The funnel is dead. Not evolving. Not disrupted. Dead.

The Instagram carousel feature, which allows users to post up to 20 photos or videos in a single post, is one of the app’s most popular engagement formats.Now it’s getting a major upgrade.As of Thursday morning, users can add captions to individual slides on a carousel post. Previously, the only caption option was the traditional one that would be seen on the bottom of the post. That caption would remain the same for all slides.

Elizabeth Minor has been thinking about the risks of agentic AI and, specifically, autonomous weapons, for years. Minor is the head of policy at Stop Killer Robots, a coalition founded in 2012 in order to ensure that humans maintain control over technology in times of war. That coalition has grown to represent more than 300 organizations in more than 70 countries, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.

Tech CEOs are eager to blame AI for mass layoffs. But a recent Gallup poll shows that only 1% of laid-off workers agree.

The dinner table in many family homes was a bit crowded again in 2025 as a record 25.2 million adults under the age of 35 were living with their parents, even more than the pandemic-era peak, according to a new report released Thursday by Realtor.com.

This Sunday, June 21, is the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, which officially marks the first day of summer. To celebrate the arrival of many people’s favorite time of the year, the supermarket giant Kroger is giving away 100,000 free pints of ice cream. But if you want one, you’ll have to act fast today.

New York is celebrating the Knicks in classic style Thursday, throwing a ticker-tape parade for the team that brought home the NBA championship longed for by generations of fans.The Knicks’ victory — after a 53-year drought — has electrified New Yorkers, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani has predicted that the parade might be one of the biggest in the city’s history.City police said all the viewing pens along the route were full less than three hours before the procession, packed by t...

On the eve of its 250th birthday, the United States isn’t exactly at peak popularity, globally speaking. One poll this past spring found that despite its past most-admired status, the U.S. is now viewed less favorably than China in much of the world. Cohosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup amid inflation and various travel restrictions isn’t helping.

In March, the cloud-based work management platform Asana rolled out AI Teammates, virtual agents that can draft campaign briefs, map out project timelines, and sort or assign incoming work without waiting for human input.

In the past few years, job listings have increasingly touted remote or partially remote work alongside other perks like gym memberships and childcare benefits. The assumption is baked in: employees prefer remote work. It implies that companies that care about employee well-being give them the freedom to work from home.

Earlier this year, I was in a room with a group of CEOs in Istanbul. A few weeks later, on a call with board members from a European grocery chain. A month later with investors in Australia, then another call with investors from North America. And most recently, an operating team in the U.S. Different markets, different competitive pressures, different stages of AI maturity. Same conversation every time.

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The AI world is so full of hype, I wouldn’t blame anyone for shrugging at all the drama around the release and subsequent pullback of Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 model. After all, the industry releases new models all the time, and considering all the headlines from the year—which included the Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman trial as well as Anthropic’s dustup with the Department of Defense—the Fable story might seem like just another day in artificial intelligence.

Federal regulators on Thursday agreed to let large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and electric transmission system to accommodate surging demand from power-hungry artificial intelligence data centers.

Juneteenth—the newest federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States—may remain unfamiliar to some. People across America and around the world are still learning about this important observance, which we celebrate today, Friday, June 19.