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Simply acknowledging the impact of AI gave edtech firms a harsh haircut.

“The bigger the better” has given way to “the longer the wronger.”

Where business is headed in 2023: Highlights from 3 reports

The wedding industry is the latest one to confront its union with AI.

BetterUp analyzed 1.6k+ Zoom conversations to find out how we interact over video and what we like in a conversation partner.

Elon Musk’s profit-margin tinkering is making waves across the auto industry.

Companion is a smart device billing itself as “your dog’s automated, always-available playmate.”

Startups are looking to automate IVF, making it more affordable and reliable for aspiring parents.

Online sportsbooks are trying to move odds in their favor for their own high-stakes arms race.

Plus: Candy shops, bamboo, and a really smart legal assistant named Harvey.

Young consumers don’t seem to mind wearing knockoff luxury products.

A startup promises to make water “more biologically adaptable”… OK. Sure. Thanks?

The “Queen’s Gambit” moment may have passed, but for millions of young people, the game is still only heating up.

Advances in AI also mean advances in scamming, bringing about a new set of tools for gaining and exploiting subjects’ attention.

Netflix pledged to spend $2.5B on Korean content over the next four years.

Chart-topping social apps like BeReal don’t always have a long shelf life.

Feeling a little worn down?… You are? Aw, man. We thought so. Still, so sorry to hear that. Hang in there, pals.

The soft-drink giant takes another run at rival Sprite’s lemon-lime dominance.

AI can quickly replicate human voices, threatening the livelihood of voice artists who’ve found their unique sound up for sale.

Six figures of debt and no job? Minimal debt and a job with an above-median salary? The latter’s appeal is growing.

There are rules for museums that want to sell valuable art. And they’re controversial.

When you have to buy two popcorn plants to keep up with demand, you know you’re doing something right.

Home-swapping platform Kindred just raised $15m to expand. It lets members vacation in each other’s houses.

The beauty industry is flush with cash despite economic hardships.

Celebrity dentists are using high-tech AI tools and lasers to improve their craft.

One doesn’t simply stumble into creating a Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Tacos Supreme.

Richard’s Rainwater collects and treats rainwater, which it bottles and sells. The company began with one man’s “tank town.”

The zoomers are living up to their name.

A startup hopes its delicate automations can improve an error-prone manual industry.

Plus: A rich run for ‘Phantom,’ Bitcoin miners’ tax surprise, and in-office workers’ dining dash.