Handbags and hats made of mushroom leather could become the next luxury items for brands like Hermès

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Designer wallets made of mushroom leather
MycoWorks makes is Reishi leather with mycelium, which can produce mushrooms.

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I used the hot new web browser Arc for 8 months, and am never going back to Chrome. These are the best and worst things about it.

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I switched from Chrome to Arc nine months ago, and I'm never going back.
I switched from Chrome to Arc in January, and I'm never going back.

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How the 23-year-old founder of GPTZero turned his student anti-cheating tool into a leading startup that detects AI-generated text online

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GPTZero CEO Edward Tian and CTO Alex Cui.

Edward Tian

Seeking nominations for top NIL startups helping student-athletes build their brands

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Angel Reese flexes.
Louisiana State University's Angel Reese is one of the highest-paid college athletes through NIL deals.

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Daily Harvest threw a superhero-themed party for employees as it was dodging questions about sick customers

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Daily Harvest CEO Rachel Drori reportedly dressed up in a Green Lantern-inspired costume at a company retreat as customers claimed that the startup's food made them sick.

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Meet the contrarian VC: Why Mayfield's Navin Chaddha is writing more checks than ever before while other investors pull back

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Navin Chaddha, the managing director at Mayfield Fund.
Navin Chaddha, the managing director at Mayfield Fund.

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Co-Star has a new astrology machine that answers questions with ChatGPT. I tried it — and see how it's the future.

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Co-Star, the buzzy astrology app, has debuted a machine that uses AI to help tell the future. I tried it.

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The history of Skims: Kim Kardashian's wildly popular $4 billion shapewear line

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Kim Kardashian at a Skims event.
Kim Kardashian said she might be more "covered-up" in Skims campaigns as she gets older.

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Get ready to make a deal for your ride. inDrive is bringing its rideshare haggling business to the US again.

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inDrive operates in 655 cities across 48 countries.

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Silicon Valley has been subsidizing millennials' lifestyles for most of our adult lives. We'll still end up poorer.

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Illustration of a wallet coming out of a phone.
I always figured we were lucky to live in an age of Ubers and Airbnbs. Maybe I was wrong.

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