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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 12m
The latest trend on social media is “bloomscrolling.” Here’s what to know. f-st.co/RFAlmVy
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What therapists say about this new antidote for doomscrolling—and no, it’s not bricking your phone
The latest trend on social media is ‘bloomscrolling.’ Here’s what to know.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 2h
The Canadian brand Du/er's new Tech Fleece weaves warmth into a single layer of denim. It's part of a bigger bet that shoppers want athleisure comfort without the leggings. f-st.co/MPm1vG0
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Du/er is redesigning the winter jean from the yarn up
These cozy, stretchy jeans have a fleece-like interior. Just don't call them jeggings.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 4h
In contrast to Chat mode, Work mode in ChatGPT is for actually getting specific things done. f-st.co/zv4RtdL
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How to choose between ChatGPT’s ‘chat’ and ‘work’ modes
Selecting the wrong setting can derail a whole project—or at least deprive you of some of Chat’s most powerful functions.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 8h
Hershey CEO Kirk Tanner on GLP-1s, AI, and keeping an iconic brand relevant f-st.co/yMTinjk
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Hershey CEO Kirk Tanner on GLP-1s, AI, and keeping an iconic brand relevant
The Hershey Co. chief explains why weight-loss drugs aren’t killing the candy business and how AI is directing his sales force in real time.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 12h
America.gov is replying to prompts about the United States objectively—and social media is noting that might be bad news for Trump. f-st.co/iwGaGp9
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America.gov fails MAGA: Trump's beloved AI chatbot is giving very anti-Trump answers
The website is replying to prompts about the United States objectively—and social media is noting that might be bad news for the president.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 13h
“Gen Z will be the least trusting generation in modern American history,” writes Ryan Burge, who is also a data analyst and professor of practice at Washington University in St. Louis. Read more here: bit.ly/4hx1i2l
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 14h
Eric Schmitt doesn’t seem to think he’s done anything wrong f-st.co/uTEZmRZ
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Eric Schmitt doesn't seem to think he's done anything wrong
The viral exchange between Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri and former special counsel Jack Smith seems to have unfolded differently in Schmitt's mind.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 15h
While AI may ultimately create more jobs than it destroys, we may be on the verge of “the largest and most sustained workforce transformation in US history,” a new McKinsey report states. f-st.co/TjG2fu4
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AI could displace 11 million US workers by 2035, report says
While AI may ultimately create more jobs than it destroys, we may be on the verge of 'the largest and most sustained workforce transformation in US history,' a new McKinsey report states.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 17h
Mayor Mamdani just hired a bunch of 'grocery store nerds' to design NYC's city-owned markets. The agencies behind brands like Graza and Yellow Bird hot sauce will lead the branding charge, with an assist from a maker of hand painted signs. f-st.co/kD5sIMt
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Mayor Mamdani just hired a bunch of 'grocery store nerds' to design NYC's city-owned markets
The agencies behind Graza, Stillers, and more will give NYC-grocery stores an appetizing new look. And yes, there will be merch.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 18h
This tool tells you how fossil fuel emissions actually translate into heat deaths, coral reef damage, and more f-st.co/UYDeZqE
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This tool tells you how fossil fuel emissions actually translate into heat deaths, coral reef damage, and more
Tallying up tonnes of CO2 can feel like an abstraction. A new 'Carbon Impacts Tracer' illustrates how much damage emissions will really cause.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 19h
For Flamingo Estate founder Richard Christiansen, "there's no joy in speed." "I think we also need ceremony as people. It's why we go to church. It's why we get married," Christiansen said at the 2026 Fast Company Innovation Festival.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 19h
As Max Ufberg writes, “Ukraine and Russia are often cast as David and Goliath. But another analogy may be more apt: that of the scrappy startup competing against a corporate behemoth, trying to make up for what it lacks in scale through speed and iteration.” Read the story: bit.ly/4jyuXdX
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Inside Ukraine’s secretive tech world building the future of war
I visited Kyiv’s hidden offices and testing fields to meet the startups, soldiers, and government engineers making cutting-edge weapons at a pace the rest of the world is scrambling to match.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 19h
“Every second person I meet is launching a defense tech fund,” says Eveline Buchatskiy, managing partner of D3, a Kyiv-based venture fund that first invested in Swarmer in 2023.
Eveline Buchatskiy [Photo: Alexander Chekmenev for Fast Company]
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 19h
Ukraine’s push toward autonomous weapons is feeding a larger global race. American tech leaders, including Eric Schmidt and Alex Karp, have poured money into Ukrainian defense tech. The Pentagon’s 2027 budget request included more than $54 billion for its Defense Autonomous Warfare Group.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 19h
Before the war, Swarmer cofounder Serhii Kupriienko led AI teams for Amazon’s Ring division. Now, he’s building software that lets military drones coordinate with less human direction. His eventual goal: an “ethical Skynet.”
Serhii Kupriienko [Photo: Alexander Chekmenev for Fast Company]
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 19h
Swarmer is one of a growing number of Ukrainian defense companies building AI software for the battlefield. Its tech is part of a much larger transformation: Ukraine entered the war heavily reliant on imported drones from China, Turkey, and the U.S.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 19h
Senior Editor @maxuf.bsky.social visited Kyiv’s hidden offices and testing fields to meet the startups, soldiers, and engineers making cutting-edge weapons at a pace the rest of the world is scrambling to match. Take a look inside Ukraine’s secretive tech world building the future of war ⬇️
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Inside Ukraine’s secretive tech world building the future of war
I visited Kyiv’s hidden offices and testing fields to meet the startups, soldiers, and government engineers making cutting-edge weapons at a pace the rest of the world is scrambling to match.
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David Plunkert @davidplunkert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New art for @fastcompany.com "The Smartest People in the World are Automating Themselves into Extinction" How? They're training AI.
Artwork by illustrator David Plunkert for Fast Company of a worker being devoured by the AI they helped train.
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Rachel Kurzius @curiouskurz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When the people yearn for whimsy, these retailers are ready to profit ...   In my latest story for @fastcompany.com I looked at how stores prepare for the many microtrends that pop up, using whimsymaxxxing as a case study: www.fastcompany.com/91613368/eve...
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Everyone loves 'whimsymaxxing,' including your local craft store
Craft stores like Michaels are well prepared for the internet's microtrend du jour.
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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The new US AI chatbot is... actually not bad? Though it doesn't address the issue at the heart of the problem, which is government digital services in the US aren't great. My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91615011/tru...
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Trump’s new AI chatbot is surprisingly good. But it doesn’t fix government
America.gov can help users navigate federal websites and find services. The harder problem is making those services themselves easier to use.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 21h
The Freckle phone replaces internet and apps with outdoor quests, tactile buttons, and walkie-talkie mode. f-st.co/uausv0f
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This adorable phone is designed to get kids off screens and into the world
The Freckle phone replaces internet and apps with outdoor quests, tactile buttons, and walkie-talkie mode.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 22h
"Carnegie Mellon University announced Wednesday that hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin is donating $3 billion." f-st.co/auifVLA
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Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin just made the single biggest donation ever to a U.S. university
Griffin donated $3 billion, mostly for a new campus in Miami, Florida.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 30/09/2026
Checkers and Rally’s are closing stores: See where the most locations have shuttered as national footprint shrinks f-st.co/ea6EAZz
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Checkers and Rally’s are closing stores: See where the most locations have shuttered as national footprint shrinks
A newly amended franchise disclosure from Checkers Drive-In Restaurants reveals net store declines for fast-food burger chains Checkers and Rally's.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 30/09/2026
Your conversations with an AI chatbot may feel helpful in the moment. Researchers are warning about a psychological risk that can be much harder to spot. f-st.co/AOstsaw
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Think your AI chatbot is helping you? Researchers say there’s a risk users may not recognize
A new paper examines how seemingly supportive conversations with AI can potentially reinforce unhealthy thinking and emotional dependence.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 30/09/2026
T.J. Maxx, which operates more than 1,300 stores nationwide, closed two of its most recognizable stores earlier this year. f-st.co/pRWVFP5
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T.J. Maxx is closing stores: Updated list of doomed locations for 2026
Even as the beloved store’s parent company pushes toward growth, a few longtime locations are shutting their doors.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 30/09/2026
Leaving neurodiversity aside, there are multiple reasons why people who are legitimately regarded as “smart,” “clever,” or indeed “intelligent” may end up acting in unintelligent and even dumb ways. f-st.co/GlJQ9Yj
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Is there a difference between being smart and acting smart?
Science has answers.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 30/09/2026
When we look back at past boom-bust cycles, the problem was never a lack of intelligence or a lack of capital, but a lack of discipline and humility. f-st.co/ap0nnvd
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Why even the smartest people on the planet can think really dumb things
‘Cultures that celebrate exceptional intelligence eventually begin to mistake intelligence for infallibility.’
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 30/09/2026
Companies that investment in building stronger communities simultaneously build talent pipelines. #FCImpactCouncil f-st.co/dgobbXY
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What business owes the next generation
Business leaders play a role in creating opportunities for young people.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 30/09/2026
TikTok moms and dads claim the AI-generated images are a hack to avoid high picture day prices. f-st.co/HuoHbKN
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'ChatGPT for the win': Parents are using AI to skip out on kids' school photos
TikTok moms and dads claim the AI-generated images are a hack to avoid high picture-day prices.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 29/09/2026
‘My rogue AI agent texted my ex’: The new meme that lets you pass the blame for your worst behavior f-st.co/85CE4wH
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'My rogue AI agent texted my ex': The new meme that lets you pass the blame for your worst behavior
"Rogue AI" stories have become fertile ground for jokes, but there's a serious side to the language, which some say lets tech giants off the hook.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 29/09/2026
Surprisingly, the same study found that the “RTO Tax” is lowest in some of the country’s most expensive cities, including New York, Boston, and San Francisco, once salary is factored in. f-st.co/3tXGqUP
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U.S. workers spend nearly $7,000 per year just to show up at the office
Surprisingly, the same study found that the 'RTO Tax' is lowest in some of the country’s most expensive cities, including New York, Boston, and San Francisco, once salary is factored in.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 29/09/2026
Welcome to M-suite, Fast Company's private, community for women navigating senior-level careers and motherhood. Learn more and apply to join here: bit.ly/3Vffw0l
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 29/09/2026
"Governments are competing to attract not only companies and talent, but the AI capabilities that could underpin future growth." f-st.co/DbbqrKR
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How the AI boom is redefining the global business map
AI is changing where companies choose to put down roots, kicking off a new global contest for business, talent, and capital.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 29/09/2026
"This marks yet another escalation in the trade war that may result in further retaliation on the Canadian side." f-st.co/pqixV1x
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A U.S. ban on nearly $1 billion worth of these Canadian goods is now in effect
The ban includes motorcycles, alcoholic beverages, and dairy products.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 29/09/2026
Oura stock listing in limbo as smart ring startup delays IPO just days after launching it f-st.co/UEtX90F
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Oura stock listing in limbo as smart ring startup delays IPO just days after launching it
Citing market uncertainty, the California maker of the popular Oura ring has postponed plans to list its shares on the Nasdaq.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 29/09/2026
National Coffee Day freebies and deals: Where to get your caffeine shot today, from Dunkin’ to Peet’s f-st.co/598wyhp
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National Coffee Day freebies and deals: Where to get your caffeine shot today, from Dunkin' to Peet's
Retail chains across the country are standing by on Tuesday to celebrate America's favorite beverage. Here's a list of offers to get you going.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 29/09/2026
The 2026 Super El Niño is reshaping hurricane season in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Here’s what that means for you. f-st.co/wywhkFx
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Earth’s 2 biggest oceans are showing a strange—and unsettling—new pattern
The 2026 Super El Niño is reshaping hurricane season in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Here’s what that means for you.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 29/09/2026
Heven AeroTech is betting its long-endurance, power-rich drones could solve one of the Pentagon’s hardest directed-energy problems: getting high-energy lasers into the sky. f-st.co/aAptRVE
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This hydrogen-powered drone maker believes lasers could be the next big airborne weapon
Heven AeroTech is betting its long-endurance, power-rich drones could solve one of the Pentagon’s hardest directed-energy problems: getting high-energy lasers into the sky.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 29/09/2026
Some roles are rungs on the ladder to your broader ambitions. Experts have advice on how to navigate them. f-st.co/99qAh9v
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How to crush a ‘stepping stone’ job you know you won’t keep
Some roles are rungs on the ladder to your broader ambitions. Experts have advice on how to navigate them.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 29/09/2026
How a character from 'The Addams Family' is shaping the future of robotics. f-st.co/ut7cmzV
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How a character from 'The Addams Family' is shaping the future of robotics
Researchers from ETH Zurich designed a walking robotic hand.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 29/09/2026
We must prepare for a future with AI, even if employees haven’t all bought in. Purpose helps. #FCImpactCouncil f-st.co/IBYNPG1
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Purpose is your organization’s antidote to AI skepticism
We must prepare for a future with AI, even if employees haven’t all bought in.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 28/09/2026
Details about ‘Cornell 7’ rape lawsuit have been exposed by social media, but some worry they’re being throttled f-st.co/XVZolgD
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Details about 'Cornell 7' rape lawsuit have been exposed by social media, but some worry they're being throttled
Platforms like Instagram have mechanisms to protect users from sensitive content, sometimes raising questions about who exactly is being protected.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 28/09/2026
Monday's mission marked Starship’s 14th full-scale launch from Texas’ southern tip in three years. f-st.co/fHJuKxv
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SpaceX's Starship reaches orbit for the first time but returns home early
Starship almost didn't make it to orbit when one of its engines shut down too soon.
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Max Ufberg @maxuf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Over the summer, I visited Ukraine’s hidden offices and testing fields to meet the startups, soldiers, and government engineers making cutting-edge AI weapons at a pace the rest of the world is scrambling to match. Read more @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91611099/ins...
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Inside Ukraine’s secretive tech world building the future of war
I visited Kyiv’s hidden offices and testing fields to meet the startups, soldiers, and government engineers making cutting-edge weapons at a pace the rest of the world is scrambling to match.
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Billy Fleming @joobilly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Had a great time yapping with @dianabudds.bsky.social about my new book, the broken state of design, and the kinds of better, postcarbon worlds we can still build in @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91612547/pos...
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Our post-carbon future is already here—if you know where to look
A new book by the landscape architect Billy Fleming illustrates how communities have successfully addressed decarbonization and climate justice.
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edans @edans.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Enterprise AI impact isn’t about the most powerful model—it’s about the smartest steering", my article on @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91611123/ent...
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Enterprise AI impact isn’t about the most powerful model—it’s about the smartest steering
As a CEO, would you give a brilliant employee total freedom with no objectives, no constraints, no supervision, and no feedback?
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Rachel Kurzius @curiouskurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When people post infographics, they're sharing about the world and also about themselves — what they care about, etc.   So when @moma.bsky.social debuts its 1st-ever information design exhibit, what is it telling us about itself?   My latest for @fastcompany.com: www.fastcompany.com/91612965/mom...
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MoMA explores the useful beauty of information design
The museum’s first-ever exhibition dedicated to the field includes works by a climatologist, The New York Times, and more.
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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A raft of recent lawsuits seems to indicate we're heading towards a new legal approach to AI systems that try to nail them on product defectiveness. My latest for @fastcompany.com on what's going on www.fastcompany.com/91613370/can...
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AI’s next big legal battle is over product liability
A growing number of lawsuits argue that chatbot makers should be held responsible not just for their outputs, but for how their products are designed.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 28/09/2026
On a regional and local level, there’s a lot of variation. f-st.co/6NkKAUc
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Home price shifts across America's 50 largest metro housing markets
On a regional and local level, there’s a lot of variation.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 28/09/2026
Nvidia says its new AI security platform can stop rogue agents from breaking containment f-st.co/IDYO6Ek
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Nvidia says its new AI security platform can stop rogue agents from breaking containment
The chipmaker says OpenShell and Sentry will restrict what AI agents can access, monitor their behavior, and shut them down if they cross software boundaries.
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