July 05, 2024 How to fight procrastination when you’re self-employed In the past year, I’ve made progress on addressing the root cause of my distraction. Here’s what works for me. BY Anmol Irfan It’s an average Wednesday afternoon—arguably my least favorite day of the week. I find myself staring at the laptop screen, rotating between my … Continue reading How to fight procrastination when you’re self-employed
May 18, 2024 Microfeminism: On TikTok, women share the little ways they fight sexism in the workplace On social media, hundreds of videos with millions of views hope to chip away at the ingrained gender norms that hurt women in their careers, by encouraging small daily acts of protest. BY Sarah Bregel In 2024, women are … Continue reading Microfeminism: On TikTok, women share the little ways they fight sexism in the workplace
April 17, 2024 MGM Resorts is using a Big Tech strategy to fight Lina Khan’s FTC—but will it work? Khan, who was a guest at the hotel during last year’s cyberattack, is now leading an investigation into how the event was handled. And like Meta and Amazon before it, MGM wants Khan to recuse herself. … Continue reading MGM Resorts is using a Big Tech strategy to fight Lina Khan’s FTC—but will it work?
How do you correct your data when the problem is including demographics that have long been excluded from standard consumer opportunities? Constantine von Hoffman on January 22, 2024 “Garbage in, garbage out” is one of the fundamental tenets of computing. GIGO was coined back when punchcards were used for programming, but it is a fact … Continue reading How to fight bias in your AI models
By Clint Rainey October 12, 2023 Way back in 2012, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) launched the largest-ever audit in history, accusing Microsoft of stashing billions in offshore tax havens to dodge U.S. taxes. The agency had already been auditing the company, but for the next three years, it took perhaps the boldest, most … Continue reading Why Microsoft’s $29 billion tax bill could be the knockout punch in a decade-long fight with the IRS
By Sam Becker September 04, 2023 It’s been roughly a decade since a significant push to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour caught traction nationwide. Now, with many states and cities around the country having instituted wage floors even higher than $15 per hour in recent years, it’s safe to say that … Continue reading Minimum wage map: As the Fight for $15 keeps evolving, these states still pay $7.25 an hour
eBay Workers Fight Back Against Union-busting Tactics Brad Anderson / Jul 31, 2023 In recent months, eBay has found itself embroiled in a heated battle with its first union, the TCG Union-CWA. What started as a hopeful victory for workers has quickly turned into a struggle for recognition and fair treatment. In this article, … Continue reading eBay Workers Fight Back Against Union-busting Tactics
It’s far from certain Congress can pass a TikTok ban. Critics say even if it did it wouldn’t solve the real problem: Protecting consumer data. Constantine von Hoffman on March 27, 2023 Marketers are closely watching the Congressional debate over banning TikTok. The social media platform is hugely popular in the U.S. which makes it … Continue reading The fight over banning TikTok could result in something good for marketers
By Bryce Covert January 22, 2023 In the depths of the Great Recession, sociology graduate students Kristen Harknett and Daniel Schneider were interviewing families as part of a longitudinal study. They weren’t surprised to learn that those who had experienced job loss or foreclosure were suffering. What did surprise them was that even families … Continue reading Why schedule sanity is workers’ new Fight for $15
Qualcomm expects to make $4.5 billion from Apple settlement Jon Fingas @jonfingas The costs of Apple’s truce with Qualcomm are now much clearer. Qualcomm now estimates that it will pull in revenue between $4.5 billion and $4.7 billion from the settlement in the third quarter of the year, including both the one-time payment from Apple … Continue reading Apple and Ericsson call truce in years-long fight over cellular patents
