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fastcompany 27h ago

U.S. jobless claims drop to 226,000 as unemployment rate stays at a historically low 4.3%

The number of Americans applying for jobless aid fell modestly last week as layoffs remained in the same historically low range of recent years.U.S. applications for unemployment benefits in the week ending June 13 dropped by 4,000 to 226,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s in line with the 225,000 new applications forecast by analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet.Weekly filings for unemployment benefits are considered representative of U.S.
fastcompany 32h ago

Dmitry Shevelenko is building Perplexity’s all-purpose AI assistant

Dmitry Shevelenko believes the future of work looks less like a series of apps and more like a single assistant that you ask to do something once and then let it run.
fastcompany 2h ago

Americans celebrate Juneteenth as Obama’s presidential center opens in Chicago

As people gather across the U.S. to celebrate Juneteenth on Friday, former President Barack Obama’s presidential center is opening its doors to the general public for the first time.
fastcompany 31h ago

Here’s how we created a product category that didn’t exist

In 2014, my husband came home from a run one day with the crazy idea that we should make an at-home insemination kit. We had zero experience in the fertility industry, no MBA, no connections, and not much money. But we had one important element: first-hand user experience. We knew personally that this product was greatly needed. We had looked for it, and never found it.
fastcompany 48h ago

Anthropic’s updated Claude Design gives vibe coders—and their design overlords—more control

Claude Design, Anthropic Lab’s AI design tool, launched in April to a crowded market of vibe coding design programs. Now, after a few months in the hands of designers, Anthropic is launching a big update to Claude Design that addresses their biggest pain points.
fastcompany 8h ago

15 must-read business books by black authors that will help you thrive professionally

If you’re serious about your career, then chances are you’re constantly on the hunt for resources to help you prosper at work. The most successful leaders are readers, and it’s a no-brainer that books offer the most useful guides on how to reach your professional goals.
fastcompany 32h ago

Shimon Elkabetz wants weather forecasts to make better decisions

Tomorrow.io’s “weather intelligence” platform started with a focus on better data and eventually grew to include the company’s own constellation of satellites to cover the globe in detail, sampling every point on the planet roughly once an hour. But the CEO, Shimon Elkabetz, saw the opportunity to go farther and use agentic AI to help customers evaluate specific weather risks.
fastcompany 27h ago

Corporate America isn’t built for moms

More than 100 working mothers shared how corporate America is making it harder to succeed at work and at home. Their stories expose a broken system.
fastcompany 30h ago

Sleep Number Corporation stock will be delisted from Nasdaq after Chapter 11 bankruptcy; shares plummet

Shares of Sleep Number Corporation will no longer be publicly traded after next week.
fastcompany 21h ago

How this street duck became Mexico’s unofficial World Cup mascot

The World Cup is officially up and running, bringing fans from across the world together for the globe’s largest sporting event. But in Mexico, fans are cheering more than the players.
fastcompany 42m ago

World Cup fans devastated after ticket resale purchases fall through

Bina Ramroop broke down in tears when she realized she wasn’t going to get the World Cup tickets she had bought for her grandson’s 13th birthday.
fastcompany 22h ago

Why were Waymo cars driving into active construction zones?

After driving into floodwater, gates, and telephone poles, Waymo’s robotaxis are being recalled yet again for navigating into hazardous situations. This time, Waymo’s fleet of nearly 4,000 vehicles is being pulled back for updates after at least 13 instances of the cars entering construction zones on highways.
fastcompany 32h ago

Wabi founder Eugenia Kuyda aims to democratize app-building

Eugenia Kuyda remembers when one of her favorite apps became too bloated. All she wanted was a simple weight tracker. But she also got calorie counting, meal tracking, and a subscription she didn’t need.
fastcompany 32h ago

Charles Lamanna is moving Microsoft Copilot beyond chat

After seeing how coders have been delegating large parts of their jobs to AI, Charles Lamanna wants office workers to start doing the same. Lamanna, Microsoft’s executive VP of agents and business apps, heads Copilot Cowork, which lets workers hand off complex tasks to AI agents that hook into Microsoft’s 365 suite.
fastcompany 32h ago

How Peter Steinberger built OpenClaw

Until recently, Peter Steinberger was a developer working in relative obscurity. But in November 2025, he launched the viral AI agent platform OpenClaw. Within a few months, he was receiving a hero’s welcome at a San Francisco OpenClaw event where 1,300 people signed up for a 500-capacity space—a crowd that felt closer to one of Apple’s famously buzzy launches.
fastcompany 23h ago

Knicksmania transformed NYC for 2 blissful weeks

Since the Knicks won the Eastern Conference finals on May 25, New York City transformed into one big fan zone. After enduring decades of heartbreaking defeats, dysfunctional ownership, and bad luck, the city had real hope that a championship title was on the horizon at last. The dream came true on June 13, with a 94-90 win over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
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