The Weather Channel ups its meteorology game

Greetings! The Fast Company tech team is at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, for toda [Compass] Greetings! The Fast Company tech team is at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, for today’s big Apple news. [Get all the latest updates]( about the iPhone 11 and everything else coming our way. Meanwhile, if you have an iPhone 6 and maybe a six-pack, listen up. [Lululemon]( label, Lab, first dreamed up a decade ago, is revving its engine as its own brand with a new 44-piece collection, available at 45 stores and online. Prices are about 30% higher than Lululemon and will only be sold at 10% of the athleisure brand’s stores. Did you focus more on the leisure part of that? Then you likely have been following the growing number of employers offering [unlimited vacation time](. But the perk isn’t all Australian beaches and European trips. Workers tend to take off fewer days, and managers can always deny requests for time off. Here’s what else is happening on our site … The Weather Channel ups its meteorology game Meteorologists are dodging storm-tossing flying cars on national TV! They have to desperately avoid falling utility poles! Welcome to the Weather Channel’s new Immersive Mixed Reality. By 2020, the company wants 80% of its broadcasts to include these dramatic graphics. Read more: [Inside the Weather Channel’s quest to reinvent storm chasing]( Today's sincerest flattery [Not always monkey see, monkey do]( [Not always monkey see, monkey do]( If you’ve ever changed your mind about, say, a food order or a charitable donation when hanging out with others, that’s completely normal, according to two marketing professors’ research. Read more: [This is why you end up copying others in social situations]( [www.fastcompany.com]( • [Share]( Today's green lesson [The recycling choice of a new generation]( [The recycling choice of a new generation]( PepsiCo is teaming up with Rowley Jefferson of Diary of a Wimpy Kid fame to encourage children to recycle. The character in Jeff Kinney’s ultra-popular book series is part of a campaign that gives participating schools swag like posters, stickers, and temporary tattoos to get kids psyched about going green. Read more: [‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ author Jeff Kinney and PepsiCo want you to become awesome at recycling]( [www.fastcompany.com]( • [Share]( Today's newsflash [Polaroid is back—again]( [Polaroid is back—again]( Polaroid, meet selfies. The nope-not-defunct iconic camera and film company is introducing the Polaroid Lab, which takes digital images and prints them out by basically photographing smartphone screens. It goes on sale on October 10. Read more: [Polaroid’s newest gadget gives analog life to smartphone photos]( [www.fastcompany.com]( • [Share]( Today's shortcut [In a New York minute]( [In a New York minute]( New research finds that bikes may get people to their destinations faster than taxis in New York City. Cab speeds have been dropping in the busiest parts of Manhattan. In some cases, two wheels got Big Apple travelers where they needed to be 30% faster than four wheels. Read more: [In New York, you’ll now get there faster on a bike than in a cab]( [www.fastcompany.com]( • [Share]( Today's to-go order [McDonald’s]( announced Tuesday that it’s acquiring a Bay Area voice-recognition startup called Apprente, with an eye toward using it to take orders at drive-through windows. [[Photo: Quentin Bounias/Unsplash]]( [Photo: Quentin Bounias/Unsplash] More from us: - [This 30,000-person football stadium is now home to a living forest]( (Co.Design) - [What does VW’s new logo look like? Not very different from its previous one]( (News) - [Ageism at work starts earlier than you think]( (Work Life) - [Healthcare CEO: Why businesses can be key allies in the fight against inequality]( (Impact) What else we're reading: - [Share of Americans With Health Insurance Declined in 2018]( York Times) - [Taylor Swift Threatened Legal Action Against Microsoft Over Racist and Genocidal Chatbot Tay]( (Gizmodo) Thanks for reading! —[Zlati Meyer]( Feedback We’d love to hear your thoughts about Compass. [Click here]( to give us feedback. And here’s [more information]( about Fast Company’s Compass newsletter. Did you enjoy this issue? [Fast Company] You can [update your details here](. If you don’t want to receive Compass anymore, [unsubscribe here]( If you were forwarded Compass and like it, [subscribe here]( [View this newsletter online]( Powered by [Revue]( 7 World Trade Center, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10007-2195