Reflecting on TikTok’s Role in Society as New Ban Deadline Approaches
On Jan. 18, I was one of millions of Americans scrolling through TikTok when service for the all-you-can-binge video buffet ...
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The One Place on Social Media That Still Feels Human
Earlier this year, I was thumbing through Facebook Marketplace when I came across a “fire piano” for sale. I clicked ...
How to Stop Buying Things You Don’t Need
The first day of spring arrives in two weeks, and I’ve already begun my seasonal tradition of paring down my ...
Poshmark’s CEO lets his Gen Z workers chose what he wears—he says it helps him ‘immerse’ into the next generation’s thinking
Manish Chandra taps young employees to revamp the fashion company’s app, and suggest new brands to be added to the ...
Why Consumers Are Cutting Back on Shopping and Embracing ‘No Buy 2025’
Cassandra Orakpo had enough.Too much, in fact. Shopping on her phone had become so easy it had turned into a ...
12 New Books to Read in March
Spring is just around the corner. As the days get longer, you’ll want to spend those extra hours of sunlight ...
Did You Sell Concert Tickets or Clothes? You May Owe Taxes
If you received more than $5,000 for online sales of “goods or services” in 2024, you might get a Form ...
When They Stop Selling Your Favorite Thing
For 15 years, Elizabeth Spiridakis Olson used a matte lip pencil in a shade of red called Dragon Girl. In ...
Walmart Racks Up Sales Record but Sees Slower Growth Ahead
Walmart, the largest retailer in the United States, said on Thursday that strong holiday sales propelled its revenue to another ...
Where China’s Exports Begin: Inside the Vast Markets of Guangzhou
Rows of white concrete buildings near the Pearl River in southern China house one of the world’s fastest-growing industries: Gritty ...
Amazon Reports 88% Rise in Profits but Says Growth Could Slow
Amazon saw healthy consumer sales and a pickup in its cloud computing business in its latest quarter, but the company ...
How Trump Scrapping the De Minimis Rule Could Affect Consumers and Retailers
President Trump’s executive orders on Saturdayimposing broad tariffs on the country’s three largest trading partners also scrapped a shipping workaround ...
How a Sale of TikTok Would Work and Who Might Buy It
There's a new parlor game on Wall Street: guessing TikTok’s next owner.President Trump signed an executive order in January that ...
How Costs for Online Sales After Trump’s Trade Move
President Trump’s decision to impose hefty tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China included a little-noticed but significant change to how ...
A Look at OpenAI’s Operator, a New A.I. Agent
In the past week, OpenAI’s Operator has done the following things for me:Ordered me a new ice cream scoop on ...
11 New Books to Read in February
Spend the shortest month of the year with a book that is worth your time. The best new books to ...
TikTok Ban and Trump Executive Order Lead to Tech Company Dilemma
For more than six years, Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud computing company, provided technical support to deliver TikTok ...
Capital One Customers Complain of Being Locked Out of Accounts
Thousands of customers have reported problems getting their banking done with Capital One because of a disruption accessing online services ...
U.S. Ban of TikTok Is Set to Deal a Major Blow to ByteDance, Its Chinese Owner
The ban of TikTok in the United States is set to create a glaring hole in social media. For ByteDance, ...
Instagram and YouTube Prepare to Benefit if TikTok Is Banned
On Wednesday afternoon, executives at Meta held a Q&A session with some of its employees about the state of American ...
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