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5/28/2025, 9:48:45 PM

Meta has spent 15 years shunning the iPad. Now it seems the company’s finally ready to embrace tablet lovers.  WhatsApp users can finally text from the big screen. On Tuesday, Meta announced that the popular messaging app is available on iPadOS devices, including expanded features for multitasking. Meanwhile, reports indicate that Meta is finally building Instagram for the iPad as well.  Learn more: https://www.fastcompany.com/91341866/why-meta-decided-to-finally-embrace-the-ipad

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5/28/2025, 7:39:35 PM

Chris Rogers, Instacart’s current chief business officer, is taking over as the delivery giant’s next CEO, the company announced on Wednesday. Rogers, who has worked at Instacart since 2019, will take the helm from Fidji Simo on August 15. Simo, who ushered the company through a successful market debut (stock prices are up 53% since its 2023 IPO) after taking the top spot in 2021, will become CEO of applications at OpenAI. Read more: https://www.fastcompany.com/91341170/instacart-names-its-current-chief-business-officer-chris-rogers-as-next-ceo

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5/29/2025, 7:44:48 PM

David Hogg, the Parkland school shooting survivor turned Democratic activist and rainmaker, likes to say that “the only good politician is a scared politician.” His day job at Leaders We Deserve, the political action committee he cofounded straight out of Harvard in 2023 with veteran campaign manager Kevin Lata, is helping recruit and elect into office the next generation of young Democrats. But he spends just as much time antagonizing his party’s leadership and hectoring them about doing some post-election soul-searching. Read Fast Company's interview with the Democratic upstart determined to help his party win: https://www.fastcompany.com/91342720/david-hogg-dnc-democrats-vote-leaders-we-deserve-candidates-kevin-lata

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5/29/2025, 3:37:06 PM

Last week, the nonprofit that runs New York City Pride revealed that around a quarter of its corporate donors have either canceled or diminished their support this year. The pullback has result in an estimated $750,000 shortfall for the organization as it gears up for its biggest event of the year. According to Chris Piedmont, media director at Heritage of Pride, many sponsors cited uncertainty around the economic impact of tariffs as their reasoning for scaling back. Others, though, “expressed concern about potential blowback from the current administration for publicly supporting Pride and other [DEI] initiatives.” It’s a troubling new chapter in a months-long trend of companies that once championed—and, in some cases, profited off of—DEI initiatives, which are now quietly diminishing their support. Read the story: https://www.fastcompany.com/91340546/so-much-for-corporate-pride-a-quarter-of-nycs-pride-sponsors-have-backed-out

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5/30/2025, 3:31:06 PM

What does it mean to be a manager? In today’s world, managers need to wear many hats. They have to be a mentor, mediator, communicator, coach, and numerous other roles simultaneously. But at its core, management is about matchmaking. You need to map the talents of your team to the needs of your business. That means making the most of your team’s combined talents and unlocking the diversity in your team. Unfortunately, as managers struggle with limited time and resources, they overlook this critical component. All too often, managers end up assigning tasks on autopilot, matching business challenges to job titles rather than thinking creatively about how to leverage people’s hidden talents or offer growth opportunities. Read more: https://www.fastcompany.com/91340935/this-is-the-process-that-lets-managers-get-the-best-out-of-their-team

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5/29/2025, 5:32:27 PM

You couldn’t have missed the news: Jony Ive and Sam Altman have teamed up, after OpenAI acquired Ive’s company io for $6.5 billion. The plan? For Ive, and a sizable team of ex-employees from Apple, it’s to create a series of hardware products for OpenAI. Despite the immensity of the partnership, it’s easy to be skeptical. After all, AI hardware has flopped thus far, due to a lack of vision and a lack of execution. And as wondrous as ChatGPT is, it still hallucinates and requires vast amounts of energy to train and operate. But within these barely explored large language models, there’s still hidden potential that designers have yet to tap. Learn more: https://www.fastcompany.com/91341731/jony-ive-sam-altman-build-the-next-great-interface-with-io

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5/30/2025, 9:15:48 PM

If you’re an ice cream fan, there’s some bad news: One of America’s most beloved ice cream brands may soon see hundreds of its in-store retail locations vanish just as summer is beginning. Thrifty Ice Cream counters, which are found in hundreds of Rite Aid locations in California and other states, are facing an uncertain future thanks to the pharmacy chain’s most recent bankruptcy proceedings. Here’s what you need to know: https://www.fastcompany.com/91343481/thrifty-ice-cream-rite-aid-bankruptcy-stores-closing-list-doom

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5/30/2025, 7:08:52 PM

Joann fabrics, the beloved fabrics, arts, and crafts retailer, is finally shutting its doors for good after a long, slow goodbye. While many of its 800 stores have already been shuttered since the company filed for bankruptcy (yet again) in January, the last 444 Joann stores (yes, you read that right) will finally shut their doors on Friday, May 30, according to Joann’s website. Read more: https://www.fastcompany.com/91343659/joann-fabrics-stores-closing-last-day-today-may-30-2025-internet-grieves

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5/30/2025, 5:07:31 PM

Graduating from high school is a huge rite of passage, but entering the working world, especially in uncertain economic times, can be intimidating. According to a new study, a big chunk of high school graduates say they don’t exactly feel prepared for post-school challenges, especially when it comes to a few necessary life skills. And many feel pressured to lean into influencer culture as a way to make ends meet. The national survey, which was commissioned by K12, an accredited online K through 12 school, asked 300 recent high school graduates and 200 parents about how confident they were upon entering the real world. Notably, less than a third (32%) of recent grads said they felt their high school years had equipped them. Learn more: https://www.fastcompany.com/91343048/gen-z-feels-pressure-to-be-social-media-influencer-schools-encourage-content-creation-careers

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5/29/2025, 9:06:40 PM

Lego makes shoes for humans now. The Danish toymaker announced a cobranded bright Lego yellow kids sneaker today in collaboration with Nike. The Nike Air Max Dn x Lego was designed in a “Tour Yellow” colorway with Lego-style studs on the upper, Lego’s red block logo on the tongue, and hybrid Nike-Lego logo on the back. The shoes will be available for sale in August following a 1,180-piece Lego Nike Dunk set to be released in July that includes a rotatable brick basketball toy. Learn more: https://www.fastcompany.com/91341758/nike-and-lego-made-a-kids-sneaker-together