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…
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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…
The countdown is on for Apple’s devoted flock: Later this month, the tech giant will permanently close three stores in California, Connecticut, and Maryland. The Cupertino, California-based company confirmed the store closures back in April, blaming “the departure of several retailers and declining conditions” where they are located, as the company said in a statement to MacRumors. More recently, it updated the details for each of the affected stores, citing the same closure date for each of June 20. The affected stores are: California: Apple North County retail store at the Shops at North County, 272 E Via Rancho Parkway,…
As a freelance writer, I have it easy. When someone asks for samples of my work, I can send them a link. My skills are right there on the page, with my name on it. But a lot of the solopreneurs in my network don’t have the same experience. Take a marketing strategist, for example. They put a lot of thought into a detailed quarterly plan for an existing client, but there’s no way to share that work with a prospective client. The challenge for consultants, strategists, coaches, and other service providers is that the work sits inside someone else’s…