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Amazon takes on Netflix with cheaper monthly video streaming serviceCould Facebook influence the election to stop Trump?After raising $20M, Kitchensurfing closesIn health care, startups have to play by the rules (even if the rules suck)The stories we loved this weekReport: Intel to cut thousands of jobsYour Guide To The World Of VRStop worrying about “peak iPhone” alreadyGreat Storytelling In VR Celebrated With Contest WinnersYou Are Cordially Invited To A Pop-Culture Wine TastingIf you drive for Uber and Lyft in SF, you may need a business license“X-Men: Apocalypse” Cast Hangs Out Setting Up Wi-Fi In This U.K. Broadband AdWe Had A Master Sommelier Try “50 Shades Of Grey” Wine So You Don’t Have ToNotes On Blindness VRResearch: Trump may be a hot ‘primaries’ candidate and little moreHennessy Stylishly Tells A Tale Of Father-Son AdventurersThe Strategies And Tactics That Are Helping Tigers Make A Miraculous ComebackMaking The Band: John Carney’s New Movie Musical, “Sing Street,” Celebrates The 1980sThe CIA may soon track your overfiltered #foodporn photos on InstagramYour Partner’s Germs Are Changing Your Immune SystemThis Super-Accurate Lunar Globe Waxes And Wanes On Your TableThe story behind that photo of a 2-year-old throwing a tantrum in front of ObamaWill Yahoo’s earnings tell us anything about its fate?Desktop Internet use in the U.S. basically peaked last yearYeah, maybe it’s not such a great idea to allow texting in movie theatersThink You Know The News? Take The Fast Company Quiz!Spike Lee Directed A Star-Studded Campaign Ad For Bernie SandersWhy This CEO Wishes There Was An Empathy AppWhat’s This CEO’s Dream Solution for Being More Productive? It Involves a Magic Pill.Domino’s Clever New Pizza Boxes Are Designed For Sharing (On Instagram)If You Have Time, Watch This 7-Hour 20-Minute Trailer For A 720-Hour FilmObama wants to give consumers more choice in cable boxesSteve Case’s Quest To Make Innovation Regionally And Racially InclusivePatti Smith On The Meaning Of Success And The Power Of ImprovisationThe Best Of Milan Design Week: Sou Fujimoto’s Infinite Forest Of LightHow To Think About The Future Of Marketing (And Everything Else)The ultimate gold digger: Apple$1,000 may soon get you to spaceNow Competing To Be The Master Of Your Domain: SquarespaceThis Video Game Teaches You To Design Patterns With MathAhead Of Its Reopening, SFMOMA Releases A Buoyant New LogoNew York Wants A “Textalyzer” Device To Catch Distracted Drivers“Confirmation” Director Rick Famuyiwa On Recreating Recent HistoryIn case you missed itIcelandair Wants You To Better Understand The Magic Of The Northern LightsTwitter hires new managing director for China—even though Twitter is banned thereInstagram launches personalized video feed in Explore channelThis theory could explain the legendary alien “Wow!” signalReal Mornings For Women, Fake Biopic for Kobe: The Top 5 Ads Of The WeekPentagram Sexes Up The Stodgy World Of FinanceStefan Sagmeister’s Quest To Design His Own HappinessFood Packaging Should Show How Much Exercise Is Needed To Burn Off The Food InsideHow Autonomous Cars Could Lead To Even Worse TrafficThe Next Frontier For Ambitious Entrepreneurs: SpaceTake A Seat And Enjoy These Photos Of The World’s Best ToiletsThe Most Common Resume Lies (And Who Is Most Likely To Tell Them)Two Simple Rules To Get Control Of Your EmailFrom Office Narcissists To Equal Pay: This Week’s Top Leadership StoriesThis Coworking Space Will Let You Work There In Exchange For ContentWhy Building Your Startup In “Stealth Mode” Is A Bad IdeaThe Skeptic’s Guide To Visualizing Career SuccessOxfam: Apple stashes $180 billion in overseas tax havensClinton defends decision to promote fracking around the worldBernie Sanders fires back at Verizon CEO for calling him “uninformed”Did Clinton ever make a decision influenced by Wall Street donations?Here’s the intense security procedure to get into tonight’s Democratic debate in BrooklynNew to health tech? Here’s some real advice from 5 experienced entrepreneursStartup Health is jumping on the longevity trainThe Burr-Feinstein Encryption Bill Is Probably D.O.A.What TransferWise’s CEO thinks of Donald Trump’s plan to stop money transfers to pressure Mexico into building his wallTaskRabbit just promoted COO Stacy Brown-Philpot to CEOHere’s What Each Presidential Candidate Would Do For U.S. WorkersAthenaHealth acquires Arsenal Health, a scheduling service for docsPatti Smith knows the secret to successThis is how close Kobe came to breaking Twitter last nightThe Answer to This One Interview Question Speaks VolumesThe Jungle Book throughout the yearsPillPack gets dropped by a partner, loses thousands of customersEmpty Porn Sets Reveal The Strange World Of XXX Interior DesignAnother day, another vaguely sexist election hashtagApple: Buy an app and you’ll be donating to conservation effortsTry To Find Supermodel Gigi Hadid In This 360-Degree Shell Game By BMWHey students and teachers: Microsoft wants you to use Windows 10Microsoft sues the Justice Department over “unconstitutional” cloud searchesSnapchat just surpassed Instagram as the social network du jour for teensGoPro Launches Developer ProgramNew Blockbuster Film “Gun Crazy” Is Really A Gun Violence PSADonald Trump has found a loyal fan base on RedditVisualizing The Cosmic Web That Holds The Universe TogetherPuppies have more legal protection in the U.S. than new mothersSuperhero DNA Makes Some People Immune To Genetic DiseaseTwitter and Facebook are acutely aware that all the youths are on SnapchatConfirmed: Apple and FBI will testify before Congress on encryption again next weekFrom concussions to encryption: Apple hires the NFL’s top lobbyist for key roleGilt founder Alexis Maybank’s new shopping app is what Instagram should beThe environmental damage caused by fracking is even worse than we thoughtHow Google’s Moonshot X Division Helps Its Employees Embrace FailureTaco Bell’s social media team is a Quesalupa-monitoring machineLook Behind The Visual Effects Of “Game Of Thrones” Season SixHere are the top reasons people aren’t buying an Apple WatchIn Memory Of Linda TischlerThe 30,699 Shots Of Kobe Bryant, ChartedUber is rolling into Indonesia with motorbikesThis Beautiful Mirror Is Really An Incredibly Accurate ScaleIn case you missed itA Federal Court Is Allowing 21 Children To Sue The Government Over Climate ChangeIkea Plans To Sell $800 BikesGilt Groupe’s Founder Launches New Shopping AppIs Fashion Art? “The First Monday in May” Throws Gasoline On The DebateCards Against Humanity Designer: “Graphic Design Doesn’t Have A Critical Dialogue”The Real Reason Microsoft Is Building So Many Computer Vision AppsFingerprint recognition could soon come to many more devices besides smartphonesAnother Reason Not To Eat Fast Food: It Exposes You To Really Bad ChemicalsAndroid’s emoji are ditching the blobs for humansSugar Cravings Can Be Treated—Because Sugar Addiction Is Like Any Other Drug AddictionThe Most Deadly States To Drive InCan Silicon Valley Help The State Department Track Weapons Of Mass Destruction?U.S. Companies Dodge Paying Billions In Taxes—And You’re Paying For ItThe FBI hasn’t yet found anything useful on the San Bernardino iPhoneHow To Make A Better Business Case For Diversity7 Essential Lessons From The Harvard Innovation LabHow To Handle Clashing Personalities On Your New Leadership TeamForget Millennials–Why You Should Hire Someone Over 55Why Criticism Is So Tough To Swallow (And How To Make It Go Down Easier)How Women And Minority Leaders Can Avoid The Glass CliffShould You Take A Gap Year After Graduating Instead Of Getting A Job?The Destructive Havoc That Fracking Has Caused To The Environment, By The NumbersExecs from Microsoft and Uber are joining Obama’s new cybersecurity commissionOration, a $11M-funded health startup, is down and not accepting new membersHow Facebook’s Social VR Could Be The Killer App For Virtual RealityToday in celebrity Twitter: Jack Dorsey, Azealia Banks, and magic beard hairThe first VR surgery will be live-streamed tomorrowFacebook’s Connectivity Lab comes back down to EarthTheranos: Sanctions are all “hypothetical” at this pointHow Mark Zuckerberg Is Making His Weird Video Future HappenHow The WPA Popularized Screen PrintingFacebook’s VR goal is true “social presence”Former Google exec Regina Dugan joins Facebook to start advanced products teamHow Being Content Creators Helped These Actors Deal with RejectionA Crazy Map Of 250,000 Swimming Pools Reveals Los Angeles County’s InequalityAn Infographic Look At Who 7,000 “Game Of Thrones” Fans Think Will Die This SeasonReport: Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes might be forced out of the blood-testing businessFacebook wants people in remote areas to have better access to FacebookSnapchat’s new emojis stick onto moving objects in videosBibliophiles, Amazon’s upscale $290 Kindle is hereThe best and worst jobs of 2016Nike And 2K Sports Salute Kobe Bryant In His Final NBA GameWant To Add Value To Your Home? Decorate Like A FarmerOne Of Apple’s Top Industrial Designers Leaves For GoProESPN to broadcast drone racing championshipsLive from day two of Facebook’s F8 conferenceChina’s 3-D Printing Funeral Home Will Give You A New Face When You’re DeadBig coal is dyingBernie Sanders joins picket line, denounces VerizonEmail killer Slack is becoming more like emailThe Very Bad Idea Of The Japanese Government Testing Fingerprints As CurrencyA Stylish, Compact Handbag Perfect For Obsessive MinimalistsAziz Ansari And Eric Wareheim Spread Joy In a Video For Kanye’s “Famous”San Francisco’s box apartment ruled a fire hazardVolkswagen execs still set to get bonuses after diesel-cheat scandalSerena Williams, Mo Farah, And More Get Flexible In Nike’s “Free Anthem”EY extending paid parental leave and benefitsSprint aired, then pulled, an ad calling T-Mobile service “ghetto”Lionel Messi Has A “Dribble” Effect On World Soccer In Fun New Gatorade Ad25 million people are using Facebook’s Free BasicsHow A 10-Minute Conversation Can Change People’s PrejudicesBenedict Cumberbatch Gets Mystical In The First Teaser For Marvel’s “Dr. Strange”Interaction-Design Students Imagine A Parallel Universe For Everyday ObjectsIn case you missed itAmazon’s Kindle Oasis: The Highest-End High-End Kindle So FarVerizon strike may impact service quality for some FiOS customersSalesforce CEO Marc Benioff takes pay cutCleveland Clinic Makes An Important Step To Take Telehealth MainstreamSad But True: If You’re Good At Your Job, Employers Don’t Care If You’re EthicalMove over, graphene: Carbyne is the new miracle materialVC Peter Thiel: Almost everything is overvaluedThe Human Experience, According To What Neural Networks Have LearnedAlphabet’s Other Robotics CompanyWhat Happens When You Apply Machine Learning To Logo DesignWhy We’re Still Obsessed With Van GoghHalf a billion identities were compromised online last yearCompare Women’s Advertising Fantasy To Morning Reality In This Funny New AdThe Beautiful Darkness Of Johan RenckIf Colleges Won’t Use Their Endowments To Pay For Education, It’s Time To Tax ThemSee The Many Ways Hospitals Are Redesigning In Response To The Obesity EpidemicThe Company That Brought You Talking Barbie Will Now Help You Make A ChatbotTwo Questions Every City Must Ask In The Age Of Autonomous TaxisCould Menstrual Leave Be The Next Work-Life Benefit?Do You Have One Of The Worst Jobs Of 2016?The Hidden Scientific Reason Why Your Coworkers Won’t Help YouWhat Every Startup Needs To Know About The Psychology Of ChoiceSix Leadership Lessons From The Presidential Campaign TrailWhy Your Idea Of Success Might Be Making You MiserableHow To Know When It’s Okay To Write Less Formal Work EmailsIt May Take Years For Virtual Reality To Go Mainstream, Says New ReportGoogle.org just gave $20 million to 30 nonprofits to build transformative technologies for the disabledThe FBI cracked the San Bernardino iPhone due to “previously unknown security flaw”Inside Sean Parker’s $250 Million Bet To Cure CancerGoogle Calendar wants to help you stop procrastinatingMax Levchin’s lending startup Affirm raises $100MBuzzFeed reportedly cuts internal revenue target by halfI went to Panama to set up a shell company and all I got was this lousy T-shirtThese tiny microbots can remove 95% of the lead from contaminated waterNow you can get medical information via Facebook MessengerGoal one for Facebook Messenger bots: Not driving users crazyThe best demo anyone’s ever done, or will ever doHow Is The Economy Actually Helping You?Facebook’s 360 Degree 3-D Camera Unveiled At F8 ConferenceThink the gender pay gap is bad? It’s even worse in NYCFacebook’s 360-degree video camera looks like a “Star Wars” robotFacebook opens its Bot Engine AI to developersFacebook wants to turn your glasses into augmented reality gadgetsFacebook launches Bots for MessengerSpaceX releases new photos of Falcon 9 landing on ocean bargeTransgender Model Lists The Benefits Of Being A Woman For European Equal-Pay DayTo show off Facebook Live Video, Zuck unleashes a droneHow Facebook’s Big Bet On Chatbots Might Remake The UX Of The WebStephen Hawking and Yuri Milner team up for 100-million-mph mission to the starsSpend Your Day Counting Baby Penguins, In The Name Of ScienceZuck zings Trump: “I hear fearful voices calling for building walls”Can’t Program? Now There’s A WYSIWYG For Designing With CodeApple and Google better get ready for the coming bot warsTurning back the time could brick some Apple devicesLive from Facebook’s F8 conferenceFord’s 10-Year Plan To Transform Its Headquarters Into A High-Tech CampusHundreds arrested at U.S. Capitol (protesters, not Congress)Don’t be a woman on the Internet, if you can help itDesigning Beautiful Android Wear Watch Faces Just Got Much EasierThe first man in space, on this day 55 years agoStop telling women how to speakThe First Story Linda Tischler Pitched Me Was A DoozyPhil Collins Recreating His Old Album Covers Is The Only Photo Recreation That MattersDude, “Dark Side of the Moon” Totally Syncs Up With “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”Should You Cook A Steak At Work? Definitely.Prepare for the Trump era with this radiation-detecting appUsing Code To Immortalize Ancient ArchitectureIf This Creepy Horror Short Doesn’t Scare You Off Snapchat, Nothing WillThis German Startup Is Installing Solar Cells In Road SurfacesSamsung’s mid-century Serif TV design is not uglyThe World’s Most Confusing Emoji, According To ScienceMeet Zari, Sesame Street’s newest MuppetThe gender wage gap costs New York women billions every yearUber says government agencies have collected data on more than 11 million of its passengersWelcome back, Falcon 9!Smoking is bad for your career, tooRedditors say that Axe stole the idea for that Muggsy Bogues commercialThese 7 Brilliant Inventions Just Won The Lemelson-MIT Student PrizeA look at why the gender wage gap is not just about genderHow One Man Found Inner F*cking Peace Creating Profanity-Filled Guided MeditationsRedWorks Wants To Build Your First Home On MarsIn case you missed itHTC’s new 10 smartphone puts it back in the gameA Detailed Look At How Complex Equal Pay Day Really IsNew PayScale feature tackles gender wage gapA Tesla fan got a sneak peek at the new front-end design of Model SThis bio-solar panel generates clean energy from bacteriaFord’s self-driving cars can now drive at nightThe Lousy Urban Design Of America’s Most Innovative CompaniesGoogle Built An App That Critiques Other AppsLyft Hires Apple And Google Alum To Lead Product Design7 Gorgeous New Libraries That Aren’t Just About BooksThe Biggest Problem In The World Is Our Ability To Convince Ourselves There Are No ProblemsLatest Messenger update leaks Facebook’s bots plansInside Real Madrid’s Game Plan For Digital DominationWhy A Brand Strategy Agency Is Using Documentary Films To Help MarketersThis Crazy Skyscraper Is A Solar Power Plant And Small City All In OneThis Brilliant Chair Solves The Inescapable Problem Of Being Too Hot Or Too Cold At WorkSpace Exploration And STEM Take Center Stage At Yuri’s Night6 Innovative Projects That Are Making Cities Better–That Other Cities Should StealBuzz Aldrin explains who will be in charge of missions to MarsHow To Avoid Being Replaced By A RobotHow Can You Tell If A Goal Is Achievable And Realistic?Three Habits Of The Most Creative Problem SolversHow To Take Back Control Of A NegotiationHow To Walk Away From A Hiring Process You’re No Longer Interested In5 Signs Your Career Has Stagnated25 Incredibly Useful Free Sites And ServicesLyft just made it easier to travel between the U.S. and AsiaSesame Street’s Newest Muppet Is A Purple Feminist From AfghanistanTesla’s Model X hits another road bumpFacebook is 32% female—but claims it does not have a gender pay gapEvery time you burn Gwyneth Paltrow, it makes her goop strongerMicrosoft is the latest tech giant to commit to gender pay equity3 women-led companies win Rent the Runway’s venture competitionThe Russian investor behind the “Star Wars” BB-8 droid has ambitious plansThis super cheap cancer risk test is going globalSkip the heat and live-stream Coachella on YouTubeFall Into the Wooden and Whimsical World of this Penny Arcade-Style Music VideoWatch This Creepy, Smart Octopus Robot Move Like The Real ThingThe Growing Life Expectancy Gap Between The Rich And The PoorThe Netherlands Will Ban New Gasoline-Powered Vehicles By 2025New Trailer For “Game Of Thrones” Season Six Brings All The Plots TogetherNow Ticketmaster can screw you over on Facebook, too5 Designers Reinvent The Humble Bathroom FaucetTapping The Power Of Influencer VideosJohn Oliver On Why Your Credit Score Is Probably BSBeyond Bechdel: These Infographics Look At How Much More Men Speak In Films Than WomenAmazon’s new Kindle case may offer 20 months of battery lifeThe Ultimate Gift Set For Mid-Century Modern Design LoversCoca-Cola releases new gender-neutral paid parental leave benefitsVanilla definitely tastes worse these daysHealth app developers get some regulatory clarity from FTCAlmost half of all employers use credit checks in hiring decisionsWhy Nigerian Youth Join Boko Haram, And How That Can ChangeThis Drug Maker Just Gave Up Patents In The World’s Poorest CountriesThis tweet probably sums up most venture capitalistsApple Watch could have a bad yearKanye’s album just topped the Billboard charts—mostly through streamingRansomware is the hot new hack, thanks to BitcoinMessenger Chatbots Likely To Top The Agenda At Facebook’s F8 This WeekFor the small slice of Americans who own an Apple Watch, this is how they use itTake A Photo, And This Crazy Neural Network Can Deduce Where You AreHackers steal fingerprints and passport numbers of millions of FilipinosThe Future Of Big Data Is Bigger Than You Can Possibly ImagineMike O’Brien Is Oprah Winfrey In SNL’s Satire Of By-The-Numbers BiopicsNow Your Dog Can Post To Facebook, Thanks To PedigreeMaya Rudolph Drops Truth Bombs And Angel Giggles For Seventh GenerationFinally, The Golden Ratio Gets Its Own Coloring BookAnother day, another dead on-demand dreamMichael B. Jordan Feels Kobe Bryant’s Pain In Hilarious New Apple AdThis New “Suicide Squad” Trailer Will Help You Forget “Batman v Superman”Jetpack startup exec loses control during test flight, crashes to groundIn case you missed itFull Gender Equality Would Add $4.3 Trillion To The U.S. EconomyFacebook Live might mean the end of private argumentsThe world’s wild tiger count is rising for the first time in 116 yearsWhy Virtual Reality Will Change Design ForeverFisher-Price Taps Jonathan Adler To Make Baby Gear ChicThe Alien Magic Of The Desert At Night, Lit By A DronePhotos Of A Famous Actress Caught With Her Guard DownYou won’t believe the low-tech way this financial startup is disrupting private banking in AsiaWhole Foods Is Launching A Budget Store That Will Aim To Be Sustainable And Zero Waste“Catastrophe” Star Sharon Horgan On Writing Roles For Herself Nobody Else Was WritingThis Funny-Looking Gadget Forces You To Unconsciously Exercise At Your DeskSpaceX’s Dragon Capsule has successfully docked with the ISSYour Future Home Will Be Designed For Sharing (By Airbnb)Exposed: The latest suitor for Yahoo!5 Habits To Get Over Self-Limiting BeliefsInside Bernie Sanders’s Social Media MachineWhy The Gender Wage Gap Might Ruin The Future U.S. EconomyHow To Get Your Employer To Finally Recognize Your PotentialThe Three Questions You Need To Ask Before Your Job Interview Wraps UpHow To Survive Working On An Underperforming TeamTwo Reasons Not To Turn Your Side Hustle Into A Full-Time GigWhat I Learned From A Week Of Limiting My Tech Use