What the hell happened to Mint?

Good morning! Chances are, you are reading this on your phone. And chances are, you have mixed feelin [Compass] Good morning! Chances are, you are reading this on your phone. And chances are, you have mixed feelings about that. Research has routinely shown we each unlock our phones hundreds of times a day, and that being on the device makes us less happy. Google has noticed this trend, of course, and it’s been releasing Digital Wellbeing Experiments since. These are little apps you can load to curb your behavior—or even crafts you can print to replace your phone itself. The latest wave of experiments dropped earlier this week, and I tried them so you don’t have to. Well, most of them! To be perfectly honest, I found the last experiment so utterly tone-deaf in its cutesiness that I’m still worked up about it today. [Read the story here](. —[Mark Wilson]( [Google’s new ‘Digital Wellbeing’ tools, ranked from ingenious to offensive]( [Google’s new ‘Digital Wellbeing’ tools, ranked from ingenious to offensive]( Google Creative Lab’s well-being experiments try to be playful, but one of them is just joking about something that’s not funny to begin with. [fastcompany.com]( [What the hell happened to Mint?]( [What the hell happened to Mint?]( In 2009, personal-finance behemoth Intuit bought Mint, an impressive startup. And then it let its $170 million acquisition wither on the vine. [fastcompany.com]( [How Saudi Arabia allegedly hacked Jeff Bezos's phone]( [How Saudi Arabia allegedly hacked Jeff Bezos's phone]( A new report points the finger at spyware firms like NSO Group, a secretive Israeli company that has been implicated in government surveillance of dissidents across the world. [fastcompany.com]( [Ousted Recording Academy CEO punches back and claims the Grammys are fixed]( [Ousted Recording Academy CEO punches back and claims the Grammys are fixed]( On the eve of Music’s Biggest Night, Deborah Dugan is alleging that the Grammys are rotten to the core. [fastcompany.com]( [Software ate the world. Now it's design's turn]( [Software ate the world. Now it's design's turn]( We are entering a Golden Age of product design, in which even niche enterprise products are finally becoming sensible, easy to use, and even beautiful, writes MasterClass cofounder Aaron Rasmussen. [fastcompany.com]( [7 mistakes that can derail a promising job interview]( [7 mistakes that can derail a promising job interview]( Any of these common things can turn your next big interview into a train wreck. [fastcompany.com]( [Apple wants to reward you for going to the gym]( [Apple wants to reward you for going to the gym]( To embed itself into the fitness ecosystem, Apple Watch is teaming up with fitness studios like Orangetheory and Crunch Fitness to give workout junkies a way to earn rewards at the gym—or on the trail. [fastcompany.com]( [The problem with China’s single-use plastic ban: What will replace the plastic?]( [The problem with China’s single-use plastic ban: What will replace the plastic?]( Just swapping single-use plastic for compostable alternatives won’t do much if none of them end up in the compost. [fastcompany.com]( [Google and Microsoft shouldn’t decide how technology is regulated]( [Google and Microsoft shouldn’t decide how technology is regulated]( A researcher who studies AI principles warns that giving too much credence to Big Tech is like “asking the fox for guidance on henhouse security procedures.” [fastcompany.com]( Download the Fast Company Magazine app: Available for [iOS]( and [Android]( devices 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