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Customers walk in the parking lot outside a Costco store on December 02, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.
This holiday season has been a record-setting one for Costco.
  • Costco reported first-quarter net sales of nearly $66 billion, up 8.2% from last year.
  • In the US, comparable sales grew 5.9% with increases in both traffic and ticket size.
  • CEO Ron Vachris said the company's expansion is both faster and more productive than just two years ago.

Costco just keeps cruising.

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Calvin McDonald is stepping down as Lululemon CEO.
  • Lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald will step down at the end of January, the company said.
  • The board is launching a comprehensive search for Lululemon's next CEO.
  • Lululemon's stock spiked after the announcement and an earnings beat.

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Amazon's plan to offer AI-generated recaps of Prime Video shows isn't off to a great start. The company's recap of the first season of Fallout features multiple errors, GamesRadar+ writes, including basic facts about the plot of the show.

You can watch the recap yourself in the "Extras" section of Amazon's Fallout season two listing in Prime Video. Besides being somewhat dry, the AI-generated recap



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An awkward looking man poses as an AI chatbot that said harmful things to young users.

On Thursday morning, hours before President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to stop states from regulating artificial intelligence, a trio of child safety advocacy groups began airing a public service announcement imploring him not to do so.

The ad, entitled "Unwelcome Guests," casts creepy-looking humans as the voices and faces of real AI chatbots that have allegedly shared



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Today, Disney and OpenAI announced a surprising partnership, which will allow ChatGPT users to generate content with Disney's iconic characters.

On the heels of that news, Variety reported that Disney sent Google a cease-and-desist notice on Wednesday evening, threatening legal action over the search giant's alleged use of Disney's intellection property in its AI models. Disney is accusing Google



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The stars of HBO Max's 'Heated Rivalry.'

Dropped onto HBO Max in late Nov. with almost zero promotion, the gay hockey series Heated Rivalry is everywhere these days. The show's handsome stars, Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie, are dominating social feeds, with a growing legion of fans salivating over the chemistry between their characters, two extremely talented and closeted NHL players. As of Dec. 11, Heated Rivalry sits as the third


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This morning Disney and OpenAI announced a three-year licensing agreement: Starting in 2026, ChatGPT and Sora can generate images and videos incorporating Disney IP, including more than 200 characters from the company's stable of Star Wars, Pixar and Marvel brands. To say these companies make for strange bedfellows is an understatement.  

The agreement brings together two parties with very


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