Archive for July 2025

AI adoption is progressing rapidly, and the risk of job displacement is swiftly becoming a reality. Historically, all forms of technological innovation have been associated with an “augmentation effect” – the idea that technology enhances worker productivity and creates new roles, often offsetting job losses through increased demand and rising incomes. However, as has been repeatedly observed, this process is neither immediate nor painless and may, in fact, be shifting in this new era of AI adoption.

With the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) aiming to reach at least 750,000 “food-poor” families within the next two years, Undersecretary Eduardo Punay believes it is possible to bring hunger levels down to “single digit,” since attaining zero hunger remains an “ambitious target.”

Recently, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it will cap the amount of direct funding support that researchers can spend on paying for article processing charges, or APCs. These fees are increasingly used by publishers for their revenue streams and makes researcher contributed articles available to read for free via “gold” open access.

A lawsuit outlines what the former contractor called a retaliatory firing. The university has denied any wrongdoing.

Renata Hedrington-Jones, president of the National Association of Black Social Workers, relished hosting its 2025 annual conference in Richmond.