fastcompany
19h ago
23°
5 small-business ideas that let you work from home
When it comes to commuting or remote work, half of U.S. workers prefer working from home. In fact, 40% of respondents in a Harvard Business School survey said they would accept a pay cut of 5% or more for the ability to telecommute. It’s also an increasingly common reason founders start their own businesses. If you’re interested in launching your own startup, there are plenty of small-business ideas you can launch from home.
fastcompany
33h ago
22°
National Red Wine Day 2026: Freebies, deals, tastings, and ways to celebrate
Summer is winding down, so what better way to celebrate than with some wine. As the temperatures cool, it is especially appropriate to transition from white to red.
fastcompany
17h ago
22°
This shirt is like an AI invisibility cloak
To the human eye, the Digital Camouflage shirt has an abstract colorful pattern showing green, pink, and orange shapes. To robots, it hides the human wearing it.
fastcompany
31h ago
20°
More CAKE: Cheesecake Factory stock is surprisingly beating these Magnificent 7 tech giants—including Nvidia
The hottest stock around is a lot sweeter than sprawling data centers and humming GPUs.
fastcompany
40h ago
18°
Flock’s big, bad brand moment
Mere months ago, Flock, an Atlanta-based security camera startup, was known mostly by its target customer base: police departments, cities and towns, with a smattering of colleges, neighborhood associations, and businesses. Today, Flock’s license-plate-reading, AI-driven cameras are widely familiar, and the company is practically a household name. In fact, it’s arguably the breakthrough brand of the year—for all the wrong reasons.
fastcompany
38h ago
17°
Nepal floods: 6 ways to help victims of the glacial collapse that left hundreds dead or missing
This week, one of the worst natural disasters of the year struck at the border between China and Nepal.
fastcompany
37h ago
17°
The urbanism lesson in Dolly Parton’s Dollywood
When beloved country star Dolly Parton died on August 25, she left behind not only albums, accolades, and mourning fans, but also an entire urban project where her legacy lives on—not just as a faint memory, but as a tangible transformation of Tennessee.
fastcompany
40h ago
14°
How Waymo got Chinese EVs onto American roads
Want to ride in a Chinese-built EV? If you live in the U.S., your best bet might be hailing a Waymo robotaxi.
fastcompany
41h ago
14°
Zynga’s Mark Pincus says social networking is still an unsolved problem
Hello again, and welcome back to Fast Company’s Plugged In.
fastcompany
17h ago
14°
Buffalo Wild Wings is closing locations: Updated list of shut-down restaurants for 2026
Depending on where you live, your wing options may have just become a little more limited.