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Making digital payments secure and sustainableSee the states that owe renters billions in housing assistance checksResearch reveals surprising benefits for men when they fight sexism at workDisney needs to create a streaming super app to defeat NetflixThe innovators who revolutionized Black musicWant to design a perfect robot? Study squirrelsWill NIMBYs sink new clean energy projects? Not if developers listen to these concernsThis is one of the best ways to answer ‘What do you do?’Want a new job? Get vaccinatedHow JustCBD went from a homespun cure to a powerhouse in the CBD spaceDo I qualify for a COVID-19 booster shot? Here’s who does and doesn’tFlexiSpot’s affordable standing desks: reviewThis startup uses the cooling towers on buildings as carbon capture devicesGhosting on dating apps is annoying. Match wants to end itA sustainable future: How Innovation and collaboration are driving the future of commerceYale researchers say social media’s outrage machine has the biggest influence on moderate groupsThe right way to do business webinars (it involves wine)Gratitude may be the secret to overcoming the talent crisisMake flexibility your superpowerPssst, Governor Cuomo: Study finds men have a big role to play in workplace gender equality3 ways—beyond a better paycheck—companies can hold onto top talentIRS unemployment tax refund August update: You might get a check next week if you’ve been waiting5 ways the hybrid workplace can make companies more inclusiveThis arresting book contains hundreds of letters to future generations. It’ll last 1,000 yearsCrypto’s run without government oversight is coming to an endMassive infrastructure spending has a dark sideThis one chart shows why Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine is worth $900 millionOne reason for the tech industry’s Great Resignation: lack of diversityHow activist hedge funds went from corporate raiders to climate heroesKnitters rejoice: Someone has finally invented tangle-free yarnCould pulling water from the air be the solution for California’s drought-stricken towns?Learning from the Vessel: How cities can be designed to prevent suicideBig Sean’s latest collaboration? Teaching kids about finance—on MinecraftHow to ensure the job offer you make is truly equitableAre lefties smarter than righties? Are they more creative? Here’s what recent research says3 tips that will help you feel more comfortable speaking up at workThe Dutch secret to boosting joy every dayHow to ask someone at work if they’re vaccinatedThese solar-powered string lights are the best piece of camping equipment I ownWaiting for your IRS child tax credit? Here’s how to track your August payment#TaxTheChurches: How much do U.S. religious organizations not pay in taxes?Rushing your rebrand is risky businessAuthentic Brands Group, famed for dead celebrity likenesses, scoops up Reebok from AdidasDeveloping a fearless mindsetThis tool helps companies make sense of their carbon footprint so it’s easier to cutWant to stop buying junk? Understand the psychology behind this marketing tacticThe meme roundup we really did not want to be doing right nowHow to find out what your customers are saying about youWhy impulse control—not following your gut—is a CEO’s secret weaponPrivacy laws are useless when everyone wants to be surveilledInspired by her twins, this mom is designing clothes that flip gender norms on their headHow to manage a domineering employee when you’re an introvert leaderCan luxury fashion ever be inclusive?4 ways companies can help solve the childcare crisisThe incredibly sneaky way websites sidestep privacy tools to spy on youMillionaires are calling for an emergency tax on billionairesU.S. workers are burned out. Could company-wide vacations help?After making the first COVID vaccine, BioNTech is taking on malariaNiantic’s CEO believes the metaverse could be a ‘dystopian nightmare’I’m the Techstars CEO: Here’s why focusing on ESG drives wealthSome companies rip off products. Target imitates entire brandsMeet the bad-ass Black female bikers Rihanna champions in her latest campaignThis startup is bringing the first mind-controlled prosthetic arm to marketThis one skill can boost your hireability in any industryHow a 5-year-old taught me a lesson I use in my daily professional lifeThe ‘quietly revolutionary’ creativity of Elizabeth BanksKlaus Schwab: Young people hold the key to creating a better futureAirbnb travel fantasies are weirder than everThe Senate infrastructure bill includes $1 billion to address devastation caused by freeways. Experts say it’s not enoughJoby Aviation is taking off on the New York Stock Exchange. Here’s what to knowHill House’s wildly popular Nap Dress gets a ‘Bridgerton’ makeoverHow leaders build networks to enhance their careersWhatsApp is making it easier to switch from iPhone to Android without losing your chatsThis one thing can help you find a job after long-term unemployment$1 trillion infrastructure bill provides the biggest investment in broadband in decadesDuring a power outage, this tech keeps the electricity on in the most important placesSamsung’s foldable phones aren’t just for rich nerds anymoreThis startup will make you fall in love with your hand soap dispenser15 leaders’ tips for destressing and getting your focus backTurning the U.S. into a cryptocurrency powerhouse starts with smart policiesThese 4 phrases are sabotaging your DEI effortsI sold my company and miss being the boss. Do I have seller’s remorse or pandemic restlessness?Want to retire early? Move to one of these 10 countriesDollar General recall: Lounge chairs made in China recalled over amputation fearsIt’s not just big cities: Inside the housing crisis hitting one of the world’s most remote townsAt future Olympics, algorithms could be doling out gold medals instead of judgesWhy barbershops are at the forefront of the effort to vaccinate Black AmericansChoosing to be a ‘nonpolitical’ company means choosing to be anti-BlackBeyond the shotgun shack: How architects are rethinking Southern buildings for the 21st centuryThe new label we need on produce: ‘smart-farmed’How BioNTech created a new delta-focused COVID vaccine in just a few weeksHow the public sector is accelerating climate actionDelta is raging. Is it really safe to send kids back to the classroom?5 ways to start earning money with the skills you already haveHow to have (and explain) a career with multiple pathsThis novel approach to storytelling is designed for Gen Z readersHow a simple OOO message can improve your hybrid work arrangementThe talent equation: How new innovation-driven roles in surprising fields are redefining our perception of scientistsRobots are coming for the lawyersBattle of the vaccine passports: How NYC’s Covid Safe app compares to New York’s Excelsior PassWho is Kathy Hochul? New York State will get its first woman governor after Cuomo steps downNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo puts in his two-week notice16 strategies to ensure the content you’re producing has real value for your audienceThe most potent medicine for mental health might be in your pantryHow to update your résumé so it shows what you learned during the pandemicFEMA emergency alert: Here’s what to know about those cell-phone and TV warningsKeeping the gifts of virtual for building relationships at workWhy high-profile smart cities fail, from Sidewalk’s Quayside to Amazon’s HQ2 in QueensNeed a mental reset for your burned-out team?‌ Try eating ‌outdoors‌IRS unemployment refund update: What is the timeline for August payments?What to embrace (and what to ditch) in your new hybrid officeThis VC wants to help startups win $682 billion a year in government contractsMIT built a Google search to spot the most important tech innovations of the futureThis company recycles shipping containers into backyard swimming poolsAmazon will pay you if you’re injured by a third-party seller’s productPot shops are opening on Main Street America. And they look like Jimmy Buffett’s MargaritavilleLocal food delivery companies say Google devastated their business3 effective ways to gain confidence at workCargo bikes can deliver packages faster than vans—and with less pollution3 ways to stem the Great Resignation: Innovation, creativity, and help for working parentsMeet the man safeguarding journalists’ photos and videos in Syria and beyondThe nights are cold. The air is thin. And still, she got that helicopter to flyHow one woman helped force Facebook to create a policy for dealing with militia groupsFancy a pilsner in a paper bottle? This packaging startup is making it a realityHow a Moderna scientist and her team pivoted to make a COVID-19 vaccineHow one scientist is saving crops around the world via AI-enabled appsHow online checkout startup Fast is reinventing online shoppingHow Ebro Darden put his stamp on Black music—and Apple MusicWhy ‘calling in’ might be more constructive than ‘calling out’How Jing Gao’s Fly By Jing sauce company gives Chinese cuisine the respect it deservesHow Snapchat created a hit shoppable show with the Art of the DropACs are bulky, loud, and terrible for the environment. Is there a better version in our future?The video-gaming network that’ll have you yelling, ‘I want my VENN TV’How Athleta CEO Mary Beth Laughton is taking on Nike by empowering athletes—famous and notHere’s what happens when a venture capitalist backs women foundersMore SolarWinds-style attacks are coming. Here’s how to stop themHow the nonprofit iCivics inspired millions of kids to try to win the White House last yearCorporate swag can be wasteful and gross. Here’s how one CEO is changing thatHow the Jamal Khashoggi documentary ‘The Dissident’ lived to tell the taleYou know you miss watching movies with a group. This startup makes it possibleThis Colgate-Palmolive design manager reinvented toothbrush packaging to make it plastic-freeHow George Floyd’s death inspired this CEO to invest differentlyShe demanded free Covid-19 testing. Now Katie Porter is taking on child care policyThese Princeton researchers developed a low-cost way to purify water using artificial-skin materialWhy the community of Phoebe Bridgers fans is the secret to her successMeet one of the writers behind Netflix’s LGBTQ+ social storytellingHow one economist is making some deficit hawks reconsiderHow two experimental theater-makers are closing the social distance between usThis disability activist is pushing Starbucks, Gucci, and others to see the beauty of accessibilityWhy ‘Blaseball’ is an absurd delight—and what it means for the metaverseThis cybersecurity founder acknowledges the vulnerability in us allHow labor unions are still trying to get protections for Amazon workersWhy designer Jonathan Anderson is going to keep delighting you with DIY surprisesDirector Janicza Bravo on the secret to the success of ‘Zola’How an alarmed U.S. historian became a Substack superstarHow this top voting rights activist uses business and data to protect the voteThis nonprofit keeps the fashion industry accountable to its workersHow background check startup Garbo protects people from gender-based violenceHow Google lowered the carbon cost of the Pixel 5 housing by 35%How pro cyclist Justin Williams is bringing diversity to the $2-billion-a-year sportThese two founders are breaking the prison industrial complex one letter at a timeHow Parul Koul and the Alphabet Workers Union created an untraditional union to hold the tech giant accountableThese acoustic panels reduce noise within buildings by up to 60%This art adviser created a novel way to ensure that artists get their fair shareBurger King’s juicy new logo is a big success. Here’s why it worksBuildings produce 50% of the U.K.’s greenhouse gas emissions; these architects are changing thatAmerican architecture is built on racism. Cultural historian Mabel O. Wilson is exposing itHow Andi Owen turned Herman Miller into a modern design juggernautWhat does Gen Z want? A different kind of experience on Tinder, for one thingHow Song Exploder’s Hrishikesh Hirway created a hit podcast and TV show around deconstructing creativityThis new bank is empowering LGBTQ customers by catering to their needsHow the cofounders of Ephemeral reinvented tattoos to make them last just a yearHow We Selected the Most Creative People in Business for 2021How Ford’s Mustang Mach-E upended the EV marketThis portable, affordable new MRI machine is already saving lives around the worldHow a DeepMind scientist solved a problem that long seemed unsolvableHere’s why citizen-science is boomingInside the only late-night talk show that breaks newsThis restaurant tech is actually helping independent eateries surviveThe ads encouraging COVID-19 vaccinations have been workingHow Lowe’s kept contractors working through the pandemic with a virtual home-visit toolHow the NWSL got stronger during an unprecedented year for pro sportsJust 3% of designers are Black—Mitzi Okou is on a mission to change thatThe future of Microsoft’s HoloLens project? More equitable meetings, for startersContent moderators see horrible things. This lawyer is fighting for their right to talk about itInside director Shaka King’s radical approach to filmmakingStanley Tucci on his star turn playing himself—and the perfect Italian meal for right nowHow GE’s CTO empowered engineers to build the world’s most powerful wind turbineFalling birth rates are an economic issue. Here’s how we can fix itWhy TikTok star Jazmyn W. isn’t sweating social media’s dark side3 things you must do to get a promotionThe Pentagon is mandating vaccines for the military. Here’s a list of other orgs requiring them, tooExpect long waits, as Canada reopens its land borders to Americans, including touristsHow will climate change affect where you live? This interactive tool shows youHow the Shiba Inu coin burn is attempting to rekindle a meme’s magic3 new rules for social interaction in the workplace#ObamaVariant: An unlikely target for COVID outrage emergesA future without cookiesHow rethinking upskilling can help head off the Great ResignationHow cities can be redesigned for neurodiversityIkea wants you to repurpose its products, and these instructions tell you exactly how to do itCOVID-19 transmission map: Only 12 states aren’t at the CDC’s highest threat levelWhat is decentralized finance? Understanding the risks and rewards of DeFiEveryone gets a stoop in this inside-out apartment buildingWest Coast wildfires are displaying weird nighttime behavior, and that’s not goodWhy most productivity hacks don’t workInvestors poured nearly $8 billion into synthetic biology last year. This company is leading the fieldFreshly joins the plant-based meal crazeHow the CEO of this electric, semiautonomous shipping pod company plans to change truckingThis is the world’s blackest black ink. It’s like staring into infinity4 steps leaders can take to avoid encouraging a culture of Cuomo-style harassmentI’m a Black female DEI executive, and this is why I believe it’s time to debunk the myth of ‘Black girl magic’Avec’s drink mixers could change the way you make a cocktailThe very narrow window to avoid climate catastrophe is rapidly closing, IPCC says5 short podcasts for people who have no time for podcastsWatch a 1990 presentation that captures Pixar in its early days