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• A former Chick-fil-A worker said the chain asked her to stop posting videos of her staff meals on TikTok.
• Miriam Webb had posted more than 40 videos of her staff meals. Some had over 1 million views.
• Webb has now quit her job to pursue content creation.

A former Chick-fil-A worker said that the fried

• The FTC is fighting for workers' ability to leave their employers for rival companies.
• The agency voted on Tuesday to ban noncompete agreements nationwide.
• The ban isn't coming into effect without a fight, though.

The Federal Trade Commission wants to give Americans the freedom to job-hop without pesky noncom

• A tattooed content creator sparked a debate about hiring biases after being rejected by T.J. Maxx.
• Experts say tattoos can impact hiring decisions, especially in customer-facing roles.
• But overall, personality and cultural fit are more important.

TikToker Ash Putnam was frustrated after T.J. Maxx denied her application —

Every app now, it seems, wants you to be watching videos.

X, formerly Twitter, is launching a dedicated video app, bringing "real-time, engaging content to your smart TVs" according to CEO Linda Yaccarino, who announced it on X on Tuesday.

According to Yaccarino, the new app will have a

America has long had a plastic problem. It's an urgent question — what do we do with the 40 million tons of plastic waste we produce annually? One year of plastic waste is roughly enough to smother the entirety of Manhattan a meter deep, and it has to go somewhere. For years, the answer was

The Rabbit R1 launch party, reserved for press and early adopters who managed to secure an RSVP, was held at the funky, retro-futuristic TWA hotel in Queens, New York.

And yes, Mashable was there.

Jesse Lyu, CEO of Rabbit, walked out on stage to many "woos!" and "yeahs!" from avid fans. Why were they so excited? This ambitious man is determined to wean us off apps — for good.

• A 7-acre private island off Florida's coast is on sale for $50 million.
• Black's Island has a private resort with 26 waterfront bungalows.
• The owner is open to selling the entire island or some of the bungalows, starting at $1.5 million.

If owning a private island is a personal dream for you, you're in luck — a 7-acre private

Pablo Berger's dialogue-free film Robot Dreams promises a sweet, heartfelt ride through loneliness and the giddy highs of a new friendship. Even if that friendship has been hand-built from out of a box.

Based on Sara Varon's graphic novel, the animated film follows Dog, a New Yorker who orders a DIY BFF in Robot. As you can see from all the Central Park roller skating, subway turnstile jumping, and

Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users. After testing these briefly with Windows Insiders earlier this month, Microsoft has started to distribute update KB5036980 to Windows 11 users this week, which includes “recommendations” for apps from the Microsoft

If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.

That seems to be the message of Zoë Kravitz' directorial debut Blink Twice, a thriller about a waitress (Naomi Acke) being invited to the private island of tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum).

As you can probably imagine, despite the luxury, there also appears to be something more sinister at play in the background. Christian Slater

Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Ioanna and Andrii talk about the potentially good news about ASML’s future in the Netherlands, the latest developments at Stability AI, carbon capture solutions

• US President President Biden has called for a tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum.
• China is now exporting the most steel since 2016, when it was accused of causing a global glut.
• Trade tensions are expected to heighten in the 2024 US election year.

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