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Rodney Zemmel
Rodney Zemmel said CEOs should focus in part on how to scale their use of AI.
  • Rodney Zemmel helps guide Blackstone's 250 portfolio companies, including on their use of AI.
  • He said CEOs should ask five questions about their AI integration, from how to scale to ROI.
  • Some companies have struggled to see returns on their AI investments.

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Bags of Simply Nature freeze dried strawberries.
I like to shop at Aldi for good deals on my family's grocery staples, from freeze-dried strawberries to half-and-half.
  • I'm a mom, and I've been shopping at Aldi for years for affordable, yet high-quality foods.
  • My son and I love to add the Simply Nature freeze-dried strawberries to our cereal.
  • Aldi's premium dark-chocolate chunks are one of my favorite snacks for satisfying my sweet

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The Pentagon
  • An unusual vending machine briefly operated at the Pentagon before abruptly being removed.
  • The machine sells "mystery" boxes containing trading cards or signed sports jerseys.
  • The items vary in value, though some critics say the box is a form of gambling.

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Christopher Mannino left the US and brought his family to the Mediterranean island Malta.
  • Christopher Mannino moved from Delaware to Swieqi, Malta, with his family.
  • Mannino wanted to "worldschool" his two children and found Malta to be the best fit to start.
  • Malta's unique and rich culture has Mannino and family doing activities they couldn't in the US.

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Cynthia Wall holding up her books while decluttering her house
The author is decluttering her house, especially her book collection.
  • Now that I'm 81, I've decided to declutter my house so that my kids don't have to when I die.
  • I love giving away items I have around the house, but my large book collection is my biggest hurdle.
  • It's a strange task, but I feel it's important to do this for my kids.

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Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. There are tons of interesting games out this week. But first, there's been some discourse around the Nintendo Switch version of Dispatch, which arrived this week as well.

On other platforms, there's an option to censor genitalia and other explicit content, but that's not present in the Switch version. Instead, such content is


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Grammy's night forecast: cloudy with a chance of snubs

After covering the Grammy Awards for nearly two decades, there are a few moments I know will happen on music's biggest night: Someone will go home happy, and someone will go home sad.

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Courtney Bautista and her husband standing outside their RV
The couple decided to sell their home and live in an RV.
  • When Courtney Bautista's kids went off to college, she and her husband became empty nesters.
  • Unsure what to do next, they decided to follow their dreams and try RV living.
  • They eventually became full-time RV-ers and love their new life on the road.

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A job seeker listens to information about employment during a job fair in Dallas, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026.
  • If you're looking for a job, having contacts at a specific employer can help you be ready when a role opens.
  • Building a relationship can help you avoid the application "cattle call," a career coach said.
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Ey office
  • Big Four leaders want their junior employees to use AI agents for routine tasks.
  • But how do they develop into tomorrow's leaders if they're not putting in the hours on grunt work?
  • Not all leaders at the Big Four have a clear answer.

For decades, the path to success at the Big Four has been clear, if unglamorous.

Juniors used to cut their teeth on time-consuming


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