The Demise of China’s Hottest Online Shopping Craze
During the height of the pandemic, a unique kind of online shopping became one of the hottest trends in China’s tech industry. Called “community group buying,” it allowed consumers to save…
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Why AI coaching works (and often works better)
What happens when you try to teach a machine how to think like you? That’s the question I found myself grappling with when I partnered with a leading learning company to cocreate an…
The Sleazy, Unsettling Sounds of Mk.gee
Earlier this summer, the singer and guitarist Mk.gee played two sold-out shows at the Stone Pony, a rock club just off the boardwalk in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The venue, which opened in…
The Trump administration is pushing to open new coal mines that will likely never turn a profit
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist‘s weekly newsletter here. It looked for a while like the coal mining era was over in the Clearfork Valley of East Tennessee,…
We designed shade out of our cities. We can design it back in
As I write these words, a heat wave is sweeping through Europe. Last month, a heat wave swept through the East Coast. Next month, a heat wave might sweep through the Middle East, or South…
He went undercover to catch art thieves. Now he’s using tech to stop forgeries
In many ways, the case that sent Daniel Elie Bouaziz to prison in 2023 for money laundering felt like just another chapter in Ronnie Walker’s storied career. Over the course of his nearly…
This is what happens when you give the world’s biggest nerds a chance at branding
When Mark Zuckerberg recently announced his grand plans to build enormous data centers in Ohio and Louisiana, two things stood out. First was the scale of the centers set to power Meta’s…
Why ambition is misunderstood—and how to reclaim it
Amina AlTai is an executive coach, leadership trainer, and chronic illness advocate. She has partnered with companies such as Google, Snap, Outdoor Voices, Chief, and Roku, and been…
Why the ‘holidaze’ is actually a good thing
Anyone who claims they haven’t felt the seductive pull of social plans interrupting their focus at work isn’t being completely honest. It’s something we all succumb to, especially in the…
AI isn’t coming for your job—it’s coming for your whole org chart
Last month, my friend Amy, a mid-level marketing manager at a Fortune 500 company, had her entire junior analyst team “restructured.” Why officially? “Strategic realignment.” Reality? AI…
Next-Level Vietnamese at Bánh Anh Em
As always with great new restaurants these days, getting a table is a bit of an investment, though Bánh Anh Em takes the fundamentally democratic approach of allowing no reservations at…
Number of housing markets with falling home prices jumps sharply to 109—up from 31 in January
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. National home prices rose 0.2% year over year from June 2024 to June…
Why business schools need to teach character development
Programs to help students discern their vocation or calling are gaining prominence in higher education. According to a 2019 Bates/Gallup poll, 80% of college graduates want a sense of…
How to listen to opinions you don’t want to hear
It has become popular to say that we want to have a diversity of opinion represented in workplaces. We want people to speak up when they disagree with an approach or have a unique…
Craft is a great all-in-one productivity tool
This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here. If I could use only one app, I’d pick…
How to watch the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game between Team Caitlin Clark and Team Napheesa Collier
Now that the WNBA finds itself at the halfway mark of the season, it’s time for an All-Star break to celebrate. Tip-off for the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game will take place tonight (Saturday,…
How Trump’s China tariffs are threatening your glitter nail polish
The ink was barely dry on President Donald Trump’s April tariff missive, when owners of independent nail polish brands sounded the alarm that the changes could chip away at their…
AI tools are killing students’ critical thinking. It’s time to fight back
The data, both empirical and intuitive, could not be more clear: Generic, direct-answer and productivity AI platforms, most notably OpenAI’s ChatGPT, are dumbing down an entire generation…
I’m a two-time tech founder. But restaurants are where I learned to lead
Sudden equipment failures. Supply chain surprises. Retaining staff as the goalposts move in real time. These aren’t challenges I’ve faced as a tech founder—but I have faced them running…
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black at Fenway
I have a recurring dream about my father and me, one of the few welcome dreams I have about him. We’re both in our late thirties, though he’s fitter than I remember him ever being. We’re…
Housing market ‘red flare’: Moody’s chief economist sees home price declines spreading
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Just weeks ago, Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi was signaling…
A new generation of magazines is getting kids to put down their phones
On a recent Saturday afternoon, I noticed an unusual silence from my 9-year-old’s room. I was surprised to find she wasn’t taking advantage of her allotted two hours of screen time;…
Forget chatbots. Physical and embodied AI are now coming for your job
Amazon recently announced that it had deployed its one-millionth robot across its workforce since rolling out its first bot in 2012. The figure is astounding from a sheer numbers…
Staying hands on made scaling to $1B+ fun for Cloudflare’s founder
On this week’s Most Innovative Companies podcast, Cloudflare COO Michelle Zatlyn talks with Fast Company staff writer David Salazar about hitting $1B in revenue and going global, as well…