FAA chief urges SpaceX to comply with safety standards after Musk criticizes...
Elon Musk‘s SpaceX must operate at the “highest level of safety,” the head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday as he defended a proposed $633,000 fine against the company for...
View ArticleCEO Brian Niccol signals a new era for Starbucks with union cooperation
The new CEO of Starbucks, Brian Niccol, who only came on board weeks ago, says he is open to negotiating with Workers United. The union, which represents more than 10,500 employees, has been pushing...
View ArticleCustomers value genuine DEI commitments from brands and can spot fake allies,...
Companies are increasingly highlighting their support for diversity, but that can backfire if consumers sense tokenism, a recent analysis from my team found. I’m an assistant professor of marketing...
View ArticleThe problem with Sam Altman’s vision for a ‘shared prosperity’ from AI
Sam Altman may be right that a bright AI future is coming, but the benefits may not be evenly distributed. In a rare post on his personal blog on Monday, the OpenAI CEO heralded the coming of an...
View ArticleHurricane Helene tracker: Live maps and real-time tools show storm’s path...
Hurricane Helene is picking up speed as it moves northeast toward the Florida panhandle from its current location off Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. Helene, now a Category 1 hurricane, could turn into a...
View Article3 things third graders taught me about construction
We’ve all spoken in front of many types of crowds. On a sunny October day, I faced a particularly tough crowd with some insightful questions: a classroom of third graders. In my role as CEO of a large...
View Article‘This is not free will’: Prince Harry blames social media for youth ‘epidemic’
Prince Harry said today’s youth is in the midst of an “epidemic” of anxiety, depression, and social isolation due to negative experiences online, as he brought his campaign to help children and their...
View ArticleHow to archive your photos with cloud storage, hard drives and more
Taking photographs used to be a careful, conscious act. Photos were selective, frozen moments in time carefully archived in albums and frames. Now, taking a photograph is almost as effortless and...
View ArticleX’s first transparency report since Musk’s takeover is finally out
Social media platform X on Wednesday published its first transparency report since the company was purchased by Elon Musk. The report, which details content moderation practices, shows the company has...
View ArticleMeta Connect 2024: Here are the most exciting hardware updates, from Orion to...
Meta hosted its annual Connect conference on Wednesday, which highlighted the social media giant’s push into its artificial intelligence and metaverse ambitions. CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at...
View ArticleCalifornia avocado growers oppose U.S. handing pest inspections to Mexico
California avocado growers are fuming this week about a U.S. decision to hand over pest inspections of Mexican orchards to the Mexican government. Inspectors hired by the U.S. Department of...
View ArticleMusk, X ask judge to dismiss Don Lemon’s lawsuit over a canceled partnership
Elon Musk and X asked a federal judge to dismiss former CNN anchor Don Lemon’s lawsuit claiming they defrauded him by canceling a partnership on the social media platform following a contentious...
View ArticleOpenAI CTO Mira Murati announces she is leaving—the AI startup’s latest...
OpenAI CTO Mira Murati said Wednesday that she is leaving the high-profile artificial intelligence (AI) company after six and a half years. “There’s never an ideal time to step away from a place one...
View ArticleSalt Life clothing brand is closing 28 retail stores and holding liquidation...
Delta Apparel Inc., parent company of the Salt Life activewear brand, was sold in a bankruptcy auction for $38.74 million on September 16 to brand management firm Iconix International and business...
View ArticleHurricane Helene forces these Gulf Coast energy facilities to scale back...
Energy facilities along the U.S. Gulf Coast scaled back operations and evacuated some production sites as Hurricane Helene is expected to bring catastrophic winds and storm surges to the northeastern...
View Article$600 million will go to Ohio residents affected by the Norfolk Southern...
A federal judge on Wednesday approved a $600 million class-action settlement Wednesday that Norfolk Southern railroad offered to everyone who lived within 20 miles (32 kilometers) of last year’s...
View ArticleThe surprising second life of those boxes that used to hold free newspapers
For decades, Jeff Card’s family company was known for manufacturing the once ubiquitous tin boxes where people could buy newspapers on the street.Today, reach into one of his containers and you may...
View ArticleClimate change is tricky to teach. Here’s how to get students excited about it
Climate change is among the more difficult but important topics to teach to young people. It involves complicated science and data, and it can be really depressing, given the bleak picture it paints...
View ArticleMcDonald’s and Olive Garden are feeling the pinch as diners shift to...
Eating in is in and eating out is out.That’s the message that inflation-squeezed consumers have been sending to fast-food companies and other restaurants. Meanwhile food producers are benefitting from...
View ArticleOpenAI brain drain: What to make of CTO Mira Murati’s sudden exit
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 CTO Murati...
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