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Investing
New Study Highlights Jones Act Costs to East Coast Energy Consumers
Colin Grabow In a new paper, economists Ryan Kellogg and Richard L. Sweeney examine what might happen if oil and petroleum…
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Economy
The growing abuse of QR codes in malware and payment scams prompts FTC warning
Enlarge / A woman scans a QR code in a café to see the menu online. The US Federal Trade…
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Economy
As ChatGPT gets “lazy,” people test “winter break hypothesis” as the cause
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Benj Edwards) In late November, some ChatGPT users began to notice that ChatGPT-4 was becoming…
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Investing
Concerned About Learning Loss? Let Funding Follow Students
Colleen Hroncich It looks like last month’s New York Times editorial on learning loss struck some nerves. Over the weekend,…
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Economy
Elon Musk’s AI bot, Grok, speaks as if made by OpenAI in some tests, causing a stir
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Grok, the AI language model created by Elon Musk’s xAI, went into wide release last week,…
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Investing
Scope Creep: Mandating Disclosure of Scope 3 Emissions is Costly (and Creepy)
Travis Fisher and Jennifer J. Schulp Proposals to mandate transparency and accountability in corporate environmental practices are becoming law. So…
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Investing
Only 45 Percent of Employment-Based Green Cards Went to Workers in 2022
Alex Nowrasteh The immigration system of the United States favors family reunification even in the so‐called employment‐based (EB) green card…
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Economy
AI regulation will begin in the EU
Enlarge / EU Commissioner Thierry Breton talks to media during a press conference in June. (credit: Thierry Monasse | Getty…
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Investing
Friday Feature: Black Homeschoolers of Birmingham
Colleen Hroncich “I was a homeschool mom, you know, just trying to make community for my kids.” This sums up what…
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Economy
Stealthy Linux rootkit found in the wild after going undetected for 2 years
Enlarge Stealthy and multifunctional Linux malware that has been infecting telecommunications companies went largely unnoticed for two years until being…
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