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Amazon’s three-pronged plan for taking over your home
Fast Company - By Jared Newman
With 28,000 Alexa-friendly devices—and a healthy lead over other players—Amazon’s smart home strategy is entering a new phase. There are two ways to view Amazon’s lead in the smart home wars. One involves
Here is Amazon’s customer service phone number
Fast Company - By Mark Wilson
One of the worst parts about shopping on Amazon is that there’s no one to talk to when things go wrong. Or is there? You don’t need to settle for online chats! Few people realize that Amazon actually a
Top 10
What’s the most generous country on earth?
Fast Company - By Ben Paynter
Gallup’s Civic Engagement Index tracks how many people around the world donate, volunteer, and help strangers Americans may have given a domestic record-breaking $410 billion to charity in 2017, but total
How community activists are gearing up to fight Amazon’s new offices
Fast Company - By Eillie Anzilotti
Organizers in northern Virginia, Nashville, and New York plan to protest the expansion of Amazon at meetings this week–and call for a community input process that has been noticeably lacking. It’s been
Penny Marshall
This captivating photo of Penny Marshall and Carrie Fisher is going viral after director’s death
Fast Company - By Christopher Zara
Fans are paying tribute to Penny Marshall today after the comedic actress-turned-powerhouse-director passed away at the age of 75. Marshall rose to fame as one half of the 1970s sitcom duo Laverne & Shirley
Technology
How the wireless industry and conservative dark money groups teamed up to fight net neutrality
Fast Company - By Frank Bass
Conservative nonprofits, such as ALEC, that support an anti-regulatory agenda, received more than $3 million in donations from high-profile telecom trade groups whose members include Verizon, AT&T, and
Olive Garden
This Hallmark Christmas movie script written by a bot is the Christmas movie we all need
Fast Company - By Melissa Locker
The script includes a “single mother refilling snow globes with Christmas juice,” of course. If you watch enough hours of Hallmark’s (or Lifetime’s or Netflix’s) Christmas movies, you’ll start to see pattern:
Technology
12 maps that tell the extraordinary story of 2018
Fast Company - By Christopher Zara
As 2018 draws to a close, it’s hard not to look back with a surreal sense of time displacement. Was the PyeongChang Olympics really only this year? Or the midterms? Or the shooting in Parkland, Florida,
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Conservative media can’t even handle Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez taking time off for self-care
Fast Company - By Melissa Locker
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is taking a few days off at the holiday for self-care. It’s an important step for anyone who wants to ward off burnout, and the newly elected Congresswoman is a prime candidate
Short Films
The Black List revealed its 2018 top scripts with a short film made in just 24 hours
Fast Company - By Joe Berkowitz
What: The Last Days of TJ Staggs, a short film announcing the Black List screenplay shortlist for 2018. Who: Black List founder Franklin Leonard and his team, along with the film’s star, Paul Scheer. we
New York State
Hey cord-cutters, Charter may owe you $75 or free HBO–find out here
Fast Company - By Steven Melendez
Charter Communications has agreed to pay out $62.5 million in consumer refunds as part of a $174.2 million settlement with the New York state attorney general’s office over claims that it defrauded customers
Donald Trump
The Trump Foundation is closing, but it’s not off the hook
Fast Company - By Melissa Locker
After a judge decided that a lawsuit against the Donald J. Trump Foundation could move forward, the Donald J. Trump Foundation decided its best course of action was to close up shop. The lawsuit was filed
Europe
The “LinkedIn for soccer” just got $6.2M to find the next big star
Fast Company - By Melissa Locker
An app is looking for the world’s next Messi or Neymar or Pelé, and it just got $6.2 million to aid its search. Tonsser, the Copenhagen-based creators behind a soccer performance app that works a bit LinkedIn
3D Printing
Why you should buy your grandparents a 3D printer
Fast Company - By Joshua M. Pearce
3D printers aren’t just for DIY doodlers. They can help seniors and others with limited mobility manufacture cheap gadgets for doing routine tasks like opening jars and putting on socks. Senior citizens
Business
4 questions that employers should ask every job candidate
Fast Company - By Eetu Blomqvist and Nikke Ruokolainen
A CEO and head of HR share what they ask job candidates in interviews in order to gauge their focus and hesitations early on. When it comes to recruitment, good hiring managers look beyond credentials
Making a Murderer
Former Wisconsin police sergeant sues “Making a Murderer” filmmakers
Fast Company - By Joe Berkowitz
It appears as though the makers of Making a Murderer may have cut some corners, if not quite as many as their titular subject. As reported by The Wrap, former Wisconsin police sergeant Andrew Colburn sued
Technology
Navigating the economy of trust
Fast Company - By FastCo Works
Data privacy is on everybody’s minds these days. But while some companies see this as impeding growth, smart business leaders are embracing it to spur innovation. Consumers want privacy. But we also take
Electric Bikes
How Uber and Jump redesigned the electric bike from scratch
Fast Company - By Mark Wilson
“These are the smartest light electric vehicles that have ever been built,” says its creator. Is it enough to help Uber win bike sharing? Uber may want to win the self-driving car wars, but first it faces
Business
How you might unwittingly be making your bad boss even worse
Fast Company - By Stephanie Vozza
No one can be a bad boss on their own. Here’s how you might be unknowingly enabling destructive behavior, and what you can do to make a change. Dishonesty, disagreeableness, and carelessness are not traits
Green New Deal
Cynthia Nixon lost the election, but is still running New York’s 2019 agenda
Fast Company - By Melissa Locker
Cynthia Nixon may have lost the Democratic primary to unseat incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY), but that hasn’t stopped her from setting the agenda for the state. Cuomo unveiled his 2019 political
Christmas Eve
Lil Jon drops epic (and bonkers) Xmas song with the Kool-Aid Man
Fast Company - By Jeff Beer
Christmas traditions have many facets–the food, the family, the Santa, the Baby Jesus, the Kool-Aid… wait, what? Eggnog and mulled wine may be the more established seasonal drinks, but a new high-octane
Small Business
These next-generation small businesses only exist on Instagram
Fast Company - By Ruth Reader and Cale Guthrie Weissman
These scrappy entrepreneurs let customers order bread, furniture, and much more, all through DMs. Max Blachman-Gentile started selling bread on Instagram in 2017: sourdough. An everything boule. Ancient
Christmas Trees
Turn your Christmas tree into a crazy animated light show with this app
Fast Company - By Jesus Diaz
I hate LED Christmas lights. They’re so cold compared with the charm of incandescent bulbs. But oh-my-twinkling-goodness, check out these app-controlled Wi-Fi Christmas tree lights–I need to have them
Social Media
Social media predictions for 2019: a return to personal authenticity
Fast Company - By Ryan Holmes
The Hootsuite CEO cites six trends that will change how businesses use social media in the coming year. To say 2018 was a tumultuous year for social media is an understatement. Simmering issues with privacy
Technology
7 of the year’s best books on tech
Fast Company - By Ruth Reader
Looking for holiday gifts, or just a good read? Put these books on your list. It was the tech industry’s ugliest year yet. Facebook was forced to reckon with its role in the 2016 election and general manipulation,
Documentaries
Badass marketing star Bozoma Saint John is getting her own docu-series
Fast Company - By Nicole LaPorte
The business celeb who’s elevated the brands of PepsiCo, Apple, and Uber is now taking center stage with her own show on Starz . Bozoma Saint John, who has risen to business celebrity status thanks to
Parallelism
Check yourself for these five common grammatical mistakes
Fast Company - By Judith Humphrey
No matter your industry, you need to be able to sound like you know what you’re talking about. Mastering these tricky aspects of grammar should be your first step. The expression “You’re only as good your
Trump Administration
The hidden immigration battle that could keep 100,000 people out of work
Fast Company - By Pavithra Mohan
If the Trump administration moves forward with a plan to revoke work authorization for H-4 visa holders, immigrants across the country—largely Indian women—could lose the ability to work. When Molika immigrated
IBM
This study abroad program is for professional designers, and it’s free
Fast Company - By Suzanne LaBarre
InVision introduces a cultural exchange program in which designers can travel to cities such as Sydney, Copenhagen, and Singapore without spending a dime. If a typography walking tour your idea of a dream
Women of Color
A woman on Twitter is abused every 30 seconds
Fast Company - By Michael Grothaus
That shocking statistic comes from a study conducted by Amnesty International and AI software startup Element AI. In the study, called Troll Patrol, Amnesty International and Element AI looked at data

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Amazon’s three-pronged plan for taking over your home

Here is Amazon’s customer service phone number

What’s the most generous country on earth?

How community activists are gearing up to fight Amazon’s new offices

This captivating photo of Penny Marshall and Carrie Fisher is going viral after director’s death

How the wireless industry and conservative dark money groups teamed up to fight net neutrality

This Hallmark Christmas movie script written by a bot is the Christmas movie we all need

12 maps that tell the extraordinary story of 2018

Conservative media can’t even handle Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez taking time off for self-care

The Black List revealed its 2018 top scripts with a short film made in just 24 hours

Hey cord-cutters, Charter may owe you $75 or free HBO–find out here

The Trump Foundation is closing, but it’s not off the hook

The “LinkedIn for soccer” just got $6.2M to find the next big star

Why you should buy your grandparents a 3D printer

4 questions that employers should ask every job candidate

Former Wisconsin police sergeant sues “Making a Murderer” filmmakers

Navigating the economy of trust

How Uber and Jump redesigned the electric bike from scratch

How you might unwittingly be making your bad boss even worse

Cynthia Nixon lost the election, but is still running New York’s 2019 agenda

Lil Jon drops epic (and bonkers) Xmas song with the Kool-Aid Man

These next-generation small businesses only exist on Instagram

Turn your Christmas tree into a crazy animated light show with this app

Social media predictions for 2019: a return to personal authenticity

7 of the year’s best books on tech

Badass marketing star Bozoma Saint John is getting her own docu-series

Check yourself for these five common grammatical mistakes

The hidden immigration battle that could keep 100,000 people out of work

This study abroad program is for professional designers, and it’s free

A woman on Twitter is abused every 30 seconds