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Covid Forced America to Make More Stuff. What Happens Now?
Growing up in Duluth, Minnesota, in the 1990s, Lloyd Armbrust always figured he’d work at a factory. His father managed…
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The Apple Designer You’ve Never Heard of Is Making Noise
Stringer says the Cell Apha is only the first of what will be a broader product line. For now he’s…
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Live Audio Apps Lure Creators With Money and Promises
When Twitter launched Spaces, its live audio feature, Reesha Howard couldn’t wait to start broadcasting. She already had a YouTube…
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In the Colonial Pipeline Mess, Tanker Trucks Come to the Rescue
On Wednesday night, the Colonial Pipeline Company, which operates the country’s largest pipeline system for refined oil, reported that the…
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GameStop FOMO Inspires a New Wave of Crypto Pump-and-Dumps
Discord is a perfect vehicle for these pumps, as a semi-public forum that allows users to advertise servers broadly, ping…
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The Chip Shortage Is Driving Up Tech Prices—Starting With TVs
Televisions, laptops, and tablets have been in high demand during the Covid-19 pandemic, as people worked and learned via Zoom,…
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AI Shows ExxonMobil Downplayed Its Role in Climate Change
Between 1977 and 2014, 80 percent of ExxonMobil’s internal research supported the idea that human activity was a contributor to…
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It’s True. Everyone IS Multitasking on Their Video Calls
The etiquette for remote work meetings is weird. You don’t have to wear pants, but allowing your eyes to dart…
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Help! A Male Colleague Thinks I’m Scary
Dear OOO, I’m a female middle manager at a medium-size company. “Ben,” a male colleague with whom I’m relatively close,…
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Biden Makes a Deal With Uber and Lyft in the Name of Vaccines
Joe Biden has been president for only four months, but he’s already been hailed as the country’s most pro-labor leader…
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