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2026-08-04

Why companies that call themselves meritocracies don't always pay equally

Managers who see their pay system as fair tend to favor men over equally qualified women. The gap stays hidden until leaders check the numbers [...]

Destination

2026-08-04

TikTok star Audity reveals what tools (and streaming subscription) are essential to her whimsical work

Creator essentials for character designer Audrey Hopkins, who thrills her TikTok followers with whimsical and weird drawings on her Audity channel. [...]

thenextweb

2026-08-04

BlackRock launches tokenised money market funds to back stablecoins

BlackRock wants to run the money behind stablecoins. The world’s largest asset manager has launched two tokenised money market funds built to serve as reserves for stablecoin issuers, deepening its push into blockchain-based finance. The funds are its latest step in tokenisation, the business of putting traditional assets such as Treasury bills onto a blockchain. […]<br /> This story con [...]

Destination

2026-08-04

Apple is working on a seamless copy-paste experience between iPhones and Windows PCs

Apple is developing seamless copy-paste between iPhones and Windows PCs, but it's unclear if it will be available outside the EU. [...]

Destination

2026-08-04

The democratization of AI stopped at the wrong layer

It has become easy to consume an AI model but almost impossible to make one. [...]

Destination

2026-08-04

Mistral Is in the Right Place at the Right Time

Open-weight AI models are having a moment in the wake of recent turmoil at US tech giants. For French AI lab Mistral, that’s the the best thing that could have happened. [...]

Destination

2026-08-04

How Data Centers Broke American Politics

What the Unabomber, Steve Bannon’s tech guy, and Bernie Sanders taught me about the great data center backlash of 2026. [...]

Destination

2026-08-04

Level up your creativity without paying full price — Adobe cuts Creative Cloud Pro subscriptions by 50% for your first year

Adobe cuts Creative Cloud Pro subscriptions by 50% for your first year, an unmissable deal for creators everywhere. [...]

Destination

2026-08-04

Rethinking AI adoption: What UK retailers can learn from their US counterparts

What UK retailers can learn from their US counterparts when it comes to the adoption of AI in ecommerce. [...]