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Number of housing markets with falling home prices jumps sharply to 109—up from 31 in January
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. National home prices rose 0.2% year over year from June 2024 to June 2025, according to the...
Why business schools need to teach character development
Programs to help students discern their vocation or calling are gaining prominence in higher education. According to a 2019 Bates/Gallup poll, 80% of college graduates want a sense of...
How to listen to opinions you don’t want to hear
It has become popular to say that we want to have a diversity of opinion represented in workplaces. We want people to speak up when they disagree with an...
Craft is a great all-in-one productivity tool
This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here. If I could use only one app, I’d pick Craft....
How to watch the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game between Team Caitlin Clark and Team Napheesa Collier
Now that the WNBA finds itself at the halfway mark of the season, it’s time for an All-Star break to celebrate. Tip-off for the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game will...
How Trump’s China tariffs are threatening your glitter nail polish
The ink was barely dry on President Donald Trump’s April tariff missive, when owners of independent nail polish brands sounded the alarm that the changes could chip away at...
AI tools are killing students’ critical thinking. It’s time to fight back
The data, both empirical and intuitive, could not be more clear: Generic, direct-answer and productivity AI platforms, most notably OpenAI’s ChatGPT, are dumbing down an entire generation of students,...
I’m a two-time tech founder. But restaurants are where I learned to lead
Sudden equipment failures. Supply chain surprises. Retaining staff as the goalposts move in real time. These aren’t challenges I’ve faced as a tech founder—but I have faced them running...
Housing market ‘red flare’: Moody’s chief economist sees home price declines spreading
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Just weeks ago, Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi was signaling cautious optimism. In a mid-May conversation with Gunnar...
A new generation of magazines is getting kids to put down their phones
On a recent Saturday afternoon, I noticed an unusual silence from my 9-year-old’s room. I was surprised to find she wasn’t taking advantage of her allotted two hours of...
Forget chatbots. Physical and embodied AI are now coming for your job
Amazon recently announced that it had deployed its one-millionth robot across its workforce since rolling out its first bot in 2012. The figure is astounding from a sheer numbers perspective, especially...
Staying hands on made scaling to $1B+ fun for Cloudflare’s founder
On this week’s Most Innovative Companies podcast, Cloudflare COO Michelle Zatlyn talks with Fast Company staff writer David Salazar about hitting $1B in revenue and going global, as well...