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Meta must—quite literally—pay for endangering children across its platforms. A New Mexico jury has found Meta liable for misleading the public, exposing children to sexual exploitation, and fostering adverse mental health. Meta must pay $375 million in civil penalties for about 75,000 violations at the maximum penalty of $5,000 each.This decision marks the first time a U.S. state has successfully defeated a big tech company at trial.“The jury’s verdict is a historic victory for every child and family who has paid the price for Meta’s choice to put profits over kids’ safety,” New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez said in response…

Shares of Arm Holdings plc (Nasdaq: ARM) are surging this morning after the semiconductor design firm announced it will begin making its own chips for AI workloads. The move from chip designer to chipmaker represents the most significant shift in the company’s business model in its 35-year history. Here’s what you need to know.Arm revamps its business modelFor over three decades, the British semiconductor firm had one primary business model: it designed chips and then licensed those designs to other companies, including Apple and Qualcomm, which would then make their own semiconductors based on Arm’s designs. Under this business model, Arm…

When global trade buckles, Ryan Petersen is the person executives call. The founder and CEO of Flexport offers a real-time account of the Strait of Hormuz crisis—what he’s seeing on the ground, on the water, and across the supply chains straining under the pressure. As ripple effects of the crisis are being felt in different ways in different parts of the world, Petersen provides both a micro and macro view that business leaders need to hear. This is an abridged transcript of an interview from Rapid Response, hosted by the former editor-in-chief of Fast Company Bob Safian. From the team behind…

Published March 25, 2026 03:34AMThis year, I had my heart set on obtaining a coveted permit to hike Wyoming’s Teton Crest Trail alongside my sister. For months, we had planned to share the gorgeous mountain sanctuary together. And then, I forgot to apply for a permit in time. The day after the permit went live, I ran to my computer in a panic. Every spot for 2026 had been snapped up the day before. Every spring, I set out to win the lottery or be first in line to nab the elusive permits required for the country’s most epic backcountry adventures.…

Having rejection sensitive dysphoria, or RSD, is physically painful, all-consuming, and disproportionate to the event that triggered it.While a neurotypical person is able to recognize rejection, rationalize it, feel bad about it, and then move on with their day fairly quickly, RSD feels like a bull has charged at you and headbutted you in the chest, and it comes with a tremendous amount of shame.RSD is defined by the Cleveland Clinic as “severe emotional pain because of a failure or feeling rejected,” and is a symptom of the emotional dysregulation often seen due to the extra criticisms a person with…

Here’s a story you’re probably familiar with: You buy the reusable coffee cup. It’s beautiful, ethical, made from recycled ocean plastic, and you feel good about your purchase. But then it leaks in your bag, ruins a notebook, and by week two it’s sitting in a cabinet while you’re back to disposable cups and a vague sense of guilt.Or maybe it’s the “eco mode” on your washing machine that takes three hours instead of one. The sustainable packaging that requires scissors, sweat, and a YouTube tutorial. The electric vehicle charging app with six steps when a gas pump has one.We’ve…

Most people use AI like a search engine: type a question, get an answer. It’s an easy, well-understood use case for tools like Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT. But for solopreneurs, the real value is in setting up dedicated projects with a lot of background information about your business. Most AI tools let you create project workspaces where you can add context about who you are and what you do. You can attach relevant files, and keep the conversation focused on one specific idea or area of your business.  I have 23 AI projects in Claude for everything from strategic planning to building…

Trust hasn’t disappeared from business. It’s been renegotiated.As artificial intelligence moves from novelty to infrastructure, people are changing how they decide who deserves credibility. In Mission North’s 2026 Brand Expectations Index, we surveyed more than 1,500 U.S. adults and knowledge workers to understand what builds trust today, and what quietly undermines it.Some of the results run directly against conventional thinking. Here are five rules for 2026.1. Visibility alone doesn’t build credibilityFor years, executive communications equated presence with power: more interviews, more panels, more posts. But only 24% of respondents say frequent CEO visibility increases their trust.That doesn’t mean leaders should disappear.…

When leadership trends become corporate wallpaper, they risk losing the very edge that made them useful in the first place. That’s where psychological safety risks finding itself today. It’s plastered on slide decks, plugged into engagement surveys, and whispered in HR circles as the answer to “Why don’t people speak up?” but it’s rarely connected to what happens after someone actually does speak up.This distinction between permission to speak and protection from consequences matters more than leaders often realize.Psychological safety tells you that people feel comfortable raising questions or concerns and that they believe they won’t be overtly sanctioned for…

Finding additional memory for your PC is already a challenge. Now, connecting to the internet could get tougher, too.The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a notice Monday that will prohibit all new consumer-grade routers that were not made in the United States. Routers made in other countries, the alert read, “pose unacceptable risks to the national security of the United States or the safety and security of United States persons.”At least 60% of the routers in U.S. homes are made overseas, with the majority coming from China. Officials fear China could exploit those devices to launch attacks on critical infrastructure…