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The human brain can’t contend with the vastness of online shopping.

In theory, Amazon is a site meant to serve the needs of humans. The mega-retailer’s boundless inventory gives people easy access to household supplies and other everyday products that are rarely fun to shop for. Most people probably aren’t eager to buy clothes hangers, for instance. They just want to have hangers when they need them.


I Joined a Stationary Biker Gang Peloton aficionados say the latest exercise craze gives them a sense of community they sorely missed.


Robin Arzon

works a crowd like Ariana Grande making a surprise appearance at your local mega-church. Last May, she bounded onto the stage of New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom to ‘All I DoIs Win,’ by DJ Khaled, wearing a blindingly white minidress and flashing the red soles of her Louboutin stilettos, long brunette ponytail sailing behind her. ‘I have a feeling we have epic milestones in the audience tonight,’ she predicted through her Madonna-style headset mic.


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O Will Tech's Big Four Be Smart Enough to Help Break Themselves up?

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B O G L K Z E Buried in the one of the most chaotic news cycles of the year, earlier this week the House Judiciary Committee published a report based on its 15-month investigation into the antitrust potential of tech’s big four: Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon.

‘To put it simply, companies that once were scrappy, underdog startups that challenged the status quo have become the kinds of monopolies we last saw in the era of oil barons and railroad tycoons,’ the 449-page report from the antitrust subcommittee states. ‘They not only wield tremendous power, but they also abuse it by charging exorbitant fees, imposing oppressive contract terms, and extracting valuable data from the people and businesses that rely on them.’


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