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via YAHOO: Nadine, a social robot powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) with human-like gestures and expressions, could have an important future role to play in tending to the sick and elderly, according to a professor who helped invent it. Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, a robot expert from the University of Geneva, who served as the model …
2-year Treasury yield hits 16-year high after ADP jobs data shatters expectations The 2-year U.S. Treasury yield reached a level not seen in 16 years on Thursday as investors absorbed strong jobs data that could mean further tightening from the Federal Reserve. The 2-year Treasury was last up by more than 11 basis points at …
‘Ukrainians in the UK will be helped into their own homes as part of a £150 million funding allocation. The funding will be divided across the UK according to the number of Ukrainians in each nation: circa £109 million for England, circa £30 million for Scotland, circa £8 million for Wales and around £2 million …
via naturalnews: Illinois is set to become the first state in the nation to mandate the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in the garages of newly constructed or renovated homes. This is after the passage of Senate Bill 40, known as the “Electric Vehicle Charging Act,” which was introduced by Democratic State Sen. Sara Feigenholtz supposedly …
“Housing has become so unaffordable that over 75% of homes on the market are too expensive for middle-income buyers” Expect this to be a flashpoint issue n the 2024 presidential election if prices and/or mortgage rates don’t correct substantially by then https://t.co/NzOynYAyvG — Adam Taggart (@adamtaggart) June 13, 2023 In Phoenix, investors have sold at …
A single family home and a yard…. that is a wonderful dream. Oddly it was reality throughout much of Europe and much of history. The home might be modest, and the “garden” or yard filled with livestock, but it worked. Germany has always lagged behind poorer countries like Spain and Italy in the rate of …
Remember, there are 20x more homes sitting vacant than currently listed for sale. 15,000,000 houses that could flood the market given the right motivation pic.twitter.com/RKB7dLLUhd — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) June 6, 2023 Pretty fucking sad what the US government has done. Stealing wealth from one generation to give to another https://t.co/CtbNPXdMyi pic.twitter.com/7gLELfOQSp — Darth Powell …
Without demographics can it ever recover pic.twitter.com/2GkWQ5sEFN — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) June 6, 2023 We have 1.3m homes per year coming to market vs 350k net working age adults. Who's going to buy all these houses? pic.twitter.com/IrtD892kDG — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) June 6, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsJo-iqhgNQ 90% of Americans say that owning a home is a key part of the American dream. But today, more than half of them believe they will never own their dream home, and about 70% of U.S. households can’t afford the average-priced home, especially when considering that mortgage rates have more than doubled since 2020. …