Small lenders oppose combining Fannie, Freddie into single entity

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should continue to operate as separate companies rather than merged into a single entity, and be regulated like utilities with a cap on excessive fees and prohibitions on backing risky loans. That’s the perspective of an industry group, Community Home Lenders of America (C

The Best Deals on Headphones and Earbuds During These Labor Day Sales

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Google Is Quietly Building AI Into the Pixel Camera App, and It Worries Me

Google’s Pixel 10 phones made their official debut this week, and with them, a bunch of generative AI features baked directly into the camera app. It’s normal for phones to use “computational photography” these days, a fancy term for all those lighting and post-processing effects they add to your pi

The Best Labor Day Deals on PCs and Computer Accessories

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