Why Spotify needs a ‘dislike’ button
Spotify’s whole business model relies on keeping you listening and being able to predict what songs you’ll want to hear next.
But Cornell researchers recently...
How did the Surfside condo in Florida fail?
Concrete buildings don’t just collapse out of the blue.
Even earthquakes aren’t supposed to bring them down.
So why did the Champlain Towers South building in...
Scientists develop toolkit to test Apple hardware security
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a software toolkit that allows users to test the hardware security of Apple devices.
During their proof-of-concept...
Why are so many Americans leaving their jobs right now?
The numbers don’t lie.
Americans are leaving their jobs in hordes, and many of those who haven’t left yet say they’re thinking about it.
A Microsoft...
Over one million kids left public schools in fall 2020
Public K-12 schools in the United States experienced a loss of roughly 1.1 million students in the fall of 2020, research finds.
Districts that began...
TV ads inspire retail stock investing, shows study
Stock trading volumes in the United States have soared over the last year and much of it seems to be driven by retail investors.
With...
Should you sell your palm print to Amazon?
Amazon is offering $10 in store credit to anyone who hands over their palm prints for use at the company's register-free brick and mortar...
Who you bargain against can impact your home price
When putting a house on the market, who has the edge when it comes to selling for a profit?
Chances are—unless you're a full-time real...
How to predict a stock market bubble in real-time
A new method for identifying financial bubbles could help policymakers avert catastrophes like the burst of the 2007 housing bubble in the US.
It...
What executives are really saying when they dodge questions
Equity analysts and business reporters who cover corporate earnings calls are all too familiar with executives’ indirect answers to direct questions.
Execs may go off-topic...