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The race to the Moon was so unpopular at one point, President Eisenhower called JFK ‘nuts’That new productivity tool is stressing out your teamWimbledon live stream 2019: How to watch the men’s final on ESPN without cableStunning photos and videos of NYC’s blackoutMassive NYC power outage slows midtown Manhattan to a crawl, cripples subwaysThese two comedians are DESTROYING internet culture—and it’s hilariousApollo 11 really landed on the Moon—and here’s how you can be sure (sorry, conspiracy nuts)What most Americans are looking for in a new home: solar panelsHow to watch the 2019 Wimbledon women’s final live on ESPN without cable3 ways to deal with conflict more productivelyApple Maps is catching up to Google Maps. Here’s how it can beat itFacebook gets its $5 billion slap on the wrist. Now will it change its ways?The EPA wants to approve a pesticide that could hurt beesUnited Airlines is canceling 45 flights a day due to Boeing’s ill-fated 737 Max planesThe D.C. Attorney General subpoenas the NRA’s finances, looking into its nonprofit statusProductivity Confidential: Beyond The Cubicle – Design Thinking For The Office (podcast)For some reason Pottery Barn is putting out a ‘Friends’ collectionIkea is closing its only U.S. factoryTurbocharge your marketing strategyThis monthly subscription offsets your personal carbon footprintWhat women entrepreneurs think about gender diversity and quotasBig Tech’s favorite lawmakers are backing an overhaul of the green card programChina’s air pollution is so bad that solar panels don’t work anymoreWould you let an Amazon robot into your house?This is exactly what women want at work (and it’s super simple)Tropical Storm Barry live cams let you track its dangerous path through the GulfThis is the funniest animated short about a dead bird you’ll ever seeAn astrophysicist explains one of the most famous album covers of all timeHow to stop your people-pleasing behavior from limiting your successI turned my procrastination habit into a productivity hackI have more than $50,000 in student loan debt. This is how I’m paying it offThe best idea for Notre-Dame has nothing to do with the spireIkea’s new limited-edition collection could make moving suck lessAmerica has fallen out of love with the suburbs6 executives on what no one ever told them about breastfeeding at workThe best and worst ads that celebrated the Apollo 11 Moon landingYou’re getting screwed on Amazon Prime Day400,000 people have joined a Facebook event pledging to raid Area 51R. Kelly has been arrested on federal sex trafficking chargesApple is spending $15 million an episode on its Jason Momoa sci-fi drama ‘See’My search for compostable Ziplocs shows the huge branding problem for sustainable productsThese are the Prime Day deals Amazon is offering on its Kindles, Echos, and Fire tabletsYouTube offers creators new ways to make a buck (and do some good)Today in obvious news: Legal weed puffs up snack salesEven after his arrest, scientists were more than happy to take money from Jeffrey EpsteinThese concept ads are great ideas for social good campaigns that don’t exist yetTwitter suffers global crash on White House Social Media DayThe humble desk toy gets reimagined for 24/7 work cultureEven when it comes to Texas Hold’em, card sharks can’t outbluff the AIThis blind skater is doing tricks thanks to this cool sound-based techMayor Pete Buttigieg makes D.C. statehood part of his ‘black empowerment’ planAmazon is going to train 100,000 workers in these 6 areas of techNow Betsy DeVos is being accused of thwarting Bush-era student loan reliefWhat having more women astronauts could mean for space explorationRussia, Venezuela, China have explored using blockchain to evade sanctions: reportI watched Amazon’s Prime Day concert—and it made me want to shop for a new planetWhen you talk to Google Assistant, a human might get to listenHow to find fulfillment in a job that bores youWhy we need creative spaces—and what we lose when their impresarios are goneThis new game challenges you to save a city from being engulfed by rising seasRobot umpires make their professional baseball debutYou probably don’t know what your coworkers think of you. Here’s how to change thatIf the U.S. won’t end gun violence, it should at least pay for the survivor’s recoverySee the rare drawings of a 19th-century female botanist, remastered for the first timeFor most 2020 candidates, bitcoin campaign contributions are too much of a headacheHighly skilled freelancers contributed over $135 billion to the economy—now they need protectingThese bookshelves are designed to last your entire lifeThe NBA just invested in this hot AI startup to train and find its next crop of global superstarsSummer is secretly the best time to focus on career developmentI couldn’t tell this delicious lab-grown ice cream didn’t come from a cowHow Etsy taught style to an algorithm5 lies you’ve been told about acing a job interviewThese solar panels don’t just generate power—they produce drinking waterWhat to expect at Trump’s “social media summit” todayApple might be planning to ditch Face ID in iPhonesHurricane Barry live path: 4 ways to track the dangerous Gulf storm in real timeDone with Facebook and Twitter? Try building your own private social networkThis is the scariest, most counterintuitive thing astronauts had to do in spaceFor new tech like VR to thrive, we need to put it in the hands of diverse storytellersDon’t call me a lawyer—I am a “legal engineer”Apple disables key Apple Watch feature due to eavesdropping concernsHow GE invested in fossil fuels, and missed the opportunity to be a clean energy giantWhy Jared Leto loves being the dumbest person in the room and what Elon Musk taught himHow Darren Aronofsky and astronauts are taking on the environmental crisisFor HBO Max, streaming technology is anything but a commodity‘Now Pay Us!’ Photos from NYC’s World Cup victory parade capture a mood—and a movement5 ways Megan Rapinoe is the hero America needs right nowNY governor signed an equal pay law before the U.S. Women’s Soccer victory paradeIn this Nebraska town, superpowered algae is the latest cash cropThese are the 10 most visible brands in Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ season threeField Notes’s latest release is a love letter to our national parksStarbucks wants you to suck down 3 days’ worth of sugar in one Tie-Dye FrappuccinoThis is the most creative way to use a boring condo balconyHow a century-old luxury brand like Gucci won over Gen ZRIP Herbie: A very brief timeline of the VW BeetleWould you drink pea gin if it helped solve climate change?How to get dark mode on TumblrYou bought the f***ing latte. Now what?The Nintendo Switch is getting a cheaper and more portable ‘Lite’ versionShanghai’s old streets are vanishing, and this artist is racing to document themMentorship, vulnerability, and other business tips you can learn from DrakeFighting Flu in the Workplace Starts NowFrom bionics to brain chips, hacking humanity has never been more ethically fraughtIkea doubles down on smart homesThis new “Rapid Response Factory” wants to make an assembly line to build post-disaster housingThree easy steps to build a strong brandEven conservatives balk at Trump’s claim of “anti-conservative bias” in techFor years, automakers wildly overpromised on self-driving cars and electric vehicles—what now?This dystopian film was supposed to critique today’s tech. Instead, Silicon Valley loved itI’m a hacker, and here’s how your social media posts help me break into your companyThis is what it’s like to be a death doulaAmazon Alexa will now give medical advice from the NHSHow to watch NYC’s ticker tape parade for the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team live onlineI’ve been designing offices for decades. Here’s what I got wrongWhat should your online presence say about you?Here’s how to tame browser-tab madness in Chrome and FirefoxThe Apollo 11 astronauts went on a world tour when they got home from the Moon—and it was more surreal than BeatlemaniaThese beautiful electric charging points are the gas station of the futureDozens of universities are declaring a climate emergencyHere’s why we need more diversity in AIRemembering Phil Freelon, a visionary architect who championed diversityGuess what WarnerMedia’s HBO Max announcement did to Netflix stockA brief eulogy for the 12″ MacBook, a machine of unfulfilled promiseHBO vows to leave HBO Now alone after its Max streaming service is launchedWhy are we wasting a third of the food we produce? (and how to stop)France is adding an ‘eco tax’ to flights out of its airports in 2020—and that’s a good thingThe newest plant-based meat brand comes from a 19-year-old founderTo thwart face recognition, maybe just wear Juggalo makeupHow Ross Perot befriended Steve Jobs and helped bring us the iPhoneAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders want the U.S. to declare a climate emergencyYou know someone crossed a line when people are defending Brand TwitterThese are the 3 types of stories that leaders need to masterRoss Perot helped set the stage for Donald Trump in one crucial wayEarthquake kit list: Here’s everything that should be in your disaster go bagAziz Ansari’s Netflix special is a snapshot of a comedian working through some stuffWhat to do when recruiters and potential employers ghost youOne startup’s secret weaponScientists built a car that drives like a human. Here’s how people reactedIt’s fine if you litter this container, because it just turns into a plantAmazon and Google are finally supporting each other’s streaming TV devicesHere’s why Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is going publicHow to keep your work from creeping into your personal lifeWhy it’s important for brands to build physical communities in the digital ageThis is why you probably have a work wife or work husbandNetworking sucks. This app could turn it into the best conversation you’ve ever hadI loved email read receipts. Now I think they’re an invasion of privacyThis portable bidet is the iPod Nano of butts8 books Fast Company staff recommends for your summer reading listThis new app helps you talk to the vaccine skeptic in your lifeAs a Latina in tech I’m part of the 1%, just not the right 1%The laziest, cleverest UI hack of the summer helps you watch Netflix at workApple’s next AirPods could launch before the end of the yearYuval Noah Harari: Humans are on the verge of merging with machinesMeet Matt Mason, the Mattel toy that brought space to life for boomer kids—and then disappearedBillions of new trees could help stop climate change: Here’s how we get themHow to protect yourself from the Zoom flaw that lets sites hijack your Mac’s webcamA Tyler the Creator tweet? A Melania Trump statue? What is ‘Midsommar’ really about?It’s time to ban all government use of face recognition: digital rights groupWhat mapping every nonprofit in the U.S. tells us about the state of the industryThe ultimate focus secret: Turn your smartphone into a dumb phoneHey Instagram bully, you might want to rethink that hurtful commentApple’s 11-year-old Texas Hold’em iPhone game is back, and you can play it for freeThe U.S. women’s soccer team just smashed another myth about the gender pay gap in sportsThe USDA is lowering nutritional standards for school meals—and undermining the health of millions of kidsThese are the 5 things I wish I knew before becoming a managerExclusive: The Harvard professor behind Facebook’s oversight board defends its role5 money lessons you need to learn by the time you’re 30Read the full indictment against accused sex trafficker Jeffrey EpsteinThis bootleg Russian ‘Simpsons’ couch gag is too dark to ever air on TVThe world’s aging architecture is a $21 trillion riskAthletes are opening up about their mental health journeys. Here’s why that’s importantThe hidden way cabs could promote healthier citiesHow to recognize you’re being a judgmental jerk (and what to do about it)Celtics star Jaylen Brown wants to fix American schoolsI could afford to be a whistleblower—but not everyone canHow to handle your overflowing inbox when you get back from vacationA hospital introduced a robot to help nurses. They didn’t expect it to be so popularThis AI can tell a store you’re going to return those shoes before you even buy themI tried and failed to quit Facebook. Here’s what I did insteadBritish Airways just got hit with a massive $229 million GDPR fineWe design our life. Why not design our death?How do you explore the Moon without ruining it?Bill Gates thinks Steve Jobs was a wizardHow a basic income could deliver reparations for people of colorICE is using DMV databases to mine facial recognition dataWould you eat a burger made out of CO2 captured from the air?Want to break up Google and Facebook? Be careful what you wish for