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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 1h
A recent exchange on LinkedIn involved a senior leader at McKinsey questioning whether the glass cliff even exists for female leaders at struggling companies. f-st.co/wfvWKTZ
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What a McKinsey partner's commentary on women CEOs reveals
A recent exchange on LinkedIn involved a senior leader at McKinsey questioning whether the glass cliff even exists for female leaders at struggling companies.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 3h
Forget embellishing your résumé. Employers have a much stranger hiring problem now: figuring out whether the candidate they're interviewing is actually a person. f-st.co/7hnVx3W
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Employers have a bizarre new job interview problem: Figuring out if they're talking to a human
Nearly 1 in 5 hiring professionals say confirming whether they’re interviewing a person rather than AI has become a top challenge.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 6h
"In what's believed to be a first in U.S. courts, Pelkey's family used AI to create a video of his likeness to give him a voice." f-st.co/eMM51IW
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This AI-generated video got an Arizona manslaughter sentence tossed, likely a first for a U.S. court
The use of artificial intelligence within the U.S. court system has typically been limited to administrative tasks and legal research.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 7h
"The 90-day roadmap is how you get to your annual goals." f-st.co/dVNeupX
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Why solopreneurs should plan in 90-day cycles
A large company can adjust midyear when revenue swings. Solopreneurs don’t have that luxury.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 9h
“As far as Magnolia, we’ve been doing this for almost 25 years and we’ve never really stopped." f-st.co/o0lg0pM
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Joanna Gaines says she and Chip lost sight of Magnolia’s purpose. 1 decision helped them find it again
After spending nearly 25 years building Magnolia, Joanna and Chip Gaines made a crucial decision. Leadership experts say it was the right move.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 10h
The National Hockey League is rolling out a “Hot for Hockey” campaign intended to build upon the success and popularity of the hockey romance genre. @curiouskurz.bsky.social breaks down why this probably isn't the best idea: bit.ly/4zaFPDv
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 10h
AI and advanced technology are attracting unprecedented investment. But what happens to the creative thinkers whose ideas shape the culture around us? "I look at how we can enhance the work we're doing," Kickstarter CEO Everette Taylor said at the 2026 Fast Company Innovation Festival.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 10h
Expanded pasta recall impacts Walmart’s Bettergoods brand as Listeria contamination fears spread f-st.co/uLCzcgX
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Expanded pasta recall impacts Walmart's Bettergoods brand as Listeria contamination fears spread
Customers are urged not to eat authentic Italian lemon Alfredo fettuccine, made by Gias Foods and sold under Walmart's premium private label.
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Rachel Kurzius @curiouskurz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NHL is trying to build on hockey romance's moment by courting BookTok. This feels like kids stumbling upon a book of magic & reciting spells, ignorant about the dark power they unleashed. I wrote ALL about "Hot for Hockey" for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91616277/the...
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The NHL is skating on thin ice by cozying up to BookTok
The NHL is launching a 'Hot for Hockey' campaign. There are so many ways this can go wrong.
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jess rauchberg @jessrauchberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
the most fun I've ever had speaking on the record: chatting with @fastcompany.com about the controversial new NHL Hot for Hockey campaign
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 12h
A bipartisan bill that formally calls on the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies includes a provision for commemorative 1-cent coins. f-st.co/qddXzHI
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The penny is making a comeback. Just don’t try to spend it
A bipartisan bill that formally calls on the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies includes a provision for commemorative 1-cent coins.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 14h
Heated Rivalry was an overnight hit. Its creators and network worked overtime to make that happen f-st.co/WQ4JiTp
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'Heated Rivalry' was an overnight hit. Its creators and network worked overtime to make that happen
An oral history of how the show's producers, encouraged by Crave and Bell Media leadership, took the story from page to screen in 18 months.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 17h
RFK’s MAHA Summit proves MAHA truly is just MAGA for your health f-st.co/d15zmN1
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RFK’s MAHA Summit proves MAHA truly is just MAGA for your health
It’s a corporate-sponsored misinformation-festival where convicted rapists and those awaiting trial are welcome—just like this entire presidency.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 20h
Only around 7 million to 8 million kids have been enrolled in Trump Accounts. A major rule change could add more than 60 million more. f-st.co/sjjvkkv
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Your child could soon have a 'Trump account' even if you never signed them up
New Treasury regulations allow eligible children to be automatically enrolled, though parents will still need to claim the accounts to take full control.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 23h
Amazon wants to sell your Kindle’s physical buttons back to you for $35 f-st.co/wzqwnCN
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Amazon wants to sell your Kindle's physical buttons back to you for $35
Amazon is a launching a collection of new Kindles. If you want to click your way through a book, you can buy a clicker or a new cover.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 01/10/2026
CEO shuffle: Changes ahead for Mattel, Condé Nast, and the new merged Paramount-Warner Bros. f-st.co/lv7Lomh
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CEO shuffle: Changes ahead for Mattel, Condé Nast, and the newly merged Paramount-Warner Bros.
A toy company, a magazine giant, and a Hollywood studio are all highlighting the importance of streaming expertise this week.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 01/10/2026
Some hybrid employees are monitoring their managers’ schedules to decide when to go into the office, USA Today reports. f-st.co/HKSAXuu
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Workers are 'calendar stalking' their bosses for more face time
Some hybrid employees are monitoring their managers’ schedules to decide when to go into the office, USA Today reports.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 01/10/2026
A 'Playboy' survey reveals fewer of Generation Z are having sex or even masturbating. They blame porn, anxiety, and being broke. f-st.co/W7RL1he
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'Sex is not a priority': Gen Z on why they're not hooking up
A 'Playboy' survey reveals fewer of Generation Z are having sex or even masturbating. They blame porn, anxiety, and being broke.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 01/10/2026
The NHL is launching a “Hot for Hockey” campaign. There are so many ways this can go wrong. f-st.co/flFnTw6
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The NHL is skating on thin ice by cozying up to BookTok
The NHL is launching a 'Hot for Hockey' campaign. There are so many ways this can go wrong.
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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Google is flinging a satellite into orbit today as part of first tests of a grand plan to have data centres in space. It's something people poked fun at Elon Musk for proposing just a few months ago. My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91616771/goo...
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Google is taking Elon Musk’s space data center idea seriously
Project Suncatcher is sending AI hardware into orbit. The technical hurdles are enormous, but researchers say the economics may eventually make sense.
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Rachel Kurzius @curiouskurz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A fascinating lil tidbit I learned while reporting this whimsymaxxxing story for @fastcompany.com : craft retailer Michael's chief merchandising officer said they could basically track where the Eras Tour was by looking at the pattern of DIY jewelry sales 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 · 01/10/2026
AI training companies aren't looking for low-paid workers to do mundane tasks anymore. They're targeting doctors, lawyers and other professionals to tune up AI knowledge - and demand is outstripping supply. My feature from the latest print @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91587919/tur...
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The smartest people in the world are automating themselves into obsolescence—and loving it
Elite knowledge workers explain how training AI models for the likes of Turing and Mercor is the most exciting intellectual challenge of their careers, even if they succeed in teaching their AI studen...
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 01/10/2026
As @stokel.bsky.social puts it, experts training AI is a little like turkeys voting for Thanksgiving. Every problem they hand the model and every blind spot they help it close makes the machine a little more capable of doing without them. Read the full story here: bit.ly/4hpvFZF
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The smartest people in the world are automating themselves into obsolescence—and loving it
Elite knowledge workers explain how training AI models for the likes of Turing and Mercor is the most exciting intellectual challenge of their careers, even if they succeed in teaching their AI studen...
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 01/10/2026
AI gig workers tend to fall into three camps. There are those who feel a higher purpose: A doctor who might want models to dispense better medical advice. There are professionals who want to understand how AI is reshaping their fields. Others see a chance to diversify their income.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 01/10/2026
Here are the white-collar occupations with the highest estimated percentage of job loss due to AI in the next 2 to 5 years.
A vertical ranked list displays 15 occupations with beige horizontal bars, black play-button icons on the left, and bold percentages on the right. The occupations and percentages, from highest to lowest, are:

Writers and Authors — 57.4%
Computer Programmers — 55.2%
Web and Digital Interface Designers — 54.6%
Editors — 54.4%
Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other — 47.6%
Web Developers — 46.2%
Database Architects — 46.0%
Operations Research Analysts — 45.1%
Atmospheric and Space Scientists — 44.2%
Sociologists — 43.0%
Technical Writers — 42.4%
Statisticians — 42.1%
Political Scientists — 40.3%
Database Administrators — 39.0%
Public Relations Specialists — 37.3%
Dashed horizontal lines separate the rows. In the lower-right corner, a stylized illustration shows a person wearing a beige suit, white shirt, and red tie, holding a large open cardboard box containing papers, a laptop, and a red object. Gray leaves extend behind the person. The background is light gray.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 01/10/2026
Elite knowledge workers are part of a new and fast-growing white-collar gig workforce—where they use industry expertise to probe the most advanced AI models, find where they fail, and teach them to perform better. In doing so, some fear these workers may end up making themselves obsolete ⬇️
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The smartest people in the world are automating themselves into obsolescence—and loving it
Elite knowledge workers explain how training AI models for the likes of Turing and Mercor is the most exciting intellectual challenge of their careers, even if they succeed in teaching their AI studen...
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 01/10/2026
Cheese recalled nationwide after 8 people hospitalized from E. coli outbreak: Full list of products to avoid f-st.co/f7y7ySv
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Cheese recalled nationwide after 8 people hospitalized from E. coli outbreak: Full list of products to avoid
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company has stopped production and shipment of all Graziers Raw Milk Cheese products in the wake of an ongoing investigation.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 01/10/2026
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 · 01/10/2026
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 · 01/10/2026
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 · 01/10/2026
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 · 01/10/2026
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 · 01/10/2026
“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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
“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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
"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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