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GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are curbing appetites, so restaurants are serving up smaller meals that cater to this growing segment of diners. The Small Picture: A report by top accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers found that 8 to 10% of Americans are on GLP-1s, with another 30 to 35% interested. That’s enough to reshape appetites […]
The cost of subscriptions keeps rising, so Americans are joining family plans with friends, acquaintances, and even strangers to stay on budget. The Big Picture: The average American adult is staying single longer, has a 20% chance of still being on their parents’ phone bill, and pays for five premium subscription services each month — […]
Following two years of development and several setbacks, OpenAI is rolling out GPT-5 — its most advanced AI model yet, boasting advanced reasoning and coding capabilities. Why It Hits: OpenAI may have kicked off the AI revolution with the release of ChatGPT in 2022, but it’s no longer the only game in town. Since then, […]
After a year and a half, Skydance, the premium production company and film financier run by David Ellison, has finally completed its $8.4 billion takeover of Paramount Global. The Big Picture: Mergers in Hollywood are never simple, but Skydance’s bid for Paramount seemed extra challenging — featuring tense negotiations with Shari Redstone, boardroom clashes, shareholder […]
The Henn na Hotel chain in Japan has become almost entirely staffed by robots. Why It Hits: The human-facing hospitality industry is still in the early days of automation, but it’s already creeping into the US — with San Francisco’s LUMA Hotel using four onsite “digital curators” and Disney testing robots in its parks. Southeast […]
The Savannah Bananas — a barnstorming exhibition team that plays their own version of baseball called “Banana Ball” — are racking up ticket sales, virality, and influence. The Big Swing: In an era of shrinking attention spans, America’s favorite pastime has been pressured to… well… pick up the pace. It’s hard not to imagine that […]
Disney is wrestling with how to best integrate AI into their studio operations, having started and then abandoned some generative-AI experiments for upcoming blockbusters due to concerns about potential backlash. The Big Picture: AI is slowly entering the Hollywood studio ecosystem — especially after Lionsgate and A24 struck wide-ranging deals with startup Runway AI. For […]
Sean Duffy, the Transportation Secretary currently serving as NASA’s interim administrator, is pushing the space agency to accelerate the creation of a nuclear-fission reactor for deployment on the Moon. The Big Power Up: Setting up a lunar colony is seen as the “second space race,” with countries like China, Russia, India, and Japan vying for […]
New data shows that employees are, by and large, refusing to return to the office despite incessant calls for them to do so. The Big Picture: COVID brought about one major change to the workplace — WFH arrangements. While employers would love to close Pandora’s box in the name of productivity, loyalty, and teamwork, employees […]
Meta is positioning AI-powered smartglasses as the next must-have consumer device — one that could even replace the smartphone as the primary tool for on-the-go computing. The Big Vision: The smartphone — and by smartphone, we really mean the iPhone — has been the most important and widely used consumer device for nearly two decades. […]