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The Kaoss Pad has seen many different iterations, but the mainline effect unit and sampler hasn't received an update since the launch of the KP3+ in 2013. Korg has finally given it the attention it deserves with the release of the Kaoss Pad V. Rather than a dramatic reimagining of what a Kaoss Pad is, the V takes the core idea - an effect unit with an X / Y pad for controlling parameters

• I knew many people who moved away from Chicago to raise their kids, but I stayed.
• In Chicago, my kids had access to parks, museums, and multiple learning opportunities.
• Of course, I was afraid to let them roam the city on their own, but independence was important.

While raising my kids in Chicago, I saw a recurring pattern. A

January was going to be a landmark month for the crypto industry. The Senate would start negotiating the finer details of the CLARITY Act, a major law that would finally enshrine the

• Boston Dynamics revealed the latest iteration of Atlas, a 200-pound, six-foot-tall humanoid robot.
• The company plans to deploy Atlas on the Hyundai factory floor by 2028.
• Business Insider spoke to Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter about the new robot.

In a few years

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How it started

You could say it all started with Elon Musk's AI FOMO - and his crusade against "wokeness." When his AI company, xAI

• Hedge funds betting big on China generated strong returns last year.
• Managers, including Bridgewater, Tekne, and Pinpoint, benefited from a strong year for Chinese stocks.
• Many funds are also invested in ByteDance, the China-based owner of TikTok.

At the start of 2025, alarms

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The business of dating

My wife and I met nearly two decades ago in the same newsroom. We were cub reporters, then friends, and then started dating. Eventually, we got married. Now we have two kids.

I'd say it's a sweet story — and an increasingly

• Samsung has a very different AI strategy from the likes of OpenAI.
• The company develops AI for consumer products like kitchen appliances and its smartphone assistant.
• Samsung Electronics' Europe boss says it's focusing on AI that provides "every day value rather than novelty."

In an AI market full of spectacle and hype, Samsung says

• The Alexander brothers will stand trial on federal sex-trafficking charges this week.
• Oren and Tal Alexander were top real estate agents before they, and a third brother, were arrested.
• Defense attorneys have argued that the government overreached by

• Cesar Carvalho left a consulting job at McKinsey to launch Wellhub, a wellness startup.
• 14 years later, Wellhub is changing corporate wellness — and counts McKinsey as a client.
• Hustle culture is a liability to productive workforces, Carvalho told Business Insider.

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