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fastcompany 18h ago 12°

How a unique ‘chatbot’ is helping a small Chile community push back on AI

If you enter a query into Quili.AI on January 31, your question won’t be answered by a large language model, but instead by residents from the Chilean community of Quilicura.
fastcompany 46h ago 12°

U.S. life expectancy hit this all-time high in 2024, CDC data shows

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fastcompany 16h ago 11°

Why is it so cold if there’s global warming? Extreme winter weather can deepen misconceptions about climate

Record cold temperatures are once again expected to hit a swath of the country this weekend—even plunging Florida into its coldest stretch of the last 15 years, potentially bringing snow to areas of the state that haven’t seen it in four decades.
fastcompany 45h ago 11°

AI face swapping video could be a bonanza for scammers

Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. I’m Mark Sullivan, a senior writer at Fast Company,covering emerging tech, AI, and tech policy.
fastcompany 28h ago 11°

This very expensive fleece is making waves for looking like startup swag

How much would you pay for a gray fleece? Yes, the type that’s ubiquitous in corporate cubicles and business-casual work conferences across America.
fastcompany 17h ago 10°

The Farmers’ Almanac isn’t dead. It’s getting a digital reboot under a new owner

The Farmers’ Almanac isn’t going out of business after all, but it is leaving Maine for the bright lights of New York City and a new owner.
fastcompany 45h ago 10°

An inventory boomerang just hit the housing market

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fastcompany 22h ago 10°

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested by federal agents after covering an anti-ICE protest in Minnesota

Journalist Don Lemon and three other people were arrested Friday in connection with an anti-immigration protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church and increased tensions between residents and the Trump administration, officials said.Lemon was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, where he had been covering the Grammy Awards, his attorney Abbe Lowell said. It is unclear what charge or charges Lemon and the others are facing in the Jan.
fastcompany 18h ago 10°

Luigi Mangione won’t face the death penalty for UnitedHealth CEO’s killing, judge rules

Federal prosecutors can’t seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a federal judge ruled Friday, foiling the Trump administration’s bid to see him executed for what it called a “premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America.”
fastcompany 5h ago 10°

The eye-popping price of Harry Styles tickets has social media users furious

More than 11.5 million fans signed up for presale tickets to Harry Styles’s upcoming Madison Square Garden residency for the Together, Together tour.
fastcompany 21h ago 10°

Trump threatens tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that could further cripple an island plagued by a deepening energy crisis.
fastcompany 28h ago 10°

Should you eat snow cream? Opinions differ on the social-media-fueled winter confection

A major winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow to parts of the East Coast this weekend. Amid freezing temperatures, many will be hunkering down and sipping hot cocoa by the fire or trying out new warming winter recipes.
fastcompany 25h ago 10°

Amazon Go is dead. Was grab-and-go retail a fantasy?

Hello, and welcome back to Fast Company’s Plugged In.
fastcompany 2h ago 10°

Why a Tennessee proposal to ban sports betting on campus is too little, too late

In the months after a 2018 Supreme Court decision opened the door for states to legalize sports betting within their borders, giddy lawmakers across the country couldn’t move quickly enough. No one wanted to miss out on the billions of dollars in tax revenue that the high court had suddenly placed within their reach—or, worse yet, to watch that easy money go to neighboring states whose leaders had the presence of mind to move first.
fastcompany 4h ago

TikTok’s odd behavior was caused by a tech issue—but users’ response indicates the app has a trust problem

Anyone wanting to get their TikTok fix in the United States recently had a rough time. The app went haywire, kicking off early on the morning of January 25, due to a power outage at a key data center that knocked out services nationwide. Users reported the app crashing, with videos getting stuck and refusing to play, upload, or even hit a single view.
fastcompany 18h ago

Stocks slide and gold fever fades as investors weigh Trump’s Fed pick

Financial markets are churning on Friday as investors try to figure out what President Donald Trump’s new nominee to lead the Federal Reserve will mean for interest rates. The initial reactions were uneasy because of the uncertainty.
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