WASHINGTON — The State Department will offer a “premium” expedited service for foreigners seeking business or tourist visas to come to the United States that will set applicants back $750 — on top of the initial fee of $185. In a notice to be published in the Federal Register this week, the department will unveil a pilot … Read more
If you haven’t encountered the technology at your most recent doctor’s appointment, you’ve perhaps learned about it through a medical drama like “The Pitt”: ambient AI scribes. These AI-powered systems record, transcribe, and summarize patient-physician conversations. A 2025 NPJ Digital Medicine paper found that about 30% of physician practices in the United States use AI … Read more
The rise of AI has been accompanied by fears of massive job loss and some large-scale layoffs. Now, a coalition of tech and labor organizations has launched a pilot program to retrain and upskill entry-level workers having difficulty finding a job in an automated world and tech workers who have lost their jobs because of … Read more