Google engineer Liz Fong-Jones raised over $100,000 in three hours to support striking workers, then doubled it with her own contribution. (Read more on Fast Company.)… Read the rest
Driving the current protests against ICE and military contracts is a larger movement to transfer power from billionaires to workers and communities. (Read on Fast Company)… Read the rest
An online system called LAANC is cutting FAA permitting time for commercial drone missions from months to seconds. (Read on Fast Company)… Read the rest
Tempting a showdown with the feds, Washington State representative Drew Hansen is leading a bipartisan effort to enact strong net neutrality and privacy rules. (Read on Fast Company.)… Read the rest
New research shows that the “warm” screen color has a negligible impact on melatonin, although there could be a psychological effect. (Details on Fast Company.)… Read the rest
Advocates like the Anti-Defamation League have been cajoling Silicon Valley for years to cut off violent white-supremacist groups. (Read on Fast Company)… Read the rest
Upon launching their insurgency within the Democratic Party, Pincus and LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman face tough questions from progressives. (Read on Fast Company)… Read the rest
Angelo Carusone of Media Matters spearheaded advertiser boycotts against Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly. Can he take down Hannity? (Read on Fast Company)… Read the rest
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)… Read the rest
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.)… Read the rest
