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Can Artificial Intelligence Make Insurance More Affordable?

Can Artificial Intelligence Make Insurance More Affordable?

AI rapidly transforms industries by optimizing processes, enhancing data analytics and creating smarter, more efficient systems. Traditionally, the insurance sector determines pricing by manually analyzing various factors — including coverage type — to calculate risk ...

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How India’s Restructured Rocket Force Makes Conflict With China More Likely

How India’s Restructured Rocket Force Makes Conflict With China More Likely

On March 11, 2024, the Indian government announced that it had successfully tested an Agni-V ballistic missile with ...

Overconfidence In NFL Drafts: A Lesson For Investors

Most NFL general managers (GMs) are optimistic and…

Cocoa Hyperinflation Accelerates As Grindings Show No Demand Destruction

Cocoa hyperinflation is insane. The latest data from the futures…

‘I Worked For Abramovich?’: Soccer Players Were Owned By Oligarch Via Offshore Deals

Former Chelsea owner locked young players across Europe…

This Year’s Cicada Invasion Will Be Double The Trouble

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Pitch Perfect 3 appears on the surface to…

Chinese Organized Crime’s Latest U.S. Target: Gift Cards

Chinese crime rings already dominate the illegal marijuana…

Scientists Create Atomically Thin Gold With Century Old Japanese Knife Making Technique

Scientists Create Atomically Thin Gold With Century-Old Japanese Knife Making Technique

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US Says Two ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Hazardous, Tells Polluters To Pay

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The US Environmental Protection Agency on Friday classified two so-called “forever chemicals” as hazardous substances, meaning those responsible for releasing them ...
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How To Avoid Human Made Pandemics

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Meta ‘Breached EU Antitrust Rules’ On Ads: Preliminary Finding

Meta ‘Breached EU Antitrust Rules’ On Ads: Preliminary Finding

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UC Board Of Regents Votes 11 5 To Allow UCLA To Move To Big 10 Conference In 2024

UC Board Of Regents Votes 11-5 To Allow UCLA To Move To Big 10 Conference In 2024

UCLA will be joined by USC, PAC-10 to lose LA market. The University of California Board of Regents voted 11-5 on…

This 3D Printed House Is 100 Recyclable—Because Its Made Of Sawdust

This 3D Printed House Is 100% Recyclable—Because It’s Made Of Sawdust

This article was written by Vanessa Bates Ramirez and originally published by Singularity Hub. 3D printing is taking off as a…

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This past week, an interesting image was posted by Hayden Clarkin on his Twitter and Instagram: This is a simple graphic of…

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Visualizing Currencies’ Decline Against The U.S. Dollar

In a highly volatile and difficult year for many currencies and equities, the U.S. dollar has been a safe haven for…

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It is often said that investors should look at trend lines and not headlines when making capital allocation decisions. That maxim…

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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of optimizing on-page and off-page factors that impact how high a web page ranks…

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Yout Seeks Clarification On The Legality Of Youtube-DL Based Software

The RIAA booked a landmark victory against YouTube ripper Yout.com earlier this year. Soon after, the music group requested compensation for…

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When the October CPI came out, the mainstream spin was that inflation had peaked. But they might have gotten a little ahead…

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Will A Dollar Decline Be Good For Stocks? – Part 1

Will a dollar decline be good for stocks? It is an interesting question, given that during 2022 there was a significant…

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Spanish Fork Prioritizes Driver Speed Over Child Safety

In Spanish Fork, Utah, on the corner of Center Street and 900 East, a crossing guard is tasked with the responsibility…

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As if Philadelphia didn’t have a big enough problem on its hands with its “zombie streets” in the Northeast lined with…

DeepMinds Latest AI Trounces Human Players At The Game ‘Stratego

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AI hates uncertainty. Yet to navigate our unpredictable world, it needs to learn to make choices with imperfect information—as we do…

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From around the corner, down the street, and up your alley, here are some stories that are hitting the headlines… and they’re all…

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In later posts I’ll strive for a substantive engagement with Ruskin, but I want to make a general preliminary comment here. Ruskin…

AI In The Tax Industry: Can Everything Be Automated?

AI In The Tax Industry: Can Everything Be Automated?

The tax industry is an exciting place for artificial intelligence (AI) and automation to flourish. Tax professionals must prepare and file…

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Do Falling Prices Cause Or Predict A Recession?

In the midst of excessive US economic and geopolitical uncertainties due to rampant inflation and the continuing Russian invasion of Ukraine,…

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A Currency Crisis Will Fuel The Inflationary Fire

According to the Democrats and many mainstream pundits, the US economy is “resilient.” As Laura Ingraham put it, “it’s all peaches…