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Octopuses are intelligent, mysterious, and downright otherworldly. Can they ever be farmed humanely? And if they can, should they be?
Exclusive documentary. Coming in 2026.
Exclusive documentary. Coming in 2026.
December 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Octopuses are intelligent, mysterious, and downright otherworldly. Can they ever be farmed humanely? And if they can, should they be?
Exclusive documentary. Coming in 2026.
Exclusive documentary. Coming in 2026.
So long, MetroCard: December 31st marks the last day New Yorkers will ever be able to buy a new MetroCard or refill an existing one.
Fast Company visited the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn to speak with Jodi Shapiro, museum curator behind the “FAREwell, MetroCard” exhibit.
Fast Company visited the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn to speak with Jodi Shapiro, museum curator behind the “FAREwell, MetroCard” exhibit.
December 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
So long, MetroCard: December 31st marks the last day New Yorkers will ever be able to buy a new MetroCard or refill an existing one.
Fast Company visited the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn to speak with Jodi Shapiro, museum curator behind the “FAREwell, MetroCard” exhibit.
Fast Company visited the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn to speak with Jodi Shapiro, museum curator behind the “FAREwell, MetroCard” exhibit.
Nobody wants to swipe anymore. Dating apps like Bumble and Tinder are scrambling to keep younger users engaged, and dealing with problems like bots on their platforms.
But one brand is breaking the pattern—and winning.
But one brand is breaking the pattern—and winning.
December 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Nobody wants to swipe anymore. Dating apps like Bumble and Tinder are scrambling to keep younger users engaged, and dealing with problems like bots on their platforms.
But one brand is breaking the pattern—and winning.
But one brand is breaking the pattern—and winning.
Embracing the Nike slogan, bad texters, and putting the customer first.
YouTuber, podcaster, and founder of Hihi Studios Valkyrae plays Fast Cards.
YouTuber, podcaster, and founder of Hihi Studios Valkyrae plays Fast Cards.
December 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Embracing the Nike slogan, bad texters, and putting the customer first.
YouTuber, podcaster, and founder of Hihi Studios Valkyrae plays Fast Cards.
YouTuber, podcaster, and founder of Hihi Studios Valkyrae plays Fast Cards.
Instagram's new "Your Algorithm" feature is giving users more freedom to curate their feeds.
In this week's episode of the Most Innovative Companies podcast, Tessa Lyons, Vice President of Product for Instagram, explains the inspiration behind the latest update.
Listen in: https://bit.ly/3MGkdvI
In this week's episode of the Most Innovative Companies podcast, Tessa Lyons, Vice President of Product for Instagram, explains the inspiration behind the latest update.
Listen in: https://bit.ly/3MGkdvI
December 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Instagram's new "Your Algorithm" feature is giving users more freedom to curate their feeds.
In this week's episode of the Most Innovative Companies podcast, Tessa Lyons, Vice President of Product for Instagram, explains the inspiration behind the latest update.
Listen in: https://bit.ly/3MGkdvI
In this week's episode of the Most Innovative Companies podcast, Tessa Lyons, Vice President of Product for Instagram, explains the inspiration behind the latest update.
Listen in: https://bit.ly/3MGkdvI
Merriam-Webster just announced in a post that its “human editors” have chosen “slop” as the 2025 Word of the Year.
The dictionary’s official definition of the word is “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence."
https://bit.ly/4p0C5PC
The dictionary’s official definition of the word is “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence."
https://bit.ly/4p0C5PC
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Merriam-Webster just announced in a post that its “human editors” have chosen “slop” as the 2025 Word of the Year.
The dictionary’s official definition of the word is “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence."
https://bit.ly/4p0C5PC
The dictionary’s official definition of the word is “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence."
https://bit.ly/4p0C5PC
After spending 40-plus hours a week with coworkers, is it really necessary to attend your office holiday party? And does it look bad if you don't go?
Before our own holiday party, we asked our staffers to weigh-in.
Before our own holiday party, we asked our staffers to weigh-in.
December 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
After spending 40-plus hours a week with coworkers, is it really necessary to attend your office holiday party? And does it look bad if you don't go?
Before our own holiday party, we asked our staffers to weigh-in.
Before our own holiday party, we asked our staffers to weigh-in.
Hit-Boy has made chart-topping beats for the likes of Beyoncé, Jay Z, Nas, and Doechii, but behind the scenes, he was stuck in a restrictive publishing deal.
In this interview, Hit-Boy says he is now in full control of his art and story.
Listen here: https://bit.ly/4apsIoQ
In this interview, Hit-Boy says he is now in full control of his art and story.
Listen here: https://bit.ly/4apsIoQ
December 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Hit-Boy has made chart-topping beats for the likes of Beyoncé, Jay Z, Nas, and Doechii, but behind the scenes, he was stuck in a restrictive publishing deal.
In this interview, Hit-Boy says he is now in full control of his art and story.
Listen here: https://bit.ly/4apsIoQ
In this interview, Hit-Boy says he is now in full control of his art and story.
Listen here: https://bit.ly/4apsIoQ
Large language models have started creating their own terms and mixing them into everyday speech. Experts call it "lexical seepage."
Read more about how AI is quietly reshaping the way we talk: https://bit.ly/4iLbm7W
Read more about how AI is quietly reshaping the way we talk: https://bit.ly/4iLbm7W
December 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Large language models have started creating their own terms and mixing them into everyday speech. Experts call it "lexical seepage."
Read more about how AI is quietly reshaping the way we talk: https://bit.ly/4iLbm7W
Read more about how AI is quietly reshaping the way we talk: https://bit.ly/4iLbm7W
Delivering pizzas, seeing Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in concert, and overusing the pigeon emoji.
Designer and entrepreneur Jeff Staple speeds through this round of Fast Cards.
Designer and entrepreneur Jeff Staple speeds through this round of Fast Cards.
December 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Delivering pizzas, seeing Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in concert, and overusing the pigeon emoji.
Designer and entrepreneur Jeff Staple speeds through this round of Fast Cards.
Designer and entrepreneur Jeff Staple speeds through this round of Fast Cards.
How did personal styling service Stitch Fix go from decline to growth?
"We had to give clients a reason to visit Stitch Fix in between their fixes," the company's CEO Matt Baer said.
Listen to this week's episode of the Most Innovative Companies podcast: https://bit.ly/3MGkdvI
"We had to give clients a reason to visit Stitch Fix in between their fixes," the company's CEO Matt Baer said.
Listen to this week's episode of the Most Innovative Companies podcast: https://bit.ly/3MGkdvI
December 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
How did personal styling service Stitch Fix go from decline to growth?
"We had to give clients a reason to visit Stitch Fix in between their fixes," the company's CEO Matt Baer said.
Listen to this week's episode of the Most Innovative Companies podcast: https://bit.ly/3MGkdvI
"We had to give clients a reason to visit Stitch Fix in between their fixes," the company's CEO Matt Baer said.
Listen to this week's episode of the Most Innovative Companies podcast: https://bit.ly/3MGkdvI
Unlike millennials who embraced hustle culture and burned out, Gen Zers have a new concept of what "making it" looks like in today's workplace—and it doesn't involve a fancy title.
Read more about how Gen Z is embracing "career minimalism": https://bit.ly/48UhqXw
Read more about how Gen Z is embracing "career minimalism": https://bit.ly/48UhqXw
December 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Unlike millennials who embraced hustle culture and burned out, Gen Zers have a new concept of what "making it" looks like in today's workplace—and it doesn't involve a fancy title.
Read more about how Gen Z is embracing "career minimalism": https://bit.ly/48UhqXw
Read more about how Gen Z is embracing "career minimalism": https://bit.ly/48UhqXw
Rainmaker is betting that its drones will be cheaper to fly and more precise. Doricko has $31 million in venture capital riding on that conviction.
Though Rainmaker has piloted its tech across the U.S. and even Argentina, it faces its biggest test this winter.
The full story: bit.ly/48PYs4g
Though Rainmaker has piloted its tech across the U.S. and even Argentina, it faces its biggest test this winter.
The full story: bit.ly/48PYs4g
December 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Rainmaker is betting that its drones will be cheaper to fly and more precise. Doricko has $31 million in venture capital riding on that conviction.
Though Rainmaker has piloted its tech across the U.S. and even Argentina, it faces its biggest test this winter.
The full story: bit.ly/48PYs4g
Though Rainmaker has piloted its tech across the U.S. and even Argentina, it faces its biggest test this winter.
The full story: bit.ly/48PYs4g
Rainmaker flies drones into the troposphere, where they probe for precipitation-friendly conditions before releasing silver iodide particles that “seed” rain and snow.
Cloud seeding, which first emerged in experimental form in the 1940s, has traditionally been conducted by small airplanes.
Cloud seeding, which first emerged in experimental form in the 1940s, has traditionally been conducted by small airplanes.
December 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Rainmaker flies drones into the troposphere, where they probe for precipitation-friendly conditions before releasing silver iodide particles that “seed” rain and snow.
Cloud seeding, which first emerged in experimental form in the 1940s, has traditionally been conducted by small airplanes.
Cloud seeding, which first emerged in experimental form in the 1940s, has traditionally been conducted by small airplanes.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is waging a war on fare evasion in the New York subway with hostile architecture.
The MTA's new measures have turned what was already an inhospitable system into an actively hostile public space.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pVXH0f
The MTA's new measures have turned what was already an inhospitable system into an actively hostile public space.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pVXH0f
December 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is waging a war on fare evasion in the New York subway with hostile architecture.
The MTA's new measures have turned what was already an inhospitable system into an actively hostile public space.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pVXH0f
The MTA's new measures have turned what was already an inhospitable system into an actively hostile public space.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pVXH0f
Michelle Gass, Levi's CEO, grasps the intimacy of the relationship between people and their jeans. Fit, color, wash—they all add up to something ineffable for the wearer: identity.
Levi’s is the ultimate ambassador for a certain kind of classic American cool.
Full cover story: bit.ly/48JqEFE
Levi’s is the ultimate ambassador for a certain kind of classic American cool.
Full cover story: bit.ly/48JqEFE
December 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Michelle Gass, Levi's CEO, grasps the intimacy of the relationship between people and their jeans. Fit, color, wash—they all add up to something ineffable for the wearer: identity.
Levi’s is the ultimate ambassador for a certain kind of classic American cool.
Full cover story: bit.ly/48JqEFE
Levi’s is the ultimate ambassador for a certain kind of classic American cool.
Full cover story: bit.ly/48JqEFE
From Disney selling magic in a Taika Waititi-directed Christmas commercial to UK supermarket chain Waitrose centering a man's unlikely friendship with English treasure Keira Knightley, podcast host Jeff Beer breaks down the best holiday advertisements so far.
https://bit.ly/4pmVJpW
https://bit.ly/4pmVJpW
December 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
From Disney selling magic in a Taika Waititi-directed Christmas commercial to UK supermarket chain Waitrose centering a man's unlikely friendship with English treasure Keira Knightley, podcast host Jeff Beer breaks down the best holiday advertisements so far.
https://bit.ly/4pmVJpW
https://bit.ly/4pmVJpW
"You're a good kid having a hard time. We're going to figure this out together."
At the Fast Company Innovation Festival, Dr. Becky Kennedy explained why this phrase is something all children need to hear.
At the Fast Company Innovation Festival, Dr. Becky Kennedy explained why this phrase is something all children need to hear.
December 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"You're a good kid having a hard time. We're going to figure this out together."
At the Fast Company Innovation Festival, Dr. Becky Kennedy explained why this phrase is something all children need to hear.
At the Fast Company Innovation Festival, Dr. Becky Kennedy explained why this phrase is something all children need to hear.
Listening to co-workers' tea, going to Sade concerts, and drowning food in hot sauce.
Businesswoman, author, former chief marketing officer at Netflix, and all-around multi-hyphenate Bozoma Saint John plays Fast Cards.
Businesswoman, author, former chief marketing officer at Netflix, and all-around multi-hyphenate Bozoma Saint John plays Fast Cards.
December 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Listening to co-workers' tea, going to Sade concerts, and drowning food in hot sauce.
Businesswoman, author, former chief marketing officer at Netflix, and all-around multi-hyphenate Bozoma Saint John plays Fast Cards.
Businesswoman, author, former chief marketing officer at Netflix, and all-around multi-hyphenate Bozoma Saint John plays Fast Cards.
What made Smosh into a multimillion-dollar success?
In this week's episode of the Most Innovative Companies podcast, Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox celebrate Smosh's 20th anniversary and discuss how their YouTube channel grew into a thriving production company.
Listen in: https://bit.ly/3Kh6if0
In this week's episode of the Most Innovative Companies podcast, Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox celebrate Smosh's 20th anniversary and discuss how their YouTube channel grew into a thriving production company.
Listen in: https://bit.ly/3Kh6if0
December 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
What made Smosh into a multimillion-dollar success?
In this week's episode of the Most Innovative Companies podcast, Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox celebrate Smosh's 20th anniversary and discuss how their YouTube channel grew into a thriving production company.
Listen in: https://bit.ly/3Kh6if0
In this week's episode of the Most Innovative Companies podcast, Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox celebrate Smosh's 20th anniversary and discuss how their YouTube channel grew into a thriving production company.
Listen in: https://bit.ly/3Kh6if0
“We’re trying to frame this [era] in a more positive way, looking at this as a transitional time, because it really is,” says Laurie Pressman, VP at the Pantone Color Institute, who notes the color is “a blank slate opening the door to creativity and innovation.”
bit.ly/4oEbasL
bit.ly/4oEbasL
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“We’re trying to frame this [era] in a more positive way, looking at this as a transitional time, because it really is,” says Laurie Pressman, VP at the Pantone Color Institute, who notes the color is “a blank slate opening the door to creativity and innovation.”
bit.ly/4oEbasL
bit.ly/4oEbasL
If you ask New Yorkers what they think about the controversial print ad campaign in the subway, their response might be, “Which one?”
First, there was Friend AI. Now, a health company has launched a campaign with statements like "These babies have great genes."
Read more: https://bit.ly/4rxr6zt
First, there was Friend AI. Now, a health company has launched a campaign with statements like "These babies have great genes."
Read more: https://bit.ly/4rxr6zt
December 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
If you ask New Yorkers what they think about the controversial print ad campaign in the subway, their response might be, “Which one?”
First, there was Friend AI. Now, a health company has launched a campaign with statements like "These babies have great genes."
Read more: https://bit.ly/4rxr6zt
First, there was Friend AI. Now, a health company has launched a campaign with statements like "These babies have great genes."
Read more: https://bit.ly/4rxr6zt
Fast Company’s 2025 Brands That Matter list recognizes 121 companies—including 10 standout CMOs—that have demonstrated an ability to connect their business to their fans and culture more broadly.
Read the full list of honorees: bit.ly/4oFQ11m
Read the full list of honorees: bit.ly/4oFQ11m
December 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Fast Company’s 2025 Brands That Matter list recognizes 121 companies—including 10 standout CMOs—that have demonstrated an ability to connect their business to their fans and culture more broadly.
Read the full list of honorees: bit.ly/4oFQ11m
Read the full list of honorees: bit.ly/4oFQ11m
New research has found that AI-powered content moderation systems from Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek don’t always come to the same conclusions about bad language on the internet.
December 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New research has found that AI-powered content moderation systems from Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek don’t always come to the same conclusions about bad language on the internet.
At the Fast Company Innovation Festival, Global Gap Brand CEO and President Mark Breitbard shared how Gap designed its viral collaboration with international girl group Katseye.
"We kind of had a story, and we wanted youthful energy to tell that story," Breitbard said.
"We kind of had a story, and we wanted youthful energy to tell that story," Breitbard said.
November 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
At the Fast Company Innovation Festival, Global Gap Brand CEO and President Mark Breitbard shared how Gap designed its viral collaboration with international girl group Katseye.
"We kind of had a story, and we wanted youthful energy to tell that story," Breitbard said.
"We kind of had a story, and we wanted youthful energy to tell that story," Breitbard said.