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Prada is finally going fur-free
2019-05-22

The Italian fashion house is taking a stand. Italian fashion house Prada is going fur free in 2020. The company made it official in a tweet this morning.Read Full Story

Microsoft removes Huawei laptop listings from its online store
2019-05-22

Google may have killed Huawei’s ambitions to become the world’s top smartphone brand, but Microsoft is quietly following suit. The Windows maker has stopped selling the Huawei MateBook X Pro in its online store in the wake of the US government’s blacklisting of the Chinese firm. A listing for the laptop has...

Exploring the dark underbelly of smart home technology
2019-05-22

This past holiday season, AI-powered devices like the Amazon Echo and Google Home were among the hottest gifts across any product category – a trend that speaks to the rising popularity and acceptance of smart home technology in the U.S. But as innocuous as it all seems on the surface, does a darker reality...

Google stored some G Suite passwords in unhashed form for 14 years
2019-05-22

Google revealed that it recently discovered a bug that caused a subset of its enterprise G Suite customers to have their passwords stored in an unhashed — albeit encrypted — form for about 14 years. “This is a G Suite issue users only — no free consumer Google accounts were affected — and we are working...

Google’s new policy update cracks down on misleading anti-abortion ads
2019-05-22

This week, Google announced its plans to crack down on misleading advertisements from anti-abortion groups that present themselves as abortion clinics online. Google updated its “Healthcare and medicines” policy after recent allegations that it provided $150,000 in free adverts to an anti-abortion group known for...

How Adobe designer Khoi Vinh is bringing voice controls to app development
2019-05-22

For helping developers incorporate voice controls into their apps, Adobe principal designer Khoi Vinh is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People of 2019. 100 Most Creative People In Business Apps are getting easier to use largely because they’re getting easier to build: Better software enables...

How the founder of DuckDuckGo created the ultimate privacy-oriented search engine
2019-05-22

For developing a browser that keeps your online activity private, DuckDuckGo founder and CEO Gabriel Weinberg is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People of 2019. 100 Most Creative People In Business Gabriel Weinberg‘s privacy-focused search engine doesn’t track users or log their search...

How the Diet Prada cofounders became the fashion industry’s most influential watchdogs
2019-05-22

For calling out copycat fashion designers and championing new ones, Diet Prada cofounders Tony Liu and Lindsey Schuyler are among Fast Company’s Most Creative People of 2019. One of the most influential voices in the fashion industry right now belongs to Diet Prada, an Instagram account with 1.3 million...

How this entrepreneur found a way to take on the AI giants–with synthetic data
2019-05-22

For finding a way to compete in AI without having to amass massive amounts of data first, Element AI CEO Jean-Francois Gagné is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People of 2019. 100 Most Creative People In Business The AI revolution has been led by a handful of tech giants—think Amazon, Google,...

How a UX designer created a Capital One chatbot so good, some people want to marry it
2019-05-22

For creating the first natural-language chatbot for a U.S. bank, Steph Hay is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People of 2019. 100 Most Creative People In Business After transitioning from journalism to user experience design, Steph Hay found herself at Capital One helping to create an AI assistant that...

Google stored some G Suite passwords in plaintext for 14 years
2019-05-22

Google revealed that it recently discovered a bug that caused a subset of its enterprise G Suite customers to have their passwords stored in an unhashed — albeit encrypted — form for about 14 years. “This is a G Suite issue users only — no free consumer Google accounts were affected — and we are working...

Report: Female-sounding voice assistants fuel gender bias
2019-05-22

AI-powered voice assistants from Google, Amazon, Apple, and others could be perpetuating harmful gender biases, according to a recent UN report. The report, titled “I’d blush if I could” — Siri’s response to provocative queries or flirtatious statements — says the female helpers are often depicted as...

Urban Outfitters tries to stay relevant with an $88 monthly rental service
2019-05-21

This is a big move for a heritage company that first launched in 1970. Watch out Rent the Runway! Urban Outfitters, Inc. is coming for your lunch.Read Full Story

Alibaba’s colossal influence, visualized in 9 art projects
2019-05-21

Like any incomprehensibly huge e-commerce platform, Alibaba can feel like a separate, virtual world unto itself. If you’re reading this post, you almost certainly have an Amazon account–but you’ve probably never used Alibaba, sometimes referred to as “the Amazon of China.”...

After WhatsApp hack, NSO faces scrutiny from Facebook and UK public pension fund
2019-05-21

Facebook is examining its legal options and a U.K. pension fund is asking questions amid ongoing lawsuits against the Israeli firm linked to a string of abusive attacks. In March, a London-based human rights lawyer started receiving video calls from unknown numbers on Facebook’s popular messaging app WhatsApp....

If anyone can give us a real Facebook alternative, it’s Apple
2019-05-21

You’d like to leave Facebook, but there’s nowhere to go. A new social network from a company with a proven reputation for privacy isn’t such a crazy idea. Facebook is so big, and its reach so wide, that few rival networks even get out of the starting gates, much less gain the critical mass of...

The utter joy of watching 50 designers try to reinvent the chair
2019-05-21

Any human can see “The Chair,” a new exhibit of 50 chair designs from 50 designers, and get something out of it. Seeing designers create and show off fancy chairs is like watching ants build an anthill. On the one hand, it’s easy to smirk: Look at them scurry! Putting so much effort in! How cute...

Our education system is so underfunded that the classroom donation industry is booming
2019-05-20

Teachers need money for supplies, field trips, and amenities–and there are now multiple organizations competing to give it to them. In early May, the New York Times reported that while public schools remain chronically underfunded and teachers woefully underpaid, there’s at least one online platform...

Google breaks up with Huawei, blocking it from Android apps and services
2019-05-20

In a surprise bit of weekend news that could have major implications on the smartphone market, Reuters reports that “Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware, software, and technical services except those publicly available via open source licensing.” Translation: Huawei can...

Have you tried plogging, the Instagram trend that might be the sustainable sport of the future?
2019-05-18

Plogging is a portmanteau of jogging and the Swedish word for “pick up.” I was scrolling through Instagram last week when an ad suggesting I go “plogging” caught my eye. I decided not to look it up on Urban Dictionary, but assumed it would be there, and wouldn’t be pleasant. The next...

Why Snapchat’s new gender swap feature is problematic for trans people
2019-05-18

You’ve probably seen it all over your social media timelines and stories this week — friends using Snapchat’s new gender-bending filter to create uncanny and slightly creepy versions of themselves as men, women, and babies. SNAPCHAT FILTER IS CRAZY! 😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/OzflHJylPC — Aaron Aberasturi C....

Google tracks nearly all your online (and some of your offline) purchases — see it for yourself, here
2019-05-18

For years Google has been keeping track of nearly every online purchase we’ve made. A CNBC report today reveals that, thanks to purchase receipts sent to personal Gmail accounts, the company has amassed a mountain of purchasing data on each of us, including offline spending, in some cases. Better still, Google has a...

Learning from late architect I. M. Pei: “Architecture is not fashion”
2019-05-17

Pei, who died this week at the age of 102, reshaped cities all over the world, practicing a brand of humane modernism that influenced what many people thought of 20th-century architecture. Few of us will live a full century. But the architect I. M. Pei, who died this week at 102, endured long enough to see the...

PixelMe’s $40 growth plan is a must-have for your company’s marketing toolbox
2019-05-17

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