Duolingo wants to make its music lessons more addictive
Duolingo may be known as the world’s largest language-learning app, but it also wants to get users hooked on learning music. On August 6, Duolingo announced its plan to acquire the team…
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Why is Trump going after Intel’s CEO?
Shares of Intel dropped more than 3% Thursday after President Donald Trump demanded the immediate resignation of the chipmaker’s CEO. Claiming that there is “no other solution to this…
Eli Lilly is giving Novo Nordisk a run for its money—so why is LLY stock still down today?
It’s been a week of wins for Eli Lilly’s weight-loss drugs. In the company’s second quarter earnings report on Thursday, it reported that sales of Mounjaro, its type-2 diabetes medication…
OpenAI unveils GPT-5 model, featuring improved coding and problem-solving chops
OpenAI on Thursday unveiled its highly anticipated GPT-5, a powerful multi-modal AI model featuring major advancements in problem-solving and coding. The new flagship model was announced…
Bill Clinton plans to reshape the Clinton Global Initiative amid rising global crises
Former President Bill Clinton plans big changes for this year’s Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting “by necessity” to address the changing landscape for global development and…
OpenAI Finally Launched GPT-5. Here's Everything You Need to Know
OpenAI’s blog post claims that GPT-5 beats its previous models on several coding benchmarks, including SWE-Bench Verified (scoring 74.9 percent), SWE-Lancer (GPT-5-thinking scored 55…
August full moon tonight? The ‘Sturgeon Moon’ is coming: Here’s when to see it—and what it means for the Perseid meteor shower
There’s something fishy going on in the sky this week -don’t worry it doesn’t smell like when your co-worker heats up their leftover tilapia in the communal microwave. Instead it’s a feast…
For his rematch with Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo got a brand-new logo
New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo recently unveiled a new campaign logo at a press conference that was designed like his pandemic-era briefings when he was New York governor,…
GPT-5 is here. Now what?
Whereas o1 was a major technological advancement, GPT-5 is, above all else, a refined product. During a press briefing, Sam Altman compared GPT-5 to Apple’s Retina displays, and it’s an…
Intel stocks drop after Trump calls on CEO’s resignation
Shares of Intel slumped Thursday after President Donald Trump said in a social media post that the chipmaker’s CEO needs to resign. “The CEO of Intel is highly CONFLICTED and must resign,…
Why OpenAI’s open-source models matter
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 here. Why…
SoftBank’s profit rebounds on AI stocks
Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp. posted a 421.8 billion yen ($2.9 billion) profit in the April-June quarter, rebounding from a loss a year earlier as its investments…
Trump Is Undermining Trust in Official Economic Statistics. China Shows Where That Path Can Lead
Welcome back! Louise here. On Friday, President Trump fired one of the nation’s top economists after her agency published a disappointing jobs report. Trump claimed the numbers were…
How Wall Street is responding to Trump’s new tariffs on dozens of countries
Stocks are rising on Wall Street Thursday, even as President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs take effect on dozens of countries. The S&P 500 added 0.6% and is flirting with its record, which…
Apple stock rises again after Trump and CEO Tim Cook appear at the White House to tout U.S. investment
President Trump and the tech industry are continuing their dance of give and take. This time, it’s Apple doing the appeasing. On Wednesday, August 6, CEO Tim Cook announced that Apple…
Think the Cybertruck looks weird? Check out its wedge-shaped predecessors
The car looked like nothing else on the road. Its sharp lines, flat planes, and pointy edges made it a head-turning sight, but also a head-scratching business decision. Would anyone…
The Download: how AI is improving itself, and hidden greenhouse gases
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg declared that Meta aims to achieve smarter-than-human AI. He seems to have a recipe for achieving that goal, and the first ingredient is human talent: Zuckerberg…
How crypto billionaires took over Trump’s political machine
Last week, President Donald Trump’s super PAC revealed that it has an unsettling amount of cash on hand for a president who is, his occasional musings to the contrary notwithstanding,…
A Brooklyn Renter’s Odyssey
Evie Cavallo is a young woman who lives in a shoe. To be specific, she rents a twenty-foot-tall cowboy-boot-shaped building, with an industrial-grade kitchen and deteriorating bistro…
Molly Baz helped turn this former McDonald’s in Portland into a vegan fast food paradise
In an industrial pocket of North Portland, Oregon just a few minutes off I-5, there’s an old McDonald’s that was given a surprising second life. The familiar architecture is now home to…
What Happens to Public Media Now?
When Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, he remarked that broadcasting is built on a collection of…
Chinese EV company BYD is seeing surging European sales—while Tesla continues to tank
On August 5, new automotive industry data revealed how EV brands are faring in the U.K. and Germany, and the update marks yet another chapter in the saga of Tesla’s terrible, horrible, no…
The greenhouse gases we’re not accounting for
Researchers around the world set to work unraveling the mystery, reviewing readings from satellites, aircraft, and greenhouse-gas monitoring stations. They eventually spotted a clear…
America’s choice: lead the AI revolution or watch from the sidelines
As artificial intelligence reshapes every industry, America stands at a crossroads. We can either double down on our greatest competitive advantage, attracting the world’s brightest minds,…