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7/10/2021
14 : 14

Why Netflix movies look so weird

Good morning! No emerging market matters more to US tech giants than India, where hundreds of millions of consumers are still flooding onto the internet for the first time. And the most effective way
7/10/2021
6 : 4

How the dream entry-level job in Hollywood became a never-ending, low-pay nightmare

Every industry has its "pay your dues" entry-level jobs, though none are as iconic as Hollywood's, from the mailroom to the writers assistant, which was once a sure path to the dream gig
7/10/2021
6 : 3

One Week Left: Super Early Rate Deadline Approaching

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7/10/2021
6 : 2

This design technique could help us survive extreme heat, no AC needed

Good morning! For years, people have been trying to figure out what the next blockbuster gadget after the smartphone might be. AR glasses have seemed like a strong candidate—but the technological
7/10/2021
6 : 1

How to answer the age-old question: Could this meeting have been an email?

This map shows the states where COVID-19 cases are spiking–and that's bad news for all of America ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
7/10/2021
6 : 0

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7/6/2021
14 : 24

These are America’s worst highways

When we talk about the Creator Economy, it's all too easy to get distracted by the proverbial picks and shovels being developed to serve those digital-first artists. After all, 50 startups raised
7/5/2021
14 : 14

How Disney Plus is winning by ripping up the streaming playbook

Good morning! You already know that there's a wealth of streaming entertainment to be found on the internet. What's less obvious: Much of it is free. Jared Newman rounded up 26 great services,
7/4/2021
21 : 4

Why monitoring your ‘emotional gas tank’ is critical to fighting burnout

After a long and very hot week—for those of us on the West and East coasts, anyway—we've reached a much-needed holiday weekend. But for the many workers burned out from a year-and-a-half of stress,
7/3/2021
14 : 24

Amazon is destroying millions of unsold goods, from smart TVs to laptops

Last summer, when the nation was experiencing existential crises on multiple fronts, writer Joe Berkowitz suggested that we should cancel the Fourth of July. This year, things are different. Over 67
7/2/2021
18 : 44

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7/2/2021
13 : 54

See the world’s most beautiful book covers

Unvaccinated communities could see a spike in COVID-19 cases this fall as the delta variant makes its way through the US Already, areas with lower percentages of vaccinated people are starting to see a
7/1/2021
14 : 54

Should we start wearing masks again because of the delta variant?

The World Health Organization announced that, in the face of the rapidly growing delta variant, people should wear masks in indoor public places again even if they're vaccinated, but the CDC
6/30/2021
20 : 34

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6/30/2021
14 : 4

‘I love you, now please go back to the office’

Presented by Anyone looking for a burger made from something that didn't used to be alive is often in luck. Options for plant-based burgers have vastly expanded in the last five years, both in
6/29/2021
13 : 54

This brilliant camera tricks your boss to think you’re working

Good morning! For years, Sridhar Ramaswamy and Vivek Raghunathan worked at Google, where they helped build the advertising technologies that made the search giant one of the most profitable businesses
6/28/2021
15 : 4

The most popular brainstorming strategy is BS

“How Might We…?”: If you've spent any time brainstorming, there's a good chance you've heard this phrase. Popularized by the prominent design studio IDEO, it has been embraced by major
6/27/2021
21 : 14

How to spot a toxic culture by reading between the lines of a job ad

Most of us spend a considerable number of hours “at work”—whether we're in a physical office, behind a counter, or answering emails from our couch. So finding a company culture that's a good
6/26/2021
13 : 44

Why buildings collapse

Good morning! For years, my colleague Jared Newman has been looking for an iPad Pro alternative—a tablet that's a bit more powerful on the software si ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
6/25/2021
15 : 34

6 pandemic work habits we shouldn’t lose in our ‘new normal’

Let's be real: The pandemic made it hard to be productive. In addition to having to suddenly learn new technologies, we dealt with intense stress and ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌