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Home Depot just launched its biggest Halloween collection yet—and it is only April!

April officially marks the beginning of spring. But for Halloween fanatics, it marks the halfway point until the...

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Schools Are Saving Big By Going Green

This story about green schools was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization...

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How AI is quietly exhausting you—and what to do about it

I recently noticed a paradox among a team of developers. With AI, engineers started writing code faster and getting...

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How AI-powered smart glasses could transform dementia care by 2027

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM For Carole Greig, 70, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s almost three years...

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AI breakthrough cuts energy use by 100x while boosting accuracy

AI is consuming staggering amounts of energy—already over 10% of U.S. electricity—and the demand is only...

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Wonder All Around Us

Somewhere in Kansas, a well-traveled man asked me if I was driving long distances to hit the state's biggest...