UpFront
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The metaphysics of Kylie cosmetics being sold to Coty
Is this the harbinger of a new stage in the Kardashian-Jenner empire? And if so, what does it mean for the rest of us?
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Economy (Flexible thinking in a constantly changing world; Put the blame on economists), Technology (Will AIs take our job?), Business (Most watched YouTube channel in the World now has to survive), and Sports (5 Indian women dominate motorsports; The monk who sold his Ducati)
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'Baby Shark' devoured your brain. Can it get to your wallet?
The viral earworm, with just 18 words of lyrics, is looking to exploit its hit status and build a business around it, with the goal of transforming its smiling ocean predator into a children's brand on the scale of Elmo
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Inside Ikea-backed design lab SPACE10, ahead of India debut
The community-led platform will help artists, academicians and specialists across fields collaborate, and use design and technology to find solutions to everyday issues
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Short video is not an app or a tool, it is a new media format: Firework's Vincent Yang
Chief executive of the California-based startup that lets users create and share 30-second video clips, reveals his plans for India, especially how he intends to take on rival video app TikTok
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India's Richest 2019: Asian Paints is a bright picture
Asian Paints' promoters saw their wealth soar to over $1 billion each on the back of buoyant sales
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Dealing with bias in artificial intelligence
Social bias can be reflected and amplified by artificial intelligence in dangerous ways, whether it be in deciding who gets a bank loan or who gets surveilled. Here's how three prominent women in AI approach bias in this powerful technology
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Google to limit targeting of political ads
Last month, Twitter announced that it would prohibit all political ads from its service. Twitter's move was largely seen as a response to the controversy caused by Facebook
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How millennials are leveraging credit
A recent study finds that millennials opt for short-term loans and monitor their credit scores
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Infographic: Reliance is now the world's sixth largest oil company
A look at its journey into the oil elites, in a chart
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Uber embraces videotaping rides, raising privacy concerns
The video recordings are part of a broad initiative at the ride-hailing company to capture more objective data about what happens inside vehicles during Uber trips, where disputes between riders and drivers often play out without witnesses