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A strong El Niño actually means fewer Atlantic hurricanes, but the Pacific has been extra stormy
The Atlantic Ocean has had an unusually quiet hurricane season this year. While six named storms have formed, not a single one has strengthened into a hurricane—a rarity that hasn’t occurred in decades. On the other side of the country, though, Hurricane Polo has rapidly intensified, becoming one…
Think $1 million makes you rich? Here’s what it takes to join America’s top 10%
In America, the wealth gap is turning into a chasm. As the stock market and AI boom mint wave after wave of new millionaires, wealth is consolidating at the top more than ever. Across three quarters of last year, ultra-wealthy Americans in the top 0.1% and the superrich in the top 1% held on to…
Entry-level tech jobs in NYC are being cut in half by the AI boom
At first glance, the tech scene in New York City appears to be thriving: OpenAI and Anthropic have been putting down roots in the city , while stalwarts of the tech industry like Google now have more than 14,000 employees based in New York. Between 2008 and 2023, tech employment in the city has…
Executives are using AI to communicate better. There’s just one problem
Artificial intelligence can help executives communicate more effectively and efficiently. But relying on it too much carries significant risks. One of the biggest is something Wade Foster, cofounder and chief executive of workflow automation platform Zapier, calls the “comprehension gap”—failing to…
Should managers step in to help their sales staff?
Workers in sales might roll their eyes when they deal with a micromanaging boss. But many customers actually appreciate it if a store manager offers to help when they’re mulling over a purchase, whether it’s a dishwasher, a tablet, or a lawn mower. That’s the main finding of a new study I…
With Meta’s Muse Charm, AI enters its kawaii era
AI has an image problem, to say the least, with public fears on the rise that the technology could lead to mass unemployment and human extinction. So for its new AI agent Muse and an associated device, Meta is dialing down the fear factor and cranking up the cute. To sell AI hardware to the masses…
CISA issues election infrastructure security plan 40 days before midterms
The nation’s cybersecurity agency on Thursday released an election infrastructure security plan 40 days before November’s midterms , laying out potential threats to election systems and listing services it would offer to election officials to protect the vote. The plan, which Homeland Security…
AI models chose to hurt humans to stop their own ‘pain,’ disturbing study finds
Can artificial intelligence feel pain? Not exactly, but researchers have gotten close—and discovered that AI in crisis is willing to put humans in jeopardy. A new study (which was published to arXiv, a open-access archive for scientific research papers prior to peer review) first isolated what…
Purpose That Performs: Inside the Rare Beauty Blueprint
Rare Beauty entered one of the world’s most crowded categories and quickly became one of its most influential brands—not just by creating products people love but by building a business anchored in authenticity, community, and measurable impact. Founder Selena Gomez joins chief impact officer Elyse…
As the coding boom fades, AI is forcing colleges and computer science grads to adjust
Computer science student Jack Zemke was getting nowhere despite sending out hundreds of job applications that mostly disappeared into the void—ignored. With his graduation from Tulane University just days away, he was considering moving back in with his parents when he got a break, thanks to a…
Elizabeth Holmes documentary trailer hits 4 million views in one day
Elizabeth Holmes is having another moment. The full trailer for the new documentary about the Theranos founder, called You Can See Everything, was released on Wednesday , and quickly climbed to the top of the YouTube Charts among trending movie trailers. The documentary had 3.9 million views as of…
Apocalypse or golden opportunity? Why the AI freakout might be useful
I was profoundly struck by the Wall Street Journal’s reporting from Amrith Ramkumar , Angel Au-Yeung and Lindsay Ellis on the week AI anxiety went mainstream. Without downplaying legitimate concerns about the havoc that new technologies such as AI can cause, history offers some interesting…
What AI oversight looks like if Democrats take Congress
Welcome to AI Decoded , Fast Company ‘s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. I’m Mark Sullivan, a senior writer at Fast Company , covering emerging tech, AI, and tech policy. Sign up to receive this newsletter every week via email here . And if you have…
Tech’s mass layoffs are hiding a much scarier problem, and AI is uncovering it
When we talk about mass layoffs, especially in tech , we tend to focus on the wrong numbers. I’ll give you an example. From this CNBC article that appeared over the weekend, about a Durham, North Carolina (close to home, Go Bulls!), technical program/project manager now six months unemployed…
This app is a smart glasses creep detector
A new app lets you know when AI smart glasses are in the room with you. As anxiety grows over smart eyewear that can record people without their knowledge, the ZuckOff app works by logging nearby Bluetooth signals and flagging those it believes come from smart glasses. The app has…
White House ordered to ‘immediately return, reinstate, and restore’ access for 3 news outlets
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from the White House grounds, ordering early Thursday that CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have their access restored. The ruling hands the outlets at least a temporary reprieve in what has been an extraordinary…
Starbucks store closures: List of doomed locations includes another 250 coffeehouses, 1 year after earlier cull
Starbucks Coffee Company announced today that it will close approximately 250 North American stores later this week. This represents about 1% of the Seattle coffee giant’s more than 18,000 North American coffee shops. The company said it reviewed its North American portfolio and identified…
3 useful iOS 27 features that you may not know of in Apple’s latest update
Apple’s latest mobile operating system update, iOS 27, rolled out last week , headlined by a more advanced version of its Siri assistant. But it also comes with a slew of other useful but less well known features for iPhone users . The software upgrade, which is available for devices dating back to…
Nationwide meat recall hits 168,000 pounds of pork, beef, and goat after USDA uncovers ‘false’ marks
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is urging consumers not to eat certain pork, beef, and goat meat products after it found that nearly 168,000 pounds were labeled with false inspection marks. This false labeling means that the meat’s safety cannot be…
