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Verizon sees early success using generative AI to answer questions from business customers

Verizon sees early success using generative AI to answer questions from business customers

Verizon's generative AI reduces the workload for its agents by summarizing calls, giving prompts, and automatically tracking follow-up actions.

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Some people may love to abuse Costco's generous returns policy, but it's a genius business decision

Some people may love to abuse Costco's generous returns policy, but it's a genius business decision

The internet is awash with examples of customers abusing Costco's generous returns policy and bringing back particularly old or gross items.

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Russia's business elites signal they are tired of propping up the wartime economy

Russia's business elites signal they are tired of propping up the wartime economy

Russia's key interest rate already stands at 16% and analysts polled by Reuters expect the central bank to hike it up to 18% on Friday.

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Elon Musk Says He's Moving X and SpaceX Headquarters to Texas

Elon Musk Says He's Moving X and SpaceX Headquarters to Texas

The tech mogul cited California’s new transgender rights law as “the final straw” for moving out of the state.

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Qatar Airways just unveiled an upgrade to the world's best business class. See inside the new QSuite.

Qatar Airways just unveiled an upgrade to the world's best business class. See inside the new QSuite.

Qatar Airways unveiled the QSuite Next Gen at the Farnborough Airshow, with wider seats and a new face-to-face configuration by the window.

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Huge Microsoft Outage, Linked to CrowdStrike, Takes Down Computers Around the World

Huge Microsoft Outage, Linked to CrowdStrike, Takes Down Computers Around the World

A software update from cybersecurity company Crowdstrike appears to have inadvertently disrupted IT systems globally.

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The $11 Billion Marketplace Enabling the Crypto Scam Economy

The $11 Billion Marketplace Enabling the Crypto Scam Economy

Deepfake scam services. Victim data. Electrified shackles for human trafficking. Crypto tracing firm Elliptic found all were available for sale on an online marketplace linked to Cambodia’s ruling family.

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Omega’s AI Will Map How Olympic Athletes Win

Omega’s AI Will Map How Olympic Athletes Win

From gymnast-tracking to pole vault measurements mid-jump, the watch brand’s Swiss Timing division has a whole host of new timing tech for Paris 2024.

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Here's the who's who of business moguls descending on Sun Valley in rural Idaho for a weeklong summer camp for billionaires

Here's the who's who of business moguls descending on Sun Valley in rural Idaho for a weeklong summer camp for billionaires

Open AI CEO Sam Altman and Disney CEO Bob Iger are at Allen & Co.'s Sun Valley Conference. Elon Musk and Warren Buffett will not be in attendance.

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Critical Role is branching out further into the podcasting business and putting 2 heavyweight cast members on a new, experimental show

Critical Role is branching out further into the podcasting business and putting 2 heavyweight cast members on a new, experimental show

Two Critical Role main cast members — Marisha Ray and Liam O'Brien — are jumping into the world of "Midst," a four-part experimental audio drama.

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Elon Musk gives an update on Neuralink's brain-chip business. These are 5 things you can expect in the near future.

Elon Musk gives an update on Neuralink's brain-chip business. These are 5 things you can expect in the near future.

Musk gave an update on what to expect from Neuralink in the future, including a world where people have "cybernetic superpowers."

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I ate at Keens Steakhouse, the ultimate spot for 'power lunches' in NYC. It's a great value even if you're not doing business.

I ate at Keens Steakhouse, the ultimate spot for 'power lunches' in NYC. It's a great value even if you're not doing business.

Located in New York City, Keens Steakhouse, is a historic landmark that's popular for expensive dinners and high-end power lunches. I found out why.

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I quit Merrill Lynch to start my own business. Leaving a 7-figure income and cushy corporate perks was hard, but I don't regret it.

I quit Merrill Lynch to start my own business. Leaving a 7-figure income and cushy corporate perks was hard, but I don't regret it.

Chad Willardson had a successful career on Wall Street but was tired of being directed by a big company, so he quit to start a wealth management firm.

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I'm the 3rd generation in my family business, but I'm not sure if I want my kids to follow in my footsteps.

I'm the 3rd generation in my family business, but I'm not sure if I want my kids to follow in my footsteps.

George Vukasin Jr. is the president and CEO of a company that his grandfather started. But he doesn't know if he wants his kids to follow his steps.

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The director of Sam Altman's basic income study says one of the most interesting results was an increased interest in starting a business

The director of Sam Altman's basic income study says one of the most interesting results was an increased interest in starting a business

Elizabeth Rhodes, the director of Sam Altman's basic income study, said the extra money gave recipients more time to be more entrepreneurial.

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I was financially dependent on my ex-husband. Post-divorce, I taught myself about money and built a 6-figure business.

I was financially dependent on my ex-husband. Post-divorce, I taught myself about money and built a 6-figure business.

Beth Keeton meet her husband at 18 and was divorced by 24. She says the embarrassment of not knowing basic financial tasks was initially overwhelming.

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See inside a historic 50,000-square-foot mansion on New York's Gold Coast that's featured in 'The Gilded Age'

See inside a historic 50,000-square-foot mansion on New York's Gold Coast that's featured in 'The Gilded Age'

Explore Hempstead House on Long Island's Gold Coast, once home to the Guggenheims and now a public museum at Sands Point Preserve.

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See inside the $21 million Embraer Praetor 600, one of the most advanced midsize private jets on the market

See inside the $21 million Embraer Praetor 600, one of the most advanced midsize private jets on the market

Embraer says the Praetor 600 is the most technologically advanced jet in its class. It's fully fly-by-wire and the cabin has touchscreen controls.

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I went on the world's newest private jet, an $81 million Gulfstream G700 with its own bedroom for Qatar Airways' deep-pocketed customers

I went on the world's newest private jet, an $81 million Gulfstream G700 with its own bedroom for Qatar Airways' deep-pocketed customers

Qatar Executive received the $81 million Gulfstream G700 days before a private jet conference in Geneva. Elon Musk has also reportedly ordered one.

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A 216-acre park on Long Island is home to 4 mansions straight out of 'The Great Gatsby' — take a closer look

A 216-acre park on Long Island is home to 4 mansions straight out of 'The Great Gatsby' — take a closer look

Sands Point Preserve on the North Shore of Long Island, New York, is home to four mansions, including a castle built in 1902.

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