Microsoft began laying off about 6,000 workers Tuesday, nearly 3% of its entire workforce and its largest job cuts in more than two years as the company spends heavily on artificial intelligence.
Microsoft lays off about 3% of its workforce in what one executive calls a ‘day with a lot of tears’
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The United States government recently announced a plan to leverage a 100% tariff on “foreign” films. President Donald Trump explained it was because he wanted to protect the U.S. film industry. He said other reasons [...]
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Open a book of maps and look for the “Indo-Pacific” region—it likely won’t be there.This post was originally published on this site
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe vs. Wade and devolved abortion regulation to the states.This post was originally published on this site
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The U.S. is headed into what forecasters expect to be one of the hottest summers on record, and millions of people across the country will struggle to pay their power bills as temperatures and energy [...]
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Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers—and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial.This post was originally published on this site
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Lebanon’s consociational democracy is geared toward maintaining political stability in a society that is deeply divided along religious lines. Under this power-sharing system, seats in the parliament and top government offices are allocated to representatives [...]
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New archaeological research by Tulane University and the Proyecto Templo Mayor in Mexico reveals how obsidian—a volcanic glass used for tools and ceremonial objects and one of the most important raw materials in pre-Columbian times—moved [...]
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Jimmie Christian Duncan learned in April 2025 that a Louisiana judge had dismissed his capital murder conviction and he would no longer face the prospect of execution. In 1998, a jury convicted Duncan of murdering [...]
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A new study led by Karel Kouba from the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, reveals unprecedentedly high rates of legislative turnover in Latin America, raising concerns about democratic stability and governance quality in the region.This [...]
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For much of the 20th century, young Americans were seen as free speech’s fiercest defenders. But now, young Americans are growing more skeptical of free speech.This post was originally published on this site
