The apps everyone complained about in 2025

Enshittification is an unavoidable fact of life. Once great apps and services fail in the constant need to maximize shareholder profits, which comes at the cost of user experience. Very few apps escape the march of enshittification, but there are some that have gotten significantly worse this year. reddit Reddit has had a lot of…

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Read the room: Adapting to the new ‘cautious consumer’ mentality

Here’s why shifting focus to real-time financial tracking is a critical measure for survival in 2026. What is happening: Rising supplier costs, weakening consumer spending and supply chain disruptions are creating a more fragile Christmas for the economic engine than in recent years. Why this matters: Small businesses drive employment and economic activity in Australia,…

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How one controversial startup hopes to cool the planet

Stardust Solutions believes that it can solve climate change—for a price. The Israel-based geoengineering startup has said it expects  nations will soon pay it more than a billion dollars a year to launch specially equipped aircraft into the stratosphere. Once they’ve reached the necessary altitude, those planes will disperse particles engineered to reflect away enough…

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