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We love a good old social media roast, and Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan found himself on the business end of a doozie Wednesday. Tan, who in a past life worked as an engineering manager at Palantir and has more recently been a vocal proponent for AI acceleration, bragged that he and his AI coding agents have been deploying 37,000 lines of code per day across five separate projects. “Absolutely insane week for agentic engineering,” Tan wrote in an X post on Monday, adding in a follow-up post that he was on a 72-day shipping streak.Two days later, a Polish game…

The Artemis II crew is en route to the moon, but NASA’s interest isn’t just exploration — it’s extraction. The mission is laying groundwork for permanent lunar colonies at the South Pole to mine helium-3, a rare element that’s been collecting in the Moon’s soil for billions of years. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says helium-3 could become “a more efficient source of fusion power” — and it barely exists on Earth. Helium-3 is abundant on the moon but a rare commodity on Earth, making it potentially extremely valuable. Helium-3 could power fusion reactors — a breakthrough energy source first achieved…

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general, ending the contentious tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence from the White House, oversaw large-scale firings of career employees, and moved aggressively to investigate the Republican president’s perceived enemies.The announcement follows months of scrutiny over the Justice Department’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking investigation that made Bondi the target of angry conservatives, even with her close relationship with Trump. She also struggled to satisfy Trump’s demands to prosecute his political rivals, with multiple investigations rejected by judges or grand juries…

Imagine applying for a job, hearing nothing, moving to a new city, starting a different job — and then getting a rejection email nearly a year later. That’s exactly what happened to who applied for a marketing coordinator position in May 2024 and finally heard “no” this week. “It was the closure I didn’t know I needed,” they wrote. It’s not an isolated incident. More than half of job seekers, 53%, experienced ghosting in the past year, hitting a three-year high, according to a new report from pre-employment testing company Criteria. The culprit? AI tools that let candidates fire off…

A strong PR plan should balance day-to-day visibility with long-term brand building. At most plans’ core will be some sort of press office, one that fields reactive inquiries, chases proactive opportunities, and strives to create a consistent drumbeat of attention. That ongoing media presence is further punctuated by product launches, releases, or announcements that help create heightened awareness around a singular piece of news or event.That describes the basic tenets of a traditional PR plan for earned media (acknowledging that the PR function is much broader). But the playbook that agencies and in-house teams are using to deliver that is…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Livvy Dunne is shifting from short-term brand deals to long-term partnerships and equity, focusing on ownership and alignment over quick payouts. She’s using her platform not just to grow her own brand, but to create more opportunities for others — especially female athletes through initiatives like the Livvy Fund. Former LSU gymnast and internet megastar Livvy Dunne took the social media world by storm during the pandemic, garnering millions of followers and paving the way for college athletes in the NIL era.Since graduating, she hasn’t missed a step, turning her…

Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. I’m Mark Sullivan, a senior writer at Fast Company, covering emerging tech, AI, and tech policy.This week, I’m focusing on OpenAI’s gigantic new funding round and valuation. I also look at a recent leak around Anthropic’s models, and at backlash to ads placed in GitHub Copilot.Sign up to receive this newsletter every week via email here. And if you have comments on this issue and/or ideas for future ones, drop me a line at sullivan@fastcompany.com, and follow me on X…

Key Takeaways AI startups are increasing base pay to attract top talent. Software engineers at venture-backed startups are now paid a median base salary of $200,000, a 25% increase from 2022, per salary data platform Levels.fyi. One recent graduate was offered $400,000 in base salary for a software engineering position. Silicon Valley is known for its lavish perks to attract top talent, such as nap pods and free slippers in its “no shoes” offices. Now, as competition for top AI talent intensifies, startups are turning to a more straightforward incentive to win talent wars: exceptionally high compensation packages. Levels.fyi, a…

Artificial intelligence-generated content is everywhere these days, making it increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction, particularly when it comes to breaking news.Look no further than the Iran war. Since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, researchers have identified an unprecedented number of false and misleading images that were generated using artificial intelligence and have reached countless people around the world. Among them, fake footage of bombings that never happened, images of soldiers who were supposedly captured and propaganda videos created by Iran that depict President Donald Trump and others as blocky, Lego-like miniatures.Thursday, the 10th annual…

Published April 2, 2026 09:12AMSomewhere between scheduling my first prenatal appointment and Googling the cost of term life insurance, I realized I had become a person who thinks about their longevity. I’m pregnant with my first child and approaching 40. I’ve done the math. I’ll be close to 60 when she is halfway through college. I’ve started doing things I previously considered optional, like tracking my vitamin intake on my phone, starting my mornings with hot water and lemon, and searching for longevity workouts. As existential crises go, mine is not exactly original—humans have been avoiding death since the dawn of…