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Dropbox’s head designer is an AI optimist
AI is part and parcel of many corporate design processes these days, including one company making a product many creatives are familiar with: Dropbox. Its VP of design and...
Securing VMware workloads in regulated industries
Organizations subject to such oversight walk a fine line every day. And recently, a number of curveballs have thrown off that hard-won equilibrium. Agencies are ramping up oversight thanks...
How one controversial startup hopes to cool the planet
Stardust Solutions believes that it can solve climate change—for a price. The Israel-based geoengineering startup has said it expects nations will soon pay it more than a billion dollars...
Solopreneurship doesn’t have to be a one-person operation
Most people think of solopreneurs as a one-person machine. The solopreneur (according to social media) sends invoices, juggles client calls, manages marketing campaigns, and troubleshoots their own website—all before...
Nvidia’s Washington charm offensive has paid off big
Under President Trump, it’s becoming clear that doing business with China is fine — under the right, lucrative conditions. In a post on Truth Social, the president said this...
‘Urgent hiring need—no interview required.’ How to spot and avoid fake recruiters from major companies
Lurking on sites like LinkedIn and Indeed, or among your incoming text messages and emails, lies yet another disappointment to dodge in the already lacking job market: fake recruiters. ...
The neuroscience of why you’re always feeling behind at work
We talk about time at work as if it’s a fixed resource: something outside of us and something we either “manage well” or “never have enough of.” People genuinely...
Exclusive: Hinge CEO Justin McLeod steps down
Justin McLeod, founder and CEO of dating app Hinge, is consciously uncoupling from his app. Hinge’s president and chief marketing officer Jackie Jantos—recently named one of Fast Company’s CMOs...
Job openings barely improved in October, hitting 7.7 million
U.S. job openings barely budged in October, coming in at 7.7 million with ongoing uncertainty over the direction of the American economy. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that employers posted...
Home insurance rates have gone up for 6 million people. How climate change and Trump are making the affordability crisis worse
If your home insurance rate has spiked lately, you’re not alone. And President Trump’s policies could make it even more expensive. Since 2021, at least 6 million policyholders across...
Google faces a new antitrust probe in Europe over content it uses for AI
Google faces fresh antitrust scrutiny from European Union regulators, who opened an investigation Tuesday into the company’s use of online content for its artificial intelligence models and services. The latest regulatory flexing by...
