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When a gunman began firing inside an academic building on the Brown University campus, students didn't wait for official alerts warning of trouble. They got information almost instantly, in bits and bursts -- through phones vibrating in pockets,

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert's ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced: "I am immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more ...

In the age of rampant AI slop, seeing isn't always believing. There's more than one way, though, to make people doubt their own eyes. Many have long predicted and warned that AI deepfakes could profoundly distort public opinion. For example, although ...

If you visit the Hermès website in search of a scarf or a handbag, you'll be greeted by a collection of whimsical sea creatures swimming across the screen. To navigate to the watch section, you'll click on an image of a watch flanked by an eel. To ...

The dreaded performance review draws the ire of employees and managers alike. Workers fret that reviews fail to capture the full scope of their work, or that they are an unfair assessment of their performance. For managers, reviews can be a time ...

Fast-casual salad chain Salad and Go is closing more stores and exiting Texas and Oklahoma completely. The eatery will close a total of 32 stores, 25 in Texas and seven in Oklahoma, by January 11. The closures will impact around 600 employees. The ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James is demanding more information about Instacart's recent, and highly controversial, price tests, and suggesting that the scheme--which saw customers charged notably different prices for the same products, when ...

If you had a severe case of the Sunday Scaries last weekend, you are not alone. It's a sentiment many have been sharing online. Ready or not, with it comes an influx of unread emails, meeting invites, and responsibilities--smugly pushed to the New ...

American Airlines will begin offering free, high-speed Wi-Fi on flights beginning this month. The airline made the announcement this week in a press release, explaining that the service will extend to around two million flights in 2026. However, not ...

Once the ball starts rolling in the Spanish league, the game is on for some 50 analysts who start looking for signs of online piracy.They scan websites, social media posts, IPTV platforms and streaming portals in search of illegal broadcasts of La ...