DOGE and Elon Musk keep making mistakes. How many can America afford?
“We will make mistakes,” said Elon Musk during an Oval Office press conference last week, a toddler son slung on his shoulders like a shield. “But we’ll act quickly to correct any mistakes.” His...
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HP just blew $116 million of your ink cartridge money to buy one of Silicon...
This week, the startup Humane—which raised $240 million to build an iPhone-killing Ai Pin—announced its sale to HP for $116 million. While far short of the company’s original $1 billion asking price,...
View Article‘It has nothing to do with government efficiency’: JFK Library reopens after...
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum reopened Wednesday, with free admission, a day after the historic Boston institution was abruptly shut down after multiple employees were suddenly...
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This brand’s ‘hard honey’ is bringing mead into the 21st century
When he was a teenager, Collin McKenna’s interest in changing the food system led him to move from Colorado to Hawaii for high school. It was on that school’s regenerative farm that the now...
View ArticleTrump’s trade and immigration policies stoked inflation concerns at Fed...
President Donald Trump’s initial policy proposals raised concern at the Federal Reserve about higher inflation, with firms telling the U.S. central bank they generally expected to raise prices to pass...
View ArticleBy the numbers: Trump and Musk’s layoffs at U.S. agencies
U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, one of his closest advisers, have mounted a sweeping campaign to slash the size of the 2.3 million-strong federal workforce, firing more than...
View ArticleWhy healthcare navigation is a broken system
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View ArticleSocial Security sending out checks to millions of dead people? It’s not just...
Social Security has been considered among the most efficient, cleanest government programs in the country. For instance, a study by the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration,...
View ArticlePlaying by the rules of AI
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View ArticleHow to compete globally in the critical minerals race
The Fast Company Impact Council is a private membership community of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. Members pay annual...
View ArticleHow to deal with workplace frustration more effectively
Frustration is a common emotion. It’s a close cousin to anger, because both deal with your reaction to an obstacle that is preventing you from achieving your goals. Where they differ is that anger is...
View ArticleTrump officials renew push to ban junk food from SNAP. Here’s why it’s hard...
A push to ban sugary drinks, candy, and more from the U.S. program that helps low-income families pay for nutritious food has been tried before—but it may soon get a boost from new Trump...
View ArticleHow a wildlife crossing program aims to save endangered red wolves and people
Hunters were once the greatest human threat to the country’s only unique wolf species. Today, it’s motorists. That fact was brought home last June, when red wolf breeding male No. 2444 was struck and...
View ArticleSenators question Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump’s Labor Department pick, on her...
Members of a Senate committee grilled Labor secretary-designate Lori Chavez-DeRemer on Wednesday about her past support of pro-union legislation, her position on raising the federal minimum wage and...
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Air fresheners and wax melts can make your indoor air more dirty than outside
When you walk outside, you might be concerned about how a nearby idling car or a faraway factory are polluting the air you breathe. But when you’re inside, the products you use to make your home smell...
View ArticleAT&T debuts new plan, making it easier to split the bill on shared plans
The upside of friends, roommates, or family members sharing a multiline phone plan is everyone has a lower monthly bill. The downside, however, is one person is ultimately responsible for both paying...
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The Obama Foundation just reimagined the most famous font in politics
To update the Obama Foundation’s visual identity ahead of the opening of former President Barack Obama’s presidential center in Chicago next year, the designers tasked with the project had to figure...
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Tesla dealership protests have inspired a new generation of signs
Elon Musk’s work for President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency has turned Tesla dealerships and showrooms into protest zones, and the recent wave of demonstrations has inspired the...
View ArticleTrump keeps cutting election security jobs. Here’s what’s at risk
As the Trump administration continues to dismantle federal agencies, one that plays a critical role in U.S. infrastructure and election security faces an uncertain future. The Cybersecurity and...
View ArticleQuantum computing breakthrough? Microsoft says its new Majorana 1 chip shows...
Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled a new chip that it said showed quantum computing is “years, not decades” away, joining Google and IBM in predicting that a fundamental change in computing technology is...
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