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How to watch the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors on CBS without cableHere is why you should swear at work, according to scienceWhen should your child get a smartphone?Pink for girls and blue for boys? What toymakers get wrong about genderProductivity Confidential: Productivity @200mph (podcast)These are the workplace trends that give us hope‘Potential’ cyberattack cripples New Orleans city websites after mandatory computer shutdownsThe Billboard 200 chart will now include video plays from YouTube, Apple, and SpotifyTwo experts quit election accountability group over claims it has been endorsing untrustworthy machinesThese 5 cities or states will pay you to live there, and you can apply right nowStop drowning in data—and find the insights you needTry these five tricks to do a day’s worth in just a couple of hoursBurger King offers free Whoppers if you can stomach ‘Star Wars’ spoilersInvesting in a public company? Here’s why you should consider a private firm instead65% of owners buy their pets holiday gifts. Here’s what to get your dogThis corporate holiday card is a lot cooler than yoursThis is how pay data can get the wage gap wrongDo these 9 things to get better at working remotelyThe London Underground’s logo gets an inspired redesignBranding is dead, CX design is kingHow to use the holidays to boost your job searchWhere did you travel in the last decade? This personalized map will show you10 minutes reflecting on who helped you succeed can transform your idea of the meritocracyI used to support ever-present cameras. After one shocking night, I’m not so sureClint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ uses national hostility toward media (and women) to its advantageBlue Bottle wants you to bring your own coffee cup—or pay upHere’s everything we know about Microsoft’s Xbox Series XNetflix blows up its formula to get you to watch ‘6 Underground’This company will turn your garage into an apartment for free—and help you rent it out10 CEOs on the business books on their holiday wish listsSnapchat memories 2019: Here’s how to see your ‘year end’ storyThe weird, wonderful world of Y2K survival guides: A look backFacebook stock takes a beating on report that the FTC might thwart its grand unification plansThe future of energy: What’s next?The future of electric vehiclesFlight shaming hasn’t hurt Delta’s profits, but the airline is feeling the shameThe Ocean Cleanup device has returned from the Pacific Garbage Patch with its first load of plasticLizzo met Mayor Pete, and Twitter went wild over their awkward photoRing security cameras keep getting hacked: Here’s how to protect yourselfHow to plan a maternity leave that is less stressful for everyoneAre we entering a Golden Age of movie poster design?Older Americans blow $1,584 a year on lottery ticketsThese fast-growing jobs for 2020 offer six-figure salaries, and they might surprise youThe world’s most beautiful architecture is also the most equitableHow hiring has changed in the past decade5G’s rollout is confusing, uneven, and rife with problemsHow to find out if someone is trying to manipulate youLooking for a last-minute gift? Give a subscription box insteadSouthwest Airlines employees will get a big payday from Boeing over the Max 737 debacleShould you get medical advice from a bot? Doctors aren’t so sureWhy everyone thinks they’re the person who did most of the group projectPurpose-driven leaders will occupy your workplace in 2020: Here’s how to maximize themThis ingenious airline seat will make flying coach less awfulThe next generation of the internet is almost here—and it could even transform our farmsThese beauty and skincare products are ‘Fast Company’ tested, and approvedMarissa Mayer’s new project is a suite of timesaving appsThese are the top TikTok videos, memes, and artists of 2019What the PalmPilot can teach us about designing products people loveThis new coastal Brooklyn park is designed to thrive as sea levels rise‘The Rise of Skywalker’ is days away, but fans are still arguing about ‘The Last Jedi’5 great (and free!) photo editing appsA Climate of ChangeICE’s Stingray cellphone spying ignites lawsuit from the ACLUGet this app that turns your iPhone into a classic iPod before Apple kills it“People are getting soft”: How the Away scandal exposed a Silicon Valley culture warGM’s new 2021 Chevy Suburban SUVs might actually be bigger than your bedroomThis short film captures the soft abuse actresses endure, even from non-dirtbagsGiving kids technology for Christmas isn’t such a bad thingPlant-based foods agree on labeling standards to help fight attacks from the meat industryIt’s almost 2020, and advertisers still see women as mom-shaped placeholdersThe five states of readyThe rationale for readyAsk these vital questions before you start fundraisingThink you can’t escape Google? You haven’t seen anything yetThese are the movies, TV, and gaming characters you loved in 2019 according to PornHubReimagining the Fast Company ExperienceClosing the hole in the ozone also prevented 1 degree Celsius of warmingThe secret to being a persuasive speakerWhat to know about calling out sick for mental health reasonsThe secret to a successful startup exit is not what you thinkThis company that makes milk protein without cows just raised an utterly huge amount of cashWant crazy-fast internet? Here’s what AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint offer right nowThe United States gets a new kind of atlasGreta Thunberg was just named ‘Time’ magazine’s 2019 ‘Person of the Year’These are your bad boss storiesAmazon Christmas order deadlines: These are the dates you need to knowThese headphones aren’t pretty, but they just might save your lifeAt a $1.9 trillion valuation Saudi Aramco is the ‘largest IPO in the history of humankind’How the exhibit designer behind the Obama Presidential Center captures the attention of children and adults alikeAmazon and Apple will be our doctors in the future, says tech guru Peter DiamandisThe world’s first 3D-printed neighborhood now has its first housesThe rise and fall of Delia’s, the catalog that ruled AmericaGoogle’s Year in Search 2019 video highlights the superheroes all around usJob seekers: These are the 10 best companies to work for in 2020, and they’re not who you thinkThe latest browser privacy feature brings new dangers of its ownThose sneaky fees in your cable TV bill could get crushed if Congress gets its wayVerizon says archiving Yahoo Groups would strain its resources. The reality is much sadderFast Company’s ultimate gift guide for people with good tasteHow the healthcare industry is working to flatline Medicare for AllThis devastating opioid overdose map shows America is fighting 4 distinct epidemicsThis all-electric airplane is flying the first commercial test flight of its kindAdidas made sneakers and a rain jacket out of ocean plastic—and now they’re on saleFive ways companies can turn regular customers into devoted fansThat $120,000 banana taped to a wall shows the limitations of zeitgeist-y advertisingWhy we’re going to need more than just gender-neutral dollsBoris Johnson did a ‘Love, Actually’ parody, and Hugh Grant has some thoughts about itNick Cannon is dead . . . rhetorically, that is. Eminem slayed Mariah Carey’s ex on TwitterMaxine Waters’s side-eye as Jerry Nadler reads 2 articles of impeachment says it allBill Gates solves your gift problems: Here are his top 5 books for the holidaysI don’t have a retirement plan, and I don’t careThere’s another reason to buy green products, and it’s totally selfishMagic Leap is going up against Microsoft and Google with its AR headset for businessesMore than half of employees are afraid to take time off for the holidaysThis is what Playtex’s brand would look like without the male gazeThese dockless e-bikes now offer you a helmet along with a rideThree things you should never do in a performance review—and what to do insteadHow to recycle a buildingLove it or hate it, Tesla’s Cybertruck is revolutionarySam Smith and other gender-nonconforming people helped make ‘they’ Merriam-Webster’s 2019 word of the yearLeBron James partners with Calm to improve your mental fitnessThe modeling industry is filled with exploitation—this labor activist is fighting backThe trolls are teaming up—and tech platforms aren’t doing enough to stop themDJ Khaled’s newest collaboration may be one of his biggest—and it doesn’t feature Jay-Z or RihannaAIM was the killer app of 1997. It’s still shaping the internet todayNow that the fake-meat industry has gone corporate, artisanal fake meat is the next trendLizzo’s twerking ‘controversy’ proves that she’s cancel-proof—and critics are missing the pointNike debuts a groundbreaking new modesty swimsuitCeladon truck drivers turn to Facebook as thousands left stranded and jobless by bankruptcyThese are the 10 worst states for millennialsVirgin Galactic stock is soaring because of a far-off prediction about hypersonic air travelIn a scathing complaint, Amazon accuses the Pentagon of bowing to Trump’s bias against Jeff BezosWhat happens if you skip your flu vaccine? This VR game shows you the deadly consequencesRussia’s impressive commitment to doping and tampering just got it banned from the 2020 OlympicsDwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia invest in Salt & Straw ice cream to make cheat meals more awesomeHow to tell when your company’s transparency goes too farNetflix dominates Golden Globes with 34 nominations, while women directors are shut out—againHow to find an emotionally intelligent mentorThis is the world’s most beautiful outhouseThe First Step: How Square conquers fear to bring new ideas to lifeIs it possible to draw the internet? This 22-year-old illustrator gets closeIntel says this breakthrough will make quantum computing more practicalYour website needs to be accessible—anything else is just bad businessThe ‘department store of the future’ is here to save NYC from the retail apocalypseThe first algae-based ink is derived from spirulina instead of petrochemicalsEllen DeGeneres wants you to stop buying fur and use these soft faux-fur blankets insteadWhy it matters that female M.D.’s aren’t called “doctor” as oftenCold vs. flu symptoms: Here’s what the CDC says to watch for as the virus strikes early in 2019We asked a sleep expert to analyze the presidential candidates’ sleep habitsIf you use your personal phone for work, say goodbye to your privacy5 things to know about Finland’s Sanna Marin, the world’s youngest prime ministerNew York City has chosen this trash can of the futureThese 5 cities account for 90% of the growth in high-tech jobsThis app rewards commuters for choosing public transit, biking, car sharing, or walking over drivingThese 5 popular productivity tools have hidden risksSilicon Valley’s psychedelic wonder drug is almost hereThis podcaster wants to catch you up on the news on your ride home, no matter what you’re intoThe best gifts for the environmentally conscious, according to Allbirds employeesThe secret history of the Motorola Razr, the first great phone of the millennium20 years ago, the world as we know it was bornThe conscious consumerism movement is stalling—and I know why