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Lowe's CEO Warns Housing Market "Most Difficult" Since Financial Crisis As DIY Project Demand Crumbles
Lowe's CEO Warns Housing Market "Most Difficult" Since Financial Crisis As DIY Project Demand Crumbles
Home improvement retailers such as Home Depot and Lowe's warned this week that consumers remain reluctant to splurge on big-ticket home improvement items, as elevated mortgage rates, high home prices, energy inflation, weakening sentiment, and broader macroeconomic uncertainty weigh on demand.
Let's begin with Home Depot, which on Wednesday reported mixed first-quarter results. At the same time, management said on the conference call that it is not expecting a "marked improvement in underlying demand."
Bernstein analyst Zhihan...
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'World's First' Humanoid Robot For Real Household Chores Launched With 16-Hour Battery
'World's First' Humanoid Robot For Real Household Chores Launched With 16-Hour Battery
Authored by Jijo Malayil via Interesting Engineering,
Chinese robotics firm UniX AI has unveiled Panther, touted as the world’s first service humanoid robot to enter real household deployment.
UniX AI has commenced global deliveries of Panther, bringing service humanoid robots into real homes.UniX AI
Panther is a third-generation full-size wheeled dual-arm humanoid robot, and UniX AI has commenced global deliveries.
The robot stands about 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighs around 176 pounds (80 kilograms), and operates for 8 to 16 hours...
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May 14, 2026 / Tyler Durden
DOJ Sues DC Bar Over Its Prosecution Of Former Trump Lawyer, Calls It "Partisan Arm Of Leftist Causes"
DOJ Sues DC Bar Over Its Prosecution Of Former Trump Lawyer, Calls It "Partisan Arm Of Leftist Causes"
Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint on May 13 against the D.C. Bar, alleging it has acted as a “partisan arm of leftist causes.”
The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on April 27, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
According to the DOJ, the agency seeks to advance President Donald Trump’s directives to end the weaponization of the federal government while nullifying...
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Jun 23, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Trump Signs Orders For Quantum Computer, Cryptography Upgrades
Trump Signs Orders For Quantum Computer, Cryptography Upgrades
Authored by Martin Young via CoinTelegraph.com,
US President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Monday to push to build a quantum computer and to focus on creating cryptography that can resist quantum attacks.
The orders aim to take a “cohesive, whole-of-government approach” to accelerate the deployment and commercialization of quantum computing and “protect sensitive technologies and work with allies to ensure adversaries cannot use QIST [Quantum Information Science and Technology] to undermine national security.”
The orders come as China ramps up its quantum computing ambitions following...
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