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J. Crew rolled out a new take on its classic rollneck sweater, styled with Gen Z flair and modeled by 25-year-old influencer Emma Chamberlain. The campaign quickly went viral, prompting mixed reactions online about crop tops, generational marketing, and whether J. Crew was chasing trends too hard. CMO Julia Collier discussed the strategy and the backlash exclusively with Fast Company.
Veteran director Ari Kuschnir is producing hyperreal AI-generated video shorts that mimic classic late-night infomercials, but instead of selling kitchen gadgets, they cast tech and political figures like Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump as pitchmen for their own real-world visions. The shorts exaggerate their promises into absurd, dystopian sales pitches, blending satire with the manufactured urgency of traditional infomercial tropes.
A roundup drawing on input from industry experts outlines 16 workplace skills that are becoming more important as AI tools become more common in businesses. The list spans communication, critical thinking, leadership and adaptability, areas the experts say depend on human judgment that AI cannot replicate.
Enabled Intelligence, a US data-processing firm, says it has made available more than half a million hours of Ukrainian drone footage for use in training AI models, marketing the dataset for both military and commercial applications. This marks a shift from earlier programs like Project Maven, where combat sensor data stayed locked within classified defense channels, toward a broader, more open data marketplace.
A newly compiled FAQ traces Raspberry Pi's history from its 2012 debut, when the first $35 Model B sold out so fast it crashed retailer Farnell and RS Components' servers, through to 2025, when cumulative sales hit roughly 68 million units. It also charts the company's shift into designing its own silicon, starting with the RP2040 chip in 2021, and its 2024 stock market listing while the founding Foundation remains majority owner.
A newly launched interactive project lets users navigate biodiversity data by browsing taxonomic classifications from kingdom down to species level. The tool incorporates accepted species names as well as synonyms across all known forms of life, drawing on biodiversity observation records.
Scientists used a citizen-science method of burying cotton underwear in soil for several months as a low-cost way to assess microbial activity, since healthier soil decomposes cotton fabric faster. Volunteers around the world dug up roughly 1,000 pairs and reported how much material had degraded, generating a broad dataset on soil condition.
A jobseeker was contacted on LinkedIn by someone posing as a recruiter and asked to complete an interview process that involved downloading a document. The file was actually malicious software, and within hours the attackers used it to drain £18,000 from his cryptocurrency accounts before disappearing.
Galway Robot Park, a 16,500-square-meter venue near Seoul, South Korea, has opened with the goal of merging artificial intelligence and robotics with theme-park entertainment. The operating company says it wants to demonstrate how robots can serve as attractions rather than just novelties.
OpenAI has released GPT-6 Astra, a new flagship model arriving less than two months after its GPT-5.6 family, which the company calls its most intelligent and aligned system yet. Astra is built to handle multi-step computer-use tasks, coding, browsing and professional workflows simultaneously, and OpenAI backs the claims with strong scores on benchmarks like ARC-AGI-3, Terminal Bench 4.0, and the Agent's Last Exam.
Dan Stevens has been cast in the title role of Prime Video's upcoming RoboCop series, and he has hinted the show will incorporate humor into its take on the character. Stevens, known for roles in 'Onslaught,' 'The Terror: Devil in Silver,' and 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,' will lead the sci-fi adaptation for the streaming platform.
Adobe announced that Anil Chakravarthy, currently president of its customer experience orchestration and worldwide field operations unit, will become the company's next president and CEO effective December 1. He replaces Shantanu Narayen, who is stepping down after leading Adobe for 18 years and will move into the role of executive chair to assist with the leadership transition.