9 states get by without income tax. A tax expert explains how
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. How can some states get by with no income tax? –...
View ArticleThese DIY Kamala Harris yard signs are better than the real thing
It’s been just over 24 hours since President Biden dropped his reelection bid and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the new Democratic candidate—which has meant a sleepless night for White...
View ArticleDonald Trump once donated to Kamala Harris. Here’s what she did with the cash
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris seem destined to be rivals over the course of the next three-and-a-half months, but there was a time, not so long ago, when Trump was a backer of Harris. Records from...
View ArticleGoogle reverses course on privacy, opting to keep targeting cookies in Chrome
On Monday, Google announced a significant policy reversal, saying that it would now keep cookies in its Chrome browser, capitulating to disagreements with the advertising industry and the concerns of...
View ArticleHere’s what a Harris presidency might look like for Wall Street
A potential Democratic administration led by Vice President Kamala Harris would likely advance President Joe Biden’s agenda of tough financial rules, an unwelcome prospect for Wall Street banks,...
View ArticleWhat’s happening with Delta Air Lines? Cancellations continue 4 days after...
Delta Air Lines is facing ongoing challenges in the aftermath of a massive IT outage that has led to thousands of flight cancellations. While other airlines have returned to relatively normal...
View ArticleBeyond Meat’s newest sausages aren’t pretending to be meat anymore
Alt-meat companies like Beyond have long made plant-based proteins that look to mimic their animal counterparts, whether beef burgers or pork sausages. But Beyond Meat’s latest offering is putting the...
View ArticleAI creates more work and longer hours for some employees. Is the productivity...
Artificial intelligence is being hailed as the new productivity booster that will replace jobs, but according to a new study, employees find that AI is actually increasing their workload. Upwork, a...
View ArticleSecret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns after Trump assassination...
Update: U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday after the agency came under harsh scrutiny, per media reports. As Congressional members on both sides of the aisle grilled...
View ArticleThis study shows where the highest concentration of FEMA disaster areas are,...
Floyd County keeps flooding and the federal government keeps coming to the rescue. In July 2022, at least 40 people died and 300 homes were damaged when the eastern Kentucky county flooded. It was the...
View ArticleStock in freefall: Here’s how much the Windows outage will cost CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike: the ultimate tech disruptor? It was for at least a couple of days last week, when the cybersecurity firm released an update that subsequently bricked computers across numerous industries,...
View ArticleElon Musk’s Neuralink employees want to cash out, here’s why
Some of the staff at Elon Musk’s Neuralink are making preparations to sell the brain implant company’s stock in the wake of its valuation jumping following its first human trial, according to people...
View ArticleParis 2024: Olympics-themed water bottles recalled in France over harmful...
A week before the Olympic games kick off in Paris, France has recalled a line of Olympics-themed water bottles for children. According to Rappel Conso, the official consumer recall agency, the...
View ArticleHow precision medicine is tackling stubborn cancers in 2024
In 2022 alone, there were nearly 20 million new cancer cases and 9.7 million cancer-related deaths worldwide, per a report by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). By 2040, the NCI predicts, the number...
View ArticleU.S. seeks to curb nitrous oxide in new phase of the climate fight
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it would seek to curb U.S. emissions of powerful industrial greenhouse gases such as nitrous oxide as it enters a new phase in the national strategy to...
View ArticleHow the Paris Olympics is addressing athletes’ mental health
Lydia Jacoby was a breakout star in the pool for the United States at the last Summer Games, earning a gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke and a relay silver. Part of what comes to mind from...
View ArticleMeta’s Llama 3.1 is open-source, kind of. Here’s how it could reshape the AI...
Meta today released a trio of new open-source large language models called Llama 3.1, the largest of which may lead to new chatbots that rival ChatGPT. In fact, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes the...
View ArticleHow to get compensated by Delta for flights grounded by the CrowdStrike outage
Among the many thoughts that drifted through my mind over the course of four long hours at San Diego International Airport last Friday: Delta will pay for this. Even now, the airline and thousands of...
View ArticleDrug-related deforestation in Central America is threatening migratory birds,...
Activities associated with cocaine trafficking threaten two-thirds of the most important landscapes in Central America for 196 forest bird species, including 67 migratory species. This is the key...
View ArticleA group of U.S. senators demand OpenAI turn over safety data
A group of five U.S. senators are demanding OpenAI submit data showing how it plans to meet safety and security commitments that it has made about its artificial intelligence systems after a growing...
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