08.08.17

Homeboy Industries Has Rival Gang Members Making Croissants Next To Each Other

The company takes former prisoners and gang members and finds them jobs, removes tattoos that make them unemployable, and teaches them valuable skills.

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This company takes female drone operation into new heights.

A solo trip abroad inspired Elena Buenrostro, Founder of Women Who Drone, to create an online community of women who share the same passion she has for drone aviation.

This company takes female drone operation into new heights.

“Crazy Rich Asians” is setting a precedent for Hollywood

The film is Hollywood’s first movie in 25 years to feature a majority-Asian cast, and it doesn’t disappoint.

“Crazy Rich Asians” is setting a precedent for Hollywood

I spent a day at Bulletproof Alpha Labs--here’s what happened

Dave Asprey, founder and CEO of Bulletproof, is considered by many to be the father of modern-day biohacking. Fast Company writer John Converse Townsend recently traveled to Asprey’s home lab on Vancouver Island, in Canada, for a crash course in the Bulletproof lifestyle--complete with high-tech, sci-fi-like machines and, of course, a cup of Bulletproof Coffee made by the cult hero himself.

I spent a day at Bulletproof Alpha Labs--here’s what happened

Eighth Grade highlights the effect social media has on developing adolescents

Bo Burnham’s new film explores how social media apps like Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube are impacting teenagers’ everyday lives.

Eighth Grade highlights the effect social media has on developing adolescents

This chic wineshop only sells bottles produced by women

Vinovore is an L.A. wine and goods shop that focuses solely on female winemakers.

This chic wineshop only sells bottles produced by women

The debate around 3D-printed guns is murky territory for gun control

Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed, an online organization that develops digital firearms files, was set to release the downloadable blueprints for several guns on August 1st, 2018. The guns (including AR-15 style-rifles) can be created using a 3D printer, sparking outrage amongst gun control groups. Merely hours before the release, a federal judge in Seattle temporarily blocked the move with a restraining order. But this debate raises several concerns connected to the case such as freedom of speech, gun control (including Parkland's Everytown movement), advancing technology, and Trump's involvement with the NRA

The debate around 3D-printed guns is murky territory for gun control

How Gap’s innovative automation system in factories keeps business booming

In Fishkill, New York, they’ve installed next-generation automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), which have the capacity to store and retrieve over 330,000 cases of merchandise per day and can process billions of dollars in online orders a year.

How Gap’s innovative automation system in factories keeps business booming

You have to see this $1500, super-custom pair of jeans

3x1 denim’s bespoke option is a made-to-measure product that allows customers to pick everything from style, type of denim, amount of stretch, color of the stitching, and color of the buttons. For $1,500, LeBron’s jeans better be the greatest of all time!

You have to see this $1500, super-custom pair of jeans

How to micromanage your way to the top

Becky Vasco believes that to be successful, you must do everything yourself. Watch her masterclass to learn how.

How to micromanage your way to the top

You have to see this museum on Chinese food in America

The Museum of Food and Drink’s "Chow" exhibition tells the Chinese-American immigrant story through food.

You have to see this museum on Chinese food in America

Ideas

The country’s prisoners are striking to protest inhumane conditions

Y Combinator is funding a nonprofit that advocates for meat alternatives

If every hydrant was a fountain, would you buy less water?

Entertainment

Kevin Durant talks tech dreams for . . . American Family Insurance?

Asia Argento denies all allegations, shifts blame to Bourdain

“My real name is Loan”: Read Kelly Marie Tran’s defiant rebuke of her online trolls

Co.Design

Someone fell into artist Anish Kapoor’s black hole installation

Designers at top companies don’t use trendy fonts. Here’s what they use instead

The end of ads

Fast Company

Kevin Durant talks tech dreams for . . . American Family Insurance?

Someone fell into artist Anish Kapoor’s black hole installation

Report: Increased Facebook use leads to more racial attacks