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How Brown University students documented a campus shooting online in real time
When a gunman began firing inside an academic building on the Brown University campus, students didn’t wait for official alerts warning of trouble. They got information almost instantly, in bits and...
Salad and Go is closing 32 more restaurants this week: List of doomed locations grows for Sweetgreen rival
Fast-casual salad chain Salad and Go is closing more stores and exiting Texas and Oklahoma completely. The eatery will close a total of 32 stores, 25 in Texas and...
Workers might hate performance reviews less if they looked like this
The dreaded performance review draws the ire of employees and managers alike. Workers fret that reviews fail to capture the full scope of their work, or that they are...
Instacart’s price testing controversy isn’t over 
New York Attorney General Letitia James is demanding more information about Instacart’s recent, and highly controversial, price tests, and suggesting that the scheme—which saw customers charged notably different prices...
American Airlines is making in-flight Wi-Fi free—but only for some travelers
American Airlines will begin offering free, high-speed Wi-Fi on flights beginning this month. The airline made the announcement this week in a press release, explaining that the service will...
Everyone on TikTok hates January
If you had a severe case of the Sunday Scaries last weekend, you are not alone. It’s a sentiment many have been sharing online.  Ready or not, with it...
Why it took years to design the Girl Scouts’ new Exploremore cookie
Inside Girl Scouts’ headquarters in New York City and its two licensed bakeries, a team of trend forecasters, marketers, and food scientists spend years cooking up its next iconic...
Holographic AI is going to happen. But this bizarre ‘friend in a jar’ is not it
Gaming peripheral company Razer is betting that people want AI holograms. So much so that it introduce a perplexing new product at CES 2026 that early critics have dubbed...
CES 2026: Uncomfortable truths facing media and marketing 
As CES 2026 gets underway, Havas Media Network North America is publishing its 2026 Predictions Forecast, outlining the forces we believe will define the year ahead and separate brands...
Your dog’s dinner might have a bigger impact on the climate than your own
Dog owners have a lot of choices nowadays when it comes to picking out pet food for their pup. Dry kibble or wet? Beef or chicken? Frozen, fresh, or...
A neuroscientist’s 5-step plan to upgrade your brain
Thomas Edison said that success is “1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.” But what if his famous formula is missing a key ingredient? What if success demands not just creativity and perseverance,...
ChatGPT Health has arrived
I’ve said this many times: the products we see on the market are rarely visionary leaps. Most of the time, they are mirrors. They reflect people’s habits, shortcuts, fears,...