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By Jon D. Markman On May 27, 202012:51 PM Eastern
Thanks to COVID-19, the Chinese government may have found a new tool to track and restrict the movement of its 1.4 billion citizens.
The New York Times reported Tuesday that Communist Party...
By Sean Brodrick On April 21, 202007:57 AM Eastern
“When you’re living on an extremely thin margin and then the rug is pulled out from under you, you go from barely surviving to not surviving,” says Saru Jayaraman of One Fair Wage, an Oakland,...
By Tony Sagami On April 6, 202001:24 PM Eastern
Last week, I received a new credit card in the mail. I was puzzled because — my credit card didn’t expire for another three years and I hadn’t reported it stolen.
The account number, the...
By Tony Sagami On March 27, 202003:00 AM Eastern
“Slow down,” I said to my panicked friend on the phone. “What’s the problem?” I asked.
“I was all set to retire in May, but my 401k has lost more than $1 million dollars,” he cried, “and now I...
By Tony Sagami On March 20, 202003:00 AM Eastern
Taiwan is one of my favorite cities in Asia. It is scenic, clean and modern. And it has unbelievably delicious food, and some of the friendliest people on the planet.
Taiwan, also known as the...
By Jon D. Markman On March 16, 202012:45 PM Eastern
Bill Gates made a career out of being several steps ahead of the next big thing. Now he’s racing to help policymakers avoid catastrophe.
The billionaire philanthropist stepped down from his...
By Jon D. Markman On January 24, 202002:00 PM Eastern
Big tech is embracing privacy. That’s bad news for the competition, and it is going to get much worse.
And much of this push is thanks to Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook. He began a user privacy...
By Jon D. Markman On January 13, 202003:00 PM Eastern
Executives at Sony believe the company should have a larger slice of the automobile component marketplace. So, they built a fully functioning all-electric stunner.
The Sony Vision-S was the talk...
By Tony Sagami On August 9, 201908:00 AM Eastern
Break out the rocking chair, because I’m going to retire and sign up for Social Security tomorrow.
Not really. But one of my closest friends from high school just retired after working 35 years...
By Tony Sagami On July 29, 201903:30 PM Eastern
I’ve done pretty well in life. But I feel like a skid row bum next to my two richest friends, both of whom are rapidly approaching billionaire status.
The one thing these two almost-billionaires...