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These companies want to use AI to make call center jobs less horribleWorking at a call center can be a stressful job. For eight hours (or more!) a day, you talk with customers who have problems—and oftentimes those...
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Gen Z and millennial investors are embracing crypto, real estate, and private equity along with stocksMany younger investors have, perhaps understandably, had their faith in the stock market shaken up in recent years. And that’s why many have...
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Why Ralph Lauren is going all-in on recycled cottonAs Team USA walks at the opening and closing ceremonies, they’ll be wearing Polo shirts made by Ralph Lauren, the team’s official...
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Heat wave 2024 map: Live CDC tool lets you see health risks in your area today and all weekMuch of America is going to be blistering under an extreme heat wave this week. The heat wave began over the weekend and before the week is out,...
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Plaid’s new tech makes it easier to sign up for financial accountsPlaid, which provides the technology that lets you swiftly connect your bank account to thousands of fintech products, is making the onboarding...
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Mira Murati and David Droga on what the creative world should—and shouldn’t—worry about when it comes to AIWhen the global advertising and marketing industry converges in the south of France this week for the Cannes Lions, the most popular topic of...
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Ready-to-drink cocktails are a hit with millennials and Gen Z. Can brands make them taste better?At the corporate office of Suntory Global Spirits in New York’s Flatiron District, I visited the liquor giant’s research and development lab,...
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How two gin masters are bottling the essential flavor of AmericaEvery year when the sun shifts and the air changes, I move away from moodier winter cocktails in search of a more refreshing drink: fizzy but not...
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The 3 key money moves to make during your peak earning yearsYour late thirties are often when you start earning the big bucks—or at least enough bucks. Gone are the days when you had to grocery shop with a...
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10 time management apps that CEOs swear byTime is a leader’s most valuable asset, and keeping it under control can be the difference between building an empire and watching it...
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U.S. immigrants face discrimination at work and in the dating pool: studyInscribed on the Statue of Liberty is Emma Lazarus’s The New Colossus , which promises safe harbor for immigrants. It ends with the line: I lift...
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Women’s basketball is the new brand battleground for sneakersOf course she has a shoe. That was the message that Nike needed fans of WNBA star A’ja Wilson to see. Back in April, news broke that...
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Latinas still account for only 1% of C-suite rolesWhile the gender pay gap persists for all women relative to their white male counterparts, it has long been widest for Latinas, who are paid 46%...
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A nationwide sunscreen recall is here to ruin your summer with fears of mold and fungal infectionsPopular sunscreen maker Suntegrity Skincare has issued a voluntary recall of several of its products after one was found to harbor a...
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‘We are in trouble.’ Rare flash flood emergency hits south Florida as hurricane season beginsA tropical disturbance has brought a rare flash flood emergency to much of southern Florida as residents prepared to weather more heavy rainfall...
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Apple’s artificial intelligence is firmly rooted in realityWelcome to AI Decoded , Fast Company ’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign...
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When can I download iOS 18? iPhone update timeline as beta and general release dates nearThis week, Apple unveiled iOS 18, the next-generation operating system for the iPhone. The flagship feature of iOS 18 is Apple Intelligence, a...
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Le Creuset is releasing a limited Pokémon Collection in July, but it could be hard to catch ’em allNow here’s a collab no one saw coming. Le Creuset, the French-Belgian cookware brand, has partnered with Pokémon for a pocket monster-themed...
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AI chatbots just can’t shake off gender stereotypes, here’s whyWhen disinformation researcher Wen-Ping Liu looked into China’s efforts to influence Taiwan’s recent election using fake social media...
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How can I draw better boundaries between work and personal time?Welcome to Pressing Questions , Fast Company ’s work-life advice column. Every week, deputy editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We...
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What ’80s movies got right and wrong about living with AIMany of us seemed to have already fallen in love with our iPhones well before Spike Jonze’s techno-love story Her took that concept all the way...
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I’ve worked in DEI for a decade, it won’t survive beyond 2025It should be clear to anyone whose work touches diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), that the incredible strides we’ve made in the last...
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Away and La Ligne’s new suitcase collaboration is a hit of summer dopamineWhat happens when you cross La Ligne’s obsession with striped clothing and Away’s signature hard-shell suitcase ? The world...
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Why this controversial Idaho wind farm could lose almost half its turbinesThe federal Bureau of Land Management’s preferred alternative for a proposed large-scale wind energy farm in southern Idaho would shrink...
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Could Tesla lose Elon Musk if $56B payday doesn’t go his way?A Tesla shareholder vote on Thursday on whether to reinstate CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package that was shot down by a Delaware...
