to illustrate their value to both the...

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Shrimp farmers are being exploited in Asia while Western supermarkets make...

Indonesian shrimp farmer Yulius Cahyonugroho operated more than two dozen ponds only a few years ago, employing seven people and making more than enough to support his family. Since then, the...

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Why teachers like using generative AI for advice

Teachers can use generative AI in a variety of ways. They may use it to develop lesson plans and quizzes. Or teachers may rely on a generative AI tool, such as ChatGPT, for insight on how to teach a...

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DJT stock price: What’s behind Trump Media’s recent rally?

A week ago, market observers (and political wonks) were wondering just how low shares of Trump Media (Nasdaq: DJT) were going to go. But despite long-standing fears of insider selling and a steady...

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PepsiCo is betting $1 billion on tortilla chips as a ‘healthier’ snack

On Tuesday, PepsiCo agreed to acquire grain-free Mexican-American brand Siete Foods for $1.2 billion, adding to its roster of healthier food and snack offerings, according to the Wall Street Journal....

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Apple allegedly imposed illegal workplace rules, NLRB says

A U.S. labor board issued a complaint accusing Apple of violating employees’ rights to organize and advocate for better working conditions by maintaining a series of unlawful workplace rules. The...

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Warren Buffett buys rest of Berkshire Hathaway Energy

Warren Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathaway is buying the rest of its utility unit from the estate of a longtime board member who died three years ago, but it’s not clear exactly how much it will pay for that...

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Meta and Australia have partnered to crack down on ‘celeb bait’ scam ads

Meta said it has taken down some 8,000 so-called “celeb bait” scam ads from Facebook and Instagram as part of a new effort with Australian banks to curb the practice. The scams use images of famous...

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Bumble, Grindr, and Match have agreed to Australia’s online dating code of...

A code of conduct will be enforced on the online dating industry to better protect Australian users after research found that three-in-four people suffer some form of sexual violence through the...

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How Vance and Walz differed on childcare in last night’s debate

Childcare has become a significant issue in the lead-up to the election—on both sides of the aisle. Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz have already proposed expanding the child tax...

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Here’s what Tim Walz and JD Vance’s facial expressions meant during the VP...

Neither Ohio GOP Sen. JD Vance nor Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz has the national stature of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, so viewers had a chance to judge these...

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Vance and Walz showed different versions of masculinity during the VP debate

Few people expected the campaign to elect the first woman president to spark a referendum on masculinity, but what it means to be a man has become “arguably the most dominant theme of this year’s...

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JD Vance wants a Domino’s Pizza ‘turnaround’ on reproductive rights—without...

Clearly, something had to change. The numbers were in, the people had spoken, and they were not happy with what they’d been consuming. It was time for a hard reset. And that’s when Domino’s Pizza went...

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Of course there was a Diet Mountain Dew ad during the vice presidential debate

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Senator JD Vance of Ohio are both Midwesterners running for the same job. They’re also both fans of Diet Mountain Dew—making it the unofficial pop (that’s “soda” or...

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