Gen X is most likely to carry credit card debt, but Gen Z feels the most...
It may not feel like it to some, but generational mobility is still alive and well in the United States, according to a new report from H&R Block. The company’s 2024 Outlook on American Life...
View ArticleGlobal luxury goods market expected to shrink in 2025
Global sales of personal luxury goods are forecast to shrink in 2025 for the first time since the Great Recession, according to a Bain consultancy study released Wednesday. The outlook could worsen if...
View ArticleAmazon is shutting down Freevee, its ad-supported streaming service
Amazon is shutting down its free, ad-supported video streaming service Freevee, a spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday. Freevee’s library of content, including hit show Jury Duty, has migrated to Prime...
View ArticlePlease listen to Mark Zuckerberg performing ‘Get Low’ with T-Pain
If I know anything, it’s that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is a certified Wife Guy. Like, that man really loves his wife, pediatrician and philanthropist Priscilla Chan. He commissioned a 7-foot statue of...
View Article‘We’re getting a kakistocracy’: Social media users are reeling over Trump’s...
On Tuesday evening, President-elect Donald Trump tapped Fox News host Pete Hegseth as his pick for Defense Secretary–the same man who believes germs aren’t real because . . . he can’t see them....
View ArticleWill another storm hit Florida? Possibility of Hurricane Sara is being...
All eyes are on the Caribbean, where a developing tropical depression could potentially turn into the next hurricane to hit Florida, perhaps the last for the 2024 season. The National Hurricane Center...
View ArticleKraft Heinz discontinues school Lunchables
Lunchables—pre-packaged boxes of crackers, cheese, and deli meat—will no longer be part of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), a school program that provides free lunches to kids in need, Kraft...
View ArticleRKLB stock soars by 50% as Rocket Lab looks to give SpaceX a run for its money
Shares of Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ: RKLB), an aerospace manufacturer and launch-service provider, were up 50% in midday trading on Wednesday, after earnings beat Wall Street estimates. Looking ahead to...
View ArticleWomen’s baseball league to launch amid growing interest in women’s sports
For nearly every highlight of Julie Croteau’s trailblazing baseball career—all except her time as a double in A League of Their Own, really—she shared the field with men. Frequently, as teammates....
View ArticleTrump Cabinet picks so far: 4 ways to track appointees in real time
Political appointments may be a normal part of any presidential transition, but don’t expect to hear that word too often as President-elect Donald Trump announces his picks for Cabinet positions and...
View Article1 million migrants in the U.S. rely on these safeguards. Trump could target...
Maribel Hidalgo fled her native Venezuela a year ago with a 1-year-old son, trudging for days through Panama’s Darien Gap, then riding the rails across Mexico to the United States.They were living in...
View ArticleBen & Jerry’s is suing parent company Unilever again. Here’s why
Ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that parent company Unilever has silenced its attempts to express support for Palestinian refugees and threatened to dismantle its...
View Article4 proposals on U.S. energy’s wish list for Trump’s 2nd term
With U.S. President-elect Donald Trump two months away from taking office and able to act on his campaign promises, energy executives are lining up to offer new proposals to the mix. Trump has vowed...
View ArticleHow Burberry’s new CEO plans on winning back customers
Burberry will use its British heritage appeal to win back customers by focusing on trench coats and scarves and be less ambitious with prices on bags and shoes, the loss-making luxury brand said in a...
View Article‘The Onion’ buys Alex Jones’s ‘Infowars’—and it’s already having fun with the...
“Not The Onion” is an expression common on social media sites whenever news breaks that is so absurd or ironic, it smacks of The Onion-like satire. Usually, such news doesn’t actually involve The...
View ArticleA funny thing happened on the way to AGI: Model ‘supersizing’ has hit a wall
Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here. Model ‘supersizing’ may...
View ArticleNLRB bans mandatory anti-union meetings after Amazon complaint
Amazon.com made unlawful promises and threats during mandatory meetings to discourage unionizing at a New York City warehouse, a U.S. labor board said on Wednesday while banning employers from holding...
View ArticleHow food aid interventions are curbing climate change–induced hardship
Gertrude Siduna appears to have little appetite for corn farming season. Rather than prepare her land in Zimbabwe’s arid southeastern Chipinge district for the crop that has fed her family for...
View ArticleTrump’s transition team plans to kill Biden’s EV tax credit
President-elect Donald Trump‘s transition team is planning to kill the $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases as part of broader tax-reform legislation, two sources with direct...
View ArticleBluesky goes down as users continue to flee Elon Musk’s X for the...
Bluesky, the popular X alternative, appeared to be down or lagging for thousands of users on Thursday morning, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector. More than 2,000 users reported issues...
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