When the U.S. last hosted the World Cup in 1994, the event drew unexpectedly large crowds. At that time, soccer wasn’t as popular among Americans as it is now, so expectations for attendance had been fairly low. So as the…
On the ground, AI is already delivering. Engineers are shipping code faster, customer service teams are resolving tickets in half the time, and operations teams are automating workflows that used to require approval from three departments. Workers equipped with AI…
You tap your phone and a stranger appears at your door with your groceries. You click through a cash back portal and a package of clothes arrives two days later. These transactions feel effortless—and that effortlessness is entirely manufactured by…
Two of the most valuable companies in history are about to go public, and because of their sheer size, they may fundamentally alter what sits inside millions of Americans’ retirement accounts. With SpaceX’s IPO also sparking index providers to change…
Airbnb Inc. Chief Executive Officer Brian Chesky is starting a new artificial intelligence lab, according to several people familiar with the matter, marking his first foray into the global AI race. Chesky plans to create an AI venture to develop…
International Business Machines Corp. and AT&T Inc.’s computer systems were repeatedly breached by foreign hackers, and the companies concealed those intrusions from the US government in violation of the law, according to a lawsuit from a former IBM cybersecurity official.…
When Joe Ngai, McKinsey’s Greater China chair, first began to test-drive his point that “the next China is still China” on social media, the world’s second-largest economy was in a post-COVID slump. Sluggish consumption and a property market crash were…
American homebuyers have found plenty of villains for today’s brutal housing market: the Federal Reserve, Wall Street landlords, even their baby boomer parents who refuse to move. But Bank of America Research argues the real culprit is hiding in plain…
Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena said he’s not interested in the federal government acquiring a stake in UP’s massive, $71.5 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern—after President Trump expressed his interest to Fortune in owning a part of what could be…
Alphabet shareholders are set to vote on Friday on a resolution that calls for greater transparency over the risks posed by government use of Google’s cloud and AI technology. The vote has gained momentum after Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM),…