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What is a Labubu, and why are people lining up for hours to get one of these ‘ugly’ plush toys?
Ugly might be the new cute: Just look at Labubu, a “kind of ugly” plush toy that has sparked a buying frenzy across the world, especially in Asia, reported...
Amazon’s book sale crashes Independent Bookstore Day—and readers are pushing back
Independent bookstores have long been champions of community, curiosity, and culture—and on Saturday, April 26, they get their moment in the spotlight. Independent Bookstore Day, a nationwide celebration of...
Families demand action from Meta over children’s deaths linked to platform harm
“Meta profits, kids pay the price,” was the message delivered by dozens of grieving families at the doors of Meta’s Manhattan office on Thursday. Forty-five families traveled from across...
Your Shein order probably just got more expensive
Starting today, shopping on Shein and Temu is going from dirt cheap to slightly less dirt cheap. In updates to U.S. customers last week, the rival retailers shared similar...
U.S. loosens safety rules for self-driving cars in a bid to compete with China
The Trump administration is loosening rules to help U.S. automakers like Elon Musk’s Tesla develop self-driving cars so they can take on Chinese rivals. U.S. companies developing self-driving cars...
Trader Joe’s new store openings: Updated list of locations that are expected to open soon
This year has so far been a pretty brutal one when it comes to store closures. Hundreds of retail stores have already shuttered due to everything from cost-cutting to...
Curation is the new leadership superpower. Here are 3 ways to adopt a curation mindset
The traditional model of leadership, where a single individual is expected to provide all the answers, is becoming obsolete. In a world of accelerating complexity, hyper-specialization, and rapid change,...
Google’s profits skyrocketed 50% in Q1, beating expectations
Google’s profits soared 50% in this year’s opening quarter, overcoming the competitive and legal threats that its internet empire is facing amid an economy roiled by a global trade...
Apple plans to dodge tariff impact on iPhones with this major change, source says
Apple aims to make most of its iPhones sold in the United States at factories in India by the end of 2026, and is speeding up those plans to...
The Download: how Trump’s tariffs will affect US manufacturing, and AI architecture
The quest to figure out farming on Mars Once upon a time, water flowed across the surface of Mars. Waves lapped against shorelines, strong winds gusted and howled, and...
