Mozilla’s privacy-first mobile browser just got a lot easier to use

The Android version gains fine-grained tracking protection to minimize website glitches, while iOS finally gets search suggestions and autocomplete for popular URLs. | Continue reading


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Stanford professor: ‘The workplace is killing people and nobody cares’

From the disappearance of good health insurance to the psychological effects of long hours, the modern workplace is taking its toll on all of us. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Fortnite beat Google in the most overlooked story of 2018

Contrary to appearances, it’s still possible to stare down the tech giants. And in 2018, Fortnite proved it. | Continue reading


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Amazon Prime is getting worse, and it’s making me question the nature of reality

Amazon is gaslighting us with the false promise of two-day shipping. | Continue reading


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It’s not over: Russia’s divisive Instagram memes are still racking up likes

Zombie posts keep Russian propaganda alive on Facebook’s photo platform, and researchers say they still lack crucial data surrounding the platform’s impact. | Continue reading


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My strange trip inside Elon Musk’s first underground highway

With a snail and flamethrowers, The Boring Company founder unveiled a prototype tunnel outside SpaceX’s California headquarters. “If you can dig it here, you can dig it anywhere.” | Continue reading


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12 maps that tell the extraordinary story of 2018

These maps helped visualize all the happiness, heartbreak, terror, and turmoil that 2018 has wrought. | Continue reading


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Ministry of Supply will tailor this sweater to your body while you wait

The collaboration with MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab points to the future of customizable fashion. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Patagonia is in business to save our home planet

In an exclusive interview, founder Yvon Chouinard talks about how the new mission will reshape how the company does business. | Continue reading


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‘Mommy, Are We Famous?’: On the Rise of Kid Influencers on Instagram

The platform’s young stars can rake in five-figure sums for a photo. It’s about “building brand awareness and affinity through generations,” says one expert. | Continue reading


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Did a slave make your sneakers? The answer is: probably

Prada, Hermes, and Louis Vuitton fared poorly on a new report about forced labor. Meanwhile Adidas, Lululemon, and Gap had the most slavery-free supply chains. | Continue reading


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7 digital privacy tools you need to be using now

Everyone wants your data. Here’s how to protect it. | Continue reading


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Steph Curry: “I am going to educate myself on everything that NASA has done”

The NBA star spun his moon landing hoax comments into a lesson for the kids: “I am going to educate myself firsthand on everything that NASA has done.” | Continue reading


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Archive Team’s race to preserve 700,000 Tumblrs before Monday

Volunteers are scrambling to download up to 800 terabytes of content from Tumblr’s adult-themed community before it disappears from view on December 17. | Continue reading


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Anonymized data doesn't stay anonymous, says MIT study

Urban planners and researchers at MIT found that it’s shockingly easy to “reidentify” the anonymous data that people generate all day, every day in cities. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Google is killing off Fusion Tables

Google will shut down its hybrid database-spreadsheet product effective next year. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

The millionaire critic who scared Facebook now wants to help “fix the internet”

David Magerman, the ex-RenTech partner who criticized Robert Mercer, prompted Facebook to go on the attack. Now he’s joining Differential Ventures to invest in tech. | Continue reading


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Upgrade your privacy with these special versions of Firefox

Mozilla has put its most advanced features in its lesser-known desktop and mobile browsers. Here’s how the latest versions work, and how to make the most of them. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

This company shifted to a four-day workweek–and it’s going great

Software company Wildbit decided it was good business to work smarter, not harder. | Continue reading


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AT&T and Hulu think you want to see commercials when you hit the pause button

This seems like a good way to give Netflix more business. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Amazon’s Alexa begins crowdsourcing answers to common questions

The company announced “Alexa Answers,” in which users will start providing answers to questions the digital assistant doesn’t yet know. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

The man behind “the most famous email in history” still has plenty of questions

Rob Goldstone, the British music publicist who sent the infamous email to Donald Trump Jr. that set up the Trump Tower meeting, still has plenty of questions about what really happened. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Facebook tries to put out dumpster fire over Zuckerberg’s emails

The documents show Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook officials wrestling with how best to monetize user data. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Beyond Gmail: The new race to reinvent your inbox

Meet three up-and-coming apps that promise to make email more modern, efficient, and effective. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Whole Foods workers’ worst fears may be coming true

Amazon is reportedly looking into expanding its cashier-less technology so it works in larger stores. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Tumblr, a safe haven for adult content since 2007, is finally banning it

Good news for YouPorn? | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

An exclusive look inside Google’s in-house incubator Area 120

Managing director Alex Gawley and entrepreneurial Googlers explain how the two-year-old program helps bright ideas go places. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

How to overcome your negativity bias

Your brain is wired to pay attention to bad news. Here’s how to hack that. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Anonymous Activist Gets Potholes Fixed by Drawing Giant Es Around Them

The city of Manchester can ignore its residents, but thanks to Wanksy, it can’t ignore the one-eyed monster. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Neuroscience says listening to this song reduces anxiety by up to 65%

Sound therapies have long been used to help us cope. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Facebook and Google are still breaking campaign laws, says Washington State

The companies’ disclosures do not meet the state’s strict election transparency rules, say regulators. A lobbying group called the decision “disappointing.” | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Designed for satisficers, not maximizers

“Good, Cheap and Fast” is designed for satisficers, not maximizers. (We’ll explain.) | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

NASA will enlist these firms to return to the Moon at “unprecedented” speed

NASA is returning to the moon with a mix of potential firms to share the costs. “This time, no kidding, we’re going to go,” said the agency’s chief. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Cambridge Analytica weaponized fashion brands to help elect Trump

People who like L.L.Bean and Wrangler were more susceptible to Trump’s populist messaging, says whistleblower Chistopher Wylie. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Hooking them young? “Amazon Teen” is targeting kids on Snapchat

Hello, fellow kid consumers. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Why it’s time to cancel your Amazon Prime account

The Jeff Bezos backlash has begun. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

“We don’t do Star Trek”: How NASA landed on Mars, unlocking a new era of science

Backstage at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, you could hear a pin drop as the InSight lander descended to Mars without a hitch. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Trump threatens a 25% tariff on the iPhone and Apple laptops

The president is speaking in pessimistic terms of his high-stakes trade talks with China coming up in four days. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Future wildfires will be fought with algorithms

Early detection systems could help firefighters combat blazes, aid in recovery, and prevent wildfires from starting to begin with. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Two years after Apple removed the iPhone’s headphone jack, life without it still sucks. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Are you ready to consider that Capitalism is the real problem?

Before you say no, take a moment to really ask yourself whether it’s the system that’s best suited to build our future society. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

This Three-Story Tiny House Fits in the Footprint of a Parking Space

With a floor for working, another for sleeping, and a greenhouse on the top, the Tikku house is designed to replace a city’s parking spots with living space. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Mars’s buried secrets: What NASA’s InSight lander is searching for

After an earlier attempt, the probe landing on Mars on November 26 will explore what’s inside the Red Planet to better grasp our Solar System’s history. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Steel, shipping, cement can reach zero carbon emissions by 2050

If we want to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius, industries like steel and shipping have to clean up their acts. The good news: That’s far from impossible. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Stop buying crap, and companies will stop making crap

It’s hard to believe that our purchasing decisions have any impact on the fashion industry. But this week, we saw that they do. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

The data firms ICE hires raise alarm about a hidden surveillance industry

“This is where there needs to be debate,” says a former analyst for one of the firms helping Immigration and Customs Enforcement gather personal data. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

High-tech redlining: AI is quietly upgrading institutional racism

How an outlawed form of institutionalized discrimination is being quietly upgraded for the 21st century. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

A judge granted a habeas corpus order for an elephant

An animal rights group is using a novel legal strategy to try and free an elephant from the Bronx Zoo. | Continue reading


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