EVs, Business: The economics of adding EV chargers to gas stations
How gas station economics will change in the EV charging future (cnbc.com)
AI: IBM study on AI job impacts
IBM study says 40% of global workforce will need to adopt AI skills or be replaced by workers who know AI.
EVs: Ford CEO sees first hand that EV charging is a hurdle
He notes that charging is a problem, sometimes because the chargers are all in use, or that he could not charge at his hotel, and that at one charging station,…
Economy: National rent control
Activists demand a national rent price control law. Question: If rent price control makes sense, why not college tuition price control? Or health care price controls? Or food price controls?…
Business: When high farm production is a disaster
Odd situation when a huge crop results in a disaster, but that's the situation here.
Business: Just 10% of McDonald’s customers eat in the dining room
Customers are no longer eating "in" at fast food places-everything is now to-go.
Business, Demographics: Lack of kids means lack of toy sales
Mattel Needs Barbie’s Movie Magic to Lift Toy Sales – WSJ Toy R Us filed bankruptcy in 2017 and liquidated everything in 2018. The bankruptcy was blamed on not being…
Business, Work: Weight stigma has a strong negative bias in the work place
And not just the work place. Those who are overweight have a harder time getting hired, get paid less, and are promoted less, says research. The Hidden Career Cost of…
Crypto: Sam Altman wants iris scans of everyone in the world
An Orb, a Token and Money for Everyone: Worldcoin’s CEO on Crypto’s Most Daring Project (coindesk.com) He wants iris scans of everyone in the world to create a digital identification…
I am so old, I remember when Amazon Prime meant 2-day delivery! Hah hah!
Pre-pandemic, we generally saw Amazon Prime deliveries within 2-3 days. Now it usually takes 1 to 3 weeks.