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How to give an elevator story that people actually listen toWhy a U.S. federal privacy law could be worse than no law at allEurovision Song Contest 2019: Where to live-stream it and where the YouTube is blockedOur coming DNA nightmare, as outlined by a dystopian graphic novelFinally, child data privacy could get much-needed reform in new billHow to watch the 2019 PGA Championship on CBS and TNT live without cableHave you tried plogging, the Instagram trend that might be the sustainable sport of the future?I’ve changed careers multiple times. Here’s my advice for anyone who wants to do the same“Zombies” who use their cellphones at crosswalks could be fined under proposed NY lawAtlanta, Boston, Denver, Minneapolis, and Philadelphia are about to jump-start their bike infrastructureHigh-end fitness brand Life Time wants you to live at the gymSpotify is testing a voice-controlled “Car Thing,” but don’t get too excited yetRoe v. Wade is under threat, and only one of the leading 2020 Democrats seems to really get itMinecraft Earth is coming: Here’s how to apply for the beta from MicrosoftCan cities design policies to shrink the racial wealth gap?Sad survey: 60% of male managers are “uncomfortable” working around womenHow to decide whether to email, text, call, or talk in personWalmart’s new headquarters ditches cubicles for running trailsOne year in, GDPR seems to have helped Google & FacebookLearning from late architect I. M. Pei: “Architecture is not fashion”Taiwan just legalized same-sex marriage, a historic first for AsiaHow to find out why you didn’t get the jobSpectrum cable begs for more cord cutting with new intrusive channel guide adsSchools are using software to help pick who gets in. What could go wrong?4 techniques that can help you stick with a good habitHow glass skyscrapers took over the world–and why we need to stop building themGender inequity costs the United States $2 trillion in lost GDPSocial media is an assault on our senses. Now it’s a literal gun, tooA 360-degree tour of Specialized Bicycles’ innovation labThe Cersei Effect: How businesses turn colleagues into backstabbersWhat’s an algorithm? Let an avocado explainWhat the Iron Throne reveals about the hidden history of user-friendly designHow growing cities are making it hard for makersNow this is something to be grumpy about: Meme superstar Grumpy Cat has diedAmazon is investing millions in Uber Eats food delivery rival DeliverooInside Levi’s stand against gun violence7 Google privacy settings you should revisit right nowPinterest stock plummets after its first earnings report comes up shortThe business of the future is ethical, sustainable, and employee-ownedInstagram really, really wants you to shop and watch IGTVHow to watch The Big Bang Theory finale on CBS without cableTaco Bell is opening a hotel and resort in Palm Springs because this is the world we live in nowThis is what I learned about building a cohesive team in a fast-growing companyTesla’s autopilot was engaged prior to fatal Florida crash: NTSB reportThe Big Bang Theory by the numbers: 18 facts about the ratings monster critics hatedThe first-ever virtual reality Doctor Who episode is now availableSamantha Bee debunks GOP lies about abortion in scathing Sex Ed for Senators segmentAirbnb adds former Apple exec Angela Ahrendts to its boardMore than 500K people have signed an idiotic petition to remake Game of Thrones’ final seasonTry not to be creeped out by these eerily human portraits of robots6 phrases that will help you sell your ideasWatch this device translate silent thoughts into speechWill Smith and Michael Eisner want to literally get inside your headWe salute the hero who matched AC/DC with this Game of Thrones sceneThe future in the trash: China’s William Gibson on the power of sci-fiThis caregiving crisis is costing your companyHere’s how RadioShack sold its breakthrough laptop circa 1983Nike is launching a guide to sustainability for brands–get it hereThe unique, puzzling antidepressant effects of an illicit party drugTwo and a half years later, DHS still hasn’t performed audits to see if votes were hacked in 2016Every American should visit the new Statue of Liberty Museum6 business leaders on their favorite lucky charms and ritualsThis startup provides health insurance against online harassmentDo NYC mayors ever become president? Why Bill de Blasio has his work cut out for himBeing creative matters less than you think it doesApple and Google should steal these ingenious smartphone conceptsThe outside of this new office building will be a giant butterfly sanctuaryNYC’s brilliant plan to capitalize on land no one else wantsHow The Shade Room turned Instagram gossip into a media empireTrump releases tool for the public to submit suspicions of “political bias” on social mediaHuawei responds to Trump’s national emergency ban on foreign telecoms makersRent is so high people are turning their living rooms into coworking spacesThe 5 things a perplexed executive needs to know about AIMobility 2030People on the internet have no idea how bad they are at online securityAmazon says Fire TV is bigger than Roku, but there are caveatsThe We Company wants to cash in on “the WeWork effect,” tooThis World Cup ad for Germany’s women’s soccer team brilliantly addresses gender inequality in sportsFCC robocall rule would finally give you a nuclear option for blocking phone spamCongress moves to protect pregnant women at workThis fully biodegradable “leather” is welded together from wasteWatch the trailer for Game of Thrones series finale behind-the-scenes docThis map of abortion ban proposals and laws shows where rights are under fire in 2019Want to be happy and successful? Don’t be an a**holeMcDonald’s locations to double as U.S. embassies in the most American thing that ever happenedHow Amazon feeds its bottomless appetiteDecay by design: These 3D-printed organic plastics naturally decomposeCorporations are holding off activist investors–but for how long?CEOs share their best advice for college graduatesAlabama abortion ban: 5 things you can do to help right nowAway, now worth $1.4 billion, may soon be a fashion brandBeyoncé helped Netflix achieve an impressive audience milestoneThe fascinating design behind Björk’s otherworldly reverb chamber, on tour nowThese are the common work-life myths that you need to stop believingA casual fan’s guide to jumping right in for John Wick 3My company is growing. How can I scale my presence as a leader?My boss gave me flextime when I became a mom, and it became harder to advance my careerThe perfect little black dress now comes in 99 different sizesHow to stop the phone scam that leaves your most critical data exposedAmerican Express has acquired reservation platform ResyThe mouse of the future? Your eyeballsWe built a $17 million business in less than 5 years: Here’s how we spent our moneyThe hardware trend Google and Apple are throwing their weight behindChina has now blocked Wikipedia in all languagesThese gorgeous tiny houses can operate entirely off the gridCVS will now require third-party testing of supplements. Is it enough?Facebook announces “one strike” policy to fight live-streaming abusesUber’s new “Quiet Mode” lets you silence chatty driversOn social media, sell your brand, not your stuffInnovating at speedCrowdStrike, cybersecurity firm that investigated 2016 DNC hack, filed for IPOPixel phone owners: Google may owe you $500Buying clothes for your kids’ summer camp? This concierge service is here to helpPrince Harry and Meghan Markle criticized for promoting pricey “emotional workout”Athleisure sunglasses have arrivedIs this the generation that will trash tampons and pads for good?KFC has been name-checked in some rap bangers–and this KFC-curated Spotify playlist proves itTripAdvisor unveils new safety features after controversy over sexual assault reportsThe power of a personal touchGoogle’s new all-encompassing Google Travel features make you your own travel agentFox News viewers and Snapchat users are still feeling the BernThis “pocket neighborhood” has 8 houses on a lot, instead of one McMansionJohn Cleese has some good recommendations for how to deal with a**holesSpotify’s new Soundtrap for Storytellers makes it even easier to start that podcastWe should hold tech giants to these 5 rules if we want to stop manipulative designWhy you shouldn’t blame willpower for your lack of self-controlHulu keeps NBC shows even as Disney takes control from ComcastAmerica just had its wettest 12-month period on recordFive reasons to ignore resumesI tried a “sound bath” to feel less stressed and more productiveThis cookbook from the future teaches you to make bug burgers and algae chipsThe Google Assistant has finally come to Sonos speakersWhat it’s really like to be one of the ghost workers on Amazon’s Mechanical TurkThis Swiss bank found the key to employee satisfactionHow our definition of middle class has–and hasn’t–changed in 100 yearsYou’re probably being tricked by “health washing” at the grocery storeTarget now carries a non-toxic skincare line built on the insights of 16 million womenIn one giant leap for women, NASA will land a woman on the moon by 2024Google is opening a privacy engineering hub in EuropeThis isn’t the job I signed up for: What now?The epic, ever-evolving timeline of how Woodstock 50’s peace and love fest devolved into a financial and legal sagaThe two-year quest to rebrand Ikea for the digital ageAmazon’s Echo can now detect when someone is breaking into your homeI’m a podcast addict. Here’s what happened when I went cold turkey for two weeks9 things you need to know about the WhatsApp zero-click spyware attackHow cryptocurrency investors get swindled out of billionsForget the Anthropocene: We’ve entered the synthetic ageWalmart’s ambitious plan to beat Amazon on free one-day shipping is hereCan plant-based meat grow from a $1 billion industry to a $20 billion industry?Cancel Netflix for Disney? Only 7% say they wouldWhy TV networks’ comedy-first focus will help them win the streaming warsThe Wing says it will change non-disparagement language in its membership agreementNow that we’ve identified emotional labor as important, when will it start to be commoditized?Uber’s IPO was a failure by Uber’s own 2015 metric, says Susan FowlerApple TV’s “Channels” subscriptions and TV app overhaul are hereUndersea explorer goes deeper than any solo diver in history and finds plasticHow to make sure the U.S. government’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan doesn’t get wastedThe clueless parent’s guide to surviving Detective PikachuWhy is sanitation still a privilege, not a right?China tariffs list includes 194 pages of products as trade war escalatesFeeling overwhelmed by all the changes in your life? Here are 3 ways to ditch the stress and get back on trackiPhone owners can sue Apple over App Store prices, Supreme Court rulesExclusive: To Live and Die in LA podcast has 15 million downloads so farWireless phone chargers wrapped in Italian leather are coming to a luxury hotel near you1.1 million Americans lost health insurance coverage in 2018What the class of 2019 wants from employersMore than ever, Mailchimp is about way more than mailThis influential chair was too provocative in 1937, but it’s finally being releasedLast night on Game of Thrones: Fire and blood and a lack of levelheaded advisersEnter the 2019 Innovation by Design Awards!Forget green roofs–this apartment building has sand dunes on topThe Winklevoss twins want to take cryptocurrency mainstreamHow to talk about how much money you makeFast Company European Innovation Fest to feature Jared Leto, Alec Ross, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Jessica Brillhart, and moreI was financially unfaithful to my partnerThe race to redesign Notre-Dame is heating up–here are 6 of the wildest ideasThe humble receipt gets a brilliant redesignFive ways to get better at thinking on your feetZuck: Don’t break up Facebook, because we can protect you from the threat our platform enablesBad news: The fashion industry is actually slowing down on sustainabilityMelinda Gates: “Our economies all over the world are built on the backs of women’s unpaid labor”Stanford study: There are better ways to design a soda taxApple is now deploying the first Apple Cards to employeesElon Musk shows off SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites before launch