One of the first sentences I was ever paid to write was “Try out lighter lip stick colors, like peach or coral.” Fresh out of college in the mid 2010s, I’d scored a copy job for a how-to website. An ...

Private equity money has flowed into so many parts of this economy — skilled trades like plumbing, restaurant chains, even youth sports. And now, companies backed by private equity are making ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest update on the job market. President Donald Trump had a figure he could highlight, at least initially. The economy added 64,000 net new jobs in ...

Data this week showed that the American economy is growing at its fastest pace in two years — and yet polling shows the mood on Main Street is grim. It’s almost hard to believe we’re talking about the ...

President Donald Trump's triumphant assessment of his achievements in a year-end White House address to the nation offered nary a nod to the troubles now rising around him. "Over the past 11 months, ...

When a night at a restaurant or bar finally comes to a close, most Americans engage in an instinctive ritual. They dig into their wallets, fiddle with their smartphone calculators, and then decide how ...

Netflix would like you to know that Adolescence has been watched for more than 555 million hours this year, a number so large it feels almost impossible to quantify. (You don’t rack up a figure like ...

Low-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media – and generating about $117m a year, data shows More than 20% of the videos that YouTube’s algorithm shows to new users are “AI slop” – ...

There’s a Big Target on My Back at Work. I’m Not Sure Anyone Is Powerful Enough to Stop It.