South Korean chipmakers are being paid such massive bonuses it’s becoming an inflation problem for the central bank | Fortune

There’s some debate in the economics world about whether a “wage price spiral” exists in reality,…

Your quartz countertop is the new asbestos — for the workers who cut it | Fortune

Often marketed as “quartz,” engineered stone is a synthetic product that contains up to 95% finely…

Almost 4 in 10 Americans have a 'junk drawer' full of their old electronics. It says a lot about data security | Fortune

Think about the last smartphone, tablet or smartwatch you stopped using. Odds are it is not…

Russia-occupied Crimea halts gas sales to civilians as Ukraine ramps up attacks on fuel supplies while speculators sell at double market prices | Fortune

Gov. Sergey Aksyonov, the Kremlin-appointed head o Crimea, said that overnight Ukrainian strikes killed four people…

A better sunscreen has been available in Europe for 25 years. It just became legal to sell in the U.S. | Fortune

On June 9, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first new sunscreen ingredient…

A stock trader’s guide to navigating a rare ‘Super El Niño’ | Fortune

As concerns over the Iran war recede, stock investors are confronting another threat: climate risk, which…

Harvard scholar: the data-center backlash is just getting started | Fortune

I’m a Harvard researcher studying the relationship between data centers and energy. I’ve closely monitored how…

Over 40,000 American bridges have structurally deficient ratings. Why aren't we using quantum sensors on them? | Fortune

Every bridge has parts that drivers never see: steel buried in concrete, welds tucked under girders,…

The tribe called the world's best fathers gets outpaced by rich American dads | Fortune

According to some estimates, the average time dads spend caring for their kids each day has…

I watched enterprises buy AI that solved the wrong problem. So I left Dell and built a startup to fix it | Fortune

A new drug clears the FDA. Now the health plan has to decide whether to cover…