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Truth Social was awash in bigoted attacks against Kamala Harris during...

On Truth Social, the social media platform majority-owned by Republican nominee Donald Trump, Tuesday night’s presidential debate provided an opportunity to size up the candidates on both their...

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Debate: How Kamala Harris outtrumped Trump as a master of branding

Donald Trump has his name on buildings all over New York. He also famously invented the catchphrase “You’re fired” on his former TV show, The Apprentice. But during his first, and perhaps only, debate...

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Trump has attacked Obamacare relentlessly—and millions more Americans were...

At the end of the first two years of Joe Biden’s presidency, 3.3 million more U.S. residents had health insurance than in 2019, according to a Capital & Main analysis of U.S. Census data conducted...

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Patagonia’s nonprofit arm just gave $1 million to help revolutionize...

Ventura County, California is a scenic region in the southern part of the state, full of coastal views, rolling green hills, and thousands of farms. More than 2,000 farms occupy over 260,000 acres of...

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She’s coached execs at Amazon, Airbnb, and Stripe. These are her...

Katia Verresen has a wish “for people to understand, feel, and embody the truth of their creative power.”  “I fundamentally believe that we are born creators and we can design for anything,” the...

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These smudge marks show exactly where human hands touched your clothes while...

Clothes don’t make themselves. Robots can cut, print, or dye fabrics, but they still can’t sew as well as humans, which means that every garment in your wardrobe was sewn by a pair of hands pinching...

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Why Reddit is the internet’s last great hope

“Welcome to the front page of the internet.” Everyone who enters Reddit’s San Francisco headquarters is greeted by that phrase, emblazoned right above the front door in bold red lettering. It’s how...

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This AI-powered robot spells the end to one of the most dangerous urban jobs

One of the most iconic jobs in the world is heading to the boneyard. The window washers who hang from skyscrapers in New York, London, and other global metropolises are on the brink of becoming a thing...

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This sleek new L.A. commuter train is pollution-free

On a cold day, a new train puffs out clouds that look like smoke, just like a traditional steam engine. But the train—which runs on hydrogen fuel cells, not coal—doesn’t create any climate emissions...

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If you want to attract the most talented people, include these 7 things in...

If you have ever been to a recruiting conference, odds are you‘ve seen purple squirrels everywhere. On shirts, hats, or swag, the purple squirrel has come to be a mascot of those in recruiting and...

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Youth prisons are closing across the U.S. and getting a second life

In the South Bronx in New York City, the under-construction Peninsula redevelopment offers many of the typical features developers like to portray as essential to a vibrant, mixed-use district: a...

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$13 million and no CGI: The original ‘Beetlejuice’ VFX designer explains why...

Picture the original Beetlejuice. No doubt a terrifying moment comes to mind first: The open maw of a sandworm; Beetlejuice’s bug-eyed face on the body of a snake; maybe a shrunken-headed man waiting...

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Promoting a diverse leadership team isn’t enough. Here’s why

By now, most business leaders understand the benefits of diversity. And while more and more organizations are making an effort on this front, improvements at the leadership level remain few and far...

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A silent culprit behind the housing market’s shortage of entry-level homes

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. There are a number of factors that explain why there aren’t more small homes in...

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How should I handle being constantly interrupted?

Welcome to Pressing Questions, Fast Company’s work-life advice column. Every week, deputy editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer the biggest and most pressing...

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TikTok may be the real winner of the election

Just a few months ago, a TikTok ban was imminent. President Biden signed a bill in April that required TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to sell it or face a ban in the U.S. And many Americans...

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Why Apple’s iPhone event felt like such a horn of plenty

There was a time—it went on for years and years—when a large percentage of Apple’s product strategy was about subtraction. Most famously, it didn’t matter whether you were perfectly happy plugging in...

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How tic-tac-toe-playing chickens changed my life (and your dog’s too)

A couple of blocks from where I grew up in Manhattan’s Chinatown, there’s a gaming arcade called Chinatown Fair. My parents were divorced, but in the 1980s and ’90s, on special occasions, we would...

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Apple Watch is the perfect technology for senior care. Here’s how it could be...

This week, alongside the new iPhone 16 series of phones, Apple unveiled the new Apple Watch Series 10. The new smartwatch comes in a beautiful jet-black gloss finish, has the largest display and...

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These 3 designers turned their biggest failures into success—here’s how

Failure is often said to be the best teacher. And in the design world, no matter the speciality, failure is also a constant companion. From the brainstorming phase to prototyping and production, small...

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