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Saying ‘Please’ and ‘Thank You’ to AI Sounds Crazy. It Might Actually Work.
A new survey finds 86% of office workers are being polite to their AI tools — and most say it actually changes what comes back.
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Snap Bet $2,195 on the Future of Smart Glasses. Meta Answered With a $244 Version.
A week after Snap launched its pricey $2,195 AR glasses, Meta is going the opposite direction with a $244 version.
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Mountain Dew Is Charging 5 Cents for a Can — Here’s the Strategy Behind the Stunt
The iconic soda brand is dropping 1,948 commemorative bundles for a nickel each — a nod to its 1948 origins.
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The World’s Largest Franchisee Just Revealed His Playbook for Scaling. These Are His Rules.
Greg Flynn built a $5 billion empire spanning 3,000 restaurants across eight brands. Here's how he did it.
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Beer Sales Are Going Flat Everywhere But Guinness Keeps Growing: ‘It’s a 267-Year-Old Overnight Success.’
Since taking over the helm, Gráinne Wafer has turned a 267-year-old brand into one of the fastest-growing in the world.
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Who Will Be the Next Trillionaire After Musk? Here’s What the Prediction Markets Say.
Prediction market traders give Mark Zuckerberg the best shot at joining Elon Musk in the 13-digit club — but put his odds at just 32%.
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Tide Owns 40% of the Detergent Market — So Why Is P&G Reinventing It With Something Industry Experts Say Nobody Needs?
P&G already dominates the $25 billion laundry market. Rather than wait for a rival to disrupt it, the company reimagined its own bestseller.
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For 11 Years Chick-fil-A Ruled the Roost In Customer Satisfaction. Jersey Mike’s Just Dethroned It.
The New Jersey sandwich chain edged Chick-fil-A by a single point, ending an 11-year reign just as it races toward a $12 billion IPO.
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Mars Is Spending Millions to Make M&M’s Without Synthetic Dyes. These Two Colors Didn’t Make the Cut.
Candy maker Mars is responding to pressure to remove synthetic dyes from its candy coating. It's easier said than done.
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Summer Bummer — Why Teen Hiring Is on Track for Its Worst Year Since 1948
A new forecast projects a paltry 790,000 teen jobs this summer. Inflation, older workers and AI are all to blame.
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Hollywood Was Supposed to Be Dead. ‘Toy Story 5’ Just Powered Its Best Summer in Seven Years.
"Toy Story 5" opened to $160 million, making it the biggest debut of 2026. The audience driving its success is the one everyone wrote off.
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McDonald’s Is Bringing Back a 30-Year-Old Menu Item. And Is Building a 35-Foot-Long One to Promote It.
The fried apple pie last appeared on menus in 1992. It returns June 23 for America's 250th birthday, complete with a giant roadside monument.
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Snap Has Lost Money Every Year It’s Been Public. Now the Company’s Betting on Specs, Its New $2,195 ‘Wearable Computer.’
CEO Evan Spiegel thinks people are so sick of staring at phones they'll pay $2,195 for AR glasses. Wall Street isn't convinced.
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The Next iPhone Pro Could Cost $1,299 — Here’s Why Tim Cook Says It’s ‘Unavoidable’
Tim Cook says the AI boom has made memory chips so scarce and expensive that jacking up the prices has become necessary for Apple.
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Allbirds Used to Make Viral Wool Sneakers. Now It’s an AI Company Called ‘Smartbird.’
The company behind the once-viral wool sneaker sold off the shoe brand entirely, changed its name and has become an AI service.
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Apple Is Developing AirPods With Cameras — But They Won’t Take a Single Photo
According to Bloomberg, the cameras will act as eyes for Siri, letting the AI assistant understand the world around you.
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This Retailer Shut Its Fitting Rooms and Angered Customers. It Might Boost Sales Anyway.
The teen retailer has quietly shut its fitting rooms across its 55-plus US stores. Customers are furious, but sales are up.
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SpaceX’s First Big Move After Its Record IPO: Buying a $60 Billion AI Coding Startup
xAI has struggled to compete with Anthropic and OpenAI on AI coding tools. Cursor is Musk's answer.
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The Investor Who Turned Arby’s Into a $20 Billion Empire Just Bought Pizza Hut for $1.5 Billion
Yum Brands has agreed to sell Pizza Hut to LongRange Capital, which engineered Arby's comeback and now wants to do the same for pizza.
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This 25-Year-Old’s Sleep Problems Gave Him Vertigo. His Response? An AI Mattress Cover That Hit Eight Figures Within Three Months of Launch
Harry Gestetner of Orion wants to make better sleep available and affordable to all. Will his smart mattress cover be the solution?
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A SpongeBob Menu Boosted Burger King’s Traffic 19%. Now Every Chain Wants a Piece of Hollywood.
This summer alone, KFC, Papa Johns, Dunkin, Wendy's and Subway all have major film promotions launching.
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He Built a Knicks Championship Team Out of NBA Players Others Overlooked — Here’s the Lesson for Any Leader
Knicks President Leon Rose bet on undervalued players others passed over. The strategy ended the team's 53-year title drought.
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SpaceX Hits $2.8 Trillion. Retail Investors Bought as Much of It as the Entire Stock Market.
Elon Musk is now worth more than three times the world's second-richest person.
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Fox Had the Content But Not the Platform. Now It’s Buying Roku for $22 Billion.
The deal pairs Fox's live sports and news with Roku's 100 million-plus streaming households.
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How a Free Cookie Became This Hotel Brand’s Most Valuable Asset
DoubleTree's 700-plus hotels hand out more than 20 million chocolate chip cookies a year. The cookie has even been baked in space.
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He Spent 15 Years Quietly Buying SpaceX Shares. Now His Stake Is Worth $20 Billion.
Justin Fishner-Wolfson's firm, 137 Ventures, made its first SpaceX investment in 2011. He never looked back
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She Turned Celebrity Gossip Into a $22 Billion Company — Here’s How Kalshi’s Co-Founder Did It
At 29, Luana Lopes Lara is the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world. Her road to riches started with celebrity gossip.
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Mark Zuckerberg Admits Meta ‘Made Mistakes’ as AI Reshapes 20% of Its Workforce
In a leaked internal memo, the Meta CEO owned up to the chaos caused by May's layoffs, but says there will be no more this year.
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Elon Musk Is Now the World’s First Trillionaire After SpaceX’s Record IPO
The biggest public debut in Wall Street history pushed the world's richest person across a milestone with 13 digits.
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