BUSINESS NEWS
- Anthropic’s office launched an AI-run vending machine. It evolved into AI-run stores and cafes within a year
by Nick Lichtenberg on June 2, 2026 at 4:16 pm"One year later," Andon Labs co-founder Lukas Petersson told Fortune about Vendo, "it's just like, I don't actually think humans can do much better."
- ‘This administration cooked up a sham deal’: New York sues Trump administration for refunding foreign company $1 billion to end offshore wind project
by The Associated Press, Jennifer McDermott on June 2, 2026 at 3:34 pmThe Trump administration offered French company TotalEnergies $1 billion, essentially a refund, for investing in fossil fuels instead of wind energy.
- New jobs report shows 7.6 million job openings added in April as layoffs and people quitting their jobs both fell
by The Associated Press, Paul Wiseman on June 2, 2026 at 3:06 pmThe Labor Department reported 6.9 million jobs in March and had forecasted only 6.9 million in April.
- ‘We will fly again’: Blue Origin says rocket explosion spared vital launch pad parts
by The Associated Press, Marcia Dunn on June 2, 2026 at 2:59 pmNASA awarded the company a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars just two days before last week's explosion.
- Meet America’s ‘Disillusioned’: the 32% feeling betrayed and rejecting the establishment—and they’re not who you think
by Nick Lichtenberg, Catherina Gioino on June 2, 2026 at 9:00 amThey work full-time, play by the rules and they still raid their retirement savings. The Roosevelt Institute looks at America's economically betrayed.
- Jeff Bezos’ 25-year-old stress cure is to ‘make the first phone call, or send the first email’— and a recruiter says it lands even harder in 2026
by Orianna Rosa Royle on June 2, 2026 at 7:00 amWith economic uncertainty, AI anxiety, and a brutal job market weighing on workers, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has a counterintuitive theory on stress: and the answer is not your workload, it's your inaction.
- Nike and U.S. soccer execs on the World Cup: 4 weeks of games, 4 years of prep, 6 years of jersey design
by Preston Fore on June 2, 2026 at 1:02 amAll that prep is needed to "leave a lasting impression for the next four years,” Nike COO Venkatesh Alagirisamy told Fortune.
- The automation illusion: Why AI is making COOs’ jobs harder, not easier
by Nick Lichtenberg on June 1, 2026 at 11:37 pmThe executives responsible for keeping the world's biggest companies running thought AI would simplify their jobs. They were wrong.
- Grey rhinos, black swans, and the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie: What Corporate America still gets wrong about risk
by Nick Lichtenberg on June 1, 2026 at 11:22 pmCrisis24 President Sid Kosaraju said hackers at his firm were able to pinpoint his daughter's activity. "They could get into the school website."
- Erin Brockovich, the activist who defeated a utility giant and inspired a Julia Roberts film, is pushing data centers to be more transparent
by Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez on June 1, 2026 at 5:56 pmBrockovich’s new data center tracking project has collected nearly 4,000 complaints nationwide.