Quantcast
Channel: Fast Company
Browsing all 6425 articles
Browse latest View live

5 GenAI principles for K-12 education

Imagine this: A new technology has arrived, drawing enormous public discussion. Among the questions is how it might be used in schools. Advocates call for its widespread adoption, saying it will...

View Article


WBA soars: Walgreens stock up 25% on earnings despite store closures, as...

Shares in Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) are surging this morning after the company reported its first quarter fiscal 2025 results. As of the time of this writing, WBA shares are...

View Article


The TikTok ban is being weighed by the Supreme Court. Here’s what to know

The Supreme Court of the United States is hearing arguments today to decide the fate of TikTok. Lawmakers believe the app, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, poses a threat to national...

View Article

The L.A. fires underscore how much California has to lose if Trump withholds...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As wildfires erupted in Southern California, so did a years-long feud between incoming president Donald Trump and...

View Article

How Trump’s EPA could use ‘science’ to weaken environmental protections

Environmental issues were conspicuously absent from the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign, but moves by President-elect Donald Trump’s first administration and his leadership picks for his next...

View Article


New York governor wants to limit hedge funds from buying up single-family homes

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday said she will push for new laws to make it harder for hedge funds to purchase large numbers of single-family homes in the state. In a statement, Hochul said she...

View Article

TikTok’s future looks bleak

TikTok’s future prospects in the United States looked grimmer than ever Friday, following a bruising day of Supreme Court arguments in a case that could determine whether the app is forced to shut...

View Article

Why is there an egg shortage? How bird flu is making the political lightning...

Have you recently gone to the grocery store to buy eggs, only to find the section half empty or barely stocked at all? You might be wondering why there’s an egg shortage, and why the ones that are...

View Article


Oscar nominations delayed amid deadly L.A. wildfires

The massive Los Angeles fires are still going strong for the fourth day in a row, and they’re causing huge disruptions across the entertainment world. This week, the organization behind the Academy...

View Article


This video company is positioning itself for a world without TikTok

As TikTok pleads with the U.S. Supreme Court to let it continue operating in the United States, one video company is taking advantage of the uncertainty around TikTok’s sister app. CapCut, a...

View Article

Port union credits Trump for averting a strike. It may shape future labor talks

A tentative labor deal forestalled potentially damaging trade disruptions at three dozen U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico ports, with both sides in the talks crediting President-elect Donald Trump...

View Article

Blue Origin’s New Glenn will launch on Sunday—initiating Bezos’s challenge to...

Jeff Bezos‘s Blue Origin is set for an inaugural launch of its giant New Glenn rocket on Sunday, a long-awaited first leap to Earth orbit that sets up one of the biggest challenges yet to industry...

View Article

Scoop: Andreessen Horowitz and Tiger Global-backed Divvy Homes is being sold...

Rent-to-own startup Divvy Homes is being acquired in a fire sale by Charleston, South Carolina-based Maymont Homes, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. Maymont, a division of...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

How the Interior Department balances conservation, development, and trust...

The Department of the Interior was created in 1849 as the United States was rapidly expanding and acquiring territory. It became known as “the department of everything else” for its enormous portfolio...

View Article

Tired of the corporate grind? This is how to craft an exit strategy

There’s an important trend unfolding across the corporate sector, from mid-career professionals to the most experienced executives: we’re leaving. As return-to-office policies continue to increase and...

View Article


4 ways Apple should upgrade its privacy and security game in 2025

Every year, Apple adds additional privacy features that make its products the most secure in the world. Most recently, in iOS 18, Apple added the ability to limit Contacts access to only the select...

View Article

How AI is helping an Israeli TV reporter speak clearly again

When a renowned Israeli TV journalist lost his ability to speak clearly because of ALS, he thought his career might be over. But now, using artificial-intelligence software that can recreate his...

View Article


Midlife wasn’t always a crisis

In the acknowledgments of her 2024 novel All Fours, Miranda July explains that she was inspired by a series of conversations about “physical and emotional midlife changes” with several women close to...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Southern California’s water crisis is fueling fires. These maps show just how...

Dry conditions across Southern California set the stage for a series of deadly wind-driven wildfires that burned thousands of homes and other structures in the Los Angeles area in early January 2025....

View Article

Weirdcore 2.0’s freaky aesthetic is taking over your feed

The sun is bright. A caucasian grandma sits on the grass. She smiles at the camera. Caresses two small dogs. It’s a peaceful summer day. Three seconds later, your brain notices something is off. Her...

View Article
Browsing all 6425 articles
Browse latest View live