College 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...
View ArticlePark City ski patrollers reach tentative deal to end strike
Ski patrollers at the biggest U.S. ski resort reached a tentative deal with the corporate owner of Utah’s Park City Mountain Resort to end a strike and resume normal operations after almost two weeks...
View ArticleD-Wave is not happy about the Nvidia CEO’s thoughts on quantum computing:...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang may have thrown cold water on the quantum computing sector this week, causing shares of companies in the space to crater on Wednesday. However, one industry leader is firing...
View ArticleWatch Duty overtakes ChatGPT in the App Store as California wildfires spread
As devastating fires continue to rage in the Southern California area, an app that tracks wildfires with live maps and alerts has become the No. 1 free app in Apple’s App Store. Watch Duty, launched...
View ArticleSony PlayStation is adding smell—yes, you read that right—to its games
Sony has unveiled a new gaming system that could allow PlayStation players to sniff their way through games like The Last of Us. Unveiled at CES 2025, the Future Immersive Entertainment Concept (FIEC)...
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Dell’s new PC names are boring—and a smart move
There are surely many reasons that the parents of tech icon Michael Dell did not name him Inspiron or XPS. For one, Dell’s parents aren’t Elon Musk. More generally, there is appeal to a commonplace...
View ArticleCalifornia overhauled its troubled insurance system. Then Los Angeles caught...
On Tuesday, after a ferocious Santa Ana windstorm blew through Southern California, a severe brush fire broke out in the wealthy Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, burning more than 1,000...
View ArticleIncarcerated firefighters are making as little as $27 a day to battle L.A.’s...
Hundreds of prisoners are battling the devastating Los Angeles wildfires through a longstanding program with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Currently, 395...
View ArticleWhy fire hydrants were never going to be enough to combat L.A.’s fires
At 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday evening, the first of three municipal water tanks in Los Angeles’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood ran dry, as emergency responders stretched the system to its limits in...
View ArticleGoogle, Microsoft, Meta, Apple: Here’s a list of Big Tech companies donating...
Google and Microsoft are the latest tech companies to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund. Google, which will also livestream the swearing-in on YouTube on January...
View Article6 years ago, Elon Musk offered help during wildfires. This time he blamed DEI
When a devastating wildfire hit California in November 2018, a powerful CEO went on Twitter to ask how his company could help. That CEO’s name was Elon Musk. What a difference six years can make. The...
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