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Lisa Holden is a news writer for Af News Agency. She writes health, sport, tech, and more. Some of her favorite topics include the latest trends in fitness and wellness, the best ways to use technology to improve your life, and the latest developments in medical research.

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Gen Z’s thirst for the New York City lifestyle drives vacancy rates to the historic low of 1.4%—unseen since the ‘Mad Men’ era of 1968

More than four years after the onset of the pandemic, the verdict is in: Gen Z loves New York City life. And that’s tough news for renters. The pandemic steered generations old and young away from central business districts. With the promise of remote work and fewer options to access dining, entertainment, and other commercial […]

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One of San Francisco's top tech millionaires is so angry about crime he's tweeting out Tupac lyrics and says the city is 'gouging out its own eyes'

Late in January, Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan started tweeting out death threats aimed at local politicians.  “F— Chan Peskin Preston Walton Melgar Ronen Safai Chan as a label and motherf—ing crew,” Tan tweeted in the early-morning hours of Jan. 27, naming members of the city’s Board of Supervisors. “And if you are down with

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The Chip Wars are heating up, with Biden subsidies poised to make an impact after a slow first year

A year and a half after President Joe Biden signed the $53 billion CHIPS and Science Act into law, the U.S. share of global semiconductor manufacturing has actually decreased, and the government has spent less than half a percent of the money it committed to revitalizing the American microchip industry.  But the tide is turning.

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Airbnb investor rips South Lake Tahoe short-term rental ban, saying it just lets ‘wealthy people get good deals on second homes that mostly sit around vacant’

A “vacation rental investor” and  “proprietor of fine Airbnbs,” X user blasted South Lake Tahoe’s short-term rental ban yesterday in a post with over a million views.  Rohin Dhar, who claims to have Airbnbs in Sonoma, Kauai, Taos, Mount Hood, Yosemite, and Asheville, wrote that the resort city’s near total ban implemented more than five

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Minneapolis Mayor calls remote workers ‘losers’ who sit at home with a ‘nasty cat blanket, diddling on their laptop’

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is trying a unique strategy to get remote workers to return downtown: insulting them. “I don’t know if you saw this study the other day,” Frey told an audience of 1,000 at Minneapolis Downtown Council’s annual meeting on Wednesday. “What this study clearly showed … is that when people who have

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Now you can text VP Kamala Harris, but you'll probably be hearing more from her instead

You can text vice president Kamala Harris your favorite emojis now. There’s a good chance she’ll only respond with a mass blast of her latest road trips. Harris has now joined President Joe Biden on Community, an SMS marketing platform with at least 28 million members that helps big brands, entertainment sectors, musicians and lately,

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The CEO of Europe’s largest airline is about to trigger a $108 million bonus that British shareholders can’t vote on because of Brexit

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary could be in for a €100 million ($108 million) payday if the airline’s stock continues on its current trajectory.  The Dublin-based carrier’s shares currently sit at €20.11 each. Should the stock reach €21 and stay there for 28 consecutive days, O’Leary would be eligible for stock options valued at €100 million

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You’re going to pay more for your chocolate bars because of El Nino and climate change in Africa. Just look at what chocolate firms are saying

Cocoa prices are at a record high and some of the world’s biggest chocolate producers are sounding the alarm as the Valentine’s Day buying surge approaches. The output for cocoa producers in Ghana and Ivory Coast, which alone are responsible for 60% of the world’s supply, is under threat thanks to poor weather and climate

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Prey Director Dan Trachtenberg to Helm New Predator Movie Called Badlands

Dan Trachtenberg is returning to the Predator franchise. The director received wide acclaim for helming 2022’s Prey , a prequel to the Predator films before it, where an 18th-century Comanche woman finds herself fighting against the franchise’s alien hunters (one of whom is pictured above). According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new movie is titled

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