Analytics are everywhere. And they’re great, unless you’re the one on the wrong side of the spreadsheet sort. Data doesn’t solve all problems, however – data, like photographs, can lie. It can certainly lead you astray. We all know that perfect is often the enemy of good. But sometimes, “good [Keep reading]
Next time you run to the grocery store for bread and milk, you might find yourself staying for a champagne tasting. Or seduced by Comice Pears. Or perhaps you’ll just stay home and cook the elicoidali pasta and mascarpone cheese from your Blue Apron box. The digital age has changed [Keep reading]
And now for some good news. Fereshteh Forough reminds you about all the wonderful things technology can make happen. This is a story about a coding bootcamp doing things, enabling human beings, in a way that would have been impossible just a few years ago. Women in Afghanistan have bleak [Keep reading]
When Sam Largent opened his second bar in the Seattle area, he thought he’d take a bold risk: No cash allowed. Well, no physical currency, anyway. All customers must pay with plastic. Debit and credit only; no greenbacks welcome. “Dealing with cash brings a lot of issues,” says Largent. Like [Keep reading]
The alleged NYC-area bomber and his family were engaged in a 7-year long court battle with city officials over late-night hours and accusations of ethnic prejudice at the restaurant they ran in Elizabeth N.J., and the father of the family declared bankruptcy in 2005, my review of extensive federal court records has found. [Keep reading]
In the days when there were newspapers, every cub reporter’s first job was to go to the local police station and mine stacks of police reports looking for good stories. In my first job, as is common, a desk sergeant sat with me once a week and sifted reports for [Keep reading]
I did a fun story for the folks at Grow last week about athletes who’ve managed their money well. LeBron James and Steph Curry — who will be squaring off for perhaps the last time this evening — are obvious choices. But I had more fun writing about the NFL [Keep reading]
A billion useless people. No, maybe that’s generous. Billions, thanks to robots and artificial intelligence. The “rise of the useless class.” The end of work. And with it, the end of pay. There are the things that the world’s biggest thinkers are thinking about right now. It’s frightening how little [Keep reading]
Women and men feel very differently about the health of the U.S. housing market, a new survey suggests. Men are far more confident that buying a home (and possibly investing in residential window replacement Austin, new furniture, or a better oven to add to a new home), is a good [Keep reading]
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