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Both of these influencers are successful
Sakshi VenkatramanUS reporter Kaaviya Sambasivam/Simone Mckenzie / Google Veo 3 Kaaviya Sambasivam, left, is a popular influencer. Gigi, right, is an AI influencer In some ways, Gigi is like any other young social media influencer. With perfect hair and makeup, she logs on and talks to her fans. She shares clips: eating, doing skin care, putting on lipstick. She even…
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Car influencers love Chinese EVs — and China loves them back
The first Chinese-made car Omar Rana ever drove was a gas-powered SUV that he rented while on a trip overseas in 2015. To say it didn’t leave much of an impression would be an understatement. “It sucked really bad,” Rana, aka OmarDrives, tells me. “A horrible experience.” Flash forward nearly a decade to last year, when Rana received a DM…
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What influencers and critics aren’t telling you about antidepressants
On social media, influencers tout them as lifestyle medications that can turn around your life. But Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has branded SSRIs—or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, the most common class of antidepressants—as more addictive than heroin and linked them to violent episodes such as a recent church shooting in Minnesota. He’s said the government is launching studies…
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MAGA influencers are already fighting over Charlie Kirk’s death
The only true surprise about this latest MAGA influencer civil war is how quickly it happened, given the circumstances: Charlie Kirk, an ubiquitous presence, influential political force, and seemingly everyone’s best friend, had been dead for barely a week before everyone began fighting each other for a piece of him. The indictment of Tyler Robinson, released Tuesday, cited, among other…
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Do the Products Influencers Are Selling Work?
Allie Hargens first started trying to lose weight when she was in the sixth grade, going on the grapefruit diet, a fad diet that entails eating grapefruit at every meal. Since then, she’s cycled through all sorts of eating and exercise plans. But no matter what she’s done, Hargens, 34, says she’s struggled to lose that “last stubborn 15 pounds”…
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Govt makes tax compliance easier for content creators, influencers
New Delhi: This tax season marks a significant change in the filing of returns for social media content creators and influencers, with their income now being classified under a specific category. The Income Tax Department has introduced a new code namely ‘16021’ under Income Tax Return (ITR) utilities for FY 2024-25 (AY 2025–26) for influencers who earn from promotions, product…
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