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Happy workers stay at their jobs longer. That saves companies money, as they don’t have to worry about hiring or training new workers nearly as often. In fact, companies that offer at least some form of remote-work option have 25% less turnover, according to 2017 research from remote video-conferencing hardware maker Owl Labs. Over half…

Anthropic is set to pay a landmark $1.5 billion copyright violation settlement, Reuters reported Monday (June 20). U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin approved the settlement, believed to be the largest such award in a copyright case in the United States, the report said. A class action lawsuit had been brought by a group of authors…

In addition to the two hotel-booking businesses, San Francisco is suing Booking Holdings, alleging its Priceline division supplied the rooms and technology behind the sites.

Over the last decade, the rising cost of new and used cars have driven up the amount of the average car loan. To make up for this, auto lenders have started offering longer car loans that let consumers borrow more with a lower monthly payment. The State of the Automotive Finance Market from Experian states…

US housing law delivers good news for insurers – Risk.net Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Congress added curbs to institutional property ownership; insurers are more interested in the underlying loans The arrival of positive news this month for investors that buy single-family homes in the US will come as welcome news…

While the rest of the online world is increasingly being shaped by AI, LinkedIn is making it easier to flag any low-quality “AI slop” that has crept its way onto the platform. On Thursday, the professional networking platform added a “Seems like AI slop” button, which will appear when a user clicks on the options…