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Amazon’s Design on Trial: Was It User-Friendly or a User Trap?

The fundamental design of Amazon's Prime subscription service is on trial this week, as a federal court weighs a critical question: Was it user-friendly...

A New Antidote for “Groupthink” Has Arrived, And It’s an AI

Organizations have long struggled with "groupthink," the psychological phenomenon where the desire for harmony in a group leads to irrational decision-making. Now, a powerful...

OpenAI’s New System Will Assume You’re a Teen Unless It’s Sure You’re Not

OpenAI is flipping the script on user verification with a new system that will operate on a simple but powerful assumption: every user is...

The Personal Touch: Why Musk’s Billion-Dollar Buy Means More

In the impersonal world of corporate finance, Elon Musk has just made a profoundly personal statement worth nearly a billion dollars. His purchase of...

“An Hour to Work on This?”: The Impossible Demands on AI’s Human Editors

"Why aren’t you getting this done? You’ve been working on this for an hour." This question, posed by a supervisor to an AI trainer,...

A Tale of Two Timelines: Apple’s Hardware Now, AI “Next Year”

Apple's 2025 keynote presented two very different timelines for innovation. For hardware, the future is now, with the launch of the remarkably thin iPhone...

Keep That Reel Rolling: Instagram’s PiP Test Is a Welcome Change

In a welcome change for users everywhere, Instagram is finally testing a feature that will keep your Reels rolling even when you leave the...

The Price of Partnership: Apple’s Alliance with OpenAI Proves Costly

Apple is learning that its high-profile partnership with OpenAI comes with a hefty price tag, and not just in dollars. The alliance has dragged...

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