Stretch out those jazz hands and dust off those tap shoes. It’s time for the 79th Tony Awards, which will take place tonight, Sunday, June 7, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

While sites like eBay can help you turn old gadgets into cash, they’re also kind of a hassle.

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 them from competitors—notably OpenAI, the rival company they had left. In March 2026 that reputation was tested when the Trump administration declared that Anthropic was a supply chain risk.

Most leaders approach layoffs as a messaging problem. What do we say? How do we say it? How do we avoid panic, legal risk, or reputational damage?

When I became a mother, I closed my office door. Not dramatically—no manifesto, no announcement. I just needed to get more work done in less time, and open doors invite conversations that consume minutes I no longer had. Before my daughter was born, I was a tenure-track business school professor who kept that door ajar as a matter of professional faith. Hallway talk is where ideas happen, where goodwill accumulates, where careers get built. After she arrived, with daycare pickup hardwired into my schedule, I became a practitioner of what I would later hear a research participant describe as “ruthless efficiency.” I had no time to waste. No time to be nice, craft perfect emails, or linger in conversations. I had work to produce and a finite window in which to produce it.

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The historic racetracks that host the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing are each in the midst of an evolution, with major upgrades, renovations, and in one case, a complete rebuild—and they’re all happening at once. It’s part of an industry-level reckoning with the changing demands of horseracing spectators, and the changing fortunes of horseracing itself.

I can recall feeling a little betrayed when I learned the backstory of my favorite cartoon. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe didn’t get its start as the brainchild of a television writer or a comic book artist. No, the muscle-bound toy came first—which meant my preferred entertainment was essentially a 30-minute commercial for action figures. (Battle Cat sold separately.)

On Monday, June 8, Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers’ Conference (WWDC) kicks off. As its name suggests, the weeklong event is primarily aimed at developers who make apps for Apple’s myriad operating systems. But it’s also a big day for Apple consumers, who get to see previews of the software that will be available on Apple devices this fall.

What’s the point of a manager, really?

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 are looking for and at the same time, traditional pathways to gain those skills are disappearing.

When I was living with an eating disorder as a child, the obsessive thoughts driving how I felt about my body looked a lot like OCD. The anxiety that followed me to the dinner table didn’t go away when I left multiple rounds of treatment; it went dormant and waited. It took years before any clinician helped me see the full picture, and longer before I had the language to name it.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday academic life for America’s students. By mid-2025, up to 84% of high school students were using AI for schoolwork, including writing essays, summarizing readings, and completing assignments. Despite widespread usage, students themselves are growing wary of what this means. A 2026 Gallup–Walton Family Foundation survey found Gen Z’s excitement about AI has dropped 14% since 2025, and nearly half of working Gen Zers now believe AI’s risks in the workforce outweigh its benefits.

In the 1980s, Big Tobacco started playing a major role in America’s food industry, buying up companies like General Foods, Kraft, and Nabisco.

For most of the world who grew up watching Sesame Street, Elmo is a lovable and, importantly, uncontroversial figure with a (somewhat annoying) laugh. For New Yorkers, the Muppet’s latest tweet makes him a traitor.

Finally, some good news for weary travelers.

The jobs report that came out today held good news for many American workers. In May, employers added 172,000 jobs—stronger than projected job growth—and unemployment did not budge from 4.3%. The leisure and hospitality sector led much of that growth, adding 70,000 jobs, while industries like healthcare have also continued hiring in significant numbers. The last few months of job growth, in fact, have been stronger than any other three-month period in over two years.  

Ring cameras in your neighborhood might be invading your privacy every time you take the dog out for a walk. 

AI-related layoffs have captured everyone’s attention lately. Last month, Meta laid off 10% of its workforce—just months after committing up to $135 billion toward AI development this year.

Other companies, such as Cloudflare, Coinbase, and PayPal, have also laid off or plan to lay off employees as they become “AI native.”

Enterprise AI today feels strangely familiar: The infrastructure is powerful. The capabilities are real. The demonstrations are impressive. Models can write, summarize, reason, code, search, retrieve, translate, classify, plan, and increasingly act. The raw machinery is there.