As Europe warms, here’s how the EU is responding to extreme weather emergencies
The European Union has coordinated a record number of emergency responses to extreme weather this year, as climate change fuels wildfires and other disasters in Europe, the world’s fastest-warming...
View ArticleDollar Tree and Family Dollar stock falls 20% as company puts blame on the...
Dollar Tree is following in the footsteps of its competing dollar store, Dollar General, as the company cut its full-year outlook and shares dropped 20% during trading today. Early this morning,...
View ArticleCan you guess the best business schools for 2024? LinkedIn’s top MBA programs...
Getting an MBA from a top school has often been seen as the first step in a long career with plenty of growth. But with the AI revolution in full swing, is that a thing of the past? Well, no. Over the...
View ArticleUAW secures another win in Tennessee at a GM battery plant
The United Auto Workers said on Wednesday that a battery manufacturing joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution has agreed to recognize the union at a Tennessee plant. The UAW said...
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Bill Gates talks climate change, AI—and whether billionaires should exist
In a new Netflix series, What’s Next? The Future With Bill Gates, the Microsoft cofounder and philanthropist digs into a few of his biggest obsessions: the potential (and risk) of artificial...
View ArticleAI is still a double-edged sword in the classroom
Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here. AI goes back to school...
View ArticleWhat’s behind conservative opposition to DEI? Take a look at this study
Critics of diversity, equity and inclusion programs, commonly referred to by the acronym DEI, are increasingly using boycotts and bans to fight against their use. People often argue that this anti-DEI...
View ArticleIn a shift from Biden, VP Harris proposes a lower capital gains rate
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Wednesday proposed raising the capital gains tax rate for those earning $1 million or more to 28%, instead of the 39.6% rate proposed by President...
View ArticleMeet the young female meatfluencers of TikTok
Gone are the days of snacking on a light “girl dinner.” The latest dieting trend involves a couple of beef patties and a whole lot of butter. Meet the carnivore diet: a meat-heavy menu of beef,...
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Say goodbye to static user interfaces
What if the apps and websites you use every day adapted to your needs in real time? If they instantly generated the exact content and functions you need, when you need them? You’ve heard of generative...
View ArticleHousing market shift: This interactive map shows where sellers—or buyers—have...
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. In the face of strained housing affordability, some regional housing markets are...
View ArticleLayoffs and record low hiring at U.S. companies bring bad news for teachers...
The numbers are in and they aren’t pretty. Last month, U.S.-based employers axed more than 75,000 jobs, a 193% increase from only one month earlier, according to a new report from Challenger, Gray...
View ArticleFDA drug-plant inspections still haven’t recovered from the pandemic, AP reports
As COVID-19 swept across the globe in early 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pulled most of its safety inspectors from the field, creating a massive backlog of uninspected pharmaceutical...
View ArticleWhy TikTok is going nuts for a supplement derived from cow’s milk
The latest wellness trend to take off on TikTok? Colostrum. The milk produced by female mammals after giving birth, meant to boost newborns’ immune systems, is now being added to smoothies and sold as...
View ArticleA second Fyre Festival is being planned—and people are reportedly already...
As festivals go, there may be none so infamous as Fyre Festival. The 2017 fete, which inspired two documentaries, open derision on late night television, and jail time and a multimillion-dollar...
View ArticleBrazilians split between Musk and judge over X suspension, poll shows
Brazilians are split over Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes‘s order for social media giant X to be taken down in the country, a poll shows. A slight majority of those surveyed say the judge is...
View ArticleTrump backs a Musk-led efficiency commission to audit the entire government
Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he would create a government efficiency commission to audit the entire federal government, an idea suggested by billionaire Elon Musk, who would lead it....
View ArticleFirst international AI safety treaty signed by U.S., Britain, and EU aims to...
The first legally binding international AI treaty will be open for signing on Thursday by the countries that negotiated it, including European Union members, the United States, and Britain, the...
View ArticleTicketmaster to be investigated over ‘dynamic pricing’ for Oasis tickets...
The U.K.’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into the way more than one million tickets were sold for next year’s reunion concerts from iconic 1990s Britpop band Oasis. In a statement...
View ArticleReport: 80% of LGBTQ+ workers are ready to boycott companies that don’t...
This past week, Ford and Lowe’s became the latest companies to dismantle their policies on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), overhauling employee resource groups and ending sponsorship of Pride...
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