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If Spotify wants to dominate podcasting, it’s time to step up its ambitionsHere’s how we can discuss diversity and inclusion without confrontationJohn McCain on courage and American cultureWhy racism is so entrenched in the fashion industryTake these steps if you’re looking to make a career changeTrump may be the only person alive who thinks Twitter and Facebook work fineAirbnb sues New York City over privacy concernsWhy climate change means your Hurricane Lane donation might not go to HawaiiThe Library of Congress has a splashy new logo—and people are pissedUp to 2 million T-Mobile accounts were hacked. Here’s how to check yoursThis GoFundMe raised $400K for a homeless man–and now he can’t get his money5 ways to not watch Logan Paul’s YouTube boxing matchNASA atmospheric visualizations are pretty terrifying these daysProcter & Gamble tries to trademark millennial catchphrases. LOLBasically, nobody wants to shop at the GapDon’t look now, but the whole world is on fireInstagram or AC? Airbnb says vacationers want these amenitiesAirlines scrap Iran flights in a dramatic about-faceThe $700 billion case to fight food wasteThis algorithm thinks it’s found the top-5 saddest songs in Billboard historyBot or not? Amazon says its perky Twitter ambassadors are realHow to tell your career story without boring your interviewerThese 10 college degrees may have the best job prospectsThe U.S. national parks are now available for streamingThis startup is convincing companies to pay for childcareNike pulls balaclava after accusations of promoting gang violenceExactly how to sharpen essential job skills during your next presentationFacebook hires a new chief marketing officer and well, good luck!What the world looks like to an artist with synesthesiaWould you plunk down $30,000 to get the most from your brain?Facebook deletes alternative health pages as the war on fake news escalatesI thought robotic dogs were ridiculous. Then I played with oneTop 5 ads of the week: A feminist “Old MacDonald,” Chase banks on Serena, and moreAmericans have been fighting for paid vacation for 100 yearsRelax, the pyramid-sized asteroid headed this way isn’t going to kill usBookmakers: Trump impeachment odds are way up after Cohen pleaThe open plan office sucks–it’s also good for youMichael Cohen just set up a GoFundMe page to help pay his legal costsPut down that drink. There’s no safe amount of alcohol use, major study findsDozens of Tesla employees have jumped ship to AppleThis app enlists friends and family to help fight opioid addiction4 things to know about the U.S. prison strikeTrump’s latest coal-friendly policy won’t hurt renewablesKroger will get rid of plastic bags by 2025How to get one of Sony’s pretty new PlayStation consolesThe 2018 midterms may already be lost to hackers4 key details from Eventbrite’s IPO filingDolly Parton sings an ode to the 19th Amendment on “More Perfect” podcast’s new albumWe asked Chapo Trap House to fix capitalism. You’ll never look at your iPhone the same againHere’s one ironic way to spend Steve Jobs’s billionsBill Gates is encouraging teachers’ grassroots efforts for changeKing Bio children’s medicine recall: 32 products to avoid right nowMeet “Watsina”: Inside the making of IBM’s new AI for debatingAre you ready to drink Budweiser beer aged with Jim Beam barrels?Here are the benefits of hiring someone outside of your industryLondon’s infamous sewer blockage now has its own disgusting live-streamEveryone hates when you use these 4 common email phrasesStop pushing your sadness away, negative emotions can be good for youThe problem with Trump’s tweet about South AfricaAnimal Crackers finally redesigns its soul-crushingly sad packagingShould you take that new job or the promotion?Can you spot fake news before hitting “share”? Kids are learning and so can youMy father and the betrayal of the American dreamThis is how successful CEOs spend their timeThe NY Public Library wants you to read more books–on InstagramFamous modernist homes get a horrifying Thomas Kinkade makeoverWhy no one at GM is allowed to walk around on their smartphonesFord is recalling 50,000 EV-charging cables over fire risk5 clever ways a New York startup turned our doggie devotion into more than $200 million a yearIt’s the year 2038–here’s how we’ll eat 20 years in the futureThis VC-backed furniture startup crowdsourced the perfect couch46 Sears and Kmart stores closing this yearMove over Apple, Amazon could be worth $2.5 trillion by 2024Apple makes Facebook pull its spyware(ish) VPN from the App StoreRead ARK Invest’s open letter to Elon Musk against taking Tesla privateNikon’s new mirrorless cameras put another nail in the DSLR’s coffinYouTube’s new strategy for premium content is all about global scaleReport: Self-driving car company Zoox abruptly ejects Tim Kentley-Klay from the CEO chairThis paint brand uses Buddhist temple art and tradition for new product lineA stronger safety net is a powerful solution to the rise of the far rightReport: Women-owned businesses jumped 3,000% since 1972This AI-generated artwork is about to make historySerena Williams drops some “Mama Said Knock You Out” in new Chase adMaggie Rose’s “Old MacDonald” is a feminist farmer anthem for Land O’ LakesIranian trolls used Russian tactics and impersonated Bernie fans on FacebookExtending expiration dates on EpiPens is not as crazy as it soundsMore proof that the future of fast food is meat-freeA requiem for the brief moment Donald Trump seemed actually human on TwitterFacebook reinstates data firm it suspended for alleged misuse, but surveillance questions lingerHow encrypted communications apps failed to protect Michael CohenMiniature horses—the best reason ever to fly Southwest AirlinesHow to answer these 10 tricky questions tactfully in a job interviewWorking moms can all relate to NYT’s Sheera Frenkel’s Twitter threadCohen who? Fox News’s homepage devotes most of its space to Iowa murderElizabeth Warren’s bold new plan to give corporate wealth back to workersThanks to Bill and Melinda Gates, today is a great day to help teachers get school suppliesThis AI designs Balenciaga better than BalenciagaEmployee “poaching” is good business–here’s why5 ways to track Hurricane LaneBoth teens and parents agree: We need to use our phones lessWhat will it take to get gen Z to ditch smartphones for wearable cameras?Watching a real urban planner play SimCity is incredibly satisfyingIf you really must work on vacation, here’s how to do itInside Zunum Aero’s hybrid-electric planeWhen managers should be fair and when they should challenge the rulesNetflix’s recommendations suck–but it’s not too late to fix themGiphy is launching a film festival because no one has an attention span anymoreVerizon throttled California fire department data during wildfiresNot another Yves Béhar profile!Can these pre-fab modular apartments help house the homeless?Google and Lenovo stumbled upon the killer app for Smart DisplaysDo you know what time of day you are most productive?Iran’s Facebook and Twitter propaganda targeted hundreds of thousandsSerta Simmons just merged with bed-in-a-box startup Tuft & NeedleUpdated: The plane carrying Post Malone safely made its emergency landingThis makeup company is using its supply chain to revitalize the rainforestKevin Durant talks tech dreams for . . . American Family Insurance?Someone fell into artist Anish Kapoor’s bottomless pit sculptureReport: Increased Facebook use leads to more racial attacksYour animal crackers are now 100% cage freeAsia Argento denies all allegations, shifts blame to BourdainFroot Loops fashion is here and it lets you look more fly than Toucan SamDesigners at top companies don’t use trendy fonts. Here’s what they use insteadGoogle Fit gets ready to take on the Apple WatchFired or laid off? Here’s how to talk about it in your next interviewThe country’s prisoners are striking to protest inhumane conditionsAdopt these 4 speaking habits to boost your leadership presenceCostco now takes Apple Pay for your bulk-shopping needsDown comes Silent SamY Combinator is funding a nonprofit that advocates for meat alternatives“My real name is Loan”: Read Kelly Marie Tran’s defiant rebuke of her online trollsThe end of adsUnderstand these 3 things before you go into a negotiationGoogle’s Assistant is here to give you a break from the horrible news cycle9 focus-forming habits to lengthen your attention spanWeTransfer wants to rule the business of creativitySoftBank revs up peer-to-peer car sharing with an investment in GetaroundLyft and Aptiv’s self-driving car pilot hits 5,000 rides in Las VegasStudy says Google is collecting more data about you than you realizeWhy is the process of buying sperm so terrible?The 2,000-year-old origins of EQ and how it became a crucial job skillCasper’s next frontier: Your entire bedroomWhatsApp will reportedly develop tools to combat fake news in IndiaChina is now the second biggest spender on TV showsMicrosoft says Russian hackers targeted U.S. conservative think tanksIf every hydrant was a fountain, would you buy less water?The secret weapon that could help decide the messaging warsTwitch Prime ditches ad-free viewing as it woos YouTube creatorsFitbit wants to get in your bedInterstate 95 is finally finished—and so is our era of ambitious infrastructure projectsWhy “Crazy Rich Asians” is a wake-up call to studiosAn adult film company wants to put users into deepfake pornNo, this Asia Argento mess is not the end of the #MeToo movementAsk these 4 questions before hiring a remote workerSeriously, stop flushing your single-use contact lenses down the toiletMTV VMAs 2018 live-stream: How to watch the video music awards online without cableGoFundMe is making it easy to help DreamersA woman used Tinder to trick dozens of men into going on the same dateThis $1885 connected rowing machine puts you on the Charles RiverThis crazy concrete ceiling could revolutionize how we buildWhy this restaurateur believes that people are the key to successLondon’s Gatwick Airport suffered a display-board outage, so airport workers went old schoolFor some crazy reason, people are less concerned about identity theftJohn Oliver explains trade to Trump with a disaster movie trailerReally want that job? Don’t make these six mistakesFacebook and NYU believe AI can make MRIs way, way fasterParis redesigned the urinal, but the real problem is the urinators4 famous failures that became massive successesBehold! The first popsicle that won’t meltGoogle is getting ready to open its first retail storeThis “city” for people with dementia is the future of memory careThis town will get its heat from an unlikely source: a data centerHow to deal with a panic attack at workZippin is the first Amazon Go rival to open an automated checkout storePepsi is buying SodaStream for $3.2 billionHow the director behind Seth Rogen and Melissa McCarthy unlocks comedic brillianceThe $29 billion battle to own how America sleeps is heating upCareer pioneersThe EU may fine tech companies that don’t remove terrorist content within an hour4 takeaways from Jack Dorsey’s CNN interviewWalmart completes its $16 billion acquisition of India’s FlipkartApple pulls 25,000 illegal apps from the Chinese App StoreThis new park is designed for a future of flooded cities