June 08, 2026 Why Repair Cafés are becoming more popular amid the anti-consumerism movement BY Associated Press On a drizzly Saturday morning late last month, the basement of the New Paltz United Methodist Church was filled with old lamps, blunt knives, malfunctioning sound mixers, and balky zippers. About a dozen volunteers welcomed the broken goods … Continue reading Why Repair Cafés are becoming more popular amid the anti-consumerism movement
Honolulu police shut Nanakuli gambling room seize machines and cash Suswati Basu Honolulu police say an alleged illegal gambling operation in Nanakuli has been shut down after officers carried out a search warrant on Hakimo Road. The warrant was served on June 4 by the Honolulu Police Department’s Narcotics/Vice Gambling Detail with support … Continue reading Honolulu police shut Nanakuli gambling room seize machines and cash
June 08, 2026 Creativity is currency BY Natalie Nixon A couple of years ago, I started noticing a quiet anxiety beneath the surface of nearly every leadership conversation I was having. It wasn’t about talent pipelines or quarterly earnings. It was something more existential: the fear that in racing to adopt every new AI tool, organizations … Continue reading Creativity is currency
Predictive models and real-time signals are replacing static scoring, helping sales focus on leads most likely to convert. By MarTechBot Published on June 8, 2026 • In MarTech’s “MarTechBot explains it all” feature, we pose a question about marketing to our very own MarTechBot, which is trained on the MarTech website archives and has … Continue reading How AI is turning lead scoring into a decision engine
How Yelp Answers World Cup Real-Time Questions by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, June 8, 2026 After searching Google Gemini, OpenAI ChatGPT, and other artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, finding the best places across the country to experience the world’s biggest soccer tournament with friends may come down to searching on Yelp. The company has leaned … Continue reading How Yelp Answers World Cup Real-Time Questions
Ambrosia Sky’s final act lands on August 6 It’ll come as a free update for players who own the game already. By Cheyenne MacDonald June 7, 2026 Soft Rains The second — and final — act of the indie sci-fi “clean-’em-up” Ambrosia Sky will be here this summer. During the Story-Rich Showcase this weekend at … Continue reading Ambrosia Sky’s final act lands on August 6
June 08, 2026 Trust is broken. Here’s how we rebuild it BY Greg Satell One of the first things I noticed when I went to live in former Eastern Bloc countries was how often conspiracy theories came up in everyday conversation. The institutions of society had lost trust long ago, so the official version of … Continue reading Trust is broken. Here’s how we rebuild it
June 06, 2026 AI is eliminating entry-level jobs. Education needs to fill the gap BY Michael Hansen As artificial intelligence (AI) takes over many entry-level tasks, early career roles are becoming harder to find and land, with postings declining by 35% since 2023. This decrease has created an experience gap. Entry-level candidates lack the skillset employers … Continue reading AI is eliminating entry-level jobs. Education needs to fill the gap
June 07, 2026 How authoritarian governments twist AI safety to coerce tech companies to comply BY The Conversation When researchers founded Anthropic in 2021, they said the race to build powerful AI was moving too recklessly. They inserted detailed safety measures into their products and marketed their commitment to safety as the corporate quality that distinguished … Continue reading How authoritarian governments twist AI safety to coerce tech companies to comply
Federal agencies seek injunction against Rhode Island event contract restrictions Suswati Basu The United States and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have asked a federal judge to block Rhode Island from enforcing state law against federally regulated event contracts, deepening a growing legal battle over the regulation of prediction markets. In a … Continue reading Federal agencies seek injunction against Rhode Island event contract restrictions
