You’ve probably seen the footage. A group descends on a local Walmart, Home Depot, or Target, intent on sowing chaos. The next thing you know, people are scaling the store’s shelving, tossing themselves into displays, kicking around merchandise, incurring the ire of managers, and, occasionally, reducing employees to tears.

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Credit card pitches often include free petrol, discounts at certain stores, or a catalogue of freebies to choose from with enough loyalty points. Recently in the US, credit card companies have begun leveraging on the increase in streaming services in every household; painting a picture of how our consumption of content has changed.

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The White House has been briefed on a proposal to develop a way to identify early signs of changes in people with mental illness that could lead to violent behavior. The proposal is part of a larger initiative to establish a new agency called the Health Advanced Research Projects Agency or HARPA, which would sit inside the Health and Human Services Department. Its director would be appointed by the president, and the agency would have a separate budget, according to three people with knowledge of conversations around the plan. But does mental health really and gun violence linked?

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The evolution of casual corporate culture and perks like free beer and Ping-Pong have contributed to an environment where interns don’t exactly know what is expected of them professionally.

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As technology takes over more and more aspects of the labor market, we need to acknowledge the divide that is creating for those who don’t have access to job opportunities.

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Social media was supposed to liberate us, but for many people it has proven addictive, punishing and toxic. What keeps us hooked?

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It's the social media hoax that won't die. Since the beginning of the week, celebrities, politicians and everyday folks have fallen for a ruse about supposed changes coming to Instagram & Facebook’s privacy policies.

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Removing one neo-Nazi page on Facebook at a time, only for another to appear hours later seems to be an approach that isn’t working. Researchers have now suggested a different approach using physics.

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The first millennials (born in 1981) had just reached their teenage years when Friends landed on TV screens in 1994. So how have those raised on this sitcom – which taught us that friends are everyone’s best chance of survival – gone on to become the loneliest generation?

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YouTube has removed hundreds of videos showing robots battling other robots after claiming they are in breach of its rules surrounding animal cruelty. YouTuber and robot enthusiast Anthony Murney was one of the first to highlight the issue, who blamed a new algorithm introduced by YouTube to detect instances of animal abuse.

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