TikTok’s ‘recession brunette’ trend signals tough economic times

Noticed all the blondes going back to their natural hair color lately? As much as many try to claim it’s because of a “hair health journey,” other factors seem to be at play here. 

“How’s the economy?” one TikTok user asks in a viral video. “Well, hasn’t been good for a while seems like my indicators tell me,” the former blonde says, measuring the inches of her incoming roots with her fingers.

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3 simple ways to fight back against spam calls

There’s a special place in you-know-where for spam callers. They’re annoying. They waste time. They’re also dangerous.

And while it’s challenging to eliminate spam calls entirely, the good news is that with a little time and effort, you can significantly reduce the number of spam calls you receive. Here’s what to do.

Add yourself to the FTC’s Do Not Call list

One of the easiest an

Back from Extinction: How Colossal Is Charting a New Frontier in Genomics

Featuring Ben Lamm, Founder and CEO, Colossal Biosciences and Joe Manganiello, Actor, Producer. Moderated by Kc Ifeanyi, Executive Director of Editorial Programming, Fast Company

Since Colossal Biosciences launched in 2021, it’s skyrocketed to a $10.2 billion valuation to fund its mission of de-extinction. For Colossal, it’s more than the buzzy headlines that its resurrecting the woolly mammoth or the dodo—the

iPad shoppers beware: One of the new models is not like the others

This week, Apple updated half of its iPad lineup.

After updating the iPad Pro and iPad mini in 2024, the company has just unveiled a third-generation iPad Air and an eleventh-generation iPad. Many fans of Apple’s tablets have been eagerly awaiting these updates, especially since before this week, the company’s entry-level iPad had not had a refresh since October of 2022.

But if you’ve been waiting until this week’s reveals, hoping for a clear picture of Apple&#8217

This secret site lets you try DeepSeek on a trustworthy U.S. server

We need to talk about AI. Have you noticed it often just isn’t—well, very intelligent?

Already, we’ve lived through years of AI hype. We’ve watched companies pitch AI as a great tool for writing boring corporate emails. We’ve seen it shoehorned into all kinds of places it doesn’t belong. And it’s often just been bad. We’re all exhausted.

So let’s cut through the fluff: The AI we’re about to go over is actually impressive. I’ve never felt that AI tr

YouTube is cracking down on gambling content. Here’s what’s changing

YouTube is taking steps to crack down on gambling content. 

On Tuesday, the platform announced a new policy that bans creators from directing viewers to “unapproved” gambling websites through links, images, text, logos, or verbal mentions. According to YouTube, “unapproved” is defined as any site that doesn’t meet local legal requirements or hasn’t undergone review by YouTube or its parent company, Google.

Deepfake scammers are hijacking TikTok’s wellness craze to sell dubious health products

By now, most people know not to trust everything they see on TikTok. But scams on the platform are becoming increasingly sophisticated, thanks to deepfake technology.

A new report from Media Matters for America, published this week, identif

‘Crypto president’ Trump signs executive order to create Bitcoin reserve

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday establishing a government reserve of bitcoin, a key marker in the cryptocurrency’s journey towards possible mainstream

SpaceX’s Starship explodes again, with wreckage seen from Florida

Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, bu

We asked the world’s most creative people how they’re using AI. This is what they said

How are the world’s most creative people using AI to drive their work forward? This was the question at the heart of an in-depth survey Fast Company recently conducted in partnership with Whalar, a leading social agency focused on content creators. 

We found that, for most, AI has become a routine part of the creative process—and a return to an AI-free working life has become almost unfathomable. Yet the survey also found the world’s creative elite are grappling with a tec


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