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Tech, Co-investment Lowering Homeownership Barriers in Dismal Housing Market

Since the housing crisis in the late 2000s, real estate has continued to evolve rapidly which has only been accelerated by the impacts of the global pandemic. Co-investing treats property investment more like how a company can issue shares to multiple investors, mitigating the need for saddling home buyers with high debt and allowing investors to participate with smaller amounts of capital – opening up the asset class to many who have been prevented from participating. Divisible Inc is a platform that lets investors pool…

ADUs in Denver project aims to streamline rules, remove barriers to granny flats

They can bring housing density to Denver neighborhoods without the need to scrape away existing homes or drastically change the way those neighborhoods look. They can serve as a source of income for homeowners struggling to keep up with Denver’s rising cost of living and property taxes. Or they can house aging relatives, providing parents and grandparents with the opportunity to live just a few steps from loved ones but also maintain some privacy. They have environmental benefits, providing options for the reuse of…

Overcoming the barriers of AI-led digitization with human intelligence

Image: Nicol Ritchie/DataProphet More must-read AI coverage Implementing AI on the road to Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)-readiness offers unprecedented opportunities for manufacturers. Manufacturing lighthouses are the trailblazing businesses adopting 4IR technologies at scale in their plants. These industries are already sustainably capitalizing on AI’s ability to enable manufacturing lighthouses to make predictions and decisions, realizing many competitive, financial and operational…

Abortion Providers and Advocacy Groups Face New Legal Barriers to Marketing Their Services

The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade has created a legally fraught landscape for organizations that advertise abortion services or provide information about getting them.The new mishmash of proposed and existing state-level laws has all but guaranteed a raft of legal battles that could ensnare both ad buyers and sellers, some experts say. The biggest concern for abortion-related advertisers is the legal gray area between states that have banned various abortion procedures and those that haven’t. That is…

3 Common Entry Barriers for Crypto Users in 2022

There are still some serious barriers to entry to the cryptocurrency market. Education is a common barrier to entry for new users. Users don't know how to set up a wallet, what a private key is or how to use a decentralized exchange. The market needs to see an increased number of high-quality and easy-to-use resources. High risk comes with a high reward and large potential for investors to be aware of the volatility and the risks that are present in the space, and only invest what they are willing to lose.Gabriel…

Garena Free Fire Max Redeem codes for June 27, 2022: Unlock weapons, gloo barriers and much more

Garena Free Fire Max Redeem codes for June 27, 2022: Check out these simple and easy steps to claim exclusive in-game items and rewards. Garena Free Fire Max redeem codes for Monday, June 27 are issued by the game’s developers to bring in a fresh set of rewards including pets, characters, gloo barriers, and weapons. The FF Max is a tech enhanced version of Free Fire and has high-resolution graphics. The gameplay, rewards scheme and other rules are identical to

The barriers preventing eVTOLs from flying — and how to overcome them

VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft are coming but not anytime soon. Aircraft progress ranges from conceptual designs to complete prototypes and early test flights. But we’re a while off from commercial aviation. Further, a focus on the aircraft and the required regulations has overlooked the management of their journeys. I recently spoke with Corvin Huber, CEO, and CTO of Skyroads, to find out more, and it left me convinced that commercial electric VTOLs aren’t hitting the skies…

How the Internet Breaks the Barriers to Income

The Internet is disrupting the whole traditional income system that we are used to. There is an age-old debate about the disparaging income between certain geographic regions across the globe. However, with the digital age and web 2.0, these barriers are less and less limited when compared to the physical world. Here I’d like to discuss further how choosing online entrepreneurship can help lift people’s careers and build wealth way beyond what their economy would allow the standard of living. The argument…

Study identifies barriers for women returning to work after breast cancer

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Occupational therapy researchers find women living with and beyond breast cancer in Ireland are not aware of their employment entitlements and in response to findings have developed the occupational therapy-led "Work and Cancer" program that focuses on these entitlements and strategies for managing physical and psychological health in the workplace.…

Antigens and immunotherapy break through pancreatic cancer’s barriers

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly forms of the disease, resistant to many treatments. Now, scientists have identified how the tumors protect themselves so effectively – and more importantly, uncovered a way to potentially bust through those defenses.Ranking among the leading causes of cancer-related deaths, the prognosis for pancreatic cancer is devastating, with less than 10 percent of patients surviving beyond five years after diagnosis. One factor that makes pancreatic cancer so tough is that it builds a…