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Tesla Inc. and News Corp. face some of the earliest regulatory enforcement actions under New York City’s closely watched pay transparency law. The city alleges the businesses ignored the requirement to include salary ranges in job ads or posted such wide salary bands that they didn’t qualify as “good faith” estimates. New York City’s Commission … Read more
Democrat Tom Suozzi won a special election for a U.S. House seat in New York on Tuesday, coming out on top in a politically mixed suburban district in a victory that could lift his party’s hopes heading into a fiercely contested presidential election later this year. Suozzi defeated Republican Mazi Pilip to take the seat … Read more
Call centers don’t typically have the best reputation among customers in any industry. But, when executed well (or at least without long holds characterized by elevator music so loud it leaves you wondering if you’ve sustained permanent hearing loss), they can provide a valuable connection between a consumer and a business. In an industry as … Read more
Bonnie and Clyde, Ma Barker, Baby Face Nelson and Willie Sutton robbed banks. When asked by a journalist asked why he did, Sutton famously replied “because that’s where the money is.” If banks’ $3.1 trillion in cash and invested assets draws criminals to steal from banks, the insurance industry’s $10 trillion in assets arguably … Read more
Today, the amount of data that we have at our disposal is overwhelming. Which means the role of data science is more critical than ever. “Data science is the art of making sense of data, in an increasingly data-saturated world,” says Michael Berthold, CEO and co-founder of data science company, KNIME. It can also be … Read more
MBW’s World’s Greatest Producers series sees us interview – and celebrate – some of the outstanding talents working in studios across the decades. This time, we meet Rob Bisel, a multi-Grammy nominee who has worked with SZA, Kendrick Lamar, Doja Cat, Don Toliver and Tate McRae. World’s Greatest Producers is supported by Hipgnosis Song Management. Rob … Read more
In one of the wildest recent stories in global politics, former Pakistani cricket star-turned-Prime Minister Imran Khan used AI-generated voice cloning to deliver a victory speech after his party won a national election—and he did it from behind bars. “My Pakistanis, you have made history. I am extremely proud of you,” said Khan’s AI … Read more
There’s an interesting shift taking place in the power dynamic between ‘major’ music rightsholders and DIY aggregators on the world’s largest subscription music streaming service, Spotify. Spotify published its earnings for Q4 and FY 2023 last Tuesday (February 6), revealing that its Premium Subscriber base grew to 236 million paying users in Q4 2023 … Read more
“There is nothing like it, anywhere.” That’s the first line describing a home (if you can call it that) listed for $295 million in Naples, Florida. It’s the most expensive home for sale in the country, according to the Wall Street Journal. Located in an “exclusive neighborhood” known as Port Royal, the home has … Read more
The robot jobpocalypse is already here, if you listen to media reports. Big Tech companies are beefing up their AI division while cutting jobs everywhere else; and AI has been directly blamed for at least 4,600 job cuts last year, with experts predicting the ultimate fallout could number in the millions of workers. But Elon … Read more