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    Try out Apple’s Vision Pro headset... at Lowe’s.

    Three stores in New Jersey, California, and North Carolina will let you use a Vision Pro headset to visualize kitchen designs in virtual reality. The experience uses Lowe’s Style Studio app, which launched on the Vision Pro in February.

    You can book a Vision Pro session on Lowe’s website. The store will also allow a “limited number” of walk-ins.

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    Emma Roth
    Paramount and Skydance have reportedly settled on a merger agreement.

    Following months of merger rumors, CNBC reports that Paramount and Skydance have finalized an agreement that it will announce in the “coming days.” Shari Redstone, the head of Paramount’s parent company National Amusements, still needs to sign off on the deal.

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    Emma Roth
    The IRS’s free tax filing service is here to stay.

    After launching a pilot for the 2024 tax season, the IRS has announced that it will make Direct File available in all states that want to use it next year. It’s also working to cover more tax situations through the service.