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Shakira (left), the artist Mr. Fantasy (left), Gracie Abrams, AI artist Tata Taktumi and the boy band Boy Throb have also caused controversy this year over what’s inauthentic and what’s real in the musical trends of 2026. Photos by Aurore Marechal / Kevin Kane / Ian Maule / . Illustration by Jackie Lay.hide caption

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Brand collaborations have been growing in popularity as a powerful marketing tool for businesses looking to generate hype and expand their customer base, but brand managers often rely on costly and time-consuming surveys and screenings to identify potential matchups. A recent study by a Penn State researcher and collaborators proposes a…

Playgrounds Network is an open-source AI infrastructure and agent development ecosystem built for Rust engineers, Web3 protocols, and modern software builders. You connect your LLM providers, Rust applications, or contextual documentation, and the system enables you to build type-safe AI agents, stream model outputs, and manage contextual memory across 20+ model providers behind a unified…

Black Friday prep is happening earlier than ever for shoppers this year. Your customers are already looking for deals online and increasingly on social media. According to a Q3 2026 Sprout Social Pulse Survey, 78% of users plan to use social as much or more than they did last year to help them find and…