Trump’s ‘Hawk Tuah’-like meme coin moment isn’t a betrayal—it’s keeping a...
At some point between his November election win and Monday’s inauguration, Donald Trump appears to have drawn inspiration from an unlikely source: “Hawk Tuah Girl” Haliey Welch. Following in the...
View ArticleWhy Big Oil isn’t happy with Trump’s climate withdrawal
U.S. oil and gas producers are thrilled that President Donald Trump wants to encourage domestic energy development but say his decision to withdraw the United States from international climate...
View ArticleAmazon closes all Quebec warehouses, cutting 1,700 jobs
E-commerce giant Amazon.com is exiting its operations in Quebec, leading to the loss of about 1,700 full-time jobs, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday. The online retailer will phase out...
View ArticleHow Davos leaders are responding to Trump’s DEI crackdown
President Donald Trump’s escalating pressure on the private sector to ditch diversity programs has left some in Davos searching for new words to describe workplace practices they say are essential to...
View ArticleHow America’s work standards are hurting employees
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Smartphones are making people lonely. This app thinks it has the cure
Last night, at more than 1,600 restaurants in 325-plus cities around the globe, approximately 20,000 people gathered for dinner with complete strangers. It’s what the creator of Timeleft—a French app...
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California needs more data centers—but builders are using a legal loophole to...
Data center builders in California are using a shortcut in the state’s power plant regulations to construct facilities that use enormous amounts of energy with limited public input. A process...
View ArticleWhy investors are buying Trump-linked World Liberty Financial tokens
On Sunday, just before Donald Trump‘s inauguration, crypto investor Mike Dudas bought more than $145,000 worth of tokens from World Liberty Financial, a fledgling crypto company partly owned by the...
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Why small acts of care matter now, more than ever
For many of us, it’s a terrifying time to be alive. Wars are breaking out around the world, with death tolls rising daily. Cities are burning, as climate change exacts its toll. Democracy is on the...
View ArticleThe Oval Office ‘Stargate Project’ reveal was just more tech industry...
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. Trump’s ‘Stargate...
View Article‘Students will benefit from fewer distractions in the classroom’: Pinterest...
Pinterest’s CEO wants teens to use their app, but not during school hours. Bill Ready has joined the growing chorus of parents, educators, and policymakers advocating for “phone-free schools.” A...
View ArticleCFPB head braces for a potential dismissal after Trump’s return
The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, has been waiting for a phone call, letter, email, text—anything, really—from the Trump administration that might say if he’s...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia to invest $600 billion in U.S. over the next four years, crown...
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Thursday the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, comments that came after President Donald Trump earlier put a price...
View ArticleMichael Bloomberg to fund UN climate body after Trump exits Paris agreement
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg‘s philanthropy arm said on Thursday it will provide funding to help cover the U.S. contribution to the UN climate body’s budget, filling a gap left by President...
View ArticleA new Instagram feature might expose your embarrassing habits
Instagram Reels has added a new feature that shows you a feed of videos that your friends have liked. The bad news: It works both ways, meaning your friends can now see every video you’ve liked. “We...
View ArticleSubaru security vulnerability exposed millions of cars to tracking risks
Two security researchers discovered a security vulnerability in Subaru’s Starlink-connected vehicles last year that gave them “unrestricted targeted access to all vehicles and customer accounts”...
View ArticleOpenAI’s new Operator is a step into AI’s agentic future
OpenAI announced on Thursday a research preview of Operator, an AI agent that can browse the web and perform tasks for the user. Operator is powered by the Computer-Using Agent (CUA), an AI model that...
View ArticleIf you think Big Oil is trying to manipulate you on social media—you’re right
To the extent that X ever was the “public square” of the internet, it’s clearly no longer such a place. The platform—known as Twitter until it was rechristened in 2023 by Elon Musk—has become an echo...
View ArticleWorld’s largest iceberg moves toward an island off Antarctica where millions...
The world’s biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals. The trillion-ton slab of ice —...
View ArticleCollege isn’t dead to Gen Z yet. Enrollment just hit a post-pandemic high
New numbers released on Thursday showed college enrollment in the United States increased in the fall of 2024, for the first time surpassing pre-pandemic levels. Total postsecondary enrollment was up...
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