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The death of this indie ad agency should be a wake-up call to brand marketersThe simple practice that can help you make better decisionsJeffrey Epstein dead: Here’s what we know so farHBO’s ‘Los Espookys’ creator and ‘SNL’ writer Julio Torres can help you be more creativeStop blaming video games for mass killingsAmazon’s ‘Free Meek’ chronicles Meek Mill’s legal saga and the investigators who cracked the caseThe more fast food you drive by on your commute, the more likely you are to be overweightThis is what job seekers think about CEOs who take a stand on social issuesAre ‘deplorables’ the villains in ‘The Hunt’? Watch the trailer and decide for yourselfSerious Ford recall affects 2020 Explorer and Lincoln Aviator with missing partFoot Locker and Nike want to supercharge your sneaker shopping with ‘Power’ retail storesWhat innovative marketers can teach us about the power of A/B testingSurprise, your next customer is closer than you thinkThe GOP and Republican groups won’t advertise on Twitter over bias claimsWhen you should aim for ‘good enough’ rather than perfectionDon Jr.’s visit to luxury resort ‘prelaunch’ in Indonesia revives conflict-of-interest concernsDelta’s ban on pit bulls just got overturned by some dog-loving fedsDiscord now has a private alternative to Twitch game streaming5 signs that you’re being manipulated in the workplace  Five years after Ferguson, let’s make sure frontline activists don’t become ‘living casualties’Amazon investigating whether your Alexa was made with child laborThis fake Ikea manual explains Sweden’s laws to Trump in a way he’ll understand: picturesThe 20th-century designer whose work could help cities survive in this centuryWhy the backlash against Equinox? Perhaps because Stephen Ross is such a rarityBehind the scenes with March For Our Lives as they shift tactics and mature a movementHaving trouble delegating? These 3 questions can helpWhat not to do in the meeting roomYou need to let go of wanting more if you want to get ahead in your careerGulp. Your reusable coffee mug may be just as bad for the environment as a disposableScientists made vodka from grain grown at Chernobyl, and it’s totally drinkable and doesn’t glowThis YouTuber redesigned the logos of Starbucks, Coffee Bean, and Folgers—and they’re brilliantSilicon Valley’s quest to build the wellness community of the futureI’m one of the rare few who needs only 4 hours of sleep per nightAfter mass shooting in its store, Walmart takes action by banning video game displays, not gunsiOS 13’s new Bluetooth privacy feature is important—but confusingTall buildings are leaving cities in darkness. These architects have a radical fixHuawei just unveiled HarmonyOS, its answer to Android—and TrumpThe creators of Netflix’s ‘GLOW’ explain what you need to know before bingeing on season 3Smokey Bear is 75: Look back at his legacy—and see his new life as an emojiThese startups aim to smash Apple and Google’s smartphone duopolyWe keep falling for phishing emails, and Google just revealed whyThis is what I learned about resilience when I was diagnosed with a chronic illnessUpdated: Roku is rethinking its answer to Alexa and SiriIn a big blow to Facebook, court lets class-action lawsuit over biometric data move forwardThis California city just voted to give a $30 minimum wage to Uber and Lyft driversHow 5G and other innovations are improving the customer experienceUber’s stock drives right off a cliff after earnings show worse-than-expected lossesThe power of “cross training”—an innovative twist on corporate-college partnershipsThis time it’s personal!Chase Bank just forgave all the credit card debt on these Canadian Visa cardsArizona is moving from tea to THC with vape pens and gummiesSesame Street’s autistic muppet, Julia, was a huge success—why some of her developers are now cutting tiesIkea has been good for Sonos’s businessMeet Glow.fm, which wants to do for podcasters what Shopify did for Kylie JennerFeminist sexual wellness brand Sustain just got acquired by GroveFacebook’s foray into video subscriptions is way behind Amazon and AppleReport: WhatsApp security flaws let people put words in your mouthYour obsession with learning might be holding you backThe world’s first fully recyclable wet suit could save oceans—it just needs to be inventedThis map collects the world’s lost monuments. But it’s more than ruin pornDo this one simple thing to be happierBlueprints for successWhy Cleveland Browns QB Baker Mayfield is taking his chugging talents to BodyArmorA love letter to Italian design, in 26 household objectsHow to combat procrastination, based on your personality type7 ways emotionally intelligent people handle workplace pressureThis elegant furniture is made out of dead bike-share bikesGoogle may just have solved podcasting’s discovery problemSequins are terrible for the environment. A greener (and sparklier) alternative is hereDealing with the death of a colleague in the workplace“Dammit Siri, I wanted baby wipes, not disinfectant wipes!”Google Maps’ AR walking directions come to iPhones and non-Pixel devicesThe world’s ugliest architecture gets a stunning makeoverDirt.com transforms how the 1% really live into entertainmentGay dating apps Grindr and Romeo can expose user locations, leaving men vunerable to hate crimesThis startup wants to put a free tiny house in your backyardThe UN says that we have to completely transform how we use land and grow foodNew York Sports Club trolls Equinox over fallout surrounding owner Stephen Ross’s ties with Donald TrumpHow treating work like summer camp can improve your team’s performanceIf Samsung says the headphone jack is dead, it’s deadTucker Carlson’s downplaying of white supremacy reinvigorates year-long boycott effortLyft’s stock gets whiplash after strong earnings are dampened by lockup newsElizabeth Warren says she’d spend $85 billion on a New Deal-style public broadband effortSamsung’s Galaxy Note gets bigger and pricier (and smaller and cheaper)Creepy IBM warning: Hackers could put tiny spying tools in packages shipped to your houseWhat will it take to break our plastic addiction?Amazon’s AWS will help health researchers diagnose patients and monitor diseaseSubway is testing a Beyond Meat plant-based meatball marinara sandwichYour SoulCycle and Equinox memberships may inadvertently help reelect TrumpThe Museum of Weed in Los Angeles is a marketing hitIs Alexa talking too fast? Now you can slow it down (or speed it up) with these commandsThis crazy, color-morphing jacket mimics natural camouflage. The price? $995Microsoft may be listening to your translated Skype calls, just like every other tech companyIf you’re serious about building an inclusive workplace, it should extend to how you fire peopleExclusive: Equinox adds in-home equipment and streaming classes to compete with PelotonWoodstock 50 is dead, but you can still celebrate hippiedom with this outdoor production of ‘Hair’The latest thing in VR? A face mask that makes it feel like you’re underwaterYou should think more about how you onboard your newest hiresH&M, Zara, and other fashion brands are tricking shoppers with vague sustainability claimsFounders should stop freaking out about maintaining a startup cultureThis is the world’s worst UI—and it speaks volumes about design todayPodcast hitmakers Pineapple Street Media and Cadence13 acquired by EntercomThis nontoxic lawn care startup wants to take on RoundupThe billion-dollar race to invent a wearable air conditionerHomelessness is already a crisis—but climate change makes it much worseGoogle has a secret design library. Here are 35 of its best booksHow to follow up after a job interview without being annoyingWalgreens is closing 200 stores across AmericaFacebook removed the Area 51 invasion event by ‘mistake’Are these fireproof, hurricane-proof geodesic domes the post-climate change house of the future?What “middle-class” looks like in 4 U.S. citiesThere’s a simple way to give 20 million Americans access to parks: Let them use school playgroundsDisney blames ‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix’ and ‘Stuber’ for earnings miss, will kill new ideas in responseDisney’s stock plummets as Fox integration rains on ‘Avengers’ magicThis “nanowood” could revolutionize desalinizationHBO trolls Netflix with new “Recommended By Humans” ad campaignIn Rome, you can swap 30 plastic bottles for a subway rideThe U.S. Census Bureau thinks you like the gig economy, and we have a few thoughtsThe emotionally intelligent way to make a significant (and long-lasting) changePublic trust in scientists is starting to creep up but is still problematically lowThese countries have a warning for travelers: Rethink your U.S. vacationThe counterintuitive mindset that you need to adopt in your self-care routine‘And here we are again.’ How late-night hosts addressed the latest mass shootingsWatch Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison explain why she told black storiesGoogle keeps an eye on what you buy, and it’s not aloneThe wild, neural network-powered future of knittingHow to handle a boss who gives you vague feedbackCutting the cord? Here’s why your cable company barely cares anymoreFast Company is hiring a staff writerTelling women to be more confident is a stupid ideaSeven very simple principles for designing more ethical AILast seen in 1998, Apple’s Claris software brand is backWhat to do when you’re stuck in a job you hateHow much do designers charge for a logo? It may be less than you thinkThe first consumers are getting Apple’s credit card, starting todayWhat the lies we all tell at work say about usYou are not a brandIconic department store chain Barneys is filing for bankruptcy and closing most storesExclusive: A first look inside Google’s top-secret design labIt Cosmetics CEO Jamie Kern Lima has a must-read book recommendation for every womanThere are tiny parks for bees hiding on the roof of these bus stopsThis ‘sustainable consumption’ platform wants to help new parents buy fewer kids’ clothesInnovation for Finance and Accounting ProfessionalsThis agency helped boost Harry’s and Sweetgreen. Now it’s ditching advertising to make brands of its ownMeaningful Innovation Driven by Culture5 free apps for getting your morning startedFighting for Online FreedomUber and Lyft are actually making traffic worse in some citiesYou can skip that long Shake Shack line because the burger chain now deliversWatch Ohioans burst into chants of ‘Do something’ as their governor addresses shootingLeaked memo: Employee accuses Google of discriminating against her while pregnantVictoria’s Secret hires a transgender model (after its CMO said he wouldn’t)Whole Foods wants to help decorate your next party8chan is getting a lifeline from a company that services far-right sites like The Daily StormerThis chatbot is designed to help disaster-relief organizations quickly offer assistanceEmma Watson just launched a legal-advice hotline for women who are harassed at workTake these 3 steps to stop your passion from burning you outHow an Adam Sandler movie may have briefly tanked the United Negro College Fund’s donationsDo tiny home owners actually live more sustainably? Now we knowStockX hack affects 6.8 million customers—here’s what to knowRadio giants NPR and iHeartRadio dominate podcast listeningYou don’t have to be high to giggle at these government weed adsChina’s yuan fell, and the American stock market is tumbling right along with itI’m a security expert and this is how robocall-blocking apps violate your privacy3 ways to turn workplace conflict into an opportunityRobotic tails for humans are hereAre you lying to yourself about what success means? Here’s how to tellJuly was the hottest month ever in recorded historyThis is how to put power behind the fight for equal payThis beautiful baby blanket depicts the painful first year of parentingThe $900 billion packaging industry is boomingWhat the most productive people keep on their desksWatch: the first person to fly over the English Channel on a hoverboardTech beyond Silicon ValleyAtlanta’s black tech founders are changing entrepreneurship in America. Can they avoid Silicon Valley’s mistakes?Why Airbnb, Target, and Walmart are betting on the experience economyThe 50 best workplaces for innovatorsWhy your company should turn services into experiencesDomino’s Pizza is locked in a legal battle over the future of web designSurvey says most lower-level workers don’t feel empowered to innovateReport: Touch ID is returning to the iPhone, but Face ID isn’t going anywhere eitherCloudflare cuts off ‘cesspool of hate’ 8chan after El Paso shootingGoogle is making a new commitment to sustainable design