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From Netflix to HBO, the terrible design of streaming is ruining TVEveryone loves streaming video services. At the same time, everyone loathes streaming video services. It doesn’t matter if it’s...
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Planned obsolescence is killing the planet. Designers should focus on ‘planned longevity’ insteadLast week, I opened my dryer to find that the clothes inside had been twisted into a Gordian knot because they had caught on a broken piece of the...
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A highly organized and very beautiful taxonomy of every moon rock brought back to EarthAmerican astronauts plan to head back to the Moon in the next few years, closing a 50-year gap in human lunar exploration. The...
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Keep winding up in a toxic workplace? Here’s how to break the cycleHave you ever left a toxic workplace only to have the “bad luck” of finding yourself in the same situation shortly thereafter? Do...
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This startup uses AI to design EV batteries that are 300% betterElectric vehicle batteries present a number of challenges. They’re expensive. They use materials like cobalt that are linked to...
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5 ways to use Google Docs’ new AIThis article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and...
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L.A. smog hospitalized him as a kid. Now this Gen-Z climate activist is fighting for a cleaner planetIt’s hard to pinpoint when 22-year-old Kevin J. Patel became an activist. Perhaps it started before he was born, when his parents had to...
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If brands don’t stand for something, they’re talking to no oneThe role of culture in the business of brands cannot be overstated. It’s the reason that Rihanna is not only one of the world’s...
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How the [bleep] changed televisionSince Jerry Springer’s death on April 27, 2023, writers have been working through the cultural significance of his eponymous daytime talk...
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The crypto-to-AI pivot was a mirage. How AI could make crypto bigger than everThe meme of the crypto-to-AI pivot started even before the November 2022 release of ChatGPT. Last October, Meta, a company that was so all-in on...
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Want to hire someone creative? Don’t do any of these thingsAfter decades spent following my heart instead of my bank account into a series of delightfully creative careers, I got laid off in the first...
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Retirement planning tips for Gen ZRetirement is hardly a priority in your 20s and 30s. You’re still a newly-minted adult, so worrying what your 70-year-old self is going to...
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How a Detroit company is lifting women out of poverty by transforming graffiti into jewelryMore than a half century after it first began to appear on subway cars and concrete walls, spray paint graffiti has become part of the urban...
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How drag duo the Boulet Brothers are building a queer horror empireWaiting for your favorite holiday to roll around can be a real drag. Halloween enthusiasts no longer have that problem. AMC-owned horror streamer...
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The death of a place to sitGo to just about any fast-food restaurant in the late morning, and you’ll see older adults enjoying a cup of coffee with friends. Head...
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New research: Twitter bot detection tools aren’t very goodA new paper suggests that the field of bot detection is based on a flawed premise due to poor-quality original data. The research, presented...
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What is Pepecoin? Meme-coin mania creeps back with a new unsettling mascotAfter a crypto winter, meme coins seem to be making a bit of a comeback. Over the past couple of weeks, crypto enthusiasts have been pouring money...
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King Charles III coronation by the numbers: When ‘scaled back’ doesn’t look or feel that wayUnless you’ve been living under a pile of crumpets, you probably know that the coronation of King Charles III is set for Saturday, May 6....
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Researcher Meredith Whittaker says AI’s biggest risk isn’t ‘consciousness’—it’s the corporations that control themAI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, a 75-year-old computer scientist known as “the Godfather of AI,” has made waves this week after...
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Intuit settlement: TurboTax may send you a check this monthWhen most people use Intuit-owned TurboTax, they hope to get a nice refund from the government. But millions of American TurboTax users may now be...
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AI this week: Doomers vs. builders, LLMs and healthcare, and fails searchWe’ve witnessed the set-in of transformational technologies in the past, like the iPhone, or the printing press, or fire. But it’s...
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Can this former CEO fix the World Bank?Over the past two years, calls for reforming the World Bank have pushed their way onto the front pages of major newspapers and into the agendas of...
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Why did GM kill the Chevy Bolt, its most popular electric vehicle?Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. Admittedly, there are reasons that...
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Nintendo experimented its way to a brilliant logoThe Nintendo logo is a mark fueled by nostalgia, regardless of whether you were around for the launch of the brand’s first landmark console...
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The dark reality of the modern-day rooming houseIn February, Tammy Olomina was sleeping in her car after a divorce left her homeless in Houston. The 47-year-old saw an ad for a housing...
