• In a New Test, AI Mortgage Assistants Got Nearly 1 in 4 Answers Wrong,Allaire Conte

    In a New Test, AI Mortgage Assistants Got Nearly 1 in 4 Answers Wrong

    When researchers asked three of the leading general-use AI models which deposits in a bank statement “could be of foreign origin,” transactions connected to English names were flagged 13.3% of the time. But when the deposit came from a non-English name, that number jumped to 77%. “That's not how Ame

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  • 77-Year-Old Retired Teacher Wins HGTV’s $1.3 Million 2026 Smart Home—and She Has Big Plans for the Idyllic Florida Retreat,Kelsi Karruli

    77-Year-Old Retired Teacher Wins HGTV’s $1.3 Million 2026 Smart Home—and She Has Big Plans for the Idyllic Florida Retreat

    A retired substitute teacher has been named as the winner of HGTV's 2026 Smart Home, scoring not only the keys to the $1.3 million Florida property, but also $100,000 in cash. Karen Hiers, 77, who hails form Jacksonville, FL, is now the proud new owner of the modern Orlando abode, which is newly bui

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  • The Property Tax System Is Breaking—and Ohio Might Be Ground Zero,Allaire Conte

    The Property Tax System Is Breaking—and Ohio Might Be Ground Zero

    A year after Ohio’s property tax crisis reached a boiling point, the state has begun rolling out relief—but the fallout is still plain enough to see. Cuyahoga County sold a record $18 million in delinquent property tax debt in June, while Mahoning County’s auditor lists more than 24,000 delinquent p

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