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Gillette
SNL drinks the Kool-Aid for that controversial Gillette ad
Fast Company - By Joe Berkowitz
What: A timely parody of the Gillette ad encouraging men to be better. Who: The team at SNL. Why we care: Earlier this week, inveterate razor brand Gillette made waves online by suggesting that men should
Super Bowl LIII
How to watch the NFL Conference Championship games without cable
Fast Company - By Christopher Zara
The Eagles are out. Ditto for the Chargers and Cowboys. But don’t despair: This weekend’s NFL Conference Championships should still have plenty of excitement when the final four teams face off to see will
Civil Rights
The definitive MLK Day playlist: songs of respect, justice, and equality
Fast Company - By Michael V. Drake
As we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, here’s music to remember the great civil rights leader by. When Sly and the Family Stone released “Everyday People” at the end of 1968, it was a rallying
Consumer Behavior
The color gold can change the way you spend money
Fast Company - By Na Young Lee
Diners left bigger tips when their checks were delivered in a gold folder–a fascinating insight into the way color influences behavior. Although tipping is generally thought to be a voluntary payment to
Wolf Moon
How to see the only super blood wolf moon eclipse of 2019
Fast Company - By Melissa Locker
Alert your coven, because a total lunar eclipse is taking place tonight (Sunday, January 20). This isn’t an ordinary total lunar eclipse, either, but a supermoon, which means that it will seem even bigger
Creative Work
Enter the 2019 Innovation by Design Awards!
Fast Company - By Suzanne LaBarre
I’m delighted to announce that we’re now accepting entries to the 2019 Innovation by Design Awards. The deadline to enter is May 10. Innovation by Design, now in its eighth year, is the only competition
You can’t be productive without routines and rituals. Here’s why
Fast Company - By Jory MacKay—RescueTime
We all have routines. But not everyone crafts them to maximize their time. There are few things that impact your daily productivity, career trajectory, and overall well-being as much as your routines.
Immune System
Gene therapies can be a miracle cure–except when our immune systems won’t let them
Fast Company - By Jovana Drinjakovic
Therapy targeting mutated genes is starting to work wonders, but not for everyone. Growing up in Devon in the 1980s, brothers James* and Matt* had to be careful with their antics–a cut or bruise could
Business
Want to improve your career this year? Try these 5 things
Fast Company - By Monique Serbu—Glassdoor
Before you make a complain, make sure you think of a solution first. It’s a tradition to set New Year’s resolutions, and for many people, these goals involve improving things in their personal lives, health
Cambridge Analytica
FTC may nail Facebook with record fine for privacy abuses
Fast Company - By Mark Sullivan
The Federal Trade Commission is considering slapping a “record-setting” fine on Facebook for the company’s privacy abuses in the case of Cambridge Analytica, reports the Washington Post. And the penalty
Burger King
Top 5 ads of the week: AeroMexico airline hilariously trolls America
Fast Company - By Jeff Beer
Burger King runs out of hamberders, Verizon honors first responders, The New York Times knows the truth is hard, and Gary Cole is an American treasure. Surprise, surprise–we live in a pretty divisive That
Gillette
Don’t give Gillette credit unless it does a lot more than making an ad
Fast Company - By Phillip Haid
Giving $3 million over three years without a commitment to measurable results is not meaningful action from a company that does $6 billion in sales and wants to say it’s making a difference. Gillette’s
Phishing
Cozy Bear returns? DNC says it faced targeted Russian phishing attack after 2018 midterms
Fast Company - By Steven Melendez
Just after the 2018 midterm elections, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) saw dozens of its email addresses targeted in a spear-phishing attack, Politico reports the DNC said in a Thursday night filing.
R. Kelly
Nobody wants anything to do with R. Kelly–including his label, Sony
Fast Company - By Joe Berkowitz
After all this time, apparently all it took was a documentary. Journalist Jim DeRogatis had been doggedly reporting on R. Kelly’s many alleged sex crimes for years, but something about actually hearing
Bill Gates
Bill Gates offers Trump free lessons about foreign aid
Fast Company - By Ben Paynter
“”The years 2019 and 2020 are the most important in recent memory for funding the fight against disease.” The hardest part about stopping some of the world’s worst diseases isn’t developing things like
R. Kelly
How to watch Dateline NBC’s The R. Kelly Story online without cable
Fast Company - By Christopher Zara
The list of R. Kelly’s public accusers is about to get longer. In a surprise special tonight, NBC Dateline says it will reveal new information about the scandal-ridden music artist and his decades-long
Bill Clinton
Why everyone is suddenly interested in the definition of suborning perjury
Fast Company - By Steven Melendez
On Thursday night, the Merriam-Webster Twitter account helpfully tweeted a link to the definition of a relatively obscure legal term: suborn. The term means to induce someone to commit perjury, meaning
Campaign Fundraising
Chevrolet is the latest brand to underestimate people’s appetite for truth
Fast Company - By Jeff Beer
The brand has pulled a new ad after its claim of being more reliable than Honda, Toyota, and Ford was challenged. Whether you love, hate, or ignore Chevy’s long-running “Real People, Not Actors” campaign,
Electric Vehicles
Car dealerships put in a lot of work to not sell you an electric car
Fast Company - By Jeremy Deaton
Try to buy one of the few electric cars on the market from the big car companies and you’ll find that they really don’t want to do it. Head to a Ford dealership and ask about an F-150. You will be shown
Technology
The U.S. government shutdown’s silver lining: Corporate recruiters are snapping up talent
Fast Company - By Jessica Goodheart
Ending the shutdown won’t curtail the hiring opportunities, says one expert. It’s like divorce: Once you start thinking about leaving, the odds that it will happen go up dramatically. When the U.S. federal
Adopt these habits to achieve work-life balance this year
Fast Company - By Maurie Backman—The Motley Fool
Schedule work-free hours and plan for busy periods. Anyone who works is apt to struggle in one regard or another. For some, it’s a matter of dealing with a bad boss or obnoxious coworkers. For others,
England
A Garmin smartwatch helped nab a hitman
Fast Company - By Cale Guthrie Weissman
We know that Alexa is listening and phone carriers are selling your location data. But until now, we didn’t know your fitness tracker was cluing the authorities in about your history of organized crime.
Bird Box
Netflix refuses to remove real Canadian disaster footage from “Bird Box,” despite outcry
Fast Company - By Joe Berkowitz
Footage of the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster appear in “Bird Box,” as part of the film’s world-building, and the mayor of the Quebec town is not happy about it. It was a tragic accident with mass casualties.
Social Media
Twitter oops! Your protected tweets may actually have been public
Fast Company - By Melissa Locker
If you have been spending time trolling people from your private Twitter account, in the words of Ricky Ricardo, you may have a little ‘splainin’ to do. Twitter said today that it has discovered a security
Hung Up
The simplest and most useful advice I’ve ever gotten in business
Fast Company - By Jen Prosek
How one entrepreneur learned to turn a no into a yes. I often reflect on how lucky I am to have been taught, early on, the two most valuable words in business: just ask. As an entrepreneur who felt in
Technology
The legendary bike designed by Jean Prouvé in 1941 is being reproduced
Fast Company - By Jesus Diaz
And this time, it’s got a powerful motor that offers a speed assist to riders. I don’t like electric bikes. They’re usually ugly, quite ugly, or extremely ugly. But a bike presented at the annual Consumer
Home Improvement
You can now install a new designer kitchen with a few clicks
Fast Company - By Elizabeth Segran
Imagine if home renovations weren’t an absolute, all-consuming nightmare, and instead you could pick a kitchen design you liked, buy it, and have it installed? That’s the vision behind a collaboration
Why every ski trail map looks the same
Fast Company - By Katharine Schwab
Artist James Niehues has hand-painted nearly 200 ski maps in his 30-year career. If you’ve been skiing, chances are you’re very familiar with the work of one particular artist. And no, this artist isn’t
How I went from a couch potato to a fitness fanatic (and lost 40 pounds)
Fast Company - By Judith Humphrey
It was only after I sold my company that I made a dramatic discovery, that many before me had already made: joining a gym can turn your life around. During the 30 years that I was building my company,