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Sarah Bregel

Hardware store True Value files Chapter 11, joins list of retailers going into bankruptcy this year

The long-standing home-improvement wholesaler says its 4,500 locations will stay open as the company sells its operations to rival Do It Best.

A long-standing hardware wholesaler, True Value, is filing for bankruptcy.

Mashable

This is how American adults feel about phones in school

Watch out, teens and tweens: A majority of adults want cellphones out of the classroom, according to a new poll.

The recent Pew Research Center survey of 5,110 U.S. adults found that 68 percent backed a ban on middle and high school students using a cellphone in the classroom. Twenty-four percent of respondents opposed the idea while 8 percent were unsure.

When asked to identify why they supported a ban, participants said they thought students would develop better social skills and be less...

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You Might Actually Regret Looking At The Review Photos For These 31 Top-Rated Products

While some are absolutely gag-worthy and others are tickle-your-brain satisfying, every single product is still worth a peek. ????

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Fast Company

Jessica Bursztynsky

The Internet Archive is back online after a cyberattack

Its Wayback Machine, which lets users view old versions of websites, is back in a read-only manner.

The Internet Archive is back online after new of a cyberattack took out its digital library and popular Wayback Machine on October 9.

Fast Company

Sam Becker

NVDA closes on record high, Nvidia could top Apple as world’s most valuable company: Here’s what’s driving the latest rally

The AI chipmaker’s share price is now up 187% year-to-date, for a market cap of nearly $3.4 trillion as the company closes in on Apple’s top spot.

Chipmaker Nvidia’s stock may just be the hottest thing on the stock market—and as share prices rise, it’s getting closer to becoming the most valuable company in the world.

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Congrats, You Did The Thing — Here Are 36 Things To Reward Yourself With That Are Actually Super Useful

The best little treat of all is one you use (and love) all the time.

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The Verge

Adi Robertson

Pokémon developer faces major data leak

Image: Nintendo

Hackers released a collection of leaked data from Pokémon game developer Game Freak over the weekend, including personal information about employees. Game Freak — which develops the main lineup of Pokémon video games — confirmed the breach in a statement, saying (per a machine translation from Japanese) that it was the result of “unauthorized access to our servers by a third party” and dated back to August of 2024.

Game Freak said the leaked personal...

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Matina Stevis-Gridneff

Canada Expels Indian Diplomats, Claiming They Were Part of a Criminal Network

Canadian police said the Indian government was orchestrating homicides and extortion in Canada to intimidate Sikh separatists. India, in return, kicked out Canadian diplomats.

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Associated Press

Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the equal pay movement, dies at 86

Former President Barack Obama signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which gave workers the right to sue within 180 days of receiving each discrimination paycheck, not just the first one.

Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86.

Fast Company

Lance Lambert

The key local housing market metric to watch heading into 2025

Will home prices in your local housing market rise or fall next year? This metric could offer a clue.

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter.

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Reuters

Harris targets Black male voters in new economic proposals

The new policies include 1 million loans that are fully forgivable of up to $20,000 to entrepreneurs in underserved communities, and a promise to legalize recreational marijuana and help ensure Black entrepreneurs have access to the new industry.

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, concerned about slipping support from Black voters, unveiled new policy proposals aimed at Black men on Monday that include forgivable small business loans and access to a new legal recreational...

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Associated Press

How this federally funded education program serves as a blueprint for the rest of rural America

Today, Partners for Rural Impact’s budget is around $78.2 million, with 78% coming from the government.

In 2010, Dreama Gentry met Geoffrey Canada, founder of Harlem Children’s Zone, a much-lauded nonprofit that supports youth from birth through college in a roughly 100-block area of central Harlem. The program was an inspiration for Gentry, who had launched a college-access program in rural eastern Kentucky about a decade earlier.

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Reuters

Google to buy nuclear power for AI’s energy needs

Technology firms have signed several recent agreements with nuclear power companies this year as artificial intelligence boosts power demand for the first time in decades.

Alphabet’s Google said on Monday it signed the world’s first corporate agreement to buy power from multiple small modular reactors as the technology company looks to meet electricity demand from artificial intelligence.

The Verge

Jay Peters

Silo’s new season 2 trailer teases what’s next for Juliette

Image: Apple

Apple has released the first trailer for the second season of Silo, and it looks like the season will tell us what happens to protagonist Juliette after the jaw-dropping cliffhanger at the end of season one.

The show, based on a series of books by Hugh Howey, is about a community of 10,000 people living in an underground silo that’s intended to protect them from dangerous conditions aboveground. If you’ve been meaning to see the first season and haven’t yet, you...

Mashable

You can get art from MoMA on your Samsung Frame TV now

Samsung is always updating the art available on The Frame TV — its television that, when off, displays a piece of artwork and blends seamlessly into your decor.

But the images available to display is primarily art that belongs in the public domain, which is art that is free to use because the creator has given away their rights or it is old enough that the copyright has expired. That's why it's easier to find older pieces of art on The Frame TV than it is to find more modern pieces — but...

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21 Hilarious Internet Fails That Made Me Laugh So Hard I Peed A Little

Just call me "Purse Burgers."

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Shams Charania

Sources: Lonzo Ball plans to return vs. Wolves

After missing two straight NBA seasons, Bulls guard Lonzo Ball is expected to make his return to basketball in Wednesday night's preseason home game against the Timberwolves, sources told ESPN.

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Daniel Oyefusi

Coach: Watson still gives Browns best shot to win

Coach Kevin Stefanski again placed his support behind Deshaun Watson as the Browns' starting quarterback, saying he still gives the team the best chance to win.

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Shams Charania

Sources: Kings' Fox bypasses extension, eyes '25

Kings star De'Aaron Fox is passing up the offer of a three-year, $165 million extension, positioning himself for a larger deal in the 2025 offseason.

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