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“Every hour of your day has a bit of Bell Labs in it.”- Jon Gertner, author of “The Idea Factory”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Inside the Birthplace of Your Favorite Technology (Gift Article)
How Bell Labs shaped cellphones, satellites, video calls and A.I. technology.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/02/18/technology/bell-labs-history.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NFA.u7f2.Lb8AGkqvdM5G&smid=bs-share
3 months ago
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The backstory for a broad swath of today’s technology world.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Inside the Birthplace of Your Favorite Technology (Gift Article)
How Bell Labs shaped cellphones, satellites, video calls and A.I. technology.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/02/18/technology/bell-labs-history.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NFA.u7f2.Lb8AGkqvdM5G&smid=bs-share
3 months ago
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Lou Gerstner – the hero of a 1990s corporate rescue saga, IBM back from the brink.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/b...
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Louis V. Gerstner, Who Revived a Faltering IBM in the ’90s, Dies at 83
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/business/louis-v-gerstner-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AVA.wjV7.qKCHmOpc3qQd&smid=bs-share
4 months ago
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The courts on antitrust: Proceed with caution in fast-moving tech markets.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/t...
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Technology Is Fast and the Courts Are Slow
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/technology/meta-google-antitrust-tech.html?smid=bs-share
6 months ago
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IBM too. Cutting costs, and shedding some workers, to double down on AI.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
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IBM to Cut Thousands of Workers Amid A.I. Boom
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/technology/ibm-layoffs-ai.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yk8.Km4i.V0ObK8uP5gKH&smid=bs-share
6 months ago
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Big Tech brings its wares to Cal State, the nation's largest university system. Smart, nuanced take by @natashanyt
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t...
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Big Tech Makes Cal State Its A.I. Training Ground
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/technology/cal-state-ai-amazon-openai.html?smid=bs-share
7 months ago
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The UN makes its bid for relevance in the AI world.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...
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Countries Consider A.I.’s Dangers and Benefits at U.N.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/business/un-artificial-intelligence.html?smid=bs-share
8 months ago
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What's to be done with Google? Not so much.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/b...
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The Message for Big Tech in the Google Ruling: Play Nice, but Play On
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/business/google-ruling-antitrust.html?smid=bs-share
8 months ago
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“The raw technological horsepower is terrific, but it’s not going to determine how quickly A.I. transforms the economy.” - Andrew McAfee, research scientist at MIT and co-founder of Workhelix.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/b...
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Companies Are Pouring Billions Into A.I. It Has Yet to Pay Off.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/business/ai-business-payoff-lags.html?smid=bs-share
9 months ago
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AI technology is racing ahead, but the payoff for companies outside the tech sector is lagging behind so far. How soon will that change?
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/b...
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Companies Are Pouring Billions Into A.I. It Has Yet to Pay Off.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/business/ai-business-payoff-lags.html?smid=bs-share
9 months ago
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Great, close-up piece on the AI impact on the onramp of the tech job market.
@natashanyt.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
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Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/technology/coding-ai-jobs-students.html?smid=bs-share
9 months ago
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"Shut up and grind" - pretty much says it all. The view from the Silicon Valley rank-and-file.
@kateconger.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/t...
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So Long to Tech’s Dream Job
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/technology/tech-jobs-silicon-valley-changes.html?smid=bs-share
9 months ago
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The evolution of Silicon Valley explained -- the tech, the culture, the politics. A good read too.
@mikeisaac.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/t...
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Silicon Valley Is in Its ‘Hard Tech’ Era
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/technology/ai-silicon-valley-hard-tech.html?smid=bs-share
9 months ago
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Our obituary of Bill Neukom, Microsoft's antitrust warrior and a lot more.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/b...
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William H. Neukom, Microsoft Lawyer Who Led Antitrust Fight, Dies at 83
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/business/william-h-neukom-dead.html?smid=bs-share
10 months ago
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AI formula for the future: "Hire junior employees who use A.I. to do what was once midlevel work, a handful of senior employees to oversee them and almost no middle-tier employees."
@noamscheiber.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/b...
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Which Workers Will A.I. Hurt Most: The Young or the Experienced?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/business/ai-job-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VE8.OoJ9.1Vmvio06hfMQ&smid=bs-share
10 months ago
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A visit to an epicenter of the AI data center building boom. Its staggering size and scale close up. Karen Weise and Cade Metz
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/t...
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At Amazon’s Biggest Data Center, Everything Is Supersized for A.I.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/technology/amazon-ai-data-centers.html?smid=bs-share
10 months ago
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The generative AI wave is shaking up all of academia, but computer science is at the forefront. “We’re seeing the tip of the A.I. tsunami.” Jeannette Wing, Columbia University.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/t...
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How Do You Teach Computer Science in the A.I. Era?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/technology/computer-science-education-ai.html?smid=bs-share
10 months ago
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The future of computer science: More real-world problem solving and less programming?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/t...
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How Do You Teach Computer Science in the A.I. Era?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/technology/computer-science-education-ai.html?unlocked_article_code=1.S08.ifhq.z4Or41BP0gVF&smid=bs-share
10 months ago
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A federal judge ruled that Google illegally protected its monopoly in internet search. Is court-ordered data sharing the solution?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/b...
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The Judge’s Data Dilemma in the Google Search Case
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/business/google-search-antitrust-data.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE8.hoNR.75yN_Zu7--5w&smid=bs-share
12 months ago
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AI comes to Miami schools. The students are intelligent users. And the story from
@natashanyt.bsky.social
is the usual high standard. The AI future may not be so scary, after all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/t...
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How Miami Schools Are Leading 100,000 Students Into the A.I. Future
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/technology/ai-miami-schools-google-gemini.html?smid=bs-share
12 months ago
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“Five years from now, it will be malpractice not to use A.I. But it will be humans and A.I. working together.” - Dr. John Halamka, Mayo Clinic
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
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Your A.I. Radiologist Will Not Be With You Soon
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/technology/ai-jobs-radiologists-mayo-clinic.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HE8.tDMn.KzmJEluf5p7J&smid=bs-share
12 months ago
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Their jobs appeared to be in AI’s crosshairs. But it hasn’t worked out that way for radiologists.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
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Your A.I. Radiologist Will Not Be With You Soon
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/technology/ai-jobs-radiologists-mayo-clinic.html?smid=bs-share
12 months ago
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A second solid antitrust win for the Justice Department – and a second sobering loss for Google. But there’s a long way to go and different paths to an endgame.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/t...
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Google Makes History With Rapid-Fire Antitrust Losses
Within a year, two federal judges declared the tech giant a monopoly in search and ad technology. The tide may be turning for antitrust.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/technology/google-antitrust-losses-history.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 year ago
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Immigrant Crackdown Inc. A close look at a company cashing in.
@paulmozur.bsky.social
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@satariano.bsky.social
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/t...
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This Company’s Surveillance Tech Makes Immigrants ‘Easy Pickings’ for Trump
Geo Group, a private prison firm that makes digital tools to track immigrants, becomes one of the Trump administration’s big business winners as its tech is increasingly used in deportations.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/technology/trump-immigration-tech-geo-group.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 year ago
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“Divestiture can be an entirely acceptable remedy, depending on the severity of the harm. But it can be risky surgery.” - William Kovacic, former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/b...
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The U.S. Wants to Break Up Google and Meta. That Could Be Hard.
For the first time since the late 1990s Microsoft case, federal trials are weighing antitrust breakups, a tactic that harks back to Standard Oil.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/business/antitrust-structure-deals-challenge.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 year ago
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Why breaking up is hard to do – in antitrust.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/b...
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The U.S. Wants to Break Up Google and Meta. That Could Be Hard.
For the first time since the late 1990s Microsoft case, federal trials are weighing antitrust breakups, a tactic that harks back to Standard Oil.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/business/antitrust-structure-deals-challenge.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 year ago
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Why American apparel makers aren't rejoicing over tariffs. Trade is complicated, as
@lydiadepillis.bsky.social
smartly explains.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/b...
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For U.S. Apparel Manufacturers, Chaotic Tariff Policy Isn’t Much Help
Even companies that make clothing in America aren’t feeling great about stiff duties on their overseas competition.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/business/economy/tariffs-apparel-american-made.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 year ago
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A Web pioneer hoping to change the game again. What Mike McCue calls the "open social web." “Now innovation will become decentralized around human connection."
@johnmarkoff.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/t...
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A Long-Shot Bet to Bypass the Middlemen of Social Media
Facing the looming threat of A.I. as a competitor, some publishers are considering an alternative to the internet’s all-powerful algorithms.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/technology/mike-mccue-surf-browser-decentralized-internet.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 year ago
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“A.I. will power the next revolution of this most valuable thing humans ever stumbled across – the scientific method.” – Geoffrey von Maltzahn, chief executive of Lila Sciences
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/t...
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Lila Sciences Uses A.I. to Turbocharge Scientific Discovery (Gift Article)
An ambitious start-up embodies new optimism that artificial intelligence can turbocharge scientific discovery.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/technology/ai-science-lab-lila.html?unlocked_article_code=1.204.JYpA.YnEKiG6i--e5&smid=bs-share
about 1 year ago
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Collateral damage in the immigrant crackdown -- cities eager for workers and taxpayers. The St. Louis story, in nuanced detail.
@lydiadepillis.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/b...
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St. Louis Wants Immigrants. Trump’s Crackdown Could Get in the Way.
Shrinking cities have tried to stabilize their populations with foreign-born residents. The strategy was working, until the inauguration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/business/economy/trump-immigration-st-louis.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 year ago
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The other side of the tariff ledger -- the winners. Smart piece by
@eavis.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/b...
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Who Likes Tariffs? Some U.S. Industries Are Eager for Them.
Concern about the cost of materials has tempered business enthusiasm about taxing imports. But steel and aluminum makers say they welcome the help.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/business/economy/trump-tariff-supporters.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 year ago
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Harnessing AI in the quest for “scientific superintelligence.” How far can it go?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/t...
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Lila Sciences Uses A.I. to Turbocharge Scientific Discovery
An ambitious start-up embodies new optimism that artificial intelligence can turbocharge scientific discovery.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/technology/ai-science-lab-lila.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 year ago
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KIPP is “broadening the celebration” of what students can do and achieve after high school. - Shavar Jeffries, chief executive of the KIPP Foundation No longer "college for all." Fine, nuanced piece by
@danagoldstein.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
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Some Schools Rethink “College For All”
The idea that every student should aim for a four-year college motivated a bipartisan movement for decades. Now even enthusiastic promoters of the idea are reconsidering it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/college-for-all-kipp-international-baccalaureate.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 year ago
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The "lean start-up," AI edition. @eringriffith has the story, in depth.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/t...
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A.I. Is Changing How Silicon Valley Builds Start-Ups
Tech start-ups typically raised huge sums to hire armies of workers and grow fast. Now artificial intelligence tools are making workers more productive and spurring tales of “tiny team” success.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/technology/ai-silicon-valley-start-ups.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 year ago
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AI coding assistants. Does today’s clever helper become tomorrow’s robotic replacement?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...
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A.I. Is Prompting an Evolution, Not an Extinction, for Coders
A.I. tools from Microsoft and other companies are helping write code, placing software engineers at the forefront of the technology’s potential to disrupt the work force.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/business/ai-coding-software-engineers.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 year ago
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The first big wave of A.I. agents at work? Coding assistants. A look at how they are changing work for software developers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...
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A.I. Is Prompting an Evolution, Not an Extinction, for Coders
A.I. tools from Microsoft and other companies are helping write code, placing software engineers at the forefront of the technology’s potential to disrupt the work force.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/business/ai-coding-software-engineers.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 year ago
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The art, science and NFL-TV network wrangling over the timing of ads in game broadcasts. Neat look behind the commercial curtain.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/b...
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How Going to Commercial During the Super Bowl Works
TV advertising is the lifeblood of the league, but knowing when to pause the games is a task undertaken by N.F.L. executives, network producers and on-field officials.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/business/nfl-games-commercials-super-bowl.html?smid=bs-share
over 1 year ago
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A very smart piece by
@noamscheiber.bsky.social
. A case study in AI job-cutting signaling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/b...
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Why Is This C.E.O. Bragging About Replacing Humans With A.I.?
Most large employers play down the likelihood that bots will take our jobs. Then there’s Klarna, a darling of tech investors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/business/klarna-ceo-ai.html?smid=bs-share
over 1 year ago
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reposted by
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over 1 year ago
As Russia's hybrid war gathered speed across Europe this summer, US officials sent a clandestine warning to Putin: Stop or this will escalate. Fascinating insight by David Sanger and the New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/u...
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Biden Aides Warned Putin as Russia’s Shadow War Threatened Air Disaster
The White House scrambled to get a message to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last year after U.S. intelligence agencies said a Russian military unit was preparing to send explosive packages on ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/us/politics/russia-putin-airplane-shadow-war.html
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The Economists' Hour -- Is Over.
@bencasselman.bsky.social
explains.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b...
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Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence? (Gift Article)
Economists have long helped to shape policy on issues like taxes and health care. But flawed forecasts and arcane language have cost them credibility.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/business/economy/economists-politics-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.o04.FfeE.qnYKBuQ9-bRg&smid=bs-share
over 1 year ago
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Remembering Y2K. The perspective 25 years later.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/i...
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Inside the Y2K Crisis That Never Was, 25 Years Later
Planes didn’t fall from the sky on Jan. 1, 2000. A technology reporter who wrote a front-page article early that morning reflects on a crisis that never was.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/insider/y2k-crisis.html?smid=bs-share
over 1 year ago
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“This is a powerful technology that will sweep through American offices with potentially very significant geographic implications. We need to think about what’s coming down the pike.” - Mark Muro, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/t...
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How A.I. Could Reshape the Economic Geography of America
As the technology is widely adopted, some once-struggling midsize cities in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and South may benefit, new research predicts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/technology/ai-economy-workers.html?smid=bs-share
over 1 year ago
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Chattanooga – an AI winner? Recent research makes that seemingly contrarian case for Chattanooga.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/t...
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How A.I. Could Reshape the Economic Geography of America
As the technology is widely adopted, some once-struggling midsize cities in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and South may benefit, new research predicts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/technology/ai-economy-workers.html?smid=bs-share
over 1 year ago
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