What Startups Need to Learn from Fortune 500 Playbooks (and What They Shouldn’t)

Here's what young companies can borrow from Fortune 500 discipline, and what to leave behind to stay innovative.

A short history of Appalachia’s model towns and what they tell us for the future

When e-commerce billionaire Marc Lore announced his plans in 2021 to build a city called Telosa — a 150,000-acre metropolis ...
Business Daily Africa

Building code under sharp focus as more structures collapse

On the second day of 2026, collapse of a multi-storey building in Nairobi’s South C Estate dampened the positive mood that characterised the festive season. As Kenyans slowly return to work and begin ...
TechCrunch

Runway releases its first world model, adds native audio to latest video model

The race to release world models is on as AI image and video generation company Runway joins an increasing number of startups and Big Tech companies by launching its first one. Dubbed GWM-1, the model ...
archpaper

Former HUD headquarters, Cohen Building, and two other historic federal buildings may be demolished

Four historic Washington, D.C. buildings may be demolished by the Trump administration, per a court declaration filed yesterday, December 9, by Mydelle Wright, founding director of the Eisenhower ...
Los Angeles Times

11 fascinating Frank Gehry buildings in Los Angeles

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Long before the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and Walt Disney Concert Hall made him a global celebrity, L.A. served as ...
Wired

Amazon Has New Frontier AI Models—and a Way for Customers to Build Their Own

Amazon has announced a new family of frontier artificial intelligence models—and a new way for customers to build frontier models of their own. The ecommerce giant announced the second generation of ...
The New York Times

Building a Culinary Empire From Scratch

Nara Smith, the model, mother of four and influencer best known for making recipes “from scratch” for her family, is pursuing a new role: business mogul. By Iva Dixit The prepared foods counter at ...
Gothamist

Trucker's viral scale model of every NYC building to get official showing

Upstate trucker Joe Macken’s TikTok-famous scale model of New York City will be displayed at the Museum of the City of New York this winter, Gothamist can exclusively report. “He Built This City: Joe ...
CNN

Voters blessed a building boom for affordable housing in New York. Is it a model for the country?

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. The biggest message New York City voters sent on election night was not their choice ...
ArchDaily

What If Buildings Evolved Instead of Being Rebuilt?

Buildings must change faster than they were built to. Shifting tenant needs, tightening climate policies, and rising office vacancies expose the cost of static stock: waste, noise, downtime, and—in ...