How budget airline Jet2's irritatingly catchy jingle became the sound of summer on social media

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A Jet2 Boeing 737 800 aircraft at Corfu Airport in Corfu, Greece, on June 8, 2024
Jet2's holiday jingle has taken over TikTok, with over 1.5 million videos using it to soundtrack ironic travel fails.

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Gen Z employees are using more casual language around the office. Here's a guide to the jargon.

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Gen Z slang is everchanging.

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How Target lost its sparkle

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Rachelle Biennestin (left) and Kandace Montgomery (right) used to be avid Target shoppers.

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TikTok enters its efficiency era

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TikTok logo on a building.

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  • TikTok is laying off staff and instituting cost-saving measures as part of an efficiency push.
  • Many of the cuts have focused on its US e-commerce team.
  • TikTok Shop sales have slumped in the US this year amid tariffs and other uncertainty.

Belt-tightening is underway at TikTok.

Captured Chinese soldier said TikTok videos convinced him to join Russia's armed forces after he lost his job

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Chinese prisoners of war Wang Guangjun and Zhang Renbo arrive to attend a press conference in Kyiv.
Wang Guangjun, pictured left, said he had seen promotional videos on Douyin, China's version of TikTok, for a job helping Russia's injured soldiers.

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Welcome to trade war TikTok

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TikTok is filled with videos of people on both sides of the trade war talking about tariffs.

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A top TikTok advertising exec is leaving. Read the memo announcing his departure.

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I chose TikTok over my job. I still love teaching, but influencing pays my rent.

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Influencer Molly Rutter
Molly Rutter films lifestyle content for TikTok.

Molly Rutter

The TikTok ban is headed to the Supreme Court

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TikTok's CEO Shou Chew wears a blue suit with a tie, sitting in front of two men wearing suits.
TikTok's CEO Shou Chew, pictured here at a congressional hearing, met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in December.

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Influencers are putting together their post-TikTok plans as a potential ban looms

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Joseph Arujo
Lifestyle and fashion creator Joseph Arujo said he no longer solely relies on TikTok for his business.

Joseph Arujo

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