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Reddit—and a dash of AI—do what Google and ChatGPT can’t
Hello, everyone, and thanks once again for reading Fast Company’s Plugged In. For years, some of the world’s most productive web searches…
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Self-driving cars are officially coming to New York City
Waymo has the green light to start testing its self-driving cars in New York City. Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday that the city has…
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The TikTok dorm water panic is officially here
Instead of worrying about making friends or keeping up with their studies, new college students have a different concern on their minds:…
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UK agrees to pay Kenyans affected by Lolldaiga fire
The UK government has agreed to pay compensation to thousands of Kenyans who were affected by a fire caused by a British military training…
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Donald Trump announces 2026 Fifa World Cup draw to take place at Washington's Kennedy Center
The draw for the 2026 men's World Cup will take place in Washington this December, US President Donald Trump has announced. The tournament…
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Dow soars more than 900 points after Fed hints at interest rate cuts
Wall Street is rallying on Friday toward its best day in months after the head of the Federal Reserve hinted the cuts to interest rates…
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Nottingham Forest: Nuno Espirito Santo's future as manager is uncertain
Nuno Espirito Santo's future as Nottingham Forest manager is uncertain after a breakdown in his relationship with owner Evangelos…
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Mark Cuban says the best employees share 1 crucial (yet nearly always overlooked) skill
naged. Some of the best were extremely productive. Others were great team players. Others made the people around them better. Another…
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Tech companies rarely reveal exactly how much water their data centers use, research shows
As demand for artificial intelligence technology boosts construction and proposed construction of data centers around the world, those…
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Royal Mail and DHL halt US deliveries over de minimis rule change
Postal services around the world are pausing deliveries to the US over confusion around new import taxes that must be paid on parcels from…
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Cambridge Dictionary adds ‘skibidi,’ ‘delulu,’ and other viral internet words
You can now look up skibidi, tradwife, and delulu in the Cambridge Dictionary. Among the 6,000 or so words added to the dictionary over…
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Angel Hair chocolate is taking over TikTok
There’s a new viral chocolate bar on the block. Angel Hair chocolate, created by Belgian brand Tucho, launched in December 2024 and ticks…
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Tesla is slow in reporting crashes. The feds want to know why
Federal auto safety regulators are investigating why Tesla has repeatedly broken rules requiring it to quickly tell them about crashes…
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The FDA’s radioactive shrimp recall now includes more brands: See the full list of impacted products
Southwind Foods has issued a voluntary recall of frozen shrimp products due to potential radioactive contamination, according to the…
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The entire wall along the U.S.-Mexico border will be painted black. Here’s why
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that the entire border wall along the southern border with Mexico is going to be…
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Lowe’s is acquiring Foundation Building Materials in a deal worth nearly $8.8 billion
Lowe’s is buying Foundation Building Materials, a distributor of drywall, insulation and other products, for approximately $8.8 billion as…
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Will Fed chair Powell’s high-profile speech in Wyoming give hints on interest rate cuts?
Just three weeks ago, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke to reporters after the central bank had kept its key interest rate…
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TikTok to lay off hundreds of UK content moderators
Tom Gerken Technology reporter TikTok is planning to lay off hundreds of staff in the UK which moderate the content that appears on the…
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Home Office seeks to appeal against court ruling on asylum hotel
The government is seeking to appeal against the High Court's refusal to allow it to intervene in the case of a hotel used to house asylum…
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The Download: Google’s AI energy expenditure, and handing over DNA data to the police
Google has just released a report detailing how much energy its Gemini apps use for each query. In total, the median prompt—one that falls…
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This startup claims it just outran Nvidia on its own turf
DataPelago has created a new engine called Nucleus that dramatically speeds up data processing for AI and analytics. It outperforms…
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Most toothpaste tubes are recyclable. So why is nobody recycling them?
When you’re brushing your teeth and you’ve squeezed out the last bit of toothpaste, you probably toss the empty tube in the trash. Few…
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Meet the researcher hosting a scientific conference by and for AI
Building these models took a few months, but Pak says they were very quick at designing candidates for therapies once the setup was…
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Noel Clarke: Actor's libel case against the Guardian dismissed
Actor Noel Clarke has lost his libel case against the Guardian, after he sued the newspaper's publisher for printing allegations of sexual…