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Netflix stock sinks as the streaming giant reveals plans to buy Warner Bros. and HBO in $83 billion mega-deal
Netflix has announced that it intends to buy legendary Hollywood studio Warner Bros. in a deal valued at approximately $82.7 billion. The deal, which must be approved by regulators,...
The Download: political chatbot persuasion, and gene editing adverts
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI chatbots can sway voters better than...
ChatGPT’s AI lead may be more fragile than we thought
Greetings, and welcome back to Fast Company’s Plugged In. Even by tech-industry standards, the air of serene confidence OpenAI CEO Sam Altman projects in public appearances is overwhelming. Still,...
The ads that sell the sizzle of genetic trait discrimination
The day after the campaign launched, Sadeghi and I had briefly sparred online. He’d been on X showing off a phone app where parents can click through traits like...
Columbia’s new Star Wars drop walks thin line between cosplay and clothing
Columbia Sportswear just lauched its Endor collection, and I want it all. Inspired by the clothes worn by the rebel squad that took on the Death Star’s shield generator...
iPhone 17 resellers are seeing ‘bulk quantities’ traded in
While the iPhone 17 is expected to be one of the hottest gifts this holiday season, some of the early adopters of Apple’s latest phone may be moving on...
When the AI bubble bursts, who’ll be left standing?
As Sir Isaac Newton discovered, the core scientific law of gravity is that what goes up must come down. The principle applies in many areas, which is why markets...
The era of AI persuasion in elections is about to begin
All this means that actors, whether well-resourced organizations or grassroots collectives, have a clear path to deploying politically persuasive AI at scale. Early demonstrations have already occurred elsewhere in...
Your company needs a neurodiversity coach
Before becoming a coach for neurodiverse individuals with ADHD, Justine Capelle Collis had a successful advertising career. She worked in Australia and the UK, and also across the US...
AI is reshaping work. It could also spark an entrepreneurial boom
For a while now, we’ve been hearing warnings about AI eliminating jobs. First, it was only at the fringes. But now it’s starting to bite into roles once thought...
The high-stakes politics of exclamation points
When Jon LaMantia, a Long Island-based business reporter, was in journalism school, his professor drilled one rule into his students: you get two exclamation points a year and no...
How the Macy’s CEO sees retail in a world of tarriffs and shifting consumer habits (and how he gets ready for the parade)
It’s been a tumultuous year for the legacy retailer, shaped by new tariffs, shifting consumer habits, and the constant flip between “wartime” and “peacetime” leadership. Macy’s Inc. Chairman and...