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Ready for another streaming service? Well, here it is: ViacomCBS’s Paramount Plus has officially launched today. The streaming service is an...
You would think that the pandemic that has been raging for the past year, keeping us out of the office and working from home—and thus keeping...
Over roughly a decade, 256 coal power plants in the U.S. have closed. During the Trump administration, more coal power capacity was retired than...
If you get a FedEx delivery in some Californian cities later this year, it might show up in a new electric delivery vehicle—and come down the...
Reining in the power of big tech companies, including major social networks, is an idea with growing bipartisan support in Washington. Much of the...
Google’s move against individual web tracking might be good for consumer privacy—and could look good to antitrust investigators—but it will...
Uber. Bike and scooter shares. And public transit. This trifecta seems like it covers every urban transportation need. But the truth is that each...
For years, merchants on Amazon have accused the company of ripping off their ideas and selling much cheaper versions under the Amazon Basics brand,...
Up until now in the streaming wars, live sports were something of a tantalizing appetizer. Mouthwatering and exciting, sure, but not the real...
Can’t knock this hustle: Jack Dorsey‘s Square is acquiring what it calls a significant majority ownership stake in Tidal, the music streaming...
During a recent video meeting, one of our star employees appeared to be struggling. She was uncharacteristically reserved and distracted. Her...
The November 2018 announcement that Amazon would be siting HQ2, its second headquarters, in Arlington, Virginia, triggered some not-unexpected...
“Everyone’s raising a zillion SPACs,” a Manhattan billionaire tells me, referring to special purpose acquisition companies, the latest craze on...
It’s easy to understand the value of extroverts in a team meeting. In collaborative settings, extroverts contribute enthusiasm and high energy,...
In early 2016, I published an article with a purposefully provocative title, ‘A Modest Proposal: Eliminate Email.’ Though I’d been writing about...
A common misconception is once you reach the pinnacle of your career—whether it’s CEO or all-star quarterback—you’ve achieved all possible...
Phoenix Coffee, a Cleveland-based coffee roaster with 37 employees and several coffee shops, was entering October weathering the same struggle as...
All design in any media is created to engage the viewer. Designers use typography, images, form, material, and color to communicate a message,...
In the 1960s, when traditional cinder athletics tracks were replaced by spongy, synthetic surfaces, endurance running experienced a revolution....
The resale industry is growing explosively, with sales accelerating during the pandemic, and luxury brands have mixed feelings about it. Chanel,...
Walmart has announced that it will spend an additional $350 billion on products made, grown, or assembled in America over the next ten years. The...
Buildings have a giant carbon footprint: Generating the power needed to run lights, heat, and air conditioning is responsible for more global...
Anyone who likes beauty products is familiar with the mountain of packaging waste they create, from tiny jars to shampoo bottles, mascara tubes,...
What: A couple of boneheaded tweets wishing ill on an entire state. Who: Michael Moore and Keith Olbermann. Why we care: Like George W. Bush...
In so many ways, laws are what keep society together. The rules that mark order. But they can also be deeply problematic. Consider that in some...
Back in January, Amazon updated its app icon to resemble its cardboard shipping boxes, with a brown background, smile logo, and jagged strip of...
Ro, an online pharmacy that got its start prescribing sexual health products, is now offering to vaccinate seniors at home in New York. The company...
You know how taking small doses of a psychedelic drug every few days is all the rage among a certain set of affluent types with good drug...
Ruh-roh. An inconvenient truth: Fuel-efficient vehicles may not be saving the environment as much as you thought. A new study in The RAND Journal...
Soon you may be able spritz yourself with a perfume made with alcohol that started out as pollution. Beginning next fall, the ethanol used in some...
When Kearra Johnson redesigned a card deck for a school project in the fall of 2019 at the University of Missouri, she immediately loved the...
Generation X may have listened to Marc Cohn’s Grammy Award-nominated hit song “Walking in Memphis” a bit too much over the years, because...
The pandemic has been devastating for public transit. According to the American Public Transportation Association, transit ridership in 2020 was...
Editor’s Note: Each week Maynard Webb, former CEO of LiveOps and the former COO of eBay, will offer candid, practical, and sometimes surprising...
Amid the upheaval wrought by the coronavirus pandemic and political clashes occurring in dictatorships across the globe, 2020 saw a record decline...
On last season’s Shark Tank, the judges heard pitches from two impressive entrepreneurs who struggled to articulate the key attributes that...
The question I find myself asking founders the most often is a simple one: “Why are you the right person to solve this problem?” One of the...
When you are the newest employee of an organization, the experience can be both awkward and terrifying. Once we figure out where the bathroom is...
The Japanese word hikikomori translates to “pulling inward.” The term was coined in 1998 by Japanese psychiatrist Tamaki Saitō to describe a...
Even before the pandemic disrupted life as we know it, the human resources department was feeling the pressure to evolve. Due to the ease of use of...
Think back to the last time you received an adjustment to your compensation. Were you told that it was because of your performance? Or that it was...
Today, design is more integrated into the world than ever before. Our profession is ubiquitous, permeating industries, companies, and...
Wondering where your next stimulus check is hiding? Excellent question! It is currently in legislative purgatory between the House and the Senate....
You might know Beyoncé for her stunning red carpet looks and her trendy activewear label. But her philanthropic organization, BeyGood, also backs...
In January 2020, Flipboard—the magazine-esque app for reading and sharing content from a multitude of sources—introduced a new feature designed...
There’s been a lot of talk about the “she-cession” these days, as the pandemic has forced millions of women out of the workforce and reversed...
Let’s get those photos organized. It’s about time, right? First, we’ll review and delete any bad photos on your phone, then we’ll get all your...
Six Dr. Seuss books are being pulled from publication, the organization who manages the late author’s legacy accounted today, reports CNBC. The...
More than two months after the first COVID-19 vaccine was approved in the U.S. and healthcare workers began getting shots, only around 14% of the...
On one side of a package from the indie beauty brand Cocokind, there’s a long list of sustainability facts laid out like a nutrition label. The...
One of the great mysteries of the COVID-19 era is how New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had it so good for so long. He was far from beloved before the...
Crank up the Weezer and throw yourself a My So-Called Life watch party tonight, because the cable-TV industry just hit a totally retro milestone....
In 2019, Apple announced a series of studies to be conducted with academic partners. Among them was the University of Michigan, which Apple teamed...
If you’re looking for a job, your first step may be to peruse job boards. While it’s a tried-and-true method, a growing number of jobs are...
Most every product you buy comes in some kind of packaging. And even though paper is recyclable, it’s not all created equal: Some packaging is...
If you’re an ultra-millionaire or a billionaire, you might have to reach for your checkbook soon. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of...
The city of Seville is one of Spain’s historic hubs, primarily known for being the birthplace of flamenco, and a passionate preserver of...
Millions of homes in Texas lost power for days in February as a rare winter storm drove temperatures below zero. People struggled to warm up and...
When it comes to offices in skyscrapers, the higher the floor, the higher the rent. One study of nearly 2,000 buildings found that every floor...
Google “What is Clubhouse?” and you’ll find a flurry of articles written in the past few weeks about this fast-growing social network. It’s...
We’ve all felt it. That twinge, that pit in the bottom of your stomach. That feeling that someone has something—a professional accomplishment,...
I recently attended a panel discussion titled Being Human in the Age of Intelligent Machines. At one point during the evening, a philosophy...
This new pandemic reality has done a number on the workforce’s productivity levels. For example, while some may find themselves working longer...
For a recent collection, designer Iris van Herpen sent models down the runway in gowns that rippled with each step they took, reminiscent of waves...
The most important word in the title of Netflix’s latest documentary, Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell, is “I.” Fans of the Notorious B.I.G., who...
The rise of cord cutting and streaming video was supposed to render the digital video recorder (DVR) irrelevant. In theory, you shouldn’t need to...
Twitter is taking another step to curb misinformation on its platform. According to a blog post published by Twitter today, tweets that “may...
It’s another day, which means there’s another trend on TikTok. This time the trend takes the form of a viral filter: the “no beard” filter. As...
If you’ve been on social media the last few days you may have seen the hashtag #BoycottTraderJoes going around. But just why are people calling...
A year ago, as COVID-19 spread and states asked people to shelter in place, the food system started to fall apart. With restaurants and schools...
The first two COVID vaccines approved in the U.S. both use first-of-a-kind technology called messenger RNA. Johnson & Johnson’s new vaccine is...
If you buy an electric car from Nio, the Shanghai-based automaker often cited as the Chinese version of Tesla, you can now choose to buy it without...
A few weeks ago, The Atlantic published a piece titled, “I Miss the Thrill of Trump.” It was a headline begging to be quote-tweeted with droll...
Amazon is facing allegations of discrimination by one of its senior managers. Charlotte Newman, a business development executive at Amazon Web...
In the 2008 film Pineapple Express, Seth Rogen’s character, Dale, is introduced to a new, innovative, cross-shaped joint-rolling design by his...
With the Senate expected to vote this week on the latest stimulus package for coronavirus relief, a new round of stimulus checks could be...
Those Zoom happy hours and (pre-pandemic) escape rooms are having a negative effect on your team, according to a new study out of the University of...
Seven years ago, executive wellness coach Naz Beheshti had a dream. In it, her former boss, Steve Jobs, gave her one last assignment. “He appeared...
In 2020, nearly every person who owned a business or managed a public space suddenly became a graphic designer. Ad hoc signage directing visitors...
On a squat rectangular peninsula jutting out from Manhattan’s Meatpacking District into the Hudson river, a new kind of waterfront park will soon...
To give employees flexibility, some companies have experimented with a four-day workweek. But what if instead of shortening the workweek, they...
Routines are to our time what budgets are to our money. We adhere to them to spend our time wisely. But, while routines can provide us with a sense...
One in 10 people are living with a mental health diagnosis , and likely someone you work with or manage every day. The global pandemic, social...
Restaurant and hospitality workers lost more jobs during the pandemic than workers in any other industry. And those who are still working are...
Organ transplants in the United States have been increasing over the last several years. In 2019, transplants from deceased donors rose by 10%...
The New Way We Work podcast launched in January, and over the last several weeks we’ve been looking at race in the workplace. We’ve talked to...
By now, the vaccine scheduling horror stories are familiar. Websites are crashing. Bookings are canceled at random. And a laundry list of technical...
This February, Google made it easier for everyone to support Black businesses with its “search Black-owned near you” feature. This new feature...
This winter, experts are bracing for a double whammy of pandemic-related mental health struggles. According to studies, depression symptoms are...
“Could this whole night have been an email? Yes.” The 2021 Golden Globes are upon us, and with the stars quarantining wherever they live and...