Why onboarding (and offboarding) is an opportunity to strengthen your...
Navigating professional transitions can be a whirlwind of emotions for employees, whether starting a new job or leaving a company. Onboarding is essential for creating a sense of belonging and shared...
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Gamma aims to free you from ‘death by PowerPoint’—with help from AI
If there’s one thing worse than having to assemble a PowerPoint presentation, it’s being forced to sit through an achingly dull one conducted by someone else. So what if there were a better option—a...
View ArticleKroger and Albertsons cut worker hours. A new report looks at the impact to...
After a two-year battle with regulators, a federal judge ruled in late December to block the merger of grocery behemoths Kroger and Albertsons. The deal fell apart after facing significant...
View ArticleCompanies are turning Trump’s tariffs into a marketing opportunity
Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. It’s the promotional event nobody asked for: You could call it Tariff Deal Days. From auto dealers...
View Article5 leadership strategies to help teams thrive amid uncertainty
Uncertainty has become a defining feature of life today, a reality that challenges workplace leaders to adapt rapidly, make decisions with limited information, and foster stability amid constant and...
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Figma’s world is growing fast
As recently as 2021, Figma was a one-product company. That product was Figma Design, the dominant tool for creating app and web interfaces. The company’s subsequent addition of offerings such as...
View ArticleHow Pope Leo’s first appearance revealed 3 big clues about his papacy
From his first moments on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Leo XIV gave three important clues about what kind of leader of the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church he will be. Leo, formerly...
View ArticleApple might owe you money as part of a $95 million Siri settlement. But you...
Apple could owe you part of a class action lawsuit settlement centered around the company’s voice assistant, Siri. The settlement was reached in January, and Apple agreed to set aside $95 million to...
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‘We all need to raise our cyber game’: How New York is battling hackers...
When the state of New York adopted a new whole-of-state approach to cybersecurity a few years ago, encompassing everything from transit to schools to power and water supplies, officials were still...
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See LoveFrom’s new branding for one of the best bookstores in the U.S.
Since 1974, William Stout Architectural Books in San Francisco’s Jackson Square has been one of the city’s most iconic destinations for its seemingly endless stock of art, design, and architecture...
View ArticleFEMA head fired after revealing his take on Trump’s plans for the agency
The Federal Emergency Management Agency faced fresh upheaval Thursday just weeks before the start of hurricane season when the acting administrator was pushed out and replaced by another official from...
View ArticleU.S. air traffic control system that relies on floppy disks will cost ‘lots...
The Trump administration on Thursday proposed a multibillion-dollar overhaul of a U.S. air traffic control system that it said still relies on floppy disks and replacement parts found on eBay and has...
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Pap smears suck. This tampon-like device lets you screen for cervical cancer...
As a woman in the United States, turning 21 means beginning a lifelong journey of getting a pap smear every three years. It’s not a pleasant experience. You’ll lie down with your legs in stirrups,...
View ArticleMore Trump trade war fallout: China’s exports to U.S. sink 21%
China’s exports to the United States tumbled in April while its trade with other economies surged, suggesting that President Donald Trump’s tariffs offensive is hastening a shakeup in global supply...
View ArticleSoviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 will crash into Earth soon: Online tracker...
The Soviet Union launched over a dozen probes to Venus—most successfully. But one never made it past Earth’s orbit and has, in fact, stayed there since 1972. Now, over 50 years later, the...
View ArticleTrump signed an order to deregulate the U.S. fishing industry. Here’s what...
Virginia Olsen has pulled lobsters from Maine’s chilly Atlantic waters for decades while watching threats to the state’s lifeblood industry mount.Trade imbalances with Canada, tight regulations on...
View ArticleNOAA to stop tracking costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example...
View ArticleInvestors pull back from global equities amid U.S.-China trade concerns
Global equity funds attracted the smallest weekly inflows in four weeks in the week through May 7, amid concerns about the impact of tariffs on the global economy and as investors awaited anticipated...
View ArticleSan Francisco Bay Area comes to a standstill as computer error shuts down...
San Francisco Bay Area residents woke up to some bad news for their Friday commute. Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART, the region’s main commuter rail system, which connects San Francisco’s peninsula...
View ArticleTrump suggests cutting China tariffs to 80% ahead of meeting
President Donald Trump on Friday floated cutting tariffs on China from 145% to 80% ahead of a weekend meeting among top U.S. and Chinese trade officials as he looks to deescalate the trade war between...
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