Pesky millennials everywhere have started to question the contents of their perfume. Not.

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If it seems like all your friends have smartphones, you may be onto something. A new report by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that reports on technology and media for children, found that by the age of 11, more than half of kids in the U.S. have their own smartphone. By age 12, more than two-thirds do, and by 14, teens are just as likely as adults to own a smartphone. Some kids start much younger. Nearly 20% of 8-year-olds have their own smartphone.

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From ELMo to Big BIRD, Rosita to RoBERTa and at least two ERNIEs and a KERMIT, these aren’t just the names of Sesame Street characters but also AI languages to-date. Why do these developers name their AI languages after puppets? The reason for this is actually really simple.

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All I want for Christmas is… for Mariah to shut it.

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There are some buildings that have missing floors, where a black cat will never be found, and everyone walks around the ladders whilst touching wood. For many people this might seem a little odd, but there are some businesses who firmly believe that superstitions have a direct impact on their bottom line.

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The Biz Bytes team look at some of the biggest tech flops of the decade, which includes the likes of 3D TV, Mobile Phones, and failed social media platform. 

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Online spending on Cyber Monday in the US soared nearly 17 percent year-over-year to $9.2 billion, with shoppers spending about $11 million a minute during peak hours, according to preliminary data from Adobe Analytics. A whopping $3 billion of Cyber Monday's online sales were completed through a smartphone, which represents a 46 percent increase over last year's smartphone-based purchases.

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In recent news, Malaysian banks have allegedly been among the top financiers of “forest-risk” companies in Indonesia, including those being investigated for the forest fires that afflicted the country this year. This report came from an international group of environmental NGOs which estimated that Malaysian banks had channelled US$2.35 billion (RM9.77 billion) since 2015 up to August this year to 17 companies implicated in the recent fires. We take a look at how grants and funds work, the checks and balances system in place and where are the loopholes in these processes.

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Away are a luggage company that sells hard-case suitcases, and they’re everywhere. Promoted by influencers and celebrities alike, the brand has become synonymous with being cool. The founders of the company sold a vision of travel and inclusion, but former employees say it masked a toxic environment.

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Having a Playstation at work is nice. Having a foosball table might be even better. Free food? Awesome! But at what cost are all these perks and benefits being given to you? A law professor argues (via Fast Company) that it’s important to weigh corporate perks and benefits against the nature and value system of the company itself. These bells and whistles have the tendency of keeping people in an otherwise questionable work environment.

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