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            <title>SpaceX posts strong revenue in first earnings report since IPO</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Revenue jumped to $7.8 billion, up more than 90% from the year-earlier period.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/section/spacex">SpaceX</a> reported it lost more than half a billion dollars in its first quarterly report as a public company, but the loss was less than Wall Street expected and revenue soared.</p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>2026-08-04T20:48:40</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;Revenue jumped to $7.8 billion, up more than 90% from the year-earlier period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>Stripe CEO says his ‘urgency’ to drop out of MIT ‘was a bit unnecessary’</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>“In hindsight, I think that was a poor intuition,” Patrick Collison said during a Y Combinator interview. “It’s been pretty robustly and reliably the case over many decades that Silicon Valley has a surfeit of opportunities.”</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Patrick Collison dropped out of MIT twice before going on to become the cofounder and CEO of <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91538341/stripe-most-underrated-influential-159-billion-company-power-map">Stripe</a>. In an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d6y3poKwK4">interview</a> at Y Combinator’s Startup School, Collison imparted some of his wisdom to the Gen Z founders in the crowd, including the advice to not feel pressured to make the same choice he made.</p>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ella Chakarian]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-08-04T20:45:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;“In hindsight, I think that was a poor intuition,” Patrick Collison said during a Y Combinator interview. “It’s been pretty robustly and reliably the case over many decades that Silicon Valley has a surfeit of opportunities.”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>The data center boom’s climate blind spot</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>It’s getting harder to ignore.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I spend my days helping companies build business resilience, lowering risk, and driving impact through decarbonization. Lately, almost every one of those conversations comes back to data centers.</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91583822/the-data-center-booms-climate-blind-spot</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma Cox]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-08-04T20:00:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;It’s getting harder to ignore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>Silicon Valley’s most absurd meme is taking on the worst corporate jargon in AI and tech</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>How did a simple image of a venture capitalist become so versatile?</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The tech world often feels like its own separate universe, one where <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91531591/those-palantir-chore-coats-yeah-theyre-weird" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Palantir chore coats</a> and corporate merch are the coveted style choices and exaggerated tech-bro jargon is its own language.</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91584901/silicon-valleys-most-absurd-meme-is-now-being-used-to-mock-the-worst-corporate-jargon-in-ai-and-tech</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[María José Gutiérrez Chávez]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-08-04T19:51:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;How did a simple image of a venture capitalist become so versatile?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>Your daily Diet Coke habit could be negatively affecting your brain, study suggests</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>An eight-year study linked regular artificial sweetener consumption to faster declines in memory, thinking, and verbal fluency among adults under 60.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your daily <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/section/soda" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">diet soda</a> fix could be doing more harm than good.</p>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna-Louise Jackson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-08-04T19:15:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;An eight-year study linked regular artificial sweetener consumption to faster declines in memory, thinking, and verbal fluency among adults under 60.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>Sustainability storytelling in a rapidly changing environment</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Simplify and focus to deliver messages clearly tied to business drivers. </p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Expectations around sustainability are evolving quickly. As investors, customers, employees, and regulators seek clarity and progress, the language used to articulate our sustainability programs, goals, and results has become more complex.&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91583819/sustainability-storytelling-in-a-rapidly-changing-environment</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Cimaglia]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-08-04T18:57:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;Simplify and focus to deliver messages clearly tied to business drivers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>Why Capital One says it really closed more than 300 of Trump’s accounts</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>A new court filing says months of anti-money-laundering analysis—not political pressure—led to the closure of hundreds of the Trump Organization’s accounts.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Trump’s family organization saw hundreds of accounts closed after a major bank found it was moving money around in a suspicious way.</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91584925/why-capital-one-says-it-really-closed-more-than-300-trump-accounts</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Taylor Hatmaker]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-08-04T18:45:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;A new court filing says months of anti-money-laundering analysis—not political pressure—led to the closure of hundreds of the Trump Organization’s accounts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>Influencers are being dragged for indulging in a luxury New York nature retreat on OpenAI’s dime</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Outdoor getaways and pro-AI messaging simply don’t mix—and some attendees of OpenAI’s first-ever brand trip are learning that the hard way.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When you think ChatGPT, do you think of lush forests, relaxing retreats, and community bonding? Probably not—but with its first-ever brand trip, OpenAI seemingly aimed to change that perception.</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91584927/openai-chatgpt-brand-trip-influencers-dragged-for-indulging-in-luxury-new-york-nature-retreat</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jude Cramer]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-08-04T18:45:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;Outdoor getaways and pro-AI messaging simply don’t mix—and some attendees of OpenAI’s first-ever brand trip are learning that the hard way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>Fender’s CEO compared cover bands to AI. Now he’s walking it back</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>The backlash shows how fraught the debate over artificial intelligence has become for musicians and fans alike.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The CEO of the world’s biggest guitar brand has drawn the ire of musicians after comparing cover bands to chatbots, seemingly dismissing both as fundamentally uncreative. He now wants to set the record straight.&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91584253/fenders-ceo-compared-cover-bands-to-ai-now-hes-walking-it-back</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eve Upton-Clark]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-08-04T18:33:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;The backlash shows how fraught the debate over artificial intelligence has become for musicians and fans alike.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>McDonald’s admits that getting rid of this beloved menu offer was a ‘bad trade,’ as new $3 value menu disappoints</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>The fast-food giant posted a profitable quarter in its latest earnings report Tuesday, despite noting that some tactics underperformed.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A new $3 value menu didn’t deliver as much as hoped for—but McDonald’s still posted a profitable quarter.</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91584968/mcdonalds-earnings-getting-rid-of-this-beloved-menu-offer-was-a-bad-trade-as-new-3-value-menu-disappoints-buy-one-get-one</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Becker]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-08-04T18:15:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;The fast-food giant posted a profitable quarter in its latest earnings report Tuesday, despite noting that some tactics underperformed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>Accidental landlords are on the rise in housing markets where home prices are falling</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>As regional home price corrections entice more sellers to rent instead of sell, there’s a ticking capital gains tax clock that could cost accidental landlords tens of thousands of dollars. Here’s what to consider.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><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/91584953/housing-market-accidental-landlords-are-on-the-rise-in-markets-where-home-prices-are-falling</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lance Lambert]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-08-04T18:00:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;As regional home price corrections entice more sellers to rent instead of sell, there’s a ticking capital gains tax clock that could cost accidental landlords tens of thousands of dollars. Here’s what to consider.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>3 tricky retirement decisions and how to tackle them</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>When it comes to withdrawal rates, insurance, and annuities, here’s what experts recommend.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Many aspects of <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91469665/3-big-changes-retirement-planning-you-should-know-about-2026" type="link" id="https://www.fastcompany.com/91469665/3-big-changes-retirement-planning-you-should-know-about-2026">retirement planning</a> are the subject of hot debate, even among experts. Here are three tricky decisions that confront people <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91522875/how-two-major-types-spending-shocks-affect-your-retirement-planning" type="link" id="https://www.fastcompany.com/91522875/how-two-major-types-spending-shocks-affect-your-retirement-planning">planning retirement</a> today.</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91584794/3-tricky-retirement-decisions-and-how-to-tackle-them</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-08-04T16:22:28</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;When it comes to withdrawal rates, insurance, and annuities, here’s what experts recommend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>SpaceX reports its first financials as a public company today: Here are 4 key details to watch out for</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>The stakes couldn’t be higher for Elon Musk’s rocket and AI company as investors await its earnings results and guidance after the closing bell.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">What is arguably set to be the most watched earnings call of any company this year will take place later today. </p>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Grothaus]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-08-04T15:31:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;The stakes couldn’t be higher for Elon Musk’s rocket and AI company as investors await its earnings results and guidance after the closing bell.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>This $200M project funded by Jeff Bezos and Leonardo DiCaprio aims to save Earth’s most threatened species</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>DiCaprio and Bezos say the Phoenix Species Project is the largest single fund of its type in history.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Foundations funded and co-founded by <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90362252/leonardo-dicaprios-new-hbo-documentary-explains-climate-science-and-solutions" type="link" id="https://www.fastcompany.com/90362252/leonardo-dicaprios-new-hbo-documentary-explains-climate-science-and-solutions">Leonardo DiCaprio</a> and <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90576554/how-jeff-bezos-is-spending-his-first-791-million-on-climate-action" type="link" id="https://www.fastcompany.com/90576554/how-jeff-bezos-is-spending-his-first-791-million-on-climate-action">Jeff Bezos</a> have launched an initiative committing $200 million to revive 100 of Earth&#8217;s most threatened species, including endangered lemurs, salamanders, pangolins, pigs and echidnas.<br><br><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90639446/how-this-leonardo-dicaprio-backed-rewilding-plan-will-restore-galapagos-ecosystem" type="link" id="https://www.fastcompany.com/90639446/how-this-leonardo-dicaprio-backed-rewilding-plan-will-restore-galapagos-ecosystem">DiCaprio&#8217;s Re:wild</a> and the <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90465101/jeff-bezos-says-hes-spending-10-billion-to-save-planet-earth-from-climate-change" type="link" id="https://www.fastcompany.com/90465101/jeff-bezos-says-hes-spending-10-billion-to-save-planet-earth-from-climate-change">Bezos Earth Fund</a> are leading the Phoenix Species Project, the groups announced Tuesday. They call it the largest single fund in history dedicated exclusively to recovering critically <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91334546/endangered-species-acts-harm-definition-change-trump-administration" type="link" id="https://www.fastcompany.com/91334546/endangered-species-acts-harm-definition-change-trump-administration">endangered species</a>.<br><br><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90395169/leonardo-dicaprios-earth-alliance-just-pledged-5-million-to-save-the-amazon">DiCaprio</a> has for years been developing the idea of a major concerted effort to help species whose habitats and future existence are threatened by <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90296468/leonardo-dicaprios-foundation-just-announced-a-bold-new-plan-to-curb-climate-change" type="link" id="https://www.fastcompany.com/90296468/leonardo-dicaprios-foundation-just-announced-a-bold-new-plan-to-curb-climate-change">climate change</a>.<br><br>In 2021, he and Re:wild co-founder Wes Sechrest, a biologist who serves as the organization&#8217;s CEO, met with the Amazon-founding mega billionaire Bezos and his wife, former TV news reporter and host <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91526098/lauren-sanchez-bezoss-happiness-routine-is-going-viral-for-the-wrong-reasons" type="link" id="https://www.fastcompany.com/91526098/lauren-sanchez-bezoss-happiness-routine-is-going-viral-for-the-wrong-reasons">Lauren Sánchez Bezos</a>. He serves as chair and she as vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund.<br><br>The meeting led to a series of conversations with local governments, environmental groups and Indigenous people on how best to reverse the decline of their most vulnerable species. Those conversations eventually led to the Phoenix Species Project.<br><br>Animals the initiative is seeking to sustain include:</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91584807/this-200m-project-by-jeff-bezos-and-leonardo-dicaprio-aims-to-save-earths-most-threatened-species</link>
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            <pubDate>2026-08-04T14:05:06</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;DiCaprio and Bezos say the Phoenix Species Project is the largest single fund of its type in history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>Where are Elon Musk’s former DOGE staffers now?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>The key figures behind DOGE have moved into federal agencies, Republican politics, and a new wave of AI and defense startups.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As wildfires spread across the United States, the federal government is confronting the consequences of cuts made early in President Donald Trump’s second term. The U.S. Forest Service was among the agencies hit by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, and <a href="https://www.ms.now/news/doge-cuts-trump-administration-minnesota-wildfire-elon-musk">MS NOW reports</a> that the reductions have hampered the government’s response to the blazes.</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91584801/where-are-elon-musks-former-doge-staffers-now</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Stokel-Walker]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-08-04T14:00:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;The key figures behind DOGE have moved into federal agencies, Republican politics, and a new wave of AI and defense startups.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>ChatGPT dominates Congress’s AI spending</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>House offices spent more than $100,000 on OpenAI’s chatbot over a 12-month period, nearly eight times as much as they spent on Anthropic’s Claude.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Anthropic may have topped OpenAI as the <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91550901/anthropic-just-topped-openai-on-a-major-metric-ahead-of-rival-ipo-valuation">world&#8217;s most valuable AI startup</a> a few months ago, but when it comes to power users, Sam Altman&#8217;s company still has the edge.</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91584799/chatgpt-dominates-congresss-ai-spending</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Morris]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-08-04T13:24:13</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;House offices spent more than $100,000 on OpenAI’s chatbot over a 12-month period, nearly eight times as much as they spent on Anthropic’s Claude.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>How Byron Allen plans to turn BuzzFeed into a YouTube rival</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>The media mogul explains why he bought the struggling digital publisher, how video can revive its business, and why Black ownership remains central to his strategy.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When the media mogul Byron Allen took a controlling stake in BuzzFeed in May—becoming its CEO and chairman—it was his latest bold bet in a volatile media landscape. The Allen Media Group founder explains his strategy for BuzzFeed, why YouTube and Netflix aren&#8217;t untouchable in the streaming wars, and why race matters in media ownership. (<em>Editor&#8217;s note</em>: This interview was recorded before BuzzFeed announced layoffs for 35% of its staff on July 27, 2026.)</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91584353/how-byron-allen-plans-to-turn-buzzfeed-into-a-youtube-rival</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Safian]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-08-04T13:12:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;The media mogul explains why he bought the struggling digital publisher, how video can revive its business, and why Black ownership remains central to his strategy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>Levain Bakery just dropped a Crate &amp; Barrel collab for all your cookie needs</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>The famed New York City bakery now makes the cookies and the cookie jar.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Levain Bakery used to use Crate &amp; Barrel products to display its cookies because the home goods brand&#8217;s serveware looked clean, simple, and elevated.</p>]]></description>
            <link>https://www.fastcompany.com/91584173/levain-bakery-crate-barrel-collab-cookie-jar</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hunter Schwarz]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-08-04T13:00:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;The famed New York City bakery now makes the cookies and the cookie jar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>Chase Bank is closing another wave of branches this summer: See a list of shuttered locations in several states</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>The largest U.S. banking chain has been investing heavily in new physical retail space for years, but the company is methodical in how it charts its growth.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">JPMorgan Chase operates the largest network of retail consumer banks in the United States, and even at a time when more financial services are automated and face-to-face customer service feels like something from a bygone era, the banking giant has continued to invest in physical locations.</p>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Zara]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-08-04T12:48:00</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;The largest U.S. banking chain has been investing heavily in new physical retail space for years, but the company is methodical in how it charts its growth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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            <title>Sam Altman shared a parenting hack. Thousands of moms and dads instantly disagreed.</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>The OpenAI CEO suggested they use ChatGPT to generate podcasts for their kids’ car rides. Parents say they’d rather not, thanks.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sam Altman has some advice for parents, and it’s going about as well as you’d expect.&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Grace Snelling]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>2026-08-04T12:11:02</pubDate>
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            <deck>&lt;p&gt;The OpenAI CEO suggested they use ChatGPT to generate podcasts for their kids’ car rides. Parents say they’d rather not, thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;</deck>
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