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June 12th, 2023 | Vol. 201, No. 21 | Asia, South Pacific

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsWorld

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Return-to-Office Full Time Is Losing. Hybrid Work Is On the Rise

The pandemic may be over, but employees are refusing to return to the office full-time.

[Business](/section/business/)

### Grab Was Already the Uber of Southeast Asia. Now the 'Super-App' Wants to Deliver Financial Equality, Too

Grab was once known as the Uber of Southeast Asia. Now it's a super-app that helps the financially underserved

[Business](/section/business/)

### Why Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Doesn’t Think Now Is the Time to Stop on AI

TIME spoke with Nadella about Microsoft’s principles around AI, how the technology could transform work, and what safeguards should look like

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell on Making Tony History Together

This year, the performers became the first out nonbinary actors to win Tony Awards, for their roles in 'Some Like It Hot' and 'Shucked.'

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _American Born Chinese_ Reflects a New Era of Storytelling

The bestselling graphic novel finally comes to television

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### What Johnny Depp Has Become

At the Cannes Film Festival, both onscreen and off, the controversial movie star was a spectacle of his own making.

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Celine Song and Greta Lee on _Past Lives’_ Alchemy of Memoir and Artistry

In Celine Song's debut film, she was less interested in recreating exact facts, and more invested in the best way to tell the story.

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### The U.S. Surgeon General Fears Social Media Is Harming the 'Well-Being of Our Children'

Dr. Vivek Murthy tells TIME why he's worried about social media's threat to the mental health of kids and teens.

[Health](/section/health/)

### 7 Ways to Get Better at Small Talk—And Why You Should

No more awkward silences. 

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Darwinian Argument for Worrying About AI

As the autonomy of AIs increases, so will their control over the key decisions that influence society.

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### AI Is Not an Arms Race

We shouldn’t let people throw the world away in a perverse race to destruction, writes AI researcher Katja Grace

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### How the World Must Respond to the AI Revolution

The problem of AI goes beyond any institutions today. We need a global response, writes Ian Bremmer

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### How TIME Chose Its 2023 List of Next Generation Leaders

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### The DeSantis Project

By operationalizing the culture war into a set of concrete policies, DeSantis has transformed the Sunshine State.

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### What Erdoğan’s Victory Means for Turkey—and the World

The Erdoğan era lives on after Turkey’s longtime leader emerged victorious in Sunday's runoff election.

[World](/section/world/)

### The Hidden Role Ordinary Iranians Have Played in the Protests

An eyewitness report from among the watchful majority that will decide the country's future


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