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Thrift Store Chain Starts Using AI to Price Items (but Denies It’s for Dynamic Pricing)
The AI replaces the work of employees who used to determine prices.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Gizmodo
WIRED
The Excellent HP OmniBook 5 Is $550 Off Its Retail Price Today
WorldPingMy favorite budget laptop, the HP OmniBook 5, has an OLED screen and gets great battery life, despite being just $750 right now.
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WorldPingCoinDesk
Why trillion-dollar asset manager T. Rowe Price put memecoins in its crypto ETF
The $1.9 trillion asset manager says excluding established memecoins on principle would undermine its active approach to crypto investing.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CoinDesk
WorldPingNPR Business
Selling experiences, not things: Services overtake physical goods in downtown retail
America's downtowns are changing. Storefronts that used to showcase clothes or gifts are giving way to gyms and salons. Last year marked the first time that more retail space went to shops offering services rather than things.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by NPR Business
WorldPingThe Guardian
Lime bikes hurtling around the city: is this the revenge of a priced-out generation? | Andy Beckett
From running red lights to dumping bikes, some Lime users get a bad rap. But many who grumble about them don’t appreciate their own privilege The night belongs to Lime bikes in the capital this summer.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Guardian