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Mortgage rates hit highest level in nearly a year

Mortgage rates rose again this week and reached the highest level in nearly a year, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said on Thursday. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey showed the average interest rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rose to 6.58% this week, up from 6.55% last week.This…

How America reached a political tipping point for socialism

How could this happen? How could so many socialist and openly Marxist candidates be winning elections? The answer is a perfect storm of man-made and natural disasters. The storm began with the COVID-19 pandemic. For three years, supply lines were halted, our movements restricted, even our ability to worship together…

Ford to use Apple Maps software in self-driving tech for new EV platform

Ford is planning to integrate Apple software into its next-generation fleet of electric vehicles, which will, in turn, help power hands-free driving technology. Apple and Ford announced Thursday that Apple Maps will be included in the automakers’ new Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV) platform through the use of Apple’s MapKit for…

Zuckerberg says AI should empower people, not replace them, in new Meta vision

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the company’s latest vision for artificial intelligence Wednesday, arguing the technology should empower people rather than replace them. The social media giant released a new video outlining its approach to AI, contrasting it with what it described as a growing “fear” or “dystopian” narrative surrounding…