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July 10, 2015
Read The First Chapter Of Harper Lee's Highly Anticipated "Go Set A Watchman"
Scout is all grown up—and Jem is, well, you'll see...
[image error]Go Set A WatchmanGo Set a Watchman, Harper Lee's long-awaited prequel to her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, hits shelves July 14. But if that still seems like too long to wait, both The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian have published the first chapter of the book.
Most Teen Boys Want More Strong Female Characters In Video Games, Study Finds
In a survey, 61% of high school boys said they are tired of female characters being treated as sex objects in video games.
For years, the video game industry has come under fire for its sexist portrayals of women. Cultural critics like Anita Sarkeesian have pointed out how often video games reinforce negative stereotypes about women. Women represented in video games, from Lara Croft in Tomb Raider to Kate Upton's character in the new ad for Game of War, are often hyper-sexualized, displaying plenty of cleavage.
How Local Influences Drive Design In The Digital Age
It's the regional innovations and variations that keep design relevant our hyper-connected digital age.
My wife is a hopeless flea market addict. I've been involved in this kind of scouting multiple times, exploring the same spot for years or rummaging through the oddest venues all around the world. "What are we looking for?" I used to ask at the beginning of my career as hunter's assistant. The deal my wife was yearning for, and still is, was an authentic object, belonging to an authentic person who lived in an authentic place and behaved in authentic ways.
Google Can Tell If An Email Came From You... Or An Impostor
The tech giant's spam-fighting artificial intelligence tools are getting smarter.
In a blog post on Thursday, Google described its newest technology for fighting spam—the company claims it catches all but 0.1 percent of spam emails—and introduced a set of tools for high-volume Gmail users, called the Google Postmaster Tools.
Take The Fast Company News Quiz
What happened this week? Here's our quiz for July 10, 2015.
Did you follow the news this week? Research says that one of the best ways to solidify new information is to be tested on it. Here's a chance to bolster your knowledge of current events—and earn a special emoji badge. 
Starbucks, #RaceTogether, And How Companies Do Good The Right Way
Is that socially engaged corporate effort genuine or mere lip service? Here's how to tell—and how to improve your own do-gooder work.
Earlier this year Etsy, the e-tailer specializing in handmade goods, filed for an IPO and went public. In doing so, it became only the second B-corporation to trade on the New York Stock Exchange. In a blog post about the momentous occasion, CEO Chad Dickerson insisted that "running a values-led company" would continue to be Etsy's highest priority—and inform its bottom line—regardless of the whims of shareholders or the volatility of the market.
5 Great Free Apps for When You Have 5 Minutes to Kill
Randomly surf the web, find a movie to watch, or just chill out for a bit.
These days, it seems we're more hectic than ever. So it's nice to have a little downtime, however short. These five free apps can keep you entertained while you're waiting for that next meeting to start.
July 9, 2015
Handy Worker Files Suit, Claims She Made Only $14 For 30 Hours Of Work
Add another lawsuit to the gig economy saga.
In the wake of a California court's ruling last month that Uber misclassified a former driver as an independent contractor, a Massachusetts woman named Maisha Emmanuel has filed a similar lawsuit against on-demand cleaning service Handy.
The U.S. Government Employee Hack Was Much, Much Worse Than We Thought
22 million Americans had their records, including security clearance applications with their darkest secrets, stolen by unknown spies.
A hacker attack on the United States government's Office of Personnel Management, which Fast Company reported on last month, is far worse than anyone ever thought. According to ABC News, government officials say records belonging to 22 million people were stolen. Previously, the government only claimed 4.2 million current and former employees were impacted.
Today in Tabs: Awl The Sad Young Literary Men
He haz no cheezburger.
Please do not check the Wu-Tang secret into your public Github.
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