The Hustle

6 days ago | thehustle.co | Sara Friedman

No one enjoys a dirty diaper, but the stinky things are threatening more than just your nostrils. More than 300k diapers — first introduced in 1948 by Johnson & Johnson — are thrown out every minute, per Fast Company, and the issue is piling up in our landfills.

3 weeks ago | thehustle.co | Mark Dent

Eulogies, breakup texts, Tinder flirting. We asked people to spill about their most intimate uses for AI. About a year ago, on the first night of a visit to Mexico City, TJ Lind met a guy named Nico. Immediately smitten, he ditched his friends and began a week-long whirlwind romance that continued, long distance, after he returned home to New York. Seeking to keep the flame lit, Lind looked for help from ChatGPT, which he’d previously used for work.

3 weeks ago | thehustle.co | Juliet Bennett Rylah

Your best pals — and everyone on Reddit’s r/relationships — would tell you not to go back to your ex… unless you’re talking about your ex-job. Companies are frequently hiring former employees, otherwise known as boomerang hires. Per ADP Research:Since 2018, boomerang hires have made up 2% of active employees, but account for 31% of new hires, on average. In March, boomerangs made up 35% of new hires, up 4% YoY. Boomerangs made up 68% of information sector hires, up 34% YoY. Why?

3 weeks ago | thehustle.co | Sara Friedman

Ready your inbox: The brands are coming to Substack That tech bro with the inspirational quotes, your old English lit professor, and that girl from your hometown trying to make it as an influencer — they’re all on Substack. In fact, it feels like everyone has a newsletter these days (we were here first!).

4 weeks ago | thehustle.co | Sam Barsanti

Electronic Arts recently joined the hottest trend in corporate America: forcing remote employees to return to the office. But these RTO mandates might not be especially effective at getting people to… return to the office. We want you backFlex Index has some curious stats on the RTO movement that may shatter your perception of office life in 2025:Companies like EA are the outlier: Only 33% of US companies require employees to be in the office full-time.