To hear Kian Sadeghi tell it, his genetic testing company just might upend healthcare. The 23-year-old college dropout began working on Nucleus in 2020, from his bedroom in his parents’ Brooklyn home. From a swab of genetic material, he says, his company can glean insights into which drugs a person should be prescribed, which diet will best help them lose weight, how concerned they should be about getting Alzheimer’s, and many other health considerations.
Sadeghi has r
Apple will hold what is likely to be its last major product launch of 2023 later today. The event is dubbed “Scary Fast”—a nod to both the fact that the event takes place one day before Halloween and that it will likely spotlight new Macs with Apple’s next-generation Apple Silicon processors.
What’s odd about this Apple event is the time at which it starts. Most Apple events begin at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. But Apple has announced that its “Sc
Having recently discussed the dangers and risks of artificial intelligence (AI) in this forum, it would be remiss not to follow up with the advantages that machine learning (ML) and AI are currently providing as well.
Cyberattacks are growing in complexity and frequency, making it essential for both cybersecurity companies and home users to adopt advanced solutions. Enter AI, a game-changing technology that is transforming the way we defend against cyberthreats. As cybercriminals em
The Halloween season is a time to celebrate goblins, ghosts, and ghouls. But when it comes to the workplace, we need to remain alert to the potential impact of “energy vampires.” Energy vampires may not be what you picture—they don’t have fangs and they aren’t out to suck your blood—but they do pose their own unique threats to the success and productivity of the workplace.
The negative impact of energy vampires on team productivity can be tr
The message from regulators is clear: Big Tech’s excesses will no longer be tolerated. In recent months, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice have issued an unprecedented number of legal challenges to tech mergers. In addition, the FTC has sued Amazon for “illegally maintaining monopoly power,” the DOJ is pursuing Google for “monopolizing digital advertising tech,” and both have proposed changes to M&A rules that would attach vastly more on
It’s 11:39 p.m., and Mike is sitting in a Pittsburgh McDonald’s drive-through waiting for the cars in front of him to get their orders. “Is my night going to be a nightmare of drive-throughs?” he asks the camera mounted on his car dashboard.
Pedro is waiting for an order outside of Fuzzy’s Taco Shop in St. Louis, just after 11 a.m. when a notification pops up. “This is funny, let’s talk about some clowns,” he says, holding up h
The biological material that comprises our brains isn’t easily explored. Understanding that gray matter is rife with challenges that even modern science, which now provides the means to tinker with the tiniest components of our biology through gene-editing, has had some difficulty with. But a consortium of scientists has now developed the most comprehensive map to date—a brain atlas—to better understand brain cells, hoping to help fuel the next era of medicines that can t
After a journey of seven years and nearly 4 billion miles, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft landed gently in the Utah desert on the morning of Sept. 24, 2023, with a precious payload. The spacecraft brought back a sample from the asteroid Bennu.
Roughly half a pound of material collected from the 85 million-ton asteroid (77.6 billion kg) will help scientists learn about the formation of the solar system, including whether asteroids lik
In January of this year, TV presenter Maria Menounos received some of the worst news of her life. A full body scan revealed that she had developed stage II pancreatic cancer. Though the diagnosis was devastating for Menounos, the incident was actually a blessing for Prenuvo, the company that offered her the full-body MRI.
Prenuvo detects more than 500 medical conditions, from life-threatening issues (cancer and aneurysms) to slower-moving symptoms that could be mitigated with lifest
Slack’s big 2023 redesign has been rolling out for the past couple of months now, so there’s a solid chance it’s running on most or all of your workspaces.
As with most redesigns, the new look has been divisive, with users bemoaning its extra navigation layers and (for a time, at least) missing functionality. Fast Company polled readers on LinkedIn this week and found that only 17% of respondents said they loved it. The plurality had mixed feelings, at 41%.