October, 2024

• 5 October

  Want $1 Million in Retirement? 3 Stocks to Buy Now and Hold for Decades

  

  Do you want to retire a millionaire? Unless you’re one of the lucky few who can build a successful business or who’s born with rich relatives, your best path toward that goal is likely to involve decades of investing, which will allow the power of compound growth to build your …

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• 5 October

  In Final Stretch, Biden Faces Some of the Biggest Crises of His Presidency

  Even as President Biden recedes from view, some of the most consequential days of his term may be ahead of him. Source link

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• 5 October

  Hurricane Helene Destroyed Roads. Here’s How to Rebuild—and Flood-Proof Them for Next Time

  

  Typically, Muench says, the solution isn’t something too complicated: Just build infrastructure higher. But engineers can’t build roads and bridges to survive every disaster, which would lead to expensive, overbuilt projects that would “take generations to finish,” says Muench. ‘Rice Krispie’ Roads When engineers are rebuilding roads from scratch, they …

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• 5 October

  Best Prime Day Headphone Deals: Turn Up the Savings With Deals on AirPods, Bose, Sony and More

  

  Sony/Apple/CNET Amazon’s October Prime Day event is just around the corner. It’s officially dubbed “Prime Big Deal Days,” and you’ll find spectacular bargains on everything Amazon sells (which is everything). Though the main days are Oct. 8 and 9, CNET’s deal bounty hunters are already finding some really sweet early …

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• 5 October

  At Frieze London, Artists Make Connections Through Clay

  In a new section, Indigenous and expatriate artists explore land loved, lost and left behind in a medium well suited to the task: ceramics. Source link

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• 5 October

  The Best Stocks to Invest $50,000 in Right Now

  

  Right now is a great time to invest in technology stocks — for two reasons. First, we’re at the beginning of the growth story for a promising new area, and that’s artificial intelligence (AI). JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon has even said that AI could be as transformational …

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• 5 October

  Ukraine’s Donbas Strategy: Retreat Slowly and Maximize Russian Losses

  The idea is to use rope-a-dope tactics, letting Russian forces pound away until they have exhausted themselves. It’s far from clear if the Ukrainian strategy will succeed. Source link

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• 5 October

  OpenAI secured more billions, but there’s still capital left for other startups

  

  Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week once again brought us AI funding news, as well as some warnings: Some categories and stages are showing signs of …

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• 5 October

  Today’s NYT Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Oct. 5, #1204

  

  Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections and Strands puzzles. There are plenty of other online word games now, but I still play the New York Times Wordle game every day. These days, …

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• 5 October

  ‘Intercepted’ Review: The Awful Intimacy of the War in Ukraine

  In leaked phone calls home, Russian soldiers grapple with the war they’re waging. This new documentary sets the calls’ swagger and anguish against images of the invasion’s devastation. Source link

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