Quantcast
Channel: Fast Company
Browsing all 4697 articles
Browse latest View live

The Peloton Bike+ is coming to Costco this holiday season

Peloton plans to sell its deluxe stationary bike at Costco this holiday season as the struggling connected-exercise company seeks to broaden its customer base. The Peloton Bike+, a stationary bike...

View Article


Boeing reports $6 billion quarterly loss amid a crippling strike

Boeing reported a loss of more than $6 billion in the third quarter and immediately turned its attention to union workers who will vote Wednesday whether to accept a company contract offer or continue...

View Article


Apple and Goldman Sachs were ordered to compensate you for the Apple Card...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has ordered Apple and Goldman Sachs to pay more than $89 million in penalties on behalf of hundreds of thousands of Apple Card users, for mishandling...

View Article

McDonald’s E. coli outbreak: Map, timeline, locations, and states impacted by...

Things appear to be going from bad to worse for McDonald’s, after the fast-food chain became the center of a full-on E. coli outbreak linked to its Quarter Pounders.  So far, one person has died and...

View Article

Character.ai lawsuit sets up legal fight over companion chatbots after...

On the last day of his life, a 14-year-old Florida boy found his confiscated phone, went into the bathroom, and logged into Character.ai.  “I promise I will come home to you. I love you,” he wrote,...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Why this new Denver high-rise has a giant crack in its exterior

A new phenomenon is taking over high-rise architecture around the world: Design firms are constructing buildings that look like a cleaver hacked a chunk from their otherwise pristinely shining glass...

View Article

Wegovy and other weight-loss drugs didn’t curb medical costs, according to a...

Drugs like Wegovy may trim your waistline but not medical costs, according to an analysis of U.S. health insurance claims shared with Reuters. The full-year cost of care for U.S. patients with obesity...

View Article

Will SpaceX join the international effort to tackle space junk?

The European Space Agency is in talks with SpaceX about the possibility of Elon Musk’s space venture joining an international charter designed to reduce a growing swarm of debris in space, Director...

View Article


Tim Burton, a ‘deeply emotional filmmaker,’ is afraid of AI

The imagination of Tim Burton has produced ghosts and ghouls, Martians, monsters and misfits—all on display at an exhibition that is opening in London just in time for Halloween.But you know what...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Augment’s AI assistant wants to help companies write code faster and more...

An AI coding assistant called Augment Code is hoping to make programmers—and their teams—more efficient. And while it’s competing against a variety of other coding assistants, including Microsoft’s...

View Article

Why AI disinformation hasn’t moved the needle in the 2024 election

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 disinformation...

View Article

EPA finalizes stricter rules for lead paint dust in homes, childcare facilities

Two weeks after setting a nationwide deadline for removal of lead pipes, the Biden administration is imposing strict new limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and childcare facilities. A...

View Article

White House issues new rules on AI use for national security agencies

New rules from the White House on the use of artificial intelligence by U.S. national security and spy agencies aim to balance the technology’s immense promise with the need to protect against its...

View Article


‘I don’t want to give it up’: Ford CEO Jim Farley has been driving a Chinese...

When it comes to electric vehicle sales, China has been dominating the market: EVs from China account for nearly 70% of global EV sales. Even Ford CEO Jim Farley is a fan. He’s been driving—and...

View Article

Don’t expect Taylor Swift to swing the Gen Z vote

Former President Barack Obama recently posted a plea on X, begging young people to vote. “You wouldn’t let a bunch of old people decide what music you’re going to listen to or what clothes you’re...

View Article


Russia pushed disinformation on social media about Hurricanes Milton and Helene

Russian actors pushed disinformation campaigns on social media around Hurricanes Milton and Helene in an attempt to sow distrust in the American government and stoke outrage over Ukrainian support...

View Article

‘This is not safe’: MrBeast’s Lunchly is in trouble after mold was found on...

Deconstructed pizza discs, a “Cherry Freeze” flavored Prime drink, and a side of . . . mold? Lunchly, a Lunchables competitor that was created by YouTube stars MrBeast, Logan Paul, and KSI, has...

View Article


U.N.: World set to warm by 3.1 C without urgent global climate action

Current climate policies will result in global warming of more than 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century, according to a United Nations report on Thursday, more than...

View Article

Russia spread hurricane disinformation after Helene, Milton in an effort to...

Russia has helped amplify and spread false and misleading internet claims about recent hurricanes in the U.S. and the federal government’s response, part of a wider effort by the Kremlin to manipulate...

View Article

Lilium stock price plummets to penny territory as FAA green light for flying...

Today, air taxi firm Lilium revealed in a U.S. regulatory filing that its two main subsidiaries will file for insolvency in the near future. Following the news, Lilium’s share price dropped more than...

View Article
Browsing all 4697 articles
Browse latest View live