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West Texas is deep in drought. Could oil wastewater be the solution?
There is water in all the wrong places in this corner of West Texas. The Pecos River runs dry through this small town mired in severe drought. But Lake Boehmer, a pool of toxic water flowing from...
View ArticleLocation sharing is the latest way to hard launch a relationship
Are you location sharing official? Whether it’s for practical reasons, like checking if your partner can swing past your favorite takeaway on the way home, or seeing if they have got home safely from...
View ArticleHong Kong will display thousands of giant panda sculptures, aiming to boost...
Thousands of giant panda sculptures will greet residents and tourists starting Saturday in Hong Kong, where enthusiasm for the bears has grown since two cubs were born in a local theme park. The 2,500...
View ArticleChi-Chi’s plans U.S. return after two decades
Two decades after the once-popular Mexican chain Chi-Chi’s closed its doors, the restaurant is about to make its return. This week, Hormel Foods, the owner of Chi-Chi’s trademarks, announced a new...
View ArticleRaw milk recall in California expands after more bird flu virus is found
A California farm expanded a recall of raw milk sold in stores and halted production after state health and agriculture officials found bird flu virus in more milk samples. Raw Farm, of Fresno,...
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Turn off your away message. A24’s Y2K microsite just brought back AIM
If you’re nostalgic for the internet of the 1990s, there’s a microsite for that. To promote Y2K, the horror comedy from Kyle Mooney and A24 about technology coming to life during the final New Year’s...
View ArticleOpenAI CEO Sam Altman is ‘not that worried’ about Musk’s influence in the...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who is in a legal dispute with rival Elon Musk, said he is “not that worried” about Musk’s influence in the incoming Trump administration. Altman told a New York Times...
View ArticleWho is Jared Isaacman? Trump pick for NASA administrator is a billionaire who...
President-elect Donald Trump announced today that his nominee for NASA administrator is Jared Isaacman. This is a position that requires confirmation by the Senate, which the Republicans control in a...
View ArticleFull employment, empty wallets: What’s up with the economy?
Is the economy strong? Or are we in the midst of a recession, despite what the headlines and experts are telling us? If you’re unsure, you’re not alone. Even though traditional economic metrics paint...
View ArticleAirline executives face Senate panel questions on ‘junk fees’
Members of a U.S. Senate subcommittee took aim at airline executives Wednesday for using an expanding menu of fees to charge customers for early boarding, better seats, and other comforts that used to...
View ArticleThreads is going all-in on the fediverse, and users have some questions
Threads is going deeper into the fediverse, the interconnected social platform ecosystem based on an open protocol called ActivityPub that includes apps such as Mastodon and BookWyrm. Instagram head...
View ArticleNippon Steel won’t give up on its U.S. Steel takeover deal despite strong...
Japan’s Nippon Steel is committed to its $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel and is confident of completing it by year-end, a senior executive said, despite strong U.S. opposition including from...
View ArticleSalt Typhoon cyberattack: Encrypted messaging apps and other ways to stay...
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be sucked into the plot of a Tom Clancy novel, millions of Americans are getting a taste of it this week. A large-scale cyberattack, focused on telecom...
View ArticleHow TikTok caused a matcha shortage
Matcha is undoubtedly the beverage of the moment. It’s almost impossible to scroll on social media without catching glimpses of bright green, sipped out of glass straws or takeaway cups. In Japan,...
View ArticleHow razor-maker Procter & Gamble is bracing for Trump’s proposed tariffs
Procter & Gamble has overhauled its supply chain for the tiny, extra-thin strips of stainless steel in its Gillette razors to source from India, a move expected to help protect its margins from...
View ArticleWhy Jeff Bezos is ‘optimistic’ about Trump 2.0
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Wednesday he is “optimistic” about President-elect Donald Trump’s second term and expressed some excitement about potential regulatory cutbacks in the coming years.“I’m...
View ArticleFDA urged Musk’s Neuralink animal lab to fix its ‘objectionable conditions’
An animal testing laboratory at Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain technology company was found to have “objectionable conditions or practices” by the Food and Drug Administration, which cited the company...
View ArticleWhy the ‘one AI model to rule them all’ myth needs to die
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. The myth of scaling to...
View ArticleTrump and the Federal Reserve have beef. Here’s what could happen next
President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on the promise that his policies would reduce high borrowing costs and lighten the financial burden on American households. But what if, as many economists...
View ArticleResidents have mixed reactions about data centers moving into their communities
Richard Andre Newman thought he would live the rest of his life in his quiet, leafy neighborhood in suburban Virginia. He was born and raised in Bren Mar Park, where children ride their bikes and...
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