A tax subsidy for automation would overturn an assumption made by economists since at least the 1930s. The assumption is that technology, in order to displace human labor, must perform a workplace task more efficiently than a human. If tax policy penalizes the employment of human labor relative to the deployment […]
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Judge Warns Julian Assange to Shut Up After Shouts of ‘Nonsense’ at Extradition Hearing
LONDON—In a few weeks or months, Judge Vanessa Baraitser will rule on whether Julian Assange can be taken to the United States to face a string of serious espionage charges, so it’s probably a good idea for him to stay in her good graces. But on Tuesday, the second day […]
Tech chills spill into Asia, as shares sink across region
A man walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 7, 2020. Asian stock markets were mixed Monday after Wall Street turned in its biggest weekly decline in more than two months. Koji Sasahara AP Asian shares declined on Wednesday after a sell-off of […]
Chef to be acquired for $220M by Progress in ‘next chapter’ for Seattle automation tech company
Chef CEO Barry Crist. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Updated below with details from interview with Chef CEO Barry Crist. Business application platform Progress will acquire Seattle-based automation technology company Chef for $220 million in cash under a deal announced Tuesday. It’s a major turn of events for a […]
Trump is angry that Twitter won’t remove a crudely edited ‘Moscow Mitch’ meme poking fun at McConnell
© Provided by Business Insider Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images In a tweet Tuesday, President Donald Trump pressured Twitter to remove a meme poking fun at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The meme, shared by a user with less than 200 followers, depicts McConnell’s face photoshopped onto a Soviet Union […]
The highest paid tech jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area
Business Insider analyzed the tech jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area that pay the highest salaries. The Bay Area is the hub of the tech industry, and it’s where many of the world’s most prominent tech companies, like Apple, Google, Facebook, and Netflix, were founded, creating an ultra-competitive market […]
An article for the new Luddites
If you’re looking for some new technology, DealExtreme has you covered. But if you want to know what the alternatives are, look no further than Suomiarvostelut, the best review website in Finland! Some of you might have read that and thought that this is just the new generation becoming too […]
PS5 Preorder Signups: Register For A Chance To Reserve A Console
Though it’s still set to launch later this year, there are some key pieces of info about the PlayStation 5 we still don’t know. Sony has revealed the console’s look, the DualSense controller, and some upcoming PS5 games, but the company has kept the PS5 price and release date a […]
Widespread Internet Outage Affects CenturyLink Subscribers
CenturyLink subscribers were affected by a widespread internet outage across the U.S. on Sunday morning. Over 10,000 CenturyLink subscribers reported problems, according to DownDetector.com. Out of the reports, 96% were related to internet services, with the most reported locations including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Orlando, Portland, and Miami. Amazon Web […]
Why Digital Transformation Always Needs To Start With Customers First
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Customers’ expectations, preferences, changing patterns in how and why they purchase need to be the … [+] core of any digital transformation effort. getty Customers’ expectations, preferences, changing patterns in how and why they purchase need to be the core of any digital transformation effort. With it, digital transformation projects […]
This week in Android: LG Wing teaser, Google Pixel 4a giveaway
Can it fly? No, but the LG Wing is looking pretty slick. We got an exclusive first look at the new LG Wing, a typical looking modern smartphone until you flip out the second display, or maybe you flip out the main display to reveal the half-sized second display underneath, […]
Alleged 10.8-Inch iPad Design Schematics Emerge
Alleged design schematics for an updated iPad with a 10.8-inch display have been shared by 91Mobiles. The schematics reportedly show an iPad with a 10.8-inch display. This correlates with a previous report from supply-chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, which said that Apple plans to launch a new 10.8-inch iPad in the […]
Google hires South Bay students for yearlong IT apprenticeships
Google launched an apprenticeship program in August for San Jose City College students who are pursuing careers in information technology. Google, one of the South Bay’s biggest employers, chose SJCC as its first partner college for the program in California, which began mid-August and will last a full year. Eight […]
3 Chat Automation Tools That Accelerate Sales Growth
August 30, 2020 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Companies in most industries are struggling. According to LinkedIn’s June 2020 U.S. Recovery Tracker, key factors in the labor market haven’t improved, such as hiring rate, job postings and employer confidence. It’s important for businesses to find […]
Only 2 companies should buy TikTok, and Oracle isn’t one of them
As if Microsoft’s interest in buying TikTok wasn’t strange enough, reports this week suggested enterprise-focused database and cloud giant Oracle was planning to enter the fray. A broad view of the situation, however, reveals only two logical candidates: Facebook and Google. Microsoft emerged as a surprise TikTok suitor earlier this […]
Astronaut spots California wildfires from space, sends ‘thoughts and prayers’ to victims
California is on fire, with more than 360 individual blazes scorching across the state. © Provided by Space In an image NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy shared on Aug. 21, 2020, smoke billows above California, which is fighting more than 360 fires. Unsurprisingly, the effects are visible from space, as NASA […]
Walmart, Target, and innovative retail startups soar as pandemic-era bankruptcies plague smaller chains and restaurants
Happy Friday! © Mario Tama/Getty Images Dunkin’ is rolling out oat milk at locations across America Mario Tama/Getty Images This is Shoshy Ciment, welcoming you back to another edition of Insider Retail, formerly known as The Drive Thru! If you’re confused, here’s the TLDR: New name, same gist. That is, […]
FreeFortnite Cup: Epic trash-talks Apple with its tournament
Top scorers in the #FreeFortnite Cup can win this Apple-mocking hat as well as a Nintendo Switch, PS4 Pro, Alienware laptop and more. Epic Games Epic Games levels up again in its battle against Apple and Google with the announcement of the #FreeFortnite Cup tournament on Aug. 23, just ahead of its […]
Tech Tent: Can we trust algorithms?
Three students sit on a street kerb with a protest placard reading: “students not statistics” When school students took to the streets in London and other cities this week it was a protest unlike any other. Its target: an algorithm they said had threatened their futures. On Tech Tent this […]
Adobe Lightroom Update Is Permanently Deleting Users’ Photos
On Tuesday, Adobe apologized to users of its iOS Lightroom software after a recent update resulted in the permanent deletion of some presets and photos. The company says it’s issued a fix for the problem. The bug was first flagged by PetaPixel on Thursday after it received complaints from readers […]