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How ‘mountain waves’ are making the L.A. wildfires even worse
Extreme winds are fueling horrific fires across Southern California, and one particular weather phenomenon called mountain waves is threatening to spread the flames even more. Santa Ana winds—the...
View ArticleSanctuary city laws could throw a wrench into Trump’s deportation plans—but...
Five years ago, police officers stopped Jose Armando Escobar-Lopez while he was driving to his home in Daly City near San Francisco with his partner and her brother. Without giving a reason for the...
View ArticleTikTok alternative Lemon8: Why creators are moving to ByteDance’s other...
“Okay it’s happening… are we switching to Lemon8 or what’s the plan?” posted one TikTok user back in December. With a potential U.S. ban just days away, content creators scrambling for an alternative...
View ArticleMorning coffee tied to lower death risk
There’s good news for those who drink their coffee in the morning hours and ditch it before noon. Morning coffee-drinkers may have a lower risk of death than both those who drink coffee throughout the...
View ArticleMeta tests eBay listings in Facebook Marketplace to resolve EU charges
Meta said Wednesday that it will allow some Facebook users to view eBay listings on its Marketplace service, as it tries out a possible way to resolve European Union charges of anticompetitive...
View ArticleYour IRS refund could take years if you were a victim of ID theft. The...
Taxpayers who have been the victims of identity theft have experienced significant delays when requesting refunds from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), according to a Wednesday report to Congress...
View ArticleWhat to know about ByteDance’s Lemon8
Hearing a lot about Lemon8 lately? You’re not the only one. Amid a looming U.S. ban on TikTok, content creators have been pushing the platform’s sister app. Lemon8 resembles an amalgamation of the...
View Article‘Shark Tank’ star Kevin O’Leary wants to buy TikTok—and says he needs Trump’s...
Kevin O’Leary of Shark Tank fame and billionaire Frank McCourt, ex-owner of the Dodgers, are teaming up to save TikTok from a looming U.S. ban. Their coalition, the People’s Bid for TikTok, aims to...
View ArticleQuantum computing stocks are having a rough start to 2025: IonQ, D-Wave,...
We’ve been told that the future is now, but it seems it’s not quite here yet—at least not for quantum computing. Quantum computing, a relatively niche sector of the tech industry, saw solid gains in...
View ArticleMeta tests letting Facebook Marketplace users view eBay listings in a bid to...
Meta is testing a feature that will let Facebook users browse eBay listings on Facebook Marketplace before being redirected to complete the purchase on eBay. The test, which is being launched to a...
View ArticleCollege tuition has fallen at many schools. Here’s why
The cost of college keeps spiraling ever higher, right? Not necessarily. New research indicates students are paying significantly less to attend public universities than they were a decade ago. And...
View ArticleThousands flee as L.A. wildfires rage and destroy homes
Multiple massive wildfires tore across the Los Angeles area with devastating force Wednesday, destroying more than 1,000 structures and killing at least two people as desperate residents escaped...
View ArticleThese jobs will disappear fastest by 2030 as AI rises, according to the World...
Bank tellers, cashiers, postal workers, and the jobs of administrative assistants are among those forecast to decline by 2030, according to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, which was...
View ArticleTrump’s EV policies leave Tesla and BYD uncertain about 2025 forecast
Electric vehicle demand is expected to keep rising this year, but uncertainty over policy changes and tariffs is clouding the forecast.S&P Global Mobility expects global sales of 15.1 million...
View Article‘Obamacare’ hits unprecedented enrollment numbers, faces uncertainty under Trump
A record 24 million people have signed up for insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act, former President Barack Obama’s landmark health legislation, as the program awaits an uncertain future...
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How Watch Duty became the go-to app for people fleeing the L.A. fires
Early on Wednesday morning, as the Eaton fire quickly grew northeast of Los Angeles, Jess Reynolds was glued to Watch Duty, a fire-tracking app on her phone. Reynolds, a photo editor at Fast Company...
View Article96% of online pharmacies are run illegally, according to a U.S. report
Nearly all of the world’s 35,000 online pharmacies are being run illegally and consumers who use them risk getting ineffective or dangerous drugs, according to the U.S. Trade Representative’s annual...
View Article‘Worst in Show’ CES tech gadgets have been revealed. Who made the cut?
So much of the technology showcased at CES includes gadgets made to improve consumers’ lives—whether by leveraging AI to make devices that help people become more efficient, by creating companions to...
View ArticleU.S. ports strike averted as longshoremen reach tentative deal with shippers
U.S. longshoremen reached a contract agreement with ports and shippers Wednesday, averting a potential strike that could have damaged the American economy.The International Longshoremen’s Association...
View ArticleAI at CES: a look at the wild PCs, smart glasses, and body-scanning mirrors...
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 hasn’t taken over...
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