Humane, a five-year-old artificial intelligence startup founded by former Apple designers Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, announced its first product on Thursday — a $699 pin you wear on your lapel. Click here to read the story at cnbc.com. Discussion Questions:
Is the beloved American fast-food-franchise model facing a reckoning? Click here to read the story at fastcompany.com. Discussion Questions:
In 2010, Emily Weiss was working on a Vogue photo shoot in Miami when she and Doutzen Kroes got to talking about self-tanner. Weiss was, at the time, an assistant to a freelance stylist. Click here to read the story at newyorker.com. Discussion Questions:
Selena Gomez, star of Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building and founder of Rare Beauty, has been open about her struggles with mental health throughout her career: The actress and singer has spoken about dealing with anxiety and depression, revealing in 2020 that she’d been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Click Read more…
Ian Miller, owner of the Slaughterhouse in Des Moines, Iowa, makes a living out of scaring people to death. Click here to read the story at thehustle.co. Discussion Questions:
If you are a connoisseur of fancy coffee and fancy coffee shops (or even just fancy-ish), you’ve probably noticed that the price of your favorite drink is higher than it used to be. Click here to read the story at vox.com. Discussion Questions:
After months of testing, TikTok has finally launched its e-commerce product, TikTok Shop, in the U.S. — where it has more than 150 million users. Click here to read the story at techcrunch.com. Discussion Questions:
The world’s largest fast-food chain is going for a “small format concept” in its next venture. Click here to read the story at today.com. Discussion Questions:
Scroll through TikTok, and there’s a dupe for seemingly everything. Don’t want to spend $98 on lululemon leggings? Try these $27 alternatives. If a Skims bodysuit is too much, a smiling influencer will show you exactly where you can find a similar one in their Amazon storefront. Click here to Read more…
Ads are everywhere. Not only do they fill web pages, social networks and app screens, they’re also found on many surfaces in the real world, including on billboards, trash cans and even subway turnstiles. Click here to read the story at entrepreneur.com. Discussion Questions: