Threads — Meta's "friendlier" version of X/Twitter — has amassed more than 175 million "monthly actives" since launching a year ago this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Wednesday morning.
Why it matters: While it's grown at a steady clip, Threads still lacks the scale and influence of the platform it set out to disrupt.
Google is bullish about AI helping to fight global warming, but it's also candid about the energy-thirsty tech driving up the company's own emissions for now.
Why it matters: This climate yin-yang is on display in the tech giant's latest environmental report.
The number of U.S. high school graduates is expected to peak in 2025 or 2026 and then decline for years to come — posing severe challenges to schools at all levels.
Why it matters: Schools and colleges are closing, faculty members are being laid off, and districts are facing financial dilemmas — all as education is under political fire from every side.
Diagnostic tests are starting to spot diseases far earlier with the help of artificial intelligence.
Why it matters: Many of today's diagnostics are limited by whether there is a known biological marker for a disease or a clinician knows precisely what to look for.
