Amazon slams Amy Klobuchar’s Big Tech bill while monopoly critics slam Amazon

The Seattle e-commerce giant says regulations aimed at ‘self-preferencing’ could threaten the future of Prime. Small business proponents don’t buy it. | Continue reading


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Tool helps cities avoid rabid NIMBY arguments over housing

Balancing Act helps calm the contentious process of deciding where housing should get built. | Continue reading


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Why negativity dominates your daily thoughts and what to do about it

Brain science offers strategies that go beyond positive affirmations to create more lasting change. | Continue reading


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Nonprofit will use big data to fight voter suppression in the midterms elections

Using smartphone location data, the nonprofit can see where voters are waiting in long lines—and alert voting rights organizations, who can advocate for changes. | Continue reading


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Non-Programmers Are Building More of the World's Software

No-code programming is shaping everything from gaming to website development, and soon it’ll have a role in machine-learning too. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 1 year ago

Tech workers are fleeing FAANG for Web3, here’s why

Accelerated career progression, flexible work cultures, and creative perks are luring traditional tech workers to the worlds of blockchain, cryptocurrency, and Web3. | Continue reading


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These are the storytelling lessons I learned from Steve Jobs

In an excerpt from his new book, Nest cofounder Tony Fadell writes of his time at Apple and how he saw Steve Jobs marshal facts and emotion to tell a tale. | Continue reading


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Kim Kardashian’s Skims debuts Collection for customers with limited mobility

Available in sizes up to 4X, the underwear addresses a gap in the accessibility market to provide color options and fashion-conscious features | Continue reading


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MCD and Beyond Meat: McPlant veggie burger to be tried in more markets

The meat-free sandwich represents a major step for burger giant in the plant-based world. | Continue reading


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Elon Musk’s two big goals for Twitter are at odds

Once he owns Twitter, Elon Musk will have to choose between a free speech free-for-all and a profitable business. | Continue reading


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Zoom is bringing gesture control to the office

Zoom seems poised to take gesture control mainstream by not trying too hard. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 1 year ago

Want Your Ideas to Succeed?

These are the key areas you need to focus on, whether you want to push your best ideas ahead in your company or are a leader who wants to set your teams up for success. | Continue reading


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Startup fights climate change by growing algae in the desert

Per unit area, the company claims to capture as much carbon as a rainforest can. | Continue reading


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Bitcoin evangelists’ utopian vision of their cryptocurrency is at odds with the celebrity-filled panels that make up the annual conference. | Continue reading


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A Creative Hack to Get News into Russia

The international nonprofit that defends press freedom is taking a creative approach to journalism—linking news to the winning lottery number for the week. | Continue reading


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To improve infrastructure and prepare for climate change, the U.S. needs to think ‘megaregionally.’ | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 1 year ago

Gen Z wants more than snacks and happy hour at work

The youngest generation of workers have a different perspective on work since beginning their careers during the pandemic. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 1 year ago

Starling Lab, a moonshot project to preserve the world’s most important data

The lab is using blockchain to preserve the USC Shoah Foundation’s Holocaust archive, document the war in Ukraine, and restore trust online. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 1 year ago

Steve Wilhite created GIF, the graphics format that ate the world

In 1987, CompuServe needed to pump crisp graphics over slow dial-up modems. The technology it created to do so is very much with us today. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

No-cocoa ‘chocolate’ solves industry’s climate and child-labor problems (2021)

QOA makes cocoa-free chocolate using “precision fermentation” of other ingredients. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

Game crowdsources cyberattacks against Russian websites

The “Play for Ukraine” game, developed by IT pros in Lviv, crowdsources and gamifies DDOS attacks on Russian websites. It’s already racking up successes. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

What happened to Starbucks? How a progressive company lost its way

Starbucks’s app has made the coffee giant healthier financially, but at a cost to its culture, cafés, and even its brand identity. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

DeepWell plans to make video games to treat health conditions

DeepWell plans to make video games that both entertain and provide treatment for a variety of issues. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

An early glimpse of Steve Jobs and Apple in a 1981 video

In an early network-TV appearance, Apple’s cofounder is already adept at explaining why computers—Apple’s in particular—will change the world. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

It’s not just money. This is what’s still driving the Great Resignation

Mark C. Crowley sat down with Gallup’s longtime chief research scientist, Jim Harter to discuss what factors motivate people to stay beyond a paycheck. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

A Visual Guide to North Korea's Totalitarian OS (2014)

From a calendar that starts with the birth of Kim Il-sung to the “Naenara” web browser, Red Star is a study in state-controlled technology. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

BlocPower is turning every home into the equivalent of a Tesla

The clean-tech startup is tackling climate change by giving every homeowner the opportunity to electrify—starting in low- and middle-income communities. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

Canva’s easy-to-use design platform has become a word processor for our modern visual culture. It’s made designers of us all, skeptics be damned. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

The rise of Canva, the $40B design juggernaut

Canva’s easy-to-use design platform has become a word processor for our modern visual culture. It’s made designers of us all, skeptics be damned. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

Dear Epic Games, please don’t ruin Bandcamp

In a world of generic music streaming subscriptions, Bandcamp has become the last great refuge for fans who want to buy music from indie artists. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

AI-generated faces are now more trustworthy than real ones

A new study finds that humans can no longer spot the difference between real and fake faces. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

Women are staking their claim to Web3 and the metaverse

Web 2.0 was shaped by a few big outfits run by white guys. What’s next could be more welcoming, safe, and fair—if women play a bigger role in creating it. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

Ukrainian tech companies hope for the best, plan for worst

The country is home to a surprising number of known-name tech companies, as well as contract programming talent that works for companies around the world. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

How to help the people of Ukraine: things you can do

Amid one of the biggest geopolitical storms in decades, Ukrainians are crowdsourcing a list of organizations where foreigners can donate. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

Four ways to build influence at work, no matter your job title

Even if you’re an entry-level employee, you can create a powerful presence. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

Pat Gelsinger’s audacious $43.5B plan to revive Intel

How CEO Gelsinger, who grew up at Intel in its heyday, plans to tackle its challenges—both technological and cultural—and maybe even build a better America. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

Sci-Fi Device Lets Men and Women Swap Bodies

Using virtual reality and neuroscience, this machine lets you see, hear, and even feel what it’s like in another person’s body. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

What video game makers in 2004 predicted gaming would look like today

Almost two decades ago, video game makers gave their predictions about the future of gaming. Here’s what they got right—and what they got wrong. | Continue reading


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After 20 years the U.S. Army shuts down recruitment video game America's Army

After decades of enlisting gamers in the U.S. military, ‘America’s Army’ leaves a lasting legacy of video games as recruitment tools. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

What happened after these unhoused people got monthly $500 checks?

Just $3,000 over six months was enough to fundamentally reshape people’s lives. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

Why are people so obsessed with NASA's worm logo? (2020)

Even SpaceX is a massive fan. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

Tim O’Reilly helped bring us Web 1.0 and 2.0. Here’s why he’s a Web3 skeptic

Is tech history repeating itself? O’Reilly believes we’re now in the ‘irrational exuberance’ phase of crypto and Web3, and that a reckoning is coming. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

The world’s largest vertical farm will have a secret ingredient: fish

Fish fertilize the plants—and then become another income stream. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

The Great Resignation Has Morphed into the Great Sabbatical

Mid-career sabbaticals have tripled over the past four years—and the gap year is losing its stigma. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

Why sometimes harder to get a job you’re ‘overqualified’ for

When I quit my job, I didn’t think about the challenges of moving down the career ladder. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

Sinking 1k NYC subway cars in Atlantic to create a reef didn’t go as planned

The cars were retired in 2008 and started disintegrating almost immediately. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

Heyday: a clever app that makes you way more productive – automatically

A new service called Heyday wants to act as your intelligent information organizer—without ever forcing you to lift a finger. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 2 years ago

Going from the Great Resignation to 'The Great Retention'

Nurturing talent, supercharging inclusion, and creating mission-driven cultures are key workplace themes for 2022, according to the Fast Company Impact Council. | Continue reading


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