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Kelly bags by Hermès are a coveted second-hand purchase — and are also commonly ripped off.
  • Viral Hermès Birkin dupes are selling out at retailers like Walmart.
  • Actual counterfeits, unlike the Walmart bag, have been infiltrating secondhand luxury.
  • These are the most commonly knocked-off styles to look out for, and some easy tells. 

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Starbucks welcomed CEO Brian Niccol in September.
  • Starbucks underwent many changes this year, and more are likely coming in 2025.
  • New CEO Brian Niccol will face choices about Starbucks' unionized stores and its China business.
  • Starbucks faced slumping sales and dealt with activist investors in 2024.

Signs that Starbucks needed a turnaround mounted in 2024. It might get one in 2025.

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When it comes to shopping for the best cheap laptops, you can do a lot with $1,000. (Heck, even $500 cuts some mustard nowadays.) But you'll probably have to make some compromises along the way to stay below that price point.

That doesn't mean you have to settle for a total clunker that doesn't tick any of the boxes on your must-have specs list. It just means you have to shop a little smarter than



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My mindset as a parent plays a key role in my childrens' tantrums.
  • After my toddler's epic 20-minute tantrum, I realized that it wasn't just about him.
  • Most tantrums boil down to one thing: control.
  • So I relinquished some of my control and now we have fewer tantrums and a happier household.

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There’s no longer any question that Threads and Bluesky have created the most viable alternatives to the platform once known as Twitter. But while the two services may share some of the same goals, they’ve shown very different visions for how text-based social networks should operate.

Threads, of course, is controlled by Meta, which is controlled by Mark Zuckerberg. And though the company has


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The new year is upon us, and there's an obvious next question: What iOS 18 features will we get in 2025? OK, maybe that's only something an Apple-obsessed person would wonder — but we're here for you.

Of course, details are a bit scarce, but we have an idea of what to expect to be added to the iOS that first dropped in 2024. Here's the rundown.

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Many new iOS features will rely