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Forever 21 filed for bankruptcy in March.
  • Several major fashion brands and retailers have filed for bankruptcy in 2025.
  • Economic challenges, tariffs, and competition from fast-fashion brands like Shein hurt sales.
  • Store closures and shifting consumer spending patterns continue to impact the fashion industry.

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Engineering students at the International Technology Olympics, Pardis Technology Park, in Tehran, on October 28, 2025.
A professor says AI didn't cause the crisis in education — it exposed it.
  • A University of Texas professor says AI didn't break college — it revealed how broken teaching was.
  • Steven Mintz said that mass lectures and formulaic essays dehumanized education long before AI.
  • He said that schools must automate rote learning so humans can focus on thinking and mentorship.

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Employees work on the assembly line of industrial robots at a CRP Robotics workshop in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, on October 10, 2025.
A new Multiverse study finds the cure for "AI slop" is giving workers the power to redesign their jobs around AI.
  • Employees who reshape their jobs around AI report higher engagement and motivation at work.
  • Multiverse found that "job crafting" with AI cuts down on low-effort, low-quality "AI slop."
  • Deeper AI collaboration links to higher focus, energy, and commitment, the

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  • Victoria Dobbie plans to leave her dream job at TikTok so she can travel the world.
  • Knowing she has decades of work ahead of her, Dobbie doesn't want to miss out on adventures.
  • This is the fourth installment of a four-part personal essay series, Quitting Without Regret.

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The author's son learns how to make ramen during a cooking class abroad.
The author said she was tired of her kids asking for stuffed animals and t-shirts while traveling abroad. Now they spend that money on local cooking classes like this one where her son learned to make ramen.
  • I've been on dozens of trips with my kid and have never liked the cheap souvenirs they ask for.
  • Now I put that money toward something way more memorable: local

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Val Zapata turned her sneaker-collecting hobby into a seven-figure business.
  • E-commerce entrepreneurs are using live selling platforms to grow their businesses.
  • Live selling requires minimal equipment. Many top sellers got started with their phones.
  • The key to retaining viewers is engaging with them and building an online community.

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Thrive Capital partner Philip Clark said that AI tools was making creating the "100x engineer" — and not causing job losses in engineering.
  • Thrive Capital partner Philip Clark said that AI is augmenting engineering jobs — not substituting them.
  • Clark said that he couldn't think of one company he'd invested in that "laid off engineers because of these tools."
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