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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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The US doesn’t have universal health care — but these states (almost) do
Ten states have uninsured rates below 5 percent. What are they doing right?
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Piracy Is Surging Again Because Streaming Execs Ignored The Lessons Of The Past
Back in 2019 we noted how the streaming sector risked driving consumers back to piracy if they didn’t heed the lessons of the past. We explored how the rush to raise rates, nickel-and-dime us…
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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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Pluralistic: Apple screwed us on right to repair (again)
When people can repair their devices, they don't buy new ones. When people don't buy new devices, Apple doesn't sell them new devices.
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Intentional creation of carbon-rich dark earth soils in the Amazon
Fertile soil known as Amazonian dark earth is central to the debate over the size and ecological impact of ancient human populations in the Amazon. Dark earth is typically associated with human occupation, but it is uncertain whether it was created intentionally.
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Killing VMware
Ever since Broadcom completed its acquisition of VMWare last November, customers have been navigating the fallout — and they're not happy.
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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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Plan to save world's only wild macadamia trees from extinction
Given the lack of genetic diversity in the farmed crop, the race is on to preserve wild macadamia trees to improve traits like disease resistance, size and climate adaptability.
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Why we learnt to write the way we do
Workplace writing cannot succeed with a one-size-fits-all approach. Yet most of us enter the workforce having learned exactly that: the essay. Why do we use this approach and how does it limit successful communication? An essay is the perfect writing tool for an education setting. The simple beginning, middle and end pattern helps students tackle the challenging task of assignment writing. And the predictable structure allows teachers to mark dozens of essays more efficiently. But surely more complex writing tasks call for different tools in our writing toolbox? Here are 4 features of essay writing that can slow us down
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China's capitalist reforms are said to have moved 800 million out of extreme poverty – new data suggests the opposite
The World Bank used a tool known as purchasing power parity to make its calculations. An improved methodology suggests China’s pro-market reforms increased rather than shrank extreme poverty.
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Our Company Is Doing So Well That You’re All Fired
"You all have done an amazing job ushering in a new era of success for this company. So amazing, in fact, that we have no choice but to let you all go."
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Cash App, Square outage: What small businesses need to know
Small businesses, from taco trucks to coffee shops, had to tell their customers they couldn't accept credit cards or e-payments.
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Co-authoring: twice as fun or double the trouble?
When it comes to co-authoring, what are some of the issues and complexities about writing a book with another author?
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Coca-Cola and Pepsi rival Palestine Drinks hits multimillion sales ahead of global push
Swedish-founded company plans production centre in the Middle East
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Can you trust 'open source' companies?
Sometimes nothing fails like success
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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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The Pebble falls: A 'friendly' Twitter replacement closes its doors
When Elon Musk took over Twitter, numerous new social networks rose up. Now, one of them, Pebble, has thrown in the towel.
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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.