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OpenAI is making its biggest play for the office
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OpenAI is making its biggest play for the office

OpenAI merges Codex into ChatGPT and launches GPT-5.6 models, aiming to enhance AI capabilities and compete in an increasingly crowded market.

Stephen Council · 09 Jul, 2026
Meta launches a new AI coding model with 'very aggressive' pricing, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says
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Meta launches a new AI coding model with 'very aggressive' pricing, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says

Meta launches a new AI coding model, Muse Spark 1.1, which is priced aggressively, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said. He called out rivals' "extreme" pricing.

Charles Rollet · 09 Jul, 2026
My son and I bonded over soccer, but I had given up on World Cup tickets. An email from a stranger changed everything.
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My son and I bonded over soccer, but I had given up on World Cup tickets. An email from a stranger changed everything.

Getting World Cup tickets for my son, a die-hard soccer fan, felt impossible. I wrote about my quest, and Sugar Land, TX, offered us tickets.

Jamie Davis Smith · 09 Jul, 2026
This chart should be a 'wake-up call' about AI cheating, Brown University professor says
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This chart should be a 'wake-up call' about AI cheating, Brown University professor says

Brown University professor Roberto Serrano saw scores drop between a take-home midterm and an in-person final. He suspects widespread AI cheating.

Henry Chandonnet · 09 Jul, 2026
Cloudflare's latest AI rankings expose the web's biggest free rider
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Cloudflare's latest AI rankings expose the web's biggest free rider

Anthropic's web scraping practices spotlight ethical AI dilemmas, with a high crawl-to-refer ratio undermining the digital content economy.

Alistair Barr · 09 Jul, 2026
I moved across the country for a dream job. Within a year, I realized I'd made a mistake.
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I moved across the country for a dream job. Within a year, I realized I'd made a mistake.

I took a pay cut and moved across the country for my dream job in California. After about a year, I left and moved back to the East Coast.

Roshelle Patterson · 09 Jul, 2026
I quit my job and traveled solo for 22 months. I loved it, but not having a stable routine was difficult.
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I quit my job and traveled solo for 22 months. I loved it, but not having a stable routine was difficult.

After a hectic several months, I left my job and began traveling the world. Visiting nine countries has been great, but it's harder than I imagined.

Anuja Bagri · 09 Jul, 2026
Tom Brady says one piece of tough feedback in college helped him become a better football player
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Tom Brady says one piece of tough feedback in college helped him become a better football player

Tom Brady said he had a "really tough experience" at the University of Michigan, where he spent much of his early college career on the bench.

Amanda Goh · 09 Jul, 2026
The 50 most expensive militaries in the world, ranked by defense budget
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The 50 most expensive militaries in the world, ranked by defense budget

The US has the world's largest military budget. Here's how the largest 50 military budgets compare around the world.

Kristine Villarroel · 09 Jul, 2026
Uber's CTO embedded its top AI engineers in HR, finance, and legal, and found better ways to build
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Uber's CTO embedded its top AI engineers in HR, finance, and legal, and found better ways to build

Uber tech chief Praveen Neppalli Naga is developing AI agents with a new approach, "agentic pods," to handle tasks across finance, HR, and legal.

Alex Bitter · 09 Jul, 2026
I road-tripped to 4 national parks in a week. It was stunning and surprisingly cheap, but I wouldn't do it again.
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I road-tripped to 4 national parks in a week. It was stunning and surprisingly cheap, but I wouldn't do it again.

With friends, I took a six-day road trip to four national parks: Grand Teton, Yellowstone, Glacier, Mount Rainier. It was cheap but overwhelming.

Noah Sheidlower · 09 Jul, 2026
I've been going to Disney World for over 20 years. Here are my 12 best tips for visiting on a budget.
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I've been going to Disney World for over 20 years. Here are my 12 best tips for visiting on a budget.

After decades of vacations to the Orlando theme parks, I've learned how to keep costs down at Disney World when it comes to buying tickets and food.

Timothy Moore · 09 Jul, 2026