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Late-night online shopping, meet late-night doomscrolling. TikTok Shop, the social media app’s e-commerce platform, is gaining thunderous momentum. Its traffic during the holiday shopping season is shining a light on the app’s future as a...
Two e-cigarette makers, Triton Distribution and Vapetasia, tried to convince the nation’s most powerful nine-person ensemble yesterday that federal regulators unfairly stopped them from selling teen-favorite vapes that taste like a candy store...
Intel is looking for a new leader—comeback kid mentality preferred. CEO Pat Gelsinger announced his retirement on Sunday, reportedly yielding to pressure from the board to step away, according to Bloomberg. Here’s what went wrong: When the...
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Advent calendars are no longer just a fun way to count down the days until Christmas at your grandparents’ house. They’ve increasingly become a key delivery device for a brand’s products during the holidays, especially in the luxury sector. A...
On Saturday, President-elect Trump threatened to slap prohibitive 100% tariffs on BRICS countries unless they commit to stand with the US dollar and avoid establishing an alternative currency that would challenge USD’s dominance. It’s another...
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In August, an ad for the wearable AI pendant “Friend” made everyone online shout “BLACK MIRROR!” until they turned blue. The $100 amulet can be worn around your neck and is always listening so it can text you throughout the day. Creator Avi...
Most people have kept doing their jobs the old-fashioned way (sans chatbots), but a growing fraction of the workforce is going Jarvis mode. Professionals who have integrated AI tools like ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot into their everyday toilings...
ChatGPT arrived on the scene two years ago and has emerged as the default generative AI bot for many. It’s not at a level where it has become a verb like “Google,” but ChatGPT is used by 200 million people every week, up from 100 million over the...
Microplastics might be inside our food, but artificial intelligence is all over it 😍. With farms, restaurants, and grocery stores planting more AI in their operations, our meals are increasingly intertwining with server farms. Out in the...
No matter how you view AI—as an invention that will change our lives for the better or bring our civilization to its knees forever—we can all agree this young technology is far from perfect as it stands now. With many more chatbots available in...
When you and 25 of your homies are holed up together for months on end, you may develop your own accent—and that’s not just the case at the TikTok Hype House. Recent studies show that researchers who live in Antarctica are acquiring a new accent...
Greenland is more than just the name of a movie you’ve never seen starring Gerard Butler—it’s also a country looking to embrace its emerging identity as a tourist destination while being mindful of the local environment. As overtourism plagues...
As humans send probes beyond the solar system and contemplate life on Mars, a large land mass on Earth remains largely untouched by their feet. There are parts of Antarctica, in fact, that are harder to reach than outer space. It is the coldest...
The economy is frigid at Earth’s fringes, where ice breakers and snowmobiles are a must to get moving. But as climate change heats the Arctic and Antarctica faster than the rest of the planet, the majestically icy regions are awakening from their...
Despite making Boston feel like a tropical getaway, the Arctic archipelago Svalbard draws scores of fearless travelers and transplants seeking bone-chilling serenity. Situated 400 miles from the North Pole in the Barents Sea, the Norwegian...
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The global board game industry is getting exclusively ladders. The tabletop market, which includes everything from family classics like Monopoly to elaborate strategy games like Warhammer, was worth around $13 billion last year and is expected to...