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The 4-Day Week Is Flawed. Workers Still Want It
When New York-based digital consultancy Elephant Ventures switched to a four-day workweek in August 2020, client partner Eric Harkrader got…
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A Fight Over the Right to Repair Cars Turns Ugly
Chie Ferrelli loved her Subaru SUV, which she bought in 2020 because it made her feel safe. So when it…
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Thousands of Planes Are Flying Empty and No One Can Stop Them
In December 2021, 27,591 aircraft took off or landed at Frankfurt airport—890 every day. But this winter, many of them…
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Big Tech Needs to Stop Trying to Make Their Metaverse Happen
The race is on to cash in on the metaverse hype. Last week, Microsoft described its $68.7 billion takeover of…
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HP Wins Huge Fraud Case Against Autonomy’s Mike Lynch
After years of wrangling, HP has won its civil fraud case against Autonomy founder and chief executive Mike Lynch. The…
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Why Joe Biden’s Free Covid Test Website Wasn’t a Dumpster Fire
They decided that the project should be sited and built at the United States Postal Service, which not only had…
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It’s Not Just the IRS—the US Government Wants Your Selfies
That document recommends encouraging people to use long, memorable passwords rather than forcing them to frequently change them or specifying…
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The Feds Plan to Reduce Roadway Deaths—With Smarter Road Design
Statistics help tell stories, and one often touted by technologists and engineers and police officers and even the federal government…
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Now Physical Jobs Are Going Remote, Too
“There’s just no way this isn’t going to explode as a category,” says Matt Beane, an assistant professor at UC…
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How to Build a Better Metaverse
So, what are the barriers to making this kind of thing work? I can give you at least three things.…
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