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Australia Bans Social Media for Kids & Women’s Workplace Progress Stalls?

Morning Brew Daily

Morning Brew

Business, News, Business News

4.43K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Episode 732: Neal and Toby chat about Australia’s worlds-first social media ban for teenagers that goes into effect. Then, a new study from McKinsey and LeanIn found an ambition gap growing between women and men where women are less inclined to pursue promotions. Also, an investigation has found evidence that Instacart's AI pricing experiment may be inflating grocery prices of the same item for different people. Meanwhile, Google may have tried tech glasses before and failed…but this time, it’s hoping its AI will turn it into the next revolutionary tech wearable.  Check out https://www.linkedIn.com/mbd for more. Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.swap.fm/l/mbd-note⁠⁠⁠  Watch Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.2

Good morning, Brudeaily Show. I'm Neil Fryman. And I'm Toby Howell. Today, Australia banned

0:45.6

social media for kids under 16. What's next? You're going to say they can't vote.

0:50.1

Ben, Instacart is using AI to change the price of your groceries right under your nose.

0:55.5

It's Wednesday, December 10th.

0:57.8

Let's ride.

1:03.3

Good morning and happy Wednesday.

1:05.7

Your romantic relationship might not be working out for any number of reasons,

1:09.8

but one of them could very well be an

1:11.9

insurmountable difference in swag levels, dubbed the swag gap by Gen Z. The term refers to the

1:18.6

fundamental disparity by which two people who are dating carry themselves in the world, specifically

1:23.3

how they dress and the confidence they exude. The Wall Street Journal mentions that the

1:27.4

swag gap concept originates from a photograph of

1:30.1

Justin Bieber and his wife Haley back in 2023.

1:33.2

He was phoning it in, wearing socks and yellow crocs, while she looked a lot more put together.

1:38.6

Toby, as our Gen Z correspondent, is the Swag Gap real?

1:42.1

As someone on the other end of a swag rap in his relationship, it is fantastic because

1:47.0

you wake up every morning with something to pursue.

1:50.0

How do I close the swag gap today?

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