The climate policy triangle: why leaders can no longer choose between growth, security and sustainability

The old trade-off framing is obsolete. The next decade's defining challenge is making growth, strategic autonomy, and sustainability reinforce each other.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/climate-policy-triangle-growth-security-sustainability-wef-buckup/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Yesterday

Amazon Prime Day isn’t a midsummer shopping event anymore. Here’s what changed in 2026

Amazon pulled Prime Day forward to June 23 this year, racing to reach shoppers' wallets before summer travel, the World Cup, and rival retailers' competing sales.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/when-does-amazon-prime-day-2026-start/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Yesterday

The hidden cost of your AI rollout: burning out the high performers running it

Companies are leaning on their best people to lead the AI charge. A Wellhub executive explains why that strategy could backfire—and what HR is doing about it.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/ai-rollout-burnout-top-performers-retention/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Yesterday

FEMA told these families they weren’t in a flood zone. Then ice came through the windows

FEMA hasn't developed or updated proper flood zone maps in less-populated areas, meaning families didn't know they were in updated flood zones.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/fema-told-these-families-they-werent-in-a-flood-zone-then-ice-came-through-the-windows/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Yesterday

After the Knicks and World Cup, New York is ready for another challenge: the Olympics

“The time is now to return the Olympic flame back to New York,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/new-york-winter-olympics-2042/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Yesterday

Quantum computing stocks surge after Trump signed executive orders backing the sector

While the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell more than 2%, some quantum computing stocks surged by double digits.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/quantum-computing-stocks-rally-trump-executive-orders-2026-ibm-quantinuum-infleqtion-dwave/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Yesterday

The U.S. cut cancer deaths by 34% since 1991—but not in 458 rural counties

The richest counties improved at 7x the rate of the poorest. Cancer mortality is actually up in the countryside.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/cancer-death-rural-urban-wealth-gap-study/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Yesterday

Polymarket allegedly faked trades. Chances are slim Trump admin investigates, says sports-betting attorney

A recent Wall Street Journal investigation found that the prediction market allegedly hired influencers to stage fake trades as part of its marketing campaign to attract U.S. users.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/polymarket-fake-trades-cftc-ftc-trump/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Yesterday

Anthropic engineering head says Claude Code made employees’ work a ‘lonely experience’—and it could hint at Big Tech’s bigger morale problem

Tech workers are some of AI’s biggest users and supporters, but the people using the tech the most may also be experiencing the most anxiety about it.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/anthropic-engineering-head-claude-code-lonely-experience-big-tech-morale/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Yesterday

‘It is time to come clean’: UN Secretary General calls out AI companies on their climate impact

António Guterres proposed a mandatory transparency initiative Tuesday, citing IEA data showing coal still powers 30% of global data centers.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/un-guterres-ai-climate-impact-disclosure-data-centers/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Yesterday

After FIFA priced them out of their own World Cup, many Mexicans take their TVs to the street

Millions of Mexican fans have turned street corners, plazas, and taco stands into their own version of the tournament.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/mexico-world-cup-ticket-prices-street-parties-fifa/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Yesterday

40 mayors join global movement to push back against data centers. Can collective bargaining work?

Cities from Phoenix to Melbourne are tired of Big Tech's AI buildout draining their water and spiking power bills.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/mayors-global-movement-push-back-data-centers-ai/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Yesterday

Mamdani’s bid to become a Democratic socialist kingmaker—and other races to watch in the New York primary

Eight months into his first term, NYC's democratic socialist mayor is trying to remake the city's congressional delegation.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/mamdani-democratic-socialist-kingmaker-new-york-primary/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Yesterday

A Tesla on autopilot just killed a woman who was standing in her own living room

The Model 3 crash near Houston arrives as Musk stakes the company's future on the same system across a national robotaxi rollout.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/tesla-autopilot-nhtsa-investigation-houston-crash-robotaxi/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Yesterday

A former mob hitman ran for office, won, then got arrested for loansharking

John Alite, a Gambino enforcer who testified against the Gotti family, was a sitting N.J. councilman when prosecutors charged him with extortion.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/john-alite-councilman-arrested-extortion-loansharking-nj/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Yesterday

Renting AI from foreign providers is a national security risk, warns Cohere CEO

"This sentiment of renting AI from someone rather than owning it is a national security risk," Aidan Gomez said. "You need to fully control it."

https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/cohere-ceo-sovereign-ai-anthropic-mythos-national-security-risk/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Yesterday

One World Cup, two worlds: Atlanta’s $3 pizza collides with Mexican beer that costs a day’s wages

Across 16 host cities, stadium food prices reveal a tournament-wide tension between FIFA's global ambitions and wildly unequal local economies.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/world-cup-concession-prices-atlanta-mexico-city/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Yesterday

Gen Z: if you want to succeed at work, you need to start friction-maxxing

It’s going to feel awkward. Let it. Lean into that discomfort, get your training reps in, and watch how fast you outpace everyone else in the room.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/23/gen-z-friction-maxxing-workplace-durable-skills-michelle-sobel/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Yesterday

Meet a British businessman who doesn’t regret his Brexit vote. He says rejoining the EU would be ‘re-boarding the Titanic’ while giving up life vests

Ten years after Brexit, GDP is down 8%, curry restaurants feel betrayed, and the prime minister just quit. Which is the Titanic metaphor for?

https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/brexit-ten-year-anniversary-uk-economy-cost/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

A $1 million horror film and a 30-year-old franchise are saving Hollywood’s summer

"Toy Story 5" easily set a franchise record as its $160 million domestic haul marked the biggest opening weekend of 2026.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/obsession-toy-story-5-summer-box-office-recovery/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

Planet’s heat bill comes due as one billion more people face extreme heat stress than in the 1970s

A Nature Climate Change study finds Mexico, Kenya, Southern Europe and the U.S. Sun Belt are enduring up to 50 additional days of dangerous heat.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/heat-stress-study-nature-climate-change-billion-people/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

Mexico City’s unofficial duck soccer mascot stole the presidential press briefing

Merlin the duck and his street-vendor owner got a seat at Claudia Sheinbaum's podium. Families of the disappeared waited outside for a meeting.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/merlin-duck-mexico-world-cup-sheinbaum-press-briefing/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

Insilico Medicine, SK Biopharmaceuticals strike $2.5B AI drug discovery deal targeting neuroimmune therapies

“We want to be the SpaceX of the pharmaceutical industry,” Alex Zhavoronkov, co-CEO of Insilico Medicine, tells Fortune.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/insilico-sk-biopharmaceuticals-south-korea-ai-drug-discovery-spacex/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

Drowning in AI: Companies are launching hundreds of projects, and that’s a problem

At Fortune Brainstorm Tech, executives from Carvana, GXO, and other firms shared lessons for companies about rapid AI adoption.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/ai-talk-in-aspen/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

Elon Musk will get a billion shares of SpaceX if he can settle a million humans on Mars

Prediction market traders think a human colony on Mars is unlikely, and SpaceX itself did not specify a timeline in its prospectus.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/elon-musk-billion-shares-spacex-settle-million-humans-mars-colony/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

The Fed is fed up with inflation and will bring down the hammer with a series of rate hikes this year, reversing earlier cuts, BofA says

“The Fed was willing to look through the tariffs, but it is losing patience after the latest round of supply shocks.”

https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/fed-rate-hikes-outlook-sticky-inflation-kevin-warsh-job-growth-oil-prices/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

Meet the 2 men putting New York’s $300 billion pension fund in play for the first time in 20 years

Two insurgent Democrats say the most powerful financial office in New York has been mismanaging your money—and not to vote for the other guy.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/new-york-comptroller-drew-warshaw-tom-dipapoli-raj-goyle-primary/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

OpenAI’s new ‘super app’ boss hopes to persuade users and potential IPO investors that the company is about way more than just chat

Folding ChatGPT and Codex into a single platform is about winning over customers—and investors.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/architectural-behind-openais-super-app-says/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

A record 1 in 3 Gen Z and young millennials were still living with their parents in 2025—more than during the pandemic—despite most having a job

Around 70% of 25 to 34-year-olds who still live at home with their parents are actually employed.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/1-in-3-young-adults-living-with-parents-2025-more-than-pandemic-employed/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

By 7 a.m., Bank of America’s CEO has already read 5 newspapers, his email inbox, and hit the gym—he says if you’re late to meetings, you’re ‘selfish’

Brian Moynihan says punctuality is a cornerstone of workplace respect, joining JPMorgan and Southwest CEOs with strong feelings about meetings.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/bank-of-america-ceo-brian-moynihan-early-riser-values-punctuality-unspoken-rule-selfish-if-late/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

Forget speed: L’Oréal’s innovation chief says AI rewards companies with history

AI is allowing incumbents to innovate faster by leveraging their deep expertise, vast datasets, and the systems to turn knowledge into growth, says Delphine Viguier-Hovasse

https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/loreal-innovation-chief-ai-rewards-companies-history/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

Europe must take opportunity to ‘dream bigger’ if its to seize its innovation moment

As AI, economic nationalism, and geopolitical rivalry reshape the global economy, Europe is making its case as a serious innovation power.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/europe-trump-maurice-levy-spotify-candy-crush-nscale-innovative-companies/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

Alan Greenspan dies at 100. As Fed chair, he was hailed as the ‘Oracle’ but later admitted he made a mistake assuming banks could self-regulate

Greenspan died Monday from complications of Parkinson’s Disease.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/alan-greenspan-obituary-death-100-fed-chair-oracle-bank-regulation-financial-crisis/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

Lyft CEO: we’re setting a multi-sensor safety standard for autonomous rides

We're drawing a hard line: no fully driverless vehicle without multiple sensor redundancy will operate on the platform.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/lyft-ceo-multi-sensor-autonomous-vehicle-safety-standard/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

Current price of oil as of June 22, 2026

When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.

https://fortune.com/article/price-of-oil-06-22-2026/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

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

The Bank of Korea is worried that a wage-price spiral is increasing consumer demand and pushing up prices.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/south-korea-chip-maker-bonus-central-bank-inflation-concern/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

Veteran Middle East CEO says business in the region isn’t retreating—it’s resetting

Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/middle-east-doing-business-johannes-hummer-freedom-telecom-international/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

Dow futures drop as first day of U.S.-Iran talks sees Trump threaten Tehran on Hormuz: ‘You close it and you won’t have a country’

He also said the U.S. may take over the strait, adding "I'll blow the s--t out of them. If they don't make a deal, we'll collect tolls."

https://fortune.com/2026/06/21/stock-market-today-dow-futures-oil-prices-us-iran-talks-trump-threat-hormuz/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

U.S.-Iran talks just started and Trump is already threatening to attack, causing negotiations to pause

Iranian state media said talks had entered a “difficult phase” and recessed after the “publication of an insulting message by the U.S. President.”

https://fortune.com/2026/06/21/us-iran-trump-threat-attack-negotiations-pause-lebanon/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 21

Why men keep dropping out of the labor force: It starts in childhood, when kids see how males around them struggle, economists say

Our findings suggest that experience effects can turn short-run declines in labor demand into long-run declines in labor supply.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/21/male-labor-force-participation-rate-decline-childhood-experience-wages-unemployment/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 21

The union behind California’s billionaire tax is blinking, but Gavin Newsom wants to inflict total defeat

Sergey Brin alone donated $82 million to defeat the measure — from a committee of fewer than a dozen donors that raised $118 million total.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/21/california-billionaire-tax-seiu-newsom-deal-brin/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 21

Meet Labour’s ‘King of the North,’ the 56-year-old representing Greater Manchester and challenging Keir Starmer

Andy Burnham is expected to challenge the Prime Minister after winning a seat in Parliament in a special election he hailed as a “turning point."

https://fortune.com/2026/06/21/andy-burnham-makerfield-labour-leadership-starmer/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 21

The U.K. just banned social media for kids under 16. The founder of ‘safe TikTok’ says the U.S. is next

"These are global dominoes," Zigazoo's Zak Ringelstein told Fortune. "The under-16 social media bans are spreading and the next place will be the U.S."

https://fortune.com/2026/06/21/social-media-bans-for-kids-zigazoo-founder-zak-ringelstein-prediction-interview/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 21

If you’re surprised by how well the stock market is doing, so is Jamie Dimon—he says there’s a ‘little tsunami’ heading for the economy

I am surprised because I think that you have Ukraine, Iran, oil, Russia, and our relationship with China. That stuff is really important for the free world, but it's not necessarily the economy today.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/21/bull-stock-market-jamie-dimon-surprise-headwinds-geopolitics/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 21

Ezekiel Emanuel: My father lived into his 90s. He understood something many successful men miss

The wellness industry wants you obsessing over biomarkers and supplements. One physician's life offers a simpler—and more effective—blueprint for aging.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/21/zeke-emanuel-fathers-day-wellness-advice-healthy-aging-without-optimization/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 21

Your ‘proteinmaxxing’ is creating a whey shortage that’s ratcheting up prices and leaving snack companies to eat costs or make recipes worse

“You're seeing protein capitalism at play,” David Protein CEO Peter Rahal said.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/21/proteinmaxxing-whey-shortage-cost-increase-snack-companies-changing-recipes/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 21

NBC’s Tom Llamas climbed from 15-year-old intern to the top anchor chair—and still isn’t satisfied: ‘If you’re not growing, you’re dying’

NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas shares his career advice for Gen Z, work-life balance philosophy, and why success starts with hustle.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/21/nbc-nightly-news-anchor-tom-llamas-career-climb-intern-to-top-job-gen-z-lifelong-learning/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 21

Tenzin Seldon: The GLP-1 boom is the biggest climate story no one is pricing in

Tens of millions of Americans are eating less meat and sugar on GLP-1s. The climate math behind that shift is bigger than most investors realize.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/21/glp1-drugs-climate-food-system-emissions-investment/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 21

Edward Jones advisor: Gen-Z doesn’t want an office happy hour. They want financial security

Nearly four in five Gen Z workers don’t contribute to a workplace retirement plan, according to research from Edward Jones and Morning Consult.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/21/edward-jones-advisor-gen-z-financial-security/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 21

Former U.S. Secret Service agent says bringing your authentic self to work stifles teamwork: ‘You don’t get high performers, you get sloppiness’

“Could you imagine if I brought my authentic New York self to every interrogation I did?” asked former Secret Service agent Evy Poumpouras.

https://fortune.com/article/workplace-authenticity-us-secret-service-agent-evy-poumpouras/ fortune.com

RSS Hunter • Jun 21