A wave of new brands and established retail chains are targeting 11-year-old girls, rebuilding a category of stores, products and media once dominated by names like Claire's, Limited Too and Delia's. Industry figures cited in the report describe the tween segment as worth roughly $100 billion, with one retailer saying there is significant market share still up for grabs.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-29
Nolan Lawson notes that several prominent frontend web development educators—including Axel Rauschmayer, Salma Alam-Naylor, Josh W. Comeau, Kent C. Dodds, Addy Osmani, Rachel Nabors, and Lydia Hallie—have either scaled back their work or pivoted toward AI-related topics. To illustrate the shift, Lawson tested Claude Sonnet on a nuanced Chrome performance debugging scenario involving high 'Style Calculation' costs, a problem that has historically tripped up even experienced developers, and found the AI's answer impressively accurate.
nolanlawson.com
· 2026-09-03
Rivian disclosed in a regulatory filing that CFO Claire McDonough will leave the company by the end of October to take a CFO role at GE Vernova and move closer to family on the East Coast. Vice president of finance Derek Mulvey will serve as interim CFO while Rivian searches for a permanent replacement, and the company said the exit does not stem from any internal disagreement.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-08-27