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At the edges of the AI data center boom, rural America is up against Silicon Valley billions

When a multibillion-dollar AI data center proposal pit developers against a handful of rural Arizona residents, the locals were outgunned and...

yesterday 50

Sharon Goldman

After U.S. debt soared to $38 trillion, the ‘easy times’ are now over as hedge funds jump into the bond market, former Treasury official warns

Hedge funds have doubled their presence in the Treasury market in the last four years.

yesterday 10

Jason Ma

Malcolm Gladwell tells young people if they want a STEM degree, ‘don’t go to Harvard.’ You may end up at the bottom of your class and drop out

It’s better to be a big fish in a little pond, Gladwell argues in his book David and Goliath.

yesterday 10

Sasha Rogelberg

Kennedy Center seeks $1 million in damages from musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building

The law explicitly prohibits the board of trustees from making the center into a memorial to anyone else, and from putting another person’s name on...

yesterday 20

Steven Sloan

Ex-Palantir turned politician Alex Bores says AI deepfakes are a ‘solvable problem’ if we bring back a free, decades-old technique

The former Palantir staffer pointed to the 1990s, when people were skeptical about being able to do online banking in a safe and trustworthy way.

yesterday 10

Dave Smith

Scott Galloway says the key to landing jobs is be as social as possible: ‘70% of the time, the person they pick is someone with an internal advocate’

“You want to be placed in rooms of opportunities where you’re not physically there,” the NYU Stern School of Business professor said.

yesterday 10

Dave Smith

Meet a colorblind painter who’s been using special glasses since the 1980s to see nearly two-thirds of the spectrum

“I have the most wonderful job in the world,” Fernando Dávila says. “To mix colors. To have joy to share with the world, that's really my passion...

yesterday 10

Cody Jackson

The ‘occupations most exposed to AI automation’ actually outperform the rest of the job market, new research reveals

A new Vanguard study reveals that the 100 professions rubbing shoulders with AI the most are thriving, but admits there will be some “distinct...

yesterday 10

Emma Burleigh

California drops lawsuit to reinstate federal bullet train funding as high-speed rail authority seeks private investors

“Moving forward without the Trump administration’s involvement allows the Authority to pursue proven global best practices used successfully by...

yesterday 10

Sophie Austin

Hawaii’s Big Island cat lovers are furious about a feeding ban to protect an endangered goose species: ‘They’re both living creatures’

Liz Swan, known nearby for her Subaru Forester, has been feeding feral felines on the Big Island for 33 years.

yesterday 10

Jennifer Sinco Kelleher

Why over 80% of America’s top CEOs think Trump would be wrong not to pick Chris Waller for Fed chair

The dark-horse candidate may lack the White House network of other top contenders but he is perhaps the only one who can give Trump the rate cuts...

yesterday 10

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

‘You can’t see China now as a reliable supply-chain partner’: Graphite mines forsaken for 70 years come back into fashion

Graphite is a key material in the lithium-ion batteries that power everything from phones to electric cars.

yesterday 10

Michael Hill

Winter storm cancels more than 1,000 flights in the Northeast and Great Lakes regions as state of emergency declared in N.Y., N.J.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for more than half of the state. Acting New Jersey Gov. Tahesha Way declared a state of...

yesterday 10

Leah Willingham

2026 will be the year you get fooled by a deepfake, researcher says. Voice cloning has crossed the ‘indistinguishable threshold’

Cyber firm DeepStrike estimates an increase from roughly 500,000 online deepfakes in 2023 to about 8 million in 2025, with annual growth nearing 900%.

yesterday 10

Siwei Lyu

Russian official warns a banking crisis is possible amid nonpayments. ‘I don’t want to think about a continuation of the war or an escalation’

Unpaid wages nearly tripled in October from a year ago to more than $27 million.

yesterday 6

Jason Ma

Peter Thiel and Larry Page are preparing to flee California in case the state passes a billionaire wealth tax, report says

The proposal calls for California residents worth more than $1 billion to pay a one-time tax equivalent to 5% of their assets.

yesterday 2

Jason Ma

Jeffrey R. Holland, next in line to lead Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 85

Holland died early Saturday morning from complications associated with kidney disease, the church announced on its website.

yesterday 2

Hannah Schoenbaum

Brutal year for stock picking spurs trillion-dollar fund exodus

Around $1 trillion was pulled from active equity mutual funds over the year, according to estimates from Bloomberg Intelligence using ICI data.

yesterday 2

Isabelle Lee

Blue Origin names Tory Bruno to new national security group

Bruno’s resignation from United Launch Alliance, a joint rocket venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, was announced on Dec. 22.

yesterday 2

Loren Grush

Bolsonaro undergoes medical procedure to treat severe hiccups

Bolsonaro is currently in prison after being convicted by the Supreme Court of attempting to carry out a coup following his electoral defeat in 2022.

yesterday 2

Fabiano Maisonnave

Cisco’s top exec and Amazon’s Andy Jassy share the same hiring red flag—and it’s something that can’t be taught

It’s not what you know, or even who you know. According to Cisco’s new U.K. chief, your next promotion might hinge on your attitude.

yesterday 10

Orianna Rosa Royle

Three in four Americans say groceries are so expensive they’ve been forced to cut down on other spending

Many shoppers still fretted about how to pay for their groceries.

yesterday 10

Andrew Adam Newman

Management professors who studied the dreaded work offsite say think twice about skipping it this year

Offsites tend to bring people together who rarely interact through work – particularly at large employers with offices spread far and wide.

yesterday 10

Madeline Kneeland

I pioneered machine teaching at Microsoft. Building AI agents is like building a basketball team, not drafting a player

We shouldn’t ask how much knowledge an agent can retain, but rather if it has had the opportunity to develop expertise by practicing as humans do.

yesterday 10

Kence Anderson

Dominion Energy Virginia sues over Trump order to halt offshore wind project, calling it ‘arbitrary and capricious’

Dominion called this week's order “the latest in a series of irrational agency actions attacking offshore wind and then doubling down when those ...

previous day 10

The Associated Press

Gen Z spends hundreds a month on ‘treat culture,’ justifying it with the challenges of daily life—but that’s a ‘slippery slope,’ Bank of America says

The generation has shared in droves on social media about the little ways they’re treating themselves.

previous day 10

Sydney Lake

After 23 years working for Jeff Bezos, the CEO of a $1.3 billion skills platform shares lessons he learned from Andy Jassy and the Amazon founder

In 1997, the day before Greg Hart joined Amazon, he was summoned to a meeting—on a Sunday—with its founder, Jeff Bezos.

previous day 10

Eleanor Pringle

Freshpet’s COO says customers spend more on pets than children: ‘Their dog comes before their partner, their kids’

Consumers will pay a premium for their furry friends, Nicki Baty, chief operating officer of $3.1 billion dog food brand Freshpet, told Fortune.

previous day 10

Sydney Lake

‘He satisfies a lot of my needs’: Meet the women in love with ChatGPT

The majority of women in these relationships say they feel misunderstood, and that AI bots have helped them during periods of isolation, grief, and...

previous day 20

Beatrice Nolan

Outsiders see a circular economy. CoreWeave’s CEO sees a ‘violent change’ rattling the supply chain down to the inside of the earth

"It's a lot of companies working to address an imbalance that is distorting the globe," Michael Intrator said at Fortune Brainstorm AI.

previous day 10

Nick Lichtenberg

Confused by baby goats, having car nightmares, struggling to move from LA to Miami Beach — Robots are just like us, exec says

"Robots have nightmares about cars," Serve Robotics co-founder MJ Burk Chun told Fortune Brainstorm AI. "Cars are also very scary for robots."

previous day 10

Nick Lichtenberg

Why you feel so anxious and stressed during the holidays, even though you’re probably just sitting around, watching TV and eating

One of the most robust findings from psychologists is that the effectiveness of rest periods depends on how satisfying they feel to the individual.

previous day 10

Stacy Shaw

Trump just declared December 26th a national holiday. What’s open and closed?

It's one of two new holidays he announced last week.

previous day 10

Dave Smith

The books, TV series, and podcasts CEOs are tuning into this holiday season to unwind and elevate their careers in 2026

Fortune got a sneak peek into what CEOs will be reading, watching, and listening to this holiday season from The Diary of a CEO to Love Actually.

previous day 10

Emma Burleigh

Seniors relive their days of wanderlust and thrill-seeking with virtual reality. ‘It’s about all the memories that it brings back’

“We got to go underwater and didn't even have to hold our breath!” exclaimed 81-year-old Ginny Baird following the virtual submersion.

previous day 10

Michael Liedtke

Trump’s tariffs actually slashed the deficit from a record $136.4 billion to less than half that. Here’s what else they did

The double-digit taxes on imports from almost every country have disrupted global commerce and strained the budgets of consumers and businesses...

previous day 10

Wyatte Grantham-Philips

U.S. launches strikes against Islamic State group in Nigeria after attacks target Christians

A Defense Department official said the U.S. worked with Nigeria to carry out the strikes and that they'd been approved by Abuja.

previous day 10

Will Weissert

Silver prices continue soaring as debt fears and geopolitical tensions send precious metals to fresh record highs

So far this year, silver has spiked 169%, platinum has shot up 172%, and palladium has soared 124%.

previous day 6

Jason Ma

Anduril founder Palmer Luckey is among the U.S. defense execs and companies sanctioned by China over arms sales to Taiwan

The sanctions entail freezing the companies’ assets in China and banning individuals and organizations from dealing with them, according to the...

previous day 10

The Associated Press

‘Artificial stupidity’ made AI trading bots spontaneously form cartels when left unsupervised, Wharton study reveals

AI bots told to act as trading agents in simulated markets engaged in pervasive collusion, raising new questions about how financial regulators...

previous day 20

Sasha Rogelberg

As millions of Gen Zers face unemployment, CEOs of Amazon, Walmart, and McDonald’s say opportunity is still there—if you have the right mindset

From Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to Amazon boss Andy Jassy, Fortune 500 leaders have shared their advice for workers to thrive in today’s shaky job...

previous day 10

Preston Fore

Amazon’s Alexa chief predicts an end to doom scrolling: the next generation is ‘going to just think differently’

"You've got to make sure you have products in their pockets, on their bodies, in their homes that they don't expect," Panos Panay said at...

thursday 20

Nick Lichtenberg

Mark Zuckerberg gifted noise-canceling headphones to his Palo Alto neighbors because of the nonstop construction around his 11 homes

This isn’t the first time Zuckerberg has clashed with neighbors over real estate projects.

thursday 10

Dave Smith

The Fed may have reassured Powell that it’s safe to leave the board early when a new chair takes over: ‘I think he’s done with this job’

Given Powell's commitment to Fed independence, there were doubts that he would leave the board when his replacement as chair comes in.

thursday 20

Jason Ma

Cursor CEO warns vibe coding builds ‘shaky foundations’ and eventually ‘things start to crumble’

“Vibe coding refers to a method of coding with AI where you kind of close your eyes and you don't look at the code at all and you just ask the AI...

thursday 20

Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Goldman Sachs expects layoffs to keep rising—and says investors are punishing the stocks of companies that slash staff

Analysts ran the numbers and found a surprising change in how investors are reacting to layoff announcements.

thursday 20

Lee Clifford

California farming mogul in bitter divorce proceedings arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife

Michael Abatti has grown onions, broccoli and cantaloupes and served on the board of the powerful Imperial Irrigation District from 2006 to 2010.

thursday 3

Amy Taxin

DOJ says it discovered another million Epstein documents and may need a ‘few more weeks’ to release them

The Christmas Eve announcement came hours after a dozen senators called on the Justice Department’s watchdog to examine its failure to meet the...

thursday 10

Seung Min Kim

Ghislaine Maxwell claimed ‘substantial new evidence’ should set her free. Then the new Epstein files dropped

The transcripts of grand jury proceedings that resulted in Maxwell's indictment were released in accordance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

thursday 10

Michael R. Sisak

Drummer cancels Christmas Eve ‘Jazz Jams’ at Kennedy Center after name change, ending 20-year tradition

“When I saw the name change on the Kennedy Center website and then hours later on the building, I chose to cancel our concert,” Chuck Redd told...

thursday 1

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At the edges of the AI data center boom, rural America is up against Silicon Valley billions

Sharon Goldman

After U.S. debt soared to $38 trillion, the ‘easy times’ are now over as hedge funds jump into the bond market, former Treasury official warns

Jason Ma

Malcolm Gladwell tells young people if they want a STEM degree, ‘don’t go to Harvard.’ You may end up at the bottom of your class and drop out

Sasha Rogelberg

Kennedy Center seeks $1 million in damages from musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building

Steven Sloan

Ex-Palantir turned politician Alex Bores says AI deepfakes are a ‘solvable problem’ if we bring back a free, decades-old technique

Dave Smith

Scott Galloway says the key to landing jobs is be as social as possible: ‘70% of the time, the person they pick is someone with an internal advocate’

Dave Smith

Meet a colorblind painter who’s been using special glasses since the 1980s to see nearly two-thirds of the spectrum

Cody Jackson

The ‘occupations most exposed to AI automation’ actually outperform the rest of the job market, new research reveals

Emma Burleigh

California drops lawsuit to reinstate federal bullet train funding as high-speed rail authority seeks private investors

Sophie Austin

Hawaii’s Big Island cat lovers are furious about a feeding ban to protect an endangered goose species: ‘They’re both living creatures’

Jennifer Sinco Kelleher

Why over 80% of America’s top CEOs think Trump would be wrong not to pick Chris Waller for Fed chair

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

‘You can’t see China now as a reliable supply-chain partner’: Graphite mines forsaken for 70 years come back into fashion

Michael Hill

Winter storm cancels more than 1,000 flights in the Northeast and Great Lakes regions as state of emergency declared in N.Y., N.J.

Leah Willingham

2026 will be the year you get fooled by a deepfake, researcher says. Voice cloning has crossed the ‘indistinguishable threshold’

Siwei Lyu

Russian official warns a banking crisis is possible amid nonpayments. ‘I don’t want to think about a continuation of the war or an escalation’

Jason Ma

Peter Thiel and Larry Page are preparing to flee California in case the state passes a billionaire wealth tax, report says

Jason Ma

Jeffrey R. Holland, next in line to lead Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 85

Hannah Schoenbaum

Brutal year for stock picking spurs trillion-dollar fund exodus

Isabelle Lee

Blue Origin names Tory Bruno to new national security group

Loren Grush

Bolsonaro undergoes medical procedure to treat severe hiccups

Fabiano Maisonnave

Cisco’s top exec and Amazon’s Andy Jassy share the same hiring red flag—and it’s something that can’t be taught

Orianna Rosa Royle

Three in four Americans say groceries are so expensive they’ve been forced to cut down on other spending

Andrew Adam Newman

Management professors who studied the dreaded work offsite say think twice about skipping it this year

Madeline Kneeland

I pioneered machine teaching at Microsoft. Building AI agents is like building a basketball team, not drafting a player

Kence Anderson

Dominion Energy Virginia sues over Trump order to halt offshore wind project, calling it ‘arbitrary and capricious’

The Associated Press

Gen Z spends hundreds a month on ‘treat culture,’ justifying it with the challenges of daily life—but that’s a ‘slippery slope,’ Bank of America says

Sydney Lake

After 23 years working for Jeff Bezos, the CEO of a $1.3 billion skills platform shares lessons he learned from Andy Jassy and the Amazon founder

Eleanor Pringle

Freshpet’s COO says customers spend more on pets than children: ‘Their dog comes before their partner, their kids’

Sydney Lake

‘He satisfies a lot of my needs’: Meet the women in love with ChatGPT

Beatrice Nolan

Outsiders see a circular economy. CoreWeave’s CEO sees a ‘violent change’ rattling the supply chain down to the inside of the earth

Nick Lichtenberg

Confused by baby goats, having car nightmares, struggling to move from LA to Miami Beach — Robots are just like us, exec says

Nick Lichtenberg

Why you feel so anxious and stressed during the holidays, even though you’re probably just sitting around, watching TV and eating

Stacy Shaw

Trump just declared December 26th a national holiday. What’s open and closed?

Dave Smith

The books, TV series, and podcasts CEOs are tuning into this holiday season to unwind and elevate their careers in 2026

Emma Burleigh

Seniors relive their days of wanderlust and thrill-seeking with virtual reality. ‘It’s about all the memories that it brings back’

Michael Liedtke

Trump’s tariffs actually slashed the deficit from a record $136.4 billion to less than half that. Here’s what else they did

Wyatte Grantham-Philips

U.S. launches strikes against Islamic State group in Nigeria after attacks target Christians

Will Weissert

Silver prices continue soaring as debt fears and geopolitical tensions send precious metals to fresh record highs

Jason Ma

Anduril founder Palmer Luckey is among the U.S. defense execs and companies sanctioned by China over arms sales to Taiwan