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Monthly Archives: November 2022
Good morning, team. Phil Rosen here, writing to you not far from the Federal Reserve building in New York. With inflation still soaring above the Fed’s 2% target, central bankers today are expected to stay vigilant in their inflation battle in making a fourth consecutive 75 basis-point move. That would bring the benchmark rate into…
Two women drink tea in their kitchen during a power outage in Kyiv, Ukraine, on October 22, 2022. Paula Bronstein / Getty Images Ukraine is facing a shortage of electricity, water, and heat as Russia targets its energy infrastructure. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that more than 1,000 heating points will be set up in…
Act your wage Sesame / Getty Images As of Tuesday, most New York City employers have to include salary ranges upfront in job posts. The new salary transparency law peels back the curtain on six-figure salaries at some of the city’s biggest employers. Have you noticed big pay discrepancies between job postings at your company…
Twitter owner Elon Musk. HANNIBAL HANSCHKE /Getty Images Elon Musk said Twitter will introduce an $8 verification fee, no matter how much users complain. Musk has drawn criticism for plans to charge users to be verified on the site. He also dismissed fears that charging for verification could lead to a rise of misinformation. Elon…
Hello and happy Wednesday, readers. I’m your host, Jordan Parker Erb. If you’re snoopy like me, you probably spend a lot of time looking at homes on Zillow or Google Maps. While I have yet to monetize this pastime, one couple has — and has turned an island they found on Google Maps into a…
Maersk cut its forecast for container demand in 2022 as much as 4%. picture alliance / Contributor / Getty Shipping giant Maersk warned ‘dark clouds’ threaten the global economy as container demand slows. The Ukraine war and high inflation are weighing on consumer purchasing power, its CEO said Wednesday. Maersk, a bellwether for global trade,…
Kids love to use smart speakers, but it’s all too easy for things to go horribly wrong — including content that’s decidedly not family-friendly. Google is trying to address those worries by both revising parental controls for Assistant and providing more child-oriented responses. To start, an update will let you disable some Assistant features, restrict…
You can add the standalone Street View app to Google’s growing product graveyard. Upon decompiling the latest version of the application for Android, 9to5Google found shutdown notices that the company has yet to publish. In those notices, the tech giant is announcing that the Street View app is going away and that support will end…
Tesla will finally begin mass production of its fabled Cybertruck in late 2023, according to a new report. That’s two years later than first claimed. Tesla first announced the Cybertruck to much fanfare back in 2019 with CEO Elon Musk proclaiming that it would enter production in 2021. That date came and went, with Musk…