‘I saw the backlash coming’: civil rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw on America and race

When Donald Trump returned to office in January last year, one of his first acts was to sign an executive order intended to cut federal funding for any school teaching what the administration defined as “critical race theory”. A raft of other orders mandated the termination of DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) personnel, offices and training across the…

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Haruki Murakami has a new novel coming out—and for the first time, it features a female main character.

Haruki Murakami’s next novel, The Tale of KAHO, will be published on July 3rd by Shinchosha Publishing Co, the AP reports. This will be Murakami’s first full-length novel since 2023’s The City and its Uncertain Walls (published in the US in 2024). According to the publisher, “Kaho is the first lone, woman protagonist featured in…

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Visa's AI-enhanced payment options will be coming to more apps soon, thanks to new MCP support

Getty Images / Anna Barclay / Contributor Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Visa Intelligent Commerce opens Visa’s payment network to developers and engineers. These individuals can then build agentic AI shopping experiences using Visa’s network. Now, Visa Intelligent Commerce offers Model Context Protocol (MCP) support.   AI agents can optimize how…

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