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That Epstein ‘Bubba’ email has inspired a wave of inappropriate Trump-Clinton merch on Etsy
Last week, Congress released more than 23,000 pages of documents from the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s estate to the public. Since then, the bombshell release has garnered...
Frontline workers say companies aren’t being transparent about AI integration
It’s not just executives or knowledge workers in offices who are using AI. It’s being adopted in fields like healthcare, retail, hospitality, and food services, too. But frontline workers...
The academic origins of everyday tech
When you open Microsoft Excel to review quarterly results or check Waze to optimize your route to the office, you’re tapping into technologies born not in corporate boardrooms, but...
What Sofia and Roman Coppola’s mother taught them about creativity
Being the children of Francis Ford Coppola had a profound impact on the filmmaking sensibilities of Sofia and Roman Coppola, but their mother, Eleanor Coppola, may have played a...
Why you can only find the new Starbucks holiday drink at Target
Looking for some holiday cheer? Customers who want to try Starbucks’s new holiday treat, the Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink, will have to go to Target, where it will...
GLP-1 price war heats up as Novo Nordisk offers $199 starter doses
Novo Nordisk, the Danish drug company that makes Ozempic and Wegovy, is now offering the drugs at lower prices for self-pay patients.  On Monday, the company announced it would...
‘A parent’s worst nightmare’: Lawsuits pile up against ByHeart baby formula startup after wave of infant illnesses
Last week, the baby nutrition company ByHeart recalled all of its infant formula over concerns that it may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium that causes infant botulism....
How Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket booster landing impacts the commercial spaceflight market
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket successfully made its way to orbit for the second time on Nov. 13, 2025. Although the second launch is never as flashy as the...
The EU just fired a shot across the bow at Shein and Temu
Could the era of the super cheap phone case arriving from China in a week finally be ending? Thanks to a major change to European regulations, it just might....
Ford and Amazon just redefined the used-car marketplace
Beep, beep: Amazon is making a bigger move into the market for used vehicles. The retail giant and Ford Motor Company announced a partnership today which will mean car...
Here’s how YouTube became the most-watched video provider in the U.S.
In its early days, the odds seemed good that YouTube was destined for failure. After a false start as a dating website, it wasn’t clear whether the company could...
Jeff Bezos to co-lead AI startup Project Prometheus, raising $6.2 billion
Jeff Bezos will serve as co-chief executive officer of a new artificial intelligence startup that focuses on AI for engineering and manufacturing of computers, automobiles, and spacecraft, the New...