Canada’s asylum system still exists. What has changed is who gets to use it. Under Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act, which received Royal Assent on March 26, 2026, the Canadian government introduced two new eligibility rules that determine whether an asylum seeker’s claim reaches the Immigration and Refugee Board, the…
Countries are increasingly viewing artificial intelligence as national infrastructure rather than simply a technology sector. Speaking at the VivaTech conference in Paris, **Prime Minister Narendra Modi** used one of the world’s largest technology gatherings to present India as an emerging artificial intelligence power. Reporting from the **Times of India** on June 18 described a message…
Meta is letting engineers opt out of AI training work after backlash inside the company. The reversal says less about one internal memo than it does about the broader tension inside Big Tech’s AI race: capital can move quickly, but worker trust does not reassign as easily. Meta is walking back one of its more…
Bumble is exploring a potential sale after a steep drop in paying users and market value. The move is not just a mergers-and-acquisitions story. It is a sign that one of the defining apps of the swipe era is running into the limits of a business model built on constant user growth, premium conversion, and…
The consumer AI market has long been treated as ChatGPT’s territory — a category OpenAI built, defined, and dominated. New credit card transaction data suggests that assumption is no longer safe. Consumers who pay for AI tools have been increasingly choosing Anthropic’s Claude over the past several months, according to trend data from Indagari, a…
Apple is raising prices on MacBooks and iPads because the AI boom is driving up the cost of memory and storage. The move turns an abstract infrastructure race into a consumer-price story: the cost of AI is beginning to show up at checkout. Apple’s latest price increase is not just a product-pricing decision. It is…
During Belgium’s Group G draw with Iran on June 21, former Yugoslav striker and Serbian television pundit Rade Bogdanovic used a live World Cup broadcast to deliver a racial stereotype that the sport had not invited, was not provoked into, and has no structural mechanism to prevent from happening again. The setup was Nathan Ngoy’s…
Illinois enacted legislation permitting rideshare drivers to unionize—a structural shift in how gig work is legally organized. Understanding what that change means requires looking at what it does and does not alter about driver power, platform control, and the economics of the rideshare model. Rideshare platforms—Uber, Lyft, and others—have historically classified drivers as independent contractors,…
AP reported that consumer prices rose 4.2 percent in May from a year earlier, the highest inflation rate in three years and the third consecutive monthly increase, according to the Labor Department. Energy prices drove more than 60 percent of the monthly gain. Gasoline prices are up 40.5 percent over the past year. Prices at…
Reuters reported that Cuban lawmakers approved sweeping economic reforms this week with backing from the Communist Party and former leader Raul Castro. The package would permit private real estate development, allow some state enterprises to convert into shareholding companies, legalize private banking, and allow entrepreneurs to operate multiple businesses with more than 100 employees. Those…