Max Ufberg

Two-year-old k-ID makes age verification easier for online platforms; three-year-old Runpod is providing cloud infrastructure for the AI age.

Glean CEO Arvind Jain shares his vision for an agentic AI future that transforms how you work and why he hasn't touched most of the money he's raised to earn a $7.2 billion valuation.

The boy’s mother says the platforms failed to prevent an adult predator from posing as a child. The lawsuit claims stronger safeguards could have saved her son’s life.

From door-knocking scripts to social posts, a new course is teaching candidates to embrace AI without abusing it.

For years, the Office of Technology Assessment helped Congress see around corners on science and tech. Its 1995 shutdown left lawmakers flying blind.

Gary B. Smith breaks down how undersea infrastructure is scaling to keep up.

Assembly Bill 1355 would require opt-in consent for collecting and sharing geolocation data, a targeted approach that reflects growing national concern over surveillance and use of sensitive data.

Critics warn that the rushed, untested use of AI could lead to wrongful firings, mishandling of sensitive data, and lasting damage to core public services.

As Congress weighs the future of CISA 2015, cybersecurity policy expert Matthew Eggers warns that letting the law expire would undercut years of trust-building between industry and government.

Fast Company’s Max Ufberg and Jared Newman cut through the hype to spotlight the AI tools that deliver real value—and how to use them wisely.

Director Dan Farah’s new documentary brings the alien conversation into the mainstream, with help from some of the most powerful names in Washington.

With 33 million users and counting, Bluesky is showing that decentralization may be social media's best path forward.

We spoke with dozens of experts about what to expect in the year ahead. Here’s what they said. 

Here’s how how Fast Company’s small army of editorial staffers judge our annual Next Big Things in Tech awards.

Codeium’s intelligent software engineering toolkit, Duckbill’s AI-human personal assistant, and You.com’s trustier LLM.

Here’s how how Fast Company’s small army of editorial staffers judge our annual Next Big Things in Tech awards.

While many Democrats would like to see CISA director Jen Easterly ramp up the focus on misinformation around the election, Republicans would prefer she stay on the sidelines. That presents a nearly impossible balancing act.

Why some of America's most macho brands, from Caterpiller to Harley-Davidson, are running scared from the anti-woke crusader Robby Starbuck.

Environmental advocates requested a probe this week into the AI company’s unpermitted use of natural-gas-burning turbines at a data center.

The University of Austin's founders say they're responding to widespread illiberalism; critics see a not-so-hidden right-wing agenda.