In true Sesame Street fashion, 2025 was brought to you by the letters A and I. Unless you have been blissfully out of range of corporate rebranding exercises, you’ve likely noticed that everything now claims to be “AI-powered”, from real-time fraud detection , to facial recognition that caught 2 shoplifters , to electric toothbrushes that "recognizes your brushing style" and "tracks your brushing performance". The mere presence of an algorithm has become a conspicuous cue fo

For many people, November is the month of giving thanks. It marks the end of autumn, a season where families gather to feast and appreciate the accumulation of another year—its triumphs, its weariness, and the people who carried us through it. Like Germany’s Erntedankfest, autumn embodies a universal sentiment: gratitude for a bountiful harvest and the labour behind it. Yet November is also the month for another kind of harvest: the annual surge of 11/11 Singles Day sales, Bl

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