Everything Is Content Now. Even Your Layoff
Eleven million people have been let go in the US so far this year. And the job market they’re entering isn’t easy: the latest jobs report showed the economy added just 142,000 jobs in August. But ever...
6 Sep 202415min
The Billionaire Brothers Capitalizing on the NFL, Soccer, and Taylor Swift
Billionaire brothers Clark and Dan Hunt, co-owners of the Kansas City Chiefs, aren’t resting on their laurels after back-to-back Super Bowl victories. They’re hoping for another title, and they’re gro...
4 Sep 202412min
Seeking Asylum in the US? Good Luck.
The US asylum process is meant to offer a fair shot at safe haven. But new reporting from Bloomberg uncovers how the difference between those who are granted asylum and those who are denied often boil...
3 Sep 202418min
Elon, Inc.: Grok-Generated Chaos, Cybertruck In Strange Places
X users might have noticed a new kind of artificial intelligence-generated image proliferating: strange visions of Elon Musk next to Disney characters carrying guns, or Donald Trump in all kinds of, w...
2 Sep 202430min
A Flying Taxi Ride Into the Future of Transportation
The taxis of the future are already here. And they’re airborne. After years of research and development and billions in investment, autonomous flying taxis are finally poised to take off. Companies wo...
30 Aug 202416min
The Latest Mpox Emergency Was Entirely Avoidable
The World Health Organization declared the last mpox global emergency over in May 2023. And just over a year later, here we are again. Since the start of 2024, a deadlier, more transmissible strain of...
28 Aug 202413min
Humans and AI Bots Blur in the World's Call Center Capital
Call centers in the Philippines, the world’s second-biggest outsourcing center after India, are embracing artificial intelligence - and it’s radically changing what it looks and sounds like to work th...
27 Aug 202416min
Powell Says Rates Are Coming Down: How Low Will They Go?
The time has finally come for a rate cut. That was the takeaway of Fed Chair Jerome Powell's remarks in Jackson Hole on Friday when he let the world know to expect a cut at the next Fed meeting in S...
26 Aug 202416min
