The Nasdaq Composite dropped 3.3% yesterday. If the tech stock index declines another 6.7%, it’ll be back to November 2021.
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Read more...Why AI is likely to have more limited use than boosters anticipate, particularly in replacing professionals like teachers and accountants.
Read more...The US continues to talk at, rather than with, China about its close ties to Russia.
Read more...Significant investment has been put toward brain research, including the development of new technologies to treat some conditions. These technologies may very well improve lives, but they also raise a host of ethical issues
Read more...The findings point to the role of local human capital as a key element both in generating ‘new work’ as well as in turning some shocks, such as trade and technological change, into ‘new work’.
Read more...Using bacteria to take a bite out of plastic pollution is not new. But can the same microbes be used as a food source?
Read more...Quelle surprise! Introducing robots into workplaces slows wage growth, particularly among factory labor.
Read more...On Intel’s storied history and self-destruction via greed, and now US stealthy financial support with no accountability.
Read more...Using data across US commuting zones over the period 2000-2020, this column presents evidence that AI adoption has reduced employment, except in high-paying occupations and those requiring a degree in STEM disciplines
Read more...A closer look at “algorithmic wage discrimination” used at gig companies (and increasingly across all industries), one potential tool to stop it, and how the FTC is zeroing in on the practice.
Read more...A new study by the Financial Times on the early results from Biden Administration IRA spending raises as many questions as it answers.
Read more...If you have shopped at Kroger, please consider boycotting them over them over their surge pricing grifting plans.
Read more...Another sober take on near and perhaps intermediate-term electric vehicle prospects.
Read more...Ed Zitron explains in gory detail why OpenAI looks like the mother of all bezzles.
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