The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest Mistakes
The New York Times · 34 minA century ago, Thomas Midgley Jr. was responsible for two phenomenally destructive innovations. What can we learn from them today?
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Shoppers say secondhand stores like Goodwill are getting too expensive as Gen Z makes thrifting cool
Business Insider · 3 minShoppers are complaining that the price of secondhand goods at thrift stores like Goodwill and the Salvation Army has shot up, and they're blaming wealthy teens.
The FBI raided a notable journalist's home. Rolling Stone didn't tell readers why
NPR · 9 minWarning: This story contains references to disturbing accusations and incidents of child sex abuse. Last Oct. 18, Rolling Stone served up a foreboding scoop: The FBI had raided the home of a renowned journalist at the top of his game months earlier, and he had disappeared from public view.
75 years on, Puma’s gaze is fixed firmly on the future
VICEA Sandwich Shop, a Tent City and an American Crisis
The New York Times · 21 minHe had been coming into work at the same sandwich shop at the same exact time every weekday morning for the last four decades, but now Joe Faillace, 69, pulled up to Old Station Subs with no idea what to expect.
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Where to recycle your used and unwanted gadgets
Engadget · 9 minFor decades now we’ve become accustomed to tossing all sorts of things into the recycling bin, like glass bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard. One category, however, that still isn’t on everyone’s list is consumer electronics.
How an indie dev used ChatGPT to build an iPhone app from scratch
Cult of Mac · 6 minSwiss developer Morten Just has built a whole slew of useful Mac apps under the name Otato. But his latest app wasn’t made by him at all: He asked ChatGPT to build it for him. While Just earned his stripes as a professional programmer, he didn’t write a single line of code to create 5 Movies.
3 Words Explain Why It's Time to Ditch Your Amazon Alexa Devices
Inc. Magazine · 4 minLike probably anyone reading this, we have a handful of Amazon Echo devices in our home. For the most part, they have served as alarm clocks in our four kids' rooms for the past few years. They're fine. We bought the kind with the LED clock, which makes them ideal for their purpose.
The Fight to Expose Corporations’ Real Impact on the Climate
WIRED · 5 minSay you are a maker of computer graphics cards, under pressure from investors questioning your green credentials. You know what to do. You email your various departments, asking them to tally up their carbon emissions and the energy they consume. Simple enough.
Don’t Fall for This Fake Parking Ticket Scam
Lifehacker · 4 minGetting a parking ticket sucks, and the easiest way to put one out of your mind might be to pay it as soon as possible—a fact scammers are taking advantage of using fake tickets that trick you into making payments for violations you weren’t actually cited for.
What Elizabeth Warren, Larry Summers, and Paul Krugman All Got Wrong About SVB
The Nation · 6 minWhen Silicon Valley Bank went down, many progressives, and much of the media, immediately pointed to malfeasance, special pleading and regulatory failures—a conditioned response with a strong pedigree.
How U.S. Government Agencies Can Fix Their Customer-Service Problem
Harvard Business Review · 6 minPublic trust in government is at a historic low, influenced in part by rising inequality, political polarization, the impact of climate change, and macro-level economic downturns. In our collective decades of public service, we’ve witnessed this erosion firsthand.
The TikTok Hearing Revealed That Congress Is the Problem
WIRED · 4 minFor some, the job on Thursday was casting the hearing's only witness, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, as a stand-in for the Chinese government—in some cases, for communism itself—and then belting him like a side of beef.
The 7 Most Successful Business Models Of The Digital Era
Forbes · 6 minThe first two decades of this century are characterized by digital entrepreneurs upending traditional business models in search of new ways of creating revenue and serving customers.
Virtual production studios are replacing green screens as world's largest opens in Melbourne
ABC · 9 minCalled a virtual production stage, it's a type of facility that has been dubbed the next big thing in film and TV. This bank of screens is connected to powerful computers driven by gaming software, able to create high-resolution animated backdrops that respond to the perspective of the camera.
Don’t Panic About Taiwan
reader.foreignaffairs.com · 8 minIn the West and parts of Asia, concern is mounting that China might invade Taiwan to distract from mounting domestic challenges or because Chinese leaders imagine that their window of opportunity to seize the island is closing.
Column: California’s population is on the decline, and high-income earners have joined the exodus
Los Angeles Times · 4 minIt turns out high-income people are also fleeing the state — a new twist in the California exit. That should worry ruling liberal Democrats who love to tax wealthy people and spend their money, especially on social programs.
The High-Performer Paradox: Unpacking Imposter Culture In The Workplace
Forbes · 5 minIn the war for talent, the most successful leaders know how to recognize and attract high performers.
‘We’ve become a renting nation’: Landlords benefit from high house prices, but millions of renters find themselves trapped
MarketWatch · 5 minWhen Nashville, Tenn., native Stephen Parker recently listed a mobile home that he owns on the rental market, he received about 30 applications in one week. “I priced it competitively,” he said.
Don’t Panic About Taiwan
Foreign Affairs · 8 minIn the West and parts of Asia, concern is mounting that China might invade Taiwan to distract from mounting domestic challenges or because Chinese leaders imagine that their window of opportunity to seize the island is closing.
TikTok is owned by a Chinese company. So why doesn’t it exist there?
CNN · 5 minTikTok is fighting to stay alive in the United States as pressure builds in Washington to ban the app if its Chinese owners don’t sell the company. But the wildly popular platform, developed with homegrown Chinese technology, isn’t accessible in China.
How To Create Dynamic Donut Charts With TailwindCSS And React
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Should we automate the CEO?
thehustle.co · 7 minLast August, NetDragon Websoft — a Hong Kong-based online gaming firm with $2.1B in annual revenue — appointed a CEO to helm its flagship subsidiary.
The Compelling Case For The AH-1 Cobra In A High-End Pacific Fight
The Drive · 29 minOn November 4th, 2022, the 189th and final AH-1Z Viper - also referred to by its legacy name, 'Cobra' - attack helicopter for the USMC was delivered from Bell to the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton in Southern California.