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Munich police investigate 1,000 mysterious stickers with QR codes on gravestones

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Trustworthy leaders drive organizational success in the face of rapid change

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The Conversation

Housing market outlook: What forecasters see mortgage rates doing through 2026

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Lance Lambert

It’s time to check on your middle managers

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Pavithra Mohan

SAG Awards 2025: How and when to watch Hollywood’s most heartfelt tribute to actors

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Shannon Cudd

5 tips for mastering virtual communication

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Next Big Idea Club

Here’s how to figure out how much insurance you need

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Emily Guy Birken

How to level-up your freelancing career in 2025

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Brian Honigman

Apple’s hidden white noise feature may be just the productivity boost you need

Apple’s hidden white noise feature may be just the productivity boost you need

As I write this, the most pleasing sound is washing over me—gentle waves ebbing and flowing onto the shore. Sadly, I’m not actually on some...

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Michael Grothaus

How presidential libraries mirror the legacy-building of emperors

How presidential libraries mirror the legacy-building of emperors

Here in Atlanta, the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum has been part of my daily life for years. Parks and trails surrounding the center...

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The Conversation

Pokémon cards spiked 20% in value over the past few months. Here’s why

It might sound a little silly that there’s an entire subgenre of influencers who offer investment advice around Pokémon trading cards. Probably...

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Joe Berkowitz

This slick new service puts ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Wikipedia on the map

I don’t know about you, but I tend to think about my favorite tech tools as being split into two separate saucepans: the “classic” apps we’ve known...

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Jr Raphael

Is free will freeing? Here’s why the freedom of choice is a trap in the modern era

Is free will freeing? Here’s why the freedom of choice is a trap in the modern era

Sophia Rosenfeld is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at the University of Pennsylvania. Her...

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Next Big Idea Club

Did you get a 1099-K? New IRS rules will impact millions of gig workers and freelancers

Did you get a 1099-K? New IRS rules will impact millions of gig workers and freelancers

Somewhere between 25% and 35% of working Americans are gig workers–either as a supplement to their primary income or as their full-time job. And...

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Emily Guy Birken

The next wave of AI is here: Autonomous AI agents are amazing—and scary

The next wave of AI is here: Autonomous AI agents are amazing—and scary

The relentless hype around AI makes it difficult to separate the signal from the noise. So it’s understandable if you’ve tuned out recent talk...

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Tom Barnett

Housing market map: Zillow just revised its 2025 home price forecast

Housing market map: Zillow just revised its 2025 home price forecast

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s  ResiClub  in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. This week, Zillow economists...

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Lance Lambert

National Margarita Day 2025: Shake up your happy hour with these drink deals and a little bit of cocktail history

While Valentine’s Day and football get the majority of publicity during February, there’s more to this month than love and sports. You may want to...

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Shannon Cudd

‘I’m a big believer in reading a room’: Kate Aronowitz of Google Ventures on balancing business and creativity

Kate Aronowitz tells me she first set out in graphic design because it felt like a discipline that helped her bring order to things. Many years...

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Nicole Gull Mcelroy

Why a proposed ban on lab-grown meat is getting pushback from Nebraska ranchers

The prospect of banning the sale of so-called lab-grown meat might seem like a no-brainer in Nebraska, where beef is king, but some of the...

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End of an era: Amazon MGM takes creative control over James Bond franchise

In a James Bond shakeup that stirred the film industry, Amazon MGM announced Thursday that the studio has taken the creative reins of the 007...

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How Wikipedia became a political lightening rod

Wikipedia has faced political threats for years, but this time, it may be at a breaking point. Republicans have ramped up attacks against Wikipedia...

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Henry Chandonnet

How to make generative AI a partner in your daily workflow

How to make generative AI a partner in your daily workflow

While having lunch with a few fellow business owners recently, our conversation turned to the topic on every entrepreneur’s mind—artificial...

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Aytekin Tank

Eating from plastic containers may increase risk of heart disease, study shows

You can find plastic containers storing food in just about every grocery store. But a new study makes a strong case for never eating out of a...

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Sarah Bregel

What is Reverse Improvement? How leaders can avoid common AI mistakes

I was watching comedian and political commentator Bill Maher talk about Reverse Improvement (RI), and it struck me how profoundly relevant this...

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Faisal Hoque

As climate science disappears from government websites, here’s how to still access the data

As climate science disappears from government websites, here’s how to still access the data

Information on the internet might seem like it’s there forever, but it’s only as permanent as people choose to make it. That’s apparent as the...

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The Conversation

The government or 4chan? The White House’s social media account is sparking outreach

The government or 4chan? The White House’s social media account is sparking outreach

The official White House social media account is under fire for posts that resemble something typically found on the internet forum 4chan. A post...

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Eve Upton-Clark

People are most worried about AI replacing these 2 jobs, according to the Max Planck Institute

You’ve probably heard AI is coming for many of our jobs. But how would you feel about getting a medical diagnosis from an AI doctor? Would you trust...

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Jennifer Mattson

Ray-Ban appoints A$AP Rocky as its first creative director

An iconic eyewear brand has a new creative icon at its helm. Ray-Ban announced today that rapper and fashion trendsetter A$AP Rocky will be its...

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Lilly Smith

How to make work fair with practical and data-driven strategies

How to make work fair with practical and data-driven strategies

Siri Chilazi is a senior researcher at the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School. Iris Bohnet is a professor of business and...

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Next Big Idea Club

How to motivate staff when automating your business

Clearly, automation will affect labor in 2025. But we maintain that when implemented well, automation elevates our employees and empowers our...

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Matthew A. Chang

Billions in funding for California’s high-speed rail may be canceled by Trump

The Trump administration is once again targeting California’s controversial high-speed rail project, with federal transportation officials on...

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L.A.’s wildfires are making a tough rental market even more brutal. Here’s why

L.A.’s wildfires are making a tough rental market even more brutal. Here’s why

The one-bedroom cottage with a woodsy vibe reminded Heather McAlpine of the home she lost to the brutal Los Angeles-area wildfires. But only two...

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Forest Service workers warn Trump’s mass layoffs will make wildfires worse

Forest Service workers warn Trump’s mass layoffs will make wildfires worse

The termination letters that ended the careers of thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less resources will be available...

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DOGE’s IRS layoffs will trigger a ‘feast for tax evaders,’ experts say

The layoffs of roughly 7,000 IRS probationary workers beginning this week likely mean the end of the agency’s plan to go after high-wealth tax...

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Associated Press

Forever 21 closing stores? Fashion chain could join list of retailers shuttering hundreds of locations this year

Fast-fashion clothing chain Forever 21 is reportedly getting ready to shutter hundreds of locations as it considers filing for Chapter 11...

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Michael Grothaus

T-Mobile is partnering with New York City to bring faster cell service to emergency first responders

T-Mobile is partnering with New York City to bring faster cell service to emergency first responders

T-Mobile is making moves to make sure it’s “first” among first responders. The mobile giant announced that as a part of its T-Priority solution—a...

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Sam Becker

Substack bets big on video as TikTok’s future remains uncertain

With TikTok’s future in the U.S. still uncertain, Substack is doubling down on attracting video creators. As of yesterday, creators can now publish...

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Eve Upton-Clark

UnitedHealth Group stock price takes another tumble on report of alleged DOJ Medicare billing probe

UnitedHealth Group, America’s largest insurer, is facing yet another crisis. The company’s stock price (NYSE: UNH) plummeted in early trading this...

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Michael Grothaus

The Jeff Bezos brand is in a slump

Branded  is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. Not so long ago, Jeff Bezos seemed on the cusp...

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Rob Walker

How managers can lead teams through unpopular return-to-office policies

In recent months, we’ve seen a wave of companies (including Amazon, JPMorgan, and Dell) and the federal government announce plans for a full-time...

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Susan Vroman

‘Yellowjackets” new title sequence is an unsettling fever dream you can’t look away from

Yellowjackets is back with more chaos, more wilderness—and a main title that is grungier than ever. Ever since the first season premiered in 2021,...

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Elissaveta M. Brandon

Trump wants to cut more disaster recovery funding. Nearly every Congressional district has recently needed the money

When climate disasters strike, funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is just one part of the response. The Department of...

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Kristin Toussaint

YouTube picked a new shade of red for its logo because the old red was too red

You may have noticed that the Google-owned video-sharing site’s infamous red play logo is now rendered in a softer, more pinkish hue. That’s...

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Hunter Schwarz

The DOGE savings tracker wants you to think it’s transparent—but its visualizations are misleading

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has updated its website, and in theory, it’s a model of government transparency. The site lists...

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Hunter Schwarz

Trump’s China tariffs will hit small device makers hardest

Trump’s China tariffs will hit small device makers hardest

The day after the Super Bowl, ZapperBox quietly raised the price on Amazon of its over-the-air DVR. ZapperBox offers one of the best means of...

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Jared Newman

This company is paying employees $10,000 to return to the office

This company is paying employees $10,000 to return to the office

This year, high-profile companies like Amazon and JPMorgan have embraced strict policies to get their employees back into the office full time,...

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Pavithra Mohan

How Trump’s proposed funding freeze has impacted childcare providers

How Trump’s proposed funding freeze has impacted childcare providers

When President Trump issued a freeze on federal grants and loans in late January, there was widespread confusion about what it could mean for...

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Pavithra Mohan

17 red states are suing to end federal disability protections. Here’s how you can support Section 504

17 red states are suing to end federal disability protections. Here’s how you can support Section 504

Disability rights could be under threat. People with disabilities are protected from discrimination and given equal access to education,...

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Shalene Gupta

Beauty entrepreneur Jaimee Lupton wants her brands to be a modern L’Oreal. Here’s how she plans to get it done

Beauty entrepreneur Jaimee Lupton wants her brands to be a modern L’Oreal. Here’s how she plans to get it done

After years of working in PR and branding for luxury beauty, Jaimee Lupton decided to break away and disrupt the space by making beauty products...

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Lily Mcdonald

Shoppers say they want conscious consumption. But they won’t spend to do it

Shoppers say they want conscious consumption. But they won’t spend to do it

After bottoming out during the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, the perception of conscious consumerism has ascended to new heights in recent...

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Heath Shackleford