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SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram Previews Coming AI Video Elements
Meta’s super keen to make AI a more prominent part of the social media experience, whether you like it or not, and along that line, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri has today provided a glimpse of some coming video AI elements coming to IG. Yes, soon, via an integration with Meta’s Movie Gen engine, Instagram users will be able to create…
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ENTERTAINMENT
Amtrak experiencing heavy delays in and out of NYC
An Amtrak train at Penn Station Photo by Dean Moses Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Give yourself enough time for your holiday getaway, because Amtrak service is heavily delayed in and out of Penn Station. According to an advisory Monday morning, Amtrak trains are…
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LIFESTYLE
‘It’s Never Been a Competition’: Inside Christmas in Dyker Heights
There are, according to Tony Muia, several misconceptions about Dyker Heights and the extravagant Christmas decorations that appear along its blocks every year. For one, residents are under no obligation to festoon their homes and lawns with lights and animatronic characters—a tradition that dates to 1986, when Lucy Spata arrived in the neighborhood and saw no option but to go…
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REAL ESTATE
NYC welcomes 65 million tourists in 2024, second-highest in city history
New York City welcomed nearly 65 million visitors this year, the second highest total in its history. Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Tourism + Conventions President and CEO Julie Coker on Friday announced a new end-of-year tourism forecast, revealing a 3.5 percent increase in visitors from 2023 and projecting a return to pre-pandemic levels in 2025. NYC remains the most-visited…
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La Rosa Holdings to offer Bitcoin payments for real estate agents
The real estate platform will allow agents to receive commissions in digital assets under a 2% fee. Source link
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FINANCE
Where Analysts Think Bitcoin is Headed in 2025
Investopedia / Photo Illustration by Alice Morgan / Getty Images Analysts from Bitwise, Standard Chartered, and VanEck see bitcoin rising to the $180,000 to $200,000 level in 2025. Flows into spot bitcoin ETFs in 2025 could keep pace with the numbers from 2024, analysts say. Bitcoin prices could also see a boost if the U.S. decides to adopt a bitcoin…
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ECONOMY
Every Dollar Counts: The Top 5 Liberty Street Economics Posts of 2024
High prices and rising debt put pressure on household budgets this year, so it’s little wonder that the most-read Liberty Street Economics posts of 2024 dealt with issues of financial stress: rising delinquency rates on credit cards and auto loans, the surge in grocery prices, and the spread of “buy now, pay later” plans. Another top-five post echoed this theme…
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MARKET
Two-year U.S. manufacturing slump shows little sign of ending
Durable-goods orders fall for third time in four months. Report comes out a day early following Christmas Eve executive order by Biden. Source link
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MONEY
12 Best Places To Sell Sports Cards
Looking for the best places to sell sports cards? Do you have a box of sports cards from your childhood that you’re ready to let go of? If so, now may be the perfect time to turn those sports cards into extra income. Some sports cards may be worth a few dollars, and others may… Looking for the best places…
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SOCIAL MEDIA
Meta’s Experimenting With ‘Avatar Quests’ as It Builds Towards the Metaverse
As Meta works to make avatars a central element of its next-level experiences, it’ll also need to bring users along, by providing more ways for people to use their avatars in different applications. Which is where this could be headed: As you can see in this example, posted by app researcher Radu Oncescu, Meta’s working on “Avatar Quests”, which would…
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