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By now you may have heard about the so-called Gen Z pout, a selfie face pose that comes as a response to the now cringe millennial duck face made popular in the 2000s by the Olsen twins, who pursed their lips and sucked in their cheeks when posing.Here’s what to know about the newest Gen Z slang.What exactly is the Gen Z pout?This week, a bunch of articles came out about this new trend and the nuances surrounding it that the untrained eye might miss. The pose has been seen on the faces of celebs such as Love Island’s Iris…
Key Takeaways According to tax experts who spoke with Bloomberg, chatbots keep making mistakes with tax returns. They give misinformed advice and are prone to misreading digits on tax documents. A Loyola University Chicago study found that chatbots answered a simple tax question incorrectly two-thirds of the time. A new survey by Adobe shows that 26% of U.S. workers plan to use AI to help file their taxes this year, up from 11% last year. Over half of Americans surveyed reported feeling stressed about filing their taxes. As more workers turn to ChatGPT and Claude to help with tax season…
State prosecutors allege Meta failed to disclose the risks that its platforms pose for children, including mental health problems and sexual exploitation. Meta’s attorneys have said the company has built-in protections for teenagers and weeds out harmful content, but the company acknowledges some dangerous content gets past its safety nets.Attorneys prepared for closing arguments to jurors next week after Meta on Friday closed out its showing of testimony and evidence and the trial completed its sixth week.If jurors later find that Meta—which owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp—violated New Mexico’s consumer protection laws, prosecutors say sanctions could add up to billions of dollars. Meta, however,…
Liability insurance is supposed to be your safety net: you pay premiums, follow the rules and when something goes wrong, your carrier steps in. Right? Not anymore.In the mid-1990s, a profound shift quietly rewired how liability claims are handled. Hurricanes, catastrophic losses and major insurer failures forced carriers to rethink claims operations. What emerged was a system optimized not for policyholders, but for shareholder-first economics — every dollar paid to a claimant became a dollar the company didn’t keep. That incentive structure still governs claims decisions today, and founders who ignore it are often blindsided when a claim hits.The shift…
A new drama has taken the book publishing world by storm: The upcoming U.S. release of the horror book Shy Girl was canceled by Hachette Book Group just weeks ahead of its launch date due to suspicion of AI use in its making.Authored by American poet and fiction writer Mia Ballard, Shy Girl is a novel described as focusing on the life of a girl with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who agrees to be held captive as an affluent man’s pet in order to rid herself of financial woes.The book was self-published early last year. Another edition was then released…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways In a fast-changing world shaped by AI, volatility and information overload, the ability to understand and regulate your own mind is a key competitive edge. Leaders who cultivate inner stillness create space between events and reactions, leading to clearer thinking, better judgment and less reactive decision-making. Technology will surpass humans in speed and volume of knowledge, but the human edge lies in consciousness itself — awareness, compassion, ethical judgment and creativity born from silence rather than algorithms. We are living through one of the most accelerated periods of change in…
The Bureau of Land Management is pursuing a plan to allow drilling and fracking on public land across California, including those neighboring prominent national parks and monuments. Proposed lands for drilling include those located ten miles from Yosemite National Park (Photo: John Dukes 500px/Getty Images)Published March 20, 2026 02:45PMFrom the Bay Area to Santa Barbara, the Trump administration is eying more than one million acres of public land in California for oil and gas drilling and fracking.In January 2026, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released plans to open up parts of Southern California, including public land adjacent to national and…
A Planned Parenthood affiliate just settled an investigation by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over claims of discrimination against white employees, in a notable example of the agency’s ongoing focus on DEI-related discrimination. The $500,000 settlement will put an end to an EEOC investigation against Planned Parenthood’s Illinois chapter, which was initiated by employee complaints that the organization allegedly “segregated employees by race, subjected white employees to harassment, and engaged in disparate treatment against white employees regarding terms, conditions, and privileges of employment,” according to the agency. The EEOC found that Planned Parenthood had weekly gatherings based on race-based affinity groups, which…
Key Takeaways In 2019, Jared Drinkwater set out to develop the perfect BBQ chip. Drinkwater partnered with his friend Mike Zbuchalski to bring the vision to life. Now, Drinkwater is eyeing a $20 million business within the next 18 months. This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Jared Drinkwater, 50, of Dallas, Texas. Drinkwater co-founded wood-smoked snack brand Low and Slow with Mike Zbuchalski in 2019. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Image Credit: Low and Slow. Jared Drinkwater. What was your day job or primary occupation when you started your side hustle?I was a brand marketer at big…
Soon you’ll have fewer opportunities to buy Glossier products from a physical storefront.The beauty brand is closing nine of its 12 stores over the next two and a half years as part of a new strategic overhaul. Only three stores will remain—the flagship locations in New York, Los Angeles, and London. This downsizing is being implemented by Colin Walsh, Glossier’s new chief executive, who joined the beauty company in October 2025. The announcement of this plan occurs after he has already laid off around one-third of Glossier’s total workforce and canceled previously planned product launches.Walsh is looking to restore the brand…