June 27, 2022Fashion influencer Dani Loftus shares her latest outfit on Instagram: It’s a with LED lights glowing on her bustier, she stands in front of a gate with a Great Dane wearing a similar fit, which makes it a real-life twin of Jeff Koons’s iconic sculpture of a . Her futuristic outfit, more ideal for the Met Gala’s red carpet than walking a 100-pound dog, doesn’t even exist in the real world. It’s a virtual outfit designed and rendered in 3D and then superimposed on the photo. She has an impressive wardrobe of digital clothes, from a liquid dress with patterns that change in real...…June 27, 2022Fashion influencer Dani Loftus shares her latest outfit on Instagram: It’s a with LED lights glowing on her bustier, she stands in front of a gate with a Great Dane wearing a similar fit, which makes it a real-life twin of Jeff Koons’s iconic sculpture of a . Her futuristic outfit, more ideal for the Met Gala’s red carpet than walking a 100-pound dog, doesn’t even exist in the real world. It’s a virtual outfit designed and rendered in 3D and then superimposed on the photo. She has an impressive wardrobe of digital clothes, from a liquid dress with patterns that change in real...WW…

August 11, 2022Become smarter in just 5 minutesGet the daily email that makes reading the news actually enjoyable. Stay informed and entertained, for free.Two days after Jack Appleby joined Morning Brew as a creator, he received the following text: “Hello Jack, I’m in a conference right now, can’t talk on the phone but let me know if you got my text. Thanks.” It was signed “Austin Rief” and, in case you didn’t know, he’s the CEO of Morning Brew.Appleby wasn’t the only Morning Brew employee to get the text—dozens more reported receiving similar ones. If someone responded to the text, the...…August 11, 2022Become smarter in just 5 minutesGet the daily email that makes reading the news actually enjoyable. Stay informed and entertained, for free.Two days after Jack Appleby joined Morning Brew as a creator, he received the following text: “Hello Jack, I’m in a conference right now, can’t talk on the phone but let me know if you got my text. Thanks.” It was signed “Austin Rief” and, in case you didn’t know, he’s the CEO of Morning Brew.Appleby wasn’t the only Morning Brew employee to get the text—dozens more reported receiving similar ones. If someone responded to the text, the...WW…

December 3, 2021Inflation keeps hitting American consumers, who have seen rising prices everywhere from the gas pump to the grocery store. But it’s weighing on small businesses, too. Mike Brey, the president of Hobby Works, a toy and hobby store with two locations in Maryland, raised the prices of over 10,000 products in his stores between July and October, from remote planes to 1,000-piece Lego sets. The average increases of 8–10% are meant to absorb Brey’s continually rising costs. “Many of the suppliers who did not hit us with price changes over the summer and early fall are coming back...…December 3, 2021Inflation keeps hitting American consumers, who have seen rising prices everywhere from the gas pump to the grocery store. But it’s weighing on small businesses, too. Mike Brey, the president of Hobby Works, a toy and hobby store with two locations in Maryland, raised the prices of over 10,000 products in his stores between July and October, from remote planes to 1,000-piece Lego sets. The average increases of 8–10% are meant to absorb Brey’s continually rising costs. “Many of the suppliers who did not hit us with price changes over the summer and early fall are coming back...WW…