Bill Nye, the hands-on scientist and TV host who’s equally well known these days for his environmental activism, continues to sound the alarm on climate change in a new PSA for the United Nations. Staying fully on brand, he doesn’t mince words in this short film. “Nature is showing us that humankind is on the…
After a week of unprecedented protests and anger in response to the police killing of George Floyd on May 25 in Minneapolis and countless other Black people dying at the hands of law enforcement officers, Adweek reached out to Black business leaders in the marketing and advertising community to share guidance on how they are…
In the wake of the death of George Floyd, after a Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floyd’s neck while he was in custody, and the protests that have ensued, countless brands have taken to social media to publicize their solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement and amplify the voices of black creators. Beauty brands…
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian resigned from the platform’s board of directors today and urged the company to fill his seat with a Black candidate. Ohanian revealed his decision in a series of tweets and said, “It is long overdue to do the right thing. I’m doing this for me, for my family and for my…
Just in time for World Environment Day today, sustainably-minded restaurant chain Just Salad announced a new addition to its menu: Carbon labels. Alongside the calorie count for each of the restaurant’s salads, warm bowls, wraps, soups, smoothies and avocado toasts, the menu will list the estimated emissions created by the production of the foods within…
Facebook head of cybersecurity policy Nathaniel Gleicher said Friday that the social network has not discovered foreign interference on its platform related to the demonstrations that have been occurring across the country in reaction to the death of George Floyd. U.S. Attorney General William Barr said Thursday that foreign groups were using misinformation campaigns to…
When Richard Branson’s Scarlet Lady cruise ship sets sail this October, it will do so without one of the strongest advantages thought to be crucial to the recovery of the cruise line industry: hardcore cruisers. That was by design. Virgin Voyages, Branson’s cruise line first announced in 2016, wants to attract nontraditional cruisers, folks who…
Books on the subject have soared up best-seller lists as protests continue across the country.
The ruling came with assurance that the White House could remove any “rogue, mooning journalists” if such a disruption were to happen.
(TrendHunter.com) The June 2020 lifestyle category has a lot to do with meeting safety demands during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this case, things like sanitation and physical distancing become key drivers of design….
(TrendHunter.com) The June 2020 branding trends incorporate the latest innovations in packaging, marketing campaigns, and more.
One inclusion comes from Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, an artisan dessert company…
This week, leaked audio files of LinkedIn general counsel Blake Lawit made the rounds, in which he addressed how the professional network would handle content from President Donald Trump and other elected officials in cases where it could spur violence or contains misinformation. Today, LinkedIn confirmed the authenticity of the audio, obtained by Patrick Coffee…
Despite a growing push in the artificial intelligence community to root out the human biases baked into many algorithms, a recent study from Microsoft researchers found that efforts to address these problems have often failed to account for the true nature and scope of structural racism. The authors analyzed 146 recent papers published on bias…
People are consuming much more coffee at home these days, and that’s not a great sign for chains such as Dunkin’ and Starbucks, which have already been impacted from store closures following the Covid-19 outbreak. During the 13-week period ending May 30, U.S. sales of packaged coffee were up 20.1% compared to the same period…
Entregadores de aplicativos de delivery realizaram um protesto nesta sexta-feira, 05/06, na Avenida Paulista. O ato teve como intenção denunciar as condições de trabalho dos colaboradores, principalmente durante o atual período de pandemia. Entre os manifestantes estavam entregadores dos aplicativos iFood e Rappi. De acordo com relatos e imagens do protesto, a principal reclamação dos …
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(TrendHunter.com) These ceramic design innovations range from elegant stoneware kettles to surrealist ceramic sculptures.
Standouts include the ‘Kuru’ sculptural bowl collection by Finnish homeware…
(TrendHunter.com) Restaurants have been experimenting with virtual dining experiences for years, some of which offer complete immersion to show off the marvels of technology and others fight the loneliness epidemic…
Furniture rental subscription service Fernish has seen home office furniture rentals at the company more than triple as of May 16, year-over-year as many Americans continue to work from home. A service like Fernish may make a lot of sense for people that began working from home on a temporary basis. That’s because furniture rental…
There is a diversity and inclusion issue in ad tech. The behind-the-scenes systems powering digital advertising are often criticized as opaque, and that murky way of doing business seems to be seeping into the way ad-tech companies source and structure their talent pools. Multiple sources, who all identified as people of color, said the ad…
A DC Comics nesta sexta-feira (5) anunciou o encerramento da parceria com a Diamond Comics Distributors, principal e maior rede distribuidora de quadrinhos nos Estados Unidos. A decisão foi comunicada aos revendedores por e-mail e também prevê a divisão da compra de produtos: enquanto os gibis periódicos da companhia poderão ser adquiridos pela Lunar Distribution …
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