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fastcompany 43h ago 25°

What to know about the 2026 Grammys

Sunday’s Grammys mark a return to normalcy after the 2025 show was altered to focus on Los Angeles-area wildfire relief efforts.
fastcompany 20h ago 24°

OpenAI IPO: What to know about the most anticipated stock listing in years amid rumors of a 2026 date

It’s shaping up to be a busy year for initial public offerings from some of the most closely watched companies.
fastcompany 47h ago 24°

Tesla is saying goodbye to two of its EV models. As sales and deliveries fall, Elon Musk is focusing on this instead

Tesla, a brand once synonymous with consumer electric vehicles, is ditching some of the cars that brought its success.
fastcompany 23h ago 22°

Why the Trump administration is watering down the definition of ‘doxxing’

Concept creep is literally problematic. It’s what happens when words like “problematic” and “literally” expand far beyond their original definitions, eventually becoming so diffuse as to no longer hold any real meaning.
fastcompany 20h ago 22°

February 2026’s full ‘snow’ moon comes with a side of free chips and queso: How and when to get yours

This Sunday’s full moon, or “big cheese,” as it’s sometimes called, comes with a side of queso and chips.
fastcompany 49h ago 22°

Bridgerton season 4 is finally here. Here is what to know before you binge

Dearest gentle reader, Netflix humble requests your presence on your couch this today Thursday, January 29, 2026 to binge part one of the fourth season of its hit series Bridgerton. It is up to you whether or not to don your finest gowns, tiaras, and petticoats — or simply leave that to the actors gracing your screens. While Lady Whistledown’s identity is now common knowledge, society still has its eyes and judgement on you.
fastcompany 45h ago 21°

How to dial down the AI slop on platforms

AI slop seems to be everywhere. Low-quality digital content made with artificial intelligence has flooded our feeds, screens and speakers. Is there anything we can do about it?
fastcompany 38h ago 21°

SpaceX and xAI could be merging. Why Elon Musk is doing it—and what might happen next

Two of Elon Musk’s best-known companies look likely to be headed for a mega merger ahead of a mooted IPO. SpaceX, the South African entrepreneur’s space exploration firm, and xAI, the AI company he established in 2023 to challenge OpenAI, are reportedly in discussions ahead of a merger and initial public offerings.
fastcompany 47h ago 21°

This Super Bowl, fans who are blind will have unprecedented access to the game. Here’s how

Some blind and low-vision fans will have unprecedented access to the Super Bowl thanks to a tactile device that tracks the ball, vibrates on key plays and provides real-time audio.The NFL teamed up with OneCourt and Ticketmaster to pilot the game-enhancing experience 15 times during the regular-season during games hosted by the Seattle Seahawks, Jacksonville Jaguars, San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons and Minnesota Vikings.About 10 blind and low-vision fans will have an opp...
fastcompany 24h ago 21°

A coworking space for the 1% of workers

Imagine that you pull up to a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan. You step out of the car and walk into the lobby, where the staff greets you by name and ushers you to an elevator. Upstairs, another staff member brings you coffee just the way you like it, minutes after you arrive. A barber is on hand to give you a fresh shave before an important Zoom call, and afterwards, you drop by a caviar tasting that’s happening in the shared lounge.
fastcompany 20h ago 20°

What is Complete Streets design and why should we all be using it?

In the 1950s, the Air Force designed cockpits for the average pilot by measuring thousands of pilots and calculating the average for ten key physical dimensions—height, arm length, torso size, etc. They assumed most pilots would be close to average in most dimensions.
fastcompany 25h ago 20°

Trump is set to announce a ‘very respected’ nominee to lead the Federal Reserve

President Donald Trump said he plans to announce his choice for chairman of the Federal Reserve on Friday morning, a long-awaited decision that could set up a showdown on whether the U.S. central bank preserves its independence from the White House and electoral politics.For the past year, the president has aggressively attacked Fed Chair Jerome Powell, whose term as the head of the U.S. central bank ends in May.
fastcompany 46h ago 20°

Tech workers call for CEOs to speak up against ICE after the killing of Alex Pretti

The tech industries’ top leaders have a not insignificant amount of sway over the White House. But after a masked ICE agent killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday, less than a month after federal agents also shot and killed Renee Good, many are still choosing to remain silent, showing just how tied to President Trump’s administration Big Tech has become.
fastcompany 45h ago 19°

This AI startup wants to be your virtual ‘computer for business’

A startup called Adapt is betting that it can be an AI hub connecting other software tools to help answer questions and get things done.
fastcompany 44h ago 19°

You’re not alone in feeling unprepared for the AI boom

Journalist Ira Glass, who hosts the NPR show “This American Life,” is not a computer scientist. He doesn’t work at Google, Apple, or Nvidia.
fastcompany 17h ago 19°

This AI-related lawsuit could be just the beginning of many

What many applicants may not realize is that, nowadays, the first hurdle in applying for a job is dealing with AI. Candidates now often must clear an artificial intelligence system that screens their résumés that quietly determines who advances, and whose application is filed away in a drawer or spam folder, never to see the light of day.
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