Weeks after revelations that migrant children are routinely exploited for cheap labor in the United States sparked bipartisan outcry and calls for action on Capitol… Read More »Debate on migrant child labor in Congress bogged down in immigration battle
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Getty Images | asadykov US authorities have seized another large Z-Library domain, but have still failed to erase the pirate book site from the Internet.… Read More »VS seizes Z-Library login domain, but secret URLs for each user remain active
Five hours is enough time to watch a Mets game. There will be plenty of time to listen to the Spice Girls’ album “Spice” (40… Read More »ChatFished: Losing Friends and Alienating People with AI
What is? (April 30 – May 6) The Fed keeps the pressure on In the wake of yet another bank failure and signs of an… Read More »The week in business: the 10th rate increase in a row
Enlarge / The Prius used to be considered pretty cool when it was the first mainstream hybrid on sale. Now in its fifth generation, the… Read More »Toyota’s 2023 Prius: Lamborghini looks meet fuel-thin economy
The job market is still defying gravity – for now. Employers added 253,000 jobs in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Labor Department reported… Read More »US employers added 253,000 jobs despite economic concerns
Enlarge / AMD’s Instinct AI accelerators aren’t as widely used as competing products from Nvidia. amd The hardware that has enabled and driven the recent… Read More »Microsoft and AMD are reportedly teaming up to fight Nvidia’s AI dominance
There is a new wrinkle in the ongoing battle between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company. On Friday, Mr. DeSantis introduced a… Read More »DeSantis Signs Law Latest Wrinkle in Disney Feud
Enlarge / The Brydge Max+, one of the company’s last iPad products. Brydge focused on aluminum builds, laptop-style hinges, and — before Apple decided it… Read More »Brydge finishes making Apple gear, leaving pre-orders unfilled, employees frozen
A California panel on Saturday approved recommendations that could mean hundreds of billions of dollars in payments to black residents to address past injustices. The… Read More »California panel calls for billions in reparations for black residents
Berkshire Hathaway reported a six-fold increase in its first-quarter earnings on Saturday, bolstered by huge paper gains on investments as the conglomerate led by Warren… Read More »Berkshire reports big profit jump
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Newton N. Minow, who, as President John F. Kennedy’s new FCC chairman in 1961, sent shockwaves through an industry and struck a chord in a… Read More »Newton N. Minow, FCC chief who viewed TV as a “vast wasteland,” dies at 97
