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Job seekers in all fields can expect to soon be doing a lot more initial screening interviews. While that may sound like positive news, it doesn’t mean that there will suddenly be more open positions. Instead, recruiters, often bogged down with determining which applicants are qualified for the next round, will outsource the routine screening tasks — like checking backgrounds, salary needs, and availability — to (you guessed it) AI. Alex, a startup building an AI recruiter, says it’s already helping companies conduct video interviews and phone screens. Aaron Wang (pictured center, bottom row), who co-founded Alex about 18 months…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lawyers for the Des Moines public schools leader detained by immigration authorities have asked a court to put deportation proceedings on hold.Attorney Alfredo Parrish said his law firm filed the request for a stay with the federal immigration court in Omaha, Nebraska, on behalf of Superintendent Ian Roberts. Parrish did not elaborate on the filing, which was made under seal, but said his firm planned a news conference later Tuesday.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Roberts last week, saying the Guyana native was living and working in the country illegally. A state board promptly…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government starts phasing out paper checks for most programs on Tuesday.The change, which was initiated through an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in March, will affect recipients of benefits including Social Security, Supplemental Security Income and tax refunds.Trump’s Republican administration argues the shift of all payments and collections to electronic methods is designed to protect taxpayers from fraud and stolen checks, speed up processing and cut costs. But advocates fear that the shift will hurt marginalized Americans who lack access to digital services and may not even know this phase-out is coming.“A lot…

Coaches and staff use the Scorability recruiting dashboard to discover, evaluate, and engage with recruitsScoreabilitySports tech platform Scorability has raised $40 million in fresh funding as the company looks to modernize college sports recruiting, the company announced on Tuesday.The funding round was led by Bluestone Equity Partners, with participation from sports merchandising giant Fanatics. Luther King Capital Management also joined the round, alongside returning investors Silverton Partners, Next Coast Ventures and Scorability’s co-founder Brian Cruver.The raise comes as the college sports landscape undergoes a seismic shift following a $2.28 billion NCAA antitrust settlement that paved the way for student-athletes to…

A Faraday Future electric SUV caught fire at the startup’s Los Angeles headquarters early Sunday morning, leading to an explosion that blew out part of a wall, the fire department told TechCrunch. The fire was extinguished in 40 minutes, and no injuries were reported. Damage to the building — a smaller two-story structure next to the larger portion of the headquarters (pictured above) — was severe enough that the city’s Department of Building and Safety has “red tagged” it, meaning it may need structural work before it can be occupied again. “We are aware of a fire at our facility…

More online platforms are giving secondhand shopping a digital upgrade, rolling out features like livestream shopping and AI-powered search to make thrifting faster and more exciting. Although choosing secondhand over new is often the more sustainable option, experts say it’s not a license to overconsume. They warn that resale has its limits, since buying more than you need still fuels waste, and shopping online can add emissions from servers and shipping, thrifted or not. eBay brought secondhand fashion to the runway. Experts say if you want to shop sustainably, skip the hauls and choose pieces you’ll actually wear. Here’s how…

NEW YORK (AP) — Crowds wore maga flowers and “pavas” — straw hats traditionally worn by jíbaros, Puerto Rican rural farmers. They drank Medalla beer and danced salsa. Over the course of a 31-date residency at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Bad Bunny worked a miracle, inspiring patriotism in the hearts of a proud Boricua people, and in those traveling to Puerto Rico for the first time. He performed on two stages, one showcasing the island’s natural beauty with its flamboyan and plantain trees, and another, a casita (“little house”), for the pari de marquesina, a house…

Rental company Hertz said Tuesday it is updating its online shopping website to allow customers to secure financing, get a trade-in offer and do just about everything else a buyer would need to purchase a vehicle.The move is a significant step for Hertz’s online retail presence. Previously, the company’s HertzCarSales.com website had only offered listings of vehicles. Most of the purchasing process happened at Hertz’s retail locations, of which there are 45 in the United States.”Our new e-commerce platform marks a major step forward in modernizing how we serve our customers with a seamless journey from browsing to ownership,” said…

Iceland-based ultra-low-cost carrier PLAY has canceled all flights after ceasing operations over the weekend.”We kindly advise you to check flights with other airlines. Some carriers may offer special ‘rescue fares’ considering the circumstances,” PLAY said in a message to passengers published to its website on Sunday. Headquartered in Reykjavik, the budget carrier commenced operations just over four years ago and offered Americans affordable flights to the island country and easy access to the rest of Europe from cities such as Baltimore (BWI), Boston (BOS), Newburgh, New York (SFW) and Washington, D.C. (IAD).Impacted customers are entitled to a refund and are…

DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose to the top of the Apple App Store charts (and Google Play, as well). DeepSeek’s AI models, which were trained using compute-efficient techniques, have led Wall Street analysts — and technologists — to question whether the U.S. can maintain its lead in the AI race and whether the demand for AI chips will sustain. But where did DeepSeek come from, and how did it rise to international fame so quickly? DeepSeek’s trader origins DeepSeek is backed by High-Flyer Capital Management, a Chinese quantitative hedge fund…