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Pride Month Kicks Off With Companies Pulling Back On DEI

June 8, 2025

This is a published version of Forbes’ Careers Newsletter. Click here to subscribe and get it in your inbox every Tuesday. As companies pull back from DEI initiatives, the start of Pride month has been quieter than years … More past. Some, like Google, are no longer sponsoring Pride parades. (Photo by: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images […]

The Last of Us Season 2 Finale: Temple of Geek Podcast Dives Deep into “Convergence”

June 8, 2025

In the latest episode of the Temple of Geek podcast, hosts Danielle and Olivia dissected the season 2 finale of HBO’s The Last of Us, titled “Convergence.” This final discussion brought a lot of emotions out for both hosts. And it concludes their seven-week coverage of the season. Spoiler warning for the episode, and game […]

AI Agents: The New Frontier for Tech Innovation

June 8, 2025

The landscape of the internet is on the cusp of a transformative shift, with AI agents emerging as the next major battleground for tech giants and startups alike. Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity, a company focused on AI-driven search and information retrieval, argues that these intelligent, autonomous systems will redefine how users interact with the […]

US immigration officers ordered to arrest more people even without warrants

June 8, 2025

Senior US immigration officials over the weekend instructed rank-and-file officers to “turn the creative knob up to 11” when it comes to enforcement, including by interviewing and potentially arresting people they called “collaterals”, according to internal agency emails viewed by the Guardian. Officers were also urged to increase apprehensions and think up tactics to “push […]

Hungary’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ content violates human rights, says EU lawyer

June 6, 2025

A Hungarian law banning content about LGBTQ+ people from schools and primetime TV has been found to violate basic human rights and freedom of expression by a senior legal scholar at the European court of justice. The non-binding opinion from the court’s advocate general, Tamara Ćapeta, issued on Thursday, represents a comprehensive demolition of the […]

Trump Could Spoil a Republican Realignment

June 6, 2025

Outside an October 13 Trump rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona. Photo: Rebecca Noble/Getty Images As the much-discussed Catalist take on 2024 confirmed, Republicans from Donald Trump on down the ticket won in large part because of surprisingly strong performance among voter groups that usually lean strongly or even overwhelmingly Democratic, notably young and non-white voters, […]

Ars Live: This afternoon, three space journos pick apart NASA’s Mars plans

June 6, 2025

I'm incredibly excited, as part of the Ars Live series, to host a conversation with some of the very best space reporters in the business this afternoon, May 29, at 3 pm EDT about the future of NASA and its deep space exploration ambitions. Joining me in a virtual panel discussion will be: Christian Davenport, […]

“Unstoppable queens”: Netizens react as BLACKPINK ranks #2 on the list of most streamed K-pop artists on Spotify of all time with 14.7B streams

June 6, 2025

BLACKPINK is in the top five of the recent Spotify streaming list for most-streamed K-pop artist of all time. As Spotify updated its list of the most-streamed K-pop artists of all time, K-pop fans celebrated their favourite idols who made the top rankings. Blinks, the fandom of the popular girl group BLACKPINK, expressed their excitement […]

Serious About AI? The conversations that count start in 5 days at TechCrunch Sessions: AI

June 5, 2025

In just 5 days, the sharpest minds in artificial intelligence will gather at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall for TechCrunch Sessions: AI—a one-day summit built for real insight, not recycled soundbites. Whether you're training your first model or managing a multi-billion-dollar portfolio, this is where the future of AI feels tangible. Let’s be honest: AI has […]

US earnings from India far outweigh its trade deficit: GTRI

June 5, 2025

While US President Donald Trump targets India for his country’s trade deficit with India and made it a basis for reciprocal tariffs, if all commercial exchanges between the two countries are taken into consideration, America actually runs a huge surplus with India, according to a study. The US trade deficit with India is close to […]