Understand the growing presence of bots on the web and their implications. Learn how AI helpers are reshaping our online interactions.
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Many promising ideas originate and thrive well outside of Silicon Valley and other American tech centers. In fact, international startups often focus on needs and interests that U.S. tech-investment hotspots might overlook. These companies not only drive change in their regions but also push the boundaries of what’s possible globally, introducing fresh perspectives, solutions, and technologies that address critical needs across borders.
Adalat AI
For s
For the last four years, Fast Company’s Next Big Things in Tech awards have celebrated technological breakthroughs that are changing the way we work and live. This year’s awards include 138 honors for innovations impacting everything from transportation and telecommunications to agriculture.
Arriving at that cadre of winners from a pool of 1,400 applicants requires many hours of work sifting through applications, scrutinizing projects, and deciding which achievements
Health care and tech innovation go hand in hand. From delivering steady streams of medication to speeding up treatment of diseases, technology is now at the center of patient care. These eight companies are advancing the industry.
Anumana
For detecting diseases earlier
Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death in the U.S. and across the globe. Anumana is tackling this by enhancing the utility of the e
The biggest challenge for the global food system is climate change—and growing food is itself a major source of emissions. But innovations in technology are helping farmers adapt to extreme weather by growing crops that are more likely to survive droughts, heat, or floods. Other solutions, like seaweed for cows, can help radically cut the carbon footprint of producing food.
CH4 Global
For making it easier to grow seaweed to fight cow burps
In a year,
It may have been a rocky year of ups and downs for fintechs and the blockchain as the American economy continues to give off strange vibes. But through it all, there’s been no shortage of innovation in the space, as companies from Bitcoin miners to auction makers forged ahead with new ideas and inventions. Here are some of the best.
AlphaSense
For making market intelligence even smarter
AlphaSense is a
The venture-funded business landscape is rife with far more failures than, well, literally anything else. Those few companies that survive—regardless of the industry—often possess an alchemical mixture of talent, drive, and no small dose of luck that foster the rarest of climates: durable innovation. Here are four businesses that not only have lasted, but they are still delivering boundary-pushing products with as much gusto as ever.
AiDash
For using AI to
To be blunt, construction projects are a pain. Ongoing labor shortages, cash flow issues, poor communication, and a strained supply chain are all weighing on the industry and can set projects back months. There are also the issues of waste and environmental changes due to climate change to address. This year, our honorees are innovating with everything from helping renters build credit scores to reducing water waste.
Epic Cleantec
For recycling onsite waste
Technological innovation doesn’t only happen at the latest startups. These companies have been in business for at least 15 years but are still using cutting-edge technology to deliver results for their customers and business partners. In fields from entertainment technology to government contracting and logistics, their innovations are offering customers new, faster, and more reliable options to get things done.
Arkadium
For giving video game makers a
Equipment has always needed maintenance. We’ve been booking travel online for years. Even using speech recognition to create on-screen captions is not exactly a breakthrough new technology. But all of these established activities have room for improvement, and these companies—each with between 500 and 999 employees—show how it’s done.
Aquant
For keeping complex equipment maintained
For essential equipment such as medical devices and power generators,
People within organizations charged with harnessing innovation have always had to consider a technology’s practicality, maturity, and ROI. And today, as AI and computing power smash through assumptions about the limitations of technology, the same executives must increasingly consider implications that include regulations, ethics, social responsibility, sustainability, and societal impact. These technologists brought that kind of thinking to their work in 2024.
Andy Parsons
Among the 130-plus honorees in Fast Company’s Next Big Things in Tech for 2024, four organizations stood out for the ingenuity and potential impact of their innovations. They’re making warehouses safer, creating open-source technology for farming in the age of global warming, improving the capabilities of our phones and laptops, and deploying wireless connectivity in areas that have long been underserved.
ArcBest
For helping robots and humans safely
At a time when old-school media is on the decline, innovators are using technology to create more dynamic content experiences. These companies are disrupting the media industry in ways we couldn’t have imagined a decade ago, from the way we watch football at home to the experience of attending a concert.
Amazon
For flawless blitz predictions
While innovation can happen at companies of any size, sometimes it takes a certain scale to get things done. In areas such as autonomous driving and the graphics technology required to represent people more accurately, solutions only come by throwing a whole lot of resources at the problem. These companies stood out not just for their tech innovations, but the scale required to make those innovations happen.
Abbott
For taking glucose monitoring over the coun
Some of the AI tools with the greatest impact to perform useful work don’t go out of their way to call attention to themselves. These companies are applying the technology to jobs such as streamlining business processes, improving customer support experiences, and even making video meetings feel a little more natural.
aiOla
For giving voice to jargon-filled paperwork
Frontline workers such as forklift drivers often wrestle with paper forms as part of
If you want to get excited about consumer tech again, look at these innovations. They include breakthroughs in material design and miniaturization to make your gadgets even sleeker; new technologies to improve your health and wellness; and some clever applications of AI and data analysis. The next big thing in consumer tech is really about making life better beyond your phone, not just spending more time using it.
Elegoo
For speeding up 3D printing
3
There’s a lot of talk lately about the intersection of schools and technology, often focusing on devices as a distraction. But these three companies showcase how valuable technology can be for education. From the classroom, to study guides, to online learning, they’re taking the most cutting-edge ideas and applying them to learning, ensuring that no one is left behind.
Clear Touch
For making it easier to deploy technology in the classroom
Technological progress is built atop breakthroughs from the companies that build chips (and the factories that produce the chips), communications infrastructure, and all-new platforms such as quantum computing. These companies are doing everything from souping up today’s AI to bringing fast connectivity to places it’s never been before.
Cerebras Systems
For putting the super in supercomputer
Nvidia GPUs may be the brains behind much of today’s cloud
Years after e-commerce rose to unprecedented prominence during the pandemic, virtually every aspect of sales infrastructure, channel, and experience has been targeted by innovation. Now, every company that interacts with consumers is a potential retailer, engaging customers with hyperpersonalized messaging and minimal friction.
Flex
For bringing transparency to FSA and HSA eligibility
FSA and HSA accounts are popular workplace benefits that allow set
No, the Apple Vision Pro didn’t prove to be the iPhone of AR, but augmented and virtual experiences got a fresh jolt of energy in 2024 all the same. Software and hardware developers continued to push the boundaries of UX, and build the entire scaffolding of technologies needed to make the next era of interactivity possible. So as the next wave of headsets hit in 2025 and 2026, the world will be more ready.
Headspace
For building a high-tech way to calm down
The AI big bang that first caught the world’s attention with ChatGPT is sending energy and innovation out in many directions. Large language models aren’t just chatting and summarizing text: Now they’re also reasoning through problems with increasing autonomy. The text-only models of two years ago have become multi-model—capable of processing everything from audio and video to computer code and robotic movements. Big companies are deploying AI models and apps in new ways, and AI infrastructur
Learn how demand intelligence utilizes actionable data to boost B2B marketing strategies, enhance prospect engagement, and drive revenue growth through optimized targeting and nurturing.
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Morbidní Aztékové neměli na práci nic lepšího, než vymyslet píšťaly se zvukem tak strašlivým, že z toho mnohým lidem tuhne krev v žilách. Magnetická rezonance potvrzuje, že poslech ehecachichtli je jako nechat si hacknout mozkovou kůru. Pokud máte kuráž, zkuste chvilku poslouchat. Byli jste varováni. http://www.osel.cz/13786-aztecka-pistala-smrti-realne-desi-mozek-posluchacu.html
While PDF files are everywhere, tools for working with PDFs are harder to find. Let’s say you wanted to edit a PDF, merge multiple PDFs, split pages from a PDF, password-protect a PDF, redact private information from a PDF, or rotate a PDF. How would you do it?
It’s a surprisingly tough question. I’d normally use a mix of tools scattered all over the place, typically with a ton of wasted time searching for and trying out possibilities until I find the right ones.
Trouble ranking your WordPress site? Struggle with load times? Downtime? Here's what to look for when choosing a WordPress hosting provider.
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Today’s guest is Jonathan Schneider, co-founder and CEO of Moderne and creator of OpenRewrite, an open-source automated refactoring ecosystem for source code built to help developers eliminate tech debt. He tells Ben and Ryan about the challenges of automatic refactoring, how Java continues to evolve, and what kind of impact tech debt has on software development. Jonathan also describes the transition from open-source project to startup, why clean code is so important, and the role AI plays for
San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie has picked OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to help run his transition team as he prepares to take office in January, Lurie said.
“I’m excited to help the city I love, and where OpenAI was started, as it begins its next chapter with Mayor-elect Lurie stepping into his new role,” Altman said in a statement shared with Fa
With the Taurid meteor shower now hitting the night skies worldwide, look for what could be a celestial treat. You might see shooting stars, and maybe even fireballs, the biggest and brightest meteors.
President-elect Donald Trump chose Brendan Carr to lead the Federal Communications Commission, the agency that regulates broadcasting, telecommunications, and broadband.
Here’s what you need to know about the cabinet pick.
He’s a longtime FCC member
Carr has history with the FCC. He’s worked at the agency since 2012, including as its general counsel. Trump appointment Carr to commis
The U.S. antitrust watchdogs that pounced on Big Tech and deterred corporate deal-making throughout President Joe Biden’s administration may be kept on a shorter leash by Donald Trump after he returns to the
Google simplifies Search Console by removing Page Experience report while retaining Core Web Vitals and HTTPS monitoring tools.
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President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, as the new chairman of the agency tasked with regulating broadcasting, telecommunications, and
A new, AI-powered platform called Aggie wants to manage your brand’s social media.
Aggie is a product of Audience Genomics, which has since 2018 offered audience data analytics to big brands like Universal Studios, AMC Television, and Fenty Beauty. The company soon also worked with private equity investors to evaluate the quality of marketing by companies they were considering investing in, which led to advising some small and med
Learn how to communicate your SEO work and demonstrate its value to stakeholders with data-driven and well-crafted reports.
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Když lidé v padesátých letech vynalezli parabolické lety, dostali ďábelský nápad vzít na palubu kočky a škodolibě sledovat, jak si poradí se stavem beztíže. Kočky se s grácií přenesly přes ztrátu důstojnosti, která je tam čekala, improvizovaly a nakonec naučily lidi, jak se efektivně pohybovat v mikrogravitaci. Astronauté využívají kočičí triky dodnes. http://www.osel.cz/13785-mnaukonauti-v-mikrogravitaci-jak-kocky-prispely-k-letum-do-vesmiru.html
Four years after Quibi’s $1.75 billion crashout, its successors are flying high.
Apps like DramaBox and ReelShort are betting on short-form. They present feature-length films, diced into consumable minutes-long bites akin to a TikTok. The more clips you want to see, the more you’ll have to pay. And it’s worked: Both apps report over $20 million in revenue from in-app purchases, and have climbed the chart
Elon Musk has big plans for his new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) once Donald Trump takes the White House in January. Prior to the election, the Tesla CEO said he would help cut $2 trillion from the federal budget. “This will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people!” Musk said in a statement. (DOGE, which Musk will co-lea
Following recent questions about child safety issues on the platform, Roblox announced Monday a number of changes designed to protect young users and increase parental control over the content they see.
To start, users under 13 will no longer be able to direct-message other users, outside of particular experiences and games. And by defaul
Learn how to effectively budget your ad campaigns for maximum results. From initial investments to scaling strategies, we've got you covered.
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Google Analytics 4 users worldwide report data discrepancies, with traffic reports showing only half of actual visitors.
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Explore the concept of nofollow on links. Find out why it is important and how it can protect your website from spam and manipulation.
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The weeks after an election are open season for pet political theories. An electorate as massive and sprawling as America’s will never swing on just one thing. But that’s no fun to admit. So why not share your one thing—you can be as right as anyone else. But among the Monday-morning quarterbacks of social media, one strain of analysis seems poised to rule them all: that liberals need to find their own version of Jo
Virtuální qubity nic moc nevydrží. Mají jepičí život. Zato mechanické qubity, to je jiná káva. Tým švýcarského ETH Zürich postavil funkční mechanický qubit, který pracuje s daty jako se stavy membrány nepatrného bubnu. Vývoj je na počátku, na obzoru se rýsují mechanické kvantové počítače. http://www.osel.cz/13784-fyzici-vytvorili-prvni-plne-mechanicky-a-funkcni-qubit.html
Google quietly introduced a new Google Labs AI search engine that completely reimagines AI Search
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Some 2.3 million U.S. adults over 65—more than 4%—have a diagnosis of dementia. But even without a diagnosis, a certain amount of cognitive decline is normal as age sets in.
And whether it’s due to fear of cognitive decline or noticing lapses in cognition when we are stressed, many of us have had moments when we thought we could use an extra cognitive boost.
The good news is research has shown that people can ma
On Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump named Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy as cochairs of a new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. This appointment allows Musk the opportunity to simultaneously do two things that are very important to him: publicly complain about government policies that cost him money, and tweet deeply unfunny jokes about the fact that the acronym is also the name
Over the past 15 years, sports and entertainment company Dude Perfect—which started as a YouTube channel where five best friends posted videos of trick shots in different sports—has grown into a media juggernaut with attendant cruises, toy lines, and TV deals. Its content has expanded to include highly produced biweekly videos where they break world records or attempt challenges—sometimes, with the help of famous guests.
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More than 33,000 people—including a hall of fame of AI experts—signed a March 2023 open letter calling on the tech industry to pause development of AI models more powerful than OpenAI’s GPT-4 for six months rather than continue the rush toward Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI. “Powerful AI systems should
London-based startup Gendo has secured €5.1mn amid booming demand for its generative AI software built for architects. British architectural designer George Proud and software engineer Will Jones founded Gendo in 2022. The platform transforms simple inputs li
WP Engine escalates lawsuit, alleging Automattic's WP Engine Tracker website exposed customers to cybercrimes
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