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The surprising reason why women are using AI less often than men
A decade ago, when Claire Burgi moved to New York City, she decided to cut meat out of her diet. The 33-year-old actor and audiobook narrator, who lives in...
These three toxic power moves kill meetings
Meetings are breeding grounds for three highly toxic power moves: AMPLIFICATION: The boss speaks, and suddenly it’s gospel. People start self-censoring, sugarcoating bad news, and swallowing their dissenting opinions....
U.S. population growth is slowing because of declining immigration. What does it mean for the workforce?
The U.S.’s population growth is slowing as immigration has declined amid President Donald Trump’s deportation push and stricter border policies.  According to new Census Bureau data, the drop-off is...
The AI Hype Index: Grok makes porn, and Claude Code nails your job
If you want to get a handle on all that, don’t expect any help from the AI companies—they’re turning on each other like it’s the last act in a...
What to know about the 2026 Grammys
Sunday’s Grammys mark a return to normalcy after the 2025 show was altered to focus on Los Angeles-area wildfire relief efforts. “I think we will see some history-making moments,” Recording Academy CEO and...
DHS is using Google and Adobe AI to make videos
In a section about “editing images, videos or other public affairs materials using AI,” it reveals for the first time that DHS is using Google's Veo 3 video generator...
You’re not alone in feeling unprepared for the AI boom
Journalist Ira Glass, who hosts the NPR show “This American Life,” is not a computer scientist. He doesn’t work at Google, Apple, or Nvidia. But he does have a...
G2 bold move to reshape software discovery with major acquisition from Gartner
G2, the Chicago-based software insights platform, agreed today to acquire three prominent software review and discovery properties from Gartner: Capterra, Software Advice, and GetApp. The deal brings four of...
Workers fear this even more than burnout
In its latest round of mass layoffs, Amazon is eliminating 16,000 jobs—following a round of 14,000 cuts back in the fall. The tech giant did not cite artificial intelligence...
White House is ‘spooked’ by the mounting U.S. backlash to Trump’s immigration crackdown
No longer confined to the partisans and activists, the fierce backlash against Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has begun to break out across American culture, spanning the worlds of business,...
The Download: inside the Vitalism movement, and why AI’s “memory” is a privacy problem
Last April, an excited crowd gathered at a compound in Berkeley, California, for a three-day event called the Vitalist Bay Summit. It was part of a longer, two-month residency...
AI isn’t coming for your job, it’s coming for your justification
AI adoption is creating a clear divide among employees. Some see AI as a tool to increase their impact, while others see it as a threat to their role....