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China’s ChatGPT Opportunists—and Grifters—Are Hard at Work | WIRED
Competition for jobs is fierce in China right now. After he graduated from college with a business major earlier this…
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Temu Is Losing Millions of Dollars to Send You Cheap Socks | WIRED
PDD’s push into the US with Temu is costing it a lot, and angering some of its suppliers, but it’s…
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Google Will Soon Show You AI-Generated Ads
Google has spent the past few weeks promoting generative AI tools that can summarize search results for users, help them draft essays,…
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TikTok and Amazon Bet on China’s Ecommerce Model. It’s a Dud
The pandemic sent the livestream sales industry into overdrive. The Chinese government’s strict “zero Covid” policies hit the brick-and-mortar retail…
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Scams Are Ruining Pakistan’s Digital Economy
The last time Zippy posted to Instagram was in April 2022—a four-paragraph-long apology note saying he was sorry for not…
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Amazon Has Conquered Christmas—but Its Reign May Be Ending
The problem with Amazon’s own-brand mince pies is that they’re delicious. For years, the ecommerce giant has stuck its fingers…
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Tired, Filthy, and Overworked: Inside Amazon’s Holiday Rush
Tyler Hamilton has optimized his every waking minute. Between Black Friday and Christmas, five nights a week, he pulls himself…
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How Retail App Temu Lures US Shoppers With Mind-Bending Prices
The prices seem almost too good to be true: Lenovo wireless earbuds for $3.70, an eyebrow pencil for 59 cents,…
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Amazon Workers Lose Another Union Vote as Management Digs In
The Amazon Labor Union, which made history in April by unionizing the first Amazon warehouse in the US, lost its…
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Google Borrows From TikTok to Keep Gen Z Searching
In July, the Google executive who oversees the company’s lucrative and dominant search engine made a surprising admission. Younger users…
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