• The ‘boring phone’: stressed-out gen Z ditch smartphones for dumbphones

    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

  • Doomer, Rizz, and Other Gen Z and Gen Alpha Slang You Might Need Help Decoding

    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.

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    Inside Heineken’s 22-Year Partnership With Coachella, ‘Gen Z’s Super Bowl’

    On a recent sweat-soaked Sunday night at Coachella, Lupe Fiasco was headlining a raucous Heineken House show, proving there’s plenty of appetite for rap at the festival best known for pop, indie and crossover genres. The hip-hop artist, after wading in on various high-profile public beefs, surprised the capacity crowd by inviting his friend Tyler, the Creator to join him for an impromptu collaboration on Fiasco’s 2008 hit “Paris, Tokyo.” Heineken execs were just as stunned—and thrilled—as...

  • The Gen Z mob is not as revolutionary as it thinks

    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 […]

  • How to upgrade your outdated acronyms to keep up with Gen Z

    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

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    If You're a Gen Z Renter, Solar Power Isn't Out of Your Reach

    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.

  • Gen z aren't lazy – they just know that work doesn't pay

    Generation z are shunning the corporate ladder because they recognise we live in an asset-driven economy that penalises work

  • Gen Z is losing its political voice on social media

    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.

  • Here's the first phone powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4

    The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 should be launching in October as Qualcomm's new top of the line mobile chipset, and you may be wondering which phones will be the first to rock it. According to a new leak by a usually reliable source, Xiaomi apparently has an exclusive deal with the chip maker to use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 first. Thus, the first two devices to use the new SoC will be the Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 15 Pro. Xiaomi still has the exclusive first launch rights for Snapdragon 8 Gen 4Followed by...

  • Gen Z-ers see Hamas, not Israel, as victims

    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.

  • The transformative power of career exploration in shaping the Gen Z identity

    Navigating a new work environment can be challenging. You’re just starting your career and might feel grateful for the opportunity, but at the same time, may notice unfair expectations being placed on you. You may feel socially awkward around those older than you and like you have nothing in common with those further along in their careers or personal lives. You might even want to create healthy boundaries around time and relationships at work but feel like you haven’t yet “earned” the right to...