[ad_1] Like it or not, we’re now one year away from the 2024 election, which at this point promises—alarmingly—to be a referendum on the value of democracy itself. As the CEO of Vote.org, it’s Andrea Hailey’s job to closely track developments in voting access and voter suppression. Her organization’s nonpartisan mission is to help voters … Read more
[ad_1] Ohio voters weighed in on Issue 1, a closely watched ballot initiative that sought to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution. In recent months, polls had indicated that a majority of residents would vote in favor of the amendment—a prediction that was borne out in this week’s election, when the amendment passed with … Read more
[ad_1] The five-day workweek has been the U.S. law for 80 years, but a majority of Americans want to switch over to a four-day workweek, according to a new Bentley-Gallup Business in Society Report. Seventy-seven percent of U.S. workers surveyed say a four-day, 40-hour workweek would have an extremely or somewhat positive effect on their … Read more
[ad_1] These are “deep tech” startups—ones focused on the kind of technically challenging ideas that were once the bedrock of venture-capital investment but are now a niche within the larger world of VC funding. They’re also a few of the bets that Bison Ventures, a new Seattle-based firm founded by veterans of Cascade Asset Management … Read more
[ad_1] The creative platform Picsart is working with AI rather than fighting against it. And according to founder and CEO Hovhannes Avoyan, that’s a deliberate choice that all companies need to make. “You don’t need to be the victim of [AI], you need to be a beneficiary of it,” Avoyan says. “Every company needs to … Read more
[ad_1] A new King Arthur Baking Company product is hitting the shelves: In a verdant green bag, the company is now selling a 100% Regeneratively-Grown Climate Blend—a first for the more than 230-year-old brand—meant to help restore soil health. The whole wheat flour blend is a mix of grains developed by the Breadlab, a research … Read more
[ad_1] TikTok has announced that it will be shuttering its Creator Fund for TikTok users in the United States in just over a month, on Saturday, December 16, 2023. The fund will also be closed for users in the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, but it will still be available for creators in Italy and … Read more
[ad_1] NEW YORK (AP) — After months of signaling bankruptcy could be on the horizon, WeWork has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, marking a stunning fall for the office sharing company once seen as a Wall Street darling that promised to upend the way people went to work around the world. In a late Monday … Read more
[ad_1] Most of President Biden’s recent executive order on AI focused on hot-button areas like tackling safety risks and maintaining the pace of innovation. But buried in the middle of the sprawling decree was a short section on “supporting workers.” In that section, Biden directed certain federal agencies to develop new guidelines to protect workers … Read more
[ad_1] Design software companies like to make big promises about the creative potential of their AI tools. With its new AI features, Figma is making one of the most enticing promises of all: It’s going to make your meetings better. Today, the collaborative design software company announced FigJam, its first native AI product. The AI-assisted … Read more