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Does It Help to Know How Much the Boss Makes?

Business NY Times - July 1, 2023

Sky-high C.E.O. pay isn’t a secret. And transparency about those big numbers can have surprising effects on the work force as a whole. » mehr lesen

At the Front Lines of the Inflation Fight, Uncertainty Reigns

Business NY Times - July 1, 2023

Central bankers and economists gathered this week and, amid concerns about persistent inflation, wondered about all the things they still don’t know. » mehr lesen

A ‘Cage Match’ Between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg May Be No Joke

Business NY Times - July 1, 2023

Talks over a matchup between the two tech billionaires have progressed and the parameters of an event are taking shape. » mehr lesen

American Cities Have a Conversion Problem, and It’s Not Just Offices

Business NY Times - July 1, 2023

Piles of regulations, or “kludge,” and a culture of “no” are limiting the ability to turn building blocks into something new. » mehr lesen

TikTok Sells A Lot of Books. Now, Its Owner Wants to Publish Them, Too.

Business NY Times - July 1, 2023

As ByteDance launches a publishing company, many in the book world wonder if it will create an uneven playing field by boosting its own authors at the expense of others. » mehr lesen

How Amazon Taught Alexa to Speak in an Irish Brogue

Business NY Times - July 1, 2023

For Alexa to speak like a Dubliner, Amazon researchers had to crack a problem that’s vexed data scientists for years: voice disentanglement. » mehr lesen

Don’t Use A.I. to Cheat in School. It’s Better for Studying.

Business NY Times - July 1, 2023

Generative A.I. tools can annotate long documents, make flashcards, and produce practice quizzes. » mehr lesen

Libor Is Coming to an End

Business NY Times - July 1, 2023

It has been an arduous process to get the financial system to stop relying on the tarnished interest-rate benchmark. » mehr lesen