Stress isn’t just bad for you — it’s also bad for your employer. Factoring in absenteeism, diminished productivity, turnover, medical costs, and accidents, the non-profit American Institute of Stress estimates that workplace stress costs U.S. businesses over $300 billion annually. One way to measure stress is by monitoring cortisol levels. Even influencers know this, with
BNPL usage hit an all-time high on Cyber Monday 2024, registering a spend of $991.2 million (a 5.5% year-over-year increase), according to Adobe Analytics data. The trend is in line with Splitit and PYMNTS research last November that found two-thirds of consumers plan to use BNPL payment options for gifting this holiday season (with 38%
At first glance, there’s just something off about Iris and Josh, the cute couple at the heart of Companion. Maybe it’s the slight age gap, between the bright-eyed twenty-something (Yellowjackets‘ Sophie Thatcher) and the smirking thirty-something (Star Trek: Lower Decks‘ Jack Quaid). That could be why Iris gets side-eye from Josh’s snarling friend Kat (Never
These Deodorants Are Just OK Photograph: Louryn Strampe Kopari Performance Plus Deodorant for $19: This deodorant smells great—like a floral, beachy coconut. It’s more fresh than sweet, and I’d say it’s unisex-leaning-feminine. It goes on clear and smooth, and it didn’t stain my clothes at all. However, it didn’t last me through a workout without
Apple’s AI suite, Apple Intelligence, will soon be available in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and simplified Chinese, along with localized English versions for India and Singapore. During the company’s Q4 2024 quarterly results call on Thursday, CEO Tim Cook said that the company will roll out support for these additional languages in
On Jan. 30, Microsoft showed off the latest Surface for Business Copilot+ PCs, Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11. Both will be on store shelves Feb. 18. Just a day earlier, the company announced all users of the Microsoft Copilot AI assistant will be able to toggle on OpenAI’s o1 model for slower, more
“The world will always try to tear us down. And when they do, we smile. Because we know who we are.” This simple, beautiful statement said by Mo’s mother Yusra (Farah Bsieso), lies at the heart of the second and final season of Mo, comedian Mohammed Amer’s Peabody-winning, semi-autobiographical series. It speaks to a sense
Photograph: Nena Farrell The Manta also has a built-in art mode, but you’ll have to hunt to find it. Unlike other digital notebooks, you can’t just switch over to the pencils, but instead you’ll need to access the settings and download the Atelier app, which is free and pretty fast to download via Wi-Fi. Once
French startup Swan has raised another €42 million (around $44 million at current exchange rates). The company considers this round as the second part of the Series B round that was originally announced in September 2023. Swan helps other companies offer financial products at scale. The company can generate both virtual and physical cards that
Over the weekend, Chinese AI company DeepSeek released an AI chat app including a “reasoning” AI model comparable to OpenAI’s o1, causing a stir among American AI companies as DeepSeek rose to the top of Apple’s App Store. DeepSeek is a Hangzhou, China-based company providing generative AI models and AI integration. Its first products to