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‘You can do anything if you got money’: The Diddy verdict sparks internet uproar

Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted of prostitution-related offenses but acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges on Wednesday, following an eight-week federal trial. The verdict immediately sparked a wave of reactions online, ranging from disbelief to outrage.

The jury returned guilty verdicts on two of the five counts after three days of deliberations. Upon h

China’s Huawei Technologies must face fraud and racketeering charges, says U.S. judge

A U.S. judge has ruled that China’s Huawei Technologies, a leading telecoms equipment company, must face criminal charges in a wide reaching case alleging it stole techn

U.K.’s Bytes Technology stock plunged over 27%. Here’s why

Shares of U.K.’s Bytes Technology plunged over 27% on Wednesday after the IT firm said its operating profit for the first half of fiscal 2026 would be marginally lower due to delayed customer decisions and longer-than-expected readjustments from internal restructuring.

Trading in the first few months of the year was hurt by macroeconomic pressures, leading to deferred customer decisions, particularly among corporates, the firm said in an update to the exchanges ahead of its a

Elon Musk is right: Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill could hurt clean energy

Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Act has passed through the Senate thanks to Vice President JD Vance’s tiebreaking vote. But alongside the late-night drama in the chamber this week, another wave of developments has unfolded online.

Elon Musk, once President Trump’s closest confidante during the early months of his second presidency, has broken his social media sil

These geeks are building an early warning system for disappearing government data

To a certain brand of policy wonk, January 31, 2025, is a day that will live in infamy. 

It had been nearly two weeks since President Donald Trump took office for the second time—days that passed in a swirl of executive orders to cut federal spending and rid the government of now-forbidden ideas—when suddenly, vast troves of government data began to disappear in a single day. 

“My inbox exploded, and it was just people emailing saying, ‘Hey, do you know where this da

‘Creatives are going to be elevated’: Canva’s COO on how AI is transforming the artistic landscape

For over a decade, Canva has made design and publishing accessible to anyone. Now the company is wrestling with how to harness AI while staying true to its mission of empowering individual creators. Cofounder and COO Cliff Obrecht reveals how Canva is navigating this shift—and why the stakes are so high when it comes to AI adoption in the creative industry. 

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I quit TikTok—and got my attention span back

For a few days, my finger would hover over the TikTok hole on my home screen. But it was all for naught: There was nothing there to click.

TikTok debuted at exactly the wrong time for me. I downloaded the short-form video app during my junior year of high school, just as in-person activities shut down for the COVID-19 pandemic and my life dissolved into an endless loop

‘Bakery tourism’ is the sweet new travel trend for Gen Z and food lovers

How far would you travel in search of a sweet treat?

“Bakery tourism” is on the rise, with more and more people traveling—sometimes across the globe—in search of the perfect flaky croissant or artisan bun they spotted online. Long lines aren’t a deterrent; in fact, they’re often part of the appeal. A crowd signals you’ve found the right spot.

Jessica Morgan-Helliwell, 26, and her mother, Louise Church, 48, are two self-proclaimed “

AI chatbots are breaking the web—and forcing a 404 makeover

More than half of Americans now use a chatbot, with an increasing number of people replacing search engines with large language model (LLM)-powered chat queries to navigate the web and find answers. In general, the quality of these outputs is improving as the underlying models get better.

However, the challenge of processing so much information means

What is the ‘pearl earring theory’? The TikTok trend blaming jewelry for being single

“Girl With a Pearl Earring” has taken on a new meaning on social media.

TikTok loves a theory, especially ones that attempt to explain dating struggles. The “pearl earring theory” is the latest to go viral, claiming that the classic freshwater gemstone could be the reason you are chronically single.

Why? According to TikTok, pearl jewelry gives off


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