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While OpenAI hasn’t yet settled on a way to implement ads for its blockbuster chatbot, an early screenshot the company showed off during its announcement late last year indicates that free-tier users will likely be painfully aware that the company is trying to sell them something.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
5 Feb. 2026 -
The beatdown on Alphabet shares came despite better-than-forecast revenue growth that indicates the company’s advertising sales are in no way being cannibalized by consumer adoption of AI, including its own Gemini AI chatbot and its AI Mode in Google Search.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The single, part of her new EP, DON’T, also signals a clear evolution in her artistry.—
Kristen Wisneski,
Billboard,
13 Feb. 2026
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At first glance, the message looks polished and uses official branding that signals credibility.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Her work and seniority suggests that she should have been made a partner a while back.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2026
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But Queen at Sea quickly reveals itself to be stranger and more unsettling than its surface suggests.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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Their premise is that international-relations scholars are flailing in part because they’re trained to think of their field, as its name implies, as affairs between and among states.—
Andreas Kluth,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Analyst Robert Mollins’ price target of $5,440 implies an upside of 28%.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026
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But the milestone signifies a strong start to 2026.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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There’s another strange assumption made among her followers, Cameron says, that her recent return to brown hair signifies a mental health issue of some sort.—
Nicola Dall'Asen,
Allure,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Points (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/points%20%28out%29. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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