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[ad_1] In the age of AI coding, GitHub’s CEO says he’s still a believer that junior engineers are of great value to tech companies. Just don’t be surprised if you’re asked to showcase your prompt-engineering skills in a job interview.Thomas Dohmke, who has been CEO of Microsoft-owned GitHub since 2021, talked in a recent interview with “The Pragmatic Engineer” about what early-career software developers bring to the table.”It’s lovely to see that those folks that bring fresh ideas, a great amount of energy, the latest learnings from college and university, and often a different, diverse background into the company,” Dohmke…

[ad_1] CNN  —  Compass has officially brought a long-simmering real estate dispute into the courtroom. On Monday, the real estate brokerage sued home-search website Zillow, accusing it of engaging in an anticompetitive conspiracy to maintain its dominance over digital home listings. Compass’ lawsuit marks a new phase in the battle between real estate’s largest brokerages and home search engines over control of home listings. If Compass’ lawsuit succeeds, it could transform how and where real estate listings are shared online. Zillow says it’s working in the interests of consumer transparency and that Compass is trying to hoard listings. Compass says…

[ad_1] Leaked code suggests xAI is developing an advanced file editor for Grok with spreadsheet support, signaling the company’s push to compete with OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft by embedding AI copilots into productivity tools.  “You can talk to Grok and ask it to assist you at the same time you’re editing the files!” writes reverse engineer Nima Owji, who leaked the finding.  BREAKING: xAI is working on an advanced FILE EDITOR for GROK!It even supports SPREADSHEETS!You can talk to Grok and ask it to assist you at the same time you’re editing the files! pic.twitter.com/9vIKRZj6Wn— Nima Owji (@nima_owji) June 22,…

[ad_1] Harvey AI, a startup that provides automation for legal work, has raised $300 million in Series E funding at a $5 billion valuation, the company told Fortune. The round was co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Coatue, with participation from existing investors, including Conviction, Elad Gil, OpenAI Startup Fund, and Sequoia. The financing comes just four months after Harvey announced that Sequoia led a $300 million Series D round at a $3 billion valuation. While many AI companies aim to keep headcount low, Harvey is rapidly expanding its staff. The three-year-old startup already employs 340 people and plans to double that…

[ad_1] For prospective homebuyers, there are a few reasons to be hopeful that the housing market is taking a turn for the better. Top among them is home-price growth, which is slowing, and in some metros, even trending down.A Redfin report published Monday said that home price growth posted the slowest increase since 2023 last month, at 0.7%. That’s promising news in a market that’s seen poor affordability as a barrier for many looking to buy a house.The decrease can be attributed to buyers outnumbering sellers, leading to houses sitting on the market for longer and giving buyers an edge…

[ad_1] More invites to Amazon’s upgraded digital assistant, Alexa+, powered by generative AI, have been steadily rolling out. The service, first announced in February, now reaches over a million users, Amazon confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. However, Alexa+ is not yet publicly available. Instead, Amazon has been working through its waitlist, sending out invites to those customers who originally signed up to test the service when it became available. Over the past several weeks, many people have shared on social media that they’ve received an invite to try Alexa+, whose service offers more natural and personalized interactions, smart home integration,…

[ad_1] (This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh — Sometimes I’m surprised by what’s working in the market. If I had to guess, I probably would not have picked entertainment-related companies to be among the best industry groups in the S & P 500 on a year-to-date basis and neither would you have. And that’s despite the fact that we’ve been writing about Spotify and Netflix here an awful lot. Turns out there’s more to the story than just those two tickers, as Sean…

[ad_1] Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Oil myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.The writer is director of research and co-founder at Energy AspectsThe threat of Israel or the US striking Iran has hung over oil markets for decades. Now that it has happened, however, the market seems unsure in its attempts to price in the implications for energy. So far there has been minimal supply disruptions and the oil market has only been a little disturbed by the ongoing conflict. Brent crude prices have only risen by about $10 since the conflict started as…

[ad_1] There is no shortage of workflow collaboration tools — like Slack or Google Docs, in addition to industry-specific ones like GitHub — for software developers. A startup called AllSpice successfully bet that electrical hardware engineering teams need their own collaboration platform, too. AllSpice’s platform sits between existing workflow software. It allows hardware teams to collaborate on the types of documents they traditionally work in — documents that don’t easily translate over Slack and email — like PCB files and electronic CAD files, both of which are used to design circuit boards. Engineers can use AllSpice to single out and…

[ad_1] Riders in Tesla’s newly launched robotaxi service might have done a double-take when prompted to leave a tip for their driverless ride.Turns out, it’s just a joke.A Sunday post on X, formerly known as Twitter, shows a video of the service’s app on a user’s smartphone screen after a Tesla robotaxi ride. Besides an option to rate the ride and leave feedback, there’s also an option to leave a tip, with a couple of preset amounts similar to what riders might be used to seeing on the apps of Uber and Lyft.When the user tries to leave a tip,…