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We’re learning more about what vitamin D does to our bodies
In fairness to researchers, it can be difficult to run a randomized clinical trial for vitamin D supplements. That’s because most of us get the bulk of our vitamin...
TikTok cares about your well-being and now has a special hub to prove it
Instead of teens simply putting down their phones to take a break, TikTok wants them to use the app’s new breathing exercises and affirmation journal to improve their well-being. ...
The billion-dollar AI startup rejecting 996 hustle culture
As startups race to keep up with advances in artificial intelligence, some of them seem to be borrowing from China’s exacting work culture—which normalized a 72-hour workweek, or a...
3 signs in an interview that your future boss might be a bad boss
“Your new boss didn’t even offer you a glass of water?” my mother had questioned me in disbelief. “After how many interviews? You should not take that job. I...
The rise of the builder C-suite
Executives are no longer measured by the weight of their title but by the scale of what they create, especially in an era reshaped by AI. The most effective...
Why teams stop developing—and how to get them moving again
IT development has been around for more than 60 years and it has undergone radical transformations from the emergence of the first programming languages and OS development to the...
Selling to machines: How AI will change e-commerce
How did you get to this article? Maybe you opened a link in an email, or you navigated from the Fast Company home page. Perhaps you Googled “agentic AI”...
Preventing school shootings is good for business
How would a school shooting affect your employees? It’s something that most employers never want to think about, but it’s a horrifyingly real threat to any community—and the companies...
How to get out of AI pilot purgatory
Every C-suite executive I meet asks the same question: Why is our AI investment stuck in pilot purgatory? After surveying over 200 AI practitioners for our latest research, I...
The Nvidia market rally couldn’t save Bitcoin’s price: BTC sinks to new low today. What’s up with this crypto crash?
Is this the beginning of the end for Bitcoin? A Bitcoin (BTC) sell-off on Thursday is sending the cryptocurrency down again today by 3% to $86,410.50 in midday afternoon trading, after...
NBC’s ‘Stumble’: Why does Hollywood insist on treating narcolepsy as a punchline?
NBC recently debuted a new show: Stumble, a comedy about a former cheer coach leading a team of misfits. Some earlier reviews of the show, which premiered on November...
Verizon begins laying off more than 13,000 employees in a bid to ‘reorient’ the entire company
Verizon is laying off more than 13,000 employees in mass job reductions that arrive as the telecommunications giant says it must “reorient” its entire company. The job cuts began...