Greenville, N.C.-born Jimmy Donaldson has morphed into MrBeast, a 22-year-old YouTube star with 63 million...
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Supersizing
To appeal to America’s insatiable appetite for the supersized, Carpinteria, Calif.-based Carl’s Jr. (and Hardee’s)...
Singles Nation
Drivers first spotted them during the 1970s in that ahead-of-the-curve state, California. No, not yuppies, bumper...
Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
What is Robotic Process Automation (RPA), you ask? It’s the automation of formerly manual procedures. With RPA,...
Animated GIFs
Propelled by social media users, animated GIFs (pronounced “gift” without the “T”) have made a big comeback. Who would...
Accelerators and Incubators
The technology boom is accelerating the establishment of accelerators and incubators — programs that offer...
Aging Population
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the year 2030 marks an important demographic turning point in U.S. history. That...
Startups
Startup ventures are society’s most significant disruptive forces, as a white paper by Shepherd (et al.) reveals....
Coffee Consumption
Between 1996 and 2016, the global coffee market nearly tripled from $30 to $81 billion. A massive ubertrend wave, Time...
Business Ethics Collapse
The CARES Act proved once again that unscrupulous corporate executives will not let any crisis go to waste. The $349...
Income Inequality
To kill time in quarantine, bored rich people are shopping online for $500,000 bracelets. Why not? The richest 1% now...
Deepfake
If the technology behind ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com is any indication, AI is going to disrupt the visual sciences. A...