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4 tips to help you maintain a healthy credit rating

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Emily Guy Birken

This startup hired a sci-fi novelist to give its AI companions a soul

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Emily Mccrary-Ruiz-Esparza

Why an ethics assessment should come before a promotion

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Richard Bistrong

Want to save money on an Apple iPhone this holiday season? Try these 3 shopping hacks

Thanksgiving is behind us, which means the holiday shopping season has officially begun. And that means that both companies and third-party...

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Michael Grothaus

How the Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals have exacerbated food waste

The U.S. government has caused massive food waste during President Donald Trump’s second term. Policies such as immigration raids, tariff changes,...

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The Conversation

The ChatGPT effect: How AI changed the way people search for things

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The Conversation

The danger of believing business myths

There’s an old myth that Inuit cultures have as many as a hundred words for snow. I remember learning about it in school, and there was just...

previous day 10

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Greg Satell

How SailGP turned the niche sport into a $200 million celebrity investment magnet

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Paul Mueller

3 tech products that quietly made my life better in 2025

Hello once again, and welcome back to Fast Company’s Plugged In. I didn’t buy a new phone this year. Or a new laptop, tablet, or smartwatch. That...

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Harry Mccracken

When is Spotify Wrapped 2025 coming out? Release date history, how to access after app update message

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Michael Grothaus

Amazon workers warn ‘warp-speed’ AI push threatens democracy and the planet

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Taylor Hatmaker

Parents say online blackmail of kids is rising—and AI is making a bad problem worse

No one can deny that the internet, especially social media, can pose significant dangers. Now, a new survey has found that about one in five...

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Sarah Fielding

Black Friday 2025: Are banks, stock markets open or closed? And when do store sales start at Walmart and Target?

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Jennifer Mattson

The most popular social media platform isn’t TikTok or X

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Chris Morris

Black Friday design deals you don’t want to miss

After Thanksgiving, brands will bombard you with Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions. It can be overwhelming to know what to buy. After all,...

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Elizabeth Segran

AI is tranforming spacecraft propulsion—and may lead to nuclear-powered rockets

Every year, companies and space agencies launch hundreds of rockets into space—and that number is set to grow dramatically with ambitious missions...

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The Conversation

This fully functional Lego Game Boy is all I want for Christmas

If you loved the Lego Game Boy but couldn’t get yourself to buy it because it was only a display piece that couldn’t play actual Game Boy games,...

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Jesus Diaz

The new rules of work: How AI is reshaping human value

AI is rapidly changing the world around us, from the way we engage online to how we work. But while the technology is able to complete an...

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Sarah Bregel

U.S. pulls back on asbestos protections again—this time in your cosmetics

In the latest sign that the Trump administration isn’t so concerned about asbestos, the Food and Drug Administration this week withdrew a proposed...

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Anna-Louise Jackson

Stanley McChrystal says leaders must have good character and strong convictions

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Robert Safian

The anti-junk gift guide

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Emily Guy Birken

How close is the first solopreneur unicorn?

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Jared Lindzon

Why is the AI industry scared of this Palantir alum running for congress?

As the midterm election primaries inch closer, some candidates are focusing their campaigns on how they’ll regulate artificial intelligence. On the...

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Rebecca Heilweil

Money dysmorphia: Why solopreneurs fall prey to the funhouse mirror of finances

I’ve worked for myself for nearly a decade, and in all but one of those years I’ve earned more than the U.K. average salary. Some years it’s been a...

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Megan Carnegie

Home prices are falling in these 105 major housing markets

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub  in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. National home prices rose ...

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Lance Lambert

How to watch the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade live online or on TV, including free options

A Thanksgiving tradition since 1924, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has not quite turned 100 years-old yet. How is this possible you might...

27.11.2025 9

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Shannon Cudd

What’s open and closed on Thanksgiving Day 2025? Stores, banks, stocks, groceries, pharmacies

27.11.2025 7

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Shannon Cudd

Less Phone. More Focus

27.11.2025 6

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Jeremy Caplan

Pets are the new kids: How a generational shift is rewriting work culture

27.11.2025 7

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Keltie Neville

Goldfish joins Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with the tiniest float ever

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Grace Snelling

What stores are open on Thanksgiving Day 2025? Holiday hours for Walmart, Whole Foods, Costco, and more

Thanksgiving is a beautiful day filled with family, loved ones, and good food. All that merriment takes copious amounts of labor and planning...

27.11.2025 6

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Shannon Cudd

AI could play a big role in this year’s Black Friday

27.11.2025 3

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Chris Morris

5 mindset shifts to utilize your time better as a working mom, according to a Wharton professor

27.11.2025 5

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Next Big Idea Club

Neuroscience of Thanksgiving and happiness: How to maximize the health benefits of practicing gratitude

26.11.2025 8

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Jennifer Mattson

The National Parks Service is raising fees for millions of international tourists at these popular U.S. parks

26.11.2025 7

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Associated Press

This project is using AI and satellite data to create the first definitive map of the entire continent of Africa

26.11.2025 4

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Adele Peters

Your Polestar EV can now power your house—and save you money

When it’s parked in your garage, the Polestar 3 can now help you save on your electric bill. The automaker is the latest to roll out bidirectional...

26.11.2025 4

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Adele Peters

Thanksgiving flight today? This map shows which airports have the most delays and cancellations

The Thanksgiving travel period is in full swing. Today is the last day before Thanksgiving, which means millions of Americans will be taking to the...

26.11.2025 3

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Michael Grothaus

As the holiday shopping season kicks off, these overseas sellers struggle to keep U.S. customers

26.11.2025 7

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Associated Press

RealPage barred from using real-time data to set rents under new DOJ settlement

26.11.2025 5

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Associated Press

Weekly claims for unemployment benefits drop

26.11.2025 2

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Associated Press

Trump’s plan for extending healthcare subsidies is running into a divided GOP. Here’s why

A health care proposal circulated by the White House in recent days is running into the reality of Republican divisions on the issue — a familiar...

26.11.2025 6

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Associated Press

An immigration agent’s use of ChatGPT for reports is raising alarms. Experts explain why

Tucked in a two-sentence footnote in a voluminous court opinion, a federal judge recently called out immigration agents using artificial...

26.11.2025 4

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Associated Press

Abercrombie & Fitch’s shares are up 37% thanks to Hollister’s success

26.11.2025 4

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Sarah Fielding

This Apple-backed classroom brings top-notch education to rural Alabama

26.11.2025 5

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Nate Berg

Jeffrey Epstein’s emails, now in searchable, Gmail-style interface

26.11.2025 5

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Eve Upton-Clark

MIT study finds AI is already capable of replacing 11.7% of U.S. workers

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Grace Snelling

Meta allegedly buried internal research on social media harms

26.11.2025 3

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Sarah Bregel

How to be a thought leader (without feeling cringey)

The number of people who have come to me whispering, “I want to be seen as a thought leader.” And yet when I say, “Amazing, let’s put you on...

26.11.2025 2

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Kim Rittberg

This charming new font is a love letter to San Francisco’s public transit

26.11.2025 7

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Hunter Schwarz