Tim Cook Tim Cook: “If you’re looking at a phone more than someone’s eyes, you’re doing the wrong thing”Fast Company - Michael GrothausApple’s CEO attended the Time 100 Summit in New York yesterday where he addressed a number of topics, from tech’s effect on society to political action committees (PACs). In the wide-ranging interview,
Jack Dorsey Trump met with Jack Dorsey to discuss his number of Twitter followersFast Company - Michael GrothausThe president met with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey yesterday after ranting about the company on Twitter earlier that morning, reports the Washington Post. Trump had taken to the platform earlier in the day
Zip-lines The world’s largest drone delivery network is launching in GhanaFast Company - Adele PetersZipline, which is already delivering medicine in Rwanda, is about to take on an even bigger project: As many as 600 flights a day, serving 12 million people at more than 2,000 health centers. When doctors
Henri Matisse Hand-crafted pottery from the grandson of Henri MatisseFast Company“Inspired by the Japanese folk-art movement, Asheville, North Carolina–based East Fork ceramics specializes in creating simple everyday objects with earthy beauty. Each piece of the company’s pottery unique
Leadership How to train your brain to be resilient to failureFast Company - Anisa Purbasari HortonIn this week’s Secrets of the Most Productive People, we speak to Intern Queen CEO Lauren Berger about how to see failure as part of the journey to success. It’s probably no surprise that most people have
Braille These Lego bricks have bumps that teach BrailleFast Company - Adele PetersFor students who are blind or low-vision, it’s a way to combine play and learning. In one of the newest Lego sets under development, the bumps that hold the toys together have a second purpose: They also
Play buttonSesame Street Sesame Street tackles iPhone addiction, and Cookie Monster can’t control himselfFast Company - Rina RaphaelThe Sesame Street crew–Big Bird, Grover, Elmo, even Oscar the Grouch–have a simple yet powerful message for America: Put your damn phone away. In honor of the show’s 50th anniversary, Sesame Street collaborated
Technology Who cares about liberty? Julia Angwin and Trevor Paglen on our big fat privacy messFast Company - Reyhan HarmanciA leading tech journalist and artist urge us to forget about “privacy” as we know it, as they discuss their common aim of exposing mass surveillance. This piece originally appeared in The End of Trust:
Walgreens Walgreens, publicly shamed by the FDA, raises the tobacco age to 21Fast Company - Rina RaphaelWalgreens is finally trying to do more to ensure that teens don’t pick up a bad habit. On Tuesday, the retailer announced that, starting September 1, buyers will have to be 21 to purchase tobacco products
Electric Scooters How Bird is working to make its scooters a truly sustainable transportation optionFast Company - Adele PetersThe company announced offsets for the energy it takes to charge and deliver its scooters–and an attempt to make them more durable, so each scooter doesn’t fall apart. The scooter company Bird wants to
News Thanks to user bump, Snap stock is spiking after earnings beatFast Company - Cale Guthrie WeissmanEven though Snapchat’s parent company, Snap Inc, is still operating at a loss, its stock is seeing a big after-hours jump. This is because it delivered a solid earnings beat this past quarter. Here are
Brain Injury This macabre pig brain study tells us that “death” isn’t simply black and whiteFast Company - Morgan ClendanielWhat does it mean that there’s a murky ground between alive and dead? For the longest time, “death” used to be when the heart stopped beating and breathing stopped. Then, machines were invented in the
News Mayhem at The Markup: Staffers resign en masse at highly anticipated tech news outletFast Company - Cale Guthrie WeissmanJeff Larson and Sue Gardner likely didn’t anticipate this blowback. The two media executives are the helm of The Markup—a still-in-development investigative news publication that was slated to launch July—along
Leadership We need to stop shaming women for wanting (or not wanting) to return to workFast Company - Anisa Purbasari HortonWomen are often judged for choosing to stay at home, or for choosing to return to work. This is damaging and has to stop, argues one economist. Nothing in the Mommy Wars takes on as much weight as the
Measles Is my measles shot from childhood still working? 5 answers to questions about the outbreakFast Company - Morgan ClendanielAs measles cases continue to be in the news, you might have some concerns about whether you’re protected. As the measles outbreaks spread, many people are growing concerned. New York City declared a public
Play buttonBrown University Feeling anxious about that stack of books you haven’t read? This video wants to help youFast Company - KC IfeanyiJust in time for World Book Day, filmmaker Max Joseph delivers a visual essay that will soothe your reading FOMO. A recent study found that we spend more than a quarter of the day engaging with digital
Play buttonWalt Disney Company Disney+ subtracts the studio’s racist movie historyFast Company - KC IfeanyiThe infamous Jim Crow scene in “Dumbo” and the highly controversial “Song of the South” will not be on Disney+. But what about all the other racist content? As Disney+ prepares to open the studio’s lauded
Play buttonAviation Google spinoff Wing earns first FAA approval for drone deliveryFast Company - Melissa LockerAn offshoot of Alphabet Inc, aka Google’s parent company, is officially the first drone operator to receive FAA approval to start flying as an airline. While that doesn’t mean humans will be flying in
Google Maps What happens when a big business tries to rebrand a neighborhoodFast Company - Kelsey Campbell-DollaghanThere are many ways that neighborhoods get their names–and some are better for residents than others. What if Google tried to rename your neighborhood? That happened to some Californians in spring 2018,
Leadership Doing this one thing can speed up your recruitment processFast Company - Anisa Purbasari HortonCreating accurate job descriptions can shave time off from your hiring process. The decision to bring a new employee on board isn’t one to be taken lightly. The average length of the hiring process in
Podcasting Luminary has launched. Is the latest “Netflix for podcasts” worth it?Fast Company - Joe BerkowitzWith its roster of shows created by marquee names and podcast veterans alike, Luminary sounds like $100 million. (That’s how much it’s got in funding.) What is a fair price for ridding oneself of podcast
Art Galleries This iconic piece of 1960s tech is being re-released by MoMAFast Company - Katharine SchwabIn 1965, architect and designer Marco Zanuso created a tall, narrow radio called the Grattacielo–Italian for skyscraper. The radio, the result of a collaboration with designer Richard Sapper for the Italian
Trump Tower Moscow The whole Trump-Russia saga, summed up in a single Google search mistakeFast Company - Alex PasternackHow do you say oops in Russian? The various subplots of the Donald Trump-Russia saga often feel like they belong less in a Special Counsel investigation and more in the you-won’t-believe-this tabloid that
Tesla Elon Musk thinks Tesla can build 1M “robotaxis” in the next yearFast Company - Cale Guthrie WeissmanThe latest Tesla moonshot is a doozy. On Monday, Elon Musk told an audience that Tesla plans to launch a large fleet of “autonomous robotaxis” in 2020. And not just a few: The Tesla CEO said the company
Leadership The single most important skill for successful business leadersFast Company - Jay WoodruffAt a time of accelerating change, your longevity depends on how well you time your leap from a flattening growth curve to a more promising arc. According to the president of Capital One Financial Services,
News Apple denies using face recognition in its stores after teen sues over false arrestFast Company - Melissa LockerOusmane Bah has pretty solid alibi during the time frame that police say a thief used his name and ID and stole from an Apple store in Boston. He was at his senior prom. Bah, 18, has filed a lawsuit against
Birth Control Report: 60% of employees would be more loyal to a company that covered abortion careFast Company - Pavithra MohanIf we’re seeing more business leaders take on social issues–both within their workplaces and publicly–it’s in no small part because of pressure from customers and even employees. Even in 2019, some CEOs
Leadership Most people are focused on the wrong measure of successFast Company - Vivian GiangIn your career, you earn currency with those in power. Unfortunately, most people focus on building up their performance while forgetting to build their relationship currency. Attracting a sponsor takes
Jeff Bezos See Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos as classical sculpturesFast Company - Mark WilsonYes, it’s meant to be ironic. But do you know for sure? Jeff Bezos’s steed rears up on two legs. But he is calm, showcasing an awkward smile, seemingly unaware of his own overwhelming show of force. Elon
