‘Creatives are going to be elevated’: Canva’s COO on how AI is transforming the artistic landscape

For over a decade, Canva has made design and publishing accessible to anyone. Now the company is wrestling with how to harness AI while staying true to its mission of empowering individual creators. Cofounder and COO Cliff Obrecht reveals how Canva is navigating this shift—and why the stakes are so high when it comes to AI adoption in the creative industry. 

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I quit TikTok—and got my attention span back

For a few days, my finger would hover over the TikTok hole on my home screen. But it was all for naught: There was nothing there to click.

TikTok debuted at exactly the wrong time for me. I downloaded the short-form video app during my junior year of high school, just as in-person activities shut down for the COVID-19 pandemic and my life dissolved into an endless loop

‘Bakery tourism’ is the sweet new travel trend for Gen Z and food lovers

How far would you travel in search of a sweet treat?

“Bakery tourism” is on the rise, with more and more people traveling—sometimes across the globe—in search of the perfect flaky croissant or artisan bun they spotted online. Long lines aren’t a deterrent; in fact, they’re often part of the appeal. A crowd signals you’ve found the right spot.

Jessica Morgan-Helliwell, 26, and her mother, Louise Church, 48, are two self-proclaimed “

AI chatbots are breaking the web—and forcing a 404 makeover

More than half of Americans now use a chatbot, with an increasing number of people replacing search engines with large language model (LLM)-powered chat queries to navigate the web and find answers. In general, the quality of these outputs is improving as the underlying models get better.

However, the challenge of processing so much information means

What is the ‘pearl earring theory’? The TikTok trend blaming jewelry for being single

“Girl With a Pearl Earring” has taken on a new meaning on social media.

TikTok loves a theory, especially ones that attempt to explain dating struggles. The “pearl earring theory” is the latest to go viral, claiming that the classic freshwater gemstone could be the reason you are chronically single.

Why? According to TikTok, pearl jewelry gives off

TikTok could be making you more politically polarized. Here’s how

People on TikTok tend to follow accounts that align with their own political beliefs, meaning the platform is creating political echo chambers among its users. These findings, from a study my co

Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone talks AI, reinvention, and reclaiming relevance

Yahoo is at a critical inflection point. Despite having a large user base—across Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, and Yahoo News—the media company hasn’t reclaimed the buzz of its early days. CEO Jim Lanzone candidly discusses the fear of being “left behind” and how he’s pushing the brand to shed its old skin. He explains the wide-ranging implications as

This entrepreneur made billions on crypto. His next frontier is outer space

Perched on a dusty high desert plain about 100 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, the Mojave Air and Space Port looks more like a final destination for aerospace experiments than a stepping stone to the stars. A field with dozens of decommissioned commercial jetliners bakes in the early morning sun–it’ll eventually hit 110 degrees around noon–and the small shacks set between dusty roads and cracked pavement look mostly empty.

But drive past cracked airstrips and barbed wire gates

Inside Wikipedia’s AI revolt—and what it means for the media

Before generative AI, if you wanted an inexpensive way to build out lots of content, you launched a wiki. You’d spin up a site—broad or niche—and throw the doors open for anyone to edit. Be an early mover (like Wikipedia) or cultivate a loyal community (think any popular sci-fi

Why this bank is hiring full-time AI employees

Banks are embracing the AI workforce—but some institutions are taking unexpected approaches to its deployment.

The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) has dozens of so-called digital employees working alongside its human counterparts. And distinguishing those


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