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These floating triangle buildings could be the future of coastal citiesThe decorative ponds surrounding the Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam have been taken over by a massive floating structure. Looking like an oversized...
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The reason Elon Musk is torpedoing Twitter’s brandChanging Twitter’s bird logo to dogecoin’s Shiba Inu. Renaming its headquarters to Titter. A logo reminiscent of an 1980s porn...
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Coach’s AR mirror might be a marketing stunt, but it’s also the future of retailAugmented reality is fast becoming retailers’ new best friend. Over the past few years, dozens of brands from Ikea to Warby Parker to...
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The frightening truth about AI chatbots: Nobody knows exactly how they workLarge language models (LLMs) like the ones that power ChatGPT and Bard are different from revolutionary technologies of the past in at least one...
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This fabric was designed to block mosquito bitesA sample of a new material at an Auburn University lab looks like ordinary fabric. But it’s designed to solve one specific problem....
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Switzerland is turning the gap between train tracks into a ‘solar carpet’Solar power is key to a clean energy future, but many people don’t want large-scale solar farms in their backyard. In the U.S. alone, at...
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Exploitative freelance jobs are on the rise. Here’s what you need to knowIt’s no secret that freelancers are a huge asset to businesses. In fact, 78% of companies reported that they are inclined to fill staffing...
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How our obsession with parking leads to more rats, less housing, and devastating floodsThis article originally appeared in Nexus Media News. What could a city like New York achieve if it repurposed some of its 3 million curbside...
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Life in the Gig Economy: NBA legend James Worthy on connecting with fans through CameoLife in the Gig Economy tells the stories of workers in an industry millions of people rely upon. If you’d like to share your story,...
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Russians’ search histories contradict official polling on pro-war sentimentListen to Russian pollsters and it would seem Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine was a domestic triumph, supported wholeheartedly...
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Google threatens to start deleting inactive Gmail accountsIt might be time to log in to any old Gmail accounts you want to hang onto. Google is doing some spring cleaning, and it may soon be sweeping away...
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Sam Altman’s Washington charm offensive is workingDuring Tuesday’s Senate hearing on artificial intelligence, lawmakers promised over and over not to repeat the many mistakes they’ve...
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When you’re a working parent, WFH versus return to office can be a lose-lose debateWorking from home feels like an absolute must for so many parents—myself included. Perhaps that’s because, at 38, I haven’t...
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Spirit owner Michele Kang buys Lyon to build first international women’s soccer empireWhen Olympique Lyonnais Féminin (or OL)—one of the best women’s soccer clubs in the world—won the Coupe de France soccer...
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Gutter Capital wants to upend the VC model, and it’s taking cues from 16th-century sailorsDan Teran, one of the founders of the New York City-based venture firm Gutter Capital, is no stranger to shaking things up. Back in 2016, as CEO...
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Bank of America might owe you money. Here’s what you need to knowBank of America, the second-largest bank in the United States, has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit brought against it for charging...
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These are the top 10 countries where small businesses are flourishing globallySmall business is on the rise. In 2021, there were 5.4 million applications to start a new business in the United States alone, the highest since...
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Kia’s strange rebrand is part of a long and varied logo historyHistorically, Kia has been a visually quiet brand. It doesn’t typically generate media attention for its design and marketing choices,...
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This biotech startup wants to color your clothes with natural proteins—not toxic dyesAs a student at the Fashion Institute of Technology five years ago, Chiu-Lian Lee couldn’t stop thinking about the environmental impact of...
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When done well, GMOs hold big promise—so why does their branding suck?We encounter GMOs every day, and methods of selective plant breeding have been used for thousands of years. This kind of scientific engineering...
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There’s a giant riddle on Adobe’s office tower, and people are racing to solve itThe LED screen is 70 feet wide and contains four lighted disks, each 10 feet in diameter, with a line down the middle. Each disk can assume four...
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How powerful is your brand? The VC firm behind Warby Parker & Glossier made a new tool to tell youForerunner Ventures, the female-founded VC firm, is famous for identifying breakout brands. It has funded some of the most iconic consumer brands...
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What ‘Star Trek: Picard’ can teach us about today’s cybersecurity threatsEditor’s note: This article contains plot spoilers. Society’s understanding of technology and cybersecurity often is based on...
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The era of the ‘branded apology’ is here. Are we ready to accept it?Three months ago, more than a dozen anonymous former employees came forward about their negative experiences working for artist Tom Sachs. Last...
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Power plants may soon go all in on carbon capture. But does it actually work?In a remote field in Saskatchewan, not far from the border with North Dakota, the Boundary Dam coal power plant sends its exhaust into a massive...
