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The American dream is ‘very dead’ for young Americans, says Mrs. Dow Jones


The American dream is “very dead” for millennials and Gen Z, according to financial influencer Haley Sacks, better known as Mrs. Dow Jones. In an interview with Business Insider, Sacks argued that traditional markers of middle-class success, homeownership, stable careers, retirement savings, have become functionally inaccessible to younger Americans, pushing them toward gambling and side […]



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Nearly 60% of TikTok videos shown to new users are AI slop, study finds


Nearly six out of every ten videos TikTok serves to a brand-new account are AI-generated junk. That is the central finding of a report published by video editing platform Kapwing, which analysed 10,742 TikTok videos across 20 popular categories and separately examined the first 500 videos shown on the For You page of a freshly […]



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Apple’s design studio has lost nearly every Jony Ive-era designer. Incoming CEO John Ternus says he’ll fix it.


Apple’s industrial design studio, once the most influential product design operation in the technology industry, has been gutted. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that the team no longer has a true seat at the executive table, has less influence and credibility than at any point in decades, and has become a service bureau where other teams […]



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Microsoft’s June update fixed 208 security flaws and introduced a cascade of new bugs across all Windows versions


Microsoft’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday update is causing problems across every supported version of Windows. KB5094126, released on June 9, patched a record 208 security vulnerabilities, but the update has introduced a string of bugs that range from cosmetic annoyances to machines locked out of their own drives. The most visible issue affects the Recycle […]



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Amazon says human-in-the-loop AI oversight is failing because humans stop paying attention


Amazon’s security leadership is arguing against one of the most widely accepted principles in AI governance. Eric Brandwine, VP and distinguished engineer at Amazon Security, told The Register that human-in-the-loop oversight is not the gold standard companies think it is. “Humans are not terribly consistent,” Brandwine said. “Human-in-the-loop isn’t necessarily the gold standard.” His reasoning […]



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