Behind their wrinkled faces and big eyes lies a history of extreme genetic manipulation. The modern Pug suffers from severe ...

In New York's new lottery campaign, the author sees echoes of an older kind of advertising — one that used emotional manipulation to promote unhealthy habits.

Ever seen a video that convinced you "your mix sucks"? Brands and influencers are chasing engagement by telling amateurs ...

From 1 July 2027, unfair trading practices will be prohibited in Australia. This broad prohibition will ban conduct that ...

“Do what I say, or you’re not invited to my birthday party!” “I’m not going to be your partner on the project unless you give me the treat from your lunch!” These kinds of threats are tactics many ...

Sometimes you just want a stock to be above a certain price. Maybe it’s to secure a performance bonus, avoid being delisted, prevent margin loans that would trigger or perhaps you are trying to ...

OpenAI has announced that ChatGPT will soon allow erotic and sexually explicit interactions for adult users. As millions already use AI to simulate friendship and even romance, this move will likely ...

When my late lab partner Xu Liu and I first illuminated the brain cells that stored a particular memory, it felt like watching a thought flicker back to life. We stimulated a constellation of neurons ...

ABSTRACT: This study examines the influence of manipulative marketing tactics, specifically visual, linguistic, and emotional appeals, on teenagers’ food choices in fast-food advertising. With ...

They'll say you've changed, but what they really mean is you stopped letting them walk all over you. Many people who are internally insecure and emotionally unintelligent struggle to accept and ...

In an interview with TBPN last week, Cuban expressed concern about AI platforms being treated like traditional digital channels. "This isn't the internet, right? It's a platform that, depending on how ...