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5 Small Business Ideas You Can Start From Home

5 Small Business Ideas You Can Start From Home

5 Small Business Ideas You Can Start From Home Your home address can double as the base for your small business with these five ideas for aspiring...

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Inc.com

Chris Morris

Oura Is Going Public and There’s 1 Surprising Revenue Stream Driving Its Mega-IPO

Oura Is Going Public and There’s 1 Surprising Revenue Stream Driving Its Mega-IPO

Oura Is Going Public and There’s 1 Surprising Revenue Stream Driving Its Mega-IPO These are the big takeaways from Oura’s S-1 filing before it...

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Inc.com

Chris Morris

More schools are banning cell phones. The academic benefits haven’t materialized

Despite growing support for phone-free classrooms, recent research finds virtually no effect on test scores and little change in other measures.

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Fast Company

Chris Morris

Jason Isbell’s Suno lawsuit takes aim beyond AI copyright

The lawsuit takes an unusual approach, arguing that the AI music company exploited musicians’ identities rather than simply infringing their...

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Fast Company

Chris Morris

GoPro stock is soaring after YouTube star Markiplier buys an 8.5% stake

The YouTube star has become GoPro’s largest individual shareholder, giving the struggling camera maker a sudden boost and drawing comparisons to...

01.09.2026 3

Fast Company

Chris Morris

5 Boring Small Business Ideas with Customers Who Pay Month After Month

5 Boring Small Business Ideas with Customers Who Pay Month After Month
29.08.2026 10

Inc.com

Chris Morris

Meet Eloise, the Florida donkey taking on the data center boom

Across the U.S., animals are becoming unlikely symbols in increasingly fierce fights over where AI infrastructure gets built.

26.08.2026 20

Fast Company

Chris Morris

Your smartwatch could soon be obsolete

Apple, Samsung, and Google are winding down updates for several popular models. Here’s what owners need to know.

24.08.2026 10

Fast Company

Chris Morris

The 73 Percent Warning Sign: Why Gen-Z Shoppers Are Rejecting the New Internet

24.08.2026 20

Inc.com

Chris Morris

5 Small Business Ideas You Can Start for Less Than $500

20.08.2026 10

Inc.com

Chris Morris

The White House wants private companies to hack cybercriminals. What could go wrong?

A new policy gives vetted companies a role in offensive cyber operations. Experts warn that employees could face retaliation and uncertain legal...

18.08.2026 20

Fast Company

Chris Morris

AI companies are buying used books by the thousands. Some may be destroyed for training

Bulk orders are giving used bookstores a surprising sales boost as AI companies seek legally acquired books to scan for model training.

17.08.2026 10

Fast Company

Chris Morris

31 Years Ago, Microsoft Introduced 1 Button That Changed Computing Forever

31 Years Ago, Microsoft Introduced 1 Button That Changed Computing Forever Microsoft sold 40 million copies of Windows 95 in a year. Lessons from its...

17.08.2026 10

Inc.com

Chris Morris

Business Owners Have a New Security Problem: AI Agents With Keys to Company Secrets

16.08.2026 30

Inc.com

Chris Morris

5 Small Business Ideas You Can Launch for Less Than $5,000

15.08.2026 30

Inc.com

Chris Morris

The Transportation Department is recruiting gamers to solve its air traffic controller shortage

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the strategy has helped the agency reach 94% of its hiring goal.

11.08.2026 10

Fast Company

Chris Morris

Target names its first chief AI officer in a bid to remake the shopping experience (exclusive)

Former Lowe’s executive Chandhu Nair will lead the retailer’s AI push, spanning everything from employee tools and inventory management to how...

11.08.2026 10

Fast Company

Chris Morris

Mark Zuckerberg lays out Meta’s AI vision in a 6,500-word essay: 6 things to know

The Meta CEO makes the case for open-weight AI, lays out his views on regulation and jobs, and pledges $1 billion to communities hosting data centers.

10.08.2026 10

Fast Company

Chris Morris

20 Years Ago, Amazon Started Renting Computing Power by the Hour—and Changed Its Future

10.08.2026 10

Inc.com

Chris Morris

The Buc-ee’s Marketing Lesson Rory Sutherland Says Every Founder Should Learn From

09.08.2026 30

Inc.com

Chris Morris

5 Small Business Ideas With Strong Margins

08.08.2026 50

Inc.com

Chris Morris

Trump’s Head Start overhaul could deepen the digital divide

Proposed changes would loosen education and family-support requirements in a program that helps low-income children build the technical skills they...

06.08.2026 20

Fast Company

Chris Morris

These 5 Side Hustles Are Hot Right Now, and Each Could Become a Full-Time Business

These 5 Side Hustles Are Hot Right Now, and Each Could Become a Full-Time Business These fast-growing side hustle opportunities offer extra income now...

04.08.2026 10

Inc.com

Chris Morris

ChatGPT dominates Congress’s AI spending

House offices spent more than $100,000 on OpenAI’s chatbot over a 12-month period, nearly eight times as much as they spent on Anthropic’s Claude.

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Fast Company

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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s school is the latest billionaire education experiment to collapse

The Primary School closed after nearly a decade, following disappointing outcomes and a shift in the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s philanthropic...

03.08.2026 10

Fast Company

Chris Morris

LinkedIn Just Added a Button to Report ‘AI Slop.’ There’s Just 1 Problem

03.08.2026 30

Inc.com

Chris Morris

They Paid $470,000 for a ‘Boring’ Business. Within Days, Almost Everything Went Wrong

02.08.2026 50

Inc.com

Chris Morris

10 Small-Business Ideas With 6-Figure Potential

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Inc.com

Chris Morris

Jersey Mike’s Is About to Go Public. Here Are 9 Things to Know About the IPO

Jersey Mike’s Is About to Go Public. Here Are 9 Things to Know About the IPO Investor demand is said to be more than 10 times the total available...

30.07.2026 20

Inc.com

Chris Morris

OpenAI tells ChatGPT to stop impersonating famous authors

The directive comes as AI companies confront mounting copyright pressure.

28.07.2026 10

Fast Company

Chris Morris

The glaring hole in Congress’s plan for an AI kill switch

The proposed safeguard could rein in closed AI systems, but experts say open-weight models are already beyond the reach of any centralized ‘off’...

27.07.2026 10

Fast Company

Chris Morris

This New Internet Speed Ranking Will Make You Rethink Your Provider

27.07.2026 20

Inc.com

Chris Morris

Dave Ramsey Says This Mistake Can Turn Your Dream Business Into a Job You Hate

26.07.2026 20

Inc.com

Chris Morris

5 Small-Business Ideas That Can Replace Your 9-to-5 in a Year

25.07.2026 50

Inc.com

Chris Morris

5 Side Hustle Businesses That Can Generate Up to Six Figures

24.07.2026 20

Inc.com

Chris Morris

Where OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and other AI giants stand on regulation

From Anthropic’s $40 million political push to Meta’s campaign against state laws, the major AI players are taking sharply different approaches.

23.07.2026 30

Fast Company

Chris Morris

OpenAI’s ad strategy faces a major reality check

A new estimate suggests U.S. revenue could fall 90% short of the company’s five-year target.

21.07.2026 30

Fast Company

Chris Morris

These 5 Side Hustle Businesses Keep Costs Low and Profits High

21.07.2026 20

Inc.com

Chris Morris

The IPO hype machine is moving faster than the stocks

Wall Street’s new listings have produced a handful of huge winners, but nearly half are trading below their debut prices as OpenAI and Anthropic...

20.07.2026 10

Fast Company

Chris Morris

Mark Pincus Built a $12.7 Billion Company. His Formula for Startup Ideas Starts With 2 Simple Lists

Mark Pincus Built a $12.7 Billion Company. His Formula for Startup Ideas Starts With 2 Simple Lists The Zynga founder says entrepreneurs overthink...

19.07.2026 30

Inc.com

Chris Morris

5 Small Business Ideas You Can Start for Less Than $1,000

5 Small Business Ideas You Can Start for Less Than $1,000 These small business ideas require minimal startup capital but offer plenty of room to grow....

18.07.2026 20

Inc.com

Chris Morris

OpenAI’s fight with Apple is really about Silicon Valley’s war for talent

The dispute draws on the tech industry’s long and legally fraught history of discouraging workers from jumping to rivals.

15.07.2026 20

Fast Company

Chris Morris

Ransomware attacks rose 20% in the first half of 2026

Two rival ransomware groups are driving a new baseline of roughly 2,500 attacks per quarter as hackers make growing use of AI.

15.07.2026 20

Fast Company

Chris Morris

The FCC just approved a test of a giant mirror in space

Scientists warn Reflect Orbital’s plan to beam sunlight back to Earth after dark could disrupt wildlife and human sleep.

14.07.2026 20

Fast Company

Chris Morris

Why Aaron Levie Walked Away From a $500 Million Buyout Offer

Why Aaron Levie Walked Away From a $500 Million Buyout Offer Turning down a life-changing offer wasn’t easy, but the Box co-founder says one factor...

12.07.2026 20

Inc.com

Chris Morris

This latest frightening ransomware attack was orchestrated entirely by an LLM

Security researchers say JadePuffer marks a new step in AI hacking.

08.07.2026 20

Fast Company

Chris Morris

5 Small Business Ideas for Introverts

5 Small Business Ideas for Introverts Prefer working solo? These small business ideas for introverts let you focus on creativity and deep work—and...

04.07.2026 40

Inc.com

Chris Morris

5 Side Hustle Businesses for People Who Love the Outdoors

02.07.2026 30

Inc.com

Chris Morris

This San Diego charter school bought $500,000 worth of humanoid robots for the classroom

Altus Schools says the robots will help students learn. Critics are asking why an AI teaching experiment needed to look human.

30.06.2026 30

Fast Company

Chris Morris

How SpaceX wants to fuel Starship’s next phase with a Texas pipeline

The company’s planned ‘Starpipe’ project could help accelerate launches at Starbase, even as residents raise new environmental concerns.

29.06.2026 20

Fast Company

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