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For many, waking up on Christmas morning to a tree overflowing with presents and stockings peeking over the mantel isn’t just a child’s...
Maternal mortality has been on the rise in the U.S. at the same time that childcare, healthcare, and housing costs are rising. A new initiative in...
So, what’s your p(doom) score? The term that began as a half-serious inside joke on tech message boards to describe the odds that AI destroys...
What mysteries might a time-lapse of a single cell unlock, and how might it transform our understanding of disease and the body’s most granular...
The first car lined up at 3:30 a.m. Employees didn’t even show until 5, and food didn’t leave the drive-through window until 6. Technically,...
Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption for calls and messages across its Facebook and Messenger platforms, the company announced Thursday. Such...
Want more housing stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the daily free ResiClub newsletter. Back in the late 1970s,...
Jenny Morant has had a tough year. In Manhattan Beach, California, where she works as a real estate agent, it’s been impossible to sell a house....
If you hadn’t heard about superconductors before 2023, odds are you know what they are now. Researchers raised eyebrows early in the year...
Meta: Facebook and Instagram’s parent company announced Purple Llama, a project that prioritizes safety tools and best practices amidst the AI...
Eleven months ago, as calendars flipped to 2023, self-driving cars and e-bikes both had momentum on their side—especially in San Francisco. Fleets...
The fastest growing brand of 2023 was one that hardly any consumer knew about the year before: ChatGPT. That’s according to decision intelligence...
Unfortunately, ghosting just doesn’t happen in the dating world. The practice is quite common in the professional world when it comes to job...
Last fall, on a farm in Northern Wisconsin, a farmer spread 1,421 metric tons of crushed volcanic rock on his fields before planting soybeans and...
We all make mistakes. How we respond to them, however, can be the difference between moving forward and staying stuck. Former NASA astronaut Mike...
Last week, ulltra-fast fashion brand Shein confidentially filed for an IPO. The eleven year-old company is known for creating very low cost...
It’s the crossover innovation nobody quite expected. Like the offspring of a steam age sleeper car and a Japanese capsule hotel, new trains...
Four years ago, The Walt Disney Co. seized control of its streaming destiny. Instead of continuing to provide content to the likes of Netflix, it...
For a major artist like Kendrick Lamar, dropping a new album is an event in its own right—and where an artist chooses to do it can carry some...
Peach Fuzz has been crowned Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2024. A soft, warm shade that is nestled between pink and orange, Peach Fuzz is meant...
Most people don’t have much snail mail to send. Bills, notifications, and other communication, like keeping in touch with friends and family, can...
After a week of growing hype and fuzzy shots posted on X, McDonald’s has announced the launch of CosMc’s. Located in the Chicago southwest suburb...
America’s largest retail pharmacy chain, CVS, unveiled a new drug pricing formula on Tuesday, a move it said will simplify costs while...
New year, new page, new life? Or so we hope. Fidelity surveyed more than 3,000 adults about their financial resolutions for the upcoming year....
What would it look like for the Defense Department to be able to lean on the commercial space community in times of need? That’s the question...
Google announced on Wednesday a new large language model called Gemini, which has the power of “sight” and “hearing” as well as new learning...
Google steps up to compete with OpenAI. The tech giant previewed its own version of ChatGPT—Gemini—promising that the large language model can...
Investor interest in generative AI startups remains high, with more than $21 billion plowed into companies in the first nine months of this year,...
For anyone who has attended one of her concerts around the world, caroled outside stadiums just to hear her voice live, or even acted as a member of...
Yesterday, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) members voted to ratify the 2023 TV/Theatrical...
The fast-casual chain Panera Bread is facing a second lawsuit related to its line of Charged Lemonade drinks. The most recent lawsuit alleges that...
DNA testing service 23andme has changed the dispute resolution and arbitration section of its terms of service on the heels of a hack that saw the...
Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly LinkedIn newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. If a friend or...
Norman Lear, the writer, director, and producer who revolutionized prime time television with “All in the Family” and “Maude,” propelling...
The generative AI boom has sent governments worldwide scrambling to regulate the emerging technology, but it also has raised the risk of upending a...
Roku isn’t the underdog in streaming anymore. Years ago, the company foretold how it would withstand competition from the likes of Amazon, Google,...
There’s a coming population boom in the United States that is going to put its housing stock—and maybe its entire housing system—to the test....
In the United States, birth outcomes are relatively abysmal. Globally, we rank worst out of all developed nations in maternal mortality, which is...
Seafood is the largest traded food commodity by value. It is also a distinctly tough commodity to track. Many fishing ships operate on the high...
Artificial intelligence is fascinating and may well turn out to be the next big thing in the business world, but it might not deserve as much of...
A typical accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, is small and hidden behind a larger house. But a program in San Diego makes it possible to add several...
A decade ago, environmental activists, journalists, and consumers began attacking H&M and Zara for their business practices. These brands pioneered...
At the end of October, mechanics at several Tesla-owned repair shops in Sweden walked off the jobs, setting off a strike that has since garnered...
In the excerpt from their new book, Founder vs Investor: The Honest Truth About Venture Capital from Startup to IPO , Elizabeth Zalman and Jerry...
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Thanks for reading Plugged In, Fast Company’s weekly dispatch from the world of tech. If a friend or colleague forwarded this edition to you—or...
We all experience stress at work and in our lives. And rising stress levels have brought a greater appreciation for the importance of well-being....
We’ve all had those days. It seems like one thing after another is demanding our time. Deadlines loom. Interactions with coworkers and...
Gamers got their first look at the eagerly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI 15 hours earlier than they expected. And they looked again and again and...
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, there have been clear aftereffects, not just for people actively seeking abortions but...
The rampant increase of hate messages on social media is a scourge in today’s technology-infused society. Racism, homophobia, xenophobia, and...
Everyone is searching for a remote job. New data from Google Trends reveals that searches for “remote jobs” spiked twice over the past year—in...
If you googled “remote jobs” this year, you’re not alone. In August 2023, U.S.-based users searching for the term hit an all-time high, Google...
When he was in grad school at MIT, Alex Bratianu-Badea got stuck on a plane at Boston Logan Airport that had to be de-iced, delaying the flight. As...
White Claw, which rose to prominence as a market-dominating pioneer in the hard seltzer industry, just released a new seltzer with an unexpected...
In the aftermath of the OpenAI governance battle, the narrative has been dominated by the idea that “the capitalists won.” While this conclusion...
With consequential Supreme Court rulings on topics like abortion and voting rights in recent years, Americans may be forgiven if their interest...
When Naiomi Glasses was a child, her mother would bring her to the Ralph Lauren store. She would marvel at the clothes, but she was particularly...
Hinge wants you to get off of its app and foster platonic relationships. The dating app giant is launching a $1 million social impact fund to...
After business hours, many people like to stroll along shopping streets, peering through the windows of luxury brands to take a peek at the latest...
Ford is collaborating with a major utility company to accelerate the country’s EV transition and provide charging infrastructure in states where...
The office has become a place of contentious experimentation. It’s never been harder to know what the office means to workers today, and what it...
Short-stature corn that withstands severe windstorms. Wheat that copes with droughts. Rice that can grow in saltier soil. Sorghum that uses water...
You’ve decided to ask for a raise. Should you go into your boss’s office first thing in the morning to get it out of the way? Or wait until the...
A prominent disinformation scholar who left Harvard University in August has accused the school of muzzling her speech and stifling—then...
Inventions like electricity and microwaves that we take for granted seemed otherworldly not too long ago. Taking a chance on new technology is part...
At least 6.9 million users of 23andMe’s services have had their data accessed by hackers. That number is roughly half of 23andMe’s estimated 14...
We knew artificial intelligence would cost jobs, but no one expected George Bailey and Santa to be among the first impacted. AI is seeping into the...
Wikipedia is seen by many as one of the front pages of the internet and a major contributor and documenter of human knowledge. Which is what makes...
Women who grow up without a role model and “make it” financially (whatever that may mean to you) are often left to believe that they are not...
A very happy birthday to my Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4, which just turned one. I had no intention of buying a foldable phone, but I use Google Fi as...
Investors in Bitcoin have had a good past 24 hours. In that timeframe, Bitcoin’s price has risen almost 6%, sending the digital coin to a price...
Millions of Americans are at risk of lead exposure in their drinking water. Last week, in an effort to reduce that risk, the Environmental...
Only 3% of designers across all disciplines are Black in spite of Black folks being 12% of the population in the United States. Black designers...
Fewer people are relocating these days. The latest report from Redfin reveals a slight nationwide decline in the number of homebuyers looking to...
ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, is reportedly planning to unveil a new platform this month so it can compete better with OpenAI. According...
Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores...
Hydrogen is a colorless gas. But if you’ve done any reading about the future of energy, you’ve likely seen it identified by a number of...
President Biden has just unveiled a powerful new weapon in the battle for hearts and minds: A lectern. The timing of this new piece of...
Digital health company Hims & Hers is starting to roll out a new holistic weight loss program—one that doesn’t include Ozempic for the time...
The OpenAI management saga, which began two weeks ago when the organization’s board unexpectedly fired CEO Sam Altman, and which has since featured...
Alaska Airlines agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal announced Sunday, potentially putting it on track for a clash with a Biden...
Music streaming giant Spotify began 2023 announcing layoffs and it is ending the year in the same way. Today, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek sent a memo to...
Trouble with playground bullies started for Maria Ishoo’s daughter in elementary school. Girls ganged up, calling her “fat” and “ugly.” Boys...
Gender inequity is everywhere, from household chores and leisure time to salaries and now “green skills.” As climate change looms over us, skills...
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Sony PlayStation’s highly anticipated Access controller is finally available for purchase this week (starting Dec. 6). The adaptive gaming...
After Israel declared war on Hamas following the militant group’s surprise attack on Oct. 7, 2023, and hostilities resumed in the region, some...
In the days and weeks before Sam Altman was unceremoniously fired from OpenAI—then reinstated over the course of a long, confusing weekend—the...