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Fast Company, March 25, 2021

March 25, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.35 MB

If you want to remember something, write it down—by hand.

Fast Company, March 24, 2021

March 24, 2021 11:00 - 1 minute - 3.56 MB

Asking for a raise is hard enough even in the best of times. But when you’re afraid you’ll lose your job, it’s even harder.

Fast Company, March 23, 2021

March 23, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.53 MB

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sold a non-fungible token of his famed first tweet—”just setting up my twttr”—for more than $2.9 million.

Fast Company, March 22, 2021

March 22, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 3.72 MB

At the Walt Disney Company, talking about salaries is allegedly forbidden, according to a new addendum to a lawsuit filed in California by female current and ex-employees.

Fast Company, March 19, 2021

March 19, 2021 11:00 - 1 minute - 2.78 MB

Google is going to need to update Google Maps. The company announced today that it’s planning to invest more than $7 billion in offices and data centers around the country.

Fast Company, March 18, 2021

March 18, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.24 MB

March Madness viewing is expected to cost businesses an estimated $13.8 billion in productivity this year, according to the Chicago-based outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. That’s up from $13.3 billion in 2019.

Fast Company, March 17, 2021

March 17, 2021 11:00 - 1 minute - 2.96 MB

It looks like China has banned Signal, reports CNBC.

Where can I get the COVID-19 vaccine? Check Facebook

March 16, 2021 11:00 - 1 minute - 3.28 MB

If you need COVID-19 vaccine help, Facebook may have the answers.

Fast Company, March 15, 2021

March 15, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.17 MB

Last week, a work of digital art shattered records at storied auction house Christie’s, selling for a historic $60.25 million ($69.3 million with buyer’s fees). It’s the highest price commanded by a JPEG file thus far—paid for, in true 2021 style, with the cryptocurrency ether.

Fast Company, March 12, 2021

March 12, 2021 12:00 - 2 minutes - 5.4 MB

According to a new report from McKinsey, it’s not just about social change: Creating a more racially equitable industry could have a quantifiable impact in cold, hard cash—to the tune of $10 billion.

Fast Company, March 11, 2021

March 11, 2021 12:00 - 2 minutes - 4.07 MB

Popular game maker Roblox went live on the New York Stock Exchange. Roblox will trade under the symbol RBLX.

Fast Company, March 10, 2021

March 10, 2021 12:00 - 2 minutes - 4.55 MB

If you’re still waiting for a refund check to hit your bank account more than three weeks after you filed your 2020 taxes, the Internal Revenue Service wants you to hang tight.

Fast Company, March 9, 2021

March 09, 2021 12:00 - 2 minutes - 5.21 MB

The republicans are cheering about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s interview with Oprah Winfrey last night.

Fast Company, March 8, 2021

March 08, 2021 12:00 - 2 minutes - 4.9 MB

An international team of scientists from China, the Netherlands, the United States, and the UK are shaking things up in Science this week, lobbying for an extension on how many days scientists can study human embryos in a dish.

Fast Company, March 5, 2021

March 05, 2021 12:00 - 1 minute - 3.09 MB

Can’t knock this hustle: Jack Dorsey‘s Square is acquiring what it calls a significant majority ownership stake in Tidal, the music streaming service owned by Jay-Z.

Fast Company, March 4, 2021

March 04, 2021 12:00 - 2 minutes - 4.66 MB

Generation X may have listened to Marc Cohn’s Grammy Award-nominated hit song “Walking in Memphis” a bit too much over the years, because homebuyers in that age group are gravitating toward the Bluff City more than any other large metro area in the United States.

Fast Company, March 3, 2021

March 03, 2021 12:00 - 2 minutes - 4.29 MB

Cord cutting accelerated at such a rapid pace last year that the penetration of U.S. households paying for traditional TV services is down to levels not seen since the mid-1990s, according to a new report from analyst firm MoffettNathanson.

Fast Company, March 2, 2021

March 02, 2021 12:00 - 3 minutes - 5.74 MB

Amazon is facing allegations of discrimination by one of its senior managers.

Fast Company, March 1, 2021

March 01, 2021 12:00 - 1 minute - 3.15 MB

Does gender discrimination in hiring cut both ways? A new study in Plos One indicates yes.

Fast Company, February 26, 2021

February 26, 2021 12:00 - 2 minutes - 4.06 MB

In its first earnings report as a publicly traded company, Airbnb delivered a hopeful forecast for the coronavirus-battered travel industry, expressing optimism that people’s appetite for new destinations will grow this year as vaccines begin to finally make a dent in the pandemic.

Fast Company, February 25, 2021

February 25, 2021 12:00 - 2 minutes - 3.97 MB

Joby Aviation is going public in a SPAC merger.

Fast Company, February 24, 2021

February 24, 2021 12:00 - 2 minutes - 4.08 MB

A new survey conducted by Harris Poll exclusively for Fast Company found that the majority (52%) of U.S. workers are considering a job change this year, and as many as 44% have actual plans in place to make the leap.

Fast Company, February 23, 2021

February 23, 2021 12:00 - 1 minute - 2.94 MB

WhatsApp is updating its privacy policies, and if you don’t agree to the changes by May 15, you’ll see some limitations on your account.

Fast Company, February 22, 2021

February 22, 2021 12:00 - 1 minute - 3.13 MB

Did you know that doing your taxes is part of an ancient tradition of supporting functional democracy?

Fast Company, February 19, 2021

February 19, 2021 12:00 - 2 minutes - 3.33 MB

More than 20.5 million years of life worldwide may have been lost to the coronavirus pandemic, says a new study published in Scientific Reports.

Fast Company, February 18, 2021

February 18, 2021 12:00 - 2 minutes - 3.18 MB

Big Hit Entertainment, the South Korean company behind the boy-band phenomenon BTS, is expanding a strategic partnership with Universal Music Group and its Geffen Records label in an ambitious attempt to replicate the successful K-pop formula—and the social media virality that goes along with it—with an American music company.

Fast Company, February 17, 2021

February 17, 2021 12:00 - 1 minute - 2.13 MB

You don’t need to drive a Rolls-Royce, own a personal jet, or shop for couture to invest with Goldman Sachs anymore.

Fast Company, February 16, 2021

February 16, 2021 12:00 - 2 minutes - 3.36 MB

The iPhone 12, released last year, featured the biggest redesign to the iPhone in almost four years. But that redesign left many fans and industry pundits thinking the 2021 iPhone, currently dubbed the “iPhone 13,” will be a more modest, iterative update.