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18 hours agoCurrent Event jackthetripper
Fewer Americans are earning less than $15 an hour, but Black and Hispanic women make up a bigger share of them
Before the novel coronavirus sent millions of low earners into unemployment, more than one in four workers earned less than $15 an hour.
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3 days agoAnalysis jackthetripper
Why inflation fears are unfounded
It would be a dangerous mistake to let fear of inflation and then a bursting bubble in the financial sector hamstring the economy that could make good jobs for real men and women who have been telling us for decades that this is what they want.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event jackthetripper
Netflix is making a Redwall movie, and The Verge staff is very excited
Earlier this week, Netflix dropped a surprise announcement that it’s adapting author Brian Jacques’ iconic Redwall books into a new animated movie and TV franchise. Based on the 22-book children’s series that was published from 1986 through 2011, the books span generations of sword-fighting anthropomorphic mice, rabbits, badgers, and other woodland creatures living at the titular Redwall Abbey.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event jackthetripper
See how libraries are meeting ebook demand for the NYT Best Sellers list with this visualization
Fiction author, sourdough bread lover, and former Twitter executive Robin Sloan is answering a question you may have never thought to ask: which New York Times Best Sellers list ebooks are in the highest demand in the US public library system?
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1 month agoCurrent Event jackthetripper
China bans Uyghur language as medium of instruction in Xinjiang: Reports
As the caller asked to clarify which language the children would study in, the bureau employee said that instruction in Kelpin would be carried out in the "national language," or Mandarin Chinese only, as per the RFA report.
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1 month agoCurrent Event jackthetripper
Apple to crack down on tracking iPhone users in early spring
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple says it will roll out a new privacy control in the spring to prevent iPhone apps from secretly shadowing people. The delay in its anticipated rollout aims to placate...
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1 month agoExpression jackthetripper
Why our pursuit of happiness may be flawed
It is an emotion linked to improved health and well-being, but is our obsession with being happy a recipe for disappointment, asks Nat Rutherford.
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2 months agoAnalysis jackthetripper
2021 preview: We will find out if microplastics are harming our cells
Despite mounting evidence that we eat, drink and breathe microplastics it still isn't clear if they enter our bodies and cause harm, but in 2021 we should get some answers
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2 months agoExpression jackthetripper
Humans relax, we can tax the robots
The government must reckon with the impact of artificial intelligence on human employment by amending the tax regime.
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2 months agoExpression jackthetripper
Booze company launches drink that tastes just as 'horrible' as 2020
Australian alcohol delivery service Jimmy Brings has unveiled a 2020 drink in a can that tastes just as 'horrible' as the year.
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2 months agoExpression jackthetripper
Here’s the robotaxi Amazon wants you to ride around in
Zoox, Amazon’s self-driving vehicle startup, revealed a prototype of its robotaxi Monday that could one day spend 16 hours a day offering rides in cities.
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2 months agoCurrent Event jackthetripper
Sony is pulling Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation Store and offering full refunds
The PlayStation version of the game has been riddled with bugs.
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2 months agoCurrent Event jackthetripper
Bernard Madoff victims receiving more money, 12 years after his arrest
Overseers of two programs to compensate victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme have announced $679 million of new payouts, ahead of Friday's 12th anniversary of the now-imprisoned swindler's arrest.
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2 months agoCurrent Event jackthetripper
FTC and states sue Facebook, could force Facebook to divest Instagram and WhatsApp
Facebook first disclosed the Federal Trade Commission was investigating its business in July 2019.