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How fandom became culture’s power center — and a blueprint for Gen Z’s economic influence thumbnail
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How fandom became culture’s power center — and a blueprint for Gen Z’s economic influence

Today, fandom functions as a co-creative, identity-shaping system where fans play a meaningful role in the evolution of both the IP they love and the...

‘I have a chip on my shoulder.’ Phoebe Gates wants her $185 million AI startup Phia to succeed with ‘no ties to my privilege or my last name’ thumbnail
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‘I have a chip on my shoulder.’ Phoebe Gates wants her $185 million AI startup Phia to succeed with ‘no ties to my privilege or my last name’

Phoebe Gates wants to build her AI shopping company while keeping one thing out of her pitch deck: her last name. The 23-year-old...

The CEO of a $1 billion AI unicorn says his peers in Silicon Valley want you to fear for your job, but they’re actually first on the chopping block thumbnail
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The CEO of a $1 billion AI unicorn says his peers in Silicon Valley want you to fear for your job, but they’re actually first on the chopping block

Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence (AI) boom has sparked widespread panic about the future of human labor, a moment summed up by AI executive...

Peter Thiel and other tech billionaires are publicly shielding their children from the products that made them rich thumbnail
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Peter Thiel and other tech billionaires are publicly shielding their children from the products that made them rich

Despite building an increasingly screen-focused world, billionaire tech leaders are keeping their own children away from the tech they helped create. As far...

If the recent AI and crypto shocks upset you, you’re tracking the wrong cycle thumbnail
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If the recent AI and crypto shocks upset you, you’re tracking the wrong cycle

In the early hours of February 5, 2026, Anthropic unveiled Claude Opus 4.6, sending shockwaves from Silicon Valley to Manhattan. Software stocks plummeted...

Youth unemployment hits 11-year high as rate cut expectations build thumbnail
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Youth unemployment hits 11-year high as rate cut expectations build

Youth unemployment has surged to its highest level in more than a decade, raising fears of a “lost generation” and intensifying expectations that...

Nine in 10 high-risk pension funds fail to beat FTSE 100 over five years thumbnail
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Nine in 10 high-risk pension funds fail to beat FTSE 100 over five years

Nearly nine in 10 higher-risk pension funds have failed to match the performance of the FTSE 100 over the past five years, according...

£42,000 roaming bill nearly bankrupts family firm after TikTok use abroad thumbnail
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£42,000 roaming bill nearly bankrupts family firm after TikTok use abroad

A Manchester business owner was left facing a £42,000 mobile phone bill after his daughter streamed TikTok on holiday in Morocco, a charge...

Asos co-founder Quentin Griffiths dies after fall in Thailand thumbnail
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Asos co-founder Quentin Griffiths dies after fall in Thailand

Quentin Griffiths, the British co-founder of online fashion retailer Asos, has died after falling from a high-rise apartment building in Pattaya, according to...

Record January surplus boosts public finances as tax receipts surge thumbnail
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Record January surplus boosts public finances as tax receipts surge

Britain recorded its largest monthly budget surplus on record in January as rising tax receipts and a sharp fall in debt interest costs...