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Employers steal billions from workers’ paychecks each year: Survey data show millions of workers are paid less than the minimum wage, at significant cost to taxpayers and state economies

This report assesses the prevalence and magnitude of one form of wage theft—minimum wage violations (workers being paid at an effective hourly rate below the binding minimum wage)—in the 10 most populous U.S. states. We find that, in these states, 2.4 million workers lose $8 billion annually (an average of $3,300 per…

Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War

Anthropic20262,920 points1,579 commentscited by 14Society, Policy & Culture details

A statement from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War and national security uses of AI.

WhatsApp's Signal Protocol integration is now complete

Signal Blog20161,055 points376 commentscited by 14Security & Privacy details

At Open Whisper Systems, our goal is to make private communication simple. A year ago, we announced a partnership with WhatsApp and committed to integrating the Signal Protocol into their product, moving towards full end-to-end encryption for all of their users by default. Over the past year, we...

Ending Bitcoin Support

Stripe2018989 points625 commentscited by 14Crypto & Blockchain details

Starting today, we are winding down support for Bitcoin payments. Over the next three months we will work with affected Stripe users to ensure a smooth transition.

An update on GitHub availability

The GitHub Blog2026421 points250 commentscited by 14Tech Industry & Business details

Here’s what we’ve done—and what we’re still doing—to improve our availability and reliability.

Kagi/Orion status update: First three months

Kagi Blog2022322 points191 commentscited by 14Tech Industry & Business details

Kagi search and Orion browser officially entered public beta exactly three months ago. We thought we'd give a full status update. If you are new to Kagi - Kagi search is an attempt to make the...

The Techno-Optimist Manifesto

Andreessen Horowitz2023255 points389 commentscited by 14Society, Policy & Culture details

We are told that technology is on the brink of ruining everything. But we are being lied to, and the truth is so much better. Marc Andreessen presents his techno-optimist vision for the future.

Why are there so many tech layoffs, and why should we be worried?

Stanford News2023233 points323 commentscited by 14Tech Industry & Business details

Opening the North American charging standard

Why we don't sell ads (2012)

Worldwide, Median Household Income About $10,000

Gallup2017cited by 14Society, Policy & Culture details

New Gallup global income data estimate the median household income across 131 countries at $9,733, and median per-capita income at $2,920. Incomes in the 10 wealthiest countries are more than 50 times those in the 10 poorest.

The facts about a recent counterfeiting case brought by the U.S. government

Microsoft Blog2018cited by 14Tech Industry & Business details

In the last few days there have been several stories about the sentencing of Eric Lundgren in a case that began in 2012, and we have received a number of questions about this case and our role in it. Although the case was not one that we brought, the questions raised recently have caused us...

New Search Strategy for Firefox: Promoting Choice & Innovation

Mozilla Blog2014cited by 14Tech Industry & Business details

Ten years ago, we built Firefox to keep the Internet in each of our hands — to create choice and put people in control of their lives online. Our focus h

Idea to Paying Customers in 7 Weeks: How We Did It

Buffer Blog2011cited by 14Startups details

Learn how paying customers in 7 days became an idea. This post is an overview the idea to paying customers in 7 weeks and how we did it.

It’s Time to Build

Andreessen Horowitz20201,820 points1,008 commentscited by 13Tech Industry & Business details

Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This monumental failure of institutional effectiveness will reverberate for the rest of the decade, but it’s not too early to ask why, and what we need to do about it. Many of us would like to pin the cause on one…

It all began with a strange email

AWS to begin charging for public IPv4 addresses

AWS Blog2023443 points372 commentscited by 13Networking & Internet details

We are introducing a new charge for public IPv4 addresses. Effective February 1, 2024 there will be a charge of $0.005 per IP per hour for all public IPv4 addresses, whether attached to a service or not (there is already a charge for public IPv4 addresses you allocate in your account but don’t attach to […]

Tesla Vision Update: Replacing Ultrasonic Sensors with Tesla Vision

Diamonds Are Bullshit

Priceonomics Blog2018149 points72 commentscited by 13Tech Industry & Business details

Here’s Why Juicero’s Press is So Expensive

Hidden away in Juicero’s bad week of press is one of the most powerful lessons we preach to hardware startups: unconstrained development is lethal. Last week Bloomberg published an article exposing how easy it is to “hack” Juicero’s produce packs by squeezing them with your hands, deeming the $69

"The Use of Knowledge in Society"

Library of Economics and Liberty2008cited by 13Society, Policy & Culture details

Snippet: What is the problem we wish to solve when we try to construct a rational economic order? On certain familiar assumptions the answer is simple enough. If we possess all the relevant information, if we can start out from a given system of preferences, and if we command complete knowledge of available means, the…

Meta’s Broken Promises

Human Rights Watch2024cited by 13Society, Policy & Culture details

The 51-page report, “Meta’s Broken Promises: Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content on Instagram and Facebook,” documents a pattern of undue removal and suppression of protected speech including peaceful expression in support of Palestine and public debate about Palestinian human rights. Human Rights Watch found…

1. Trends in income and wealth inequality

Pew Research Center2020cited by 13Society, Policy & Culture details

Barely 10 years past the end of the Great Recession in 2009, the U.S. economy is doing well on several fronts. The labor market is on a job-creating streak that…

Rent Control

Library of Economics and Liberty2012cited by 13Society, Policy & Culture details

New York State legislators defend the War Emergency Tenant Protection Act—also known as rent control—as a way of protecting tenants from war-related housing shortages. The war referred to in the law is not the 2003 war in Iraq, however, or the Vietnam War; it is World War II. That is when rent control started in […]

Selected Essays on Political Economy

Library of Economics and Liberty2007cited by 13Society, Policy & Culture details

Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) was a French economist, statesman, and author. He led the free-trade movement in France from its inception in 1840 until his untimely death in 1850. The first 45 years of his life were spent in preparation for five tremendously productive years writing in favor of freedom. Bastiat was the…

The Stanford Professor Who Fought the Tax Lobby

Priceonomics Blog2017cited by 13Tech Industry & Business details

Paying taxes in America doesn’t need to be difficult. But it's kept that way by the lobbying efforts of tax prep companies that profit from confusing tax forms.

NVIDIA Puts Grace Blackwell on Every Desk and at Every AI Developer’s Fingertips

NVIDIA Newsroom2025cited by 13AI & Machine Learning details

CES—NVIDIA today unveiled NVIDIA® Project DIGITS, a personal AI supercomputer that provides AI researchers, data scientists and students worldwide with access to the power of the NVIDIA Grace ...

Patreon | News

Patreon Blog2017cited by 13Tech Industry & Business details

Patreon gives creators the tools they need to reliably reach their fans, strengthen their communities, and build sustainable businesses

Lifting 800 Million People Out of Poverty – New Report Looks at Lessons from China’s Experience

World Bank2022cited by 13Tech Industry & Business details

Over the past 40 years, China has lifted nearly 800 million people out of poverty, accounting for more than 75 percent of global poverty reduction in the same period, according to a new report released on Thursday.

Financial Advisory Research & Insights

Lazard2019cited by 13Tech Industry & Business details

Lazard Financial Advisory's research and insights offer expert financial analysis, market trends, and special reports.