Gen Z stories

Young Australians lose over AUD $2.2 million as fake flexible job offers surge, with scammers recruiting money mules via texts and social media.

Broken documents and file mix-ups are costing firms an average of USD $6,790 per employee each year, a new survey of US workers finds.

Digital ordering and payment options are influencing behaviour, with more people using QR codes to avoid awkward money conversations with friends.

Realestate.com.au debuts a ChatGPT app, letting Australian buyers search and refine property listings through conversational queries.

UK consumers are embracing AI tools but trust is splintering, with most cross-checking search, social and brand sites before deciding.

Beast Industries acquires fintech app Step, betting on financial literacy tools to turn his vast creator audience into customers.

UK retailers brace for GBP £1.05bn in post-Christmas returns as fashion fit woes, social commerce and ageing habits strain logistics.

AI agents are rapidly entering Singapore sales teams, with 80% already using AI tools as leaders turn to automation to ease admin pressures.

UK shoppers value accurate parcel tracking and honest delivery updates far more than rapid shipping promises, a new Locus survey suggests.

AI fintech Cleo stages UK comeback with a waitlisted app, betting its chatty budgeting assistant can ease mounting money anxiety.

Cost-of-living pressures are pushing Australians to swap traditional red envelopes for digital gift cards this Lunar New Year.

Self-gifting and friend-gifting are reshaping UK Valentine’s Day, lifting total spending to GBP £2.1 billion, Flowwow data shows.

Australian couples who play video games together each week report significantly higher relationship satisfaction, new survey data suggests.

Campus dating start-up Ditto lands USD 9.2 million to grow its AI-powered iMessage matchmaking service for US college students.

Gen Z click on phishing links nearly three times more than Baby Boomers, despite heavier use of multi-factor authentication, Yubico finds.

Lonely UK daters increasingly turn to AI companions even as romance scams surge, with rising losses and growing trust in chatbots over humans.

AI, risk and job security are set to redefine Australian careers in 2026 as workers shun moves, chase pay rises and cling to hybrid work.

AI-edited images are eroding trust in online marketplaces, with most UK shoppers blaming platforms for misleading or inconsistent visuals.

Nearly half of New Zealand’s online daters would consider dating an AI, as loneliness and mistrust reshape how Kiwis seek romance online.

BYRDLI and Travel Portland unveil The Portland Cut, a creator-led winter campaign turning real-time city-meets-wild moments into bookable trips.