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Influencer treiben Online-Käufe bei Jugendlichen in die Höhe
Mit nur einem Klick landen Sneaker, Beauty-Produkte und Co. im Warenkorb. Wie stark Social Media und Influencer den Kaufrausch bei Jugendlichen anheizen.

DAK-Studie: Jugendliche geben jährlich bis zu 1200 Euro online aus
Mit nur einem Klick landen Sneaker, Beauty-Produkte und Co. im Warenkorb. Wie stark Social Media und Influencer den Kaufrausch bei Jugendlichen anheizen.

Ian Crosby's Synthetic, which is building an AI bookkeeper, raised a $10M seed led by Khosla; Crosby founded Bench, which raised $100M and imploded in 2024 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/khos…

Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby, whose first startup, Bench, imploded | TechCrunch
Crosby is building Synthetic, a fully autonomous AI bookkeeping service for other startups.

"On me dit que mon bébé est mort depuis 48h": Camille raconte son accouchement non assisté, influencée par les réseaux sociaux - Marie Claire
https://www.marieclaire.fr/on-me-dit-que-m

"On me dit que mon bébé est mort depuis 48h": Camille raconte son accouchement non assisté, influencée par les réseaux sociaux
"J’ai voulu tout contrôler. C’était une illusion totale." Pendant des mois, Camille, 36 ans, a plongé dans les contenus des influenceuses prônant la naissance "souveraine" et "instinctive", loin de la médecine.

US wholesale prices surged 4% last month after the war in Iran sent energy prices soaring (Paul Wiseman/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/inflation-oil-gasoline-inflation-trump-6990c9ca0e19553b40c13af11b9c575b
http://www.memeorandum.com/260414/p63#a260414p63

#taz über das, was man noch "Mittelschicht" nennt...

Inflation in Deutschland: Frau Werner kauft ein
Nach Beginn des Irankriegs erreichen die Preissteigerungen die Menschen im Supermarkt. Unterwegs mit einer Einkäuferin für eine Senioren-WG.

#Paradromics: From brain implants to neuroprosthetics | Making sense of brain-computer interface terminology https://www.paradromics.com/insights/from-brain-implants-to-neuropr…

Trump’s policies are working together to hike prices, as midterms approach
Trump promised to bring inflation down. Yet he keeps doing things that push prices up.

The war on Iran is Exhibit A. When Iranian authorities retaliated by closing the Strait of Hormuz, a global energy lifeline, the price of gasoline jumped more than 50 percent from pre-war levels.
Consumers are now paying an average of $4.51 per gallon, according to AAA.

Higher energy costs are also spreading…

Trump’s policies are working together to hike prices, as midterms approach
Trump needs lower inflation to help Republicans in the November elections. But some of his main economic policies are causing prices to rise.

Family Influencing: Wenn kleine Kinder profilbildend sind
Kinder als Teil der „Creator-Economy“ können problematisch sein, zeigt eine Studie. Die Eltern seien nicht bösartig, es fehle aber das Problembewusstsein.
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Former Mercor staffers describe "operational mishaps" at the $10B startup, including employee fraud, a security breach, and suspected North Korean infiltration (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)
https://www.forbe…

Inside Messy, Fast-Growing Mercor, Run By Youngest-Ever Self-Made Billionaires
Founded in 2023 by 20-somethings, data labeling startup Mercor exploded to $1 billion in annualized revenue run rate in September. Now it's confronting a wave of challenges, including an employee stealing money, security blunders and cultural growing pains.

NY-based Auctor, which uses AI to curate resource plans and process flows to help companies adopt new software, raised $20M in a combined seed and Series A (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026…

Exclusive: Auctor snags Sequoia investment for software implementation
The new funding includes backing from Sequoia Capital and Microsoft's M12.