Overall, the most popular candidates among donors who work at Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft were Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders. Poor Joe Biden. He just can’t catch a break—the near-constant inability to utter a sentence without a gaffe, being the human piñata at every debate,...
US Rep. Devin Nunes can’t seem to catch a break. First, despite his memo blaming Obama and the FBI for all the evils in the world, his fellow former members of the Trump transition team keep getting indicted for being bad at crime. And now he can’t figure out which one of his cows is helping his mom make fun of...
Politics is ugly on Twitter. Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke took a strong stance against guns—and the Twitter trolls came for him.Read Full Story
If you’re a fan of the moon, there’s a lot to tweet about today. We’ll try to break it down for you. There’s a certain corner of the internet that is very excited for night to fall. This time the excitement extends beyond sky-gazing Twitter and astronomy subreddits, because there is...
Don’t let the conversation around a certain new SNL cast member overshadow the celebration for Bowen Yang, the hilarious comedian, podcaster, and SNL writer who just got promoted to featured player on the show. For about five hours on Thursday afternoon, Bowen Yang was the toast of the internet and the broader...
This designer developed a safer, simpler, and healthier solution to conventional fabric dye—using scraps of old fruits and veggies. In the United States alone, more than 15 million pounds of textile waste is generated each year. In response to the environmentally harmful practices of fast fashion—a...
The European Union needs to establish a common set of rules for cryptocurrencies to counteract risks posed by Facebook’s Libra, France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said today. According to Reuters, Libra could pose risks to consumers, financial stability and even “the sovereignty of European states,” Le...
Here are the “secrets” that I used to grow my Instagram to 10,000 followers, fast!
Fitbit‘s latest fitness tracker/smartwatch, the Versa 2, was introduced a couple of weeks ago, but the company did not provide a firm release date at the time. Now we know: the Versa 2 will be available this Sunday, September 15. Pre-orders are already open. Compared to the already-good Versa and Versa Lite, the...
With his trademark application denied, LeBron can still flip the script on some bad optics. One of the biggest NBA stories of the last week was the fact that LeBron James applied to the United States Patent and Trademark Office to trademark the phrase “Taco Tuesday.” The application was looking for...
The plastic we use to buy plastic that winds up in the ocean may someday, too, wind up in the ocean. But not if this card-making company has anything to do with it. Single-use plastic is responsible for somewhere between 4.8 and 12.7 million metric tons of plastic entering the ocean each year. We normally think of...
On the first episode of the new season of Fast Company’s podcast ‘Creative Conversation,’ we unpack why an unfocused mind is prime time for finding your most creative ideas. Listen to the latest episode of Fast Company’s podcast Creative Conversation on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,...
Facebook’s ambitious cryptocurrency project, Libra, has been facing a lot of heat in Europe since its announcement in June. Now, according to Reuters, the French finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, doesn’t want it to operate in the EU, as he feels it’s unclear exactly how the digital currency will function. Le...
“The monetary sovereignty of countries is at stake from a possible privatization of money . . . by a sole actor with more than 2 billion users on the planet.” Frances powerful finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, has announced the country will block the development of Facebook’s upcoming libra...
“Doing nothing about America’s gun violence crisis is simply unacceptable, and it is time to stand with the American public on gun safety,” the leaders say. The heads of 145 American companies have written an open letter to Senate leaders urging stronger “red flag” laws and the...
Jim Moore has spent 40 years making ‘GQ’ synonymous with good fashion sense. Legendary creative director Jim Moore has been part of the GQ family for some 40 years, and he’s just released a book, Hunks and Heroes: Four Decades of Fashion at GQ, that highlights his influential body of work at...
The new “Recover Together” site features a Google Maps-powered tool that allows people in recovery to find support and anti-opioid medication. In honor of National Recovery Month, Google has announced it is launching a new site aimed at helping the 23 million Americans with an opioid addiction. Called...
With Include.io, Lesbians Who Tech wants to help major tech companies tap into its 50,000-person community—and move the needle on diversity. Since 2014—when Tracy Chou called out Pinterest’s gender imbalance—the tech industry has spouted platitudes about the value of diversity....
I’m currently on my 25th or so re-watch of NBC’s hit mockumentary series, The Office, and it’s not because I didn’t get all the jokes the first 24 times. The show is pure comedy gold, thanks in no small part to its phenomenal cast. Now, six years since the show’s season nine finale, actors Jenna Fischer and...
As social media feeds filled up with #NeverForget hashtags today, one thing was markedly absent: tone-deaf tweets and posts from popular consumer brands. As Americans’ social media feeds are filled with #NeverForget hashtags today to commemorate the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, one thing is markedly...
The rash of mysterious vaping-related deaths and illnesses has not previously been linked to flavored e-cigs. President Trump announced today that his administration is preparing to ban flavored e-cigarettes to fight a surge in vaping by “innocent children,” the Hill reports. It’s apparently a hot...
Are you struggling with marketing productivity? If you are a digital marketer, then you must often feel like a juggler. There’s just so much to do on so many different channels and…. ….keeping all those balls in the air can make you feel exhausted. I know that we all spend hours of our working...
Currently, California has an estimated 450,000 gig workers. If AB5 becomes law in that state, it’s likely other states could move to pass similar laws protecting gig workers. The California Senate has passed an historic bill that brings gig economy workers within a hair’s breadth of being reclassified...
If you asked reviewers about the best camera on a phone last year, chances are that Apple’s phones might not feature in the top three. Google’s Pixel 3 and Huawei’s duo of P30 Pro and Mate 20 Pro ruled the charts with their versatile camera setups, and the ability to take stunning pictures in low light. With its...
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