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More pain for the Bay Area tech sector as another company announces layoffs — this time a staggering 23% of the workforce. The San Mateo action-based camera maker GoPro will let nearly a quarter of its workforce around the world go by the second quarter of 2026, according to a filing with the Securities and […]
Barbie is not who we think she is. For nearly seven decades, Mattel has sold Barbie as a true original: a revolutionary and empowering alternative to the baby dolls before her. In her new book, “Barbieland: The Unauthorized History” (Atria/One Signal Publishers), Tarpley Hitt provides a surprising counternarrative. Barbie, per Hitt’s lens, was not a groundbreaking novelty. […]
Lawmakers are aiming to crack down on so-called “dynamic pricing” in the wake of a jaw-dropping report showing that grocery delivery app Instacart charged shoppers different prices for the same items at the same stores without telling them, The Post has learned. Members of Congress “were displeased, shocked, engaged and ready to consider legislative and […]
February 7, 2025, 1:52pm This week marks the anniversary of the first issue of Reader’s Digest—for the unacquainted, there’s a great overview of the history of the magazine in this week’s Literary History newsletter. I got curious and decided to reread this first issue, available on the Internet Archive. The format of the magazine feels […]
