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One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told TechCrunch.  She was partaking in an experiment called #WearthePants where women tested the hypothesis that LinkedIn’s new algorithm was biased against women.  For months, some heavy LinkedIn users complained about seeing drops in engagement and impressions on the career-oriented social network. This came after the company’s vice president of engineering, Tim Jurka, said in August that the platform had “more recently” implemented LLMs to help surface…

Key points:The failure of the bulls to maintain Bitcoin above $94,050 has renewed selling, opening the doors for a fall to $87,700 and then to $84,000.Most major altcoins remain under pressure and are threatening to challenge their recent lows. Bitcoin (BTC) is stuck inside a narrow range between $94,588 and $89,260, indicating indecision between the bulls and the bears. The prediction markets do not expect the bulls to take charge in the near term, giving only a 30% chance of BTC hitting $100,000 before Jan. 1.According to crypto analyst Darkfost, BTC is struggling to recover due to a lack of incoming…

Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Quanex Building Products — The building products maker jumped 9% after the company posted better-than-expected earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter. Quanex reported adjusted earnings of 83 cents per share on revenue of $789.8 million. Analysts polled by FactSet expected a profit of 52 cents per share on revenue of $470.7 million. Allegiant Travel — Shares rose more than 5% following an upgrade to buy from hold at Deutsche Bank. “As the company has jettisoned its loss-making resort, management are now 100% focused on running the airline, and various opportunities are likely to…

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Friday released another trove of images from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate — including photos that appear to show President Trump and former President Bill Clinton as well as a novelty condom with Trump’s face on the packaging. “It is time to end this White House cover-up and bring justice to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and his powerful friends,” the committee’s ranking member, Rep. Robert Garcia, said. “These disturbing photos raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world,” he continued. “We will not…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday evening that directs federal agencies to challenge state AI laws, arguing that startups need relief from a “patchwork” of rules. Legal experts and startups meanwhile say the order could prolong uncertainty, sparking court battles that leave young companies navigating shifting state requirements while waiting to see if Congress can agree on a single national framework.  The order, titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” directs the Department of Justice to set up a task force within 30 days to challenge certain state laws on the grounds that AI is interstate…

Google is rolling out a beta experience that lets you hear real-time translations in your headphones, the company announced on Friday. The tech giant is also bringing advanced Gemini capabilities to Google Translate and expanding its language-learning tools in the Translate app. The new real-time headphone translations experience keeps each speaker’s tone, emphasis, and cadence intact, so it’s easier to follow the conversation and tell who’s saying what, Google says. The new capability essentially turns any pair of headphones into a real-time, one-way translation device. “Whether you’re trying to have a conversation in a different language, listen to a speech…

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. In 2025, OpenAI has battled the perception that it was ceding ground in the AI race to Chinese rivals like DeepSeek, all while the company has tried to shore up its relationship with Washington, pursued ambitious data center projects, and laid the groundwork for one of the largest funding rounds in history. Most recently though,…

This list may contain spoilers for both the manga and anime adaptation of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End. As the Winter 2026 anime season approaches, the contents of the highly anticipated second season of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End remain one of the biggest topics on fans’ lips. The titular Frieren, Fern, and Stark will continue their difficult journey towards Aureole at the Northern end of the continent, where even more fearsome foes await. After finally reaching the rank of First-Class Mage, Fern is now more ready than ever for what’s in store, while the always lovable Stark continues to hone his…

Traditional finance leveraged investment products are at a record high, but the appetite for speculative assets remains muted in the cryptocurrency market.Speculative appetite is cooling among crypto investors, with memecoin dominance versus altcoins hitting a near two-year low last seen in February  2024, according to crypto data platform CryptoQuant.“Memecoin markets are dead,” wrote CryptoQuant co-founder and CEO Ki Young Ji in a Thursday X post. Memecoin dominance in altcoin markets. Source: Ki Young JuIn contrast, speculative appetite is soaring among equities investors, as traditional leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) hit a new all-time high of $239 billion in assets under management…

A 39-year-old mom from California holiday shopping at Macy’s Herald Square was repeatedly knifed in the back by a homeless woman released from a psychiatric hospital that morning as the mom changed her infant daughter in the department store bathroom during a wild, unprovoked attack, officials said Friday. The victim was changing her 9-month-old daughter’s diaper in a seventh-floor bathroom at Macy’s flagship store on W. 34th St. near Broadway around 3:15 p.m. Thursday when Kerri Aherne, 43, rushed in and repeatedly jammed a blade into the woman’s back, cops said. She also slashed her victim’s arm. The victim’s husband…