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‘Customer satisfaction at the end of the day’: TikTok users push Costco’s return policy to the limit with wild refunds

Costco is well-known for its no-questions-asked return policy. Now some shoppers are taking it upon themselves to test the limits of that policy.

“Returning my slime stained carpet to Costco,” one TikTok user posted earlier this month.

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Is ChatGPT making us stupid? Depends on how it’s used

Back in 2008, The Atlantic sparked controversy with a provocative cover story: “Is Google Making Us Stupid?

In that 4,000-word essay, later expanded into a book, author Nicholas Carr suggested the answer was yes, arguing that technology such as search engines worsened Americans’ ability to think deeply and retain know

LinkedIn’s Aneesh Raman says the career ladder is disappearing in the AI era

As AI evolves, the world of work is getting even better for the most creative, curious, and growth-minded employees. So says Aneesh Raman, LinkedIn’s chief economic opportunity officer. Raman has intriguing and urgent insights on why the career ladder is disappearing—and how AI will help transform it into more of a climbing wall, with a unique path for each of us. Lea

This Florida company’s imaging tool helps speed up natural disaster recovery efforts

It has, to date, been a calm hurricane season in the state of Florida, but any resident of the Southeast will tell you that the deeper into summer we go, the more dangerous it becomes.

There’s no stopping Mother Nature’s wrath, but a Florida-based tech company has come up with a way to help state officials begin recovery efforts after a storm blows through. The technology could event

TikTok reacts to alleged shoplifter detained after 7 hours in Illinois Target

TikTok has become obsessed with an alleged shoplifter who spent seven straight hours in a Target before being detained by security on her way out. Now, people are making pilgrimages to the Target store in Illinois.

The woman, a tourist visiting the U.S., allegedly stole approximately $1,300 worth of merchandise from Target on May 1. After body camera footage of her deta

Is it safe to install iOS 26 on older iPhones like the 11 and SE?

Apple says the upcoming iOS 26, expected in a polished “release” version in September, will support devices back to the iPhone 11 from September 2019 and second-generation iPhone SE from April 2020—both with A13 Bionic processors. For those who don’t want to wait, the iOS 26 public beta release is

‘Democratizing space’ requires addressing questions of sustainability and sovereignty

India is on the moon,” S. Somanath, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, announced in August 2023. The announcement meant India had joined the short list of countries to have visited the moon, and the applause and shouts of joy that followed signified that this achiev

iPadOS 26 is way more Mac-like. Where does that lead?

Greetings, everyone, and welcome back to Fast Company’s Plugged In.

It was one of the best-received pieces of Apple news I can recall. At the company’s WWDC conference last month, it announced that its iPadOS 26 software upgrade would give the iPad a powerful new interface closely modeled on the one offered by the Mac. The resp

Elon Musk says he’s bringing back Vine in AI form. Here’s what that could mean

Good news: Vine might be coming back. Bad news: in AI form, courtesy of Elon Musk.

“We’re bringing back Vine, but in AI form,” Musk announced on X on Thursday. He did not elaborate further on his plans.

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Apple’s iOS 26 public beta is out. Here’s how to install it safely

A stable “release” version of Apple’s iOS 26 is due in September, but you can now try an in-progress version, called the public beta. It previews a revamped interface and new features in apps like Messages and Phone (both with


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