Stuck inside to stay safe from COVID-19? We got you. Spoiler alert: alcohol and food are among them. | Continue reading
Just like every other platform that’s exploded in popularity, the video conferencing system has problems with child pornography and privacy. | Continue reading
The coronavirus wiped out most major tech events. But CanSecWest still took place—with face masks, temperature checks, and an eerily quiet atmosphere. | Continue reading
Being a shut-in is an evolutionarily valuable trait, especially right now. | Continue reading
A recent photo posted online revealed a fascinating history of the lengths TV stations would go to for dynamic logos. | Continue reading
When you’re hunkered down and Amazon is out of stock, you can still stock up on the basics, tackle your to-do list, and even have some fun. | Continue reading
The company will donate thousands of ventilators abroad. | Continue reading
The most important design object of our time was more than a century in the making. | Continue reading
Austin-based Athena Security first gained recognition using AI to detect firearms. It’s now tackling another public health threat. | Continue reading
Two words: social skills. | Continue reading
After strategic missteps and a botched rollout of key testing chemicals, labs and manufacturers are trying to ramp up testing of COVID-19. | Continue reading
As officials scramble to find basic protective gear and the life-or-death equipment patients need, researchers are racing to discover drugs that could fight the virus. | Continue reading
Security pros say a whole new set of threats await those transitioning to home work. | Continue reading
The appetite for information about an illness has never been higher. Here’s what people are asking. | Continue reading
Alex Jones’s toothpaste and “vital silver” do not cure coronavirus. | Continue reading
Clear. Approachable. Actionable. Perfect. | Continue reading
You might not be able to find accurate info in the press in countries with oppressive regimes, but you can at Reporters Without Borders’ Uncensored Library in the game. | Continue reading
What would a fast, coordinated, collective response to climate change look like? | Continue reading
Sling big files, send private messages, improve your writing, and more. | Continue reading
The size and shape of a labor and delivery unit, the standardization of patient rooms, and the distribution of nursing stations can all influence C-section rates at hospitals. | Continue reading
Fast Company kicks off our series “Hacking Democracy,” which will examine the insidious impact of technology on democracy—and how companies, researchers, and everyday users are fighting back. | Continue reading
As tech giants cancel their developer events in favor of virtual education, more people might get access to the information they need. | Continue reading
It is time to debunk the online appeal of Neil deGrasse Tyson, Twitter’s most pointlessly pedantic troll. | Continue reading
In the Facebook era, the volunteer editors behind the archaic-looking website have built Wikipedia into a formidable force for truth. | Continue reading
H&M, a company criticized for fast fashion, wants to bring sustainable supply chains to competitors. | Continue reading
Dimethylfuran, benzene, and formaldehyde keep wafting off the clothing and skin of smokers, even when they’re not smoking. | Continue reading
Texting has exploded in political campaigns, with over a billion texts expected to be sent during this election cycle. But how effective are they? | Continue reading
For nearly seven months, Kashmir has weathered the longest-running internet shutdown in any democracy—the culmination of a troubling trend in India that has cost the country’s economy billions. | Continue reading
Recycling violates every principle of human-centered design, writes user-friendly design expert Don Norman. And business culture is to blame. | Continue reading
By augmenting a growing network of sensors and opening the door to new technologies, real-time body camera video hints at a new era for policing and privacy. | Continue reading
Reducing e-waste is a noble goal. Forcing gadget-makers to make batteries removable is not the best way to go about it. | Continue reading
An experimental plug-in imagines a web without men. It can be, perhaps unsurprisingly, empty. | Continue reading
Getting six hours of sleep a night simply isn’t enough for you to be your most productive. In fact, it’s just as bad as not sleeping at all. | Continue reading
It’s not just two companies trying to beat each other to launch. It’s about two competing visions for how we will send and receive money online. | Continue reading
Instead of adjusting your thermostat, your clothes may soon just adjust themselves. | Continue reading
A new set of maps charts the world’s oldest companies—and exposes the ways many of them relied on slave labor. | Continue reading
No part of it was farmed, fabricated, or transported with any fossil fuel emissions. It’s a good lesson in how hard a transition to a clean-energy economy will be—but also that it’s totally within our reach. | Continue reading
W.E.B. Du Bois was a sociologist and civil rights activist—as well as a groundbreaking designer. A show of his work underlines its relevance today. | Continue reading
What if the formula you bought at the store was just bottled breast milk? | Continue reading
The Noid wasn’t just a terrible corporate mascot. He annoyed one man to his death. | Continue reading
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s terminology for self-driving vehicles have sent the auto and tech industries on a wild-goose chase. | Continue reading
Apple doesn’t have a great record in antenna design, and all eyes will be on the big-time connection speeds expected from this year’s iPhone. | Continue reading
No interviews, no background checks, no drug tests. When there is a job available, just answer three yes-or-no questions and the job is yours. It’s a new philosophy called “open hiring”—and it works. | Continue reading
It’s unknown whether anyone actually took advantage of the flaw; however, doing so would take no hacking skills whatsoever. Anyone who knew about the flaw could access the data with a few clicks. | Continue reading
Total web traffic is on the rise, however, growing 8% in 2019 to 223 billion visits per month to the top 100 websites worldwide. | Continue reading
The promising sitcom, which was produced by Ubisoft, nails the culture of the video-game industry but is a little light on laughs. | Continue reading
College enrollment rates are already falling. We asked six experts to explain how the workforce of the future will get trained. | Continue reading
Hootsuite’s “Czar of Bad Systems” has the authority to fix processes that aren’t working–anywhere in the company. | Continue reading