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While Silicon Valley pushes the latest financial apps and crypto schemes, the quietly wealthy are still using checkbooks, paying cash, and following money rules that would make any TikTok guru roll their eyes—because boring works better than brilliant.
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A group of activists has scraped Spotify's entire library, accessing 256 million rows of track metadata and 86 million audio files totaling roughly 300TB of data. The metadata has been released via Anna's Archive, a search engine for "shadow libraries" that previously focused on books. Spotify described the activists as "anti-copyright extremists who've previously pirated content from YouTube and other platforms" and confirmed it is actively investigating the incident. The... Read more ›
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Apple's long-rumored foldable iPhone is set to arrive next year, and already faces some preemptive competition from Samsung. Korea's ET News reports that Samsung's upcoming "Wide Fold" is also set to launch in 2026, and will closely mirror the display size and 4:3 aspect ratio of Apple's first foldable. The machine-translated report says the Wide […] Read more ›
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AI in HR is driving new job titles such as AI trainer, adoption lead, and governance manager, with demand for AI skills on the rise. Read more ›
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Trump is touting tariff revenues and a shrinking trade deficit as his economic accomplishments ahead or midterms, but economists say it's complicated. Read more ›
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Yoshua Bengio, known as one of the "AI godfathers," said that while more jobs will be automated by AI, human qualities like love will always be valuable. Read more ›
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These days when you want to engage with some media, you can choose from podcasts, videos, games, live performances - or books, one of the oldest and most popular ways to learn something new or escape (at least temporarily) from today's troubled world. We polled the staff of The Verge to find out what books […] Read more ›
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You guys voted, and now we've got the winners for your favorite tech in 18 product categories. Read more ›
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According to YouTube's 2025 Recap feature, the podcast I consumed the most on its platform was Seth Meyers' recurring segment "A Closer Look" on his show Late Night. Last year, I would have argued that this is not a podcast. That it is, in fact, a clip of a TV show. But in 2025, with […] Read more ›
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2025 is just about in the books, and the reviews are in: It sucked. Over at the subreddit r/decadeology, you can check out a long, long thread of redditors submitting reasons why 2025 was, in the words of the first post, “a long, disappointing year.” War in Gaza, vibecessions, chaos in the White House, growing […] Read more ›
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From pet supplies to outdated clothing and toys, these are the things professional organizers suggest getting rid of before the new year. Read more ›
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The Nintendo Switch 2 supports a wide range of controllers, from Nintendo’s own Pro Controller to many Bluetooth gamepads you might already have. Whether you’re setting up your new console for the first time or adding extra controllers for multiplayer games, pairing them is simple as long as you know where to look. Here’s how to connect the Switch 2 Pro Controller, how to sync additional Bluetooth controllers and what... Read more ›
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OnePlus has already confirmed that it's working on an entirely new range of smartphones that will be called Turbo. According to recent leaks, the brand will launch two devices initially, and one of those may have just been spotted in the Geekbench online database with the model number PLU110. It's powered by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 SoC, paired with 16GB of RAM. It runs Android 16. Based on past... Read more ›
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Domestic audiences didn't fully turn up for 'Avatar: Fire and Ash,' but the international market may help it rake in end-of-year dough. Read more ›
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Huawei’s nova 15 series is now official in China as the latest midrange offerings from the brand. There are three members for now with the vanilla nova 15, the nova 15 Pro and the nova 15 Ultra. The trio debuts Huawei’s new “dual-ring” design language alongside updated cameras, faster chipsets and larger batteries. Huawei nova 15, nova 15 Pro and nova 15 Ultra Huawei nova 15 Ultra and nova 15... Read more ›
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Shanghai Biren Technology has begun bookbuilding for a Hong Kong initial public offering aimed at raising as much ad US$624 million as Chinese AI chipmakers accelerate listings to fund expansion. Read more ›
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Videos such as fake ads featuring AI children playing with vibrators or Jeffrey Epstein and Diddy-themed playsets are being made with Sora 2 and posted to TikTok. Read more ›
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A "slew of layoffs, price hikes and studio closures" for Microsoft's Xbox "have led many to declare — not for the first time — that the Xbox is dead," reports CNBC. Or is it just changing its business model? The company's overall gaming revenue decreased 2% year-over-year, with a 29% dip in Xbox hardware sales, according to Microsoft's first-quarter earnings for fiscal 2026. The broader console industry has been in... Read more ›
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How much does the average baby boomer have stashed away for retirement? The answer might surprise you. The average baby boomer has $249,300 sitting in their 401(k). Sounds pretty solid, right? After decades of work and contributions, boomers appear to have built a comfortable cushion for retirement. They’ve accumulated far more than younger generations, and ... Read more Read more ›
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They're earning six figures, driving Teslas, and living in beautiful homes—yet most will never achieve true financial freedom because of these seven surprising money habits that even the smartest professionals don't realize are keeping them broke. Read more ›
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While mastering the art of disagreement might seem impossible when emotions run high, emotionally intelligent people have a secret arsenal of phrases that transform potential conflicts into productive conversations—and they're surprisingly simple to use. Read more ›
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Their silence speaks volumes, their calm unnerves colleagues, and their laser-sharp observations make others squirm — yet most quiet people have no clue they possess this invisible power. Read more ›
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While others reminisce fondly about childhood summers and family traditions, some people feel strangely detached from their younger years—and psychology reveals seven specific experiences that explain why certain adults view their past through a lens of emotional distance rather than warm nostalgia. Read more ›
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You might be the person everyone gravitates toward at parties without realizing why—and science says it has nothing to do with being an extrovert or having perfect social skills. Read more ›
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When you finally stop performing for people who barely notice you exist, something unexpected happens: you discover a version of yourself you didn't know was buried under all that exhausting effort. Read more ›
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While the world obsesses over curating perfect online personas, a fascinating group of people are quietly thriving offline—and they share seven unexpected traits that might just change how you think about success and happiness in the digital age. Read more ›
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Color psychologists have discovered that certain clothing combinations—from all-neutral uniforms to layers of barely-there pastels—act as unconscious broadcasts of our deepest insecurities, revealing more about our emotional state than any words ever could. Read more ›
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Despite feeling utterly ordinary, you might be one of those rare people whose presence actually makes others feel seen, heard, and genuinely valued—and there are telling signs you're completely overlooking. Read more ›
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