Microsoft is allegedly paying low performers to quit
The tech industry is often cautious about tying layoffs to performance, even if it might play a role in who gets dismissed during widespread job cuts. But this year has signaled a…
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Stocks Extend Gains as Investors Weigh Fed Rates and Tariff Talk
Stocks rose on Thursday, marking a third consecutive daily rally as investors hope for an easing of President Trump’s trade wars and weigh comments from a Federal Reserve official on…
Venus, Saturn planet parade will make a rare smiley face with the crescent moon: Best time to see April 2025 triple conjunction
Rare cosmic events can feel like being smiled down upon from up above. However, on the morning of April 25, an actual smiley face will appear in the sky—kind of. Venus, Saturn, and the…
The Trump store is now selling ‘Trump 2028’ hats, proving his plans for a third term were never a joke
It was only a matter of time: The official Trump store has just released a “Trump 2028” hat, and it proves that the president’s comments about running for an unconstitutional third term…
A Sign That Consumers Are Anxious: They’re Cutting Back on Snacks
Consumers, worried about the economy, are pulling back on their spending, and that anxiety is translating into lower sales and profits for some of the country’s largest consumer-oriented…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average set a startling record that shows just how flawed it truly is
The past few days in the stock market have been so wild—a plunge on Monday, a sharp pivot upward on Tuesday, a rise with lots of oscillations on Wednesday—that a record set by the Dow…
Investor hesitation grows as housing market uncertainty lingers
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Back in the housing frenzy of 2021, homeowners were bombarded with…
The Real Winners of the Trump Memecoin Feeding Frenzy
On Wednesday, the team behind the official Donald Trump memecoin sparked a trading frenzy after announcing that the investors who held the largest amount of the crypto coin in the coming…
‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question
The question of who DOGE is has taken on an almost metaphysical quality as the organization’s mandate has expanded. According to Trump’s January 20 executive order establishing DOGE, every…
Where single-stream recycling really goes—and why most plastic doesn’t make it
Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. But what…
Jack in the Box to close at least 150 locations and consider sale of Del Taco as restaurant apocalypse continues
Jack in the Box announced Wednesday that it will close between 150 and 200 underperforming restaurants as part of a broad restructuring effort, with approximately 80 to 120 restaurants…
AI coding tools could bring us the ‘one-employee unicorn’
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. Coming…
Workers are interrupted up to 275 times a day
Even as the right to disconnect movement has picked up steam, true work-life balance is still hard to come by for many employees. Fielding emails and other work-related messages after…
Driving business value by optimizing the cloud
At the same time, hosted services like generative AI and tailored industry solutions can help companies quickly launch applications and grow the business. To get the most out of these…
Tariff whiplash: How Chipotle, Boeing, and AT&T are dealing with a shifting trade war
Uncertainty over tariffs and an unpredictable trade war is weighing heavily on companies as they report their latest financial results and try to give investors financial forecasts. Some…
The economic case for saving human jobs
Few periods in modern history have been as unsettled and uncertain as the one that we are living through now. The established geopolitical order is facing its greatest challenges in…
The Download: Apple’s eucalyptus carbon bet, and climate tech’s bad vibes
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside the controversial tree farms powering…
Thousands of Pope Francis mourners wait in line to pay respects as Vatican stays open all night
So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to…
Renault to cut costs as US tariffs lash car market
French carmaker Renault said on Thursday (Apr 24) it will seek to further cut costs as US tariffs shake up the global car market. Renault does not sell cars in the United States, so it…
This striking Polish building is for a pipe company, and it’s built entirely from pipes
On a quiet residential street lined with unassuming homes and white picket fences in Gliwice, Poland, one building is not like the rest. It’s a hulking, bright silver structure that’s…
Suntec Reit posts 3.4% rise in Q1 DPU to S$0.01563
Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust’s (Reit) distribution per unit (DPU) rose by 3.4 per cent to S$0.01563 for its first quarter ended Mar 31, 2025, from S$0.01511 in the same period a…
The U.S. needs critical minerals. Can we get them without sacrificing our oceans?
Oceans cover about 70% of the Earth’s surface, yet the ocean floor remains largely untouched by humans. But perhaps not for long. A Canadian-based firm called the Metals Co. (TMC) recently…
The vibes are shifting for US climate tech
There are still projects moving forward, but these cancellations definitely aren’t a good sign. And now we have tariffs to think about, adding additional layers of expense and, worse,…
A cult clothier and iconic publishing house join forces to fight book bans
Reading just got a whole lot cooler. Online Ceramics, a cult East L.A. clothing brand that makes hand-dyed apparel for artists like the Grateful Dead and André 3000 and helped A24 win the…