Bobbie Gossage

San Diego

Contributing Editor at Inc.

Contributing editor @FastCompany and @Inc. Formerly: @Fortune and @MRKR. Fan of the @royals and @patrickmahomes. Tweets are my own.

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Elon Musk says SpaceX team will review FAA air traffic control systems

2 months ago | fastcompany.com | Bobbie Gossage

Personnel from Elon Musk’s government-downsizing team DOGE were set to visit the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s Air Traffic Control command center in Warrenton, Virginia, on Monday, as the Trump administration says it wants to reform the system. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy disclosed the plan in a social media post on Sunday.
EEOC moves to drop transgender discrimination cases, citing Trump's executive order

2 months ago | fastcompany.com | Bobbie Gossage

Signaling a major shift in civil rights enforcement, the federal agency that enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws has moved to dismiss six of its own cases on behalf of workers alleging gender identity discrimination, arguing that the cases now conflict with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, court documents say.
What new DOGE firings at the FDA could mean for food safety and medical devices

2 months ago | fastcompany.com | Bobbie Gossage

The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend, as recently hired employees who review the safety of food ingredients, medical devices, and other products were fired.
Amazon employees in North Carolina vote against joining union

2 months ago | fastcompany.com | Bobbie Gossage

Workers at an Amazon warehouse in North Carolina rejected a proposal to unionize, becoming the latest group of the company’s employees to side against union representation. About three-quarters of employees at an Amazon fulfillment center in Garner, a town located near Raleigh, voted against joining a grassroots labor organization called Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment, the National Labor Relations Board announced Saturday.
Reddit rolls out its own AI-powered search tool after cracking down on AI companies

Dec 9, 2024 | fastcompany.com | Bobbie Gossage

BY Bobbie Gossage3 minute readReddit has spent the past six months blocking data scrapers from artificial intelligence companies that refused to pay for access to its vast content database. Now, the social media site has rolled out a new tool of its own that utilizes AI to search the site. And Reddit stock (Nasdaq: RDDT) is soaring, climbing 4% to $169 per share by mid-afternoon on Monday.
My Apple Watch went haywire and called 911

May 10, 2024 | devicedaily.com | Bobbie Gossage

My Apple Watch went haywire and called 911 Some Series 9 and Ultra 2 Apple Watch models have had problems with ‘ghost touches.’ Here’s what to do if it happens to you. BY Bobbie GossageEarlier this week, I was just about to sit down to dinner when I glanced at my wrist and noticed that my Apple Watch was going absolutely haywire.
Here's what to do if your Apple Watch experiences 'ghost touches'- Fast Company

Apr 3, 2024 | fastcompany.com | Bobbie Gossage

Earlier this week, I was just about to sit down to dinner when I glanced at my wrist and noticed that my Apple Watch was going absolutely haywire. The screen was furiously flittering among apps as if controlled by some invisible person who was pressing buttons at lightning speed. Within seconds, my Series 9 had somehow changed my daily fitness goals, sent a random Slack message to all my coworkers (“Hello!”), and, to my horror, was now calling 911. Which I was helpless to stop.
Looking to catch up on Oscar-nominated films? Here’s how to watch them online.

Jan 27, 2024 | pilotonline.com | Leanne Italie |Bobbie Gossage

The winner in the Oscar nominations race Tuesday after a bruising year for the film industry was Oppenheimer with 13 nods, followed by the otherworldly Poor Things with 11 and the period epic Killers of the Flower Moon with 10. Last year was marred by strikes and work stoppages for the cinema world, throwing production and release schedules into chaos. Looking to catch up ahead of the Academy Awards on March 10? Several movie theaters are offering screenings of Oscar noms.
Tech layoffs: Amazon lays off hundreds from Twitch and Prime Video

Jan 10, 2024 | fastcompany.com | Bobbie Gossage

By Associated Press and Bobbie Gossage1 minute ReadTwitch, the video game streaming platform acquired by Amazon a decade ago for close to $1 billion, is laying off more than 500 employees as the company tries to turn the tremendously expensive division profitable.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s testimony offered two different glimpses of the same founder

Oct 30, 2023 | fastcompany.com | Bobbie Gossage

By Bobbie Gossage2 minute ReadSam Bankman-Fried finished his direct testimony in his federal fraud case on Monday on reasonably strong footing, maintaining that he didn’t know about much of what was going on at FTX and Alameda Research, his crypto exchange and trading firm, until their implosion in November 2022.