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Christie’s Hit By Cyberattack Days Before Auction

Christie’s Hit By Cyberattack Days Before Auction | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it
“We apologize that our full website is currently offline,” the message reads. “We are looking to resolve this as soon as possible and regret any inconvenience. Contact details below for help and registration including to register for online bidding.”

The cause and extent of the hack has not yet been disclosed, and it’s not yet known if any personal details have been compromised in the attack. 
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New Zillow Home Loans tool addresses home buyers' biggest concern: affordability

New Zillow Home Loans tool addresses home buyers' biggest concern: affordability | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it
Today, Zillow Home Loans is introducing BuyAbility, a new tool that addresses one of the biggest considerations buyers face today: understanding what they can afford. Only offered on Zillow, BuyAbility gives buyers a personalized, real-time estimate of the home price and monthly payment that fits within their budget, and then gives insight into the likelihood of qualifying for a loan. BuyAbility is powered by real-time mortgage rates from Zillow Home Loans.
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Ummahat AlShaykh Island sets new standards in sustainable tourism

Ummahat AlShaykh Island sets new standards in sustainable tourism | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it
Kuma and his team have opted for a site-specific approach, crafting low, horizontally oriented "Land Villas" with gently curved roofs that mimic the natural contours of the surrounding sand dunes.
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NAR Board Keeps Dues Unchanged, Elects 2025 Leadership

NAR Board Keeps Dues Unchanged, Elects 2025 Leadership | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it

At its May 9 meeting, the National Association of REALTORS® Board of Directors voted to keep NAR dues at $156 per member for 2025.

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Dell Data Breach Impacts 49 Million Customers

Dell Data Breach Impacts 49 Million Customers | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it
In an email to customers and since shared across social media, the company said that the data compromised includes customers’ names, physical addresses and “Dell hardware and order information, including service tag, item description, date of order and related warranty information.” 
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Celoria Architects designs concrete home as a "massive, primitive object"

Celoria Architects designs concrete home as a "massive, primitive object" | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it
Acting as giant, hollowed-out columns, these concrete forms house the home's infrastructure and utilities, including a spiral staircase, bathrooms, utility rooms and a fireplace.

This frees up the rest of the floor plates to be column-free, allowing for unobstructed views through the full-height windows and glazed corners that overlook the landscape.
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A Portal Between NYC and Dublin Opens in the Flatiron District

A Portal Between NYC and Dublin Opens in the Flatiron District | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it
This new installation, The Portal, has a twin in Dublin, Ireland. The two circular screens featured in the middle of each “portal” display a 24/7 visual livestream of the other city, allowing you to observe the street activity and interact with people across the globe in real time.
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Earth's 'Gateway to Hell' is growing by 35 million cubic feet each year

Earth's 'Gateway to Hell' is growing by 35 million cubic feet each year | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it
The dramatic Batagaika crater formation – which has earned it the nicknames of 'gateway to the underworld' and 'gateway to Hell' – has steep cliff-like edges revealing permafrost estimated to have been frozen for 650,000 years. It's currently around 50 m (164 ft) deep, with areas dropping down 100 meters (328 feet).
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Visa Uses Generative AI to Catch Suspicious Financial Transactions

Visa Uses Generative AI to Catch Suspicious Financial Transactions | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it
Its new AI tool learns a cardholder’s transaction patterns, identifying their normal and abnormal spending habits. The tool automatically assigns a risk score to a payment in around four milliseconds based on its likelihood to be fraudulent, flagging transactions likely to be an attack.
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AI Use in Cyberattacks Raises Worker Cybersecurity Concerns

AI Use in Cyberattacks Raises Worker Cybersecurity Concerns | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it
EY found younger workers, Gen Z and Millennials, were the most fearful of causing potential risks. Younger respondents also admitted to feeling unequipped to identify potential cyber threats in the workplace.
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US Home Price Insights – May 2024

US Home Price Insights – May 2024 | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it

Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased year over year by 5.3% in March 2024 compared with March 2023. On a month-over-month basis, home prices grew by 1.2% in March 2024 compared with February 2024 (revisions with public records data are standard, and to ensure accuracy, CoreLogic incorporates the newly released public data to provide updated results).

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'Underwater bicycle' propels swimmers forward at superhuman speed

'Underwater bicycle' propels swimmers forward at superhuman speed | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it
French company Seabike has developed a swimming device that uses your own leg power to accelerate you through the water at superhuman speeds. This crank-driven pusher prop looks a bit like an underwater unicycle... We'd love to take one for a spin!
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Sub-$12k electric micro-car will roll on US roads later this year

Sub-$12k electric micro-car will roll on US roads later this year | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it
LA-based Eli Electric Vehicles is launching its flagship Zero electric micro-car in the US market later this year, hoping to build on sales success in Europe and beyond. The teeny two-person city dweller starts at just $11,990.
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City of Wichita Cyberattack Ongoing, Services Remain Down

City of Wichita Cyberattack Ongoing, Services Remain Down | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it
The City of Wichita has released an update to a cybersecurity incident that started on May 5, informing its constituents that there is “no timetable” for when its systems could be coming back online.

“The information technology department and its security partners continue to work around the clock to address the cybersecurity incident,” the statement said. “Many city systems are down as security experts determine the source and extent of the incident.”
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'Got that boomer!': How cyber-criminals steal one-time passcodes for SIM swap attacks and raiding bank accounts

'Got that boomer!': How cyber-criminals steal one-time passcodes for SIM swap attacks and raiding bank accounts | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it

“This is the PayPal security team here. We’ve detected some unusual activity on your account and are calling you as a precautionary measure,” the caller’s robotic voice says. “Please enter the six-digit security code that we’ve sent to your mobile device.”

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CRISPR restores some vision to blind patients in clinical trial

CRISPR restores some vision to blind patients in clinical trial | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it
Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) is a rare condition that affects about one in every 40,000 newborns. Those affected have a genetic mutation that results in severely reduced vision, leading to complete blindness in about a third of patients. Currently, there are no FDA-approved treatment options at all.
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2024 Finalists :: Comedy Pet Photography Awards

2024 Finalists :: Comedy Pet Photography Awards | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it
2024 Comedy Pet Finalists Announced
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First quarter 2024 California housing affordability report

First quarter 2024 California housing affordability report | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it
A minimum annual income of $208,400 was needed to qualify for the purchase of a $814,280 statewide median-priced, existing single-family home in the first quarter of 2024. The monthly payment, including taxes and insurance (PITI) on a 30-year, fixed-rate loan, would be $5,210, assuming a 20 percent down payment and an effective composite interest rate of 6.86 percent.
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NYC's Fire Alarm Call Boxes: Everything You Wanted to Know

NYC's Fire Alarm Call Boxes: Everything You Wanted to Know | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it
The function of the call boxes has remained the same for the last hundred plus years. Unlike most other technologies, it was not phased out by the advent of new technology. Instead, new technologies were incorporated into the existing system. What has changed is the mode of communication—from the initial trigger itself which evolved from a mechanical handle to a call button that allowed for two-way conversation.
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Chinese humanoid factory video plunges back into the uncanny valley

Chinese humanoid factory video plunges back into the uncanny valley | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it
The video, uploaded by user 'meimei4515,' is uncredited, but shows several moving androids with human-like hair and skin – in stark contrast to most of the general-purpose humanoids we'd normally cover, which are designed to look like robots, rather than trying to fool anyone.
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Keeping Tabs on NAR Membership

Keeping Tabs on NAR Membership | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it

NAR Treasurer Greg Hrabcak reported at the National Association of REALTORS® Board of Directors meeting Thursday that membership stood at 1,509,195 as of April 30. That’s higher than the numbers reported in February and March but roughly 2% lower than a year ago.

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AI Gun Detection System Monitors Crowds for Firearms

AI Gun Detection System Monitors Crowds for Firearms | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it
Their software analyzes more than 36,000 images per second from existing camera feeds to monitor for firearms. If the AI detects a possible firearm, the images are sent to ZeroEyes’ operation center where a human specialist will confirm the report.
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Brokers Can Now Access Agent Data Through M1 Database

Brokers Can Now Access Agent Data Through M1 Database | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it

Zoto also noted that the association is looking for feedback from brokers on what other dashboards and data they’d like to see implemented. Brokers can then take the dashboard data and export, email or share it as needed. “Brokers are the owners of the data. NAR provides the insights,” Zoto said.

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Metropolitan Median Area Prices and Affordability

Metropolitan Median Area Prices and Affordability | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it

More than 90% of metro markets (205 out of 221, or 93%) posted home price gains in the first quarter of 2024, as the 30-year fixed mortgage rate ranged from 6.60% to 6.94%. Thirty percent of the 221 tracked metro areas experienced double-digit price gains over the same period, up from 15% in the fourth quarter of 2023.

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ePack is a li'l urban semi-trailer truck – that you pedal

ePack is a li'l urban semi-trailer truck – that you pedal | Real Estate Plus+ Daily News | Scoop.it
It's highly unlikely that you've ever seen a pedal-electric delivery vehicle quite like the ePack before. In order to accommodate its 4,000 liters of cargo space, the six-wheeler has the same articulated form factor as a semi-trailer transport truck.
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