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Could artificial intelligence be your next coworker?

by David Brancaccio and Jarrett Dang
May 5, 2023
Workplace AI is coming, and one study of a Fortune 500 company found it can be a productivity boon.
A new study of call center workers at a Fortune 500 company found that AI integration boosted productivity, especially among less skilled and less experienced workers.
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Apple's savings account upends traditional banking — or does it?

by Mitchell Hartman
May 4, 2023
The accounts certainly look traditional, except they also come from a non-banking global brand.
An Apple logo is displayed at store in Shanghai on May 10, 2019.
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New York City's push to become a tech hub

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
Feb 24, 2023
New tech is sprouting up in subsectors that already thrive in NYC, like finance and media, according to Tech:NYC's Julie Samuels.
The New York City skyline as seen from Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island.
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Big layoffs grab our attention, but plenty of hiring is happening too

by Kristin Schwab
Feb 16, 2023
The hospitality industry, for example, is on a hiring binge.
Leisure and hospitality was the leading sector for jobs growth in January, and employment in those industries is still below what it was pre-pandemic.
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Inside the push to limit China's access to advanced chip-making tech

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Ariana Rosas , Alex Schroeder and Erika Soderstrom
Feb 2, 2023
What's motivating the multinational effort to restrict China from chip-making tools.
Chris Miller, a professor of history at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, says these controls are all about national security.
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Red Texas is flush, blue California has a deficit, but it's more about economics than politics

by Matt Levin
Jan 11, 2023
Fewer tech millionaires were minted in 2022, hurting California's bottom line, while in Texas, the oil and gas industry boomed.
"Because [California is] a heavy tech economy, it means tech has a disproportionate impact on the state’s revenues," said Chris Hoene at the California Budget & Policy Center. 
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How one company is energizing the growing EV charging industry

by David Brancaccio and Jarrett Dang
Jan 3, 2023
Charge Enterprises execs say EV charging infrastructure will require a multidecade, trillion-dollar investment to fully replace gasoline and diesel.
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Name mix-ups and callous HR directors: Employees share how they got laid off

by Janet Nguyen
Nov 16, 2022
With tech companies announcing staffing cuts, you shared some of your own experiences surviving layoffs.
One tenure-track professor told us their employer informed them of their layoff by sliding a notice across the table.
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Tech layoffs show why managing growth can be so tricky for companies

by Stephanie Hughes
Nov 9, 2022
From Meta to Twitter to Twilio, companies are realizing they might have grown too quickly.
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When losing your job means losing your right to stay in the U.S.

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Nov 9, 2022
Mass layoffs in the tech industry could hit H1B visa workers especially hard.
The waves of tech layoffs at companies like Twitter have endangered the ability of many workers to stay in the U.S.
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