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Exclusive: Pete Buttigieg debuts a radical new approach to campaign brandingSNL’s fake ad for “Fashion Coward” is the antidote to Dove adsGlobal outage plagues Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp for the second time in recent weeksThere are dozens of ways to rank cities. Here’s what they all get wrongThis is why everyone thinks they are middle class (even if they aren’t)Stop apologizing and say these things insteadSilent mode: Why the stars of Silicon Valley are turning to silent meditation retreatsSee 11 dogs rocking fabulous cones of shameThis sleek new magazine adds a fashion-world spin to solving climate change“I don’t want any more firsts in the industry”: Little star Marsai Martin is leading Hollywood’s youth revoltThis is how American mothers juggle work and parenthoodFacebook taps Peggy Alford as its first black female board memberGame of Thrones easy recap: Quick and simple ways to get caught upThese are Amazon’s 38 rules for successGoFundMe now lets you pick a big cause–like education or health–to supportHerbivore’s moldy face-cream recall at Sephora underscores an ugly issue for natural beautyHow these black women startup founders are using blockchainPrison inmate charged with pulling a $5,500 phone scam from behind barsThis 3D-printed cube lets users learn and play over 100 instrumentsIf you care about animals, should you should donate to shelters–or to stop industrial agriculture?Companies need to embrace the sick day. Here’s whyHere’s the Star Wars Episode IX trailer. The Rise of Skywalker!This delightful short film tells a complete story entirely through fake adsAOC TV: Watch Fox News obsess over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for 6 straight weeks3 helpful ways to give feedback on a presentationDelta Air Lines is eliminating one of the most annoying things about flyingBig Food is pushing the government for a price on carbonEnjoy this moment, Bob Iger: Netflix tumbles as Disney stock hits record highSingapore’s $1.3 billion airport expansion is half botanical garden, half mega-mallNendo and Longchamp collab on purses that double as storage boxesThis app is why you’ve never seen a leaked Game of Thrones scriptUse these 8 productivity hacks when you’re short on timeThis hotel offers ASMR bedtime stories for guests who can’t sleepHere’s how to play Speedgate, the first sport designed by AII wrote a users’ guide to myself, and you should, tooIncognito mode won’t keep your browsing private. Do this insteadAsk these 5 questions to turn small talk into something more meaningfulWhat design tools get wrongA growing crop of “supertemps” is changing the nature of workWhy this artist ground his computer into dustGeorgetown students just voted to pay reparations to descendants of slavesSpurred by painful loss, this startup wants to make bereavement mainstreamThe Trump administration will unveil major 5G initiatives todayLittle scores big in representing a black female CEO in techHelvetica, the world’s most famous typeface, gets a makeoverFacebook Messenger might be returning to the main Facebook appHow to survive a Game of Thrones conversation if you don’t watch the showDisney is tapping into Star Wars, Marvel, and more to upgrade its theme parksThis new technical fabric replaces polyester with banana plantsMeet Peccy, the bizarre, beloved mascot you didn’t know Amazon hadDisney shows up Netflix and Apple with its Disney+ unveiling eventDisney+ video service coming November 12 for $6.99 per monthUber just promised to make sexual assault reports publicUber files for IPO even as it continues to lose moneyHow youth organizers are pushing Minnesota toward its own Green New DealWatch SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch the Arabsat-6A satelliteJeff Bezos touts Alexa adoption, AWS, and wage hikes in shareholder letterThese are the best 10 cities for women workers in AmericaThis DonorsChoose competition funds financial education–and lets teachers share the wealthThis sustainable biofuel company is also a beauty companyAssembling Ikea furniture is easier than recycling rules, say 26% of people5 ways to show appreciation for your employeesAmazon and Netflix are among many companies paying zero federal taxes under Trump’s tax lawWhat is Ruptly? Julian Assange arrest video footage raises eyebrows about RT-owned outletThree ways to give better adviceInstacart offers drivers more flexibility on when and what they deliverWhy the best way to file your taxes will probably never exist in America5 ways to get a better night’s sleepThe dangers of redesigning other species for profitThe bear-hugging football coach who became Silicon Valley’s go-to guruWhat is biophilic design, and can it really make you happier and healthier?This is what your clothing color says about you at workBorophene: The most exciting new material you’ve never heard of5 mistakes people make when they (try to) apologizeHere’s how to get your free coffee at Wawa todayThe air you breathe at home might be worse than the world’s most polluted citiesJulian Assange arrested after Ecuador withdraws political asylumThousands of Amazon workers are listening to recordings of Echo usersIkea now grows lettuce in shipping containers at its storesAmazon’s wild 24-year ride, from 11 employees to 600,000-plus“Little” producer Will Packer on making entertainment for the “new American mainstream”Meet the woman behind Amazon’s explosive growthThe epic marketing for Game of Thrones’s last season reveals that this is just the end of the beginningHow simple street-design interventions are saving kids’ lives in AfricaIn a rare show of shareholder pressure, 4,000 Amazonians demand action on green energyYouTube TV is hiking prices because apparently we can’t live without HGTVThis experiment found new uses for Google Glass to help children with autismAmazon may not feel like fighting every ban on cashless retail across the countryCreepy Facebook patent uses image recognition to scan your personal photos for brandsIt’s not just you: Science confirms pop music has gotten way more depressingThe U.S. House just voted to reinstate net neutrality, but the Senate may stand in the wayHow this company saved women millions by eliminating the “pink tax”Ford CEO confession: We “overestimated” the arrival of self-driving carsT-Mobile launches a bloated TV bundle that sounds a lot like cableThe wallpaper of the future is hereMeet Bendy, the eco-friendly leather shoes that won’t make a giant footprintHere’s the first-ever image of a black holeMaybe Netflix original shows really aren’t that popularCersei is the deadliest killer (199 bodies!) and other terrifically morbid Game of Thrones dataHealthcare giants flooded political campaigns with cash in 2017, per new analysisStop forcing your mindfulness on meWhy you don’t need a clear path to be successfulUber Eats is going to stop gaslighting you with confusing designYou can’t take anything home from Ikea’s new storeLuxury fashion is not size inclusive. Universal Standard wants to fix thatHow I spent my windfall of cashTo find a mentor, think like a mentorBuildings kill 600 million birds every year–and skyscrapers aren’t solely to blameDoctors want Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play sleeper recalled after deaths5 rituals that spark creativity at Pinterest, Flipboard, and AmazonThis is when it’s actually good to be a pessimistFor the first time ever, Snapchat is expected to lose U.S. users this yearYour swimsuit is terrible for the environmentHere’s why Elon Musk is trolling Jeff Bezos with a cat emojiFacebook will stop asking you to wish your dead friends a happy birthdayFrom Bad Robot receptionist to Sundance darling: What rising-star writer-director J.D. Dillard learned from J.J. Abrams about storytellingThese tree-planting drones are firing seed missiles to restore the world’s forestsHow lacrosse star Paul Rabil aims to redefine professional sportsThese are the false beliefs we still hold about introverts and extrovertsPatagonia sues AB InBev for trying to confuse consumers as to who’s behind its new beer called . . . PatagoniaThis is the pro-democracy music Apple removed in ChinaBlack hole live stream: Watch scientists unveil the first-ever imageYouTube’s live stream of the white nationalism hearing showed everything horrible about YouTubeSoak the rich, but how?After TurboTax and H&R Block lobbying, IRS could be banned from offering free tax-filing appHow Massachusetts is working to get retiring business owners to let their employees take overYahoo data breach settlement upped to $117M because the first one wasn’t big enoughThe three keys to Shazam!’s box-office success are a testament to zigging when everyone else zagsU.K. teen who blackmailed porn users finally gets jail timeFacebook has created an insanely detailed map of where everyone in Africa livesHow the epic feud over the rights to the Sex.com domain ended in the ultimate deceptionDistracted driving is killing us. These cities are the worst offenders5 founders weigh in on the highs and lows of the IPOSenators just unveiled a bill to stop deceptive design and dark patternsMusic’s top labels to social phenom TikTok: Pay upHow to address employment gaps in your resumeDropbox and G Suite’s new integration is more like a mind meldStreaming music has a much higher environmental impact than you thoughtThis terrifying video from the Weather Channel shows a flooded America in 2100Startup Klook gets $425M in funding to shake up the travel industryYou have to see this remarkably emotional tribute to NBA star Dwyane Wade–by BudweiserShould you worry about not being yourself at work?Roku finally has a solution for cord cutters who hate logging in over and over againThe world’s most famous coffee pot gets a redesignAI’s leading developers share their fears about the tech developing too fastAre we on the brink of a recycling revolution?The world is racing to build on the moon againYes, RealNetworks still exists, and now it’s selling face surveillanceHow to clean up your personal brandWhy finding “meaningful work” is overratedWhat the design industry gets wrong about womenTech is crashing the world’s biggest design fairThese 8 presidents chanced into office–here’s what you can learn from their unplanned ascentAlphabet launches its Wing drone delivery service in AustraliaHomeShare lays off almost all of its staffExclusive: J.J. Abrams on Star Wars, Apple, and building Bad Robot into a Hollywood forceThis new cereal and beer share an ingredient–and it’s fighting climate changeRead Felicity Huffman’s full statement on the college cheating scandalPlastic bottles have surpassed plastic bags as the biggest threat to oceans and riversHow celebrity paparazzi use similar risk strategies as Wall Street tradersTwitter is automatically removing about 10 accounts every secondThis “plasticarium” shows you what the plastic-filled ocean actually looks likeFortnite fanatics: Here’s how to compete in the first-ever World Cup FinalsWhy is Amazon Prime using astrology to sell you stuff?Science has found a new use for Skrillex: mosquito repellantJohn Oliver and Captain Underpants among the most “challenged” books of 2018Congratulations to Spirit Airlines, which is not the worst airline in AmericaListen to the Game of Thrones theme song played on obsolete gadgetsMichael Che and Colin Jost brought their tired SNL shtick to WrestlemaniaA very cheap hacker figured out how to get a free $1 burger from McDonald’sInside the secretive, long-term collaboration between Sonos and IkeaThree stories every startup needs to tellAfter humans trigger mass extinction on Earth, it may take 10 million years for life to recoverCandida auris: These alarming CDC maps show where the mysterious fungus is spreadingWhy companies should offer fertility benefitsChristo’s next big “wrapping” project is 60 years in the makingEurope’s first underwater restaurant has gorgeous, otherworldly tablewareHow to deal with the top 3 causes of workplace stressMIT’s radical plan to make buildings out of melanin“Veep” masterfully weighed in on #MeToo with last night’s episodeHow to take a break from your ambitionSamsung’s Galaxy S10 in-display fingerprint reader can be fooled by a cheap 3D-printed fingerprintInfluencers are flocking to a surprising new kind of social mediaPinterest surprises by setting its IPO price range at $15 to $17 per shareMore than 60% of Americans don’t trust Facebook with their personal informationWorld Changing Ideas 2019: 17 winning solutions that could save the planetThis digital ledger helps small farmers get a fair dealInside the coolest office in Hollywood everIntroducing this year’s World Changing Ideas honoreesThis tech can make fabric from old clothing, agricultural waste–and even treesThis free phone app encrypts your web activity with one clickThis invisible, protective coating on fruit and vegetables fights food wasteThis tech tells cities when floods are coming–and what they will destroyThis horrifying graphic lets you see the destruction from a nuclear bomb dropped on your cityWhy everyone in Hollywood and Silicon Valley is stalking J.J. AbramsThese hearing aids are designed to look like stylish jewelryThis iPhone app makes web navigation truly hands-freeThis device can quickly turn any truck or bus into an electric vehiclePlanned Parenthood’s Roo chatbot will answer all your most embarrassing sex questionsThis online community has gamified the funding process for innovative startupsIngenuity at work: J.J. Abrams, Everlane, and World Changing IdeasThese songs sneak investigative journalism past oppressive regimesThis center is a space for at-risk youth to learn how to create changeThis brilliant brick tower stores energy with gravity instead of batteriesThese high-tech glasses connect people who are blind with agents who can describe what’s in front of themThis free software automates bankruptcy to help people clear their debtsThese teen siblings designed an app that’s a literal life-saverThis organization empowers parents to lead their children’s early educationThese huge towers of bricks are an ingenious solution to our energy storage problemWorld Changing Ideas 2019: All the winners, finalists, and honorable mentionsThese “microgrids” are the key to protecting Puerto Rico from future power disastersThis affordable, portable ultrasound device works with a smartphoneEdible chopsticks are finally here–and they come in 3 flavorsThis New Zealand company proves how 4-day workweeks are great for businessMichelle Pfeiffer’s groundbreaking new perfume line is about safety and sustainability, not vanity