fastcompany
28h ago
28°
I’m a CEO overwhelmed by AI projects. Here’s my system for staying sane
I’ve never been good at stopping what I’m doing. AI has made this problem even worse.
fastcompany
48h ago
18°
Turn your handwriting into a font for Android, Windows, or MacOS
Handwriting has personality. Get to know someone well enough and their handwriting will remind you of them, because we all form letters just a bit differently.
fastcompany
46h ago
14°
Terafab could become the largest factory on the planet—or Elon Musk’s biggest failure
At last, we know how Elon Musk’s fabled Terafab will look. Tesla and SpaceX showed a video rendering of their jointly developed advanced chip factory on Thursday. It will occupy 100 million square feet in Grimes County, Texas, about 45 miles northwest of downtown Houston. The sci-fi-looking building is so vast that you could fit six of them in Manhattan. Musk, the CEO of both companies, took to X on Thursday to declare it “the largest and most valuable building on Earth by far.”
fastcompany
46h ago
13°
‘If trust breaks, your business breaks’: How Alphonzo Terrell is building Spill to be a different kind of social platform
Alphonzo Terrell was the global head of social and editorial at Twitter, until Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition that led to roughly 80% of the company’s workforce being laid off—Terrell included.
fastcompany
4h ago
13°
3 things no one tells high achievers about success
Ironically, research shows that the people who work the hardest and achieve the most are often the least satisfied. The same growth-oriented tendencies that motivate you to succeed can also produce a restlessness that makes it hard to enjoy the success you’ve worked so hard to accrue. This might feel productive in the short term as you climb the ladder, but ultimately leaves you at greater risk of burnout. You can keep your edge while celebrating your successes by...
fastcompany
23h ago
10°
The Cold War legend of Romania’s tank-melting laser
This article is republished with permission from Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology.
fastcompany
28h ago
10°
Avoid these 6 phrases if you want to sound more confident
If you want to sound confident, avoid expressions that broadcast your insecurity. Eliminate the following words and expressions from your speech.
fastcompany
2h ago
10°
Are people in creative professions happier? It’s complicated
Creative work is on the rise. According to recent projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, creative and multimedia design roles are expected to grow by 12% over the next six years—one of the biggest increases ever for those who hold degrees in fine arts.
fastcompany
48h ago
7°
Why can’t your email be as secure as your texts?
Most people take for granted that the messages they send via popular messaging apps like Meta’s WhatsApp or Apple’s iMessage are end-to-end encrypted (E2EE), meaning that no one but the sender and receiver—not even WhatsApp or Apple—can read the contents. Unfortunately, this rock-solid privacy-preserving encryption doesn’t extend to the other major type of messages we send: emails.
fastcompany
47h ago
7°
States with the least—and most—housing market inventory heading into the fall
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