TGI Fridays list of closing restaurants keeps growing as store locator keeps...
In a continued wave of retail closures, TGI Fridays has significantly scaled back its U.S. presence. As of today, the casual restaurant chain has just 163 remaining locations, according to the store...
View ArticleJPMorgan Chase is suing customers over the viral check fraud scam
JPMorgan Chase has begun to file lawsuits against people that exploited the viral “infinite money glitch”—or committed check fraud—this summer. In August, posts began circulating on social media...
View ArticleGoogle’s AI-aided cloud computing gains heat up the race against Amazon,...
Google-parent Alphabet’s breakout cloud sales in the July-September quarter bode well for top cloud providers Microsoft and Amazon.com, and signal that market for AI-aided computing power is only...
View ArticleDOT and Delta reveal plans for wheelchair-adaptive seats on planes
It’s been a long time coming, but air travel is about to get a little less complicated for travelers who use wheelchairs. This week, the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Federal Aviation...
View ArticleArizona students just pressured the Tucson school district to pass an...
The Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) in Arizona just passed a bold climate action plan—and the effort was spearheaded by student activists. In a 3-2 vote Tuesday night, the TUSD board adopted a...
View ArticleThe Harris campaign is running the biggest political ad of all time on the...
The single biggest ad of the election—ever, for that matter—is running in Las Vegas. Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign is running the first-ever political ad on the Sphere, the gargantuan new...
View ArticleU.S. picks winning bids in the Atlantic Coast’s first commercial sale for...
The U.S. government chose winning bids Tuesday to develop wind power off New England in the first commercial sale for floating offshore wind project on the Atlantic Coast. The Bureau of Ocean Energy...
View ArticleRobert Downey Jr. threatens to sue any future executives who use his AI replica
Robert Downey Jr. doesn’t think Marvel executives would ever recreate his portrayal of Tony Stark using artificial intelligence. But if they did, he would lawyer up—even posthumously. On a recent...
View ArticleElon Musk wants everyone to have more kids—but a Trump presidency won’t help...
Across social media and in interviews, Elon Musk has repeatedly aired his concerns about the declining birth rate, calling it “the biggest danger civilization faces” and urging his followers to have...
View ArticleDropbox lays off 20% of its workforce as CEO blames ‘excess layers of...
Dropbox is dropping a huge chunk of its head count. CEO Drew Houston relayed to employees that the company was shedding 20% of its workforce, equivalent to 528 roles, in a letter published on...
View Article‘It just feels a bit much’: Boo baskets are the latest Halloween TikTok trend...
You’ve picked the perfect pumpkin, nailed your costume, and decked out your porch, but have you put together your “boo basket” yet? This viral trend—Halloween’s version of Secret Santa—has taken...
View ArticleIndeed CEO Chris Hyams on how AI talent agents could help job seekers find...
Many employees today are fearful that artificial intelligence will automate their tasks and ultimately replace them. A third of workers want it banned from the workplace altogether. But what if AI...
View ArticleThis New York site will be the nation’s headquarters for semiconductor research
A semiconductor research facility in upstate New York was selected as one of three national technology centers and will receive up to $825 million in funding as part of a broader federal effort to...
View ArticleRevive resilience in the face of the zombie mindset
Now that we’re in the heart of Spooky Season, I’ve decided my kids are finally old enough to experience a classic piece of my childhood—Michael Jackson’s Thriller video. Beyond giving them a good...
View ArticleCalifornia’s affordable housing issue in the spotlight with Tahoe vacation...
Owners of vacation homes in Northern California’s South Lake Tahoe could face a significant tax increase if voters in the mountain resort town approve a measure on Tuesday’s ballot that pits...
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Flash floods ravage Spain’s Valencia as death toll climbs 140
Crews searched for bodies in stranded cars and sodden buildings Thursday as people tried to salvage what they could from their ruined homes following monstrous flash floods in Spain that claimed at...
View ArticleOpenAI launches web search in ChatGPT
OpenAI is launching internet search functionality within its ChatGPT AI chatbot. For paid subscribers, the chatbot will now be able to integrate up-to-date web information into its answers. The...
View ArticleAsia is lagging on climate change spending, bank study finds
Countries in Asia will suffer worse damage from the climate crisis than other regions and are falling far behind in spending on improvements to limit the damage and adapt to changing weather patterns...
View ArticleChatGPT’s new web search function puts the web ecosystem (and Google) on notice
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. OpenAI bursts into a...
View ArticleNew York kids are dying attempting the subway surfing challenge
A dangerous trend inspired by the popular mobile game Subway Surfers sees young kids and teens catching rides on top of moving trains—sometimes with fatal consequences. On October 23, 13-year-old...
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