How Colorado is regulating 5 ‘air toxics’ in vulnerable neighborhoods
The Globeville, Elyria-Swansea and Commerce City communities in metro Denver are choked by air pollution from nearby highways, an oil refinery and a Superfund site. While these…
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84 Indonesians lured into ‘virtual slavery’ have been freed from scam centers in Myanmar
Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar were set to return home Friday as the repatriation of thousands of such workers after a crackdown strains regional resources. The…
DOGE isn’t Silicon Valley innovation—it’s just a sloppy rebrand of free-market dogma
At a press conference in the Oval Office earlier this month, Elon Musk—a billionaire who is not, at least formally, the President of the United States—was asked how the Department of…
Do I need a measles vaccine booster shot? What to know as new outbreak leads to first death
Throughout February, a measles outbreak has been growing in West Texas. The potentially deadly disease, once eliminated from the United States in terms of its continuous transmission, has…
Who at DOGE has access to U.S. intelligence secrets? Democrats are demanding answers
Democratic lawmakers demanded answers from billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency on Thursday as concerns about who has access to America’s most sensitive information…
Are egg producers price gouging during the bird flu outbreak? Experts weigh in
Egg producers blame the bird flu outbreak for driving prices to record highs, but critics believe giant companies are taking advantage of their market dominance to profit handsomely at the…
Google’s Taara Hopes to Usher in a New Era of Internet Powered by Light
Alphabet’s “moonshot factory,” known as X, has long cultivated craziness in its edgy projects. Perhaps the most outlandish was Loon, which aimed to deliver internet via hundreds of…
Ethan Klein declares war on r/Fauxmoi. But can a subreddit even be sued?
Pop culture subreddit r/Fauxmoi is facing accusations of defamation from YouTuber and podcaster Ethan Klein. Klein first rose to internet fame through his YouTube channel, h3h3Productions,…
The Download: underage celebrity chatbots, and OpenAI’s latest model
Botify AI, a site for chatting with AI companions that’s backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, hosts bots resembling real actors that state their age as under 18, engage…
The 3 biggest arguments against DEI, Debunked
Recently, I overheard a conversation at a local coffee shop: “Thank god for the new administration and finally taking a stand against DEI,” said one of the men to another, as they sipped…
Hollywood’s obsession with AI-enabled ‘perfection’ is making movies less human
The notion of authenticity in the movies has moved a step beyond the merely realistic. More and more, expensive and time-consuming fixes to minor issues of screen realism have become the…
The SEC Is Abandoning Its Biggest Crypto Lawsuits
In July, on the campaign trail, Trump promised a crowd of bitcoiners that he would fire previous SEC chair Gary Gensler if reelected. “I didn’t know he was that unpopular,” said Trump,…
This education startup is using AI to help students learn. It says tech should never replace human teachers
In 2021, Eugene Kashuk was looking for a new venture. The Ukrainian entrepreneur realized in the wake of the pandemic that there was a large gap in education. Students were lagging behind,…
The creator economy is facing an authenticity crisis
For years, the creator economy has become increasingly accepted as the future of media. These days, makeup tutorials on TikTok could have the same impact for a brand as a multi-million…
An ancient man’s remains were hacked apart and kept in a garage
When researchers ask to study the skeletons, Borrini will find out whether the research will somehow alter them. “If there is destructive sampling, we need to guarantee that the…
Amazon Restricted Vaginal Health Products for Being ‘Potentially Embarrassing’
Startup founder Tara Langdale-Schmidt says her company’s devices, known as VuVa, are designed to soothe the pelvic and vaginal pain and discomfort that she and millions of other women have…
‘A pbj burger on the menu’: Millennial burger joints are getting roasted on TikTok
Many things are considered distinctly millennial: a man bun, avocado toast, axe-throwing bars. Now you can apparently add millennial burger joints to that list. On February 11, TikToker…
Stories We Can’t Stop Thinking About: Deepfakes, the Tesla Backlash, and All Things Chips
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” our hosts talk about three big stories from February. Source link
OpenAI unveils its new GPT-4.5 large language model
OpenAI released a new base model on Thursday called GPT-4.5, which the company said is its best and smartest model for chat yet. It’s not a reasoning model like OpenAI’s o1 and o3 models,…
Midlife women are in the spotlight
The Fast Company Impact Council is a private membership community of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. Members pay…
Trump tariff threats have Americans ‘doom spending.’ Here’s why that’s bad
From the rising cost of eggs and the staggering cost of housing, the constant chaos from mass government firings to the tariff threats against Canada and Mexico, Americans are struggling…
Trump Republicans kill a rule that charged Big Oil for methane emissions
The Republican-controlled Congress has voted to repeal a federal fee on oil and gas producers who release high levels of methane, undoing a major piece of former President Joe Biden’s…
What to know about the 24-hour ‘economic blackout’
A grassroots organization is encouraging U.S. residents not to spend any money Friday as an act of “economic resistance” to protest what the group’s founder sees as the malign influence of…
Warby Parker to open eyewear shops in Target stores: Here’s the full list of locations coming in 2025
Love Warby Parker glasses but wish they were available in more locations? You’ll be happy to know that Target is partnering with the optical brand to bring designer-quality eyewear at…