Infrastructure, conjuring as it does images of potholes and rusted water pipes, often goes overlooked; politicians would rather be associated with cutting ribbons than maintaining systems. Paradoxically, that has meant the great leaps in American infrastructure often come from moments of great lack: the greater the crisis, the larger the […]
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The Tech Gifts That Are Hard to Buy This Holiday Season
It’s that time of the year when our inboxes are flooded with discounts galore for Black Friday, Cyber Week and all the sales promotions that follow. But this year, we’re in a unique situation. We’re living in an era of scarcity driven by a global chip shortage, widespread unemployment and […]
On Podcasts and Radio, Misleading Covid-19 Talk Goes Unchecked
On a recent episode of his podcast, Rick Wiles, a pastor and self-described “citizen reporter,” endorsed a conspiracy theory: that Covid-19 vaccines were the product of a “global coup d’état by the most evil cabal of people in the history of mankind.” “It’s an egg that hatches into a synthetic […]
On Podcasts and Radio, Misleading Covid-19 Talk Goes Unchecked
“People develop really close relationships with podcasts,” said Evelyn Douek, a senior research fellow at Columbia University’s Knight First Amendment Institute. “It’s a parasocial medium. There’s something about voice that humans really relate to.” Marc Bernier, a talk radio host in Daytona Beach, Fla., whose show is available for download […]
Funding for start-ups founded by women is surging.
Last year, venture capital funding for companies founded by women in the U.S. dropped substantially. But new research from PitchBook suggests that change is afoot. The start of the pandemic had a disproportionate affect on investments in companies with at least one female founder. The number of deals involving companies […]
YouTube, Snap and TikTok executives take their turn answering to Washington.
Lawmakers on Tuesday morning will grill executives from YouTube, Snap and TikTok about mounting concerns that their platforms can harm children and teenagers. A subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee has said the hearing would examine “how tech companies treat young audiences, including how algorithms and product design choices can […]
Brazilian Leader’s Pandemic Handling Draws Explosive Allegation: Homicide
The committee was scheduled to release the report on Wednesday and then vote on it a week later. The group of seven opposition senators generally agree on the report, Mr. Calheiros said, suggesting that it would be approved. The Times viewed what was described as a final draft, though the […]
Brazilian Leader’s Pandemic Handling Draws Explosive Allegation: Homicide
One of the four senators on the committee who support the president is his son, Flavio Bolsonaro. The report that he will vote on next week will recommend criminal charges against him, too. In addition to the homicide and genocide charges, the report recommends nine additional charges against Mr. Bolsonaro, […]
Desperate for Workers, Restaurants Turn to Robots
Bear Robotics, which makes the Servi robot, has seen demand skyrocket, said Juan Higueros, co-founder and chief operating officer. Aside from Sergio’s restaurants, he’s fielded inquiries from casinos, restaurant chains, arenas and even senior living residences, desperate to assist overworked staff. “Burnout is becoming a very big problem for restaurant […]
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As Big Tech Grows in the Pandemic, Seattle Grows With It
There is also a “desire to improve diversity,” he said, by establishing a presence in cities, like Atlanta, Miami and Washington, that have large populations of Black and Hispanic people, who are underrepresented in technology. For example, Chicago had few tech jobs, and college students who wanted to work in […]