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Nate Berg

Students designed these unusual cabanas to bring shade to Newark’s public pools

Five student-designed structures have been added to public pools across the city of Newark, New Jersey.

Five public pools in Newark, New Jersey, just got an unusual upgrade. Painted in bright neon colors and sporting far-out shapes, five custom-designed cabanas have been installed on the decks of these public pools, one at each location. Created by second-year design-build students at the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design, the cabanas offer...

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Jeff Beer

Uber is launching a new Creative Studio for brands

Uber is now working with major brands to create custom IRL experiences through its platform.

Everyday, Uber books more than 30 million rides around the world. Each of these trips tells the company something about its customers. Where they’re going, what they’re doing, and when they are there. Then there are the tens of millions of Uber Eats orders processed each day, which clocks what people are buying, how often, and when. Combined, you have an incredibly valuable collection of data...

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Masaki Hamura

Toyota has built a fully functioning Japanese city to use as a laboratory

Woven City is Toyota’s 176-acre city where it tests new technology and ideas about the future of the urban environment. And it holds lessons for how any city can innovate.

Just south of Mount Fuji, on a modest 176-acre site once occupied by Toyota’s Higashi-Fuji automotive factory, a groundbreaking urban experiment is underway. Launched in 2024, Phase 1 was completed last year and houses 360 residents, most of them Toyota employees and their families, as well as some researchers and...

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Grace Snelling

Why Target’s Pride merch feels so bad

After pulling back its DEI initiatives and retracting support for NYC Pride this year, Target still trotted out its annual Pride merch collection—and it’s not landing well with queer customers.

In the last 12 months, Target has publicly walked back its long-held DEI commitments, faced a weeks-long boycott from customers, and become one of several corporations that diminished its annual support for NYC Pride. But when June 1 rolled around, the company still trotted out its annual...

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Just 34 Products For Those Body Things You'd Rather Google Than Speak Aloud

If you type a "W" into your search engine and it autofills with "Why does my..." or "What should I..." — this post is for you.

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Mashable

The Kindle Scribe is at its lowest-ever price at Amazon right now

SAVE $100: As of June 9, the Kindle Scribe is on sale for $349.99 at Amazon. That's a saving of 22% on list price.

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Beats Solo 4 headphones are at their lowest-ever price at Amazon

SAVE $100: As of June 9, Beats Solo 4 headphones are on sale for $99.95 at Amazon. That's a saving of 50% on list price.

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Kristen Hawley

What I learned about the future of restaurants from Rene Redzepi’s chef conference

In a business defined by short-term goals and thin margins, this event took the long view.

The best part of last month’s MAD Symposium in Copenhagen wasn’t chef Thomas Keller telling young chefs in the audience to stop chasing Michelin stars—though he did say that. It wasn’t chef and World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés breaking down in tears as he described his organization’s work cooking in Gaza. And it wasn’t chef-turned-actor Matty Matheson describing his rise to...

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The Conversation

How game theory explains vaccination rates and parents’ choices

When providers understand game theory, they can address parents’ vaccine concerns more effectively.

When outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles occur despite highly effective vaccines being available, it’s easy to conclude that parents who don’t vaccinate their children are misguided, selfish, or have fallen prey to misinformation.

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James Surowiecki

How ‘business for good’ went bad—and what comes next

It may seem like the second Trump administration single-handedly pulled the plug on stakeholder capitalism, but in reality, it was sputtering for years. Inside the rise and fall of an unprecedented era of business—and what happens now.

“Capitalism as we know it is dead.”

Mashable

Its not just you: Slack is being weird for a lot of people today

If Slack is acting a bit weird for you today, you're not alone.

The business chat app isn't completely down for us at Mashable, but some channels and messages simply aren't loading, even after a restart.

A quick glance over at Downdetector shows that a lot of problem are having issues with Slack this morning (Disclosure: Ziff Davis owns both Mashable and Downdetector.) Slack's own official Status page shows that some users have trouble loading Slack, and that messages aren't working all that...

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Mark Schofield

6 F1 storylines for the Canadian Grand Prix

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F1 is back in action for this week’s Canadian Grand Prix. Here are the major storylines

After a much-needed break for the grid, Formula 1 is back this week with the Canadian Grand Prix.

And there is much to discuss.

From some fascinating fights shaping up throughout the standings, to one driver who is on the cusp of a suspension, and another who may be forced to miss his home race due to injury, there are no shortage of storylines.

Let’s dive...

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Congrats, You Got A Job: Here Are 27 Loft Pieces You’ll Wear On Repeat At The Office

How does your email find me? Looking sleek and stylish, thank you very much.

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Protect all your devices with a lifetime VPN for just £26

TL;DR: Take care of your online security with a limited time lifetime subscription to FastestVPN Pro Plan, now just £25.87 for coverage on 15 devices.

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30 Walmart Personal Care Products That Get What You Need (And Won't Let You Down)

Deep throat sprays, SPF-tinted moisturizers, easy-peasy self-tanner, and ingrown hair treatments — get ready to fill your cart with these MVP products.

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20 Target Sofas That Will Fit In Your Tiny Living Room

From small seaters to cloud-like couches, these sofas prove you don’t need a massive footprint to make a design statement.

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Jorge Castillo

Judge homers off Red Sox rookie after jab at Yanks

Aaron Judge hit one of his two home runs Sunday night off Red Sox rookie Hunter Dobbins, whose recent comment that he'd rather retire than play for New York made waves. Said Judge: "I've only heard Ken Griffey say that, so I was a little surprised."

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Martin Fackler

Japan Flexes Its Military Muscle at China, and Trump

A highly visible missile base on Okinawa is part of a Japanese defense buildup made amid fears of Beijing’s growing power and questions about U.S. commitment.

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Alan Rappeport and Keith Bradsher

U.S. and China to Meet at Precarious Moment in Trade War

Officials from both sides are set to talk on Monday in London, aiming to resolve differences over tariffs and supply chains that have endangered a fragile truce between the countries.

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Shawn Hubler

Not far from the clashes between agents and protesters, life goes on in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles County, all 4,000 square miles of it, has a way of insulating and isolating mayhem, man-made or otherwise.

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