Activists Are Pushing Back Against Tech Platforms That Quietly Empower Hate Groups
In an effort to silence uncivil speech, progressive movements are putting financial pressure on companies that provide every level of online infrastructure. (Read on Fast Company)
Uber’s Flying Taxis Will First Take To The Skies In Dallas-Fort Worth And Dubai
The ride-hailing giant exclusively shared details of its ambitious program to start testing sky cabs by 2020 and putting them into service as soon as 2023. (Read on Fast Company)
This 22-Year-Old CEO Wants To Help Make Self-Driving Cars Affordable
Austin Russell’s startup, Luminar, is aiming to get high-res lidar laser scanners cheap enough to enable self-driving subcompacts. (Read on Fast Company.)
A New Point-and-Click Revolution Brings AI To The Masses
Like web programming a decade ago, artificial intelligence is building simplified tools for non-experts, which could result in new jobs. (Read on Fast Company.)
Silicon Valley Tries To Turn Its Newfound Political Awareness Into Action
Shocked by November’s election, some tech workers are discovering politics and engaging with social causes well outside their bubble. (Read on Fast Company.)
Disqus Grapples With Hosting Toxic Comments On Breitbart And Extreme-Right Sites
The dominant online community software provider sets a high threshold for dropping sites—even extreme ones—for offensive comments. (Read on Fast Company)
Shopify, Breitbart, And The B2B Boycotts That Are Dragging Brands Into Politics
Consumers can’t do business with Shopify directly. But they can target the companies that do—and support employees who want to quit. (Read on Fast Company.)
Doppler Here One Earbuds: Bionic Hearing Is Tantalizing, But Not For Everybody
These Bluetooth buds stream music smoothly and filter out noise around you, but they’re confining and run out of juice in a couple of hours. (Read on Fast Company.)
Five Ways Boycotts Have Been Transformed In The Trump Era
Voting with your wallet is an American tradition, but the aims and methods of boycotts have changed in unprecedented ways lately. (Read on Fast Company.)
Flipboard’s Quest To Save Online Publishing—And Itself
With Flipboard 4.0, Mike and Marci McCue grapple with an alt-fact, ad-saturated internet using a mix of mobile tech, AI, and print-era publishing aesthetics. (Read on Fast Company.)