The fashion retailer Express, a mall-culture staple, is on a mission to transform itself for the digital era. It manages a flock of social-selling influencers and is using data to personalize the experience of browsing its hot-pink crop tops and sequined statement blazers. The finishing touch on this brand makeover? A partnership with the buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Klarna to cobrand digital ads and offer Klarna’s “Pay in 4” product—which splits shopping-spree e
Phrases like “visualize success,” or the importance of having a “winning attitude,” have been thrown around so much that they’ve almost become parodies for team-building office culture. Because they are so cliché, and often used as an excuse for unfair situations (corporations like to distribute the book, Who Moved My Cheese? whenever they lay off staff), it can be easy to forget the truth at the heart of these phrases: We are fundamentally in contro
Like so many other things, electricity from the power grid is getting more expensive, jumping 4.3% last year. But sun-based power keeps getting cheaper. Residential solar costs are now around 8 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) versus a national average of 10.6 cents per kWh for grid power. And some states’ grid power is far more expensive. Solar power also offers another kind of savings: It’s far less harmful to the planet. For many consumers, doing the right thing can also be the eco
Kevin Love entered the NBA in 2008, around the same time the social media revolution fully took hold in the U.S. “I was right at the tipping point where it all became massive within our culture,” he tells Fast Company. Fourteen years and one league championship later, Love, who plays the power forward position for the Cleveland Cavaliers, has seen firsthand how social media can be both a blessing and a curse for athletes. On the one hand, social platforms have helped form communiti
This morning, just in time for ‘May the 4th,’ a.k.a. Star Wars Day, Alaska Airlines launched its seventh collaboration with Disneyland Resort—a Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge themed fuselage emblazoned with the Millennium Falcon and TIE fighters, and featuring cute little porgs on its winglets. Check out Fast Company‘s first look at the aircraft here. Somehow, despite the Star Wars franchise’s avid fanbase, news of the launch remained tightly under wraps until
For years, artificial intelligence has been touted as a potential game-changer for healthcare in the United States. Over a decade since the HITECH Act incentivized hospital systems to use electronic health records (EHR) for patient data management, there has been an explosion in the amount of healthcare data generated, stored, and available to drive insights and clinical decision-making. The motivation to integrate AI into mental health services has grown during the pandemic. The Kaiser Family F
A couple of months after the Game Developers Conference, we unveiled the name of our new system. We wanted a name that could be said in any language— further testimony to our goal of expanding gaming to as many consumers as possible. Wii was announced. Pronounced “we,” the name was a concerted effort to highlight the inclusive nature of our approach. We anticipated that some would make jokes based on this name (Wii, wee-wee). But the distinctive term combined with its inclus
All work and no play is a sure-fire recipe for burnout. But if you’re like me, you don’t have the time, patience, or dexterity to immerse yourself in challenging, epic, super-intense video games. Luckily, there are plenty of casual story-driven games that can serve as quick diversions during the workday. Here are four of my absolute favorites, each of which can be played in bite-size sessions whenever you have a few minutes to kill. Unpacking As its title suggests, Unpacking is a g
If you are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. Megan Waskiewicz used to sit at the top of the bleachers, rest her back against the wall, and hide her face behind the glow of a laptop monitor. While watching one of her five children play basketball on the court below, she knew she had to be careful. The mother from Pittsburgh didn’t want other parents in the crowd to know she wa
The debate over abortion is front and center once again, after Politico published a leaked draft on Monday of a Supreme Court opinion indicating the Court voted to reverse Roe v. Wade. And for startups that focus on reproductive health issues, the Court’s decision could be a major turning point. Medication abortion, which generally costs around $300 from a telemed provider, induce a miscarriage after stopping the growth of the pregnancy. The drugs have a safety rating that exceeds 99% and