10 reasons why you should attend Fast Company’s 10th Annual Innovation Festival
We’re just days away from the start of our 10th annual Innovation Festival, which takes over New York City September 16-19. The week is jam-packed with insightful panels, interactive Fast Tracks,...
View ArticleWhy Kamala Harris has shifted her stance on oil drilling
Even as she promoted her efforts to boost clean energy, Vice President Kamala Harris said in Tuesday’s debate that the Biden-Harris administration has overseen “the largest increase in domestic oil...
View ArticleChina will raise the retirement age of its work force. Here’s why
Starting next year, China will raise its retirement age for workers, which is now among the youngest in the world’s major economies, in an effort to address its shrinking population and aging work...
View ArticleHow Wall Street can help secure our food supply
Capital is the fuel that enables all industries to stabilize and grow. Yet fresh produce—one of our most important industries ensuring the health and well-being of billions of people around—has...
View ArticleSoft skills are dead—long live ‘skills’
Here’s a little thought exercise: Suppose Harvard University, the Carnegie Foundation, and the Stanford Research Center all got together to find out what exactly made a person successful at work....
View ArticlePhilanthropists need allies in government
It’s safe to say the current state of U.S. politics is at a crossroads, and it’s created a ripple effect of opposition among businesses, philanthropies, and citizens. Where we should have unity, we...
View ArticleCan AI help female founders get funded?
Last fall I had the opportunity to pitch a well-connected Silicon Valley angel group and the great fortune of making it through due diligence with them. Then, after many hours spent working on a...
View Article87% of branded vape posts on Instagram violate FDA guidelines, research finds
Vapes and e-cigarettes have taken the United States—and the wider world—by storm. More than 1.6 million middle and high school students use e-cigarettes, according to the Food and Drug Administration...
View ArticleTikTok’s fate in the U.S. could be decided on in upcoming key court date
TikTok and parent company ByteDance face a key court hearing on Monday in a legal battle seeking to block a law that could ban the app used by 170 million Americans as soon as Jan. 19. The U.S. Court...
View ArticleAs fires rage from Brazil to Bolivia, South America sets a record for most...
South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil’s Amazon rainforest through the world’s largest wetlands to dry forests in Bolivia, breaking a previous record for the number of blazes seen in a...
View ArticleUber and Waymo are partnering to bring driverless rideshare to Austin and...
Uber users in Atlanta and Austin may be matched with a Waymo robotaxi when they call a ride starting early next year, the companies announced on Friday. The news comes as part of an existing multiyear...
View ArticleK-pop giant Hybe has gone to war with NewJeans, and wants Google’s help
The world’s largest K-pop company does not take well to accusations of plagiarism—even from YouTube fan accounts. Entertainment group Hybe, home to BTS and other bands, is asking a U.S. court to force...
View ArticleHow Frank McCourt wants to fix TikTok
Next week, TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, goes to court as the U.S. government pushes to force the sale or shutdown of the popular app. One potential buyer, Frank McCourt, Executive Chairman of...
View ArticleIn-flight Wi-Fi goes free on United Airlines, thanks to SpaceX deal
United Airlines announced today that it has signed an agreement with SpaceX to provide Starlink Wi-Fi services on its entire mainline and regional aircraft fleet. The service will deliver fast,...
View ArticleMeta restarts plans to train AI using content from U.K. Facebook and...
Meta said Friday it is reigniting plans to train its artificial intelligence systems on public Facebook and Instagram content shared by adult users in the U.K. over the coming months. The social media...
View ArticleThe future of construction is innovation and sustainability
In a world that produces “57 million tons of plastic waste every year” and in a nation with worsening home affordability for the past 20 years, millions of families are finding it increasingly...
View ArticleChatGPT’s new AI thinks like us, and critics warn it comes with some dangers
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly a part of our daily lives. It can analyze data, make a diagnosis, create and edit photos, and it’s a fundamental part of social media. But while AI’s many...
View ArticleMcDonald’s stock just got a boost after the burger giant agreed to keep the...
With fewer customers visiting the Golden Arches as diners cut back on restaurant spending, McDonald’s is now extending its $5 value meal deal through the fall and into December in most U.S. markets....
View ArticleWho’s to blame when AI goes awry? Medieval theology can help decide
A self-driving taxi has no passengers, so it parks itself in a lot to reduce congestion and air pollution. After being hailed, the taxi heads out to pick up its passenger—and tragically strikes a...
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Endangered whales are fighting for their lives—and their food
The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica is the world’s largest feeding ground for baleen whales—species like humpbacks that filter tiny organisms from seawater for food. In the 20th century, whalers...
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