The percentage of people who selectively avoid news has reportedly reached 39% globally. This is an increase of 10% in less than a decade. Blissful ignorance or doomscroll-induced anxiety? Pick your poison. It’s no secret that the state of the world is causing mass panic. Cost of living is on a...
Led by SoftBank, OpenAI has secured another $40 billion USD in funding as part of its latest funding round. This means the company is now estimated to be worth $300 billion USD and is the largest funding round ever for a private tech company. OpenAI has secured another huge round...
Social media platforms are ablaze this week with users creating fake Studio Ghibli inspired artwork using generative AI. How much harm does this do to actual artists and animation studios? Another week, another story of generative AI disrupting the creative industry. This time, it looks like the legendary Japanese animation...
The unlikely gastronomic trends of today’s youth are transforming the food industry – one briney, garlicky, pantry item at a time. If each decade was defined by a food item, the past few years would follow a chronology something like this: avocado on toast in the early 2000s, kale chips and...
The 2000s was not the only period when the dot-com bubble burst in the market; it was also the beginning of a new type of cost - the safety of many, particularly women and girls worldwide. Although an online presence can create a haven for equal access to information and a...
Young people are experiencing high levels of stress more often than previous generations. What does this tell us about modern attitudes to work and wellness? Reports of high stress levels among young professionals have become so frequent they hardly register as newsworthy. 98% of Gen Z workers report experiencing...
How a post-Soviet nation became a Gen-Z haven. In 2024, the World Happiness Report named Lithuania the happiest place on Earth for under-30s. As a veritable Disney Land fit with cheap booze, great weather, and luscious landscapes, it’s easy to see why. But with young Lithuanians rating their wellbeing at...
How Can Gen Z Discuss Their Use of AI Tools with Managers to Ensure Transparency and Trust at Work? I love the intention behind this question: recognizing that using AI could be a concern and that the best way to address it is through open discussion. First, don’t assume your manager...
Namibia has made history by inaugurating its first female president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, during the nation's 35th independence anniversary last week. 72-year-old President Nandi-Ndaitwah, a veteran member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), has served over 25 years in public life, including as vice president and foreign minister....
The controversial climate protest group has announced it will be changing tactics starting from this April. It will no longer be engaging in disruption protests after UK government met its initial demands. Just Stop Oil is to halt all direct-action protests from April, it has announced. The group has been...
Meagan Loyst, of New York, is the CEO and founder of Gen Z VCs – an active community of 27,000 investors, founders, and operators from 80 countries. She is a leading voice on upcoming tech and consumer trends and her daily content spans everything from climate change, to gaming.
Heman Bekele, a 14-year-old inventor, won the 2023 3M Young Scientist Challenge for developing a cost-effective soap that combats skin cancer by harnessing the power of sunlight to kill cancer cells during handwashing.
In the world of sports, heroes are often defined by their medals. Challenging this notion is Vinesh Phogat, the Indian wrestler whose relentless fight against systemic injustice on her journey to the Paris Olympics has encouraged us to reconsider who we identify as sporting icons.
The 24-year-old Palestinian filmmaker from Gaza is wielding storytelling to illuminate realities that are often unseen and unheard in the course of Israel’s genocidal war on her homeland.
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