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Winn-Dixie stores will close or be sold at dozens of locations as list of grocery chain shake-ups grows
This year has not been a great one for grocery stores, with chains like Kroger and Safeway closing locations in recent months. Now, the Southeastern grocery chain Winn-Dixie appears...
What’s behind the wave of egg recalls — and why it’s not slowing down
Breakfast has started to get a little riskier. More than six million eggs have been recalled since Sept. 29 over salmonella concerns. This week those concerns grew when the...
Zillow upgrades its outlook—here’s its home price forecast for more than 400 housing markets
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Zillow economists just published their updated 12-month forecast, projecting that U.S. home prices—as measured by the Zillow...
Rivian’s spinoff micromobility company just unveiled its first electric bike
It doesn’t look like a Rivian truck, but a new electric bike took shape at the EV company. A startup called Also, which spun out from the EV maker...
Meta AI layoffs today: 600 jobs are already being cut from Alexandr Wang’s superintelligence lab
Meta, which owns and operates Facebook and Instagram—as well as Threads, Messenger, and WhatsApp—announced on Wednesday it is laying off about 600 employees from its new AI “superintelligence” research lab....
What the Tilly Norwood moment should teach us
From July 14 to November 9, 2023, the American actors’ union SAG-AFTRA, representing 160,000 people, went on strike over a labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and...
This is the world’s first vertical take-off AI-piloted fighter jet
San Diego-based Shield AI is developing a first of its kind fighter jet: a 2,000-mile-range pilotless plane that takes off and lands vertically and uses artificial intelligence to fly...
Ukraine reveals powerful sea drone with AI capabilities in the Black Sea
Ukraine’s state security service has unveiled an upgraded sea drone it says can now operate anywhere in the Black Sea, carry heavier weapons and use artificial intelligence for targeting.Ukraine...
Neuroscientists have a new stress hack: Spend 36 minutes listening to your own brain waves
Spending just 36 minutes listening to your own brain waves, over four sessions, can reduce stress and anxiety, according to a new study by neuroscientists at the Wake Forest...
Prince Harry, Meghan join open letter calling to ban the development of AI ‘superintelligence’
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have joined prominent computer scientists, economists, artists, evangelical Christian leaders, and American conservative commentators Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck to call for a...
Japan reports 4.2% growth in September despite Trump tariffs
Japan’s exports grew 4.2% in September, according to government data Wednesday, on robust shipments to Asia that offset a decline in exports to the U.S., which were impacted by...
Meet the robots upending the wig industry
“What?!” That single word is the most frequent reaction Aasiyah Abdulsalam gets when she tells people about her company, Renatural, which makes wigs with no lace. The surprise stems from...