Adam Neumann WeWork CEO Adam Neumann may not be CEO for much longerFast Company - David LidskyAdam Neumann cofounded WeWork in 2010 and built it into a global chain of coworking spaces with 528 locations in 111 cities across 29 countries and more than 500,000 members, according to its recent IPO
News How to watch the 2019 Emmy Awards and red carpet live on Fox without cableFast Company - Christopher ZaraTelevision’s big night is here, and with it comes the start of the 2019 awards season. If you love the idea of Hollywood power players handing out statuettes and singing each other’s praises, you’ll certainly
Technology Architecture is a unexpectedly good metaphor for online privacyFast Company - Katharine SchwabAn exhibition at the Tate Modern built out physical spaces like a park bench and a fake toilet to help you navigate your digital life. As we move around in online spaces, it can be difficult to keep track
Technology What I learned about work when I adopted a puppyFast Company - Anisa Purbasari HortonWork doesn’t have to be a slog. You can choose to approach it with joy and exuberance. I’ll be honest here: I’m a bit sleep-deprived, and I’ve been cleaning the floor more than usual. But I’m also completely
Deepfakes You’ve been warned: Full body deepfakes are the next step in AI-based human mimicryFast Company - DJ PangburnThis developing branch of synthetic media technology has commercial applications—but also has the potential to disrupt elections and spread disinformation. In Russian novelist Victor Pelevin’s cyberpunk
Podcasting Meet Shampoodler, the podcast and Twitch superfan who’s the future of fandom in interactive mediaFast Company - Joe Berkowitz‘Shampoodler’ is a regular on podcasts like The Doughboys and Comedy Bang Bang and Twitch shows like Jack AM, embodying how participatory these new media can be. Listening to a podcast for long enough
Innovation As coal companies fail, the workers are being left with nothingFast Company - Morgan Clendaniel“I want people to know how dirty we were done.” If you ask her, Peggy Stanley can give you a rough running tally of the money that Blackjewel Mining owes her husband. First, there are the paychecks. One
News 21 signs from the NYC climate strike that say it allFast Company - Christopher ZaraThe world is watching and there’s nothing less than a world at stake. That was the message sent by an estimated 60,000 demonstrators who flooded lower Manhattan Friday for a day of action to raise awareness
Leadership This is why you need to take microbreaks (and how to do it properly)Fast Company - Anisa Purbasari HortonWe can’t be productive without breaks. But far too many of us can’t seem to get away from our desks, even for just a few minutes. We’ve all had those days where we get to quitting time and realize we gotten
Eyeglasses This Apple patent may be the key to AR glasses we’d actually want to wearFast Company - Mark SullivanBy beaming an image directly onto the retina, Apple could build AR glasses with stylish design and marathon battery life. Apple’s work on augmented-reality glasses are one of the worst-kept secrets in
News YouTube is sorry after finding yet another way to rile up its seething vloggersFast Company - Harrison WeberGoogle’s video service says it “missed the mark” yesterday when it announced sweeping changes to its verification program. Those changes would have stripped the verification badges from some of YouTube’s
News Walmart will stop selling vapes, but only after it’s done selling through all its vapesFast Company - Harrison WeberThe retailer said today that it will stop selling “electronic nicotine delivery products” in Walmart and Sam’s Club stores in the U.S. as health officials wrestle with a surge of mysterious lung illnesses
iOS iOS 13 has a nasty location privacy bugFast Company - Michael GrothausThere’s a lot to love about Apple’s new iOS 13 operating system, which launched yesterday and ships on the new iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro. However, we’ve spotted a nasty location privacy bug users should
Innovation What price should New York’s congestion charge be?Fast Company - Jessica KleinA new report looks at how much the plan will have to charge to reduce traffic. Across the world, cities like London and Stockholm have started charging a toll to cars driving into their downtowns, with
News FAIR Act: House votes to end forced arbitration and allow you to actually sue companiesFast Company - Zlati MeyerHaving a dispute with a large corporation? Chances are you can’t sue them, but that could change. The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act, which
News We’re canceling Halloween over this sexy Mr. Rogers costumeFast Company - Elizabeth SegranOk, everybody. I would just like to announce that Halloween is now canceled. Don’t go out on October 31st. Keep your kids off the street. It’s for their own good: I am sorry to say a company called Yandy
Innovation Is the Gates Foundation putting toilets ahead of human rights?Fast Company - Ben PaynterThe Gates Foundation is going to honor Indian prime minister Narendra Modi for his work on sanitation. Activists say his human rights record should make him unworthy of any awards. Do the ends justify
Leadership 3 ways to make better decisions for your careerFast Company - Anisa Purbasari HortonWhat qualities do people value in their leaders? According to research, it’s decisiveness. A study by Ketchum, a global communications consultancy, found that decisiveness was one of the top three qualities
Web Design Here’s how the design industry is mobilizing for the Climate StrikeFast Company - Evan Nicole BrownArchitects artists, and agencies are striking today—and creating design work to support the strikers. Climate change is a global crisis, one that demands the participation of every citizen to strike it
Leadership How these professionals built a successful remote careerFast Company - Anisa Purbasari HortonThere’s a common misconception that working remotely puts you at a big disadvantage when it comes to career advancement. Traditional value signaling doesn’t work in a remote setting. There’s no “face with
Innovation Amazon employee activists say the company’s big climate pledge is good—but not enoughFast Company - Adele PetersMore than a thousand of them plan to walk out of work today to press the company to go farther, especially in ending contracts with oil and gas companies. When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced yesterday
News Who actually boycotts brands? More liberals and college grads, it turns outFast Company - Christopher ZaraYou hear that a lot on social media these days, but do consumers actually make purchasing decisions based on the political stance of a particular brand? Many do, it turns out, but boycotts are not an phenomenon
News For a change, a Trump tweet hits the perfect noteFast Company - Melissa LockerBill de Blasio, who is reportedly the mayor of New York City, has given up his dream of being the Democratic nominee for president. “I feel like I’ve contributed all I can to this primary election, and
Design These AI-generated people are coming to kill stock photographyFast Company - Mark WilsonNone of these people are real—but their images are free to download and use in any way you choose. If you’ve ever looked at a prescription drug ad, and wondered to yourself whether that happy, mid-60s
Apple The Mac Portable—an Apple flop that led to great things—turns 30Fast Company - Harry McCrackenFew Apple fans wanted the first portable Mac. But by failing, it showed the company how to build exactly the laptops that its customers craved. On September 20, 1989, Apple product chief Jean-Louis Gassée
Climate The story behind the viral graphic that electrified the climate movementFast Company - Kelsey Campbell-DollaghanThe creator of the “climate stripes,” which was downloaded a million times in its first week, explains how data visualization can help communicate science. It seems that people are finally waking up to
Creativity Go ahead and tell your most embarrassing story. It will boost your creativityFast Company - Lydia DishmanNew research shows that sharing your most cringeworthy moments with coworkers enhances individual and team creativity. Sonali stood up in front of a 1000-person audience, thinking she had won an all-company
Beer Inside the nonalcoholic brewery making the year’s most exciting beerFast Company - Amy FarleyAthletic Brewing is just a year old, but it’s already making nonalcholic beer cool. This summer, a short year after turning on their fermenters for the first time, Athletic Brewing faced a tough decision.
Downton Abbey How to catch up on ‘Downton Abbey’: 6 easy recaps before seeing the movieFast Company - Melissa LockerJulian Fellowes created a cultural phenomenon when he came up with the idea for Downton Abbey, the beloved upstairs/downstairs drama that ran from 2010-2015 on ITV in the U.K. and PBS in the United States.
Area 51 You can try to live-stream the Area 51 ‘raid’ or just watch a bunch of YouTubers messing aroundFast Company - Michael GrothausBack in July, a bunch of geniuses got together and decided to launch a Facebook event seeking volunteers to storm the mysterious Area 51 site, which has long been a mecca for UFO and conspiracy theorists.
