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Why do companies do holiday layoffs?
For employees laid off when companies downsize in November and December, it’s not the most wonderful time of the year. Enough already!
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Thousands of U.S. copyrighted works from 1928 are entering the public domain
D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover, Virginia Woolf's Orlando and W.E.B. Du Bois' Dark Princess are among the works entering the public domain on Jan. 1, 2024.
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The year Twitter died: a special series from The Verge
The platform was a news accelerator, a tool of mass harassment, and an infinite joke machine.
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The Copia Institute Tells The Copyright Office Again That Copyright Law Has No Business Obstructing AI Training
A little over a month ago we told the Copyright Office in a comment that there was no role for copyright law to play when it comes to training AI systems. In fact, on the whole there’s little for c…
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Why This Ghostwriter Loves His Haters
Bestselling author and ghostwriter Joshua Lisec explains how to turn internet criticism into increased publicity, higher click rates, and more revenue.
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5 Secrets Writing Your Signature Keynote Speech In 2024
Public speaking is an excellent way to build your personal brand. Here is a five-point strategy for delivering a perfect public speech.
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OpenAI's loss is Microsoft's gain: How the AI race just changed
With Sam Altman, OpenAI's former CEO, and friends landing at Microsoft, the Redmond crew is positioned to take over generative AI. The stock market agrees.
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Want a handsomely paid job in tech? Here's what you do
At KubeCon, the need to bridge the skills gap was clearer than ever
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Will AI hurt or help workers? It's complicated
Scared of losing your job to AI? Take a deep breath: Most employers and business leaders see AI augmenting human workers far more than replacing them. Of course, accommodations are needed.
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Farmers or foragers? Pre-colonial Aboriginal food production was hardly that simple
For a decade, debate has raged over Dark Emu’s account of Aboriginal agriculture. But ancient food production in Australia is more complex than labels like farming or hunter-gathering suggest.
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Spotify's new royalty payment update hurts indie musicians even more than before
Every sub-1,000 stream will still generate revenue for the company — but now, that revenue will not be shared.
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X unveils new premium subscription plan, including ad-free tier for $16 a month
Is free Twitter/X on the way out? Elon Musk adds new subscription tiers: The more you pay, the fewer ads you'll see.
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Brown, red, black, riceberry: Which is the healthiest type of rice?
There are more than 40,000 varieties of cultivated rice. If you've ever wondered about the differences between all the colourful rices at the supermarket, here's a rundown.
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Five years after it took on Steam, Epic Games Store is yet to make a penny of profit
Epic hoped to scoop up half of all PC gaming revenue back in 2021.
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Georgia Restaurant Goes Viral After Charging Parents a $50 Fee for Poorly Behaved Children
Is your child known to act up at dinner? You may want to avoid Toccoa Riverside Restaurant, as it charges an extra fee for poorly behaved children.
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7 Ways to Create Word-of-Mouth Marketing Online
What’s different with word-of-mouth marketing online? Well, no longer one human to another; instead it's one to many for a powerful biz tool!
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Linux Foundation Adopting Terraform Fork Provokes Ire of HashiCorp CEO
Less than a month after a handful of small companies forked HashiCorp's flagship IaC software, the Linux Foundation swooped in to support the project. This did not sit right with HashiCorp CEO David McJannet.
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Would you pay a buck to Tweet? X takes a step toward paywall
Elon Musk says his social platform is fighting bots with $1 subscriptions. Will charging a fee really help stop fake accounts?
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You're never too old to start a business
Whether that's a good idea is another matter.
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Publishing A Book Means No Longer Having Control Over How Others Feel About It, Or How They’re Inspired By It. And That Includes AI.
There’s no way to write this article without some people yelling angrily at me, so I’m just going to highlight that point up front: many, many people are going to disagree with this article, and I’…