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When influencers start losing their touch
“I want to talk about something that I feel like maybe is a little controversial,” content creator Jaclyn Hill said in a video posted earlier this week.  The OG...
Cars to AI: How new tech drives demand for specialized materials
Generative artificial intelligence has become widely accepted as a tool that increases productivity. Yet the technology is far from mature. Large language models advance rapidly from one generation to...
What not to say to someone who just got laid off
In today’s workplace, layoffs are no longer rare—they’re a reality many employees have seen up close or have experienced themselves.  On LinkedIn, the posts seem endless, each one paired...
The new AI paradox: smarter models, worse data
AI promises a smarter, faster, more efficient future, but beneath that optimism lies a quiet problem that’s getting worse: the data itself. We talk a lot about algorithms, but...
A brief history of Calibri, the ‘woke’ font the Trump administration is replacing
Calibri and Times New Roman have been at war for years. And now the two fonts are once again pitted against each other after the U.S. State Department declared...
New study: Women are more likely to be penalized for working remotely than men
The consulting firm McKinsey and women’s nonprofit Lean In just released their annual Women in the Workplace report, which examines how gender disparities are impacting womens’ career prospects. Unfortunately,...
Gen Z is jealous of ‘millennial optimism’
Gen Z’s latest online fixation is the so-called ‘millennial optimism’ era. The TikTok trend sees users posting early-2000s throwback snaps set to The Middle East’s 2009 song “Blood”. Think...
U.S. will require some tourists to hand over 5 years of social media
Want to visit the U.S.? Be prepared to cough up your social media history.  The U.S. Customs and Border Protection filed a legal proposal today that will make it...
Sundance 2026 lineup will feature Charli XCX, Olivia Wilde, and more
Charli XCX is making a trip to the Sundance Film Festival in January. The pop singer-songwriter appears in three films premiering at the 2026 festival, including a mockumentary that she produced and...
These automatic doors are a glimpse of the new ‘intelligent’ home era
The automatic door has been reinvented. The home-focused tech startup Doma just announced its first product line: a set of residential doors capable of opening and closing automatically at...
Elon Musk says DOGE was ‘somewhat successful’ and he wouldn’t do it again
Mega billionaire Elon Musk, in a friendly interview with his aide and conservative influencer Katie Miller, said his efforts leading the Department of Government Efficiency were only “somewhat successful” and he would...
NXDR: Nextdoor could be the last meme stock of 2025. Here’s why
As the year winds down to a close, with just three weeks left on the calendar, Nextdoor may be the next, last, big meme stock of 2025. Here’s why....