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Back to SearchAn "antacid" to fight climate change
The ocean is already one of the best climate solutions we’ve got. It absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere that would otherwise contribute to gl…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
TPS cuts will tear through the labor market
More than 330,000 Haitians lost their ability to legally live and work in the U.S. this week. A recent Supreme Court ruling allowed the Trump adminis…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Uncertainty, anxieties about doctoral programs
Fewer students are trying to get advanced degrees in the United States. The number admitted to Ph.D. programs this coming fall dropped by 15% from la…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
The tricky symbolism of a new international bridge
On Monday, the Gordie Howe International Bridge will open to traffic for the first time. The structure connects Detroit, Michigan, with Windsor, Onta…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
How AI nudify apps are proliferating on social media
A proliferation of AI apps that allow users to create sexualized images of real people have grown into a multi-million dollar industry.
Social media p…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
A year later, is Trump’s investment in Intel… a win-win?
Intel’s sales jumped by 25% last quarter, the largest increase in over a decade — making the U.S. government’s stake in the company around $40 billio…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
What's driving early retirements?
The reasons for premature retirement are plentiful: Companies downsize or go bust, partners get sick, kids need childcare help. A new survey finds th…
2 months ago
A new round of tariffs on just about everything
A new batch of tariffs went into effect overnight. And there’s more to come as the Trump administration attempts to rebuild the tariff wall torn down…
2 months ago
OpenAI model unintentionally hacks another company's system
OpenAI revealed this week that two of its advanced AI models escaped containment and hacked into the systems of AI company Hugging Face, which had th…
2 months ago
Unemployment filings hit a 55-year low
Sounds rosy, right? Not if you’re long-term unemployed, underemployed, or a new grad. In this episode, the labor market’s low-hire, low-fire status q…
2 months ago