Category Archives: Fast Company

The mobile giant aims to get its smartphone chips—as well as new technologies—inside an array of emerging devices. It won’t be easy. (Read about Qualcomm on Fast Company.)

Big Blue’s artificial intelligence division is a sprawling effort to corner seemingly every market in AI. (Read about Watson on Fast Company.)

Even if you’ve got normal ears, the IQbuds’ audio-enhancing technology can help take the stress out of noisy environments. (Read about Nuheara on Fast Company.)

Big Blue says its latest Watson tech enables chatbots, robots, and even smart cars and houses that can understand and relate to humans. (Read about Project Intu on Fast Company.)

The industrial giant makes most of its money overseas, but the boss says it can survive protectionist moves, as well as new rivals like IBM. (Read more on Fast Company.)

A global study by McKinsey finds that a high percentage of jobs will become automated, including high-paying ones. (Read more on Fast Company.)

A choose-your-own-adventure online game is teaching agents around the world how to fight terrorism and organized crime through social media. (Read about CounterNet on Fast Company.)

GE has developed something like Siri for industrial machines, so engineers can ask a turbine or jet engine what’s wrong and how to fix it. (Read more about digital twins on Fast Company.)