I spent a fair portion of my adult life working for large tech companies. In all my interactions with peers, no other topic caused as much cynicism and angst as performance management — that is, the labyrinthine processes the companies follow to decide who to fire and who to reward for exemplary…

As recent history proves, airborne respiratory infections are not to be trifled with. Now, a new sprayable coating applied to standard air filters might give us a leg up in the war against the pathoge

Abstract Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is known as one of the important risk factors for the severity and mortality of COVID-19. Here, we evaluate the impact of T2D and its genetic susceptibility on the sever

But after falling from its blistering pace in 2022, consumer inflation has gotten stubbornly stuck in the 3% range— rising unexpectedly for the last two months even as wholesalers’ prices stay flat or

Real Estate Jordan Pandy Jan 14, 2024, 6:53 AM EST Facebook Email Twitter LinkedIn Copy Link Read in app Take Kurosawa and Joey Stockermans working on their akiya renovation in Japan. Courtesy of Take

Humanity is facing a bizarre new pandemic threat, scientists have warned. Ancient viruses frozen in the Arctic permafrost could one day be released by Earth’s warming climate and unleash a major disea

A total of 44 of the 50 US states worsen inequality by making the wealthy pay a lesser share of their income in taxes than lower income people, a new analysis has found. State and local tax regimes ar

Jan 10, 2024 - Economy Matt Phillips, author of Axios Markets Data: Federal Reserve; Chart: Axios Visuals About 93% of U.S. households' stock market wealth is held by the top 10%. Why it matters: This

A new report claims “resounding evidence” shows that high corporate profits are a main driver of ongoing inflation, and companies continue to keep prices high even as their inflationary costs drop. Th

Welcome to the Pandemic Roundup: an inclusive, curated selection of new information and fresh perspectives on Covid-19 published every Thursday. Check the covid safety resource list for updates. Main

Jan 10, 2024 - Economy Matt Phillips, author of Axios Markets Data: Federal Reserve; Chart: Axios Visuals About 93% of U.S. households' stock market wealth is held by the top 10%. Why it matters: This

The limos have been booked. Hotels have loaded up with champagne. Shops have been converted into pop-up offices for the tech giants. The annual Davos talkfest is about to begin. The collective mood of

Most humans learn the skill of deceiving other humans. So can AI models learn the same? Yes, the answer seems — and terrifyingly, they’re exceptionally good at it. A recent study co-authored by resear

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With COVID-19 cases on the rise once again, everyone seems to either be getting infected or know someone who is. Without the robust data tracking that was available during the public health emergency,

Long-time readers might recall that I have a soft spot for Sokoban: an ancient but timeless computer puzzle game that involves tidying up warehouses by moving heavy crates into their designated spots. The key point is that the crates can only be pushed, not pulled; a deadlock can happen whenever a…

A McDonald’s customer receives his order at a drive-through in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Over the holidays, extremely online progressives debated the most important theoretical questio

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The popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT had a diagnostic error rate of more than 80 percent in a new study looking at the use of artificial intelligence in pediatric case diagnosis. F

A mere 700 IT jobs were added in the US last year compared to 267,000 the year prior, it's claimed. It'd be easy to blame layoffs, but that's not all there is to it, says tech consultancy Janco Associates. Based on analysis of US Bureau of Labor Statistics data by Janco, news that the IT industry…

NEWS 30 August 2023 Rigorous evidence shows that significant contact with a person with SARS-CoV-2 is more likely to lead to transmission than a short encounter. Anil Oza View author publications You

Researchers from Amsterdam UMC and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) have discovered that the persistent fatigue in patients with long-COVID has a biological cause, namely mitochondria in muscle cells

A polar bear has been killed by bird flu as the highly contagious H5N1 virus spreads into the most remote parts of the planet. The death was confirmed in December by the Alaska Department of Environme

The COVID -19 pandemic is still ongoing, according to one of the World Health Organization’s leading infectious disease experts. Marian Van Kerkhove, M.D., who led the organization’s response to the v

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Doctorow just wrote an uncharacteristically shortsighted essay asking whether there would be anything left over after AI’s bubble bursts. Here’s an excerpt: I’ve had to make rule for my events: The fi

Advertisement 28th December 2023, 08:06 EST BBC News Getty Images Maine's top election official has ruled that Donald Trump cannot run for president next year in the state, citing a constitutional ins

20 years ago, I got in a (friendly) public spat with Chris Anderson, who was then the editor in chief of Wired . I’d publicly noted my disappointment with glowing Wired reviews of DRM-encumbered digit

Two Republican officials in Arizona got charged for delaying approval of 2022 election results – and GOP state lawmakers vowed to retaliate against the Democratic attorney general who filed the charge

When the mule deer buck died in October, it perished in a place most humans would consider the middle of nowhere, miles from the nearest road. But its last breaths were not taken in an isolated corner

Stephanie Soucheray, MA November 22, 2023 COVID-19 Nur Ceren Demir/iStock A new study comparing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images of patients with long COVID, fully recovered COVID-19 survivors,

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Has the American labor market ever been better? Not in my lifetime, and probably not in yours, either. The jobless rate is just 3.8 percent. Employers added a blockbuster 336,000 jobs in September. Wa

Tax cuts for the wealthy have long drawn support from conservative lawmakers and economists who argue that such measures will "trickle down" and eventually boost jobs and incomes for everyone else. Bu

The richest 10 percent of U.S. households are responsible for 40 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study released Thursday in PLOS Climate. The study, which looked at h

Record-breaking heat is becoming the new normal in Texas, an analysis of temperature data by The Texas Tribune shows, as climate change steadily warms the planet and shifts the range of typical temper