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Here in San Francisco, we live in a bubble, and we know it. While much of the rest of the country sees the city through the lens of Fox News cameramen searching out homeless encampments, we actually live in a very beautiful, very wealthy, and, currently, very AI-obsessed place. Traditionally, the billboards along 101 through Silicon Valley have offered a glimpse into the collective mind of the tech industry. These days, a big chunk of that industry, including most of the major AI labs, is based here in San Francisco, and the billboards have followed. The San Francisco Chronicle recently…

Picture it: You’re in an economy seat on a 17-hour flight. Would you pay an extra $300 for just four hours lying flat? Air New Zealand hopes the answer is yes. The airline is finally launching its Economy Skynest lie-flat sleep pods, starting at $495 NZD ($291 USD) for a precious four hours.  Passengers in economy and premium economy will have the option to book one of six individual pods nestled in three-tier bunk beds. The “nests” will be available on select Air New Zealand flights between Auckland and New York—one of the world’s longest flights. “For a country as…

Shares of Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) are getting battered this morning, one day after the company reported its Q1 2026 financial results—the first since the streaming giant abandoned its plans to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) in February. In addition to its quarterly earnings, Netflix also announced a bombshell: its cofounder and current chairman, Reed Hastings, will be exiting the company this June. The departure of Hastings, who has been the de facto face of the company since its inception, has left many investors wondering about Netflix’s future. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happened? On Thursday, Netflix announced…

When age-related challenges set in, feel your best by employing the whole health toolkit, from exercise to supplementsMidi Health supplements. (Photo: Midi Health)Published April 17, 2026 06:43AMSome healthy habits are good for everyone. We should all exercise regularly, targeting both cardio and strength training. Get consistent, quality sleep, stay hydrated, and eat nutritious food. Spend time outside year-round and breathe in plenty of fresh air. Unfortunately, these health habits aren’t always enough. If you’re a woman in your 30s, 40s, or 50s, you’re well aware that feeling good every day isn’t a given, regardless of how many miles you run…

Time is precious, and conferences can be expensive—and time-consuming. If your name is not on the official agenda, should you attend anyway? Perhaps it’s an annual industry gathering, or it’s a niche conference that may bring in business. There are many reasons to attend, and just as many not to. We asked our Fast Company Impact Council members if a conference is worth attending, even if they weren’t speaking at it. If you guessed that the answer is “it depends,” you’re right. It depends on a leader’s personal and professional goals, networking options, learning opportunities, and more. We share 13…

Five years ago, tech angel investor Chris Adamo and a few friends jumped on a burgeoning trend in the digital asset world: they used a virtual real estate broker to buy 23 parcels of property in a metaverse called The Sandbox. He doesn’t remember exactly how much he spent, but it was around $200,000 for the whole group. The real estate, to be clear, consisted of pixelated parcels in “hip,” “trendy” virtual “neighborhoods,” an asset that crypto bros and Web3 enthusiasts like Adamo saw as the future of tech and digital investment. At one point, it ballooned tenfold in value.…

At the Aysaita Refugee Camp in northeastern Ethiopia’s Afar region, there are about 40,000 Eritreans struggling to meet their basic daily needs. For the 10,000 children younger than 10 who live in the camp, that includes one often overlooked resource: play.At many refugee camps around the world, play can, understandably, become an afterthought as humanitarian organizations focus on delivering essentials like housing and food. But studies show that play is critical for helping kids develop executive motor function and relational skills. It’s also a key therapeutic tool for children who have experienced trauma. These insights inspired Playrise, a U.K.-based charity…

Published April 17, 2026 03:28AMPhilip Henderson has told his Mount Everest story hundreds of times, but he’s not done repeating it—not by a long shot.“This is a lifetime of work I’m talking about,” Henderson, 63, recently told me. “I’ll never turn anyone down who wants to hear about it.” Four years ago, Henderson was the leader of Full Circle Everest, the first all-Black team to attempt the peak. Black climbers, historically, have been a stark minority on the mountain, even as mountaineers from India, China, and Central and South America have flocked to Everest. The project generated a glut of…

I tend to write about AI from the perspective of the bleeding edge, looking at how journalists and media companies are using the technology to change the way they work, reach new audiences, and transform their organizations. But the reality is that there’s a stigma around using artificial intelligence in the journalism community. In conversations I have with working reporters and editors, there’s clearly still a lot of reluctance, if not outright disdain, for using AI in almost any part of their work. Looking at recent coverage of journalists using AI, however, you might think some of that disdain is…

Technology is making it easier for everyone to move faster. The important question is who will move in the right direction? New technologies—including AI and automation—are quickly becoming indispensable teammates that can draft, summarize, analyze, and accelerate the work that keeps organizations moving. I see most individuals on my team using AI and automation to complete some tasks in a fraction of the time, allowing them more time to focus on relationship-building, innovation, and value creation. When the use of AI and automation becomes widespread, it will stop being a performance differentiator. Differentiation will come instead from the people that…