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Social commerce is more than just a buzzword; it’s becoming the de facto way to do business online. It emerged as a result of brands finding new ways to connect with consumers through the open graph, and a customer demand for more fluid interaction with brands. Done correctly, it is a win-win for both the brand and the consumer and there are many new opportunities to use social commerce methods to affect the consumer journey, including to the point of post-purchase....

Kids in China have it tough. Weeks after the country limited their online multiplayer gaming time tojust three hours a week, it’s putting a cap on TikTok usage with a mere 40 minutes a day allowed. That’s harsh. Over the weekend, ByteDance, the owner of China’s Tiktok version called Douyin,said that it’s introducing a new ‘Youth Mode’for kids under 14. This new mode will let them use the app for just 40 minutes a day....

“Our purpose is to increase the learning opportunities that a particular human being has by making every word on every page a learning trigger on the highest, contextual level,” says Carlos Bhola, the Founder and CEO ofKikin, a new touch-based browser experience, who has plenty of previous experience, having worked at Vonage, EachNet/eBay and gate5/Nokia. But Bhola says his these projects aren’t nearly as compelling as his new browser app, Kikin, which turns any word on a webpage into an “exploration trigger”....

The last thing we need is for the auto industry to ‘get back to normal’ The total climate impact of a car “The climate impact of a car can be broken down into four main stages: sourcing and production of materials, manufacturing, use, and end of life,”Thomas Ingenlath, CEO of Polestar, toldThe Telegraph. “If we are to understand the real impact of a car we need to consider every stage. Every material, every component, every manufacturing process....

The latest data from CERN hints at a whole new force of nature Strange anomaly The standard model describes nature on the smallest of scales, comprisingfundamental particlesknown as leptons (such as electrons) and quarks (which can come together to form heavier particles such as protons and neutrons) and the forces they interact with. There are many different kinds of quarks, some of which are unstable and can decay into other particles....