In a year marked by inflation, 'buy now, pay later' is the hottest holiday trend
People are paying for blenders, shirts and even groceries in installments. New research suggests this encourages people to overspend.
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Gotta wear 'em all: How Gucci ended up in Pokémon GO
Pokémon fashion has come a long way. The gaming empire now collaborates with luxury brands in clothes you can wear inside and outside of the virtual world.
Twitter bots surfaced during Chinese protests. Who's behind them remains a mystery
Researchers noticed accounts spewing out suggestive images. Some observers wondered if it was a Chinese government tactic to drown out the news, but the reality appears to be more complicated.
The charges against crypto's Bankman-Fried are piling up. Here's how they break down
A one-time unofficial spokesman for crypto who was reportedly worth billions, FTX's former CEO has been arrested on charges he committed fraud and conspiracy.
Musk reveals how Twitter has handled some high-profile decisions
Elon Musk is using his selective release of internal Twitter communications to advance his own partisan causes and conspiracy theories.
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas
The founder and now-former head of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX has been arrested in the Bahamas, where the company is based, at the request of the United States government.
Bankman-Fried, disgraced former CEO of FTX crypto exchange, arrested in Bahamas
The arrest was made at the request of the U.S. government, based on a sealed indictment from the Southern District of New York. The indictment is expected to be unsealed on Tuesday.
Racial bias affects media coverage of missing people. A new tool illustrates how
The database tool estimates that younger, white women will get increasingly more news coverage than other racial groups — such as Black, Latino and Indigenous people.
Rev. Gary Davis was a prolific guitar player. A protégé aims to keep his legacy alive
"I want to pass on the joy of playing this music to others, just as Rev. Davis passed it on to me."
He logged trending Twitter topics for a year. Here's what he learned
Brian Feldman has long been fascinated by Twitter's efforts to contextualize trending topics with short descriptions. So he documented more than 450 from this year and put them in a public archive.