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Exhibit A: A tostada made out of Cheez-it.Image: Taco BellEarlier this month, Gizmodo reported on a new high-tech drive-thru Taco Bell that the Tex-Mex chain opened in Minnesota; at “Taco Bell Defy,” you order via a mobile app, scan a QR code when you drive up, and have your food delivered via a series of tubes, never interacting with another human being. But that isn’t the first time the restaurant chain pushed the envelope, for better or for worse—the company’s slogan was literally “think outside the bun” until 2012.…

80's throwbacks, 2000's R&B, and new tracks from the biggest pop artists have gone viral on TikTok this year.Graphic: Allison CorrAh TikTok, whether you love it or hate it, its effect on the music industry cannot be understated. TikTok’s ability to make a song blow up, firmly nestling it into our limbic systems for better or for worse, is one of the foundational parts of the app—and whether or not music labels buying in to that phenomenon is good or bad is a topic for another article. But the virality of a song cannot…