The Download: longevity myths, and sewer-cleaning robots
—Jessica Hamzelou Earlier this week, my editor forwarded me a video of the leaders of Russia and China talking about immortality. “These days at 70 years old you are still a child,”…
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Why LeBron James is hosting a new show for the employment brand Indeed
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How to build workplace bonds—and why it’s so important that you do
Work is filled with contradictions and disruptions these days, and the uncertainty can make the workplace feel like a constant emergency. As a result, people are stressed, pessimistic, and…
How AI is creating a crisis of business sameness
As I type, Microsoft Copilot suggests ways to continue, restructure, or even rewrite this very sentence. On the surface, it feels like a small thing, no more remarkable than Gmail…
Putin says organ transplants could grant immortality. Not quite.
On Wednesday, one scientist described how he’d been testing potential longevity drugs on the tiny nematode worm C. elegans. These worms live for only about 15 to 40 days, and his team can…
Why Google’s new Nano Banana means you can never trust a photo you see online again
Despite billions of dollars of AI investment, Google’s Gemini has always struggled with image generation. The company’s Flash 2.5 model has long felt like a sidenote in comparison to far…
How to get your employees to embrace AI — even the ones who hate tech
A few years ago, we had a bottleneck within our organization at Super.com, the membership program focused on saving, earning, and credit building. Every new idea depended on our engineers,…
5 ways to use your stress for success
While executives spend billions on meditation apps, yoga retreats, and wellness programs, American stress levels continue to skyrocket. A recent study of 90 workplace wellness…
Why being a leader requires more skills than ever
There was a time when leaders followed a linear path. Pick a lane, specialize, climb the ladder, and stay the course for decades. But that norm is unraveling. Global complexity demands…
“Erupcja” Starts Charli XCX’s Acting Career on a High Note
One of the key works of the modern cinema, Roberto Rossellini’s “Voyage to Italy,” from 1954—starring Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders as a British couple whose travels around Naples…
Frozen vegetables recalled over Listeria fears: Toss these bags of peas and carrots right now
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting the public via its recall website to be on the lookout for bags of frozen vegetables, due to possible contamination from Listeria. New…
Jobless claims rise and private employers slow down hiring in August
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased more than expected last week, while hiring by private employers slowed in August, offering further…
How to make sure you see Fast Company articles first on Google
If you’re a regular Fast Company reader, you may come check the site when you want news, or follow us on social media. But when you are looking for something on Google, would you also like…
Trump’s dinner with tech CEOs at the White House won’t include Musk
President Donald Trump will host a high-powered list of tech CEOs for a dinner at the White House on Thursday night. The guest list is set to include Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, Apple…
Should AI Get Legal Rights?
In one paper Eleos AI published, the nonprofit argues for evaluating AI consciousness using a “computational functionalism” approach. A similar idea was once championed by none other than…
Trump’s Fed pick gets blasted for planning to stay at the White House
Stephen Miran, President Donald Trump’s pick to join the Federal Reserve board, said Thursday that he would remain a White House employee even if the Senate confirms him to fill an…
Neuralink’s Bid to Trademark ‘Telepathy’ and ‘Telekinesis’ Faces Legal Issues
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has rejected Neuralink’s attempt to trademark the product names Telepathy and Telekinesis, citing pending applications by another person for…
If Trump’s tariffs are thrown out, companies could be refunded billions
President Donald Trump likes to boast about how much money the U.S. Treasury is raking in from the massive taxes—tariffs—he’s slapped this year on imports from almost every country in the…
Why your daily coffee is suddenly so expensive
Prepare to pay (even) more for your daily cup of joe: Coffee prices have spiked in recent months, primarily because of global supply issues, though U.S. tariffs are adding some heat to…
Spirit Airlines is canceling all routes to 12 major cities after bankruptcy. See the full list here
Spirit Airlines said it is ending service to a dozen U.S. cities, a week after filing for bankruptcy for a second time in less than a year. The first bankruptcy came in November 2024. The…
Imagining the future of banking with agentic AI
Adapting to new and emerging technologies like agentic AI is essential for an organization’s survival, says Murli Buluswar, head of US personal banking analytics at Citi. “A company’s…
U.S. Open trophy replicas have been smaller for women champs than men. Not anymore
Coco Gauff was surprised at how much tinier the replica trophy she got to keep after winning this year’s French Open was than the trophy she posed with on court at Roland-Garros for all…
Trump blamed AI for a viral video. Has AI become his new ‘fake news’?
Artificial intelligence, apparently, is the new “fake news.” Blaming AI is an increasingly popular strategy for politicians seeking to dodge responsibility for something embarrassing —…
How AI is starting to reshape the workforce
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 via email here.…