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as in improve
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Lavery’s protagonist in Meeting New People is an acerbic older woman named Barbara, who is trying to optimize her next and potentially last friendship by analyzing what went wrong with failed best friendships in the past.
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Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Over the past several years running channels on YouTube as well as shows on TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat, Davis said that he’s learned to optimize for social media’s most unforgiving metric: watch time.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 30 Dec. 2025
Swipe once more, and a tech CEO is telling you how AI is going to optimize your hustle.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
Oracle has since embarked on a historic build-out of data centers optimized for AI that’s proceeding faster than some expected.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2025
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Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Over the past several years running channels on YouTube as well as shows on TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat, Davis said that he’s learned to optimize for social media’s most unforgiving metric: watch time.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 30 Dec. 2025
Swipe once more, and a tech CEO is telling you how AI is going to optimize your hustle.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
Oracle has since embarked on a historic build-out of data centers optimized for AI that’s proceeding faster than some expected.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2025
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The Carolina Panthers’ defense improved in almost every major statistical category from 2024 to 2025.—
Mike Kaye
January 8,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2026
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Tapascott said everything improves when weight drops, from acceleration to braking and efficiency.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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Securing agreements with multiple hyperscalers mitigates risk, stabilizes earnings, and enhances the credibility of the AI narrative to Wall Street.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The company's model allows organizations to extend, protect, and enhance functioning systems without mandatory upgrades, redirecting savings toward strategic priorities rather than following a vendor's timeline.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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