The best design books of 2025
It’s easy, for me at least, to be cynical about the state of design. Our visual environment can feel bland, everything from brands to buildings homogenized around similar styles. The…
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Homebuilder Lennar’s average home price is down 21% from the pandemic housing market boom peak
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. The average price net of incentives of new-builds sold by…
How will AI transform business in 2026?
How should leaders prepare for AI’s accelerating impact on work and everyday life? AI scientist, entrepreneur, and Pioneers of AI podcast host Rana el Kaliouby shares her predictions for…
How I learned to stop worrying and love AI slop
@digitalpersons AI video technology is evolving so quickly that even for creative professionals, there is a lot to experiment with. Daryl Anselmo, a creative director turned digital…
How social media encourages the worst of AI boosterism
Put your math hats on for a minute, and let’s take a look at what this beef from mid-October was about. It’s a perfect example of what’s wrong with AI right now. Bubeck was excited that…
Here’s how to protect your privacy when using AI assistants
Do you share your innermost thoughts with ChatGPT? You might want to think twice—or at least change your settings fast. Source link
Inside San Francisco’s coffeehouse-fueled AI scene, where million-dollar deals happen over cortados
Fintech firm Mercury recently dropped some data that made me smile. It ranked the top five coffee shops powering founders in San Francisco based on actual transaction data: Sightglass,…
Simon Sinek: Gen Z won’t work without a clear payout. Here’s why
Gen Zers, who were practically born with smartphones and iPads in their hands, have grown up completely immersed in the information highway. Therefore, it should come as no big surprise…
How to wind down for the year
December is here, and another year has blown by. Chances are, you’re going to get some time off for the holidays. If so, you may have a week(-ish) to recharge before you have to ramp back…
The next big opportunity for health and beauty brands
For most of my career at L’Oréal, I sold confidence in a tube: lipstick. But lipstick isn’t just about applying color to your lips. It’s about identity. Ritual. Power. Beauty has never…
When AI-powered toys go rogue
If you’re thinking of buying your kid a talking teddy bear, you’re likely envisioning it whispering supportive guidance and teaching about the ways of the world. You probably don’t imagine…
Can human-led AI spark a new era of generosity?
For 50 years, America’s generosity has been stuck in neutral with charitable giving frozen at 2.5% of GDP. But not because people stopped caring. In 2024, total giving hit record highs,…
The easiest way to search the new Epstein files
The long-awaited release of Jeffrey Epstein’s files by the Department of Justice arrived on December 19 with a bureaucratic whimper and a bang of public outrage. While the Epstein Library…
Instacart scraps AI pricing tests after backlash over grocery price swings
Instacart said Monday that it will no longer allow retailers to use an AI-powered price testing program. This comes two weeks after an extensive investigation showed wide discrepancies in…
Coinbase buys The Clearing Company, doubling down on prediction markets
Coinbase said on Monday it will buy prediction markets startup The Clearing Company, its tenth acquisition this year, as the crypto exchange looks to expand beyond its core digital assets…
San Francisco power outage brings Waymo robotaxis to a standstill
When a major power outage left tens of thousands of San Francisco residents in the dark weekend, the city’s fleet of high tech self-driving vehicles went offline too. Videos circulating on…
Trump administration suspends 5 offshore wind projects, citing national security risks
The Trump administration on Monday suspended leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction along the East Coast due to what it said were national security risks…
LGBTQ fans express disappointment in Nicki Minaj after she appears with Erika Kirk at Turning Point USA event
Over the weekend, rapper Nicki Minaj made a surprise appearance at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest convention, where she praised President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance,…
Barnes & Noble opened 67 bookstores in 2025, a recent record. Now it’s plotting another year of expansion
Barnes & Noble is on a roll, and it’s not slowing down in 2026. The bookstore has confirmed plans to open 60 new locations across the country in 2026. For Barnes & Noble, the move is part…
I correctly predicted ChatGPT. Here are my 6 AI predictions for 2026
Just when you think you’ve wrapped your mind around computers that can put your dog in front of the Eiffel Tower or chatbots that act like your best friend (or lover), the AI behemoths…
OpenAI’s Child Exploitation Reports Increased Sharply This Year
OpenAI sent 80 times as many child exploitation incident reports to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children during the first half of 2025 as it did during a similar time…
What’s really going on with the TikTok deal
The author of The Art of the Deal always likes to claim he’s a big winner when it comes to any business arrangement he makes. And in some ways, Donald Trump appears to have won big by…
‘Super flu’ virus tracker: Symptoms and latest update as subclade K influenza variant spreads
As many families are preparing to gather for the holidays, influenza (flu) cases are spiking across the country. According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and…
How the MetroCard became an icon of design
With its goofy block lettering and bright colors, the MetroCard feels like a relic, which it sort of is—an early 1990s design, complete with gradients and drop shadows, that’s managed to…