An expert panel with Daron Acemoglu, Dean Ball, Ethan Mollick, and Clara Shih discusses AI's impact on jobs and how to prepare for the future of work (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/magazin
YouTube rolls out a new in-app messaging system for sharing videos and having 1:1 conversations; it discontinued its previous Messages feature in 2019 (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/06/10/youtube-new-messaging-chat/
ON JAN. 20, 2025, his first day back in office,
President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring that the United States would henceforth recognize only two sexes, male and female.
Trump framed the move as one meant to protect the dignity, safety, and well-being of women. But the order also upended a long-standing policy at the National Institutes of Health
— one that was crafted to ensure that females are adequately represented in biomedical research.
Imple…
Apple discontinues the Mac Pro and says it has no plans to offer future Mac Pro hardware (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/26/apple-discontinues-the-mac-pro/
Just heard a 'thwack' on the plate glass of one of our windows or sliders in the other part of the house. Went to investigate and saw a wee goldfinch twitching on the deck by a slider... I figured it was a goner. Couldn't bare to watch, so decided to let it die with dignity. Went back ten min later and it was standing in the same spot, & as it saw me approach, flew off to a nearby tree! They're made of tough stuff those wee feathery immigrants!
Critterz, a feature-length AI cartoon, missed its planned 2026 Cannes Film Festival debut after OpenAI discontinued its Sora video generation tool in March (Benoit Berthelot/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20