Mia Sato

I love living in New York because there’s always something exciting happening — like a curbside demo of a very normal-looking garbage truck lifting a bin while Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ “Empire State of Mind” is blasting in the background.

The New York Times reports that the outlet will stop publishing, though it’s unclear when that will happen. The Messenger hired 300 people and was aiming to generate $50 million this year. Despite the initial hiring spree, the outlet struggled to build dedicated readers:

What started as a kid’s dancing app has changed significantly in recent years. At a Senate hearing on child safety happening now, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said the average user on the platform is well into adulthood.

The company is building livestreaming studios in cities including Los Angeles, according to The Information. Influencers will then stream and sell products to their followers from the TikTok studios.

Stanley, the maker of the obscenely large adult sippy cups that people are going feral over, confirms that yes, one part of the cups is made with lead — but that exposure to it would be “rare.” Lead in drinking cups has been a problem with other brands’ products in the past.

This time it’s The Hairpin, the women’s site that stopped publishing five years ago. Since then, a Serbian DJ bought up the expired domain for its “great reputation and excellent backlinks,” Wired reports, and filled it with AI-generated SEO bait and fake authors.

At some point, we should probably question whether TikTok is still actually a short form video platform. As TechCrunch reports, TikTok is now testing 30 minute-long videos with some users — which is more like a YouTube video essay than a TikTok clip.

The company’s new Gift Mode feature asks shoppers a few questions about the gift recipient and then uses AI and human editorial reviews to recommend products.

The Schiaparelli couture show today featured expertly crafted garments in vinyl, satin, and lace — but the real show stoppers were a robot-like baby doll and dress, each encrusted with old phones, wires, calculators, and motherboards.