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The Iowa Senate just rolled back child labor laws—10 other states want to do the same
In the past two years, lawmakers in at least 11 states have sought to loosen child labor laws to help employers fill empty jobs, even as federal...
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AI is remaking the world on its terms, and that’s a problem
The other day, my mom sent me an email to tell me what GPT-4 said about me. My mother is an attorney and ethics counsel at the State Bar of...
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Heat pumps have become a buzzword. So, how exactly do they work?
Last year, heat pumps outsold gas furnaces in the U.S. for the first time. As a tool in a strategy to electrify everything in our...
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The timeless allure of an ugly green toilet
Here’s something one should probably not publicly admit: I want a new toilet. Maybe I’m just powerless to the occasional trend....
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This is what happens when starchitects design birdhouses
The birds of San Antonio will soon have nicer homes than you do. Ten new birdhouses designed by some of the top architecture firms in the...
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5 ways to make workplaces more accessible for employees with long COVID-19
Since 2020, more than 16 million Americans have developed long COVID-19. The often debilitating condition causes exhaustion, cognitive impairment,...
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A day in the life of an e-bike designer: Q&A with VanMoof’s Marjolein Deun
As a growing number of people decide to switch careers to work on climate change, we’re running a series of interviews with people in...
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Brands That Matter: Everything you need to know to apply before this week’s deadline
We first introduced Brands That Matter in 2021 with the goal to recognize companies and nonprofits of all shapes and sizes that have achieved...
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Fox News and Dominion just settled their defamation lawsuit: Here’s what to know
Fox and Dominion Voting Systems reached a settlement Tuesday in the voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit, averting a trial in a case...
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TikTok may get banned, but our phones will still be fully loaded with Chinese apps
Fears that TikTok might be a Chinese intelligence-gathering tool haven’t hurt its spot yet among the most popular U.S. mobile...
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What is the U.K.’s Online Safety Bill—and why are so many tech companies opposing it?
A political storm in the U.K. is threatening to boil over regarding a bill that claims to protect users from harmful online content, and several...
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What’s happening at MillerKnoll?
For most people, Andi Owen was not a household name before this week. But the CEO of MillerKnoll—one of America’s most legendary...
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Postmates makes 4/20 its best brand holiday with a hoodie built for eating takeout
To mark that most sacred of stoner days, food delivery app Postmates has created a piece of merch tailormade for its most couch-bound product...
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Southwest Airlines turbulence: Technical error forces halt to all departures, months after holiday meltdown
Southwest Airlines briefly paused all departures across the country Tuesday morning after reporting technical issues, resulting in compounding...
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Where does my tax money go? This calculator tells you what happens after you pay the IRS
Today is Tax Day 2023, and for many Americans, that means it’s time to pay Uncle Sam. Despite their unpopularity, taxes are important...
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AI is going to turn everyone into a designer
I was recently chatting about emerging technology with a creative director at one of my favorite New York agencies, and his approach to artificial...
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Twitter’s plan to limit the reach of controversial tweets might be a good thing
The social media platform’s planned changes to how it presents violative content on the platform has been welcomed cautiously, though its...
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Build company growth through creativity and freedom
Be Water, My Friend. Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like water.You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a...
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How IoT-powered soil sensors helped a California golf resort save millions of gallons of water per month
Although much of California no longer suffers from drought conditions thanks to the recent record rainfall, the Golden State isn’t quite...
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8 money mistakes solo entrepreneurs tend to make
As more people look for fulfilling work and greater economic stability, one segment of the workforce is seeing a definitive upsurge: freelancing....
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How the designers of ‘Paint’ created a Bob Ross universe for the anti-Bob Ross
Like most of us, Brit Adams felt transported to another state of consciousness while watching Bob Ross on TV, back in the early 1980s. The soft...
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Google spills the secrets of its design
They look like a Solo Stove’s wet dream. The perfect, stainless steel cylinders brim with water that shouldn’t be behaving as...
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POV: Big Tech has a glaring double standard when it comes to web scraping
A couple years ago, I received an email from Google telling me that my browser extension, RegretsReporter, was at risk of being removed from the...
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What is ghost gear? The most deadly form of ocean plastic pollution, explained
Most of us are aware of the manmade plastic pollution that ends up in the world’s oceans and washes up on its shores: the straws, bags, and...
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How tech startups are rethinking funding now after the collapse of SVB
Like a lot of startup founders, Liz Giorgi watched the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on that ill-fated Friday in March with just one question in...