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M.M.LaFleur review: Elegant, comfortable workwear with smart design details

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When you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more Here's how M.M. LaFleur's high-end workwear holds up to our 9 to 5 routines. Sally Kaplan, Gabrielle Chase, Samantha Crozier/Business Insider M.M.LaFleur has a reputation for making classically elegant work clothes with a modern flair. But at an average cost of $150 to $350 apiece, one has to be selective about which M.M.LaFleur styles will have the biggest impact on your office wardrobe. To determine the brand's true strengths, we wore a bunch of M.M.LaFleur outfits on our commutes, discovering the less-apparent reasons for its high price tags. Nearly every piece we tried fit, felt, and functioned beautifully enough that we've kept wearing them again and again. Our favorite M.M.LaFleur line A standout textile from the brand, OrigamiTech is machine washable and wrinkle-resistant . It's our favorite fabric for work travel and is a true must-have for looki...

Where to watch the Celebrity Traitors: Free live streams, cast, trailer

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When you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more Claudia Winkleman returns to host the second season of Celebrity Traitors. Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images The global television phenomenon that is The Traitors is getting the UK celebrity treatment again, as 21 famous names from television, film, music, and comedy come together in a stunning Scottish castle with murder on their minds. It's all that anybody in the British Isles will be talking about at their water coolers this October, so be sure to follow our guide below on where to watch the Celebrity Traitors — with free and international streaming options explained. The free-to-air BBC is the home of all things Traitors in the UK, including Celebrity Traitors Season 2 — that means you'll be able to stream episodes live and on demand through the BBC iPlayer . In the US, Peacock is the streaming service you'll need, but you'll have to wait to watch. You can access your s...

BMW built the same car for gas and electric. The EV is $4,400 cheaper.

The new BMW 3 Series shows just how quickly EVs have caught up to fossil fuel vehicles on pricing. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/haE19B7 via IFTTT

AI voice startup ElevenLabs doubles valuation to $22B

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Bill Gates says companies that replace human labor with robots should have to pay the same FICA taxes

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Bill Gates wants to tax robots that replace human jobs. Tom Brenner/Getty Images Bill Gates says he wants workers to pay their fair share — even if they're not human. By taxing robot workers and AI tokens, Gates says the US can ensure its social safety nets remain. Gates first proposed the robot tax back in 2017. Bill Gates has a plan to ensure that humans keep getting paid in an AI jobs apocalypse: Tax the robots. In an interview with Ezra Klein of The New York Times that aired on Tuesday, the billionaire philanthropist said that "society gets to decide" how to support its workers — even if AI is pushing them out. "You define a unit of labor and say, independent of whether that's delivered by a human or robot, you are paying the same FICA tax that a human worker would pay," Gates said, referring to the US payroll tax. FICA taxes work by having workers pay portions of their paychecks toward benefits like Social Security and Medicare , with employers matchin...

OpenAI just launched its answer to Meta: 'always-on' AI agents called Dots

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a recent state dinner. Bloomberg/Getty Images OpenAI announced its new "always-on" AI agent product, Dots, at its DevDay conference on Tuesday. Dots will compete with Meta's Muse, part of a rush in the industry toward personal agents. A spate of other announcements included a new model, a $500 plan, and a collaboration feature. OpenAI is throwing its hat in tech's shiniest new ring. On Tuesday, the company unveiled a new product called Dots, its answer to the rise of "always-on" personal agents like Instinct and Meta's Muse . OpenAI's version will run on its frontier model GPT-6 Astra. "I'm really surprised at what a difference this makes in my life," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said at the company's annual DevDay conference in San Francisco. "I feel like I've finally gotten some of my attention back. I no longer feel quite addicted to my phone in the same way. It's the w...

I was my boyfriend's first — and only — Hinge match

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The author and her boyfriend met on Hinge. Courtesy of Lauren Melnick My boyfriend, Matthew, swiped right on my profile — and then closed the app. When I saw his profile, he had some green flags I was looking for, and we started dating. We've been together ever since, which gives him a 100% success rate. On a random Tuesday night in April, loneliness paid a visit to Matthew. He'd been single for two years and was completely content with his bachelor life when he realized he missed having someone in his life, and going on a first date again didn't seem too bad. Twenty minutes later, he had downloaded Hinge and created a profile. As the left swipes kept piling up with zero on the right, his thumb suddenly stopped and hovered over one profile. A photo caught his eye, and he made his first-ever right swipe, closing the app and not opening it again. He matched with me, and I checked out his profile A notification popped up on my phone from Hinge. I had a new like, and I went t...