Puerto Rican–born Bad Bunny has long grounded his music in the island’s culture. Eight years after Hurricane Maria left the island in the dark, Bad Bunny's residency generated an estimated $713 million in direct economic impact to the island. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4zd4tV5
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Building a company is a marathon made of of thousands of sprints. Here’s how to make it sustainable. f-st.co/MZJ3VWg
The system that prevents me from burning out as a founder
Building a company is a marathon made of of thousands of sprints. Here’s how to make it sustainable.
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Cybertrucks are replacing NASA’s military escape vehicles at SpaceX launches f-st.co/LBKtIBI
Cybertrucks are replacing NASA's military escape vehicles at SpaceX launches
The Tesla pickups will serve as emergency evacuation vehicles for Crew-13, after NASA and SpaceX determined they could safely carry astronauts and ground personnel away from the launchpad.
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"Trump said a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come as early as Wednesday." f-st.co/X52wPQP
Trump says a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could happen any day now
A deal to reopen the critical waterway could help end the Iran war.
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On certain farms across 22 states, workers will now have mandatory access to electrolytes, which can help them stay safe in dangerous extreme heat. It’s the latest rule from @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social, a partnership between growers, farmworkers, and food retailers to improve working conditions.
Farmworkers across 22 states will get free access to electrolytes to combat dangerous heat stress
The Fair Food Program, whose buyers include major retailers like Walmart, McDonald's, and Trader Joe's, will now mandate electrolytes for workers.
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What happened to the people behind DOGE? My latest for @fastcompany.com looks at where they've gone to and what they're doing now www.fastcompany.com/91584801/whe...
Where are Elon Musk's former DOGE staffers now?
The key figures behind DOGE have moved into federal agencies, Republican politics, and a new wave of AI and defense startups.
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Is the Trump White House turning into a public sector VC? For @fastcompany.com I asked the experts www.fastcompany.com/91583329/tru...
Trump's AI investments are turning Washington into a VC firm
The administration is taking equity stakes in chip, quantum, and AI companies.
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Are you taking a business trip anytime soon? Southwest might have just made your life easier. Here's what to expect with the airline's new Business Priority program. Read more in my latest for @fastcompany.com.
Southwest Airlines is courting business travelers with a new offering: Here's everything you can get out of it
The new Business Priority program, available in early 2027, means more flexible options for frequent corporate fliers.
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The company’s AI emphasizes creative control, letting users adjust aspects of videos and animations, rather than simply generating scenes from scratch. f-st.co/z9MA3w3
AI startup Osmo wants to make corporate videos that don’t look like slop
The company’s AI emphasizes creative control, letting users adjust aspects of videos and animations, rather than simply generating scenes from scratch.
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Salad and Go closing all locations today: Cyclospora outbreak proves to be final nail for embattled chain f-st.co/SXKiODR
Salad and Go closing all locations today: Cyclospora outbreak proves to be final nail for embattled chain
According to its Chapter 11 filing, the company had struggled financially ever since its private equity investors sought an aggressive expansion.
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You need a lot more than grit to navigate high-stress environments. f-st.co/kh4oZoZ
Emotional resilience is becoming the most valuable skill. Here’s why
You need more than grit to survive and thrive in high-stress environments.
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Augmental's MouthPad turns a retainer-like device into an unexpectedly expressive interface. Here's how the team built it. f-st.co/ynWghXz
Forget Neuralink. This startup thinks your tongue is the better interface
Augmental's MouthPad turns a retainer-like device into an unexpectedly expressive interface.
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In a world that oscillates between glorifying hustle culture one day and encouraging slow-living the next, some entrepreneurs are determined to find a middle ground. f-st.co/LWcy10d
Meet the 'cozy entrepreneurs' who reject hustle culture
They're ambitious, passionate, and unwilling to pursue growth at all costs.
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The advertising chief explains why brands are trading lofty ideals for practical solutions, how CEOs can contribute to creative work, and why cultural fluency matters more than ever. f-st.co/HPdBR2J
Wieden+Kennedy CEO Neal Arthur says every leader needs to understand the customer
The advertising chief explains why brands are trading lofty ideals for practical solutions, how CEOs can contribute to creative work, and why cultural fluency matters more than ever.
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Levain Bakery's new Crate & Barrel collab brings the famed NYC bakery to home kitchens. f-st.co/6Gdy0GW
Levain Bakery just dropped a Crate & Barrel collab for all your cookie needs
The famed New York City bakery now makes the cookies and the cookie jar.
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Capital One says Trump's lawsuit leaves out a key detail about why the bank closed his accounts. f-st.co/yS6WYsX
Why Capital One says it really closed more than 300 of Trump's accounts
A new court filing says months of anti-money-laundering analysis—not political pressure—led to the closure of hundreds of the Trump Organization's accounts.
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What the data center boom’s needs to do about its climate blind spot. #FCImpactCouncil f-st.co/JPUJERK
The data center boom’s climate blind spot
It’s getting harder to ignore.
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Researchers say a daily Diet Coke habit may be linked to faster brain aging. Here's what the new study found. f-st.co/UE0rpmt
Your daily Diet Coke habit could be negatively affecting your brain, study suggests
An eight-year study linked regular artificial sweetener consumption to faster declines in memory, thinking and verbal fluency among adults under 60.
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Nature retreats and pro-AI messaging simply don't mix—and some attendees of OpenAI's first-ever brand trip are learning that the hard way. f-st.co/bkaWrsH
Influencers are being dragged for indulging in a luxury New York nature retreat on OpenAI's dime
Nature retreats and pro-AI messaging simply don't mix—and some attendees of OpenAI's first-ever brand trip are learning that the hard way.
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As bemused travelers watch, a headless, four-wheeled robotic “dog” rolls around Terminal B at New York's LaGuardia Airport. Its job: sniffing. Well, sort of. @rebheilweil.bsky.social has the story: https://bit.ly/458BROR
Fender’s CEO compared cover bands to AI. Now he’s walking it back f-st.co/aTYIhKv
Fender's CEO compared cover bands to AI. Now he’s walking it back
The backlash shows how fraught the debate over artificial intelligence has become for musicians and fans alike.
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As regional home price corrections entice more sellers to rent instead of sell, there's a ticking capital gains tax clock that could cost accidental landlords tens of thousands of dollars. Here's what to consider. f-st.co/qhyYho4
Accidental landlords are on the rise in housing markets where home prices are falling
As regional home price corrections entice more sellers to rent instead of sell, there's a ticking capital gains tax clock that could cost accidental landlords tens of thousands of dollars. Here's what to consider.
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The White House is ranting and raving about distillation from Chinese companies while its homegrown models hack into any company it can find. My latest for @fastcompany.com on how geopolitics trumps reality www.fastcompany.com/91583324/the...
The White House is fixated on China copying U.S. AI. Experts say that’s the wrong threat
As American models display increasingly autonomous behavior, officials are focusing on “distillation,” a common industry practice that critics say is being recast as theft to protect American AI compa...
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Learn more about these blanket designs in my new @fastcompany.com story below! www.fastcompany.com/91582808/ale...
These Pendleton blankets reference the brilliant textiles of Alexander Girard
Herman Miller and Girard Studio found the vivid patterns in the designer's vast archive.
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Research shows lower math scores among students whose schools are closer to a data center (in partnership with @fastcompany.com) www.fastcompany.com/91583466/sch...
SpaceX reports its first financials as a public company today: Here are 4 key details to watch out for f-st.co/AxM7jIX
SpaceX reports its first financials as a public company today: Here are 4 key details to watch out for
The stakes couldn't be higher for Elon Musk's rocket and AI company as investors await its earnings results and guidance after the closing bell.
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"Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched an initiative committing $200 million to revive 100 of Earth's most threatened species." f-st.co/HaTcUMD
This $200M project funded by Jeff Bezos and Leonardo DiCaprio aims to save Earth’s most threatened species
DiCaprio and Bezos say the Phoenix Species Project is the largest single fund of its type in history.
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How Byron Allen plans to turn BuzzFeed into a YouTube rival f-st.co/J2makfv
How Byron Allen plans to turn BuzzFeed into a YouTube rival
The media mogul explains why he bought the struggling digital publisher, how video can revive its business, and why Black ownership remains central to his strategy.
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Chase Bank is closing another wave of branches this summer: See a list of shuttered locations in several states f-st.co/kR8AM5e
Chase Bank is closing another wave of branches this summer: See a list of shuttered locations in several states
The largest U.S. banking chain has been investing heavily in new physical retail space for years, but the company is methodical in how it charts its growth.
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