Outlet
Fast Company
Latest headlines
- Nvidia stock gets its first boost of the Jensen Huang scandal era. What’s driving shares higher today?
- Who is Alice Huang? What to know about the businesswoman involved in the Nvidia scandal
- Apple is closing the ‘world’s largest community of Apple fans.’ Why shutting it down makes sense
- Democrats are back. So is economist Stephanie Kelton’s big idea
- Personalizing everything doesn’t mean people feel seen
- Pharma found its way into sports
- Why turning to AI for workplace support is backfiring
- A gilded tribute to Trump’s bone spurs appears on the National Mall
- How Portland is spending its tax on billion-dollar companies
- Are stores open on Veterans Day 2026? Holiday hours for banks, stock markets, USPS, Walmart, Costco, and more
- The next big creators will be experts
When I started hosting a podcast this year, I assumed the guests whose message would travel furthest would be the ones with the biggest followings. That’s how I’d been taught to think about talent for 20 years, since the MySpace days, but it turned out to be the other way round. One clip of the Irish Nigerian author Emma Dabiri, explaining with care how the language of race was invented, passed a million views on its own. Another of the most shared conversations was with Clare Rewcastle Brown, an unassuming British journalist who broke the 1MDB scandal in Malaysia from a spare room with a…
- ‘I am a writer who wanted to be a painter’: Tobias Frere-Jones on the creative mash-up that led him to typeface design
Tobias Frere-Jones has designed typefaces for clients like Martha Stewart Living, the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Carnegie Hall, Stacey Abrams, Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral office, the American Civil Liberties Union, New York City Football Club, and many more. Years ago, a friend of his asked him what he thought what letters are made of. Frere-Jones’s answer came quickly and in a single word: negotiation. As a culture, we agree that letters take a certain shape and carry specific meaning, says Frere-Jones. Running his own typeface foundry in…
- The smartphone isn’t dead. But the battle to replace it is already on
The smartphone changed the world, but listening to some tech bosses lately, you’d be forgiven for thinking AI could threaten its dominance. The emerging debate about what comes after the smartphone is about much more than device sales. It’s about who controls the gateway to the customer, and who gets a cut of the money they spend. And that battle has already begun. Amazon has blocked Meta’s AI assistant, Muse, from shopping on its e-commerce platform. The tech giants are already fighting over who gets between businesses and their customers. Tellingly, Sam Altman, the OpenAI boss, has…
- The Rubik’s Cube just got its first major redesign in 50 years
- This former Facebook employee wants to show AI in all its glory—and all its flaws
- ‘They don’t understand hackers’: Cybersecurity pros explain why everyone panicking about AI-powered hacks is wrong
- In an age of mistrust, communicating more isn’t enough. Influence comes from building networks
- Introducing M-suite: Fast Company’s exclusive community for moms in senior leadership
- Open enrollment is squeezing small businesses. Nearly 70% want outside help
- Social Security 2027: Benefits checks could get ‘Bernie Bump’ after midterms blue wave. Here’s by how much
- A viral TikTok trend is turning ordinary photos into something unexpectedly emotional
- How ‘key person risk’ derails companies—and poses problems for Nvidia amid the Jensen Huang scandal
- Yes, government officials confirm, the Jensen Huang scandal is really, really bad
- Gen Zers and millennials are rapidly taking advantage of this health insurance tip for freelancers
- Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged spy is powering a new class of realistic memes that Nvidia made possible
- Taking Ozempic or Wegovy? The FDA says there’s a new warning you shouldn’t ignore
- This celebrity’s unhinged Letterboxd reviews take comedy to a new level
Letterboxd is known for its quippy film reviews, and the platform’s newest member, Philomena Cunk, fits right in. For the uninitiated, Cunk is a world-renowned journalist, acclaimed for her work on the documentaries Cunk on Britain, Cunk on Earth, and Cunk on Life. Cunk may not know much about the subjects she covers, and she may put her interview subjects in uncomfortable positions—but on the bright side, she also isn’t real. Cunk is a character portrayed by English comedian Diane Morgan. For her next mockumentary series, Morgan as Cunk is tackling the history of filmmaking in Cunk on…
- The Jensen Huang scandal could become a legal nightmare for Nvidia
- DOJ sues Lyft for allegedly denying rides to people with disabilities
- The Iran War led to a decline in carbon emissions in 2026. It doesn’t mean we’ve turned a corner on fossil fuels
- Amazon delivery drivers are getting smart glasses. What they can see might surprise you
- College Football Playoff will expand to 24 teams starting next season
College football will expand its playoff to 24 teams beginning next year in a move that resets decades of tradition surrounding a once all-important regular season and dumps conference championship showdowns that used to be among the sport’s marquee events.The announcement from the College Football Playoff and ESPN on Monday made official a deal that’s been in the works for months. The network reported it would pay an additional $1.7 billion over five years on top of the original $7.8 billion contract that runs through the 2031 season.The new format will grant the Power Four conference…
- Most solopreneurs turn to AI before hiring others, data suggests. Here’s why
- Nvidia stock has plunged 17.5% in 5 days. A new lawsuit adds to the chaos
- Stocks, bonds, and cash: How to strike the right balance with your assets
- The Children’s Place is closing stores, joins list of struggling retailers to file for bankruptcy in 2026
- Do this crucial thing to thrive during unemployment
- The best strategy to protect against getting hacked is surprisingly old-school
- Florida’s new Republican governor wants to bring NASA headquarters to the Sunshine State. Could it happen?
- Yahoo is betting the house on its new AI, from search to all its services