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Millennials are Gen Z are strongly committed to social causes and to driving their spending to companies that reflect their values; 40% of millennials have started a relationship with a company based on the social impact they have. Combined, the spending for millennials and Gen Z exceeds $2.65T. It’s become critical for brands and retailers to align with these preferences in order to capture share within this burgeoning segment. Beam Impact is a platform that allows consumers to direct a portion of their.
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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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21 new deals and $379M+ invested into NYC startups for the week. NYC Tech News for the week ending 12/13 featuring news for Radial, Benepass, Phia, and much, much more. Read more ›
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A quarter of a billion in new capital deployed including funding for NYC's two newest unicorns. Read more ›
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While special education spending tops $100B annually, chronic staffing shortages leave millions of students waiting months for legally required services. Parallel Learning just closed a $20M Series B with data showing 98% of students met or exceeded IEP goals through their virtual platform—a stark contrast to traditional models struggling with compliance and burnout. With districts legally required to provide services regardless of budget uncertainty, delve into why this model addresses... Read more ›
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The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 12/16/2025 featuring funding details for Nanit, Echo, and much more. Read more ›
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While fintechs scramble for profitability, Octane just closed $100M at GAAP profitability with 30% year-over-year originations growth. The company that makes buying motorcycles, RVs, and boats as easy as ordering an Uber has now originated over $7B in loans and launched a white-label platform that lets manufacturers offer financing without building their own captive lenders. Valar Ventures called this "one of the best tech companies that can compound for far... Read more ›
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The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 12/17/2025 featuring funding details for DataLane, Dux Security, and much more. Read more ›
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Shadow AI has caused one in six data breaches this year, yet 97% of organizations admit they lack proper AI access controls. Fakespot founder Saoud Khalifah just raised $2.5M to solve what traditional firewalls cannot: securing AI systems that operate in ways today's tools can't predict. With Ciphero's AI Verification Layer, enterprises can finally see and govern every AI interaction across their workforce—including the shadow AI activity happening right now... Read more ›
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The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 12/18/2025 featuring funding details for Imprint, Alaffia Health, and much more. Read more ›
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Over $15T in goods flow through global supply chains annually, yet the data required to optimize this movement is disconnected and siloed. Now backed by Paine Schwartz Partners—the largest PE firm dedicated to sustainable food chain investing—Crisp just closed $26M to expand its vertical AI platform that's already trusted by 7,000+ brands. With their new AI Agent Studio automating supply chain decisions in real time, find out how this platform... Read more ›
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