Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube EU users will soon have a new way to settle...
Social media users in the European Union will be able to make complaints against Facebook, ByteDance’s TikTok and Alphabet’s YouTube over content moderation to a new independent body set up in...
View ArticleWhy the ‘Fast Company’ homepage looks a little different today
Finding this article might be easier today than it was yesterday. That’s because Fast Company has just launched a brand new homepage designed to showcase more of the content that readers come to this...
View ArticleBiden requires cities to replace lead pipes and make drinking water safer...
A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the continuing dangers of lead in tap water, President Joe Biden is setting a 10-year deadline for cities across the nation to...
View ArticleWhy 14 state attorneys general are suing TikTok
Fourteen attorneys general sued TikTok on Tuesday, alleging that the company created an intentionally addictive app that harmed young people and misrepresented the effectiveness of its safety tools....
View Article‘They hate you if you do not agree’: TikToker Mama Tot has come under fire...
At one point in an influencer’s career or another, controversy will seek them out. For popular feel-good TikToker Ophelia Nichol, also known as “Mama Tot,” that moment is now. The controversy came...
View ArticleSpirit Christmas is coming: full list of locations for the iconic Halloween...
Christmas in October? Well, ready or not, here it comes. Every year, Spirit Halloween transforms hundreds of empty storefronts across the country to sell spooky costumes, decor, and candy at 1,500...
View ArticleSolar power is growing in Africa, bringing stable electricity to millions
Companies that bring solar power to some of the poorest homes in Central and West Africa are said to be among the fastest growing on a continent whose governments have long struggled to address some...
View ArticleBurundi farmers unite to get fair prices for avocados
Farmers in a remote part of Burundi know to look for a truck parked by a highway when it is time to sell their avocados. They materialize from villages and form a crowd around the vehicle, watching...
View ArticleRoblox stock falls after Hindenburg blasts the social gaming platform over...
On Tuesday, Roblox—the gaming platform popular with Gen Z and Gen Alpha—saw its stock take a dive. Roblox stock fell 9.4% in early trading, even as it’s already dropped by 15% this year. As of midday...
View ArticleWhy Spotify is still all-in on remote work
In September, Amazon announced that it was making a drastic change to its hybrid work policy, requiring almost all employees to return to the office five days a week as of next year. Months earlier,...
View ArticleHow a climate disaster in North Carolina is causing IV fluid shortages across...
Hurricane Helene is now one of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes since 1950, killing at least 235 people as of Tuesday. An unknown number, likely hundreds, are still missing, and more than 250,000...
View ArticleAmid hurricanes, a small business disaster loan program could run out of...
The Small Business Administration could run out of money to fund disaster loans in the wake of Hurricane Helene’s devastation. As is typical after a disaster, the government is offering aid to small...
View ArticleHere’s what the Google Play lawsuit ruling means for Android users
Epic Games scored a massive victory against Google Monday, when the judge overseeing the case issued his final ruling, ordering the company to largely open up its Google Play app store to competition...
View ArticleAI pioneers win Nobel Prize in physics
Two pioneers of artificial intelligence — John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton — won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for helping create the building blocks of machine learning that is revolutionizing...
View ArticleAn egg recall linked to deadly salmonella in multiple states is growing:...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has upgraded its current egg recall from Milo’s Poultry Farms to its highest level, Class I, meaning the eggs may cause “serious adverse health consequences or...
View ArticleHennessy’s LeBron James bottle collab is the booze brand’s latest culture move
When LeBron James picks up the bottle of Hennessy, you’re not quite sure what he’s going to do with it—until he pops it on his index finger and starts spinning it like a basketball. The fact that this...
View ArticleCeleb stylist Law Roach launches School of Style online-learning platform
In March 2023, Law Roach took to Instagram and announced his retirement from celebrity styling. Though he would continue to work with certain stars—most notably, Zendaya on her Challengers press tour...
View ArticleFinally, there are Crocs for your dog
From the brand that brought you breakfast cereal-inspired dog treats, an office with built-in a dog park, and a luxury airline designed specifically for dogs, comes a brand-new product for man’s best...
View ArticleWhy Pharrell wanted Lego to tell his life story in ‘Piece by Piece’
When Pharrell Williams and Morgan Neville decided to embark on a movie about Williams’ life but animated in Lego pieces, they knew there would be culture shocks. But making “Piece by Piece” still led...
View ArticleWhy is Sony Group’s stock price so ‘low’ today? Don’t panic, SONY just split....
The stock market may be hovering around all-time highs, but some companies are finding ways to lower their share prices to make them more accessible to a bigger pool of investors. That includes...
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