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[ad_1] I used to think I had unlimited time with my children, filled with playdates and cuddles on the sofa. It wasn’t until recently that I considered going back to work full-time.It all started in the school pickup line. It was the last day of school, and I was surprising my kids with a trip to our local novelty shop to buy Pokémon cards. My oldest, Noah, climbed into the front seat.”Woo hoo!” I screamed out the window, to the horror of my middle child, who was shoved next to his sister in the back seat. “You’re all done with…

[ad_1] Windsurf’s head of product engineering believes proficiency in three key areas makes a successful software engineer — coding, research, and “metalearning.”Technical fundamentals are first and foremost, Windsurf’s Kevin Hou said in a presentation at the AI Engineer World’s Fair in San Francisco.”If we zoom out and think about what makes you all software engineers successful, there are a couple of different categories. The first of which — coding-related. File reads, running terminal commands, seeing your history, even which tabs you have open inside of your editor. This all informs how to generate the correct code.”Following that, there’s knowing how…

[ad_1] New York CNN  —  US stocks on Monday opened higher, set to cap off a strong month and a remarkable second quarter for Wall Street. The Dow opened higher by 212 points, or 0.48%. The broader S&P 500 rose 0.34% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained 0.46%, rising to intraday record highs. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq on Friday both hit all-time highs, and the indexes were set to notch another record on Monday. The market is set to finish the second quarter on a high note, posting a major rebound after a dismal first quarter. After tumbling in…

[ad_1] Meta spent $14.3 billion to acquire nearly half of Scale AI and level up in the AI race — but the startup’s rivals spy an opportunity as well.Executives at five Scale AI competitors told Business Insider that they have seen a big uptick in client inquiries and job interest since the Meta deal was announced on June 13.Meta now holds a 49% stake in a company handling AI training data for many of its competitors, like Google, OpenAI, and xAI. In response, those three companies paused at least some of their work with Scale AI. Independence from Big Tech…

[ad_1] New York CNN  —  Luckin Coffee, the fast-growing chain that beat Starbucks at its own game in China, is entering the United States. Its first two US locations are opening Monday — both in New York City — marking an escalation in competition against Starbucks and other coffee chains, such as Dutch Bros., that have successfully built a loyal following in targeting Gen Z drinkers with TikTok-worthy drinks at affordable prices. Luckin’s website and social media accounts are promoting the openings with discounts and giveaways. The stores are located in Greenwich Village, near the bustling New York University campus,…

[ad_1] Pretty much every potential homebuyer looks for houses on the internet, scouring listings for the right facade and envisioning their couch in glossy photos of empty living rooms. A lot of the time, that digital touring pays off: The National Association of Realtors recently found that about half of purchasers end up finding the winning property online. For many house hunters, the never-ending cyberquest for that dream home includes a stop (or many) at Zillow.If you count yourself among the 221 million monthly visitors who scan Zillow or one of its affiliated portals, like Trulia, you probably won’t notice…

[ad_1] New York CNN  —  Joshua Aaron has worked in and around the tech industry for around two decades. He built his first app — a blackjack game — at computer camp when he was 13. His newest app is designed for a very different purpose: to let users alert people nearby to sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in their area. Aaron launched the platform, called ICEBlock, in early April after watching President Donald Trump’s administration begin its immigration crackdown. The White House’s immigration policies have sparked mass protests across the United States; a CNN poll in April…

[ad_1] Reuters  —  Warren Buffett donated on Friday another $6 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Gates Foundation and four family charities, his biggest annual donation since he began giving away his fortune nearly two decades ago. The donation of about 12.36 million Berkshire Class B shares boosted Buffett’s overall giving to the charities to well over $60 billion. He donated 9.43 million shares to the Gates Foundation; 943,384 shares to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation; and 660,366 shares to each of three charities led respectively by his children Howard, Susie, and Peter: the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, Sherwood…

[ad_1] Jack Altman has a lesson for early-stage founders: Pick the right board.On an episode of the “Sourcery” podcast published on Saturday, Altman, a founder-turned-venture capitalist, said that if he were to launch a startup again, he would focus on bringing on the right board members.”You’re really picking somebody who’s going to be with you as a throughline through the company,” he said. “It’s hard to see it when it happens because you’re just in a frenzied round.”Altman founded and led Lattice, a human-resources software startup last valued at $3 billion, for over eight years before stepping down as its CEO…

[ad_1] Lululemon is going after Costco, saying it copied the designs of some of its most popular product lines.The Vancouver-based athleisure brand filed a lawsuit against Costco on Friday in California court, accusing it of ripping off the designs of its yoga jackets and chinos.In the 49-page filing, it spotlighted three product lines — its Scuba hoodies and sweatshirts, Define jackets, and ABC pants — saying Costco had created “confusingly similar” dupes of them. It said Costco had infringed its “trade dress,” a broad trademark law that protects the look and feel of a product.In the lawsuit, Lululemon put pictures…