After the preschool years, kids still like cartoons, but they want something more complex than straightforward messages about friendship and sharing. They like a bit of conflict, some bad guys (who ...

To this day, it is almost shocking to learn that most of the original Looney Tunes characters were brought to life by just one actor. Until he passed away in 1989, Mel Blanc provided the diverse ...

Previously, Alex served as a… Character.AI, a startup that allows users to chat with different AI-powered characters, resorted to another way to increase engagement for its already robust user base – ...

Ursula from The Little Mermaid is one of the ugly Disney cartoon characters. Her upper body is that of an obese lavender female human, and her lower half is that of a black and purple octopus. Her ...

(NewsNation) — Payment company Stripe accidentally sent an image of a cartoon duck to some of the employees who were being fired in the company’s latest round of layoffs. Stripe is cutting 300 ...

(AP Photo/Richard Drew) (NewsNation) — Payment company Stripe accidentally sent an image of a cartoon duck to some of the employees who were being fired in the company’s latest round of layoffs.

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A cute cartoon duck can be the bearer of bad news. Stripe is laying off 300 people, or about 3.5% of its global workforce — and in emails to some terminated employees, the company accidentally ...

Stripe accidentally sent termination emails with a cartoon duck image to 300 laid-off employees, adding an odd twist to their layoffs. Chief People Officer Rob McIntosh apologized for the mistake.