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Americans spend less of their income on food than almost ever. Why doesn’t it feel that way?

Everything about the American economy right now feels weird. The hiring picture is weird; the stock market is weird; and AI infusion into work is very, very weird.  But here’s a number that, if you think hard enough, is stranger — at least historically — than all the rest: 10.4 percent. That’s the share of […]

Samsung ad confirms rumors of a useful S26 ‘privacy display’

Samsung has released a new advertisement for its upcoming Galaxy S26 launch that all-but confirms rumors of a new display with a built-in privacy mode. Leaked videos show that the feature could be capable of entirely blacking out content from specific apps or parts of the display when viewed at an angle. The new advert […]

London lawsuit: Getir co-founders Nazim Salur and Serkan Borançılı sue Abu Dhabi's Mubadala for $700M, alleging a "significant loss" in breaking up Getir assets (Suzi Ring/Financial Times)

Suzi Ring / Financial Times:
London lawsuit: Getir co-founders Nazim Salur and Serkan Borançılı sue Abu Dhabi's Mubadala for $700M, alleging a “significant loss” in breaking up Getir assets  —  Entrepreneurs behind food delivery start-up sue Gulf sovereign wealth fund in London

Alibaba debuts Qwen 3.5, adding "visual agentic capabilities" to independently execute tasks, and says it is 60% cheaper to use and 8x better at large workloads (Eduardo Baptista/Reuters)

Eduardo Baptista / Reuters:
Alibaba debuts Qwen 3.5, adding “visual agentic capabilities” to independently execute tasks, and says it is 60% cheaper to use and 8x better at large workloads  —  Alibaba on Monday unveiled a new artificial intelligence model Qwen 3.5 designed to execute complex tasks independently …

The mysterious symptom popping up in some GLP-1 users

If you watched the Super Bowl, you might have noticed that a lot of the ads were for weight-loss drugs. Even Serena Williams was selling them. That’s because demand for GLP-1s has skyrocketed over the last year, with users more than doubling from 2024.  GLP-1s are relatively new and the industry is rapidly expanding, so […]