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Fast, faster, fastest.⁠ That's how Editor in Chief Brendan Vaughan prefaces his Editor's Note for the Fall 2026 issue of Fast Company.⁠ ⁠⁠ The issue's cover story featuring Walmart CEO John Furner reveals how the leader is rapidly deploying AI at scale, while managing some real employee anxiety. ⁠ Read the story before the issue hits newsstands:

New research shows that women with higher cognitive ability get treated worse at work—an unconscious bias that’s not easy to address.

"They can't beat James Talarico with the truth, so they're slandering him with AI deepfakes."

Airbnb’s next big bet: 1 million free nights a year for people in crisis

What's the scariest thing to dress up as this year? The internet has ideas.

We'll be getting an extra hour of shut-eye soon, but some say it actually may do more harm than good.

Liberty Mutual's new mascot, Liberty Biberty, is a golden orb with uncannily human teeth. People hate it so much it's inspired online vitriol and IRL protests. It's also been great for business.

"We're not going to get back to 2% until the next recession."

Air pollution from Utah’s planned Stratos data center could spread to states as far away as Illinois: report

"We're not going to get back to 2% until the next recession."

Memory chip stocks are back on the rise today: What’s driving the upswing for Micron, Sandisk, and SK Hynix?

Crumbl cookies store closures: List of shuttered locations grows in 2026 as viral chain faces headwinds

Crumbl cookies store closures: List of shuttered locations grows in 2026 as viral chain faces headwinds

How many are you making?

National Chocolate Day 2026: Freebies and deals to satisfy your sweet tooth

National Chocolate Day 2026: Freebies and deals to satisfy your sweet tooth

Willow invented the wearable breast pump. Now it wants to dominate the breastfeeding market.

People sitting together don’t always lead to connection.

These tiny rat backpacks are designed to help locate victims in an earthquake.

The former Google CEO explains how China is closing the AI gap, and why he views open-source models as a growing security threat.

CTO Kevin Scott, AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, and other top execs share how an accelerator, code generation, and bespoke models and agents are transforming the way Microsoft makes software.