Meet the designers changing what abolition looks like
On a recent afternoon, Deanna Van Buren lead me through a thought exercise over Zoom. “Close your eyes,” she said through the screen. “And think of a courthouse. What do you see?” “You probably see...
View ArticleYour ‘AI first’ company is giving me AI fatigue
We are officially reaching the phase in the tech cycle where a new technology (in this case, artificial intelligence) goes from truly wondrous to truly annoying. Every organization now seems to be...
View ArticleHow cutting-edge therapies—like Ozempic—are changing the drug-pricing landscape
In the past year, medicines and therapeutics have made big strides—from first-in-class treatments to therapeutic milestones and a once-unthinkable “functional cure.” That latter distinction belongs to...
View ArticleInside the caddie shack at Augusta National
Augusta National is a place where golf history lives and breathes. As you walk the course, it’s as though the most iconic shots in the Masters tournament’s 87-year history are all happening...
View ArticleHomebuilders resurrect ’80s-era playbook in response to housing market...
Want more stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the free, daily ResiClub newsletter. While some homebuilders have responded to spiked mortgage rates by doing...
View ArticleThis completely free service gives you list-sharing superpowers
Jeepers creepers, do I love me some lists. Basic task juggling aside, I make lists for everything—places I want to visit, books I want to read, lists I want to make. You name it. And this week, my...
View ArticleNew documentary shines a light on ultra-processed foods
Many of the food industry’s problems can perhaps be summed up by the humble buttered popcorn jelly bean. Love or hate this sweet treat, its 1989 introduction was a chewy harbinger of food scientists’...
View Article4 tips for lowering your healthcare costs
Anyone who has ever tried to dispute a medical bill knows that there is a subtext of “You’ll pay through the nose and LIKE IT” to healthcare costs. Not only are the billing details confusing, but the...
View ArticleThese are new rules for what’s appropriate to say at work
There’s something about industry shorthand that might make someone listening in feel like they’re eavesdropping on a foreign language. We in media, for example, often toss around ideas for ledes,...
View ArticleHacking the Growth Paradox: 3 ways leaders can get unstuck
Leaders often face a common yet perplexing challenge: they’re acutely aware of the need for change, yet they find themselves paralyzed when it comes to taking action. It’s a phenomenon called the...
View ArticleLimitless wants its AI wearable to be your memory’s assistant
The era of artificial intelligence devices is here. A string of high-profile AI-enabled gadgets are bringing the novel technology out of the pages of dystopian fiction and into physical (and still...
View ArticleHow Oregon’s new right-to-repair law forced Apple to change
If the screen breaks on your iPhone and you try to replace it with an identical used screen, you’ll see an error message: “Unable to determine if your iPhone display is a genuine Apple part.” Face ID...
View ArticleTime stands still: A look inside Walt Disney’s office
In the heart of the Walt Disney Studios campus, there’s a towering tan and brick building, where the Seven Dwarves hold the roof over their heads, like the Caryatid of Ancient Greece. This is the...
View ArticleDJT stock is taking another market beating today as Donald Trump’s trial begins
Donald Trump will become the first former president to stand criminal trial today, and you could say his stock is tanking. Also, in the markets, his stock is literally tanking, as shares of Trump...
View ArticleThese startups are using traces of DNA to spy on nature for good—and profit
In 2010, Noah Wilson-Rich was juggling several jobs while earning his PhD in biology at Tufts University: He taught classes at several nearby universities, and one day a week, tended bar at a cafe in...
View ArticleParis Olympics 2024: Did you sleep through the flame-lighting ceremony?...
The 2024 Paris Olympics will kick off on July 24 with football and rugby events. Opening ceremonies are scheduled to take place two days later. Before any of that can happen, the Olympic flame has to...
View ArticleMany of LinkedIn’s top 50 companies for 2024 are already using AI to empower...
LinkedIn has published its annual ranking of top companies based on career growth. The 2024 list features 50 honorees—all companies that are offering their employees what LinkedIn says are eight...
View ArticleLook inside David Lynch’s mysterious ‘Thinking Room’
Filmmaker David Lynch premiered a new installation at the Salone de Mobile design fair in Milan this week called ‘Interiors by David Lynch. A Thinking Room.’ And that’s everything I knew before...
View ArticleThe Vessel will reopen this year with mesh netting
The Vessel viewpoint, an 150-foot-tall beehive-like structure in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards, first opened in 2019. Between that year and its closure in 2021, four people died by suicide at the site....
View ArticleLululemon designed Canada’s Olympic outfits as an artistic ode to the country
Sure, the Olympics are about feats of athletic prowess. But they’re also about fashion. And this summer, the games are being held in Paris, arguably the fashion capital of the world. Lululemon, the...
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