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Generation Alpha’s ubiquitous watchword is beyond the reach of semantics...
Dec 25Financial Timesculture
Generation Alpha’s ubiquitous watchword is beyond the reach of semantics...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Eira Tansey announced her divorce on Instagram. ✓ An AI impersonated her following the announcement. ✓ ...
A Pinterest executive said Gen Zers use the platform to find their unique aesthetics. Edward Berthelot/Getty Images Gen Zers use Pinterest in a very different way from their parents or even older sibl...
Courtesy of the author I joined a mom group seeking support, but I found judgment instead. My parenting style, combined with having five kids, made me an outsider. Leaving the group helped me redefine...
On Thursday evening in Manhattan's Financial District, hundreds of protesters braved the cold to protest US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after an agent fatally shot a woman at close rang...
Elon Musk's X has partially restricted access to Grok's image editing capabilities amid growing backlash to the flood of nonconsensual, sexualized deepfakes of adults and minors generated by the platf...
Grok began 2026 as it began 2025 : under fire for its AI-generated images. Elon Musk's chatbot has spent the last week flooding X with nonconsensual, sexualized deepfakes of adults and minors. Circula...
The author (left) had to care for her mother's finances after a dementia diagnosis. Courtesy of Ala Landin My mother saved for retirement but did not account for health issues such as her dementia dia...
As protests continue in Iran, the Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR) says it's confirmed 648 people killed during the unrest. It said an estimated 10,000 people had also been arrested. Over two ...
Kari Cobham learned how to be a better leader after a health crisis early in her career. Courtesy of Kari Cobham A stroke at 29 changed Kari Cobham's approach to work, leadership, and recovery. Cobham...
Bill Gurley said the "career industrial complex" is fueling workplace disengagement. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Bill Gurley says the "career industrial complex" is fueling workplace dise...
Indonesia has temporarily suspended access to Grok. NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images Indonesia and Malaysia have suspended access to Grok after it was used to create sexualized AI images. Indonesia'...
Ethan Choi. Khosla Ventures We asked Khosla Ventures partner Ethan Choi how he sees AI reshaping daily life and work in 2026. Robotics will reach a major breakthrough in capability and have its own &#...
Alabama police on Friday announced the death of a missing 4-year-old boy....
The first video I saw of the Minneapolis shooting was bad enough. Shortly after I saw it, I had the terrible realization that there were multiple people in the clip holding their phones up - another a...
ICE immigration enforcement agents are continuing to make arrests of people they accuse of being undocumented immigrants across Minnesota. The state has become the latest flashpoint in Donald Trump's ...
Kazakhstan is promoting working professions among its youth to address a shortage of blue-collar workers....
French star who inspired debate over the role of women and sex appeal in gender politics...
First, tech companies usurped the meaning of ‘friends’ and ‘connection’ — now they are coming for ‘companionship’...
Victor Dyomin/Getty Images I married my husband, Scott, back in April of 2025. My grandmother wrote a letter with controversial advice before the big day. She warned me that married life isn't all ...