May 3, 2023

Meanwhile. . .

Employment surged in April, with the monthly jobs survey from private payroll firm ADP showing 296,000 jobs added and the bulk of the gains coming in the leisure and hospitality industry.The number was double estimates of 148,000 and compares to the revised 142,000 added in March.

Americans spent about 20 minutes a day in person with friends in 2020, down from 60 minutes daily nearly two decades earlier. The loneliness epidemic is hitting young people, ages 15 to 24, especially hard. The age group reported a 70% drop in time spent with friends during the same period.

181 mass shootings in US so far this year

A pioneering researcher and the so-called “Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton quit his role at Google so he could more freely speak about the dangers of the technology he helped create. Read More.

 

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