Studs, the edgy cool ear piercing studio and earrings brand, has been expanding rapidly since its launch in 2019. The startup now counts 22 stores across the U.S., with 10 more spaces in New York City alone planned for 2024. Offering Gen Z and millennial urbanites an alternative to mall piercers like Claire's, the brand sets itself apart with its "needle-only method" and signature Earscape stacks, combined with a buzzy retail environment and sleek ecommerce offering. After getting a taste...
Isra Hirsi, 21, was part of a now days-long protest on the campus of Columbia University in support of Palestine. She and two of her Barnard College classmates - the college is a sister school with Columbia - are among the more than 100 protestors have been arrested. Hirsi has long been an activist rabble-rouser, as a 2020 TEDxTalk at Wake Forest University in North Carolina reveals
It’s been a few years since Lifehacker looked at the slang of Generation Z, long enough that Generation Alpha has had time to develop and spread some of its own special buzzwords and jargon. Here's an alphabetized collection of slang taken from both Gen-Z and Gen A.
When U.S. Air Force serviceman Aaron Bushnell lit himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., in February, far too many applauded the 25-year-old’s very public, viral, suicide protest. Cornel West called him a “dear brother” and praised his example, saying, “Let us never forget the extraordinary courage and commitment of brother Aaron Bushnell who […]
A new study reveals the popular abbreviations that Generation Z perceive as 'old'. Thankfully, there are some easy swaps you can make to keep up with youngsters
A generation of young people is struggling to find homes, but that doesn't mean that they can't switch to clean energy -- and put more money in their pockets.
Trades make comeback with Gen Z workers (Second column, 12th story, link) Related stories:Boomers Bought Up Big Homes. Now They're Not Budging
President Joe Biden signed the bill this week that could ban TikTok from the U.S. if its parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell the platform. According to young political content creators, the ban could decimate Gen Z’s access to political news and information. “An unfortunately large amount of 18- to 24-year-olds find out information about local […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Fully one-third of Generation Z voters -- those between 18 and 24 years old -- say Israel doesn't have a right to exist as a nation. That's according to a new survey from RMG Research for Summit.org. And that explains all the antisemitic ignorance dotting America's higher places of learning in recent months.
Dragon's Dogma 2 is an early but solid contender for GOTY – we said that might be the case during preview, and we’re certain of it now. It’s a game of uncompromised vision, and where the original looked at the likes of Fable and Oblivion and asked “what does Capcom’s version of that look like?”, the sequel responds: “why don’t we make Capcom’s version of Dragon’s Dogma instead?”. The original game is full of compromises. Content cut short for time or RAM. An entire planned beast race that...
Don’t assume all members of your workforce have been to an office before. Lauren King is a senior associate at Mission North focused on tech and innovation storytelling across consumer, enterprise, and life science and health industries. Over the past three years, we’ve witnessed the resurgence of ‘pre-pandemic’ life. From travel to live entertainment, people are […]
The feature-free phone, launched at Milan design week, is the latest device to tap into young people’s concerns about attention-harvesting and data privacyIt’s almost enough to make you stop doomscrolling: dull devices are now cool.The Boring Phone is a new, featureless flip phone that is feeding the growing appetites of younger people who want to bin their smartphones in favour of a dumbphone. Continue reading