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[ad_1] Houses undergo construction in a neighborhood on April 17, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesSales of new single-family homes dropped 13.7% in May compared with April to 623,000 units on a seasonally-adjusted, annualized basis, according to the U.S. Census. That sales total was 6.3% lower than May 2024 and well below both the 6-month average of 671,000 and the one-year average of 676,000. It also lags the pre-pandemic average in 2019 of 685,000 units sold. Wall Street analysts were expecting May new home sales of 695,000, according to estimates from Dow Jones. This count is based…

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[ad_1] Ring security cameras are displayed on a shelf at a Target store on June 01, 2023 in Novato, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesAmazon’s Ring video doorbell division is rolling out AI-generated notifications alerting users to unusual or suspicious activity around their home, the company said Wednesday.The tool uses artificial intelligence to generate text summaries of motion activity captured by Ring doorbells and cameras, which are then displayed as a phone notification. The summaries describe only the main subject that triggered the alert and are “intentionally concise” so that users can quickly discern whether it’s urgent, Ring said.The feature is…

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[ad_1] Artistgndphotography | E+ | Getty ImagesRepublic, a New York-based investment startup, is offering users exposure to SpaceX by issuing a “tokenized” representation of its shares.The company will begin selling the digital tokens this week and eventually plans to expand the offering to other private companies like artificial intelligence darlings OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Stripe, X, Waymo, Epic Games and more. The Wall Street Journal first reported the story Wednesday.”We’re talking about delivering products to retail investors that they’ve have been held out of previously,” Republic co-CEO Andrew Durgee told CNBC. “The fact that retail investors couldn’t own…

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[ad_1] Most people make the same communication mistake at work, says author and public speaking consultant Bill McGowan: They lean too much into corporate jargon, using “bland, boring” words and phrases in an attempt to seem smart and memorable.Saying you want to “socialize an idea with your colleagues to strengthen cross-functional collaboration,” instead of just saying you want to work together to solve a problem, confuses people and sounds really inauthentic, says McGowan, who’s coached a variety of celebrities, CEOs and politicians including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Kim Kardashian.”Typically, people who are jargony and speak in a very corporate…

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