The AI Data Center Boom Is Warping the US Economy
The amount of capital pouring into AI data center projects is staggering. Last week, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon reported their 2025 capital expenditures would total roughly $370…
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Trump focuses on affordability after Democrats secure major election wins
Democrats dominated the first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. And while a debate about the future of the Democratic Party may have only just…
Postings for this AI job are up 800%
Many big companies have cited AI as a reason for recent layoffs. But the new technology transforming the workforce may create some new jobs, too. AI startups are racing to hire a certain…
Tesla shareholders will vote on whether to make Musk the world’s first trillionaire
Elon Musk turned off many potential buyers of his Tesla cars and sent sales plunging with his foray into politics. But the stock has soared anyway and now he wants the company to pay him…
Google and Epic end their feud with a deal that changes how Android works
Fortnite maker Epic Games and Google just agreed on a “comprehensive settlement” that could be the final chapter in Epic’s long battle over app store rules. In a joint filing in a San…
Why the flight-disruption chaos could hold the key to ending the shutdown
Monday, November 3, saw nearly 5,000 flights delayed in the U.S. The weekend prior saw more than 10,000. Cancellations are stacking up as well. As the length of this most recent government…
Meet the Chinese Startup Using AI—and a Team of Human Workers—to Train Robots
The real question is how effectively AgiBot’s algorithms can teach its robots new tricks. Using reinforcement learning to teach a robot tasks that require improvisation generally requires…
You can shop at Shein in Paris—just not online
On the same day Shein opened its first store in Paris, the French government said Wednesday it will suspend Shein’s website over its alleged online sale of childlike “sex dolls” online…
This typeface is too elegant to ignore
Porte Neue is the typeface of effortless sophistication, and that’s why the ‘Fast Company’ design team chose it for the latest issue Source link
The newly elected Virginia and New Jersey governors both promised to lower electricity bills. Here’s how
Across the country, Americans have seen their electricity bills spike this year. Energy prices have been rising faster than inflation, and are expected to just keep rising. In two states…
Debra Messing’s anti-Mamdani crashout
Last night, Zohran Mamdani defeated Andrew Cuomo to become the next mayor of New York City. Cue the online crashouts. Leading the pack is Will & Grace star Debra Messing, who is now facing…
Why your writing practice is failing
I’ve been writing professionally since 2002, and in that time, I’ve experimented with lots of different strategies to keep myself on track. (I’ve been a columnist at Fortune and Fast…
France threatens to block Shein over selling childlike sex dolls
French authorities have warned they may block access to Shein after it emerged that the online fast fashion giant had been selling sex dolls with a childlike appearance. France’s consumer…
Supreme Court hears case on Trump’s tariffs. What you need to know
Three lower courts have ruled illegal President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose worldwide tariffs. Now the Supreme Court, with three justices Trump appointed and generally…
Forget AI companions. This $249 AI ring lets you talk to yourself
There’s a new AI companion in town. Just don’t call it that. Launching today, Stream Ring is a wearable device that lets you capture your thoughts, brainstorm ideas, prepare for an…
Pinterest’s CEO says you’ll never be able to entirely filter out AI-generated content: ‘Not perfect for any platform’
Pinterest, a platform Futurism described as “being strangled by AI slop,” is not having a great day. The image-based social media company yesterday released its third-quarter earnings and,…
Government shutdown, now at 36 days, breaks the record for the longest ever
The government shutdown has entered its 36th day, breaking the record as the longest ever and disrupting the lives of millions of Americans with federal program cuts, flight delays and…
The Download: the solar geoengineering race, and future gazing with the The Simpsons
—David Keith is the professor of geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago and Daniele Visioni is an assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at Cornell University…
UPS plane crashes on takeoff from Kentucky, leaving at least 7 dead
A UPS wide-body cargo plane crashed on Tuesday and erupted into a fireball moments after takeoff from the international airport in Louisville, Kentucky, killing seven, including all three…
Exclusive: How Duolingo vibe coded its way to a hit chess game
Duolingo has been through a lot of changes over the past few years. What was once solely a language-learning app has grown into a social media marketing machine, a destination for math and…
From vibe coding to context engineering: 2025 in software development
Taken together, there’s a clear signal of the direction of travel in software engineering and even AI more broadly. After years of the industry assuming progress in AI is all about scale…
AI hardware is reinventing the humble dictaphone
From my earliest days as a journalist, I’ve always prized my dictaphone. It sounds quaint now, but I actually remember excitedly keeping up with advancements in the field. Sony’s ICD-TX50…
An AI coach in every cubicle
Some companies see leadership and managerial training as an investment. Others, however, provide very few resources for the transition from individual contributor to leaders. For most of…
Why you should be less professional at work
Nobody sitting with perfect posture in a room of button-down shirts, looking at a slide that says “leverage strategic capabilities,” is doing their best work. They’re just not. You know…