McDonald’s bets $8.5 billion on a productivity makeover across more than 46,000 restaurants McDonald's plan leans on existing restaurants to drive growth as unit expansion slows. Fortune · Sep 24
Exclusive: AJ Scaramucci comes out of stealth with a $350 million bet on 'Programmable Reality' Scaramucci talked to Fortune about mentors including Peter Diamandis, Kai-Fu Lee and Eric Schmidt, along with dinosaur bones, AI and the "cultural trade." Fortune · Sep 24
You can now hold your stocks in an offline device, thanks to a tie-up between Ledger and Payward Some crypto devotees have long favored keeping their assets in "cold storage" on physical devices. Now, stock owners have an option do to the same. Fortune · Sep 24
A VC hired his kids' nanny to run the back office. The SEC says she took $1.3 million The money allegedly went towards online gambling, shopping, and meals at restaurants, regulators say. Fortune · Sep 24
Fervo brings the first, next-gen geothermal power to the grid to satiate the AI boom Next-gen geothermal power aims to combine clean power with reliable 24-7 service to feed to the AI boom. Fortune · Sep 24
Gen Z's religious turn, the data-center backlash and a 'lack of consent': how the youngest adults are winning battles the millennials lost The lack-of-consent generation is making its voice heard, according to the Harris Poll. Fortune · Sep 24
Public brings AI trading agents to prediction markets with Kalshi tie-up The launch signals a broader shift in how individual investors may manage their money to build their portfolios. Fortune · Sep 24
Kevin Warsh might have to get a lot less popular on Capitol Hill as bond yields soar and rate expectations turn hawkish "The direction of crude oil prices still bears on what happens to inflation globally and the decisions taken by central banks in response." Fortune · Sep 24
Anthropic report says AI agents could make more companies worth hacking Attackers extracted data belonging to roughly 200 customers of a software provider, with AI agents doing nearly all the work, Anthropic says. Fortune · Sep 24
Kalshi could be worth $42 billion—if it can survive the Supreme Court unscathed Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning. Fortune · Sep 24
A $499 checkup gave me a peek at the future of AI-powered health care Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune. Fortune · Sep 24
Xi Jinping has made China’s hard-tech rise core to his policy—and U.S. containment is only fueling those plans The U.S. once saw China as a “fast follower” in tech. It now confronts a country that’s also on the frontier—ironically, in part due to U.S. action. Fortune · Sep 24
Meta plans to spend $145 billion this year, more than every military budget except the U.S., China and Russia The $145 billion is roughly a 101% markup from the company’s capex from 2025. Fortune · Sep 24
Vietnam is finally a FTSE emerging market—yet it’s the country’s banks, not its exporters, that’ll benefit most The upgrade could channel $6 billion in capital from foreign investors to Vietnamese companies. Fortune · Sep 24
Fortune · Sep 24 China now makes up a record 40% of all global container exports—and it’s a sign Trump’s tariffs meant to punish Chinese firms have fallen flat “The tariff policies of the last two years have been an unmitigated disaster. They have made exactly what we're talking about worse for the United States.”
Fortune · Sep 24 Billionaire Nike cofounder Phil Knight gives $1 billion to his alma mater: ‘This is no time to abandon’ higher education Phil and Penny Knight are funding a new engineering college at the University of Oregon, the largest known gift to a U.S. public flagship university.
Fortune · Sep 24 Travis Kalanick is back: How Uber's ousted founder went from pariah to Silicon Valley hero The Uber cofounder returns with a multibillion robotics and AI venture—and a tech sector more receptive to his hard-charging approach.
Fortune · Sep 24 Disney, dethroned: Dubai takes the Magic Kingdom’s crown for the world's most-visited theme park Instead of trying to get more people through the gates, Disney's strategy has been to get them to spend as much as possible. That's why attendance at Disney's U.S. parks declined by 1% last year.
Fortune · Sep 24 How much is Kalshi really worth? A detailed report says as much as $42 billion—if everything goes right The PitchBook reports rosy view is based on Kalshi being mostly unaffected in the event of an adverse Supreme Court ruling on its sports wagers.
Fortune · Sep 24 OpenAI's agent hacked Australia's Medicare website—the latest rogue AI incident that the company didn't know about for months “This situation is obviously unacceptable," Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters.
Fortune · Sep 24 Meta announces new lightweight virtual reality glasses to one-up Apple's Vision Pro Mark Zuckerberg showed off Meta's new glasses, named Meta VR Glasses, at the company's annual Connect event in Menlo Park, Calif.
Fortune · Sep 24 How Meta took the lead in the race for the post-smartphone world A head start in smart glasses, a powerful Ray-Ban partnership, and a fashion-first strategy have put Meta ahead—despite persistent privacy concerns.
Fortune · Sep 24 Why ASEAN’s coming digital economy trade agreement deserves your attention The former U.S. ambassador to Singapore on why ASEAN's landmark digital economy deal could create the world's next great growth story.
Fortune · Sep 23 Employer health costs are set to jump the most since 2003—and even health care workers are struggling to afford care As premiums climb, medical practices must decide whether to absorb the increase, charge workers more, or cut health benefits.
Fortune · Sep 23 Gen Z can’t afford healthy groceries—so many college students are skipping meals altogether or eating less to pay the bills As food prices climb, they’re cutting back on purchases and replacing traditional meals with snacks even as a majority want to eat healthier.