Comment on Tech M&A is on the rise in Greater Washington. Here's what's fueling the uptick.

Updates to LinkedIn’s user agreement will automatically opt users into sharing their data with its AI. Follow these steps to opt out. LinkedIn users might not realize they’re giving permission for the site to use their personal data and any content they create on the platform to train the company’s generative AI models, but if they’re in the U.

A series of day-in-the-life vlogs from mom influencers on TikTok tried to paint Saudi Arabia’s mega project as a desert paradise. The internet had other opinions. Promotion for Neom, the upwards of $500 billion, 10,000-square-mile region under construction in Saudi Arabia, has always been a little off. There are the videos touting Neom’s 105-mile-long city, The Line; and the reality-defying renderings showing off a litany of luxury spaces including the golf resort Gidori.

The rate fell to 6.09% from 6.20% last week. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U. S. edged closer to 6% this week to its lowest level since early February 2023.

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Local developer Ken Wolf says that Denver’s Punch Bowl Social recently bought a karaoke bar that he is a shareholder in without his knowledge and for a suspiciously low price. Voicebox Karaoke once had locations across four states, including at 2601 Walnut St. in RiNo. But Voicebox left Denver in 2022 and only two locations in Portland, Ore., remain. Voicebox blamed its landlord, Edens, for pushing it out of RiNo.

While voters have said they trusted Trump over Biden on the economy, a new poll finds Harris has quickly closed the gap—and that undecided voters prefer her policies. Given that the stickiest moments from last week’s presidential debate seem to be Donald Trump’s false claim that Haitian immigrants are eating cats in Ohio, and Taylor Swift’s post-debate endorsement of Kamala Harris, it may come as a surprise that what voters are most concerned about in choosing their next president is still, as usual, the economy.