Social media’s big tobacco moment is just a first step

Business 4/29 12:36P Yafit Lev-Aretz

It’s still unclear whether the California jury verdict will result in healthier social networking experiences. Many commentators have called March s California jury verdict , finding Meta and Google liable for designing addictive platforms that...

Celebrities like Taylor Swift are setting the guardrails for the AI age

Business 4/29 12:10P Rebecca Heilweil

The elite want to protect themselves from AI. What about the rest of us? Taylor Swift recently filed a series of trademark applications designed to protect the star from AI -enabled impersonations. Swift already holds a wide array of trademarks,...

Your leadership team isn’t ready for AI. Here’s a 90-day plan to change that

Business 4/29 11:57A Faisal Hoque

A step-by-step plan for building the capabilities your leadership team needs—before the gap becomes permanent. In March 2026, Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey told CNBC that AI had significantly influenced his decision to step down from his post. The...

Cotopaxi designed a suitcase you can repair on the go

Business 4/29 8:00A Elizabeth Segran

The 12-year-old outdoor brand will send you swappable parts and tools, so a broken wheel or busted latch doesn’t have to end a trip—or the bag’s life. You re three days into a work trip in a foreign city, running late for a meeting, and you yank...

Do leaders actually listen to interns? Gap’s CEO says yes—and here’s why

Business 4/28 2:24P vsingh

Mark Breitbard began his career in retail and returned to it at the top, crediting authenticity as the key to his leadership journey Mark Breitbard began his career in retail and returned to it at the top, crediting authenticity as the key to his...

How to build a team that runs itself

Business 4/28 12:00A Aytekin Tank

Great leaders don’t control every detail—they design systems where teams can succeed independently. A twenty-something man once went to a French restaurant in New York—the kind of place with tuxedoed servers. He told the waiter he had never eaten...

5 new AI tools that actually save time

Business 4/27 7:20A Jeremy Caplan

From instant document design to bulk calendar uploads and one-click YouTube analysis, these apps are worth adding to your 2026 workflow. This article is republished with permission from  Wonder Tools , a newsletter that helps you discover the...

Why designers make better entrepreneurs than they think

Business 4/27 5:59A Vivianne Castillo

Maybe you’re not hard to manage. Maybe you’re just not meant to be managed. If you ve spent meaningful time in a corporate design role, you ve probably received some version of this feedback at least once: you re difficult. Too opinionated. Not a...

How Garage Beer designed its delightfully retro glass bottles

Business 4/27 5:00A Grace Snelling

The original Coors Banquet just got a cooler younger brother. Garage Beer just got a packaging update that looks like a throwback.

Microsoft hit pause on carbon removal purchases. Now what?

Business 4/26 5:14A Adele Peters

The nascent industry just lost its biggest buyer, at least temporarily. But some carbon removal technology is designed to survive without corporate support. News that Microsoft was reportedly planning to pause its carbon removal purchases has...

Apple’s CEO transition is one of the most carefully choreographed in corporate history. Here’s what...

Business 4/26 4:00A Michael Grothaus

Leadership changes can send stocks tumbling. Here’s how Apple tested and tightly controlled the news that John Ternus would be replacing Tim Cook as CEO. Earlier this week, Apple made its biggest announcement of the year, and no, it wasn’t about...

This wooden 10-story office building wiggles to withstand earthquakes

Business 4/23 6:30A Grace Snelling

Vancouver’s Hive building is the latest proof that mass timber construction is here to stay. As visitors head into downtown Vancouver through the city’s False Creek Flats neighborhood, the first thing they’ll see is the Hive: a 10-story office...

This clever bucket solves mopping’s gross factor

Business 4/23 6:00A Hunter Schwarz

Watch out, #CleanTok. The point of mopping floors is to clean them, but it s actually pretty messy, as you re sloshing increasingly grimy water from your bucket to the floor. Are you actually cleaning, or just redistributing the filth? Joseph...

She spent 2 years finding the perfect fabric. Now she wants you to wear it forever

Business 4/23 5:00A Elizabeth Segran

The Park’s Sarah Bonello is using obsessive material sourcing and timeless design to change the way women think about their wardrobe. The most sustainable piece of clothing you own probably has nothing to do with recycled polyester or organic...

Over a third of men have blamed a female colleague’s behavior on ‘hormones’

Business 4/23 12:00A Sarah Bregel

A new survey shows many men attribute women’s behavior and leadership decisions to hormones, revealing a persistent and overlooked workplace bias. Women face discrimination on several different fronts at work. They are 14% less likely to be...