I met my AI twin—and now I’m in an existential crisis

Business 3/26 7:00A Grace Snelling

Sentience is a new AI company billed as ‘the digital version of you, but with perfect memory.’ I put that to the test. Before I ever met Sam Kececi, I had already interviewed him on his career, his use of AI , and his thoughts on data privacy. In...

Kizik’s next big step is a slip-on running shoe

Business 3/26 7:00A Grace Snelling

The brand is expanding to its first-ever sports-based shoe. When it was founded in 2017, the shoe brand Kizik was on a mission to bring hands-free shoe technology into the mainstream. It’s now taking two big steps to further that goal. Kizik s...

The National Hurricane Center’s new forecast cone will warn more people if they’re in the path of a...

Business 3/25 1:45P Jennifer Mattson

The agency just made a big redesign. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration s (NOAA) National Hurricane Center is redesigning its most recognizable , some would say iconic, cone graphic for the 2026 hurricane season. Other product...

Psychological safety is the first step. Most companies forget the second

Business 3/25 1:00A Maria Papacosta

Many organizations encourage employees to speak up, but then fail to protect them from the subtle career consequences that can follow. When leadership trends become corporate wallpaper, they risk losing the very edge that made them useful in the...

11 ways to make leadership skills contagious

Business 3/24 11:00P Alyshia Hull

Psychology explains how to create an environment that not only makes you a better leader but also turns the people around you into better leaders. The best leaders share a few predictable traits: They’re curious, self-aware, and genuinely invested...

This controversial statue was dumped in a harbor. Now Trump has a replica near the White House

Business 3/23 9:49A Associated Press

The statue of Christopher Columbus is a replica of one that was tossed into Baltimore’s harbor by protesters in 2020. A statue of Christopher Columbus has been placed on the grounds of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the...

This playful desk reimagines the cubicle for our new era of work

Business 3/23 9:00A María José Gutierrez Chavez

Vitra’s new design is a mobile, customizable space for the modern workplace. As return-to-office mandates tighten, many workers are reckoning what life in a cubicle looks like. If it s up to the Swiss furniture and design firm Vitra, your next...

Is leadership dead? 7 ways to revive its branding in your organization

Business 3/23 5:00A Sally Clarke

Being a manager is no longer an aspiration for many young professionals. Is leadership dead? Perhaps not, but its  branding  is definitely on life support. Younger professionals are not chasing titles for prestige or salary alone. In fact, many...

A first look at the vibrant branding for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

Business 3/23 5:00A Nate Berg

The designers behind LA28 reveal the superbloom-inspired look that’s coming to TV screens, stadiums, and L.A. streets. It s still more than two years until the cauldron lights up for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, but we now know what...

What’s next for Stanley after the rise and fall of the water bottle craze?

Business 3/23 4:30A Grace Snelling

Stanley wants to be more than just the Quencher—and to prove it, the brand designed its first-ever line of totes, backpacks, and crossbody bags. A few years ago, the reusable water bottle transformed from a humble utilitarian good into a...

How PepsiCo designed its new protein Doritos to look and taste like the real thing

Business 3/23 4:30A Grace Snelling

These Doritos have eight extra grams of protein, but you’d be hard-pressed to taste the difference. For the past several months, the food scientists at PepsiCo have been working overtime to dream up new products that meet young consumers’ health...

Our whole way of thinking about leadership is a century out of date

Business 3/23 4:10A Mark C. Crowley

Here’s how to think instead. Think about how we commonly seek to motivate human performance in our workplaces: Employees are treated as costs to be minimized rather than people to be invested in. Performance is managed through fear of...

The hidden trap of being a morning person

Business 3/21 12:00A Camilla Kring

Three strategies for protecting yourself from burnout. If you wake up before sunrise ready to start the day, you’re not alone—and in many ways, the modern world is designed for you. Schools start early. Meetings begin at 8 a.m. And showing up...

Iran escalates attacks in Gulf striking one of the region’s major refineries in Kuwait

Business 3/20 7:49A Associated Press

Kuwait’s Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery, one of the largest in the Middle East, can process nearly 730,000 barrels of oil per day. Iran defiantly insisted Friday that it would deny its enemies their security and that it was still building missiles...

Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘Fallingwater’ is too iconic for a logo

Business 3/20 5:30A Hunter Schwarz

Fallingwater has a new wordmark that lets the architecture speak for itself. Fallingwater, the iconic Pennsylvania home architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed to sit over a running stream, just rebranded. But it doesn t have a logo, and that s...