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Amazon Raises US Operations Minimum Wage to $20 an Hour

Amazon Raises US Operations Minimum Wage to $20 an Hour

Amazon has increased the minimum hourly wage for its directly employed, full-time US operations workers from US$19 to US$20, adding US$1 an hour to the starting rate. The company announced the increase…

Why People Aren't Buying Mark Zuckerberg's AI Future

Why People Aren’t Buying Mark Zuckerberg’s AI Future

Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has published a 6,500-word essay called “The Future is for Everyone,” laying out a future where each person has a capable personal AI agent. The essay…

Flip Phones Are Making A Comeback And Gen Z Is Leading

Flip Phones Are Making A Comeback And Gen Z Is Leading

Gen Z is trading Androids and iPhones for minimalist flip phones that still call and text but strip out the pull of endless scrolling. Flip phone sales among users aged 18 to…

Apple MacBook Air Increases At $1,299

Apple MacBook Air Increases At $1,299

The 13-inch MacBook Air with Apple’s M5 chip starts at $1,299 in the US, with the 15-inch model at $1,499. That’s up from the $1,099 launch price, following the June 2026 increase…

Kalshi Demands Netflix Take Down Trailer For 'Prediction Games'

Kalshi Demands Netflix Take Down Trailer For ‘Prediction Games’

Prediction market Kalshi has sent Netflix a cease-and-desist letter demanding the streaming service pull the trailer for an upcoming documentary, claiming it is “defamatory” and contains “both fabricated documents and false and…

Tesla's Model Y L Is Now Available In The US

Tesla’s Model Y L Is Now Available In The US

The Tesla Model Y L, a longer three-row version of the Model Y with a six-seat layout, has gone on sale in the US. It starts at $61,990, which is $4,000 more…