As artificial intelligence (AI) takes over many entry-level tasks, early career roles are becoming harder to find and land, with postings declining by 35% since 2023. This decrease has created an experience gap. Entry-level candidates lack the skillset employers are looking for and at the same time, traditional pathways to gain those skills are disappearing. For years, entry-level roles were the natural starting point for a career. But in reality, they served a deeper purpose. These roles were how new graduates learned to operate in the workforce, providing an opportunity to gain and practice skills, contribute to business outcomes and…
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Ring cameras in your neighborhood might be invading your privacy every time you take the dog out for a walk. In the latest lawsuit against Amazon over privacy concerns, Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt alleges that the company illegally violates the privacy of millions of Americans who unknowingly have their likeness captured and stored by Ring cameras without their consent. The class action complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, where Amazon’s Seattle headquarters is located. The lawsuit specifically concerns a new feature for Ring devices, introduced in December, known as Familiar Faces. That…
AI-related layoffs have captured everyone’s attention lately. Last month, Meta laid off 10% of its workforce—just months after committing up to $135 billion toward AI development this year. Other companies, such as Cloudflare, Coinbase, and PayPal, have also laid off or plan to lay off employees as they become “AI native.” Last year, a report from Forrester Research highlighted that 55% of employers regretted their decision to lay off staff due to artificial intelligence. And a Gartner prediction published earlier this year claims that 50% of all companies that replaced customer service or operational employees with AI will be forced…
Finally, some good news for weary travelers. After battling long TSA lines and wait times earlier this year, airline passengers departing from Boston Logan International Airport now have the option to skip the lines and head straight to the gate, thanks to a new “first-in-the-nation” remote check-in pilot program, according to the Transportation Security Administration. “This is going to be a game-changer for so many people,” Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey told CBS News Boston. The pilot program, launched June 1, is being run in partnership with the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport)—an independent public authority that runs and operates the Commonwealth’s…
In the 1980s, Big Tobacco started playing a major role in America’s food industry, buying up companies like General Foods, Kraft, and Nabisco. And that role, according to a new study, included using R&D from the cigarette business to make ultra-processed foods, such as the enduringly popular Lunchables brand of kid-friendly prepackaged meals and snacks. Such foods, the study reveals, were engineered “for consumer pleasure and appeal” with help from cigarette-related research on flavor engineering, packaging developments, and more. The study was recently published in the American Journal of Public Health. It’s one article in an entire issue focused on…
For most of the world who grew up watching Sesame Street, Elmo is a lovable and, importantly, uncontroversial figure with a (somewhat annoying) laugh. For New Yorkers, the Muppet’s latest tweet makes him a traitor. The New York Knicks have earned a spot in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999, a feat that has turned the city upside down with excitement. But as Game 1 approached on June 3—with the subway entrance by the team’s home court at Madison Square Garden painted orange and blue—an unexpected character chimed in with a nod to sportsmanship that Knicks fans…
When I was living with an eating disorder as a child, the obsessive thoughts driving how I felt about my body looked a lot like OCD. The anxiety that followed me to the dinner table didn’t go away when I left multiple rounds of treatment; it went dormant and waited. It took years before any clinician helped me see the full picture, and longer before I had the language to name it. I wasn’t the exception. Research consistently shows that more than half of patients with an eating disorder also meet criteria for anxiety, OCD, depression, ADHD, or a trauma-related…
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday academic life for America’s students. By mid-2025, up to 84% of high school students were using AI for schoolwork, including writing essays, summarizing readings, and completing assignments. Despite widespread usage, students themselves are growing wary of what this means. A 2026 Gallup–Walton Family Foundation survey found Gen Z’s excitement about AI has dropped 14% since 2025, and nearly half of working Gen Zers now believe AI’s risks in the workforce outweigh its benefits. At the same time, schools are buying AI tools at remarkable speed, often with little independent evidence about how…
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today: • NIKKEI 225 decreased 882,57 points or -1.31% to 66,588.12 • Shanghai decreased 30.045 points or -0.74% to 4,027.736 • Hang Seng decreased 291.45 points or -1.15% to 24,961.95 • ASX 200 decreased 61.00 points or -0.70% to 8,625.10 • SENSEX decreased 116.67 points or -0.16% to 74,243.34 • Nifty50 decreased 49.85 points or -0.21% to 23,366.70 The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today: • AUDUSD decreased 0.00766 or -1.07% to 0.70574 • NZDUSD decreased 0.00637 or -1.09% to 0.58053 • USDJPY increased 0.311 or 0.19%…
The jobs report that came out today held good news for many American workers. In May, employers added 172,000 jobs—stronger than projected job growth—and unemployment did not budge from 4.3%. The leisure and hospitality sector led much of that growth, adding 70,000 jobs, while industries like healthcare have also continued hiring in significant numbers. The last few months of job growth, in fact, have been stronger than any other three-month period in over two years. One group of workers, however, has continued to face hurdles, even as the job market has returned to a steady state. While about 120,000 workers…