This story is part of Fast Company’s 2025 Innovation by Design Awards. Explore the full list of companies creating products, reimagining spaces, and working to design a better world. Read more about ...

Google does everything from building smartphones to creating driverless car companies. So it’s easy to forget that its official mission is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally ...

As the AI fervor continues to reshape how people see the world, 2025 looms as yet another year in the march toward technological advancement. While some worry about the dominance of technology in ...

Despite a digital-first world, there’s one thing that’s not going away, and that’s people. While digital transformation has enabled us to do more with less, automate mundane tasks and foster highly ...

AI systems are only as fair and safe as the data they’re built on. While conversations about AI ethics often focus on model architecture, algorithmic transparency or deployment oversight, fairness and ...

Design thinking is critical for developing data-driven business tools that surpass end-user expectations. Here's how to apply the five stages of design thinking in your data science projects. What is ...

This article is part of BD+C's special five-part Technology Report 2014: Top tech tools and trends for AEC professionals. Gregory Janks feels a bit like an impostor at his firm. A self-proclaimed ...

Chip design is starting to include more options to ensure chips behave reliably in the field, boosting the ability to tweak both hardware and software as chips age. The basic problem is that as ...

An elegant solution to many embedded software systems problems is leveraging data-centric software design. Data is at the heart of every embedded system. First, data is acquired through sampling ...

Modern data science emerged in tech, from optimizing Google search rankings and LinkedIn recommendations to influencing the headlines Buzzfeed editors run. But it’s poised to transform all sectors, ...