August 11, 2025 This L.A. store’s entire inventory of Labubu dolls has been stolen by masked thieves BY Associated Press A group of masked thieves stole about $7,000 worth of Labubu dolls from a Los Angeles-area store this week, authorities said. The incident took place early Wednesday morning at a store in La Puente, a city … Continue reading This L.A. store’s entire inventory of Labubu dolls has been stolen by masked thieves
The first Super Bowl ads cost $40,000 and the game was played in the afternoon. A few things have changed since. MarTechBot on February 3, 2025 In MarTech’s “MarTechBot explains it all” feature, we pose a question about marketing to our very own MarTechBot, which is trained on the MarTech website archives and has access … Continue reading Has the Super Bowl always been this important to marketers?
November 18, 2024 Overtime pay for millions of workers has been blocked by a Texas judge The Labor Department estimated that an additional 4 million lower-paid salary workers would become eligible for overtime protections in the first year under the new rule. BY Associated Press A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new rule from … Continue reading Overtime pay for millions of workers has been blocked by a Texas judge
November 07, 2024 The economy has been good—but not in the way voters wanted Rampant inflation helped sink VP Kamala Harris’s chances to win. BY Scott Nover Vice President Kamala Harris lost the presidential race on Tuesday in large part because Americans are dissatisfied with the economy. According to an NBC News exit poll, 31% … Continue reading The economy has been good—but not in the way voters wanted
October 21, 2024 Relax, you haven’t been fired. How to get better at accepting negative feedback If you find yourself panicking every time your manager gives you feedback, here’s what you can do. BY Art Markman Criticism is never fun to get, because it reflects something that you could have done better. Even the people who … Continue reading Relax, you haven’t been fired. How to get better at accepting negative feedback
Here’s what a TV show based on Untitled Goose Game could have been like A proof-of-concept video captures the chaos and humor of that delightful game so very well. kris holt Fri, Sep 20, 2024 Cast your mind back to 2019, when many people were captivated by the idea of terrorizing … Continue reading Here’s what a TV show based on Untitled Goose Game could have been like
August 26, 2024 The tech CEO of this popular platform has been arrested on allegations of sexual exploitation and drug trafficking Following the arrest, Elon Musk posted “#freePavel” in support of Durov on X. BY Associated Press The founder and CEO of the messaging service Telegram was detained at a Paris airport on an arrest warrant … Continue reading The tech CEO of this popular platform has been arrested on allegations of sexual exploitation and drug trafficking
Slack has been using data from your chats to train its machine learning models The only way to opt out is by asking your company’s workspace owner to send Slack an email. will shanklin Updated Sun, May 19, 2024 Slack Slack trains machine-learning models on user messages, files and other content without explicit permission. … Continue reading Yuck: Slack has been scanning your messages to train its AI models
April 24, 2024 Overtime pay eligibility has been extended for millions more salaried workers, thanks to new Biden ruling The eligibility cap for salaried employees will go up to $58,656 in 2025. BY Associated Press The Biden administration has finalized a new rule set to make millions of more salaried workers eligible for overtime pay in … Continue reading Overtime pay eligibility has been extended for millions more salaried workers, thanks to new Biden ruling
By Sarah Friar October 06, 2023 My greatest mistake was thinking success looked like a specific thing. For me, that was making partner at Goldman Sachs. When I didn’t, it set me free. I’m going to go back to the moment when things shifted for me. One morning in 2011—after 11 years on the partner … Continue reading ‘I felt like I had checked every box’: Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar’s career advice for someone who has been passed over for promotion
