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A quick update from us

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The Strange Business History of the Ouija Board

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Business is good for professional line standers

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The AI app that makes your dream vacation a digital reality

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Before Spirit Halloween, there was Ben Cooper

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How AI Could Correct the Job Market

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Reddit’s latest lawsuit and OpenAI’s new browser

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The unlikely success story of Costco in Japan

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George Munguia’s Coconut and how to build a startup

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How entrepreneurs are cashing in on D&D

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How to scale your small business with YouTube

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How drive-in theaters are still driving business post-2020 resurgence

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The con victim turned con hunter

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A new media company for Latin sports

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Rite Aid is done, but its ice cream brand lives on

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AMD’s new BFF and Sora 2’s rough debut

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A tale of two malls

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Could AI be your new stylist?

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How instant coffee took over the world

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How to build a precise audience for your marketing

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People would pay to attend your wedding

22

Is Hollywood going to be OK?

23

The ridiculous economy of Antfluencers

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People are paying boatloads to watch The Wizard of Oz

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Your guide to inclusive marketing that actually works

26

Alibaba’s huge investment and Google’s play at Pinterest

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People LOVE Aldi, so Aldi made private label products

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Can Japanese anime save Hollywood?

29

This startup sells…bodyguards?

30

Your guide to social strategy that actually works

31

Gemini surpasses ChatGPT on the App Store

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It’s trendy to buy a small business

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Why is Oracle so interesting right now?

34

The steep decline of Pepsi

35

How AI is changing home security

36

Microsoft cozies up with Anthropic and Apple’s iPhone 17 shows no AI progress

37

How brides are shaking down small businesses

38

Why Starbucks is still struggling after a year with its new CEO

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The “slop bowl” chains (Chipotle, Cava, Sweetgreen) are hurting bad

40

Disney Adults and The Business of Devoted Fans

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Apple’s AI Siri upgrade and Mistral’s $14B valuation

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How to ace marketing in the AI era, with Kipp Bodnar

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How the US is draining Japan's matcha supply, even with tariffs

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How to get found on a ‘dead SEO’ Internet

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Breaking down Meta’s $10B land grab and Google’s AI future

46

The business of durian: the smelliest fruit on earth

47

So, what’s up with Cracker Barrel?

48

Taco Bell’s big secret to market dominance…

49

How to successfully build a brand by livestreaming

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AI Update: Altman’s ‘AI bubble’ warning, Zuck’s restructure and Field AI’s $2B valuation

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Fine, we’ll talk about Labubu

52

The restaurant that offers ‘water flights’

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Why Pawn Shops are winning at back-to-school shopping

54

“Tinder for news” app InPress might change news consumption forever

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GPT-5 is here and well, it’s a disaster

56

The startup that banned shoes

57

Spirit Airlines might not make it to 2026…

58

Paramount blows $7.7B on UFC

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AI’s impact on marketing (and how you can use it to win big)

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Google gives $1B to AI education, but will there be jobs for the next generation?

61

The luxury gym economy is bulking up

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How Japan is crumbling under its tourism economy

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Americans are thirsty for deals and companies are feeling the sting

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So we’re on pecan milk now, huh?

65

How AI is ‘killing’ search

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The recession-indicator drink of the summer…

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The micro-factories that may rebuild Los Angeles

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How sports stadiums are fighting extreme heat

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How to build and scale a media business in 2025

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How to Nudge Your Customers Into Taking Action

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ChatGPT might rule search soon, but can our power grid even handle it?

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When a toy company comes for a TikToker

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The surprising 2025 revival of kids magazines

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Beef prices soar, but nobody wants fake meat

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Dissecting Zohran Mamdani’s winning marketing tactics

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Codie Sanchez is a Big Deal

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Inside Meta’s AI recruitment phase and Scale AI’s layoffs

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How companies are using AI tools to snitch

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How Target lost its edge

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Is AMC’s summer discount enough to jumpstart the movie industry?

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Digg's grave robbery: Can you really resurrect a dead website?

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So... will Tesla's Robotaxi save the company?

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Why are cheap cars so expensive now?

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Mark Cuban’s final Shark Tank investment is…deviled eggs?

85

Lululemon vs. the dupes

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Your side hustle blueprint: Scaling beyond pocket change

87

‘Perfect Sleep’ startups want your money

88

Companies are high on tech…Starbucks isn’t

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How Founders and CEOs conquer daily challenges

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The exclusive influencer club that costs $0

91

Matcha is deliriously popular. So how come no one wants to produce it?

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Saunas are the new social clubs

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Dinner at 7-Eleven? Convenience stores are now dining destinations

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What it takes to launch: The founder’s playbook from Circle

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The age of smart glasses is upon us

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The Gap is… back?

97

So...Walmart and Amazon might get their own crypto coins

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The job market is insane- here’s how to thrive in it

99

Apple’s big AI problem

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Hooters has a savior…and it’s Hulk Hogan?

101

Tinder made $1B so how can your app make money too?

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How Dubai chocolate went viral

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Scaling unsexy businesses into real profit with Codie Sanchez

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What it takes to build a company in 2025

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The new ‘darkness retreat’ fad, explained

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Tariffs on fireworks: Is your 4th of July in jeopardy?

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Why huge brands are pulling back on Pride marketing

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How are startups getting VC investments in 2025?

109

Oh joy, Anthropic CEO predicts AI ‘unemployment bloodbath’

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Advertisers want billboards in space

111

Walmart and Costco are getting into the gas business

112

Why electric cars became so popular (again)

113

The big AI updates from Google’s I/O event

114

Why the US has a big air travel problem

115

Austin, TX might lose its ‘big tech hub’ status

116

Tequila brands are taking a hit (even the celebrity ones)

117

Are RTO mandates actually working?

118

How small businesses can survive the unpredictable global supply chain

119

SEO vs AEO: AI enters search

120

The startup turning greenhouse gases into butter

121

How to grow your small business in 2025

122

How creators and brands can actually win a Webby

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How ‘TV Tourism’ is reshaping the travel industry

124

Soda wars: How Sprite beat out Pepsi

125

DoorDash cements its food empire, buys Deliveroo

126

New tariffs on foreign films? Netflix takes the hit

127

How California’s fast food wage hikes are changing the business

128

McDonald’s is McReeling in 2025

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ChatGPT is too nice…and OpenAI lost millions because of it

130

Wealth injection: Wegovy is coming to Hims & Hers and others

131

Why do all snacks have protein now?

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How to build, scale and monetize events for entrepreneurs with Andrew Yeung

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Soda is declining, so why is Dr. Pepper thriving?

134

They used AI to cheat on interviews…it backfired

135

Gen Z is flocking to… Tumblr?

136

Frozen pizza: the big recession indicator

137

Ford F1-Shifty: Why American trucks are so big

138

Tariffs cause widespread ‘panic buying’ in the US

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The rental industry is doing numbers, thanks to Gen Z and inflation

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US to lose billions in tourist dollars

141

How college athletes are making more than you

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AI update: Shopify CEO doubles down, Google AI overviews and more

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“A $3,500 iPhone?” Apple’s big tariff freakout

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‘Minecraft’ Movie makes millions…but theaters aren’t happy

145

Are millennials really the job-hopping generation?

146

The market is a mess and airlines are very afraid

147

Elon Sells X to himself, Apple’s AI health coach & ChatGPT vs. Midjourney

148

Nvidia’s odd partnership with Yum! Brands, explained

149

The brands that won April Fools’

150

Hooters wants to be more “family-friendly” amid bankruptcy filing

151

AI is coming for product design

152

Edible Arrangements is making…edibles

153

Hold your eggs, banana-flation is coming

154

Vrbo wants to beef with Airbnb

155

Pay off your lunch: Klarna meets DoorDash

156

Tracking the downfall of 23andMe

157

AI update: OpenAI fights regulation, AI in gaming and more

158

AppleTV+ is bleeding money

159

Taco Bell’s AI play and how fast food is getting faster

160

Why Amazon just can’t catch Temu and Shein

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So...they’re printing oat milk now

162

AI Update: Apple’s Siri delay, the AI tools you’re missing and more

163

The decline of Atari and their disastrous E.T. video game

164

Can anyone beat the Uber-Lyft duopoly?

165

Can VR make us care more about nature?

166

Boomers need side hustles

167

The Spray-On Condom: Spray it on, turn them off

168

Is your rent super high? Just wait til 2026…

169

Is Big Tech's suckiness an opportunity for startups?

170

Who’s using AI the most?

171

Will we live longer if our dogs live longer?

172

Beyond broken: why the plant-based meat hype is over

173

Ben & Jerry want their ice cream brand back

174

Tropicana is in the pits

175

Introducing: The Hustle Daily Show

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This business is making unicorns…actual unicorns

177

The future of Panera and fast casual

178

GPT-5 is on its way and the Humane AI pin is no more

179

So, Walmart, what’s up with you?

180

Why billion dollar startup ‘unicorns’ are dying out

181

Coca-Cola enters the ‘healthy soda’ wars

182

This week in AI: Superbowl, Nvidia forecast and OpenAI deep research

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Chocolate inflation makes Valentine’s Day even pricier

184

How two LinkedIn pals made 31 AI models in a month

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The next frontier for Netflix: video podcasts

186

Clothing brands crack down on digital shoplifting

187

Battle of the LLMs: DeepSeek vs. OpenAI

188

Are Shein and Temu screwed?

189

A $0 phone plan now exists, but what’s the catch?

190

Decathlon’s secret $16B sports retail empire

191

How startups are fighting fire with tech

192

Why is every household device ‘smart’ now?

193

Barnes & Noble’s big unexpected comeback

194

Is “blockchain storytelling” the new Hollywood?

195

Starbucks’ retro makeover

196

Spotify’s founder wants to scan you… for $373

197

The wild world of AI scams

198

Even Gen Z hates working with Gen Z

199

Explaining Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road

200

Vail Resorts’ tough winter

201

The UK wants to lead the AI revolution

202

Explaining the Gen Z loneliness epidemic

203

Shocker: The Walgreens/CVS anti-theft lockers are backfiring

204

Thousands of TikTokers flee to Xiaohongshu (RedNote)

205

The downfall of big alcohol: taxes, Gen Z and public health

206

Meta sunsets its AI profiles following backlash

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TikTok’s judgement day: everything you need to know

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No space, no work: Return to office is a flop

209

Why ancient history is dominating media right now

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Why unemployed office workers still can’t find jobs

211

The billionaire island you’ve (probably) never heard of

212

Netflix Qwikster: The idea that cost Netflix 800k subscribers

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Shared GF: The rental sex doll that irked the Chinese government

214

Nokia N-Gage: The taco phone that tried gaming

215

Bold predictions for 2025

216

The stats that best define 2024

217

2024’s best under-the-radar stories

218

Does America have a gambling problem?

219

Where’d all the Guinness go?

220

Airbnb’s world domination plot, explained

221

The cookie that makes $1B annually

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OpenAI’s Sora release: Capabilities, concerns and everything we know

223

How one Macy’s employee cost the company $151m

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Why people hate their Spotify Wrapped

225

Americans feel they’re underpaid, but safe from firing

226

The unexpected revival of Rainforest Café

227

AI Jesus and how religion is using tech

228

Why fast food chains are going all in on chicken

229

Your Wikipedia 2024 wrapped

230

A miserable holiday season for dollar stores

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Your favorite LinkedInfluencer might be a bot

232

How AI grannies can save you from scammers

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Drake’s lawsuit against UMG & Spotify, explained

234

Why Thanksgiving turkey is so cheap this year

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Some banks have cafes now… what’s the strategy there?

236

How TGI Fridays kicked the bucket

237

Minecraft strikes a $110m theme park deal

238

So, why is Walmart doing so well right now?

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This bone marrow bank startup could save lives

240

Teens are using AI a lot… but they feel bad about it

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Why companies are so bad at onboarding

242

Sega wants to make pagers happen

243

Users are “pausing” streaming services as ads take over

244

How to break into the $70B Sleep Tourism industry

245

The quirky history of the Happy Meal & more with TBIY

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How big baseball salaries are closing in on $1B

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How a “blueberry tech” brand got a $1B valuation

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Massive TVs are the new retail craze

249

The egg-freezing business gets a startup overhaul

250

AI monthly update: Apple Intelligence debut and Meta invests in search

251

The business of Hollywood flops

252

Alright, Starbucks. What the hell is going on with you?

253

Dog trading cards are coming for your wallet

254

How Halloween beat inflation in 2024

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Why fewer Americans want promotions (goodbye corporate ladder?)

256

Nokia’s ahead-of-its-time ‘taco phone.’

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What does winning a James Beard Award really mean for chefs?

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Febreze Scentstories: A fake CD player that smells

259

R.I.P. Foursquare

260

The NFL’s growing flirtation with Europe

261

Ever wish you could boop the snoot of a Tasmanian tiger?

262

A history of failed Legos: from nearly bankrupt to untouchable

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Successfully monetizing content for brands and creators with Steph Smith

264

Why, tho? The $200 handheld device that only did one thing

265

Why are so many people paying so much money to be terrorized?

266

Goodbye, Kmart

267

Space tourists will be getting great space sleep in their space duvets

268

Here’s how robotic exoskeletons can be your next cash grab

269

How to build a profitable media company and community with Sam Parr

270

You can now text your AI-generated future self, so we did

271

Is AI blending in a bit too well? And if so, should we care?

272

Tennis courts have a major pickleball problem

273

How dogs are taking over our cities and real estate

274

AI monthly update: Meta’s AI eyewear boon and OpenAI’s valuation explosion

275

Tips for starting a business in 2024 and how the US interest rate cut can help

276

How canned hard drinks took over the alcohol market

277

Apparently, you can go to jail for sheep cloning

278

Why the ‘expensive fast food’ era will never end

279

DirecTV lands deal to buy Dish TV for $1

280

Wendy’s hits McDonald’s right in the McFlurry machine

281

Where do tennis balls go when they die?

282

Southwest Airlines to become more “premium” to save their skin

283

Sure, AI can make art, but can it critique art too?

284

Is Meta somehow winning the AI wearables race?

285

Billionaires keep trying to build ‘tech utopia’ cities: here’s how it's going

286

Will four-lane drive thrus take over America?

287

How Athletic Brewing became the #1 NA beer in the US

288

Humans vs AI: How we can create together w/ Canva Co-founder, Cameron Adams

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AI monthly update: Apple’s stalled AI and NVIDIA’s nosedive, live from Inbound 2024

290

The controversial rebirth of Flappy Bird

291

How much do we really trust chatbots?

292

How to get into the $11.2B recovery footwear business

293

David Sirota on the corporations that legalized corruption

294

How a wishy-washy AI take broke the writing community

295

This robot saves farmers from death by silo

296

iPhone 16 launch will be the most successful yet, analysts say

297

How Hollywood is trying to fix it’s huge CO2 emission problem

298

LinkedIn’s #Opentowork badge: useful, or ‘desperate’?

299

What successful brand design looks like in 2024

300

The NFL kicks off another multibillion-dollar season

301

Understanding “Founder Mode” vs “Manager Mode”

302

2024’s hotel strike: everything you need to know

303

How FDA loopholes allow problematic ingredients in US food

304

Trademarking the TikTok ‘demure’ meme

305

What the hell are NEETs and why can’t they find jobs?

306

How an AI startup is breaking into the $60B fragrance market

307

Why gas is cheap again

308

3 startups that are thriving on social (and how yours can too)

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Inside Meta's Oversight Board with Ronaldo Lemos

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Chick-Fil-A’s new business model: fast drive-thrus and a streaming service

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An inside look at Taco Bell’s early retirement community

312

Supply chains crumble from…TikTok-famous Swedish candy

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How Olipop entered the exclusive stadium soda market

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Microsoft’s Tay and her belligerent bot rants

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Could the 'vibecession' become a real economic downturn?

316

IKEA’s inflatable couch: The sofa that flew away

317

Why the Pentagon hired a beauty company for $2m

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A new rule for real estate agents could send home prices falling

319

The story of the ‘unbreakable’ German drinking glass

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The hair care industry rakes in billions, here’s how to cash in

321

How to develop a winning mindset with Matt Higgins

322

Spirit, Frontier and Southwest are in trouble: can budget airlines survive?

323

Shocking: If bus stops weren’t so ugly, people would ride the bus more

324

The future of Google and search

325

How sports & music tourism are becoming a $1.5T industry

326

AI monthly update: OpenAI tests SearchGPT and YouTube is unwillingly training AI

327

The billion dollar value of cybersecurity startups (and how to build one)

328

Fashion alert: an AI necklace that fights loneliness

329

Starbucks sales are down 3%, here’s what they’re doing about it

330

Paris wants sustainability, but Olympians want meat

331

How the top 1% of podcasts are making all the money

332

Why is nobody buying EV Trucks?

333

The camera tech that redefined how we watch TV

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Robots are already among us- are humanoid robots coming soon?

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The truth about the Olympics “anti-sex’ beds for athletes

336

The CrowdStrike hangover that just won’t quit

337

What happens when AI takes over low-income jobs?

338

Gourmet convenience: tapping into the $214B snack market and more

339

Why workers are outsourcing their jobs to 'shadow stand-ins'

340

Here’s why you’re so annoyed at your coworkers

341

Should we ban phones in schools?

342

Big Tech has fallen off Gen Z’s vision board

343

The denim industry is booming, so why is Levi’s lagging?

344

Why the US is “banning” affordable Chinese EVs

345

Why tech billionaires are buying up California farmland

346

Inflation is down, unemployment is up, the economy is… both?

347

What the heck is ‘Summerween’ and why is it viral?

348

Does Gen Z have vacation anxiety?

349

The inflatable future of space stations

350

AI monthly update: Apple AI is here and Nvidia tops Microsoft

351

The world ran out of everything in 2020. How can we fix the supply chain?

352

Bic for Her: the pitfalls of gendered marketing

353

Microsoft Bob: the most hated UI in company history

354

Explaining extended reality: AR vs VR vs MR

355

The ethics of AI in creative industries (and what we can do about it)

356

The robotaxi industry heats up, and not just because a Waymo car is on fire

357

To tip or not to tip: Who should pay service workers?

358

Fast food is getting cheaper. But is it still too pricey?

359

AI’s latest innovation: potentially ruining the environment

360

Can AI make in-person shopping easier? Target sure hopes so

361

Smoking is Cool. Now, So is Quitting.

362

How Gen Z uses fortune telling to invest… and if it actually works

363

Is AI coming for freelance jobs?

364

The $11m state of fake meats

365

Explaining the $18.4B seaweed economy and how you can cash in

366

How Uber reshaped cities

367

The pizza business is… plateauing *gasp*

368

AI beauty pageants are a thing now?

369

Inside Apple’s vision for AI

370

The science of cheating death

371

Is the Last Vegas Sphere the future of entertainment?

372

The Anti-Girlboss

373

Should we slow down AI development?

374

The cost of good content

375

The truth about fake, overpriced airport restaurants

376

Want an AI companion for your child?

377

AI monthly update: GPT-4o dominates headlines and Nvidia’s stock soars

378

The Long Game of Gaming: Where is innovation going?

379

Someone paid $965k for Messi’s napkin… let’s talk about the napkin economy

380

Can 4D movies save theaters?

381

Why AI and VR are (oddly) the future of the food industry

382

Why Hermés doesn’t want to sell you a Birkin bag (and how to get one anyway)

383

Did SunnyD really turn a girl orange?

384

The U.S. aims to break Ticketmaster & Live Nation

385

Pippin: Apple’s failed gaming console

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Yes, Red Lobster is bankrupt. Now what?

387

Chat-GPT revenue doubles overnight, but is GPT-4o a safety concern?

388

Can sleeper trains ever thrive in the US?

389

How Gary Vee builds brands & sales in the attention economy

390

Netflix is running laps around the rest of the streaming business

391

Uber’s new ‘Shuttle’ feature is an on-demand bus

392

Meme stocks are back

393

Are IV drips in your vacation package?

394

Inside the $6.8B sewing industry and how you can capitalize on it

395

Surf Some Mechanical Gnar at Aventuur Parks | The Growth Show

396

Why AI for call centers might be a $3B business by 2028

397

The AI girlfriend that trains men

398

Ghost jobs are a scary possibility for job seekers

399

Is anyone really happy at work?

400

AI monthly update: AI pins, Perplexity’s rise and Google’s journalism play

401

How can we own our AI generated creations?

402

The deadly $350B black market for sand. Yes, sand.

403

LinkedIn wants you to connect…over games

404

Will Walmart’s new premium groceries attract wealthier customers?

405

The Veterinary industry coughs up $38B

406

What happens after a TikTok ban?

407

The erotic Dune popcorn bucket & how memes make marketing dreams

408

Gen Zers are adopting Boomer hobbies

409

The $12B train line from Vegas to LA breaks ground

410

Explaining Tesla’s troubles, from robotaxis to cybertrucks

411

This AI-generated rom-com proves AI is no Scorsese (yet)

412

The startups trying make sense of unpredictable weather

413

Funding your startup is harder than ever now (thanks, VC firms)

414

Can one YouTuber bring down a $850m AI company?

415

WTF is going on with the economy right now?

416

Dining alone is on the rise — and profits could be huge

417

The next wave of AI with Matt Wolfe

418

An airline for dogs… because we definitely need it

419

Is tree bark the solution for plastic waste?

420

The billion dollar avocado business, explained

421

Hedge funds and journalists team up to make an odd, unsettling pair

422

AI monthly update: NVIDIA’s dominance & Apple’s potential GemeniPhone

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The app helping 'modern couples' manage their finances.

424

Voters are sick of funding billion dollar stadiums

425

Robots are making fast food. Are you eating it?

426

Big streamers are offering less and less content

427

Can drugs made in space speed up cancer treatments?

428

How much does winning a World Series cost?

429

The tiny pineapples fighting food waste

430

Are we being AI-washed?

431

Visa & Mastercard settlement may save businesses $30B

432

Looking for a shipwreck? You and everyone else

433

Adults line up for viral Swedish candy

434

Why dynamic pricing — at Wendy’s and everywhere — is likely inevitable

435

Reddit goes public with a $748m IPO

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Haven’t been to a real-life immersive fantasy event? You’re off trend

437

The economics of dating

438

The ‘dirty soda’ boom: from TikTok to mainstream

439

What’s with WcDonald’s? Anime-themed McDonald’s creates a buzz

440

Subscription apps aren’t making money

441

The walls close in on TikTok

442

Do we need workplace etiquette classes?

443

Shocker: This $1T Saudi Arabian desert colony has a golf course

444

Gen Alpha needs help managing millions of dollars

445

Taylor Lorenz is Extremely Online

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The future of SXSW and creativity with Hugh Forrest

447

3D printed homes are here

448

Dartmouth men's basketball gets a historic 13-2 win

449

If ya smell what TKO is cookin’

450

AI monthly update: OpenAI debuts Sora and Google Gemini “misses the mark”

451

The immersive Wonka experience that wasn’t

452

Why a CEO’s cereal-for-dinner comments struck a nerve

453

Vacant shopping malls make great schools

454

Tech job interviews are getting insane

455

Your digital worlds are at risk: from metaverses to games

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Carrie Sun's Private Equity

457

Spirit makes a Nintendo airplane and there’s a middle school with a $500k+ esports lab, weird week huh?

458

Is Apple’s new Sports app a threat to ESPN?

459

Biometrics could replace your passport this year

460

Is it just fine to cut the line?

461

Apple Vision Pro, meet return label

462

This island of Anguilla makes $3m a month off of AI

463

The love affair between brands and consumers

464

Life Savers Holes: the candy the world forgot

465

What’s new in AI for 2024?

466

How Vail Resorts made skiing more popular – and profitable – than ever

467

The economics of Super Bowl halftime shows

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When did fast food get so expensive?

469

How sports betting went so mainstream so quickly

470

AI makes fake IDs now? Great, just great

471

Meet your favorite CEO for a few thousand dollars

472

LA Clippers owner invests big into… toilets

473

When did TikTok become an online mall?

474

60 second soap operas are the new daytime TV

475

Would you enter your phone number to buy toothpaste?

476

Your new professor is…an Albert Einstein hologram

477

Apple has a watch problem

478

Billionaires invest in immortality

479

Restaurants rebound and pop-up post pandemic

480

Netflix Drops a Stone Cold Stunner

481

Can 3D printed shoes help the environment?

482

Model train companies are at the end of their tunnel

483

Why employees are livestreaming their layoffs

484

The $2B submersible yacht we’ve all been waiting for

485

The art of giving away your money

486

Dollar store backlash sweeps the nation

487

Fine, we’ll talk about the pink Stanley tumbler

488

Keeping up with Carta

489

The grocery store shelf battle

490

A $5m lawsuit is filed over…little candy faces

491

Can a Bezos-backed search startup kick Google’s crown off?

492

Swipes Incoming for Dating Sunday

493

It goes down in the… private group chats

494

Its 2024, and CEOs and employees are back at it again

495

What’s next for AI in 2024?

496

Bold predictions for 2024

497

The stats that best define 2023

498

2023’s best under-the-radar stories

499

This exoskeleton suit may save companies billions

500

The economics of holiday cards

501

Chipotle’s Robot Army

502

Can we trust Google’s recipe ratings?

503

Inside the holly jolly business of spreading cheer

504

Wikimedia executive salaries are the talk of the town

505

Your new robot BFF wants to cure your loneliness

506

The Biggest Contract Ever, Deferred

507

WeWork’s ex-CEO is going with the ‘Flow’

508

The future of digital health tracking is a lot to swallow

509

The government ‘pushes’ into your notifications

510

ChatGPT and Taylor Swift dominate 2023

511

The tech startup of your dreams

512

Spotify layoffs and the psyche of workers

513

Electrified roads could be a big deal for EV adoption

514

McDonald’s cosMc space race

515

World Expos still exist, but are they worth it?

516

The holiday decorations boom

517

The Rise of Grief Tech

518

The government is welcoming laid off tech workers with open arms

519

The Real Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner

520

OpenAI is Unraveling

521

Why this Sam Altman/OpenAI drama is just getting started

522

The Dolly Parton industry

523

An AI experiment made a surprisingly pleasant Twitter

524

The Confusing New Reality of Tipping

525

Suck it, tie-dye — content creation is camp’s new darling

526

Prioritizing accessibility is the right thing to do — and good for business

527

It’s not a great time to be GM’s Cruise

528

Before AI takes your job, can it help you find one?

529

How to Bring a Company Back from the Dead

530

Should brands address social issues?

531

Disney buys Hulu

532

The American economy is fine, but Americans aren’t

533

The scent and sound of 21st century marketing

534

In the battle for restaurant reservations, it’s diners vs. bots

535

The breakfast sandwich reigns supreme

536

Why we love machines

537

AI… after dark

538

Why Gen Z is sharing its location with everyone

539

The newest addition to workplace benefits? Caregiving support

540

Chain restaurants are back, baby (baby back, baby back)

541

The billion-dollar Halloween industry

542

It makes sense why X would charge a $1 fee, but that doesn’t make it a good idea

543

Will Netflix dominate the live sports market?

544

Months after the sub tragedy, extreme tourism is… more popular than ever?

545

Caring for the office’s finicky Ficus is now a thriving industry

546

The app with the best Halloween haunts

547

Is the NFL’s Taylor Swift-forward marketing too much too soon?

548

Gen Z Loves LinkedIn

549

Move over, stocks — alternative investing apps are here

550

Why young adults in China are becoming ‘full-time children'

551

What’s new in AI?

552

Why the heck is Tom Brady working for an airline now?

553

Netflix is turning up the volume on merch

554

The very, very cold war of flash-frozen ice cream

555

Airports are joining the work-from-anywhere party

556

How one man created a multimillion-dollar resale market for Buc-ee's

557

AI’s role in the writers’ strike

558

How about a psychedelic retreat for your next trip?

559

Yelp vs. fake reviews

560

Tech is gamifying your Zs

561

Would you want to live in a Porsche dealership?

562

Bad news: Surge pricing is here to stay

563

Gen Zers really want to be influencers

564

Why do festivals keep ending in disaster?

565

Hackers vs. casinos

566

The rapid rise of weight-loss drugs

567

The avocado toast guy is back

568

Hackers will hack anything — including your sex toys

569

Soho House brings exclusivity to the masses

570

What will hotels look and feel like in the 2030s?

571

Women’s spending power is the story of summer

572

Your childhood sneakers are keeping Adidas afloat

573

Is chasing TikTok a mistake for YouTube?

574

Not your mom’s jingles: Ad music gets an upgrade

575

Student loan repayments are back with a vengeance

576

AI-generated foraging books seem dangerous, right?

577

The world is full of misbehaving tourists

578

Core weeks: The answer to the return-to-office dilemma?

579

Will the Bay Area get a new city?

580

The Anxiety Industry

581

Meta vs. Canada vs. news

582

Is Microsoft’s Satya Nadella the No. 1 CEO in America?

583

Luxury ice is taking off

584

How neuroaesthetics and design affect our health

585

Kidfluencers’ Illinois payday

586

Why employers are building worker housing

587

Rich people feel like they’re poor

588

The corporate marriage of Pop Tarts and Crocs

589

Is the “Big One” about to drop on Amazon?

590

The boomin’ business of hip-hop

591

The economics of hip-hop

592

Podcasting has a big money problem

593

Nobody wants to buy a house

594

Disney’s to-do list

595

The hottest dish is a petri dish

596

Good lord, those computers are thirsty

597

Kim Kardashian, business genius?

598

Can social media actually drive social good?

599

No big deals is a big deal

600

Million-dollar mousetrap: NYC’s pricey rodent revolt

601

The banker who caused the 1929 stock crash

602

Can’t Airbnb the house? How ‘bout everything else

603

Making online friends

604

That Duolingo owl is unhinged

605

Netflix can chill

606

Cancel that 4pm meeting

607

Controlling the rent

608

The divorce business boom

609

Meet ChatGPT’s evil twin

610

Meta’s latest metamorphosis

611

Hollywood vs. AI

612

Do Sonic logos actually work?

613

The $40m bet that made South Korea a food and cultural power

614

It’ll soon be easier to fling yourself into space

615

Sun’s out, buns out: Hot dogs are this summer’s ‘it’ food

616

Summer gains: The teen job market is beefing back up

617

How private equity came to dominate American business

618

When it comes to craft beer, bad names are best

619

A really, really big elevator

620

The rise of private equity

621

The business of bedtime snacks

622

Can you dig it? Tech is speeding up archeology

623

WhatsApp’s Meta-morphosis, Pickleball’s other costs, and more

624

Rub a dub dub, Dr. Bronner’s continues generating profits in the tub

625

Orange you glad you’re not in the orange industry?

626

Why fight in a cage when you can paintball instead?

627

Domino’s delivers another innovation

628

Apple vs. apples

629

Is Pixar out of its element?

630

How Beyoncé disrupted Sweden’s economy

631

The creator economy goes boom, and not in the good way

632

AI was behind your honey hickory BBQ rub all this time

633

The world’s subtitle use is speaking volumes

634

Campflation is here

635

One man’s quest to make pickleball quiet

636

$40m+ for a… Mexican restaurant?

637

Job hopping has become mission impossible

638

Apple of our eyes

639

The day has come

640

Is Saudi Arabia’s $1 trillion dream city a nightmare?

641

Fungi funerals and the business of death

642

Sam Altman: Prepared for OpenAI’s moment — and the apocalypse

643

The economics of the sneaker resale market

644

Inside the pet spa business

645

Why Salvador Dalí is the most faked artist in the world

646

Band-Aid is America’s most trusted brand

647

We just can’t shake nostalgic tech

648

RIP, non-sucky job market. Plus: Criminals keep targeting Target

649

How to barbecue in outer space

650

Heinz unveils the future of condiments, and sorry scarecrows, drones are coming for your job

651

ChatGPT heads to Washington, the return to office stalls, and Steph Curry means business

652

Oil be damned!

653

Pretty fly for the might-die

654

A new credit card that rewards wellness

655

It’s looking like a bull market for… the bull market

656

Can Lemon8 take on Pinterest?

657

Lei low, spend high

658

Plants are getting pricey as our love for them grows

659

The lucrative business of being a shooting coach

660

Chegg learns a lesson, from AI

661

Why Hollywood writers are going on strike

662

Tesla drives a hard bargain

663

DraftKings vs. FanDuel vs. Fanatics — who are you betting on?

664

The race to automate human birth

665

Like spamming? You’re gonna love AI

666

Netflix doubles down on Korean content

667

Starry looks to hit Sprite where Sierra missed

668

Degrees of separation

669

Want to travel cheap? Just borrow someone’s house

670

For sweet profits, Hershey’s gets salty

671

Taco Bell’s innovation kitchen

672

Feeling broke AF? Book it anyway

673

A news rundown to start your week

674

The economics of dating

675

Et tu, weather apps?

676

The Hustle Daily Show’s MONSTER 300th Episode

677

Mario scores big, and Tupperware tumbles

678

Why athletes owe a ‘jock tax’ wherever they go

679

France vs. social media dishonesty

680

Is that a cell phone? At the Masters? Lifetime ban

681

Is the future of social audio dead?

682

Chai-ching: Bubble tea brews up serious profits

683

Hey, remember Groupon?

684

Is Lemon8 the next TikTok?

685

Baseball’s mounds of cash, and Walmart’s new commute

686

Amazon cracks down on returns

687

Bad hair day? Microsoft has a solution

688

Apple’s headset inches closer to reality

689

The business of Air Max

690

All eyes are on TikTok today

691

The ballpark nachos monopoly

692

Netflix levels up

693

Barnes & Noble is… expanding?

694

Ryan Reynolds’ empire and an AI gold rush

695

Masatoshi Ito’s 7-Eleven empire

696

Why Meta’s ‘leaner is better’ feels extra contagious

697

SVB fallout and Chick Fil-A’s expansion

698

What happened to SVB?

699

Where are the Girl Scout cookies?

700

Spotify hits play on big changes

701

Lego’s having a blast

702

Will ‘premiumization’ disrupt the economy?

703

Amazon pauses HQ2

704

The Jack Daniel’s fungus lawsuit

705

Eli Lilly’s big announcement

706

Would you pay for verification online?

707

Snapchat gets the AI treatment

708

The future of movie theaters

709

Is Ebay’s short renaissance over?

710

What to know about Section 230

711

A scooter company is…profitable?

712

Temu wants you to shop like a billionaire

713

Barney is back in business

714

Farmers vs. John Deere

715

How Ticketmaster created its maligned ticket fee system

716

I love you… and saving money

717

Uber pulls ahead

718

How companies charge us billions in junk fees

719

Bing chilling?

720

Meta wants to broaden Horizon’s horizon

721

Google announces its ChatGPT competitor

722

How Amazon’s media bet is going

723

Are people buying houses again?

724

Oil-and-gas’s record year

725

The Instagram guys are back in business

726

The drama around India’s richest man

727

Disney World’s got company

728

The market for egg alternatives is yolked

729

How much it costs to live longer

730

Would ChatGPT get a Wharton MBA?

731

A made-in-India iPhone and some wild VR news

732

Netflix enters its next phase, and Google’s “code red”

733

RIP, AmazonSmile

734

Tiktok’s canned fish boom and Meta’s nudity problem

735

A tense situation at the happiest place on Earth

736

Tesla’s price cuts, and TikTok’s ban plan

737

JPMorgan accuses founder of fake 4m+ accounts

738

Another plane debacle, Avatar’s China boost, touchscreen MacBooks

739

Controversy at the bowling alley

740

Will the US ban gas stoves, and the $10m “Foot of Destiny”

741

An AI lawyer is going to court, and America’s patent king gets dethroned

742

Is this the end of the non-compete agreement?

743

Bing’s moment, CES starts up, and Canada’s housing ban

744

Maybe you shouldn’t get that master’s degree in this economy

745

Inflationary psychology and the cats that make more money than you

746

BEST OF: TikTok rivals Google search and Netflix partners with Microsoft

747

Why are eggs so freakin’ expensive?

748

Southwest’s travel chaos

749

BEST OF: holiday romcoms and millennial sales

750

The economics of the $2B+ Christmas tree market

751

The lucrative business of elves

752

A tripledemic and a medicine shortage

753

The Main Character of the internet strikes again

754

James Cameron is back

755

Instagram’s new “hacked” hub and Zwift’s virtual doping ban

756

The ElonJet ban and Apple’s Europe problem

757

How Mariah Carey became the queen of Christmas

758

Budweiser’s dry World Cup saga, and the return of cassette tapes

759

Electric school buses, Waze’s U-turn, and Avatar in China

760

What “tech winter” means for visa workers

761

Microsoft’s super app, and a recession’s influence on influencers

762

The Utah cookie wars

763

Media blues, Slack news, and the Swifties sue

764

Duolingo booms, ChatGPT looms, and Daniel Mac zooms

765

The mental health startup boom

766

What’s next for Yahoo?

767

The pretzel business is booming

768

Musk declares war on Apple… through a meme

769

A Thanksgiving recap

770

The tragic data behind Black Friday deaths

771

The economics of holiday rom coms

772

Twitter news, Alexa blues, and World Cup booze

773

Rental woes, advertising slows, T-Swift’s 900 shows

774

The future of soup, and a wild week in tech

775

The Genius Bar is unionizing

776

A strange day for Amazon

777

The FTX drama, explained

778

The big bet Big Tech got wrong

779

How millennials are changing sales

780

Chinese ecommerce is ready to take on the US… in the US

781

Tattoos, robot blues, Siri news, and yes, more Twitter drama

782

The future of dental insurance premiums

783

How much do you make?

784

ESPN wants in on gambling

785

A Twitter news roundup and the US economy’s World Series correlation

786

A Halloween special: The strange business history of the Ouija board

787

Meta, McDonald’s, and Musk

788

Where’s Microsoft at with the Metaverse?

789

The $10B business of Halloween decorations

790

The fate of the global economy may depend on Morris Chang

791

Is AI coming for writers?

792

Truss’s resignation and Pinterest’s moment

793

Uber’s big announcement

794

Companies are charging workers money for quitting

795

Brewing drama at Dunkin’ Donuts

796

An Adderall shortage and Meta’s rough weekend

797

Innovation in the sports bar business

798

TikTok is doing the copying now

799

Is Zuck too early to the Metaverse?

800

McDonald’s is cashing in on nostalgia

801

The audiobook wars are heating up

802

Course sharing, explained

803

Growing the tupperware party

804

Investors are buying all the houses

805

Golden passports and credit default swaps

806

Tesla’s robot and the state of Meta

807

The FDA redefines healthy food

808

What AirPods say about the future of Apple

809

Nobody cares about office perks

810

Iran’s internet blackouts, explained

811

Disney’s big bet on trading cards

812

We’re nearing a butter meltdown

813

News about news

814

Hollywood and publishing, a love story

815

The future of groceries is… groceries?

816

We just entered a new era for digital design

817

Why the founder of Patagonia gave away his company

818

What does a decentralized museum look like?

819

Why free stuff makes us crazy

820

What happens in a railroad strike?

821

The world’s 3rd richest person is someone you’ve never heard of

822

What the heck are coolhunters?

823

Live from INBOUND: Mr. Beast’s burger chaos at a NJ mall

824

How Mississippi’s businesses have functioned… without water

825

The booming business of solar sheep

826

Is Twitter finally adding an ‘edit’ button?

827

The most expensive TV show ever is here

828

Starbucks and Dunkin’ have a new challenger

829

The Daily Wire’s $1B media rocketship

830

Peloton kicks into high gear

831

Can YouTube be a podcast giant?

832

The booming market for weird purses

833

Are we caught in a ‘bear market trap’?

834

TikTok’s plan to not screw up midterms

835

Will Amazon be a good doctor?

836

Adam Neumann’s new venture, Flow

837

WFH? What about… work from gym?

838

What the hell is going on with the housing market? With Morgan Housel

839

Is Apple about to become an advertising giant?

840

The implications of an eye-poppin’ teen internet study

841

Annoying green text messages

842

The economics of scary movies

843

The rise of the LinkedIn-fluencer

844

America’s work-life balancing act

845

Oatly: yum. Oatly stock: yuck.

846

Stallone vs. Hollywood

847

TikTok’s plans to take over our ears

848

Why are corporate profits up during record inflation?

849

America just ate 678 million chicken sandwiches

850

Juul’s valuation gets vaporized

851

Is Airbnb all bad?

852

Celeb jet shaming and Meta’s terrible week, explained

853

RIP Choco Taco, 1983-2022

854

TikTokers are getting huge overnight. Is that a good thing?

855

It’s yacht boy summer for billionaires, and size matters

856

Tiktok’s pink sauce sounds the FDA alarms

857

A very important phone number

858

Claire’s makes a comeback

859

Google’s got competish

860

The big business of Margaritaville

861

College athletes are making bank

862

Netflix chooses Microsoft

863

Is Subway’s tuna real?

864

Looks like movie theaters aren’t dead, after all

865

Recyclable running shoes

866

Stop buying lattes, buy a house

867

The US Mint told us why America’s coins are missing

868

Trend forecasting explained

869

‘Minions’ fever

870

CEOs on the run

871

Bed Bath and Beyond… bad

872

How an ex-factory worker got 142m TikTok followers

873

RIP to a glasses giant

874

Does Amazon sell too much stuff?

875

Alexa turns into your dead grandma now?

876

Gas prices, explained

877

Where are all the public restrooms?

878

Amazon is running out of workers

879

A new bill to protect your data?

880

Why Big Tech wants your car

881

The New York Times is on a buying spree

882

The water bottle golden age

883

Spotify’s next chapter: Books

884

Tech CEOs want your performance files

885

A bizarre $160m art heist

886

What’s driving the debt crisis? with Ray Dalio

887

The perfect office temperature

888

Weed, comedy, and the metaverse

889

Can Paramount+ survive the streaming wars?

890

Slack’s trojan horse

891

The scooter resurgence

892

Why TikTok is like digital crack

893

The ice cream cone monopoly

894

Bridesmaids spend how much?!

895

The stolen NFT

896

The economics of Flavortown

897

Wait, gaming is good for kids?

898

WeWork is back

899

The crypto celebs have gone quiet

900

McDonald’s pulls out of Russia

901

The sneaker wars, explained

902

The rise of live-in landlords

903

What the heck is a stablecoin?

904

Disney goes full throttle

905

The iPod touch gets discontinued

906

Are wearables really the future of health?

907

Why do people spend $100k on a single Dorito?

908

The black-owned business boom

909

Are we back in 2019?

910

The flower business is wilting

911

Do we still need virtual happy hours?

912

Is the FAANG era over?

913

Snap Wants to Sell Us Drone Cameras

914

The Gummy Economy is Ginormous

915

3 Takes on Musk buying Twitter

916

Musk bought Twitter. Brace for impact.

917

Big changes are coming to death

918

CNN+ Loses the Streaming Wars

919

What the heck happened to Netflix?

920

Re-Inventing The Work Week (A Deep Dive Episode)

921

Are NFTs the Future of Home Ownership?

922

Obsession: The economics of Netflix’s buttons

923

NFTs - the good, the bad, and the ugly

924

As Airbnb Grows, so do Cleaning Fees

925

Meta Makes VR Strides

926

What The Heck is a Ghost Gun?

927

The Craziest Art Project in Internet History

928

Trends in the Media Ecosystem

929

$13B of Mushrooms - there’s an app for that

930

Should Netflix Sell Ads?

931

Is The Future of Social Media Boring?

932

Amazon’s First Union

933

The Great Un-Retirement

934

Meta’s Strategy to Battle TikTok

935

The Rise of Panic Rooms

936

Pandemic Home Buyers Have Regrets

937

Are D2C Companies Screwed?

938

Companies Facing Labor Issues

939

Why Would Parents Sue Big Tech?

940

Can Starlink Disrupt In-Flight Wifi?

941

Is Toronto The Next Silicon Valley?

942

Why Amazon Bought MGM

943

Is Daylight Savings Over?

944

What’s Goblin Mode?

945

Starbucks Expands to EV Charging

946

ByteDance Conquers the World

947

Russia bans Meta

948

The Great Resignation

949

IRS Takes on Facial Recognition

950

Crypto Payroll

951

Billion-Dollar Bird Food

952

Can NFTs Help Save Ukraine?

953

LinkedIn Normalizes Job Gaps

954

VR Tackles Scent Tech

955

Zoom Earnings Drop

956

What the heck is SWIFT?

957

How the Internet’s Helping Ukraine

958

Russia Invades Ukraine

959

Amazon Sues Fake Review Sites

960

Spotify’s Podcast Acquisition Plan

961

VR Gets Dangerously Immersive

962

How AI is Catching Cheaters

963

Disney Goes Residential

964

Egg Freezing is Big Business

965

America’s Sleep Deficit Problem

966

Amazon’s Grocery Strategy

967

Is AI The Secret to Love?

968

Inflation Rises to Historic Levels

E
969

Crypto Has a Gender Problem

970

The Rise of The Ugly Shoe Economy

971

Is Owning an NBA Team the Best Investment?

972

Is Anyone Watching The Olympics?

973

Facebook Stock Tanks by 20%

974

Is YouTube Bigger Than Netflix?

975

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