Why Exelon's CFO is stepping into a new strategy role As electricity demand surges, Exelon is giving its longtime CFO a bigger say in where the company places its biggest bets. Fortune · Aug 28
My volleyball coach yelled 'puka' when nobody covered the open spot. I built a career on it. The ability to walk into a room and see not just what is happening but what is missing, and act before being asked is one of the most powerful and underrated career strategies available to professionals and executives alike. Fortune · Aug 28
Why Apple’s next CEO shows you don’t need to 'move out to move up' For many workers, the best path up is still within. Fortune · Aug 28
Current price of oil as of Aug. 28, 2026 When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why. Fortune · Aug 28
'I'm in favor of taxes,' says Nvidia's Jensen Huang—but he doesn't agree with Bill Gates on his plan to slow an AI fallout "I love the heck out of Bill ... but I don't see what he sees," Huang said. Fortune · Aug 28
The CEO who revived Barbie thinks he can do the same for Gap Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune. Fortune · Aug 28
Nvidia’s massive future spending commitments ‘make the company’s risk profile more complex,’ Saxo says Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning. Fortune · Aug 28
Who pays for a shadow fleet oil spill? No one The most effective way to stop rogue oil tankers may be to call them what they are: an environmental threat. Fortune · Aug 28
Dolly Parton wrote the song we’ll forever play on repeat Here’s the paradox at the center of it: Dolly looked like someone who had invented herself, while somehow never seeming invented. Fortune · Aug 28
Deloitte sees a $566 billion lunar economy by 2050 But a market that doesn’t exist yet could yield an even larger payoff. Fortune · Aug 28
Scammers are hijacking tap-to-pay donations to turn a $20 gift into a $2,000 charge—here's how to protect your money As tap-to-pay makes street donations effortless, fraudsters are quietly inflating charges. Fortune · Aug 28
How Katseye and Cardi B are helping Gap Inc re-establish its cool factor Gap’s sales are improving, but its comeback remains a ‘show-me’ story. Fortune · Aug 28
Gen Z’s bedazzling era is the latest Lipstick Index as youths put gems on everything from coffee cups to skincare Brands are leveraging young women's increasing spending power by jumping on the sparkly maximalism bandwagon. Fortune · Aug 28
Bridge founder Zach Abrams sees an opportunity for 'tokenized local currencies' across Asia The Stripe-owned company sees potential in Asia, where trade-heavy economies need faster cross-border payment rails. Fortune · Aug 28
Fortune · Aug 28 Why ‘equal weight’ S&P 500 funds are having a moment—and are up almost 16% this year alone RSP has topped $100 billion in assets as it outpaces a cap-weighted S&P 500 that's exposed when Big Tech stumbles.
Fortune · Aug 27 The $40 trillion national debt is growing while Social Security goes broke—because wealthy Boomers are collecting over $100k in benefits per year Boomers are getting 265% returns from Social Security—and the “great wealth transfer” won’t save Gen Z.
Fortune · Aug 27 In border states, even Trump's own party wants the Canada fight to be over Governors, senators, and automakers in Maine, Vermont, and Michigan have spent 18 months warning the White House a trade war with Canada would bite.
Fortune · Aug 27 A consultant who once railed against ‘the billionaire boys club’ is now leading opposition to California’s wealth tax Ned Wigglesworth once blasted big donors for buying influence. Today, he’s helping lead a nine-figure campaign against Prop. 40
Fortune · Aug 27 Bitcoin is having a great month—but Solana is doing even better as coin soars above $100 Investors have found fresh reasons to buy Solana beyond Bitcoin’s comeback.
Fortune · Aug 27 Anthropic makes first move into physical AI with universal standard that could bring scientific labs to life The Model Hardware Standard (MHS) works with any AI model, not just Claude, but for now only a handful of companies can access the research preview.
Fortune · Aug 27 OpenAI bans Russian ChatGPT accounts used to spread pro-Kremlin content including a think tank with researchers who say they were falsely affiliated OpenAI claims Russian users hid behind VPNs to push a think tank tied to an influence operation and spread pro-Russia content online.
Fortune · Aug 27 The AI Odyssey: How a primal fear from the Ancient Greek world has been awakened by new technology Long before chatbots, the Greeks built an entire philosophy around the anxiety that rules 2026. We are all Odysseus, sailing through the the sirens' call.
Fortune · Aug 27 ‘Clearly, people hate data centers’: Sam Altman admits Americans hate what he’s wrought as his own data centers head quits Seven in 10 Americans oppose an AI data center near them, even as OpenAI adds multi-gigawatt projects across the U.S
Fortune · Aug 27 Welcome to the 'upper-middle-class trap': why $300,000 a year doesn't feel like winning anymore Investopedia put a $5 million price tag on the American Dream, but Nick Maggiulli says six-figure earners are more financially fragile than they look.
Fortune · Aug 27 Chinese open-source AI is starting to win over U.S. businesses New spending data suggests companies are increasingly turning to cheaper, customizable open models—including fast-improving systems from China.