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“It is not my job to treat everybody as though this were a family,” she said in a podcast appearance earlier this week. f-st.co/9OBhEMr
At the 2026 Fast Company Innovation Festival, we interviewed C-suite-level working mothers about the realities of managing their careers and raising children. The series is the latest content under our new M-Suite vertical, a hub for moms in leadership.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4yFtxmV
OpenAI’s Dots and other agents don’t just respond to your prompts. They actively figure out how to help you get stuff done. f-st.co/6XYUt2m
10 more Wendy’s stores could close this weekend, even though the fast food chain tried to save them. See the list f-st.co/PzFJhRk
Can Apple keep its AirPods from becoming "PervertPods"? f-st.co/7CGJsLF
Restaurant workers are being exposed to dangerous heat and pollution from gas stoves: study f-st.co/OgIQwwZ
LinkedIn users objected to Dharmesh Shah’s tone in a post thanking workers that HubSpot let go in a 7% workforce reduction earlier this week; he called it a “parting” of “ways.” f-st.co/UfFZDlM
Researchers found that long-standing factors shaping job satisfaction outweighed workplace format when it came to making employees happy. f-st.co/0n1d8uH
“This type of behavior dramatically reduces psychological safety at that workplace. As a result, that new employee is more likely to quit and more likely to engage in activity to damage the company’s reputation." f-st.co/Ag0PRo5
Delta Air Lines stock is outpacing its ‘Big Four’ rivals in 2026. Could rising fuel costs end the winning streak? f-st.co/2oQYKs0
America’s next family car might look a lot like a golf cart f-st.co/AF4zA0r
"Absent the clarity that only this Court can provide, (prediction market) operators will continue exploiting the gap between state and federal regulation." f-st.co/Dj5xjav
To push back against unauthorized LLM scraping, typeface designers are creating fonts that can trick AI.
Read more about the typefaces fighting back against bots: https://bit.ly/4ymNcXS
Bezos said AI could lead to a labor shortage if people respond to productivity gains by working less in a Fox News interview. f-st.co/7cgw7hu
The ex-OpenAI researchers said they feared that the “internal and external communications” about their dismissals have chilled the company's culture that encouraged speaking freely and disagreeing openly about safety concerns. f-st.co/zbbWXFA
Trump’s AI rebrand raises an awkward question for OpenAI f-st.co/QtgkwFp
A rise in golf cart usage for everyday trips & a slew of new mini-cars on the market may herald a shift on American streets filled w/SUVs & car bloat: a turn toward smaller, slower & more sustainable. My latest for @fastcompany.com on the shrinking family car(t) www.fastcompany.com/91620959/ame...
Think Buc-ee's, Wawa, or Sheetz is America's favorite convenience store? Think again. A new national ranking has a surprising winner. f-st.co/AnPO5n7
The NBA is testing 'smart' basketballs. Here's how they work. f-st.co/tlbjGJp
"The Arlington County Board has filed this lawsuit because our community has the most to lose from this egregious and unlawful proposed project." f-st.co/ZwVsXUg