From Fast Company

  • Games Global curiously cancels its IPO hours before it was set to go public

    Games Global, a company that supplies many of the casino games found on platforms like DraftKings and FanDuel, was set to go public on Tuesday, ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Instead, the Games Global IPO is on hold after the company pulled the plug on its plans to go public late Monday afternoon. Hours, perhaps minutes, before the company was set to price initial shares, it instead filed a Withdrawal of Registration statement with the Securities and Exchange...

  • Delta, Alaska, United, and more airlines sue Biden administration over fee disclosure rule

    Major U.S. airlines are suing the U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) over a new rule requiring upfront disclosure of airline fees, the latest clash between air carriers and the Biden administration. Airlines for America, along with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Airlines, filed suit against the department (USDOT) in the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals late on Friday, according to a copy of the suit seen by Reuters. ...

  • Why a strong visual identity is as important to your workforce as it is to consumers

    Consistent, engaging design can help to cut through internal communications “noise”—and increase productivity

  • 'We never got paid': SpaceX contractors call out unpaid bills

    SpaceX is building launch facilities, office buildings and even a shopping center in rural Texas, as billionaire Elon Musk‘s space venture rapidly expands its rocket and satellite business across the Lone Star state. But a Reuters review of Texas property records shows that SpaceX and its contractors can be far slower to pay builders and suppliers than they are to break ground. Unpaid bills and finger-pointing among contractors, Reuters found, have led many construction-industry businesses to...

  • What marijuana reclassification could mean for medical research

    The U.S. pot sector could see an influx of medical research funding from healthcare investors amid renewed interest from pharmaceutical firms, should a proposal to reclassify cannabis as a lower-risk substance be approved, industry experts said. The current classification as a Schedule I substance has limited research into cannabis due to restricted access to cannabis products, regulatory hurdles and funding limitations. Federal research grants are essentially off the table, while...

  • The future of gambling is online—but it will take time to get there

    Internet casino gambling is legal in only a handful of states, but the industry is convinced it is the future of betting, even as some worry about cannibalizing physical casinos. Speaking Wednesday at the SBC Summit North America, a major gambling industry conference, industry executives acknowledged the difficulty they’ve had in expanding the legalization of online casino games. Yet they remain certain that, like many other industries, the future of gambling is online. “Once you get to...

  • Eurovision 2024 Grand Final: How to watch live from the U.S. or Europe

    The 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is underway in Sweden, with 37 countries competing initially, and now 26 vying for the top...

  • The ultimate cover letter checklist

    Resumes and LinkedIn profiles may get the lion’s share of attention, but a good cover letter can go a long way toward impressing hiring decision-makers. One survey by ResumeLab found that 83% of respondents claimed that a great cover letter can land an interview even if your résumé isn’t good enough. But writing a cover letter is hard. Many applicants would skip them if they could. You may not know how to start, or the idea of writing about yourself might overwhelm you. And yes, the type of...

  • Bird flu on dairy farms: U.S. offers aid to help track and contain outbreaks

    U.S. health and agriculture officials pledged nearly $200 million in new spending and other efforts Friday to help track and contain an outbreak of bird flu in the nation’s dairy cows that has spread to more than 40 herds in nine states. The new funds include $101 million to continue work to prevent, test, track and treat animals and humans potentially affected by the virus known as Type A H5N1, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said. And they include about $98 million to...

  • Tesla will spend $500 million on the Supercharger network after firing the team

    Tesla will spend more than $500 million this year to expand its fast-charging network, CEO Elon Musk said on Friday, days after abruptly laying off employees who were running the business. “Just to reiterate: Tesla will spend well over $500M expanding our Supercharger network to create thousands of NEW chargers this year,” Musk said in a post on his social media platform X. “That’s just on new sites and expansions, not counting operations costs, which are much higher,” he said. After...

  • Northern lights watch: How to see a rare aurora borealis across the U.S. this weekend

    Depending on your location and the weather conditions, the night sky may be putting on a spectacular show for you this evening. It is predicted that a severe solar storm will supercharge the northern lights, creating magical displays as far south as Alabama. On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center issued a severe geomagnetic storm watch. This is the first time this has happened since 2005. The storm will occur due to multiple solar...

  • Film and TV art crews are facing an unemployment crisis. Here’s what it’s like for workers

    The Art Directors Guild (ADG) recently sent an email to aspiring film and television professionals with a bleak, shockingly candid message. Citing 75% unemployment among its 3,000-strong membership, the ADG not only announced in an email to prospective candidates a suspension of its Production Design Initiative (PDI)—which offers paid, on-the-job training in a variety of art department roles—but the email also stated: “Given this situation, we cannot in good conscience encourage you to pursue...