Gen Z

Starbucks tests ChatGPT to suggest drinks by how you dress, your ‘vibes’

Large retailers and platforms such as Walmart, Etsy, and Booking.com are testing ChatGPT-style conversations for browsing and buying.

The matcha drink may serve as a greener alternative to coffee
Chongqing, China

“VeryChinese”: Gen Z’s latest meme crowns China the new cultural tastemaker

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Young adults are growing more skeptical and angry about AI

People attend a drag performance in an underground parking lot used as a protected space in Tel Aviv, amid the war with Iran and Hezbollah and ongoing rocket fire toward Israel.

Israeli youth maintain positive moods amid global life satisfaction crisis, war - opinion


‘Horrific signal’: Young job seekers are arriving with parents to job interviews

Some Gen Z job seekers are allowing their parents to negotiate their salary.

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From TikTok to public spaces: ‘Therian’ teens embrace animal identities

Some participants practice “quadrobics” or “quadrupedia,” a set of movement exercises meant to imitate animal locomotion as a form of self-expression

Therian gear.

Steve Jobs’ 2001 music gadget is back: eBay searches surge as refurbished iPod sales jump

Driven by nostalgia for 'simpler' times and viral social media, people are choosing 'single-purpose' music players over smartphones to avoid ads, apps, and distractions.

Steve Jobs

Survey: 67% of Gen Z choose sleep over sex

In a poll of 2,000 people born between 1997 and 2012 conducted by EduBirdie/EduBuddy, 64% placed maintaining a stable job ahead of sexual intercourse

 Experts highlight the critical importance of sleep for health.

Supermarket tourism: Gen Z travelers skip landmarks for local aisles

Can you mix cost-cutting and cultural immersion? Why not says a new generation of travelers

An illustration of an Israeli supermarket.

Study reveals surprising trends in sick leave use across Israel in 2025

A 2025 study of Israeli workers finds sick leave patterns shaped by job type and flexibility, not commitment, with Gen Z taking the fewest days and public sector absenteeism highest.

 Flu and cold season is here. Prepared accordingly

Pakistan’s Gen Z hits a wall of inflation, unemployment, censorship - feature

Young Pakistanis are weighing disengagement or emigration as economic strain and political pressure squeeze opportunity and speech.

People holding placards take part in a protest against the deforestation in Islamabad on January 24, 2026.

OneTable reimagines Shabbat dinner program amid layoffs and funding downturn

Abramson said the company was also shifting away from its recent focus on older Jewish adults to center its programming on younger Jews.

People gather at a OneTable Shabbat dinner.

Cameron Kasky: Jewish progressive running for Congress after West Bank solidarity mission

Kasky, the Jewish Parkland school shooting survivor and gun control activist, said in an interview that his stance on Israel doesn’t make him an outlier.

Congressional candidate Cameron Kasky playing soccer with a Palestinian child during his trip to the West Bank, Dec. 2025.

Bangladesh's Gen Z party shaken over alliance with Islamist Jamaat

At least 30 senior leaders of the National Citizen Party (NCP) have openly opposed its alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami, announced on Sunday, and several have resigned in protest.

A supporter of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) holds a party flag while posing for a photo in front of the stage ahead of a rally to be attended by BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman after his return from London, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 23, 2025.