Does Donald Trump’s TSMC deal mean Taiwan just lost its Silicon Valley shield?

President Donald Trump’s bowling-ball attitude to international relations and business was in evidence again this week as he announced a landmark $100 billion deal with Taiwanese computer chip manufacturer TSMC to bring more production capacity to the United States.

The agreement with TSMC plans for five new factories to be built in the U.S., signed alongside TSMC CEO C.C. We

This new dating app is bringing a Pokémon Go approach to romance

Ever miss the thrill of the 2016 Pokémon Go craze? A new anti-swiping dating app has come to fill that void, but instead of cute Pokémon you can catch yourself a hot date.

These days, trying to find a partner IRL, whether at a bar or reluctantly joining a singles running club, is no easy task. Dating apps are still one of the most common pl

This DOGE staffer’s GitHub posts might help us understand how Elon Musk wants to bring AI into the government

The internet posts and side projects of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) worker Jordan Wick could give some clues for how Musk’s efficiency group might attempt to use AI to downsize and retool the government.

During the last half of February, Wick, who has a DOGE email account associated with the Executive Office of the President and now is embedded in the Gene

Casey Anthony joins TikTok and Substack to ‘advocate’ for herself

More than a decade after Casey Anthony was accused of murdering her daughter in one of the country’s most notorious murder cases, this weekend she emerged on TikTok to reintroduce herself. 

“This is my first of probably many recordings on a series that I’m starting,” Anthony says in the three-minute-long video recorded from her car. “I am a legal advocate. I am a researcher. I’ve been in the

Elon Musk’s bumbling X posts are inadvertently teaching everyone how government works

If what you don’t know can’t hurt you, Elon Musk may be in luck. With a series of candid posts on X, the White House’s resident broligarch has lately been divulging which aspects of civics and data science he appears to know little about.

Fortunately for anyone following along, a scattered battalion of experts and reporters has received each bumbling post on X like a social media bat signal. Every time Musk posts about, say, the dire need for

TikTok’s ‘airport theory’ dares you to arrive just 15 minutes before your flight

When it comes to airports, travelers tend to fall into two camps. There are the anxious types who show up four hours early, with plenty of time to leisurely peruse duty-free and enjoy the airport lounge. And then there are those who breeze into the airport with 45 minutes to spare, hoping for the best.

But a viral trend on TikTok, dubbed “airport theory,” would put even that latter group’s nerves to the test. The theory suggests arriving at the airport just 15 minutes before

Uber will now pair Austin riders with Waymo self-driving cars

Starting today, if you call an Uber in Austin you can match with a self-driving Waymo vehicle. 

The launch in the Texas capital is part of an expanded partnership between the two tech companies. Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are already available on the Uber platform in Phoenix, and the companies plan to launch next in Atlanta. 

“With Waymo’s technology and Uber’s proven platform, we’re excited to introduce our customers to a future of transportation that is incre

Used Tesla prices depreciated more than any other automaker in 2024

The price of used Tesla’s Model 3 and Model Y vehicles depreciated more than any other cars in 2024, according to a Fast Company analysis of CarGurus data.

The average price of a Model Y for sale on the platform dropped by 25.5% between January of 2024 and January 2025, and the price of the Model 3 dropped by 25%. In that same time frame, the average price of a Nissan Maxima only dropped by 5.2% and a Ford Mustang by 5%.

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Mozilla’s new message: We’re the only browser not backed by billionaires

As frustration with corporate power grows under the oligarch-friendly Trump administration, Mozilla Firefox stands out more than ever for at least one defining trait: It isn’t owned by a giant tech company.

“We’re independent and nonprofit,” Mozilla CEO Laura Chambers told Fast Company in an interview at Web Summit Qatar. “We’re

The third coming of Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman

Microsoft employees stream down a hallway by the dozen, smartphones and paper coffee cups in hand, many clad in heavy coats on this frigid February morning. The setting is idyllic—Lake Washington is in full view through floor-to-ceiling windows—but they stride purposefully. As they do, they pass a digital sign with a tersely worded call to action:

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