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Thousands of tennis courts across the U.S. have given way to — or now share space with — pickleball, according to a New York Times analysis. We identified thousands of outdoor pickleball courts made in the last seven years. A majority of the courts are at the expense of once-exclusive tennis spaces and were created... See more

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Dividends — once the stodgiest corner of investing — have become the new hot thing with jaded Gen Zers hellbent on quitting and retiring early. Bloomberg's Denitsa Tsekova explains bloom.bg/47ujHJU

On a rainy July morning in a plush Amsterdam suburb, Nathan Xu has camped out at an Italian coffee shop for a full slate of meetings. Smiling, he asks if he can record our conversation and clips a slim memory stick-sized device to his shirt. With just a click, the pill-shaped gadget starts recording, transcribing and... See more

There is a bright spot in the job market when it comes to workers with actual experience in machine learning. They’re in their early 20s, they have AI know-how, and a bunch of them are making $1 million a year.⁠ ⁠ Base salaries for nonmanagerial workers in AI with zero to three years experience grew by around 12% from... See more

“What makes historical nostalgia among members of Gen Z notable, I think, is that they are specifically captivated by what life was like in the analog past — a gulf that is greater than the one that separates, say, Gen X-ers and their boomer parents,” Clay Routledge, a social psychologist who specializes in nostalgia, writes. “I often hear people... See more

Stop rebuilding whole images to fix one detail. That’s the old, slow, break-everything workflow. Most models guess, then redraw the frame: warped shapes, off colours, broken logos. If you shoot products, fashion, packaging, or UGC, one “quick change” becomes a new asset you never asked for. That kills speed, consistency, and... See more