Segments From This Episode

• Inflation moderates in manufacturing and job market

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  As supply chains normalize and labor demand slackens, prices and wages are cooling off.

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• AI likely to make voice assistants smarter

  by Matt Levin

  

  Google aims to “supercharge” Google Assistant with the same tech that underlies ChatGPT, which could boost communication.

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• Superconductor breakthrough claims draw interest and skepticism

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  Claims of a room-temperature superconductor have gone viral, but others’ earlier claims to have achieved this have been debunked.

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• The Federal Reserve could help instant payments catch on

  by Justin Ho

  

  Many small banks have been hesitant to offer instant payments, even though they’ve been available for years. But the central bank’s FedNow service could cause more banks to give instant payments a try.

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• Getting private scholarships for college doesn’t necessarily mean a reduced bill

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  Sometimes schools will take private scholarship money and subtract that from its institutional grant. It’s known as scholarship displacement, and a handful of states are passing laws to end it.

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