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You’d never know this stylish coat has a heater hidden inside

When Ministry of Supply launched the first iteration of its Mercury Intelligent Heated Jacket in 2018, voice-controlled AI was in its early heyday. The idea of a heated jacket wasn’t novel, but the...

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How Amazon is using its massive delivery infrastructure to help L.A. wildfire...

When a red flag warning was issued in Los Angeles on January 7, a team at Amazon started reaching out to local nonprofits and fire agencies. In a warehouse outside the city—around 60 miles east, in...

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What comes after Design thinking

If you’ve been in business or innovation circles in the past ten years, chances are you have experimented with design thinking. You have gone through the brainstorming sessions, you have done the...

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Exclusive conversation between Accenture CEO Julie Sweet and David Droga: How...

Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations...

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What’s open and closed on MLK and Inauguration Day 2025? Banks, stock...

Today, January 20, 2025, is a day that features two significant national events. The first is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which takes place every year on the third Monday of January (as that day is...

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Is CapCut coming back? ByteDance editing app still dark despite TikTok’s...

Nearly a day after TikTok was restored to U.S. users in a dramatic game of chicken with the federal government, another popular service owned by China-based ByteDance is still dark. CapCut, the...

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How MLK’s ‘beloved community’ is rooted in 19th-century religious philosophy

Since 1983, when President Ronald Reagan signed Martin Luther King Jr. Day into law, many Americans have observed the federal holiday to commemorate the life and legacy of the civil rights leader,...

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Hope is not the same as optimism, research shows

On April 3, 1968, standing before a crowded church, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. painted his vision for justice. “I’ve seen the Promised Land,” he said. “I may not get there with you. But I want...

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How ‘Severance’ shows the possibilities of cognitive neuroscience

Severance, which imagines a world where a person’s work and personal lives are surgically separated, will soon return to Apple TV+ for a second season. While the concept of this gripping piece of...

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Donald and Melania Trump meme coins: Prices fall from peak highs as eyebrows...

While many presidents-in-waiting may spend the hours before their inauguration finalizing staff and cabinet picks and marshaling support on Capitol Hill, Donald Trump and Melania Trump were up to...

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How Trump shifted from banning TikTok to saving it

During his first term as president, Donald Trump led the effort to ban TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing site he said posed a threat to U.S. national security. But on the eve of his return to...

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Death toll from L.A. fires could end up in the thousands due to toxic smoke

The death toll from Los Angeles’ catastrophic wildfires has risen to 24 and is expected to increase further. The 16 direct fatalities from the Eaton Fire alone make it California’s fifth-deadliest...

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Some college athletes renew calls to become employees

The way Kardell Thomas sees things, it wasn’t so much the schools as it was the system that let him down. When thinking about the pros and cons of college players forming a union as they navigate...

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Sheep in Texas are helping the solar industry. It’s mutually beneficial

On rural Texas farmland, beneath hundreds of rows of solar panels, a troop of stocky sheep rummage through pasture, casually bumping into one another as they remain committed to a single task: chewing...

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President Trump outlines a frenzy of Day One executive orders and actions:...

President Donald Trump is returning to the White House with an ambitious agenda, which he outlined in a brazen inaugural address after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on...

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Milan Fashion Week: Simon Cracker showcases upcycled collection as luxury...

The independent Italian fashion brand Simon Cracker denounced the luxury fashion system with an upcycled collection previewed during Milan Fashion Week on Sunday that riffed on what they see as bygone...

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How David Lynch exposed America’s bizarre underbelly

“There’s a sort of evil out there,” says Sheriff Truman in an episode of David Lynch’s iconic TV series, Twin Peaks. That line gets to the heart of the work of the filmmaker, whose family announced...

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This native Michigan apple tree could hold the key to saving apples from...

A key to protecting apples from climate change might be hiding in Michigan’s forests. In the quest to make apple trees more resilient in a warming climate, some Michigan researchers are looking for a...

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‘We’ve got 1,460 days to go’: This TikTok creator is monitoring egg prices...

President Donald Trump’s chaotic first day back in office saw him deliver on some big promises, declaring the federal government will only recognize two genders, scrapping DEI policies, and restoring...

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The White House has a new logo. See what’s changed

As of noon yesterday, the White House has adopted a new logo that will appear everywhere from the administration’s website to official letterheads and the backdrop of press briefings. And, for a small...

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