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            <title>Why incoming Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh could be the guy to actually preserve its independence</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Counterintuitively, Warsh’s background in finance could help keep the Central Bank free from Trump’s influence.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91484479/kevin-warsh-federal-reserve-chair">Kevin Warsh</a> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/fed-interest-rate-decision-earnings-04-29-2026/card/senate-banking-committee-advances-kevin-warsh-to-be-next-fed-chair-pKcDzgHPcvgTbr2FyNEP">is now likely</a> to secure Senate approval as the <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91534757/powell-says-hes-staying-feds-board-impacting-trump-successor-kevin-warsh">next Federal Reserve chair</a>—and become arguably the <a href="https://www.spencertom.com/2024/01/20/the-fed-chairmen-more-powerful-than-presidents/">most powerful central banker in the world</a>. But when Warsh appeared before the Senate Banking Committee for <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91529989/trumps-fed-nominee-wealthy-investor-face-tough-senate-questions-transparency">his confirmation hearing in April</a>, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/business/trumps-warsh-fed-sock-puppet.html">one punchy question</a> underscored the dilemma that Warsh, lawmakers and the Fed all face:</p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>2026-05-16T11:00:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;Counterintuitively, Warsh’s background in finance could help keep the Central Bank free from Trump’s influence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>See the wild, beautiful, and almost unbelievable fashion of Iris van Herpen</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>A 20-year retrospective of couture from fashion’s most interesting designer lands at the Brooklyn Museum.</p>

<p>When Olympic skier Eileen Gu walked the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the Met Gala on May 4, she wore a short, shimmering gown that appeared to be made of thousands of iridescent soap bubbles caught mid-float, clustered across her body and trailing into the air behind her.</p>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth Segran]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-05-16T11:00:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;A 20-year retrospective of couture from fashion’s most interesting designer lands at the Brooklyn Museum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>These are the 3 simple interview questions that helped me build a high-performing team</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>It’s one of the most important decisions you can make in your business.</p>

<p>RETN started with a bold ambition to build a nine-figure business. After doubling our revenue to nearly $80 million in the last five years, that goal is now within close reach.&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
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            <category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Olena Lutsenko]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-05-16T10:00:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;It’s one of the most important decisions you can make in your business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>Set your 2026 graduate up for financial success: 3 practical tips</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Today’s graduates are facing serious economic headwinds. Here are some ways you can help a new grad launch both their career and personal financial success.</p>

<p>Graduation season is upon us, which means copies of <a href="https://www.seussville.com/book/43092/oh-the-places-youll-go/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Oh, the Places You’ll Go!</em></a> are flying off bookstore shelves—since whimsical Seussian life advice has been the go-to gift for new graduates since 1990.</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91542721/set-your-2026-graduate-up-for-financial-success-3-practical-tips</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Emily Guy Birken]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-05-16T10:00:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;Today’s graduates are facing serious economic headwinds. Here are some ways you can help a new grad launch both their career and personal financial success.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>15 housing markets with the biggest home price declines since the pandemic boom ended</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>In theory, as pandemic housing boom froth recedes and ‘overvaluation’ comes down, so does downside risk.</p>

<p><em>Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s </em><a href="https://www.resiclubanalytics.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ResiClub</a> <em>in your inbox? <a href="https://www.resiclubanalytics.com/subscribe" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Subscribe</a> to the </em>ResiClub <em><a href="https://www.resiclubanalytics.com/subscribe" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">newsletter</a>.</em></p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91543394/housing-market-home-prices-biggest-declines-since-pandemic-boom-ended</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lance Lambert]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-05-16T10:00:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;In theory, as pandemic housing boom froth recedes and ‘overvaluation’ comes down, so does downside risk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>Apple’s legendary HyperCard inspired this cool free app</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Apple may have given up on HyperCard decades ago, but the app’s spirit lives on—and is now available virtually anywhere.</p>

<p>Decades ago, when a classmate and I were supposed to be learning Photoshop in our high school computer lab, we stumbled upon something much cooler—and weirder.</p>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jared Newman]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-05-16T09:00:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;Apple may have given up on HyperCard decades ago, but the app’s spirit lives on—and is now available virtually anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>What are AI tarpits? Understanding the tools people are using to poison LLMs</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Content creators and IP holders are getting creative in order to fight back against the LLMs that are trawling their data illegally. </p>

<p>In order for a chatbot to become more intelligent, and thus more useful to the end-user, it needs to assimilate data continuously. This process is known as “training.” The problem is that many <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/section/artificial-intelligence" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="AI">AI</a> companies never explicitly ask for consent from data owners before scraping their webpages and adding the data to <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90916291/what-is-a-corpus-ai-corpora-chatgpt">the corpora of the large language models</a> (LLMs) that power AI chatbots.</p>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Grothaus]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-05-16T09:00:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;Content creators and IP holders are getting creative in order to fight back against the LLMs that are trawling their data illegally. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>5 ways constraints boost productivity and creativity at work</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Deliberate constraints and simplification strategies help you focus better, be more productive, and make more creative decisions.</p>

<p>Below, David Epstein shares five key insights from his new book,&nbsp;<em>Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better</em>.</p>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Next Big Idea Club]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-05-16T08:30:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;Deliberate constraints and simplification strategies help you focus better, be more productive, and make more creative decisions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>Delta CEO used AI to write his commencement speech, then trashed it</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>‘Taking a shortcut or pushing the easy button can sometimes be quite tempting,’ Ed Bastian said. ‘But they never yield an enduring result …’</p>

<p>During a commencement address at Emory University in Atlanta on Monday, <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/section/delta" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Delta Air Lines</a> CEO <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91520721/delta-air-lines-ceo-ed-bastian-blasts-congress-lack-of-leadership" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ed Bastian</a> admitted that he used <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/section/artificial-intelligence" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="AI">artificial intelligence</a> to write his <a href="https://commencement.emory.edu/webcast/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">speech</a>.</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91543538/delta-ceo-used-ai-to-write-his-commencement-speech-then-trashed-it</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ella Chakarian]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-05-16T08:00:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;‘Taking a shortcut or pushing the easy button can sometimes be quite tempting,’ Ed Bastian said. ‘But they never yield an enduring result …’&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>Dropbox chief people officer: The hybrid work model is ‘the worst of all worlds’</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>While other companies roll out RTO mandates, Dropbox is embracing a ‘virtual-first’ model for its workforce.</p>

<p>As companies battle it out with employees over <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/section/return-to-office" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RTO</a> policies, <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/section/dropbox" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dropbox</a> is choosing to stay out of the drama by prioritizing <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/section/remote-work" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">remote work</a>. </p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91543336/dropbox-chief-people-officer-the-hybrid-work-model-is-the-worst-of-all-worlds</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ella Chakarian]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-05-16T05:00:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;While other companies roll out RTO mandates, Dropbox is embracing a ‘virtual-first’ model for its workforce.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>‘Yellowstone’ sequel series ‘Dutton Ranch’ premieres tonight. Here’s how and where to watch it</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>The epic Western drama, having emerged as one of TV’s most lucrative franchises, continues the storyline on Paramount’s linear network and streaming platform.</p>

<p>Giddy up, <em>Yellowstone</em> fans: The epic saga of the Dutton family continues. </p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91543386/dutton-ranch-streaming-where-to-watch-yellowstone-sequel-series</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shannon Cudd]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-05-15T21:30:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;The epic Western drama, having emerged as one of TV’s most lucrative franchises, continues the storyline on Paramount’s linear network and streaming platform.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>Sony’s new AI camera feature is now a meme: Is the backlash the point?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>What happens when a smartphone’s AI-powered camera tool makes pictures look worse? Maybe it doesn’t matter as long as it gets people talking.</p>

<p>Artificial intelligence has notoriously struggled with creating images, writing out gibberish on signs, or adding extra fingers to people. But it doesn&#8217;t seem to be much help for photography either—and the internet is having a field day over it.</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91543216/sony-xperia-ai-camera-assistant-backlash-tool-pictures-worse</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[María José Gutiérrez Chávez]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-05-15T19:41:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;What happens when a smartphone’s AI-powered camera tool makes pictures look worse? Maybe it doesn’t matter as long as it gets people talking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>An alarming weather pattern is emerging. NOAA doesn’t know what to make of it yet</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Heading into hurricane season, the agency says there’s still ‘substantial uncertainty about El Niño’s peak strength.’</p>

<p><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/section/el-nino" id="https://www.fastcompany.com/section/el-nino" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">El Niño</a> is &#8220;likely to emerge soon,&#8221; with an 82% chance of it forming between May and July, and with a 96% chance it will continue from December into February 2027, according to the <a href="https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/" id="https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration&#8217;s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center.</a></p>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Mattson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-05-15T18:30:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;Heading into hurricane season, the agency says there’s still ‘substantial uncertainty about El Niño’s peak strength.’&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>A model to accelerate energy technology innovation</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Pilot-deployment program addresses industry needs through startup collaborations.</p>

<p>The global energy industry is under pressure to innovate. Energy companies need vetted, field-tested technologies that improve efficiency, enhance safety, and streamline operations. On the other side of the spectrum, early-stage startups developing new technologies struggle to access customers, test environments, and capital. These parallel challenges can slow crucial energy innovation, creating a commercialization gap.</p>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Hankins]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-05-15T17:21:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Empty Waymo cars are converging on one Atlanta cul-de-sac. No one can explain why</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>One resident estimated seeing 50 empty robotaxis pass through the neighborhood in a single morning, leaving social media confounded.</p>

<p>A normally quiet Atlanta neighborhood has suddenly found itself flooded with traffic early in the mornings. It&#8217;s not tourists. It’s not new neighbors. In fact, it’s not people at all—but an overwhelming amount of driverless cars.</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91543104/empty-waymo-cars-converging-on-atlanta-cul-de-sac-no-one-can-explain-why-robotaxis</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jude Cramer]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-05-15T17:15:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;One resident estimated seeing 50 empty robotaxis pass through the neighborhood in a single morning, leaving social media confounded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>Zcash is on the rise this year: Why the privacy-focused Bitcoin alternative is on the radar of crypto investors</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>A so-called altcoin developed by researchers at MIT and Johns Hopkins is attracting more attention due to its focus on user protections.</p>

<p>Crypto investors are making a mad dash to Zcash.</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91543108/zcash-price-rising-why-investors-love-privacy-bitcoin-alternative</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Becker]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-05-15T16:50:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;A so-called altcoin developed by researchers at MIT and Johns Hopkins is attracting more attention due to its focus on user protections.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>This year’s FIFA World Cup is getting a new piece of equipment by Adidas</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Adidas is supplying a new ball for the matches, which it has done for every tournament since 1970. </p>

<p>Every four years, the men’s World Cup delivers some certainties. The pitch dimensions are tightly regulated, offside is signaled with a flag, and referees end the match with a blast of a whistle. But one key piece of equipment is changed on purpose: the ball.</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91541667/this-years-fifa-world-cup-getting-new-piece-equipment-adidas</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[The Conversation]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-05-15T16:17:37</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;Adidas is supplying a new ball for the matches, which it has done for every tournament since 1970. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>Test the waters before you leave your 9–5</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Thinking about going solo? Try a side hustle first.</p>

<p id="h-there-s-a-popular-narrative-around-starting-a-solo-business-quit-your-job-take-the-leap-figure-it-out-along-the-way-it-sounds-bold-it-also-ignores-what-many-successful-solopreneurs-actually-do-start-while-they-still-have-a-paycheck-figure-it-out-and-then-quit">There&#8217;s a popular narrative around <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91491339/dont-wait-until-youre-unemployed-to-start-your-freelance-business-freelance-businesses">starting a solo business</a>: <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/section/quitting-your-job" type="link" id="https://www.fastcompany.com/section/quitting-your-job">quit your job</a>, take the leap, figure it out along the way. It sounds bold. It also ignores what many <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91479399/women-are-leading-the-charge-to-become-solopreneurs" type="link" id="https://www.fastcompany.com/91479399/women-are-leading-the-charge-to-become-solopreneurs">successful solopreneurs</a> actually do: start while they still have a paycheck, figure it out, and <em>then</em> quit.</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91539086/test-waters-before-you-leave-your-9-5</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Burgess Yang]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-05-15T15:38:58</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;Thinking about going solo? Try a side hustle first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>At Harvard, over 60% of grades given last year were A’s. Now the university is weighing a grade inflation crackdown</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>College faculty are voting on a proposal to cap that top score to 20% of the undergraduate class, with results due next week.</p>

<p>As if college students didn&#8217;t have enough to worry about, now undergrads at Harvard University may see their A grades go up in smoke. </p>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Mattson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-05-15T15:00:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;College faculty are voting on a proposal to cap that top score to 20% of the undergraduate class, with results due next week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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