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A Politico survey of over 2,000 adults found that about 66 percent believe there's at least a moderate chance advanced AI could destroy humanity, with 17 percent saying they're almost certain of it. The concern spans political lines, with 70 percent of Harris voters and 60 percent of Trump voters expressing similar fears, while only 22 percent see minimal risk.
A Pew Research Center poll spanning 37 countries found that a median of 46% of respondents believe artificial intelligence will destroy more jobs than it generates. Only 9% of those surveyed expect AI to result in a net increase in employment.
New York City is rolling out 17 high-tech, self-cleaning public restrooms across the city under an initiative championed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The units are designed to automatically limit each visit to 10 minutes, after which the door reportedly opens or users are prompted to leave regardless of whether they're finished.
Charter's Spectrum brand has finished absorbing Cox, with former Cox customers now billed by Spectrum starting Wednesday. The deal, agreed in May 2025, cleared its last regulatory hurdle after the California Public Utilities Commission approved it last month, giving Charter over 35 million customers nationwide.
Work For America launched as a career-matching platform aimed at helping federal employees who lost their jobs transition into state and local government positions. The service has since expanded to welcome all job seekers, including those with no prior public sector experience, functioning much like a LinkedIn tailored specifically to government careers.
Researchers analyzed a 2021 survey of 3,227 non-Hispanic white Americans conducted through the Cooperative Election Study (CES), a major academic polling platform run via YouGov. The team purchased questionnaire space across five CES modules to examine how demographic traits, partisanship and geography relate to support for white nationalist views. Respondents were drawn from an opt-in panel weighted to approximate a nationally representative sample of US adults.
At a Hyrox competition in China, Australian record holder Joanna Wietrzyk went on to win the event despite fecal matter visibly running down her legs, contaminating shared equipment like rowing machines, sleds and medicine balls. Organizers allowed the competition to proceed, sparking widespread outrage online over the health risks posed to other athletes using the same stations.
Public records reveal that law enforcement officers across multiple agencies searched Flock Safety's nationwide license-plate camera network using vague or joke-like reasons such as 'LMAO,' 'IDK,' 'hehe,' and 'asdfg' instead of legitimate case justifications. Flock's system requires officers to enter a reason before running a search, but the logs show many entries that appear to be careless or unauthorized lookups rather than tied to actual investigations.
An entrepreneur with over 15 years running a public relations firm outlines five practical habits for scaling a business without letting customer service quality slip. The core recommendation is treating business development as a scheduled, recurring task rather than an afterthought squeezed in during slow periods.
A writer highlights the growing habit of people playing videos, music, and phone calls aloud on speakerphone in public spaces rather than using headphones. This behavior, dubbed 'loudcasting,' is turning trains, buses, and waiting rooms into unwanted shared audio experiences for everyone nearby.
A new analysis argues that public policy succeeds or fails based on execution by frontline workers at local governments, nonprofits and service providers, not just the design of policy itself. It proposes reenvisioning technical assistance as the key mechanism for improving the countless local decisions that turn policy principles into real-world outcomes.
Local governments nationwide, from Florida to Washington state, are terminating contracts with Flock Safety amid public backlash over its AI-powered license plate readers. However, ending these agreements doesn't guarantee immediate camera removal or deletion of previously collected data, since contract terms vary widely on data retention after termination.