So there’s this commercial electronic game out there called Catch Phrase, which, as the game’s own catch phrase explains, is the game that’s played one word at a time. See, a word comes up on the screen, and you have to get the other person or team to guess what it is using gestures and […]
Nearly half of the employees currently working at “buy now, pay later” startup Klarna could be replaced by AI in the next few years. Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski told The Financial Times last week that the company aims to almost halve its workforce within the next few years, from 3,800 people to 2,000. Instead of […]
Skift Take About 40,000 hotel workers have contracts expiring over the next year. So these few days of strikes might just be a preview of coming attractions at several dozen hotels. Sean O’Neill Thousands of hotel workers went on strike across major U.S. cities between Sunday and Tuesday. The 21 strikes, organized by the Unite […]
And we’re live! As you can see, Colossal looks quite a bit different today as we launch a new identity and website. This is somehow our fifth iteration of Colossal in 14 years, and we’re so excited to finally share it with you. It has not been easy. Tears have been shed. Hair pulled. Color […]
(RNS) — Many people give up on religion when what they really need to do is change their image of God and how they relate to him. Too many people, when they grow older, give up on the God they learned about as children. What they really need to do is think about God in […]
Former President Donald Trump looks on alongside Marlon Bateman (left), Marine Cpl. Kelsee Lainhart and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews during a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Aug. 26 to honor the lives of those who died at the Abbey Gate bombing in Afghanistan. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna […]
Google’s Pixel 9 Pro Fold is Google’s latest foldable smartphone and the first from the company to bear the ‘Pro’ branding. However, it doesn’t have the same camera system as the Pixel 9 or 9 Pro phones, which were launched alongside it. Unlike the regular Pixel 9 Pro, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold has a […]
Seven states have filed an lawsuit to stop a “covert” $73 billion student loan cancellation plan by the Biden administration. The lawsuit accuses the administration of attempting to bypass legal procedures by secretly instructing loan servicers to begin mass cancellations. This is the third attempt by the Biden administration to implement mass loan forgiveness, despite […]
I have a friend who works from home. She holes up in her office upstairs while her kids roam around on the main level being watched by a nanny or a grandparent. Despite having help during the day, she still hears every cry. Every whine. Every argument between her kids. She helps with lunch. She […]
Objekt is launching his own record label, Kapsela, which will release a new EP called Chicken Garaage from the Berlin-based producer this year. Before that, on October 4, the label will reissue Objekt’s song “Ganzfeld”—initially the B-side of the split single “Hypnagogia” with Dopplereffekt—for its 10th anniversary, backed by remixes from Piezo, Djrum, and Ulla. […]
