CEOs agree there’s an affordability crisis, but how to solve it isn’t so simple Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune. Fortune · Jul 24
European travel platform Omio raises $10 million and buys Rail Europe as it chases Asia's tourism market Why Omio is betting on trains and buses—and not planes—to crack Asia's travel boom Fortune · Jul 24
Innovaccer’s CEO walked away from Disney and NASA to fix healthcare’s data mess. Now the startup has crossed $200 million in ARR The company connects hospitals’ electronic health records and insurance claims systems, positioning itself as the infrastructure layer beneath the healthcare AI boom. Fortune · Jul 23
Coke on its rebrand accidentally nailing Gen Z's 'fridge cigarette' joke: 'building on on the things people already know and love' "A font isn't a brand," says Metaforce consultant Allen Adamson. Meanwhile, Gen Z is letting the memes fly. Fortune · Jul 23
‘Call us whatever the hell you want’: Mark Zuckerberg just launched an AI optimism blitz using nostalgia to sell Meta’s AI future amid backlash Marketing experts say Meta invokes Facebook-era optimism while leaving recent AI lawsuits and product backlash unaddressed. Fortune · Jul 23
Turns out Dead Internet Theory was right: AI agents are eating the Web, growing by nearly 8,000% and rewiring the Internet's business model Multiple cyber firms agree: bots outnumber humans online, challenging advertising, analytics and security systems designed around human visitors. Fortune · Jul 23
The Miami Heat, LeBron James, and prediction markets: How a ‘mistake’ social media post turbocharged a $245 million wager “There’s a market for everything, and I think people have recognized that there’s a market for everything,” Georgetown’s Marty Conway told Fortune. Fortune · Jul 23
Despite Tokyo's push for a 4-day week for better work-life balance, Japan’s prime minister boasts sleeping just ‘zero to three’ hours a night As workers push for better work-life balance and four-day workweeks, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is moving in the opposite direction. Fortune · Jul 23
Trump faces a catch-22 on Iran because of midterms, says his former commerce secretary: Face inflation furor or withdraw and look weak “The war itself, in a kind of technical sense, is over … The question is, can we win the peace? And that’s what Hormuz is about,” Trump’s former commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, exclusively tells Fortune. Fortune · Jul 23
The hidden cost of AI: Why your town is negotiating with Amazon and Microsoft Hobart’s tax levy is $25 million, yet it secured $200 million in commitments from Amazon — as $130 million in data centers were blocked over three months. Fortune · Jul 23
CEOs agree there’s an affordability crisis, but how to solve it isn’t so simple Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune. Fortune · Jul 23
'It's called StreetEasy, not StreetHard': Mamdani cracks down on scourge of 'housefishing’ and 'real estate slop' The New York mayor's proposal would require landlords, brokers and listing platforms to disclose AI-generated or digitally altered rental photos. Fortune · Jul 22
As Washington panics about Chinese AI, Jensen Huang says open-source models like Kimi are ‘excellent’ and should be embraced, not banned The Nvidia CEO said open source AI models could fuel more demand for chips and data centers. Fortune · Jul 22
OpenAI’s rogue hacking incident was a warning shot. Will it be a wake-up call to finally create AI safety regulation? AI policy experts and safety researchers call the AI agents’ attack on Hugging Face “a wake-up call.” Fortune · Jul 22
Fortune · Jul 22 OpenAI's models went rogue and hacked Hugging Face. More concerning behavior may be next AI safety researchers warn that smarter models are getting better at gaming the system to get what they want—and could start hiding their intentions.
Fortune · Jul 22 The millennial generation has split, new Fed research shows: those over 35 are edging toward boomer-style wealth, while everyone else falls behind A new Fed measure shows just 22% of adults under 35 actually own their home—not the 37% that the headline number suggests.
Fortune · Jul 22 Blackstone president Jon Gray tells Gen Z to think like founders at work—but a growing number are skipping the corporate ladder to become one for real If Gen Z wants to climb the corporate ladder, they should view every job like they’re working at a startup, according to Blackstone President Jon Gray.
Fortune · Jul 22 Trump's third tariff tantrum piles more dizzying distractions on top of ever-spiraling failures Booed at the World Cup, buried in the polls — Trump's tariff clock runs out Friday, but he never retreats, only finds a new distraction.
Fortune · Jul 22 Beyond SpaceX: Why great IPOs depend on more than first-day demand A Fortune report looks at the rules pros use to separate trillion‑dollar hype from durable public‑market returns.
Fortune · Jul 22 Exclusive: Startup Arrakis emerges from stealth with $38 million in funding to bring AI to industry The company wants to bring agentic AI to aerospace, energy, logistics, and manufacturing.
Fortune · Jul 22 Exclusive: Stanford and ADP have new payroll data on Gen Z women losing ground to men in the job market—and AI isn't the main culprit Women's employment grew just 1.3% annually since late 2022 for 22 to 25-year-olds, compared with 2.7% for men, Stanford and ADP found.
Fortune · Jul 22 Current price of oil as of July 22, 2026 When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.
Fortune · Jul 22 Samsung's North America CEO says the smartphone is just an entry point to ambient AI of the home Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.
Fortune · Jul 22 Sam Altman and Jony Ive formed a dream team to reinvent hardware. Now it’s at the center of a battle for OpenAI’s future Betting that a new breed of tech gadgets will give it an edge over its AI rivals, the ChatGPT maker tapped Apple’s former design guru last year. A legal fight with Apple is just one of the challenges now facing OpenAI in its hardware quest.
Fortune · Jul 22 After SpaceX's $2 trillion debut, investors are eyeing Anthropic and OpenAI. Market experts share how to play the next trillion-dollar IPO Before buying into the hype, pros say to skip the first-day frenzy, follow the revenue, and read the prospectus.