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Netflix knows you’re looking at your phone—and it’s changing how shows get...

Watching TV no longer just means watching TV. After the rise of tablets and smartphones in the late aughts, a second-screen experience became the new standard for home viewing. Live-blogging the...

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3 things leaders should do to increase trust 

Much has been written about the lack of trust in today’s workplace. And no wonder: A 2023 Gallup study found that only 21% of U.S. employees strongly trust the leaders at their organization. Without...

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Want to be a full-time influencer? Consider freelancing

More people than ever aspire to become influencers on social media, given YouTube’s proliferation as an entertainment source and the popularity of Instagram and TikTok. Some 57% of Gen Z aspire to be...

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What you’re probably getting wrong about workplace communication

The question, “Where do you work?” used to be answered by sharing your employer’s name. Today, however, it could also include the physical location, such as working from home, in the office full-time,...

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Inside the Wilson factory: Here’s how Super Bowl footballs are made so quickly

As soon as this year’s Super Bowl matchup was set, workers at the Wilson Sporting Goods football factory jumped into action. The factory in the rural village of Ada, Ohio, makes the game balls used by...

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‘A shot across the bow at the U.S. tech world’: analysts weigh in on DeepSeek

Tech stocks have erased virtually all their 2025 gains after Chinese startup DeepSeek raised concerns about the competitiveness of the artificial intelligence field with its release of a free,...

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What people on TikTok are really talking about when they say ‘cute winter boots’

Those searching for “cute winter boots” on TikTok at the moment might be a little confused. A recent movement of the same name has nothing to do with footwear. It’s a code phrase being used to discuss...

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ADHD diagnoses are rising. Here’s how to recognize signs of the condition

Allison Burk’s teenage daughter struggled with uncontrolled emotions, a shrinking attention span and a growing tendency to procrastinate. A family doctor suggested ADHD testing, which led to an...

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The Super Bowl logo conspiracy theory is roaring back to life with the 2025...

Is it a coincidence that this year’s Super Bowl LIX logo turns out to have the exact same colors of the teams playing? Did the National Football League know the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia...

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Everything wrong with the AI landscape in 2025, hilariously captured in this...

“Isn’t AI supposed to make things simpler?” asks a student in a new Saturday Night Live sketch. Technically, the answer is yes. Artificial intelligence is often pitched as a future-forward omni-tool...

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Millennials are plagued by ‘phantom wealth’: Why the generation doesn’t feel...

Millennial wealth in the United States has nearly quadrupled since 2019, outpacing both Gen X and baby boomers, yet most millennials don’t consider themselves rich. Millennials, those born between...

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How the U.S. chip bans led to a monster called DeepSeek

The Chinese AI company DeepSeek has put the AI industry in an uproar. Denied the most powerful chips thought needed to create state-of-the-art AI models, DeepSeek pulled off some engineering master...

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Why we need to leverage AI to address global food insecurity

The modern international food trade currently plays a significant role in breaking food insecurity in parts of the world. Although innovative, the downsides are the high expense of transit, supply...

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AI and power requires give before take

When you ask ChatGPT a question, how does it come up with the answer? Most people don’t give much thought to what’s going on behind the screen or how graphics processing units (GPUs) make the AI magic...

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U.S. policymakers should close the AI education gender divide

The United States is no stranger to adapting its education system to address the challenges of the times. In 1957, the Soviet Union’s successful launch of Sputnik prompted the U.S. to implement...

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How to deal with a manager who doesn’t manage

No one enjoys working for a boss who is constantly checking up on them and micromanaging their every move. We’re motivated by a certain degree of autonomy to achieve goals based on intrinsic talent,...

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10 Ways to Induce a ‘Flow’ State and Unlock Painless Productivity

Peak performance is a state of consciousness where you’re in a rapt moment of attention, totally absorbed and focused on the task at hand. Everything else disappears, and time seems to pass quickly....

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Can Trump rename the Gulf of Mexico and Denali? A geographer explains the...

President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Denali, the tallest peak in the country, has resulted in lots of discussion. While for some, such renaming might seem...

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Job interviews are often full of biases. Here’s how to hire the best person

When Ginni Rometty was CEO of technology corporation IBM, she introduced “skills-first” hiring, arguing that the filters we typically use, such as education and experience, are not helpful in many...

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Cheetos just designed a terrible custom font on purpose

Designing custom fonts based on a brand’s logo has become something of a flex for companies like WK Kellogg Co and T.J. Maxx, and it makes sense. Take one of a brand’s best-known assets and turn it...

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