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The deal to power Siri makes sense for everyone involved, even if it goes against Apple’s usual playbook. source https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/with-its-google-gemini-deal-apple-just-made-its-most-intelligent-move-yet/91287907

Reddit is now the fourth most visited social media platform in the U.K., overtaking TikTok.  The online discussion platform has seen immense growth over the past two years, reaching 88% more internet users in the U.K., thanks to a combination of shifting search algorithms and social media habits.  Three in five Brits now encounter theContinueContinue reading “In the U.K., Reddit is king”

Amanda Lee McCarty, sustainability consultant and host of the Clotheshorse podcast, remembers fixing a tear on her Forever 21 shirt with a stapler—just long enough to get through the workday before tossing it out. In the early 2000s, when fast-fashion brands began flooding the market, clothing became so cheap that shoppers could endlessly refresh theirContinueContinue reading “Why Levi’s is teaching high schoolers how to mend their clothes”

You know the feeling: You’re replying to emails, navigating open tabs, responding to direct messages, when suddenly, it happens—your standing weekly 2 p.m. gets canceled abruptly. “Giving everyone 30 minutes back today,” the organizer says. A rush courses through your nervous system: You’re free. Nothing about this recurring meeting is particularly onerous or necessarily stressful.ContinueContinue reading “Why it feels so good when a meeting gets canceled, according to science”

Anthropic’s Claude Code tool is having a moment: It’s recently become popular among software developers for its use of agents to write code, run tests, call tools, and multitask. In recent months the company has begun to stress that Claude Code isn’t just for developers, but can let other kinds of workers build websites, createContinueContinue reading “Why Anthropic’s new ‘Cowork’ could be the first really useful general-purpose AI agent”