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Art curator Ximena Caminos asks $7.7 million for colorful Miami Beach penthouse

A Miami Beach penthouse owned and designed by art curator Ximena Caminos, the former partner of Argentinian hotelier and real estate developer Alan Faena, has just hit the market for $7.7 million. Caminos, the founder of Faena Art, is also the founder of ReefLine, a 7-mile-long underwater public sculpture park, snorkel trail and “purpose-built” reef […]

Angry parents after being banned from drinking at school events: ‘Treated like children’

Dozens of students at Sydney Catholic high schools have been banned from bringing a date into their official year 12 under a new policy, causing “huge uproar”. Under the rules, which apply to the 147 school systems within the city’s Catholic archdiocese, parents will also be prohibited from drinking alcohol at end-of-year celebrations. Issued earlier […]

Brain implant lets ALS patient control Amazon’s Alexa with thought: ‘Gives me back the independence I’m losing’

A man affected by ALS has become the first person in the world to control an Amazon Alexa digital assistant through his thoughts – thanks to a brain implant created by a New York-based neurotech startup. Synchron – a company specializing in medical technology solutions – has implanted its brain-computer interface (BCI) into a blood […]

Do you have an adjustable rate mortgage? The clock is ticking, here’s what you need to do now

Today’s high interest rates have created a ticking time bomb for many homebuyers who took out an adjustable-rate mortgage near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. About 330,000 homeowners who took out an ARM in 2019 have already seen their five-year fixed-rate term end, and another 100,000 will join them next year, according to ICE […]

Millionaires are increasingly renting instead of buying

These well-heeled renters could easily afford to become homeowners, but they simply would prefer not to. For most Americans, it’s finances that hold them back from buying property — but among the ultra-wealthy elite, for whom money is hardly an object, there’s a growing preference for renting over buying. Over the past 15 years, the […]

From Norway to New York, electric ferries are taking over the globe

Coming this fall, residents in Stockholm won’t have to endure the hour-long drive or train ride between Ekerö, a popular suburb, and central Stockholm, home to the historic City Hall. Instead, they can jump on a 30-passenger ferry and make the journey in half the time, helping to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. This is not […]