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Amazon faces 'leader's dilemma'

Agents like OpenAI's Instant Checkout and Perplexity's Instant Buy threaten to reshape the e-commerce landscape.

ChatGPT Needs More Cowbell

You’d be forgiven if you can’t hum the 18th-century Cumbrian folk song “Do Ye Ken John Peel.” But in 1942, a version of that tune, reworked with lyrics about Pepsi-Cola, was the most recognized melody in America.

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‘I plugged in Zelda and everything changed’: developers share their fondest Christmas gaming memories

From a family showdown on Guitar Hero III to the winter levels in Diddy Kong Racing, the designers of some of today’s top titles recall the gifts and moments that lit up their childhoods

Cracker jokes and custard chemistry: ways to smuggle science into Christmas

Researchers share the easy ways to uncover moments of festive discovery, proving you don’t need a lab coat to experiment this Christmas

No bickering around the Christmas tree! If your family are trapped by their algorithms, here’s the way out

My research on social media shows high levels of misinformation and disconnect. Here’s how to talk to kith and kin this week without tears and tantrums

‘A gamechanger’: 200,000 UK small businesses sign up to TikTok Shop

Big brands such as Sainsbury’s and M&S also selling directly in app through links in videos and livestreams

‘I think I was relatively astute in The Traitors!’ Nick Mohammed on magic, TV mayhem and why he turned on Joe Marler

He stole our hearts in The Celebrity Traitors – then it all went wrong. The actor and comedian opens up

This ex-doctor faced ‘incredible burnout’ and left medicine to build an AI tool

Thomas Kelly, 33, left medicine to build an AI tool to help doctors with their heavy workloads. Today, his company is worth over $460 million.

Companies’ ‘Wrapped’ Features Keep Getting Weirder

Metro stops, LinkedIn DMs, and other mundane data points are being packaged for the end-of-year trend.

Stuffed review

This joke-filled caper of a Muslim-Christian family going on a Lapland holiday after an unexpected bonus will leave your cockles well and truly warmed

Are American Students Getting Dumber?

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