Following a typically smart diatribe about sex ed, Oliver’s PSA features stars from whom you’d most want to learn about sex.
It used to be that sex ed would make kids giggle because of all the forbidden nudity that was finally revealed. Now these videos are laughably bad because of all that they conceal—but the results aren’t very funny. (Pregnant teens and STDs.)
With travel mode, Snapchat users can cut back on data when using the app abroad.
Max out your data plan too often? Snapchat has a fix for you: The messaging app has unveiled a travel mode option that will only load Snaps, Stories, and Discovery content when users tap on them instead of automatically doing so. The update is aimed at customers with limited data plans, as well as people who are traveling to foreign countries.
Adobe just announced that new parents can take up to 26 weeks, with pay. But there are some caveats.
On the heels of Netflix’s major update to its parental leave policy, Adobe is announcing its own effort to improve the way it treats new parents on its staff.
Are dollars spent on online advertising going to waste?
Do you swear by the Chrome extension AdBlock? You’re not alone. A new study outlines just how much money companies lose from the use of ad-blocking software: In 2015, ad blocking will cost companies worldwide almost $22 billion in advertising revenue, according to a report by Adobe and the anti-ad block startup PageFair.
Here’s how you can join the pro-conservation conversation.
To honor the tragic death of Cecil the Lion, illegally slain in Zimbabwe last month by a Minnesota dentist, and to draw awareness to the rapidly dwindling numbers of the world’s stateliest creatures, today has been dubbed World Lion Day.
For just $10 a month, get your fill of samples from the beauty retailer.
For makeup junkies who can’t afford monthly shopping sprees at Sephora, the beauty retailer is introducing a more wallet-friendly option: a subscription box for just $10 a month, à la Birchbox.
The “Dancing Panda” attacks against top Obama administration officials have been going on since at least 2010.
Chinese spies have reportedly compromised the email accounts of prominent officials in the Obama administration, NBC reports, citing a U.S. intelligence source and a “secret document” the network obtained. The hacks have taken place since at least 2010, and reportedly gave individuals linked to the Chinese government access to both the email accounts and address books of officials overseeing national security and trade.
When Goldman Sachs invested in Arizona-based Infusionsoft last year, they were actually investing in small business as the economic engine of the future.
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As part of the reporting on this month’s magazine profile of Tristan Walker, Fast Company brought together a roundtable discussion of other African-American tech leaders. The conversation spanned everything from hiring practices of top firms to entrepreneurial funding.
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The grand dames of the hotel industry—Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt—built their reputations on creating a consistent, high-quality product that would ensure a guest had a perfectly predictable experience anywhere in the world. This approach worked like a charm with baby boomers, who liked their premium hotel stays—much like their Starbucks macchiatos—to follow a neat formula. But millennials, it turns out, are different beasts altogether. Big hotel chains don’t interest them.
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