NASA taps Intuitive Machines to build a lunar communications network
NASA awarded Intuitive Machines a long-term contract potentially worth $4.82 billion to develop, launch, and operate a five-satellite communications and navigation network around the moon. The...
View ArticleFCIF daily roundup: Highlights from the final day of the Fast Company...
All good things must come to an end, and after four days of programming, the 2024 Fast Company Innovation Festival concluded on Thursday with a lively closing party. This year’s festival served as a...
View ArticleThe IT paradox: Innovate while lowering carbon emissions
Google recently announced that it no longer claims to be carbon neutral. Why? Because their investment in artificial intelligence has raised emissions beyond what they can offset. They now hope to...
View ArticleWhat’s at stake for business with Trump’s civil service plan
What does business need from the federal government? When we ask executives that question, a few answers dominate: a level playing field; the rule of law; predictable behavior. Former President Donald...
View ArticleBoom Supersonic’s flight plan has to be measured in years
A small airplane that looks like a fighter jet but doesn’t bear a single weapon could be a pathfinder towards a reinvention of commercial aviation—or a flying footnote destined for a spot in a museum....
View ArticleDJT stock price update: Trump Media shares continue to sink after lockup...
Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (ticker: DJT) are trading lower in premarket this morning after the lockup period that prevented former president Donald Trump and other early...
View Article$3 billion in U.S. grants aim to boost EV battery production in these states
The Biden administration is awarding over $3 billion to U.S. companies to boost domestic production of advanced batteries and other materials used for electric vehicles, part of a continuing push to...
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Building better with sophisticated technologies and data
Major construction sites are more than building plans, hard hats, and concrete. They are, in fact, sprawling and complex ecosystems that require contractors to balance design specs with rising...
View Article‘Skinny girl’ videos are invading social media. Health experts are concerned
Across social media, influencers who have amassed large followings by sharing weight-related tips and promoting “skinny” lifestyles. One of the most controversial, Liv Schmidt, built a community of...
View ArticleHow to prepare for the coming quantum leap
Companies and educators need to start preparing now for quantum computing’s place as a disruptor in the marketplace, or risk falling behind the rapid pace of innovation, Rensselaer Polytechnic...
View ArticleCivil rights groups urge Fortune 1000 companies to keep DEI programs
A broad group of civil rights organizations called on the CEOs and board members of major companies Thursday to maintain their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that have come...
View ArticleNuclear plant Three Mile Island is reopening to power Microsoft AI’s growing...
Microsoft is going nuclear. Nuclear power, that is. In an unprecedented move that could be a game changer across the energy and technology sectors, Constellation Energy Corp. announced Friday it has...
View ArticleBurgerFi and Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza closed restaurants: Full list and map...
Fans of BurgerFi burgers and Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza may have discovered recently that their favorite meals are a bit more difficult to come by. That’s because BurgerFi International, the parent...
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Why social media companies keep copying each other
Snapchat is combining its Stories and Spotlight functions into one vertical video feed. That feed just happens to look almost identical to TikTok. The new function, called Simple Snapchat, taps into...
View ArticleFTC goes after drug middlemen for allegedly jacking up insulin prices
The price of insulin has exponentially increased in recent years. Now, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing three companies over allegedly inflating the cost of the drug at the expense of...
View ArticleThis music registry could protect artists from having their work stolen by AI
SoundExchange is taking steps to protect musicians in the AI age. The nonprofit music and tech collective-rights organization revealed during a session at the Fast Company Innovation Festival on...
View ArticleHow ‘Minion Jesus’ was resurrected on TikTok
Remember those Minion memes floating around the internet a few months ago—the ones made to resemble Jesus on a cross or rising from the dead? Well, now we know who’s behind them. Lost? Let’s catch you...
View ArticleThe latest and strangest TikTok trend: eating dirt to reduce wrinkles
Want to improve your gut health, reduce wrinkles, and even cure acne? Eat dirt. At least, according to the latest health trend making the rounds on TikTok. “[One] teaspoon of organic biodynamic soil...
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This free calculator app will multiple your productivity exponentially
Look, I get it: When you think of “exciting new life upgrades,” a calculator app might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But it might be time to reconsider that mental calculation. Today, I’m...
View ArticleHow immigrants boost ‘trade in value added’ for the global economy
In nearly every country that hosts foreign-born citizens, immigration emerges as a lightning rod for controversy. The economic realities of immigration, however, are far more complex than the negative...
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