Google wants me to use emojis in email. I'm delighted about this.

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  • Emojis are cringe.
  • I also love them — in text chains, where you can accomplish a lot with a single character.
  • Which is why Google adding emojis to Gmail this year is a huge deal — for me. But you should start using them, too.

I love emojis.

ChatGPT's newest model is bringing back its old spark

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ChatGPT's model 4o is still missed by a devoted faithful. Its new model, 5.5, is bringing hope that some of its old spirit might be back.

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Now there's an AI tool that adds typos into your emails — so it looks like you didn't use AI

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Ben Horwitz, creator of Sinceerly, an AI tool that adds mistakes into your emails.

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Snapchat is the No. 1 app for teens, they say in a survey. And parents think kids spend too much time on TikTok.

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Teens love social media, especially messaging each other

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3 digital nomads in Bali share the career journeys that led them to the tropical paradise

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3 digital nomads in Bali share how they got to the island and what life looks like there.

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Sending a perfectly-written email? That's so low-end.

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Good news for CEOs and other powerful people, no more Wite Out needed!

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Gen Z is trying to log their way out of doomscrolling

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Maria Paula Colmenares set up a Substack page called "Instead of Doomscrolling."

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4Chan knew about Jeffrey Epstein's death 38 minutes before the rest of the world. The FBI tried to figure out how.

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Jeffrey Epstein

DOJ's Epstein files

EY's chief digital officer says marketing is at an AI 'inflection point'

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Is taste a 'new core skill'? Techies debate — and quickly get memed

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Discourse about "taste" is growing among techies on X.

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