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7 tips to make you a Slack power user
For years, Slack has been popular among tech startups, media companies and retailers as a tool for employees to chat and collaborate. But as many people have shifted to working from home during the pandemic, services like Slack have become more crucial.
[ cnn.com ]Valentina Sampaio becomes Sports Illustrated's first trans model
She is no stranger to making history. In 2017 she became the first trans woman to appear on the cover of Vogue Paris. Two years later, she was the first openly transgender model to be hired by Victoria's Secret. Now in 2020, 23-year-old Valentina Sampaio continues to break barriers in the modeling industry by becoming the first trans woman to be featured by Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
[ cnn.com ]Elon Musk is now richer than Warren Buffett
Tesla CEO Elon Musk just zoomed past Warren Buffett on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index to become the world's seventh wealthiest person.
[ cnn.com ]A secretive and controversial startup may go public. Here's what you should know
In the 17 years since it was founded, Palantir Technologies has received financial backing from the CIA, become one of the most valuable private companies in the US, and earned a seat at the table alongside the biggest tech companies in meeting with President Donald Trump.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: The problem with 'the letter'
It's already being referred to as "the letter" -- a brief, but somehow still wordy missive, formally titled "A Letter on Justice and Open Debate," initially signed by 153 writers, artists, academics and journalists, and published by the venerable Harper's Magazine (it appeared online July 7 and will be printed in the October issue). In it, this cohort of artists, intellectuals and public figures decry a landscape in which "intolerance of opposing views, a vogue for public shaming and ostracism, and the tendency to dissolve complex policy issues in a blinding moral certainty" have, in their eyes, become rampant.
[ cnn.com ]Bolivia's interim president becomes third Latin American head of state to test positive for Covid-19
Bolivia's interim president Jeanine Añez has become the third Latin American leader to test positive for the coronavirus, as several members of her cabinet also confirmed infections.
[ cnn.com ]'Palm Springs' is like 'Groundhog Day' all over (and over) again
Andy Samberg becomes the latest "Saturday Night Live" alum to explore movie stardom with "Palm Springs," a romantic comedy co-starring Cristin Milioti. If that career arc sounds familiar, so does most everything about this breezy "Groundhog Day"-esque premise, which casts Samberg as a guy repeating the same day over and over.
[ cnn.com ]Thailand could become the first Southeast Asian country to legalize same-sex civil partnerships
Thailand's Cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft bill that will legally recognize same-sex civil partnerships and give greater rights to same-sex couples, a potential first for any nation in Southeast Asia if passed into law.
[ cnn.com ]Fay could develop into sixth-named storm of hurricane season
If the weather system meandering through the Southeast develops, it will become Tropical Storm Fay, the sixth named system of the Atlantic hurricane season.
[ cnn.com ]What happened when I tried to become French
[ cnn.com ]Justin Timberlake on Confederate monuments
Justin Timberlake has become the latest public figure to call for the removal of Confederate monuments across the US.
[ cnn.com ]An internal Amazon memo shows how closely it's tracking coronavirus data at warehouses
For months, Amazon has refused to reveal data on the number of coronavirus cases inside its warehouses by claiming the data itself "isn't particularly useful," frustrating workers and critics hoping for a clearer picture of infections within what have become critical hubs for home supplies.
[ cnn.com ]Meet the Japanese man who holds the world's only master's degree in ninja studies
A Japanese man has become the first person in the world to hold a master's degree in ninja studies, after completing a graduate course that involved learning basic martial arts and how to stealthily climb mountains.
[ cnn.com ]Lululemon to buy at-home fitness startup Mirror for $500 million
As the appeal of at-home workouts has become more ubiquitous during the pandemic, Lululemon, the athletic apparel company, is going all in on the craze.
[ cnn.com ]Activists want to make Black history compulsory in English schools
Activists are pushing for the Black community's history to become a compulsory part of England's national school curriculum. Historian David Olusoga tells CNN's Nina dos Santos that the country's curriculum has long upheld half-histories and half-truths.
[ cnn.com ]Science by press release: When the story gets ahead of the science
A little more than three months after the World Health Organization officially declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic, it has become evident that both the research cycle and the news cycle have accelerated to levels never seen before in our lifetime.
[ cnn.com ]World's tallest hybrid timber tower to be built in Sydney
BVN design studio and SHoP Architects have been commissioned to build a new headquarters for tech company Atlassian that could become the world's tallest hybrid timber tower.
[ cnn.com ]Calls are growing to defund police in the US. Here are some lessons from overseas
"Defund the police!" has become a common chant of US activists protesting the death of George Floyd.
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: Can a genuine change movement survive Trump?
President Donald Trump continues to marginalize and villainize the protesters who have taken to the streets in the wake of George Floyd's killing -- even as their message of anti-racism becomes more of a mainstream opinion.
[ cnn.com ]Defense secretary raises concerns about the militarized appearance of police and law enforcement with attorney general
Senior Pentagon officials have become so concerned about the militarized appearance of police and other civilian law enforcement officials responding to the recent protests roiling the country that Defense Secretary Mark Esper raised the issue with Attorney General William Barr, according to a senior defense official.
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