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The continuing return to travel normalcy is generating all kinds of new ideas for ways to satisfy clients. One popular activity in South Korea, temple stays, is proving to be an organic solution to sustainable, post-pandemic tourism.
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A new sweeping meta-analysis has found no reliable link between economic inequality and well-being or mental health, challenging a long-held assumption that has shaped public health policy discussions for decades. The study, led by Nicolas Sommet at the University of Lausanne and Annahita Ehsan at the University of British Columbia, synthesized 168 studies involving more than 11 million participants across most world regions. The researchers screened thousands of scientific papers... Read more ›
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An Apple M1 MacBook Air took a shell shrapnel hit and survived, with the laptop still working despite damage to the screen and the letter K on the keyboard missing. Read more ›
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The AI pioneer on stepping down from Meta, the limits of large language models — and the launch of his new start-up Read more ›
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Save up to 87% with a Surfshark coupon code, 3 months of VPN free today, and more January 2026 discounts from WIRED. Read more ›
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Critical Role's chief creative officer, Matt Mercer, has spent more than 10 years building the nerdworld business. Read more ›
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2025 was a good year for vivo as it continued to innovate and upgrade on its solid lineup of devices. But the maker also faced challenges, like delivering its many great phones to markets outside of China and India. A great showing overall, but not without some losses. Winner and loser: vivo X200 Ultra Just like last year's X100 Ultra, the vivo X200 Ultra is one of the best phones... Read more ›
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Tesla's stock has hit record highs over its robotaxi rollout, but the company's EV business is struggling. Read more ›
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Dell is planning to bring back its XPS laptop branding, according to a news report, just one year after the company retired the storied name in favor of a simplified naming scheme that organized its consumer and professional lineup into Dell, Dell Pro and Dell Pro Max tiers. VideoCardz reported this week that Dell has presented an updated XPS lineup during prebriefings ahead of CES 2026, though the company has... Read more ›
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xAI's Grok is removing clothing from pictures of people without their consent following this week's rollout of a feature that allows X users to instantly edit any image using the bot without needing the original poster's permission. Not only does the original poster not get notified if their picture was edited, but Grok appears to […] Read more ›
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Poco is making the M8 official on January 8 (how fitting!), and ahead of that it's now officially revealed more of the phone's specs. It has a 6.77-inch 3D curved OLED screen with 1080x2392 resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, and 3,200-nit peak brightness, and the brand even claims this is the segment's "most durable 3D curved display phone". The M8 is MIL-STD-810H certified to withstand extreme heat, dust, shocks, and "the... Read more ›
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Full-year electric vehicle sales figures have dropped for 2025, revealing China's BYD is now officially global top dog. Read more ›
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I have an advice addiction. I usually seek other people's opinions before making decisions, — big or small — but I need to trust my gut more. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shares a report: MTV shut down many of its last dedicated 24-hour music channels Dec. 31. The move, announced back in October, affected channels around the world, with the U.K. seeing five different MTV stations going dark. These include MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV, and MTV Live. As Consequence notes, MTV Music -- which launched in 2011 -- notably ended its run by airing... Read more ›
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More Americans are taking the Amtrak than ever before. Here's why the national rail service is having a moment. Read more ›
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So much of bubble activity is driven by feedback loops, dubbed reflexivity by the well-known investor Read more ›
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The New York Times' latest game, Pips, brings domino fun to your desktop. How to play Pips as well as hints in case you get stuck. Read more ›
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Gaten Matarazzo, who plays fan-favorite Dustin Henderson, said he was "taken aback" by how much he realized the "Stranger Things" finale made sense. Read more ›
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Grok has sparked backlash after the AI image generator was used to generate nonconsensual sexualized images of real people, including minors. Read more ›
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Skift
We have answers to some of Ask Skift's most popular questions in 2025, including how travel brands use TikTok and the latest trends in hotel loyalty programs. Read more ›
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There’s no Taylor Swift Eras Tour in 2026, and the future of consumer spending remains murky. That doesn't mean the travel industry is any less excited about live tourism. Read more ›
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As the airline industry increasingly turns more premium, loyalty programs — already airlines’ biggest asset — are becoming even more important to their long-term strategy. Read more ›
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Total overseas visitation to the U.S. fell in 2025, but some states are faring better than others. Read more ›
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It's great to be an airline like Ryanair: Your market clout is so strong that OTAs are just glad to sell your flights without receiving any other compensation from the airline. Read more ›
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While the depreciating rupee pressured costs and outbound demand, it was a cascade of geopolitical and operational shocks that truly tested Indian travel companies’ balance sheets, and their resilience. Read more ›
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Travel’s reliance on legacy infrastructure continues to shape the ceiling for innovation. OnArrival aims to lower that barrier with an open-access platform that gives consumer brands a faster path to launching and scaling travel products. Read more ›
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Test your knowledge of the year's events in the global hotel industry as reported in Skift. Read more ›
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Air travel has entered a new era, and airlines are redesigning the travel experience from the ground up. For American Airlines, this means leveraging AI, automation, and real-time data to deliver smarter discovery, greater transparency in choice, reduced friction, and enhanced customer care. Read more ›
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Prism filed for an IPO barely a few hours before 2026. After years of missed windows and pulled papers, the December 31 confidential filing keeps the promise alive while buying time on everything else. Read more ›
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