White-noise podcasters make a racket on Spotify
Spotify has become the unwitting home of a white-noise podcast boom — static, calming sounds to help people relax or sleep.
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Slack wants to connect you to job opportunities
Networking groups on Slack are becoming one of the quickest ways to land a job in the increasingly-anonymous digital world.
Music downloads become a collector’s treasure
Digital-music collectors are amassing libraries of hundreds of thousands of songs instead of relying on streaming platforms
Cannabis tourism lights up
Cannabis-driven travel is on the rise, so cities and tourism agencies are meeting demand by offering curated experiences and information.
New York is deploying robot friends for the elderly
Through a new partnership with Intuition Robotics, New York state is taking care of its elderly by giving them a free robot dubbed the ElliQ.
Sony to debut constantly-updating games
Sony is ramping up investment into live-service games that continually update to provide new missions and experiences for players online.
Gucci builds a world inside Roblox
Gucci must be raking in the virtual goods because the famous fashion brand planted a more permanent flag inside Roblox with the creation of “Gucci Town.”
Delivery apps hit a cultural roadblock
Delivery apps, which in recent years were seen as a nonstop growth engine, have fallen sharply in both reputation and revenue.
NIL deals pour money into high school athletes’ piggy banks
Top high school athletes around the country are inking six-figure and higher deals around their “name, image, and likeness” (NIL).
Remote work establishes American “Zoomtowns”
Work-from-anywhere arrangements are creating a new boomtown era, where well-off white-collar workers are making their homestead in the reaches of the American midwest.