Experts say the gender pay gap may never go away
Over the past two decades, there has been halting progress on narrowing the gender pay gap: As of 2024, women still make about 84 cents for every dollar that men earn, a marginal change from the 80...
View ArticleTesla profit dips 45% in a ‘difficult operating environment’
Tesla’s second-quarter net income fell 45% compared with a year ago as the company’s global electric-vehicle sales tumbled despite price cuts and low-interest financing. The Austin company said...
View ArticleGoogle search is still thriving despite a shift to AI
Google’s corporate parent, Alphabet, delivered another quarter of steady growth amid an AI-driven shift in the ubiquitous search engine that is the foundation of its Internet empire. The...
View ArticleIowa’s abortion ban aims at timing when many won’t even know they’re pregnant
An Iowa judge has ruled the state’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, preventing most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. The law passed...
View ArticleElection 2024: Will the U.S. Postal Service be able to handle a deluge of...
State election directors from across the country voiced serious concerns to a top U.S. Postal Service official Tuesday that the system won’t be able to handle an expected crush of mail-in ballots in...
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Skip and Arc’teryx built a futuristic exoskeleton. Here’s what it’s like to...
It’s roughly 90 degrees with 90% humidity, the sort of Midwestern summer day that turns the cornfields into a jungle. I’ve just climbed up and down nearly 1,000 stairs at a local park, and yet, I’m...
View ArticleHow San Francisco politics became a proxy for the 2024 election
Seven key swing states will determine the outcome of the presidential election this year. One spot on the map that almost certainly won’t is the Bay Area, where Democratic candidates have won all of...
View ArticleFrom inclusivity to traditional: Here’s a preview of Paris Olympic uniforms...
Sure, they call it the City of Light. But Paris is also the City of Fashion, one of most influential fashion capitals of the world for decades, no, centuries (remember Louis XIV?) So it’s no surprise...
View ArticleColin Kaepernick is launching an AI startup to empower manga creators
A new AI platform led by activist and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick aims to make it easier for anyone to publish—and monetize—their original stories as comics and manga. Lumi, unveiled in...
View ArticleBird flu outbreak in Colorado dairy cows and farm workers ramps up testing
Colorado began requiring dairies to test milk supplies for bird flu every week, the state’s veterinarian told Reuters on Tuesday, as a federal team arrived to help investigate an escalating outbreak...
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Kamala Harris is standing at the edge of a glass cliff. As a Black woman,...
Vice President Kamala Harris and I have a lot in common: We are both Black girls from East Oakland, AKA sorority sisters; we are both graduates of UC Hastings Law College. When Harris was District...
View ArticleGM delays Origin self-driving vehicle without a steering wheel, citing...
General Motors’ Cruise self-driving unit will focus its development efforts on a next-generation Chevrolet Bolt as it indefinitely delays its planned Origin vehicle that would not have a steering...
View Article“I was hired for the vibes:” TikTok can’t stop talking about personality hires
Some TikTok creators have latched on to the latest workplace buzzword: personality hires. Defined by their soft skills, personality hires have the team mindset and can-do attitude to lift an office’s...
View ArticleMusk says Trump’s anti-EV plans would hurt competitors more than Tesla
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday that U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s potential removal of support for electric vehicles would hurt other automakers more than the Austin, Texas-based...
View ArticleLinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman says a Kamala Harris presidency is best for...
LinkedIn cofounder, tech investor, and major political donor Reid Hoffman has thrown his support behind Kamala Harris, after staunchly backing Biden. This has plunged him into headlines, in opposition...
View ArticleTeachers nationwide are still reeling from the legacy of COVID-19
Kansas faces the worst teacher shortfall in its history. The 4,000 teaching vacancies Florida faces as the new school year approaches “is more than the population of teachers in 19 of Florida’s...
View ArticleCrowdStrike offers $10 Uber Eats gift cards as an apology for the outage
CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity company behind last week’s massive computer crash, offered $10 Uber Eats gift cards to its affected partners and teammates for their troubles. But Uber flagged the code...
View ArticleHow Olympic comebacks from Biles, Richardson, and Osaka highlight Black...
When Naomi Osaka lifts her racket on the red clay courts at Roland Garros during the Paris Olympics later this month, it’ll represent more than a high-stakes competition for the tennis star. For...
View ArticleThe surprising reason that Kamala Harris might face a different kind of...
In a survey in 2016, when Hillary Clinton was running for president, around 40% of Americans said that society would be better off if women “stick to the jobs and tasks that they are naturally suited...
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